Cream Masks

Everyday our skin battles with different kinds of threats, like the lack of good nutrition and the cold, dry air, especially one that lasts all-year-round, which can lead to flaky skin and dryness, plus its skin cells are continuously under assault by oxidative stress that can pose us to a higher risk of premature aging.

Due to this, a facial mask, especially Cream Mask, proves to be beneficial as it helps to fill in our skin's need for protection against intensive dryness, unbalanced nutrition, and free radical damage.

Cream Masks have oil or gel as base, which accounts for their thick, creamy, and generally opaque consistency. They work to moisturize, rehydrate, and soften the skin in a major way, which makes cream masks best suited for dry skin. Many cream masks today, however, have been developed with several moisture-rich natural ingredients, , thus, they are able to impart added benefits like whitening, revitalizing, among the others, and have become equally friendly and functional for all skin types. Cream Masks are packed in sealed bottles, plastic tubes, and sometimes foil sachets, which help to retain their ingredients fresh and active.

Missha Super Aqua Good Sleeping Gel Cream Mask Price : $30.00 Missha Pore Minimizing Cream Mask Price : $17.00 Clarins HydraQuench Cream Mask Price : $35.00 Clarins Intensive Brightening Mask Price : $32.00

Clarins Super Restorative Replenishing Comfort Mask Price : $62.00

Moisturize, Rejuvenate Tired Skin and Counter Free Radical Damage.

Missha Super Aqua Good Sleeping Gel Cream Mask ensures that your body gets a good night’s sleep to eliminate the stress and free radicals that arise from a busy lifestyle, and your skin, a perfect rejuvenation overnight. These benefits are all made possible through the calming and soothing natural extracts of Lavender and Chamomile, the nourishing and skin moisturizing mix of herbal oils, Marine Collagen, and Keratin-C, and the natural hydrating ability of Pure Glacier Water.

Clarins Super Restorative Replenishing Comfort Mask also helps to relieve stress from the skin. It contains extracts of the Pueraria Lobata, also known as Kudzu, which helps to boost cellular activity and collagen production, while soothing the skin; Oat Sugars, extracted from the plant's seeds, work as a natural skin-tightening agent, and help smooth appearance of imperfections on skin's surface; Mango Oil/Shea Butter that nourish, comfort and soften dry, sensitive skin; Kaki, which contains age-control benefits; the vitamin C-rich Parsley, which helps diminish dark circles and detoxifies so skin takes on a more healthy glow; and, Glycolic Acid which gently removes dry skin surface. Experience its fresh scent and softer, smoother, and more radiant skin everytime after using this product.

Restore the Skin's Moisture Balance Across Different Temperature Changes.

Clarins^® HydraQuench Cream Mask knows precisely that our skin normally losses water through evaporation, so keeping our skin’s corneal layer – the part of the epidermis that controls the loss of water from our skin - always in good condition in order to prevent dry, lackluster skin.

Thanks to its Katafray Bark extract, an exclusive Clarins^® ingredient that helps to repair damage in our skin’s corneal layer, and Hyaluronic Acid that locks in the skin’s moisture. This facial mask has also proven to help balance oil and moisture on combination skin, and is one of the best skin care products that you can use regardless of the local climate.

Reduce the Size of Pores to Achieve Smoother Skin.

Facial pore size and excessive sebum production are notoriously difficult skin conditions to treat. One potential reason for this is that the location of the sebaceous gland is in the deeper portion of the dermis, a difficult area to be reached by any skin care application.¹

Missha Super Aqua Pore Minimizing Cream Mask helps to prevent enlarged pores from taking toll on your skin. It contains Bentonite,a healing clay that helps to rejuvenate and instantly refine the look of pores, detoxify, and purify the pores from dirt and blemish-causing debris; Angelica Extract, a natural antioxidant that helps to tone, reduce pore size, and refine the skin’s complexion; ATC Complex - Missha’s patented sun-blocking ingredient, which helps to soothe and protect the skin; and, Cactus extract, which stimulates cell renewal.

Brighten, Moisturize the Skin, Diminishes Dark Spots.

After 4 weeks use: 97% of women who used Clarins Intensive Brightening Mask reported brighter and more luminous skin. ² Tamarind fruit acid, Glycolic acid grafted onto Arginine and Bio-Ecolia intensively eliminates dead skin and brightens the complexion, and- Clarins’ exclusive HP Lock-Around System with Alchemilla and Raspberry extracts with a highly stable Vitamin C derivative slow down the excessive transfer of melanin to cells in the epidermis, help block factors linked to hyperpigmentation and provide reinforced protection against the formation of sun, age and dark spots.

Missha Time Revolution White Cure Quick Brightener cares for the skin at the cellular level. It contains fine powders that help to absorb impurities and aged skin cells; DN-Aid^TM, which heals and protects the DNA in the skin cells from damage; White Cure^TM, a Melanin care ingredient of Madagascar island found by the Bayer Ltd that controls the melanin formation whitens, and improves skin tone by; and, White Flower Extracts, which help to moisturize, rejuvenate, and protect the skin.

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References:
.¹ Use Of Intradermal Botulinium Toxin To Reduce Sebum Production And Facial Pore Size http://www.shahfacialplastics.com/intradermal-botox.html Accessed: April 18, 2011. ²Clarins New Bright Plus HP Intensive Brightening Mask. http://es.clarins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/beauty-products_brightening_new-bright-plus-hp-intensive-brightening-mask_C010406021_10051_10204_-1_31175_41527_10315 Accessed: April 18, 2011.