Wash-Off Face Masks To Add To Your Skincare Routine
You know how when you’re down with a skin allergy, the first thing a doc recommends is to cut back on your beauty routine? Increasingly, it’s an approach that brands are embracing too.
By MOH SHUYING,
The past year has seen a rise in the number of launches focused on the fundamentals – not super serums, but good old cream masks; not lunchtime aesthetic procedures, but facials and massages. No, it’s not the end of the high-tech race to produce the next power-packed Insta-salve, but getting the essentials right is once again important – and shouldn’t it always be? We break it all down.
The home remedy: Wash-off mask
They may lose to sheet masks in terms of convenience, but are still the best bet for obvious, targeted results (hello deeply cleansed, clarified, smoother skin). Here are the must-try newcomers.
Skinceuticals Phyto Corrective Masque, $98
Treat redness, tightness, dehydration and blotchiness with this cooling gel of botanical extracts, amino acid and peptides, so that your complexion looks healthier and more even-toned.
Clarins Extra-firming Mask, $105
The brand’s first relaxing anti-ageing mask contains a cocktail of amino and fatty acids to plump skin and smooth lines.
The Body Shop Ethiopian Honey Deep Nourishing Mask, $32.90
A 100 per cent vegetarian gel-cream mask that uses nutrient-rich honey to intensely hydrate skin.
Vichy Purete Thermale Pore Purifying Clay Mask, $39
This white clay mask eliminates excess sebum and impurities, and helps tighten pores, while its thermal water content soothes and balances.
This story first appeared in Female's February 2017 issue.
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