Best Skincare Masks for Every Skin Concern & Skin Type

Looking to add a skincare mask to your routine? Just browsing your options or don't know what mask to choose?

This blog will help you choose the mask for you!

Best Skincare Masks For Each Skin Type:

For those with dry skin types, a moisturizing or hydrating mask is what you should look for. This helps replenish the skin with hydration and moisture in the skin. Very common with those who are older, and have fairer skin or compromised skin is drier. Common characteristics are peeling, flaking, redness, itching, dry patches, and texture.

Thalgo Cold Cream Marine Deeply Nourishing Mask - 1.7 oz

This mask, infused with Cold Cream Marine, is deeply repairing. Enriched with micro-encapsulated Borage Oil, it infuses fatty acids (Omega-6) drop by drop into the skin, helping to soothe all feelings of discomfort.

Price: $46

Size: 1.7 oz

Key Ingredients: Cold Cream Marine & Borage Oil

Additional Benefits:

• Soothing: A liquid-rich SOS treatment that repairs and soothes all skin discomfort
• Strengthening: Durably restores the skin barrier & replenishes the skin

Eminence Coconut Cream Masque (2 fl. oz.)

Nourish your skin with coconut milk, oils, and chunks of ripe coconut. This ultra-hydration facial mask will leave your skin feeling firm, smooth and youthful. 

Price: $52

Size: 2 oz

Key Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Coconut Milk, Shea Butter & Biocomplex2

Additional Benefits:

• Plumping: the appearance of skin & complexion appears enriched
• Repairing: the appearance of signs of aging & skin appears healthy
• Brightening: promotes skin cell turnover for dramatically brighter skin.

Bioelements Hydroplunge - 1.7 Fl. Oz.

Submerge your skin in protective vital hydration with this lightweight immersion mask, and reclaim smooth, ageless bounce and softness.

Price: $28

Size: 1.7 oz

Key Ingredients: Betaine, sugar beet extract, hyaluronic acid, glucose & xylitol

Additional Benefits:

• Hydrating: lightweight consistency, prevents hydration loss & Balances skin
• Protecting: help optimize the skin’s protective barrier

Those with combination skin types can use both types of masks. Use the clay/mud mask on the oilier areas of the face usually the t-zone and then using the nourishing/hydrating mask everywhere else. Those who use products incorrectly or use the wrong products for their skin could change their skin and become combination skin. Health or environmental changes can cause the results are combination skin. Common characteristics are a mixture of both skin types.

For those who have oily skin clay masks and charcoal, masks are most suitable. This is because both clay and mud masks absorb excess oil from the skin’s surface, and draw out impurities from congested pores. Very common for those who are younger, people of color, or your environmental situation. Common problems shine, congestion, and acne.

Dermalogica Charcoal Rescue Masque - 2.5 oz (111207)

All-in-one treatment masque detoxifies, brightens and invigorates normal to oily skin.

Price: $47

Size: 2.5 oz

Key Ingredients: Binchotan Charcoal, Volcanic Ash, Kaolin, Bentonite

Additional Benefits:

• Exfoliating: provides physical and chemical exfoliation for visibly revitalized skin
• Tightening: Improves skin elasticity & reduces the size of your skin pores

BiON Nutrient Essentials Mask - 2 oz

As a clay-based homecare mask, Nutrient Essentials is therapeutic and rich in anti-aging antioxidants and active skin repair stimulants.

Price: $29

Size: 2 oz

Key Ingredients: Montmorillonite (Pascalite) Clay, Phospholipids & Beta-glucan

Additional Benefits:

• Repairing: this mask provides a powerful skin regenerative agent and repairs cellular functions while providing antioxidant benefits
• Nourishing: It also deep moisturizes the skin and rebuilds the protective lipid skin barrier functions

Shira Shir-Organic Pure Cherry Clay Mask - 1.7 oz

This Clay Mask is an oil-absorbing clay mask that helps tone, balance, and minimize pores for a more youthful, refined appearance.

