Masks we group for barrier repair

The short read

• These are the longest lists of the shelves with a page here, well above the catalogue's median - though not the longest of every concern in the catalogue, and the table below shows which are longer. A mask grouped here tends to read as a longer formula, not a shorter one.

• The grouping is ours: a mask is here because its stated purpose and its formula point at a compromised skin barrier, not because we found the words “barrier repair” on the box.

• The shelf with the longest lists is also the most restrained of these four on two readings at once: more of it leaves fragrance off the list, and more of it carries nothing the encyclopaedia flags to check in pregnancy, than any of the others here.

• Most of the catalogue's overnight masks sit here, and the rest of the shelf is sheet-heavy with cream and hydrogel behind it. A formula you leave on all night is a different problem from one you rinse off, and the format mix below is where that shows.

What these lists print that others do not

Not the most common ingredients - water is on nearly every list ever written and tells you nothing about who a mask is for. These are the entries that appear far more often on this shelf than across the 219 masks as a whole, counted by encyclopaedia entry rather than by printed name. A name appearing here is a reading of the label, not a statement that it does anything.

• Ceramide NP20 of 63 here·25 of 219 overall
• Hydrogenated Lecithin17 of 63 here·25 of 219 overall
• Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate16 of 63 here·37 of 219 overall

Names without a link have no encyclopaedia entry yet, so we make no claim about them beyond the count.

The sixteen concerns side by side

The dataset sorts masks into 16 concerns, and 4 have a page. One is excluded by the 50% ceiling, because a page over that much of the catalogue is the catalogue with a new heading, and two fall under the floor of 13. Most of the rest are already published under another heading - every oil-control mask is on the oily skin page, every firmness mask on the mature skin page - and re-heading our own indexed shelf is worse than re-heading the catalogue; the build recomputes every one of those overlaps and refuses a page that crosses 85%. Two clear every mechanical test and are left out on a judgement instead, both sitting close to the catalogue baseline on price and list length, and neither is excluded for good. Every figure here is counted across all of them, so the superlatives above are scoped to something you can check.

A mask is usually grouped under more than one concern, so the columns do not sum to 219. The grouping is ours throughout, read from what each mask sets out to do and what its formula suggests.

What these labels print

Seven readings of the ingredient list, each counted the same way across this shelf and across the whole catalogue, so the second column is the baseline the first is worth reading against. Every one of them is a statement about what is printed on a pack - not about what a mask does, and not a verdict on any of them. The pregnancy flag in particular is a reason to read a list rather than a warning: it marks a mask carrying something the encyclopaedia says to check, which is a different thing from a mask being unsafe.

Vegan status is unrecorded for 40 of the 63 masks here, so that row counts only the packs where we found it stated - unrecorded is not the same as not vegan. How far into a list we can read is its own reading: the encyclopaedia has an entry for a median of 81% of each list here, against 82% across the catalogue. The rest is printed in names the site cannot yet decode, and an undecoded name is one we make no claim about either way - what we do not know.

Which formats these are

A format is the plainest thing about a mask that is not on its ingredient list - what you buy it in and how you use it - and it explains a good deal of what the readings above look like. A shelf of pots and tubes carries longer, oilier lists than a shelf of sachets, and its price per use is worked out rather than counted.

• Sheet27 of 63·43%
• Cream14 of 63·22%
• Overnight12 of 63·19%
• Hydrogel10 of 63·16%

Formats without a link have too few masks in the catalogue to carry a page of their own.

All 63 masks we group for barrier repair

Cheapest use first. Every one is on sale in the EU and has a published ingredient list we could source and check.

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  Balea

  Gesichtsmaske Aloe Vera

  21ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.23 per use

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  Balea

  Gesichtsmaske Milch & Honig

  36ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.23 per use

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  Schaebens

  Aloe Vera Maske

  34ingredients

  !10 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.28 per use

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  Schaebens

  Gesichtsmaske Panthenol

  22ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €0.28 per use

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  Schaebens

  Gesichtsmaske Zink

  27ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €0.28 per use

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  Be Routine

  Schlafmaske Glow & Hydrate

  27ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€0.47 per use

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  PURITO

  Dermide Cica Barrier Sleeping Pack

  15ingredients

  ≈€0.58 per use

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  Medicube

  Collagen Night Wrapping Mask

  24ingredients

  ≈€0.60 per use

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  LANEIGE

  Water Sleeping Mask

  43ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.64 per use

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  SOME BY MI

  Daily Beta Panthenol Repair Mask

  57ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €0.66 per use

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  LOGONA

  Nourish Beruhigende Overnight Maske

  53ingredients

  !9 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.88 per use

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  COSRX

  Ultimate Nourishing Rice Overnight Spa Mask

  19ingredients

  ≈€0.92 per use

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  Balea

  Tuchmaske Retinol

  16ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.95 per use

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  Clinique

  Moisture Surge Overnight Mask

  42ingredients

  ≈€0.97 per use

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  lavera

  basis sensitiv Anti-Falten Gesichtsmaske

  42ingredients

  !9 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.98 per use

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  DERMASEL

  EXKLUSIV Totes Meer Maske Anti Aging

  26ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.06 per use

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  DERMASEL

  Totes Meer Mineralien Nährende Arganöl Maske

  29ingredients

  !6 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.06 per use

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  Uriage

  Eau Thermale Water Sleeping Mask

  29ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.09 per use

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  LuLuLun

  Precious Face Mask Moist (Red)

