Original Content by Bea Punzalan from THREAD PH
Annyeong, clear skin!
Self-care often involves an intensive skincare ritual that caters to your skin type and helps you achieve that clear skin that you’ve been dying to have. With 10-step Korean skincare routines making airwaves in the beauty world in the last few years, we can’t help but thank the gods for blessing us with such an effective beauty regimen.
Our favorite step from the viral skincare routine? The iconic sheet mask.
We love how a good pack leaves us dewy and plump in just under 20 minutes. Packed with different kinds of essences and vitamins, sheet masks can grant us hydrated, bright, and healthy-looking skin with regular use. In fact, Koreans love it so much that they’ve been known to use it on the daily!
But it can be pretty overwhelming to choose from the different kinds of sheet masks available online and in store. Sometimes we get so excited to see all that eye candy all in one row, that we just pick out the ones that look the cutest without even knowing if it suits our skin or if it will even be effective for addressing our specific skin concerns.
Don’t worry, though!
We’ve got you and we’re going to guide you through the different ingredients you should be looking for when purchasing sheet masks. And before you know it, your skin will be looking sooooo much better than just any old regular sheet mask has ever done for you.
Read on for the beauty rundown!
If you’ve got dry skin…
Go for sheet masks with rose. It’s known to have extra-hydrating properties that will help nourish dry skin back to life. It also contains anti-inflammatory properties that will help treat redness or inflamed skin.
If you’ve got dull skin and need some brightening…
Look for sheets masks with ingredients like lemon, niacinamide, or some good old Vitamin C. These ingredients help bring back the color to your skin due to antioxidant properties that help restore collagen levels. They’ll also give your face a healthy boost by helping your skin cleanse itself from free radicals. Studies also show that they can help protect and prevent you from UV damage!
If you’re prone to acne or get constant breakouts…
Green tea is life! Acne is normal, especially if you in highly-polluted cities, so it’s best to give our skin some extra TLC. The soothing properties of green tea can help keep sebum production at bay and calm down active acne.
or if you’re just incredibly oily…
Some of us are born with enough moisture in us. The thing is, we often think that we shouldn’t be moisturizing if our skin is already that oily. Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but the oilier your skin is the more you should be keeping it hydrated. Depriving it from the moisture that it needs will actually lead to it producing more oil.
Keep the sebum production at bay with ingredients like tea tree and olive leaf extracts. These are ingredients known to be anti-bacterial and anti-microbial so they can reduce acne by a ton. Face masks with tea tree are more recommended than the tea-tree extract as they’re less drying and less harsh on the skin — if you mistakenly apply on too much tea tree extract or oil, you’ll actually get more acne in the process. With a sheet mask, the amount is controlled and mixed in with more antioxidants and essences to balance them all out.
If you’re trying to avoid wrinkles…
As we mature, our skin matures with us. As cliché as that may sound, it’s actually very much true. Wrinkles are signs of ageing but we can always battle through it. Combat wrinkles and other fine lines by building your moisture barrier to life.
Look for sheet masks with anti-ageing properties like collagen, pearl, glycerin, or retinol.
Better skin days await you!
Share with us your favorite sheet mask in the comments section below! ❤
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