Price: $45

Size: 2 oz

Key Ingredients: Cherry & Kaolin Clay

Additional Benefits:

• Anti-aging: contain melatonin, an antioxidant that guards against the breakdown of collagen. This results in a slower rate of fine lines and wrinkles
• Brightening: Rich in Vitamin C helps combat free radicals and helps with evening tone and hyperpigmentation

Best Skincare Masks for Every Skin Concern:

For those with sensitive or reactive skin, a soothing/calming mask would be suitable for your skin. The reason for this is that harsh ingredients can cause redness and irritation for those who have these skin types. Usually, minimal ingredients that soothe or calm will not make your skin reactive. Don’t use a face mask with ingredients such as alcohol or fragrance as those can be harmful to sensitive skin. Very common characteristics for those who have a compromised barrier, fairer skin, or aged skin.

Face Reality HydraCalm Mask - 2.5 oz (M-7) (03228)

HydraCalm Mask is infused with ultra-soothing ingredients to restore moisture and calm the skin. This gentle formula contains anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce redness and leave the skin revitalized. 

Price: $37

Size: 2.5 oz

Key Ingredients: Hyaluronic Acid, Blue Agave Leaf Extract, Honeysuckle Flower Extract, Beta-Glucan (D)

Additional Benefits:

• Hydrating/Moisturizing: contains ingredients that help dry and dehydrate the skin.

Image Skincare Ormedic Balancing Gel Masque - 2 oz (O-203N)

Ormedic Balancing Gel Masque is an ultra-gentle, organic gel masque developed to soothe and hydrate unbalanced skin.

Price: $39

Size: 2 oz

Key Ingredients: botanical extracts, organic aloe vera, Mondo grass extract, and prickly pear cactus water

Additional Benefits:

• Strengthening: supports the skin’s resilience against sensitizing elements such as dryness and environmental stressors
• Balancing: helps the skin maintain vital hydration levels
• Healing: repairs damage skin and supports regeneration

Matis Paris Reponse Delicate Sensi-Mask - 50 ml

Reponse Delicate Sensi-Mask helps to soothe sensitive skin to reduce signs of discomfort. Its silky gel texture refreshes and calms irritated skin while the unique encapsulated active ingredient allows both immediate and long term soothing. 

Price: $70

Size: 50 ml

Key Ingredients: Orange blossom, saffron flower, linden floral water

Additional Benefits:

• Hydrating/Moisturizing: contains ingredients that help with dry skin and barrier

For those with acne and congestion using an exfoliating mask would be most suitable. These masks are designed to clear dead skin cells off the skin, brighten the skin and help with preventing new acne or congestion to appear. While most have ingredients that also kill bacteria this helps prevent new breakouts from happening. Most people who are acne prone also have leftover scarring so exfoliating masks help with lightening those scars. Common characteristics are acne, blackheads, whiteheads, texture, and dull skin.

Skin Beauty Glycolic Exfoliating Mask - 2 oz (G-611)

Glycolic Exfoliating Mask is a gentle peel treatment that effectively removes dead skin cells while promoting hydration by renewing essential collagens.

Price: $19.50

Size: 50 ml

Key Ingredients: Glycolic Acid (10%), Salicylic Acid, Jojoba oil & Ginseng Extract

Additional Benefits:

• Healing: rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, allowing them to create new healthy skin cells.
• Calming/soothing: helps with redness and inflammation due to healing properties

Sanitas Gentle Refining Mask - 1.7 oz (GRM50)

A non-irritating, gentle exfoliant specifically formulated for sensitive skin. A unique blend of natural alpha hydroxy acids, combined with hyaluronic acid, exfoliates spent skin cells while soothing, brightening and hydrating skin. Leaves complexion clearer, smoother and softer.

Price: $39

Size: 1.7 oz

Key Ingredients: Caviar Lime, Olivem 1000, Polysaccharides

Benefits:

• Non-irritating: specially formulated with Natural Alpha Hydroxy acids for sensitive skin

Murad Acne Clarifying Mask Professional Size - 8.45 oz

Clarifying Mask boosts the acne-fighting power of your acne regimen.

Price: 40.00

Size: 2.65 oz

Key Ingredients: Sulfur, Licorice Root Extract & Zinc Oxide, Kaolin Clay, Salicylic Acid

Benefits:

• Detoxifying: deep-clean by pulling out oils and impurities
• Healing: Helps treat and prevent breakouts. It kills bacteria in your pores to prevent acne breakouts and outbreaks.

