16 Fantastic Face Masks For All Skin Types
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16 Fantastic Face Masks For All Skin Types

Must-have skincare treats

Looking for the best face masks for dry, oily or tired skin? Look no further. We’ve found the best luxury skincare treats to leave your complexion looking and feeling softer and smoother.

Whether you’re prepping for a girls’ night in, treating someone to a pampering session or just gearing up for a night of self-care, a face mask can do wonders for both your mood and your skin. Having ascended from the status of ‘colourful goop’ (the kind we slathered on each other at sleepovers in our teens) to skincare saviour, face masks can give our skin a much needed hit of hydration and energy. Boots alone has 13 types of face masks to choose from, from clay, sheet and mud to cream and peel-off (a personal favourite). There’s also masks that target specific areas of the face, like blemishes, pores and under the eyes.

Ready to get started? Plumper, firmer and dewy skin is just a sheet away…

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What Are Face Masks?

‘Face masks are a luxurious and essential part of any skincare routine,’ says skincare label Noble Panacea. ‘They provide a deep cleanse, and can exfoliate and nourish the skin, leaving it feeling refreshed, radiant and renewed.’

As for the different types of face masks, Noble Panacea tells us to keep an eye out for ‘clay and charcoal (which are washed off), sheet masks, peel off masks and sleep masks.’

A Closer Look: Sleep Masks

‘Sleep masks, which have taken Western skin care by storm, are adapted from the Korean skin care routine,’ the brand highlights. ‘Formulated for overnight use, sleeping masks are meant to be massaged onto the skin, allowing time for your skin to be soothed and more intensely hydrated.  Used as a final part of your night regimen, sleeping masks are formulated depending on your skin type and skin concern.’

Are They Good For Skin?

Face masks can target a number of different concerns, from dryness and irritation to limiting the signs of aging – making them a great addition to your skincare routine.

How Often Should You Use Face Masks?

Generally speaking, a maximum of a few times a week is enough when it comes to using face masks. ‘We recommend using a face mask one to two times per week, depending on your skin type and concerns,’ Noble Panacea advises.

The Best Face Masks For All Skin Types

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Black face mask packet

Aesthetically Perfect SKIN

Supercell Matrix Centella Asiatica Bio-Cellulose Mask, £18

aestheticallyperfectskin.com

Best For: Preserving skin health

Key Ingredients: Camellia sinensis leaf extract, niacinamide

The APS Supercell Matrix mask is an age-defying treatment that aims to rebuild, restore, and detoxify the skin. It contains Centella Asiatica, a natural plant growth factor known for its wound healing, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging properties. This mask helps lock in hydration, enhances the penetration of active ingredients, rebuilds the core skin structure, and helps preserve cell health. It’s an easy and effective skin pick me up when it’s feeling sensitised and tired.

White compact with face mask sachets inside on purple background

Noble Panacea

The Exceptional Chronobiology Sleep Mask (8 Doses), £302

noblepanacea.com

Best For: Detox, repair & regeneration

Key Ingredients: Pre and post-biotics, PHA, retinol, peptides, ceramide NP and 2D hyaluronic acid

In need of an overnight reset? Noble Panacea’s sleeping mask works with the skin’s natural overnight biorhythm to enhance its regenerations process, meaning you can wake up firmer, plumper and replenishes skin.

MZ Skin

Hydra-Lift Golden Facial Mask (5 units), £95

johnbellcroyden.co.uk

Best For: Rejuvenating skin 

Key Ingredients: Gold nanoparticles, niacinamide, vitamin C and collagen

This luxurious sheet mask provides intense hydration to brighten and plump the skin as well as smoothing fine lines. 

Dermanda

Hydrating and Firming Face Mask

Coming soon to johnbellcroyden.co.uk

Best For: Soothing post-treatment skin

Key Ingredients: Gingko biloba, Rhizobian gum and Avena Sativa kernel extract

Designed to cool and heal your skin after a treatment, this mask will leave you looking moisturised and radiant.

Green face mask packet

Sephora

Fiber Face Mask Matcha Tea, £3.19

sephora.co.uk

Best For: Pore tightening

Key Ingredients: Matcha tea

Sephora’s legendary facemasks target a range of issues, from soothing irritated skin to deep hydration and plumping. It’s matcha tea extract mask is the one to opt for if you’re struggling with your pores though, as it helps to mattify skin and reduce the appearance of dilated pores.

Red face mask packets next to red box

Aesthetically Perfect SKIN

Lift and Illuminate Natural Silk Mask (Pack of 5), £34

aestheticallyperfectskin.com

Best For: Firming & plumping

Key Ingredients: Blurring diamond powder, hydrolysed collagen and vitamin C

A new release from British beauty brand Aesthetically Perfect SKIN, these sheet masks are suitable for all skin types and focus on firming and plumping skin. Made with a vitamin-rich formula, with key ingredients including diamond powder (for firming), niacinamide (for calming and anti-inflammation) and hydrolysed collagen (for anti-ageing), these masks are great for delivering a hydration boost and smoothing out your complexion.

