Natural Face Masks Guide - The Hydrogel Edition

What are Face Masks?

You may have seen all kinds of face masks in your life…especially the famous green clay face mask. These days, there are “natural face masks” made out of all kinds of supposedly beneficial ingredients, and some are even made with stranger ingredients - 24k gold, snail mucus, bee venom, and even caviar! These are some interesting ingredients to say the least! But what is a face mask used for? Many people think of these as special treatments only applied on fancy spa days. They’re like the decadent dessert of skin care in many people's lives. Face masks are actually an important part of your skin care routine, not necessarily required to do daily, but for the best results, masking at least 2-3 times a week brings your skin the most benefits.

There are different masks for all different skin types, but not all masks should be used for all skin types (unless you’re using natural face masks - more on that later). Clay masks may be great for drawing out impurities, helping to reduce oil, and preventing blemishes. However this type of mask may not be suitable for dry or sensitive skin types as they could dry out or irritate the skin further. Enter our natural face masks. These masks are beneficial for all skin types, and are able to aid certain conditions depending on the mask.

Why Do You Need to Use Natural Face Masks?

Think about your daily skin care routine - you may use your daily pea size amount of serum, or a quarter sized amount of moisturizer (or maybe you’re ahead of the game already and stick to a 10 step Korean skin care routine!). Masks tend to be more potent, and your skin doesn’t absorb all of the benefits at once like with other skin care products. Face masks are worn for a longer period of time so your skin can fully absorb the benefits.

As with all skin care products, you should always go with our high standards of natural! We’ve talked about why natural is better because of the crazy toxins and other slacking synthetic ingredients conventional cosmetic companies put into their products. Conventional face masks may contain silicone based emollients to make your skin feel superficially smooth but actually suffocate your skin, or maybe artificial fragrances that irritate skin. Chemical peel face masks may produce faster results, but are you OK with stripping and damaging your skin in the long run? We’re on team work smarter, not harder. For starters, we’ve said no to diluting skin care products with plain water, thickeners, and fillers, so you can enjoy more potent skin care. Why include useless synthetic ingredients when you can reap the benefits of natural ingredients - that do double duty to hold your favorite beauty product together AND nourish your skin?

What's Special About Our Natural Face Masks

Our natural face masks pack a whammy even in their base ingredients. While conventional face masks might start with a synthetic base material that provide minimal benefits to your skin, our natural face masks start with a nourishing hydrogel base. This hydrogel material is made with plant cellulose - an organic polymer that makes up plant cell walls and keeps our masks pieced together - and soothing aloe juice. We use this natural material because it absorbs the ingredients and lets them slowly penetrate your skin upon application. As you wear these masks, you will notice that the longer you wear them, the material gets thinner because your skin is absorbing the ingredients from the hydrogel. The colors of the masks come from the natural ingredients used. Because they contain no toxic chemicals, synthetic dyes, or harmful ingredients, our natural face masks are beneficial for all skin types. Another huge plus to the material these are made from? Good for the planet - these babies are biodegradable. Yay! Without further ado, we’ll introduce you to our hydrogel goodies (stay tuned for a new Korean sheet mask release to add to our natural face masks collection).