Adding a face mask to your weekly skincare regime will not only feel rather opulent, especially as part of a bath time ritual, but they can be really effective for healthy skin.
There’s something for all skin types including purifying masks, hydrating masks, pore cleansing products, deep cleansing and detoxing masks that will take your skincare to the next level.
Jane Scrivner Masquerade, £35/100ml, Janescrivner.com
- calming, cleansing and radiance boosting French Clay face masque to instantly revive dull, tired and stressed-out skin
- Formulated with French Clay to soothe, soften, calm and purify the skin and Aloe Vera to balance out the typically dry French Clay, as well as having a cooling and anti-inflammatory effect, helping to repair and restore the skin
- Blend of Rose Hip, Argan & Jojoba Oil intensely hydrate, nourish and balance
- Immortelle and Pettigrain Essential Oils smooth the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles and are natural decongestants
- for a weekly treatment apply a thin layer over cleansed skin and let the ingredients get to work for ten minutes before rinsing off
Katherine Daniels Repairing Nourishing Mask – £30/75ml, Katherinedanielscosmetics.com
Salon strength rich, creamy mask is fully absorbed by your skin. Avocado Oil and Shea Butter boost the natural levels of oil to your dry or very dry skin, leaving it supple, nourished, comfortable and protected while Brown Seaweed Osmolyte, Red Seaweed and Blue Micro Algae Extract boost hydration levels and add new density to your skin.
COSRX Ultimate Nourishing Rice Overnight Spa Mask
A 3-in-1 nourishing mask. Give your skin the nourishment it deserves with the Ultimate Nourishing Rice Spa Overnight Mask. Enriched with 68% rice extract, this mask provides deep moisturisation as well as lightening any dark spot on the skin. Use as an overnight mask, a wash-off mask or a daily moisturiser. Dull, tired skin is given a new lease of life. Vegan and Cruelty-free. £24, available from www.boots.com
Byonik High Energy Ultimate Cellular Power Mask
The Byonik High Energy Ultimate Cellular Power Mask is a soothing gel mask which infuses your skin with moisture, reducing signs of tiredness and leaves your skin looking fresh and radiant. Extracts of plant stem cells and hyaluronic acid strengthen and protect the DNA and cell function and counteract environmental pollution.
With antioxidant and detoxifying properties, fine lines and wrinkles are minimized and the skin is regenerated for a younger and more radiant complexion. Apply the mask generously once or twice a week to a pre-cleansed face, neck and décolleté for 15-20 minutes. Remove any residue with clean water.
FLORENCE BY MILLS LOW-KEY CALMING PEEL OFF FACE MASK
A soothing, peel-off face mask. Skin in need of a chill out? We’ve got you with the Low Key Calming Peel Off Face Mask. This shimmering formula is here to relax your skin when it’s all got a bit too much. The iridescent, rose gold, peel-off formula is enriched with water lily extract to soothe and nourish the skin, chamomile extract to calm, and witch hazel to balance oil production. This is your skin saviour in a jar.
skyn ICELAND arctic hydration rubberizing mask – £12
Discover a hydrated, glowing complexion with the skyn ICELAND Arctic Hydration Rubberizing Mask. Instantly revitalising, the peel-off mask helps to quickly transform the appearance of dull, dry skin, restoring a natural luminosity. Enriched with Vitamin C the brightening formula helps to create a more radiant visage, reducing the appearance of discolouration or lacklustre skin.
Sheabutter Cottage Coffee + Spice Face Mask
Give skin a glow with Sheabutter Cottage Coffee + Spice Face Mask that gently exfoliates to help remove dead skin cells. Rich in anti-oxidants green coffee (sourced from Ghana) works in harmony with organic cinnamon to help reduce scarring and inflammation, cardamom helps improve skin complexion whilst baobab and sweet agave nourish the skin leaving it feeling soft.
Sheabutter Cottage offers a range of handmade, natural toiletries and exotic butters and takes great pride in sourcing high quality ingredients directly from farmers/producers or through community projects.
NEW Botanical Lab Hemp & Matcha Tea Clarifying Face Mask (RRP £9.99)
An oily complexion’s best friend! Hemp and Matcha Tea are both innovative cosmetic ingredients that are on trend, thanks to their health-boosting properties. Lauded for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, Matcha Tea is bursting with polyphenols and flavonoids, which help reduce bacteria on the surface of the skin, whilst controlling and decreasing sebum production. Cannabis Sativa Seed oil, also known as hemp oil, is a longstanding skincare powerhouse, with anti-inflammatory properties and so is especially good at calming skin.
This soothing mask works to detoxify, helps unclog pores, and improve skin texture, for clearer and healthier looking skin. As well as Matcha Green Tea and naturally derived hemp oil, it is formulated with mineral rich clay, and salicylic and lactic acids to help slough away dead skin cells. The formula also helps to gently remove the everyday build-up of impurities and absorb excess oil, whilst glycerin ensures that skin is not dried out. To use, apply a thin layer to clean skin with your fingertips or a mask brush and leave for 8-10 minutes. Remove the mask with water and a muslin cloth massaging in circular motions to exfoliate. Use twice weekly.
Tropic Clear Skin Blemish Fighting Face Mask, £20
This spot-busting mask helps to control sebum levels, reduce redness and manage breakouts quickly and effectively. Packed with powerful ingredients to purify the skin, this is a hero product for keeping blemishes at bay.
Dr. Hauschka Revitalising Mask, £39.50
The soothing and refreshing effect of our Revitalising Mask is instantly noticeable. It provides an even complexion and leaves your face and décolleté feeling toned and refined. The appearance of redness or blemishes is diminished, pores are visibly refined and skin appears more even and toned. Skin glows with a healthy radiance. Quince seed, anthyllis and chamomile extracts rapidly support the skin’s processes of renewal, helping to maintain moisture, visibly minimise pores and calm the appearance of redness and irritation. Nurturing jojoba, apricot kernel and wheat germ oils clarify and smooth skin.
MONAT Berry Refined Scrub – £54 – vegan and cruelty free – available online at www.monatglobal.com/uk
A 2-in-1 exfoliator mask that gently buffs and removes dead skin cells with the help of natural fruit acids of an AHA blend of Glycolic Acid, Citric Acid, Mandelic Acid and Lactic Acid. Antioxidant-rich cranberry seed works together with REJUVENIQE S™ and nourishing botanicals bayberry wax and murumuru butter for even-toned, fresh-faced, glowing skin.
Organic Apoteke Detox Face Mask – £35.95 – available from www.organicapoteke.com – cruelty free, vegan, organic, 100% recyclable packaging with biodegradable vegetable ink
A deeply purifying and detoxifying mask, which prevent blackheads and comedones. Containing Dead Sea Mud and amino acids, this deep-acting organic mask extracts impurities, heals blemishes, lifts dead skin cells and reveals flawless skin. This clarifying mask penetrates deeply to draw out impurities. Green clay decongests while mineral-rich Dead Sea mud heals. Organic Papaya extract exfoliates – revealing clear, radiant skin and Pineapple Extract to improve elasticity, gentle exfoliate and has anti-inflammatory properties.
Organic Apoteke Rejuvenating Face Mask – £39.95 – available online at https://www.organicapoteke.com/ – sustainable, cruelty free, vegan, organic, 100% recyclable packaging, biodegradable inks
This mask is perfect to rejuvenate dry, dull skin an instant pick me up for the skin whilst giving instant rejuvenation. The amino acids and anti-oxidants in this nourishing mask will enhance microcirculation, improve complexion and skin tone, boost collagen and build elastin. Instantly enhance your skin’s radiance with this restorative mask. Deeply replenishing and packed with potent anti-oxidants, it stimulates cellular regeneration, firms and tones skin for a youthful glow. Using key ingredients of Pentapeptides to natural build collagen and elastin, Shea Nut Butter high in essential fatty acids to protect against dehydration and Honey for anti-bacterial and healing properties.
The Farm Girl Detoxifying Mask
We all need a face mask in our routine and this super purifying clay mask should be part of yours! Awaken your senses and enjoy a healthy, more radiant glow with this antioxidant-rich french green clay mask. This mask is handmade and hand poured into jars and has exceptionally high levels of anti-inflammatories to rejuvenate & restore your skin.
This luxurious mask is infused with cucumber seed oil, green tea, fig and apple extracts. It is enriched with hyaluronic acid & vitamin E that helps reduce wrinkles and boosts hydration. The mask contains green clay and kaolin, it’s pumped full of antioxidants designed to slow down the signs of ageing, helping to eliminate wrinkles while also cleansing the skin of dirt and excess natural oils. It contains fresh bergamot and lime oils to leave skin feeling and smelling fresh. Green clay is perfect for restoring balance and soaks up excess oils that clog pores and lead to spots and imperfections.