Why face masks should be part of your skincare routine

Why face masks should be part of your skincare routine 

Masks should be a part of everyone’s skincare routine; it is just about finding the right mask for your skincare type. Masks can have all different qualities such as hydrating, exfoliating and calming so they will be a mask out their to suit your skin.
Face Masks can provide an intense dose of active ingredients to help provide an extra boost to keep skin looking and feeling healthy.
Benefits of Masking:

• Intense boost to the skin which can achieve an instant difference in the skin
• beneficial to all skin types
• can help relax and de-stress for benefits on well-being

 

What mask is best for my skin?

 

Brightening Masks | For Pigmentation and Uneven Skin Tone

Looking for more even skin tone or just wanting an extra glow; then brightening masks are a great option. Ingredients to look out for our Vitamin C, Niacinamide, an AHA like lactic or mandelic acid, arbutin and retinol.
Our top recommendations include: 

CosMedix | Glow Bamboo Brightening Mask – £55.00

This brightening mask contains lactic acid, vitamin c, niacinamide, citric acid and grapefruit oil. This mask helps remove dead surface cells first to provide optimal absorption of brightening ingredients and reduce the appearance of discoloration, uneven skin tone and roughness for smoother, brighter and luminous skin.
Key Benefits

• Gently exfoliates
• Revives healthy tone and texture
• Increases overall firmness
• Enhances protective barrier function

Julia Hunter Maximal Strength Peel – £145.00

This exfoliating mask contains L- Lactic, Mandelic, Malic acids with lactobacillus/ Pumpkin Ferment. As well as Niacinamide, phytic acid, D-Beta Carotene, Gotu Kola and Cavamax.
Key Benefits:

• brighten and even pigmentation, anti-blemish and rejuvenating.
• High antioxidant, polyphenol rich fruit extracts for speeding healing, strengthening, anti-aging, irritation and skin problems.
• great for a glow

 

Hydrating Masks | For dry, dehydrated skins 

The aim is to bring moisture and hydration to dry and dehydrated skin types. The water from the mask penetrates deep into the skin epidermis to soften the skin and enhance its elasticity. When the skin is hydrated and well moisturised, it is healthy in appearance.
Our top recommendations include:

Osmosis | Barrier Repair Mask – £60.50

The combination of nut and fruit butters and oils work to hydrate, restore, and repair the lipid barrier. Rich in vitamins, minerals and anti-inflammatory properties this mask will leave your skin feeling soothed and nourished.
Key Benefits

• Natural oils and fruit butters recondition skin
• Calms and soothes skin
• Restores hydration

SkinCeuticals | Hydrating B5 Masque – £55.00

Enriched with high concentrations of Hyaluronic Acid and Vitamin B5, the weekly treatment delivers optimum levels of moisture and hydration to promote a smooth, supple complexion. A unique, advanced moisture complex blends constituents of the skin’s natural moisturising factor (NMF) to repair and balance.
Key Benefits:

• Deeply hydrating face mask
• Contains Hyaluronic Acid
• Can be used on the face and body
• Balances and softens the skin

 

Clay based masks | For Oily and Acneic Skins 

Clay masks are good to help draw out the impurities as well as absorb excess oils that are on the surface of the skin. A good mask should detoxify the skin without stripping the skin.
Our top recommendations are: 

SkinBetter Science | Detoxifying Scrub Mask – £51.00 

A clay-based scrub mask that uses naturally derived ingredients to resurface skin. This dual-functioning clay-based scrub mask is the ultimate skin reset, delivering undeniable clarity and glow.
Key Benefits:

• Dual-functioning clay-based scrub mask that resets skin to deliver more clarity and glow.
• Uses gentle, biodegradable spherical beads to lightly resurface the skin.
• Promotes smoother, more even-toned skin.
• Clay minerals absorb unwanted oil and remove toxins and other impurities.

CosMedix | Clear Clarifying Mask – £45.00

This m ask is a potent detoxifying and deep cleansing mask to treat oily and acne-prone skins. Combining a blend of clays and sulfur, this keratolytic mask removes excess sebum and purifies the skin to prevent new blemishes, while salicylic acid, Niacinamide, Willowherb and L-Melaleuca provide exceptional antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and wound healing benefit to the skin.
Key Benefits:

• Reduces excess oil without drying or stripping natural barrier function.
• Helps to minimise pore size
• Deep cleansing and detoxifying
• Anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral

 

Sheet Masks | For dehydrated and normal skins 

Sheet masks hydrate your complexion, leaving it looking more plumped and glowing.
Our top recommendation is:
Genuine Dermaroller | Mask – 10 pack – £75.00

The mask consists of a soft silk layer imbibed with a novel hydrating and repairing serum featuring the intensive skin hydrator Hyaluronic Acid and the crucial skin lipid Ceramide.
Key benefits:

• Hyaluronic Acid intensly hydrates the skin
• Vitamin E offers free-radical protection
• Matrixyl, non-sensitising peptide helps repair the skin and boosts fibroblast activity
• Use after Dermaroller treatment to cool and soothe the skin
• Suitable for all skin types

 

Exfoliating Mask | For normal or more mature skin types 

These type of masks work by sloughing off dead skin buildup for a softer, smoother complexion. Draws out excess oil, helping to clear up and prevent acne. Brightens by clearing away dry, flaky skin, for an overall rejuvenated appearance.
CosMedix | Pure Enzymes Exfoliating Mask – £50.00

This exfoliating mask that harnesses the natural power of cranberry enzymes and L-Lactic Acid to gently dissolve away facial impurities and decongest blocked pores. It uses active ingredients to exfoliate, protect and revitalize the skin, whilst stimulating Natural Moisture Factors to add a dewy softness to blemish-prone skin.
Key Benefits:

• Gentle exfoliation
• Antioxidant support
• Increases skins Natural Moisture Factor (NMF)
• Removes impurities and de-clogs pores

NeoGenesis | Enzyme Crème Mask

This creamy, fruit enzyme exfoliant that refines, brightens, and clarifies the skin. Along with natural fruit enzymes, Enzyme Crème Mask contains Niacinamide, an important skin ingredient that improves skin barrier function, reduces oil build up, and provides anti-inflammatory activity to soothe irritated skin. The skin will be firmer and more radiant with continued use.
Key Benefits:

• Provides energy and radiance to the skin
• Gently resurfaces the skin
• Minimizes surface lines and enlarged pores
• Improves the overall tone and texture of the skin
• Reduces skin sensitivity and irritation

Please note that these are recommendations and for more accurate advice specific for your skin, please contact the clinic directly.