7 hydrating masks to rejuvenate your skin after a winter holiday

Drunk Elephant F-Balm Electrolyte Waterfacial Hydrating Mask, $77

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Spending long hours outdoors exploring in the cold is all fun and games till your skin starts looking red and feels sensitised, dry and dehydrated. This lightweight face mask is a potent blend of five forms of ceramides, omega fatty acids, niacinamide, plant squalane, antioxidants and sodium PCA that together help to flood skin with moisture to restore balance of hydration and relieve and fortify the skin barrier. Use this hydrating face mask as the last step of your skincare routine, or mixed in with a rich oil and your dry skin will soon look plump, radiant and healthy.

Dr.Jart+ Cicapair Sleepair Ampoule in Mask, $58

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Even if you didn’t spend a lot of time outdoors on your year end winter holiday, the cold along with the wind can leave your skin feeling raw, sensitised and irritated. Soothe and calm any irritation or redness, dry skin and rough texture with this gel mask. Slather on a generous layer before bed and a blend of centella asiatica, niacinamide, glycerin, minerals and probiotics goes to work hydrating skin, healing any damage and strengthening the skin’s microbiome while you sleep. In the morning, skin is hydrated, restored, healthy and strong.

Caudalie Vinosourse Hydra Moisturizing Mask, $48

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Tackle dehydrated and dry skin that is also stressed and sensitised with this hydrating face mask that is like a tall drink of water. It’s packed with organic grape water that is soothing and moisturising and it is filled with prebiotics that help support the skin. This face mask also has polyphenols that have antioxidant benefits and reduce damage from free radicals keeping skin healthy and plump. Plus, organic centella asiatica helps ease any inflammation keeping skin comfortable and healthy. You can use it as flash mask to get a burst of hydration in 10 minutes or overnight to let dry skin really soak in the moisture.

SK-II Facial Treatment Mask, $148

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A sheet mask is a great way to add hydration and moisture to dry skin. It sits on your skin acts as an occlusive for the 15 to 20 minutes that you have it on sealing in all the nourishing goodness. This hydrating face mask is drenched in Pitera, SK-II’s proprietary natural, bio-ingredient. Pitera itself is filled with amino acids, vitamins, minerals and organic acids that soothe, condition, hydrate and strengthen the skin to restore radiance and help the skin protect itself better against external aggressors. Sheet masks are also extremely convenient to carry around, and you can even use one on your flight back from your winter holiday.

Laneige Water Sleeping Mask_EX, $50

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It’s essential to repair dry skin and tackle any rough texture once you’re back from your winter holiday. But long hours back at the office as well as disturbed sleep due to jet lag can only slow that process. Enter, the Laneige Water Sleeping Mask_EX that features squalane and a special probiotic complex called the Sleeping Micro Biome. Squalane helps to hydrate skin, prevent further loss of moisture and calms dry skin, while the probiotic complex ensures the good bacteria flourish and protect the skin from external aggressors. Lightweight, it sinks into your skin, not your pillow cover, so you wake up with soft, smooth, radiant skin that looks healthy and rested.

REN Clean Skincare Evercalm Ultra Comforting Rescue Mask, $26

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Treat jet lagged, sun and wind burnt, dehydrated and dry skin to this mask that will literally rescue it from any irritation and inflammation. A potent blend of white mushroom and arnica relieve any tightness and combat redness while hydrating skin to refresh and revive it. Beta glucan helps to prevent moisture loss thus strengthening the skin against external aggressors. Not travelling again soon? Use it as a flash mask before makeup and the morning after a big night out to perk skin up.

Minon Amino Moist Face Mask, $36

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Formulated with Natural Moisturising Factors, nine types of amino acids and micro hyaluronic acid (which means it’s able to penetrate deeper into the skin), this hydrating sheet mask helps skin recover from dehydration and inflammation, and restores a compromised skin barrier, making it stronger, brighter and healthier.

Fresh Rose Deep Hydration Sleeping Mask, $85

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This two-step mask is just what you need to restore deep hydration to parched skin. Step one is a cooling gel essence that floods the skin with moisture thanks to rosewater, damask rose extract and hyaluronic acid. Step two is a silky water-cream that keeps the moisture locked in and prevents further loss of water thanks to a time release technology that forms a hydrating mirco network over the surface of the skin. The result is happy, hydrated skin that doesn’t show any signs of dryness or dehydration.



This article was originally published in Singapore Women's Weekly.