The Best Face Masks Ever
Here's my list of the best face masks ever, so far! Feel free to weigh in on your favorites. This list is actually comprised of three separate lists:
1) The Beauty Insider's Picks: My own personal list of the best products in that category, in no particular order
2) The Popular Vote: The results of a poll I did of over 1000 beauty-savvy consumers, in order of popularity
3) What the Pros Chose: These are the top picks of the beauty experts who appear in my book, also known as The Beauty Bunch. (You can learn more about this genius team of experts by clicking on the About the Book tab, and then clicking on "Who are the Beauty Insiders?").
The Beauty Insider’s Picks
1. Yon-Ka Masque 103 Clarifying Aromatic Clay Mask: I love this heavenly-scented clay mask. The combination of green and China clay clears out clogged pores, absorbs excess oil, and leaves skin silky smooth. Also, unlike other clay masks, this never feels dry because you mist it every couple of minutes with the Yon-Ka toner. $32
2. Elizabeth Arden Deep Cleansing Mask: This potent clay mask is gentle yet effective—a boon for breakout-prone skin. $19.50
3. Peter Thomas Roth Oxygen Detoxifying Mask: This mask is supposed to plump up surface cells and make your skin look more refined. All I know is that after using it, I positively glow. My skin looks youthful, rosy, and refreshed. $50
4. Astara Blue Flame Purification Mask: This cult classic uses tea tree oil and other botanicals to banish breakouts and help keep future eruptions in check. It also works as a spot treatment. $37 5. Ella Bache Equalizing Mask: Cucumber and peach extracts are the special ingredients in this clay mask, which helps tighten pores and shed skin of dead cells. $36
6. Dermalogica Skin Refining Mask: Two types of clay combine with zinc oxide to eliminate impurities and smooth skin’s surface. It also soothes inflamed skin, leaving nothing but a glow behind. $31.50
7. Face Stockholm Sage & Aloe Mask: I love this clear gel mask. It’s shiny yet otherwise invisible—no white or green color to give me away. It only takes a few minutes for sage, aloe, comfrey, and avocado extracts to do their work, leaving your skin refined and refreshed. $18
8. Fresh Umbrian Clay Face Treatment: Since this doubles as a cleanser, I smooth it on right over my makeup at the start of my evening routine, and then rinse it off ten minutes later for a quick, pore-clearing treatment. $45
9. Dr. Hauschka Rejuvenating Mask: I love the retro herbal European vibe, and the amazing scent of the essential oils. This multi-purpose wonder treats large pores, blemishes, hardened skin tissue, and dullness, leaving any skin type smooth and glowing. $45
10. Awake Vital Express Mask: This one scares my husband a little bit, but I never take a trip without it. It’s an individually packaged paper mask (with holes cut out for eyes, nose, and mouth) soaked in skin-loving vitamins like B, C, and E. Everyone knows flying wreaks havoc on your skin, which is why this mask is the first thing I put on after checking in to my hotel room. $55
The Popular Vote
Note: Aspirin, which is essentially salicylic acid, also garnered some votes, as did baking soda, ground oatmeal and honey, and Milk of Magnesia.
1. Queen Helene
Details: Mint Julep Masque
Price: $3 (approx.)
2. Origins
Details: Clear Improvement
Price: $18.50
3. Bath & Body Works
Details: Pure Simplicity Pumpkin Purifying Face Mask
Price: $16
4. Astara
Details: Blue Flame Purification Mask
Price: $37
5. Awake
Details: Vital Express Mask
Price: $55
6. Biotherm
Details: None specified
Price: $20-24
7. Bliss
Details: Task Mask
Price: $30
8. Annayaké
Details: Extreme Radiance Mask
Price: $90 (approx.)
9. Arbonne
Details: Thermal Fusion Enzyme Mask
Price: $20.50
10. Avon
Details: True Pore-Fection Skin Refining Mask
Price: $8.50
What the Pros Chose
Haven Porification Mask, $50: Gabrielle Ophals
Bliss Sleeping Peel Microexfoliating Mask, $52: Wende Zomnir
Aveda Tourmaline Charged Radiance Mask, $26: Shauna Raisch
Catherine Atzen Biological Modeling Mask, $46: Vanessa Talabac
Daniello Instant Beauty Mask, $61 (approx.): Lilly Rivera
Sircuit Skin Cosmeceuticals Sir Activ Zeolyte Purifying Scrub, $48: Shan Albert
Prada Hydrating Mask, $85: Meg Thompson
Boscia Moisture Replenishing Mask, $25: Meredith Green
Clarins Beauty Flash Balm, $40: Julie Hewett
Enessa Replenishing Moor Mask, $48: Michelle Ornstein
Avance Purifying Sea Mask, $29: Dee DeLuca-Mattos
Peter Thomas Roth Cucumber Gel Masque, $40: Peter Thomas Roth
June Jacobs Perfect Pumpkin Enzyme Peeling Masque, $72, and Cranberry Pomegranate Masque, $54 each: June Jacobs
1) The Beauty Insider's Picks: My own personal list of the best products in that category, in no particular order
2) The Popular Vote: The results of a poll I did of over 1000 beauty-savvy consumers, in order of popularity
3) What the Pros Chose: These are the top picks of the beauty experts who appear in my book, also known as The Beauty Bunch. (You can learn more about this genius team of experts by clicking on the About the Book tab, and then clicking on "Who are the Beauty Insiders?").
