Everything You Need to Know about Moisturizing Face Mask

Dry skin or dehydrated skin, you need to moisturize first!

Our body is made up of 70% water, and we can’t live without water, so does your skin. Since it is the largest organ of our body, everything that happens inside your body will reflect on your skin.

 To figure out if you have dry skin or dehydrated skin is easy, take a look at your skin. Does it look oily? We all have natural oils in our skin, however, if the answer is no, then your skin is dry. On the other hand, if it looks oily, then you might have dehydrated skin, because your skin lacks water that leads it to need to protect itself by producing more oil on the surface, then causing acne and blackhead on your skin. After diagnosing your skin, you will know that dry skin or dehydrated skin are not caused by the same reason but require the same treatment-Hydrating.

How can I hydrate my face naturally?

Your body works around the clock and you should treat it in the best natural way. Here’re some tips that are the long and short of keeping your skin hydrated.

• Get 8-9 hours sleep
• Drink water at least 2000ml a day
• Avoid irritating foods and drinks
• Protect your skin from the sun, wind, and cold
• Regularly using Moisturizing Face Mask

What does a moisturizing face mask do?

Why does using a moisturizing face mask have a better effect than using other moisturizing products? The answer is because ingredients from a face mask will keep longer in contact with your skin because of the occlusion phenomenon of the mask on your skin. Therefore, face masks allow ingredients to penetrate better into your skin in a short amount of time and offer a more concentrated dose and more intense version of its ingredients compared to other forms of applications.

What are the best moisturizing ingredients in a face mask?

The skin’s moisture barrier, made of cholesterol, fatty acids, and ceramides, is responsible for locking in moisture and keeping your skin hydrated and healthy. So the best moisturizing ingredients in a face mask must contain the things that are similar to these components. The most common ingredient might be Ceramide, while our skin already naturally contains ceramides, which are occurring lipids that make up 50 percent of your skin’s structure. Applying your skin with ceramide can help keep skin barrier strong and healthy by preventing environmental aggressors from getting in, while simultaneously preventing trans-epidermal water loss.

But what else can the skin not live without? Here’s the mystery guest you will like to meet – Deep Sea Water. Pumped from over 200 meters below sea level, deep sea water works better wonders on the skin due to its lower temperature, higher purity, and richer levels of minerals, nutrients, and trace elements such as calcium, potassium, magnesium selenium, and zinc, and many others which act as natural cosmetics for the skin. With science proof, the magnesium in sea water can preserve the skin’s moisture barrier to prevent water loss. Further enhancing the hydration abilities of sea water, its salt content helps the skin hold more water. For these reasons, face masks that contain deep sea water are seen as a potent antidote for skin that is itchy, dry, or flaky.

How can I moisturize my face overnight with the face mask?

Your skin experiences much more transepidermal water loss at night during your sleeping time. So it’s important to keep your skin hydrated. Put on a moisturizing face mask just before you go to bed, 10-15 minutes can instantly hydrate your skin and the active ingredients in the face mask can help protect the skin’s moisture barrier from losing hydration.

What to do before and after moisturizing face mask application?

We all know that being well prepared can have better results. So remember to prepare your skin before you apply a moisturizing face mask. Easy and important way like this: wash your face with lukewarm water and gentle cleanser, rinse a few more times to make sure there’s no residual on your face and pat dry. After your masking time, your skin has fully absorbed the essence it needs, you can gently massage for 30 seconds then rinse your face again with water, because the left essence on your skin surface won’t help your skin hydrate more, most of the time it may cause clogged the pores and leads to other skin problems that you don’t want to experience. No matter how natural and mild the formula of the face mask is, always keep your skin cleansed after using it.