Mask it up

Masks have been a soothing way to unwind and detox the day away.  Think about how much time you pay yourself. In this busy world, where our time is often distributed between a number of things like work, school, kids, etc, it's good to take just a few minutes (5 to 20) or over night to treat your skin to relaxation. Some products out there that leave the skin feeling soft and do a lot of good things for moisturizing the skin are the Trader Joe's mask trio, which is a wonderful and cost effective way, to mask, Origins mask set, and Peter Thomas Roth sampler. Pick these up when they come out in sets because that way you can try more than one mask and see which one your skin acclimates to best. My skin and my nose tend to love Rose masks.

Some people place their masks in the refrigerator for an added cooling affect upon application, but I would watch the temperature and make sure that you are not freezing your skin.

I'm not the biggest fan of sheet masks because I don't like having to throw sheets of stuff away (reduce carbon footprint) as I find them unnecessary waste of material, but I do feel like we have an excellent infrastructure in water cleansing so washing things that don't have SLS (sodium laurel sulfates), other surfactants, and toxic agents should not harm our water supply. With that I do read ingredients to mask carefully, as should everyone.

Origins masks:

Peter Thomas Roth masks:

Home made masks too are a wonderful way to experience masking.

Some self made concuctions that have worked are a mixture of some skin care products that I received and didn't have time to go through them. I got a bottle of Vitamin C serum with hyleronic acid that I couldn't use in the morning because the acid would pile up my foundation so what I did instead was I put it on then I would follow it up with moisturizers that I didn't want to continue using in a thick layer, wait about 10-20 minutes and wash it off. Yes, that worked as a mask very well. 

I often find the combination of ingredients in other home made masks to be drying for my skin. When a mask dries more than it moisturizes I often call quits on it because it's not the purpose that I would like it to fulfill for me. 

I remember the all natural route that I too participated in once. I have put honey on my face, aloe, butter, you name it. I did not see any particular improvement in my face other than drying after the application of these natural products and thus I have come to believe that skin care companies do try their best to  deliver products that work for us. We should all have a little faith in chemistry. 

What should be done with all the empty bottles of masks? Recycled. Please