For those with skin concerns such as fine lines and wrinkles or depleting skin elasticity, an anti-aging mask is suitable for those concerns. These masks help by boosting cell turnover or providing nourishment to the skin to help counteract aging signs. Age, environment, and genetics are just a few reasons these skin concerns arise.

ClarityRX Sleep It Off Retinol Alternative Anti-Aging Mask - 3.5 oz

Retinol alternative anti-aging mask is a 21-day anti-aging, natural Retinol Alternative nighttime treatment mask. This is a safe, yet effective way to treat rough texture, loss of elasticity, dark spots and fine lines/wrinkles without side effects in only 3 weeks.

Price: $125.00

Size: 3.5 oz

Key Ingredients: Blue Green Algae, Ginger and Orange Extracts, & Amino Acids

Additional Benefits:

• Detoxifying: contains of the powerhouse of nutrients, minerals, antioxidants, and peptides that can help draw toxins from the skin.
• Repairing: helps cells produce collagen and elastin to build dermal density, increases skin brightness and improves skin hydration.

Jan Marini Retinol Plus Mask - 1.2 oz (A0143)

Retinol, peptides, antioxidants, and soothing agents help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, sun damage, and hyperpigmentation for visibly smoother more radiant looking skin.

Price: $92.00

Size: 1.2 oz

Key Ingredients: Retinol, peptides, & antioxidants

Additional Benefits:

• Soothing/Calming: Soothing agents calm the skin and help to reduce irritation and redness
• Brightening: reduces sun damage, and hyperpigmentation for visibly smoother more radiant-looking skin.
• Nourishing: Essential fatty acids, hydrates, and barrier lipids moisturize and condition the skin.

Glo Skin Beauty Phyto-Active Firming Mask - 2 oz

Treat skin to a visible lift and radiance boost, with this anti-aging mask packed full of botanical actives and pearl and platinum extracts to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Price: $62.00

Size: 2 oz

Key Ingredients: Plant Stem Cell, Superfruit Lifting Complex, Platinum + Pearl Extracts

Additional Benefits:

• Strengthening: Helps repair skin’s moisture barrier improving the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, restoring bounce and suppleness.
• Brightening: Softening and supporting skin’s elasticity, reenergizing dull or tired complexions with a renewed radiance.

For those with skin concerns such as uneven skin tone and hyperpigmentation, brightening masks are the most suitable mask solution. These masks help by using brightening ingredients that help lighten dark spots or even out your skin tone. Most of them also help protect your skin from environmental damage to be preventative care as well.

Eminence Bright Skin Masque - 2 oz

Fight off the appearance of uneven pigmentation with our Bright Skin Masque. Natural Hydroquinone Alternative and Swiss Alpine Plant Extracts help brighten skin’s appearance and reduce the appearance of dark spots and the signs of aging.

Price: $54.00

Size: 2 oz

Key Ingredients: Bearberry Extract, Swiss Alpine Plant Extracts, Licorice Root, Stone Crop, Biocomplex2

Additional Benefits:

• Protecting: Antioxidants soothe and protect skin from free radicals
• Anti-aging: Bio complex smooths fine lines and firms the complexion

M.A.D Skincare Radiant Brightening Mask - 2 oz (500515)

Radiant Brightening Mask leaves your skin with a youthful glow feeling quenched, nourished and radiant.

Price: $40.00

Size: 2 oz

Key Ingredients: Emblica Fruit Extract, Multi Vitamin C Complex, Licorice Extract, Elderberry Extract, BVOS-C, Stay-C® 50

Benefits:

• Anti-Aging: offer antioxidant support as well as aiding in collagen synthesis from vitamin c and added extracts.

PCA Skin Revitalizing Mask - 2.1 oz

Containing fruit, papaya and honey extracts, this at-home enzyme mask calms and exfoliates the skin, leaving a radiant complexion. Active papaya enzymes gently exfoliate while green tea, vitamin E and honey act as moisturizing antioxidants to help soothe and hydrate the skin

Price: $62.00

Size: 2.1 oz

Key Ingredients: Papaya Fruit Enzyme, Lemon Fruit, Sugarcane, Orange Fruit and Apple Fruit Extracts, Green Tea Extract, Vitamin E & Honey

Benefits: