The skin of the face is constantly exposed to external aggressions.
While we try to cure it daily with a serum and a cream, it is nevertheless fragile and requires a deeper care to remain soft, smooth, purified and well hydrated.
The essential beauty reflex? Make a face mask.
Which face mask to choose for my skin?
We do not choose a face mask at random. Before buying it, it is important to know its type and skin condition (dry, oily, mixed, sensitive) in order to choose the one that will be best suited.
A charcoal detox face mask is ideal for city-dwellers exposed to pollution as it restores radiance and freshness to the skin.
Mixed skins can opt for multimasking, a technique that involves applying a different mask to certain areas of the face.
Fatty skin should favor masks with purifying formulas to limit the excess of sebum and uncrust the pores.
Finally, dry and sensitive skins need soft masks, full of nourishing, moisturizing and soothing ingredients.
Face mask: natural and economical care
Doing her home beauty products is the big trend.
In addition to being natural and economical, the recipes of homemade masks are very easy to achieve.
No need to go far, most of the ingredients are in the cupboards of our kitchen.
Vegetable and essential oils with various properties can also be included in the preparation of masks.
Mask rubber, sheet mask ... Zoom on the masks new generation
For a few years, the Japanese and Korean influenced the world of beauty. Asian cosmetics make a cardboard and are now widely acclaimed by brands and beauty junkies.
Hence the appearance of sheet masks, sleeping masks and, more recently, rubber masks.
Products of a new kind, which risk to shade the traditional mask with the clay.
The Benefits of a Face Mask
Their benefits and actions are many and differ according to their formulations and indications.
Made once or twice a week, a face mask is used to rid the skin of impurities, to recreate its hydrolipidic film or to erase the signs of aging skin or tiredness while restoring it radiance.
Farewell small imperfections and inconveniences such as blackheads, wrinkles and redness: there are formulas specific to each skin problem.
How to boost the effectiveness of a face mask?
To magnify the benefits of a mask, we take a steam bath on our face.
The goal is to open the pores, remove impurities and better penetrate the active ingredients of the mask.
- Place your head over a bowl of very hot water by covering your head with a towel (you can optionally add essential oils).
- Wait a few minutes.
- If necessary, gently remove any black spots with a tissue.
- Dry your face by patting it lightly with a tissue.
- Apply your mask.