White sheet mask packet

Decree

SOS Revitalising Mask, £20

johnbellcroyden.co.uk

Best For: Sensitive skin

Key Ingredients: Rose extract, hyaluronic acid and silk amino acids

Ideal for all skin types (even those struggling with sensitivity), this face mask from Decree is packed with reparative and brightening antioxidants, as well as hyaluronic acid and silk amino acids to boost hydration and restore the skin barrier.

Dropper bottle next to white packaging box

The Ordinary

Lactic Acid 10% + HA 2%, £7.90

johnbellcroyden.co.uk

Best For: Smoothing skin

Key Ingredients: Lactic acid and Tasmanian pepperberry

The Ordinary’s peeling mask uses high-strength lactic acid to mildly exfoliate the skin, leaving it feeling smoother and softer (and those wanting an even gentler experience can opt for the five per cent formula).

Pink face mask packet from 111Skin

111SKIN

Rose Gold Brightening Facial Treatment Mask, from £20

111skin.com

Best For: Brightening skin

Key Ingredients: Colloidal gold, peptides and rose damask

Cult beauty brand 111SKIN is renowned for its face masks and this rose gold treatment is the ultimate skin treat. Mixing damask rose, 24-karat gold and Argireline peptides, these masks work to resuscitate dull skin and give it a more luminous complexion.

Aesop Sublime Replenishing Night Masque

Aesop

Sublime Replenishing Night Mask, £97

aesop.com

Best For: A vitamin boost

Key Ingredients: Sodium ascorbyl phosphate (vitamin C), frankincense and saccharide isomerate

This is what it says on the brown glass jar: sublime. It’s richly hydrating and perfect for skin in need of a boost of vitamins B, C, E and F and the transformative scent (not to mention anti-inflammatory properties) of frankincense. Slaver lashings of it on your skin overnight and wake up to a new (pre-Covid-style) face. One that’s replenished, soft and super supple. In terms of this product being a redeemer, consider it Jesus in a bottle.

ProBeauty Brightening Sheet Mask

BeautyPro

Brightening Sheet Mask with Vitamin C, £5

beautypro.com

Best For: Rebalancing skin tone

Key Ingredients: Blueberry, yuzu citrus and sea buckthorn

Looking to re-energise your skin? Try BeautyPro’s Brightening Sheet Mask, which works to rebalance uneven skin tones and diminish pigmentation. Combining nourishing ingredients like collagen, Vitamin C and aloe vera, the mask promises to improve your skin’s elasticity and give it a fresh radiant glow. It’s also an ideal anti-ageing treatment.

Liz Earle

Liz Earle

Hydrating Cream Mask, £22.50

boots.com

Best For: Winter-worn skin

Key Ingredients: Apricot kernel oil, borage sea oil and shea butter

Skin feeling drier as the weather gets colder? Liz Earle’s new hydrating cream mask is the product for you. With a luxurious whipped cream texture and made with plant butters and oils, it’s designed to feel like a drink of water for your complexion. It’s all vegan, too.

Best face masks

Chanel

Sublimage Masque, £195

boots.com

Best For: A deeply moisturised afterglow

Key Ingredients: Planifolia PFA and argan oil

More of an intensive moisturiser than a mask, this argan oil-rich formula should be used one to three times a week to give skin a hydration boost. One of our favourite luxury face masks for winter, simple apply a generous layer on clean, dry skin and allow to soak for 10 minutes, then remove any remaining with a tissue. No need to rinse after use. You’ll notice a difference in skin softness and texture after the first use.

Best Treatment Cleansers

Origins

Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask to Clear Pores, £25

origins.co.uk

Best For: Deep cleaning

Key Ingredients: Bamboo charcoal and China clay

Bamboo charcoal draws out dirt and blockages from pores, white china clay absorbs environmental toxins and lecithin dissolves impurities making this a triple-action mask for problem skin.

La Mer

The Hydrating Facial, £205

cremedelamere.co.uk

Best For: A hydration boost

Key Ingredients: Jojoba seed oil, sweet almond seed meal and avocado oil

This facial-in-a-box intensive hydration treatment is one of the most luxurious face masks on the market. Containing plant and marine algae, cellular lipids and avocado and melon extracts, this soothing sheet mask should be used once a week for an extra moisture boost.

Best face masks

Elemis

Pro-collagen MARINE Mask, £58

elemis.com

Best For: Anti-aging

Key Ingredients: Padina pavonica, adaptogenic noni, moringa and argan tree oil

Key active ingredients in this anti-ageing face mask include padina pavonica for lift, quartz for firming, noni for relaxation and smoothing and argan tree oil for hydration and smoother texture and tone. Leave for 8-10 minutes for noticeably softer skin.

Chantecaille face mask tub

Chantecaille

Aromacologie Detox Clay Mask, £90

spacenk.com

Best For: Blackhead busting

Key Ingredients: Black clay, honey, mushroom extract and rosemary

This flower-scented clay mask leaves skin feeling softer, smoother and tighter after each use. A good stress-buster for problem skin, and a great face mask for blackheads.

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