The Beauty Insider’s Picks
1. Yon-Ka Masque 103 Clarifying Aromatic Clay Mask: I love this heavenly-scented clay mask. The combination of green and China clay clears out clogged pores, absorbs excess oil, and leaves skin silky smooth. Also, unlike other clay masks, this never feels dry because you mist it every couple of minutes with the Yon-Ka toner. $32
2. Elizabeth Arden Deep Cleansing Mask: This potent clay mask is gentle yet effective—a boon for breakout-prone skin. $19.50
3. Peter Thomas Roth Oxygen Detoxifying Mask: This mask is supposed to plump up surface cells and make your skin look more refined. All I know is that after using it, I positively glow. My skin looks youthful, rosy, and refreshed. $50
4. Astara Blue Flame Purification Mask: This cult classic uses tea tree oil and other botanicals to banish breakouts and help keep future eruptions in check. It also works as a spot treatment. $37 5. Ella Bache Equalizing Mask: Cucumber and peach extracts are the special ingredients in this clay mask, which helps tighten pores and shed skin of dead cells. $36
6. Dermalogica Skin Refining Mask: Two types of clay combine with zinc oxide to eliminate impurities and smooth skin’s surface. It also soothes inflamed skin, leaving nothing but a glow behind. $31.50
7. Face Stockholm Sage & Aloe Mask: I love this clear gel mask. It’s shiny yet otherwise invisible—no white or green color to give me away. It only takes a few minutes for sage, aloe, comfrey, and avocado extracts to do their work, leaving your skin refined and refreshed. $18
8. Fresh Umbrian Clay Face Treatment: Since this doubles as a cleanser, I smooth it on right over my makeup at the start of my evening routine, and then rinse it off ten minutes later for a quick, pore-clearing treatment. $45
9. Dr. Hauschka Rejuvenating Mask: I love the retro herbal European vibe, and the amazing scent of the essential oils. This multi-purpose wonder treats large pores, blemishes, hardened skin tissue, and dullness, leaving any skin type smooth and glowing. $45
10. Awake Vital Express Mask: This one scares my husband a little bit, but I never take a trip without it. It’s an individually packaged paper mask (with holes cut out for eyes, nose, and mouth) soaked in skin-loving vitamins like B, C, and E. Everyone knows flying wreaks havoc on your skin, which is why this mask is the first thing I put on after checking in to my hotel room. $55
The Popular Vote
Note: Aspirin, which is essentially salicylic acid, also garnered some votes, as did baking soda, ground oatmeal and honey, and Milk of Magnesia.
1. Queen Helene
Details: Mint Julep Masque
Price: $3 (approx.)
2. Origins
Details: Clear Improvement
Price: $18.50
3. Bath & Body Works
Details: Pure Simplicity Pumpkin Purifying Face Mask
Price: $16
4. Astara
Details: Blue Flame Purification Mask
Price: $37
5. Awake
Details: Vital Express Mask
Price: $55
6. Biotherm
Details: None specified
Price: $20-24
7. Bliss
Details: Task Mask
Price: $30
8. Annayaké
Details: Extreme Radiance Mask
Price: $90 (approx.)
9. Arbonne
Details: Thermal Fusion Enzyme Mask
Price: $20.50
10. Avon
Details: True Pore-Fection Skin Refining Mask
Price: $8.50
What the Pros Chose
Haven Porification Mask, $50: Gabrielle Ophals
Bliss Sleeping Peel Microexfoliating Mask, $52: Wende Zomnir
Aveda Tourmaline Charged Radiance Mask, $26: Shauna Raisch
Catherine Atzen Biological Modeling Mask, $46: Vanessa Talabac
Daniello Instant Beauty Mask, $61 (approx.): Lilly Rivera
Sircuit Skin Cosmeceuticals Sir Activ Zeolyte Purifying Scrub, $48: Shan Albert
Prada Hydrating Mask, $85: Meg Thompson
Boscia Moisture Replenishing Mask, $25: Meredith Green
Clarins Beauty Flash Balm, $40: Julie Hewett
Enessa Replenishing Moor Mask, $48: Michelle Ornstein
Avance Purifying Sea Mask, $29: Dee DeLuca-Mattos
Peter Thomas Roth Cucumber Gel Masque, $40: Peter Thomas Roth
June Jacobs Perfect Pumpkin Enzyme Peeling Masque, $72, and Cranberry Pomegranate Masque, $54 each: June Jacobs
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