  26ingredients

  €1.10 per use

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  Dear, Klairs

  Freshly Juiced Vitamin E Mask

  30ingredients

  !8 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.13 per use

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  Caudalie

  VinoHydra Moisturising Cream Mask (Masque-Creme Hydratant)

  32ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€1.15 per use

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  COSRX

  Full Fit Propolis Honey Overnight Mask

  22ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€1.26 per use

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  MIZON

  Snail Wrinkle Care Sleeping Pack

  31ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.34 per use

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  Schaebens

  Tuchmaske Reiswasser

  23ingredients

  €1.45 per use

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  BIOMARIS

  Super Rich Mask

  19ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.50 per use

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  SOME BY MI

  Real Cica Calming Care Mask

  28ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.55 per use

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  SOME BY MI

  Real Hyaluron Hydra Care Mask

  31ingredients

  !5 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.55 per use

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  SOME BY MI

  Real Snail Skin Barrier Care Mask

  21ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €1.55 per use

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  Balea med

  Tuchmaske Panthenol Ultra Sensitive

  16ingredients

  €1.65 per use

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  Garnier

  SkinActive Hyaluronic Acid Barrier Repair Serum Tissue Mask

  25ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €1.65 per use

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  Schaebens

  Tuchmaske Jelly Ceramide

  29ingredients

  €1.75 per use

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  Ishizawa Lab

  Keana Nadeshiko Rice Face Mask

  15ingredients

  €1.80 per use

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  Avène

  Soothing Moisture Mask

  26ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.86 per use

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  SEINZ.

  Tuchmaske hydro effect

  21ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €1.95 per use

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  Selfie Project

  Tuchmaske Regenerating #FairyDust

  33ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.95 per use

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  Elizavecca

  Tea Tree Deep Power Ringer Mask Pack

  23ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.99 per use

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  Annemarie Börlind

  Sensitive Cream Mask

  31ingredients

  !6 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€2.10 per use

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  Benton

  Goodbye Redness Centella Cica Mask Pack

  23ingredients

  €2.28 per use

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  Rosental Organics

  Regenerating Night Mask

  44ingredients

  !6 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€2.65 per use

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  Torriden

  DIVE-IN Low Molecular Hyaluronic Acid Mask

  33ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €2.80 per use

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  Etude House

  0.2mm Therapy Air Mask Ceramide

  33ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €2.99 per use

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  Etude House

  0.2mm Therapy Air Mask Hyaluronic Acid

  35ingredients

  !5 ingredients we would look at twice

  €2.99 per use

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  COSRX

  The Peptide Collagen Lifting Glow Hydrogel Mask

  49ingredients

  €3.94 per use

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  hautsache

  Gesichtsmaske Biozellulose Calming

  27ingredients

  €3.95 per use

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  hautsache

  Gesichtsmaske Brightening

  33ingredients

  €3.95 per use

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  Dear, Klairs

  Rich Moist Soothing Tencel Sheet Mask

  33ingredients

  €4.43 per use

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  Abib

  Collagen Gel Mask Heartleaf Jelly

  43ingredients

  €4.45 per use

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  Abib

  Collagen Gel Mask Jericho Rose Jelly

  43ingredients

  €4.45 per use

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  Abib

  Collagen Gel Mask Sedum Jelly

  41ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €4.45 per use

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  Anua

  PDRN Serum Mask 100 Hyaluronic Acid Capsule

  45ingredients

  €4.95 per use

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  Utena

  Premium Puresa Golden Jelly Mask (Hyaluronic Acid)

  35ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €4.98 per use

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  Biodance

  Refreshing Sea Kelp Real Deep Mask

  43ingredients

  €5.00 per use

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  COSRX

  The Alpha-Arbutin Discoloration Care Hydrogel Mask

  44ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €5.06 per use

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  Anua

  Rice 70 Glow Collagen Mask

  42ingredients

  €5.54 per use

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  Benton

  Fermentation Mask Pack

  25ingredients

  €5.95 per use

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  Biodance

  Bio-Collagen Real Deep Mask

  34ingredients

  €5.95 per use

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  Biodance

  Hydro Cera-nol Real Deep Mask

  65ingredients

  €5.95 per use

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  TONYMOLY

  Master Lab Sheet Mask Hyaluronic Acid

  31ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €5.99 per use

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  MIZON

  Hyalugen Pearly Jelly Mask

  19ingredients

  €6.52 per use

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  Dr.Jart+

  Dermask Vital Hydra Solution Pro + Hyaluronic Acid

  25ingredients

  €7.39 per use

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  Sensai

  Cellular Performance Extra Intensive Mask

  44ingredients

  !9 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€7.73 per use

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  Anua

  Heartleaf 70 Soothing Collagen Mask

  35ingredients

  €7.94 per use

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  Dr. Barbara Sturm

  Face Mask

  18ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€10.00 per use