The Importance of Face Masks
We love a weekly face mask and believe they should be a part of everyone’s skin care routine. A face mask is intended to treat a particular skin concern such as acne, pigmentation, ageing, dryness and rosacea. The right mask can help hydrate, tighten, nourish, calm inflammation and rejuvenate your skin. Face masks have the added bonus of feeling relaxing and pampering, so it really is a win win skincare product
Choosing the right face mask for your skin concern can be confusing, so we are on hand to help with some suggestions below:
Ageing Skin
To address ageing skin, we recommend a mask that contains the correct ingredients to help increase cellular turnover, increase collagen production and improve fine lines and wrinkles. We recommend Exfoliating Repair by Dr. Julia T Hunter. This mask is rich in vitamin A and C, antioxidants, Lactic Acid and Omega 7 fatty acid just to name a few. All these ingredients will help ageing skin as well as tackle skin dullness, laxity and enlarged pores.
Available to buy : In-clinic or email consultation
Acne Prone / Oily Skin
For Acne and Oily skin types, we recommend a mask that contains charcoal, clay or salicylic acid. These ingredients will help calm and clarify the skin without leaving your skin dry, flaky or tight. We recommend ZO Skin Health Offects Sulphur Masque. It is a natural clay-based formula that delivers maximum-strength sulfur medication to treat and prevent acne and spot eruptions. This face mask for acne includes kaolin and bentonite to purify pores and help absorb excess sebum, to avoid whiteheads, blackheads and any other type of breakouts in the future. What’s more, formulated with skin hydrators, Offects Sulfur Masque also helps combat dryness that can occur when using aggressive acne treatments.
Available to buy : In-clinic consultations only
Pigmentation
When looking for a mask to help with pigmentation, we recommend looking for ingredients that are going to help lighten and brighten the skin to give a more even complexion. Masks that contain Vitamin A and C, kojic acid, Glycolic or lactic acid are definitely a good place to start. We recommend Teoxane Radiant Night Peel which contains 15% glycolic acid & hyaluronic acid to help brighten and correct. Due to its high glycolic acid concentration, RADIANT NIGHT PEEL accelerates the cell renewal process, smooths and renders skin texture more uniform while alleviating any pigmentation imperfections.
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Dry Skin
To help dry skin, we recommend masks that are calming, soothing and moisturising and that are free from any AHA/BHA’s. We love the PCA Skin Revitalizing Mask which contains papaya, honey and fruit extracts that calms and exfoliates the skin, leaving a glowing complexion. Active papaya enzymes gently exfoliate while green tea, vitamin E and honey act as moisturizing antioxidants to help keep the skin soft and hydrated.
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Dehydrated Skin
Dehydrated skin is very different to dry skin. Dry skin lacks natural oils while dehydrated skin lacks water in the stratum corneum, which is the top layer of the skin. Dehydrated skin is a condition anyone can experience and can be due to such factors as central heating, sun, hot baths/showers and ageing skin. We recommend looking for a mask that contain Hyaluronic acid, rich in vitamins and anti-oxidants to help feed the skin goodness. We recommend Osmosis Tropical Mango Barrier Recovery Mask which combines nut and fruit butters and oils nourishes, hydrates, and restores the skin’s lipid barrier. With ingredients rich in vitamins, minerals and anti-inflammatory properties skin is soothed and replenished. A combination of nourishing antioxidants, vitamins and anti-inflammatory ingredients such as sunflower seed oil, mango seed butter, shea butter, avocado oil, olive oil, coconut oil, and Jojoba seed oils
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Rosacea
A mask that is calming and soothing while also containing ingredients that are going to repair the skin and promote skin health are the best for rosacea skins. We recommend Osmosis Repair Mask, which use a unique combination of repair promoting ingredients this mask not only soothes wounded and inflamed skin but also encourages barrier repair.
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General All-Rounder
Dermaviduals Enzyme Peeling Mask – The Enzyme Skin Renewal is a powerful effective Skin desquamation. The result are smaller pores, a very even skin appearance and an increased receptivity of the skin for the subsequently applied active agents. In addition to that it has a preventive effect against comedones, milia and pustules.
Available to buy: In-clinic or email consultation
To find out more arrange a skin consultation or email/telephone the clinic with any questions or queries.