Skin Care

The Wonderful World Of Face Masks

Face masks are a great way to nourish your skin and give it a pick me up. After a long tiring week, unwinding with a face mask helps you pamper your skin and yourself. Face masks are one of the most effective and easy to use skincare products. Whether you use homemade face masks or a Korean face mask, an overnight face mask or not, they deeply penetrate and bathe your skin in beauty-boosting active ingredients. Face masks are packed with the benefits of salicylic acid, hyaluronic acid, glycerin, lactic acid, essential oils (peppermint, thyme), clays (white, green, pink), vegetable oils (sweet almond or argan oil), and zesty fruit acids. They instantly heal, treat, repair and soothe our skin.

Which face mask do I buy?

While buying a face mask, it is important to remember that you need to choose one that suits your skin type and needs. This will help you in reaping the most benefits, and also give your skin the love it needs. If you are on the lookout for a mask, you can opt for hydrating, brightening, and plumping mask for normal skin. An overnight mask will work wonderfully on normal skin to revive and replenish it. A decongesting and brightening clay mask for tired skin will help you cleanse your skin from deep within. Whereas a nourishing and rich mask for dry skin will deeply hydrate your skin. A lifting, toning and anti-wrinkle formula for mature skin will help tighten your skin. Similarly, for oily, acne prone and combination skin types, a clay mask like the L’Oréal Paris Pure Clay Mask, Exfoliate and Refine Pores with Red Algae Extract, potent pure clays and volcanic rock will exfoliate and refine your skin in just 10 minutes! You'll easily find gorgeous textures to suit your skin type!

To get the benefits of face masks, you just need to choose the right one for your skin type and needs. If you have oily skin, a sheet mask will do wonders for your skin. It will help reduce the production of oil and deeply nourish and brighten your skin. The L’Oréal Paris Revitalift Crystal Micro Essence Sheet Mask is a product drenched with a brightening serum. The best Korean sheet masks help hydrate and boost your skin because of the serum that is absorbed in them. The advanced patent cushion tissue mask technology absorbs 30x more essence* as compared to other sheet masks.

The serums products in your skincare routine helps to accelerate skin renewal, refine texture and minimize pores and reveal brighter, smoother and clearer skin. The L’Oréal Paris Revitalift Crystal Micro Essence Sheet Mask is a great serum sheet mask for dry skin as well. It hydrates and brightens your dry skin from deep within. Simply apply the sheet mask on a cleansed face for ten to fifteen minutes and relax. Remove the sheet mask after 15 minutes to reveal glowing skin. You can use this sheet mask thrice a week and witness the magic!

Before using this sheet mask, using the L’Oréal Paris Revitalift Crystal Micro Essence will enrich your skin with the various salicylic acid benefits! This lightweight essence with salicylic acid gently exfoliates, and refines your skin texture by penetrating 10 layers deep**. With regular use, your skin feels smoother and more radiant. If you have never used or known what salicylic acid does to the skin, this is the perfect first step for you before you explore the other uses of salicylic acid.

Serums for extra nourishment

Also, to add to the benefits of face masks, you can incorporate a serum into your skincare routine. A lightweight serum or essence is packed with potent ingredients that help target your skin concerns and repair them. Serums are formulated using different ingredients like hyaluronic acid, lactic acid, salicylic acid, among several others. The L’Oréal Paris Revitalift 1.5% Hyaluronic Acid is constituted of hyaluronic acid, a naturally occurring substance in the skin, it acts like a sponge and helps your skin retain moisture. Using hyaluronic acid for dry skin does wonders by intensely hydrating the skin, but it also benefits all other skin types. This serum in particular, is an alcohol-free, fragrance-free, paraben-free hydrating serum that nourishes the skin from deep within, and leaves you with 42% radiant skin***.

To boost the benefits of hyaluronic acid, we would recommend following this up with a hyaluronic acid sheet mask like the L’Oréal Paris Revitalift Hyaluronic Acid Fresh Mix Serum Sheet Mask, which gives you a hydrated and a plump skin in just 15 minutes! A new age sheet mask, with the tissue mask and serum in different chambers! How cool is that?

Anti ox mask range

One of the best face masks that is suitable for all skin types is the L’Oréal Paris Hydra Fresh Anti-Ox Night Mask-In Jelly. The non-sticky and non-oily bouncy jelly texture of the Anti-Ox Night Mask-In Jelly wraps your skin in an invisible mask. The skin is quenched and is left feeling smooth and supple. Enriched with the powerful antioxidant French Grape Polyphenols, the Hydra Fresh Anti-Ox Night Mask helps to neutralize free radicals caused by daily aggressions. The French Vosges Spa Water in the mask is rich in minerals and stimulates cell’s vitality to strengthen the skin’s barrier. On regular usage, skin’s hydration levels are improved and skin feels more bouncy and looks more radiant.