Masks we group for texture

The short read

• A smaller share of this shelf is fragrance-free than of any concern in the catalogue - the table below, which prints every one of them, is where that ordering can be checked. Most of these masks print a fragrance.

• The grouping is ours: a mask is here because its stated purpose and its formula point at the surface texture of the skin, not because we found the word “texture” on the box.

• The most format-spread shelf of those with a page here: no single format takes even a third of it, and the tail runs through formats the rest of this family barely touches. The mix below is the clearest thing about the shelf.

• The median application sits below the catalogue's and the median list below it as well - so this is a cheaper, shorter shelf than the site's average, and a more fragranced one. Rather more of it than of the catalogue carries a drying alcohol.

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.

• Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride10 of 37 here·31 of 219 overall
• Glyceryl Stearate11 of 37 here·42 of 219 overall
• Sodium Hydroxide10 of 37 here·39 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 21 of the 37 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 78% 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.

• Sheet12 of 37·32%
• Clay7 of 37·19%
• Exfoliating7 of 37·19%
• Cream3 of 37·8%
• Wash-off3 of 37·8%
• Peel-off2 of 37·5%
• Overnight2 of 37·5%
• Hydrogel1 of 37·3%

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

All 37 masks we group for texture

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 Glow Peel-Off

  20ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.23 per use

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  Balea

  Gesichtsmaske Niacinamide

  17ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.23 per use

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  Balea

  Gesichtsmaske Peel-Off Lemon Lover

  23ingredients

  !5 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.23 per use

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  Luvos-Heilerde

  Clean-Peel-Maske

  29ingredients

  !7 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.38 per use

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  Beauty of Joseon

  Apricot Blossom Peeling Gel

  19ingredients

  ≈€0.45 per use

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  Santé Naturkosmetik

  Glow Boost Maske AHA

  29ingredients

  !9 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.48 per use

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  Santé Naturkosmetik

  Pore Control Maske BHA

  29ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.48 per use

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  Santé Naturkosmetik

  Skin Vitality Maske Parakresse

  33ingredients

  !9 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.48 per use

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  Beauty of Joseon

  Ground Rice and Honey Glow Mask

  35ingredients

  ≈€0.64 per use

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  SOME BY MI

  Daily Retinol Intense Mask

  62ingredients

  !6 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.66 per use

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  Luvos-Heilerde

  Peeling-Maske

  29ingredients

  !7 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.85 per use

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  Schaebens

  Tuchmaske Tonerde

  35ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.85 per use

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  Balea

  AHA & BHA Tuchmaske

  16ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.95 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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  Q+A

  Activated Charcoal Face Mask

  18ingredients

  ≈€1.18 per use

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  Medicube

  Kojic Acid Turmeric Night Wrapping Mask

  22ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.20 per use

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  Dr. Scheller

  Detox Heilmoor Maske

  22ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€1.28 per use

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  I'm From

  Rice Mask

  43ingredients

  ≈€1.30 per use

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  Schaebens

  Tuchmaske AHA Peeling

  17ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.45 per use

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  DERMASEL

  SPA Totes Meer Maske Peeling

  16ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€1.50 per use

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  AXIS-Y

  Mugwort Pore Clarifying Wash Off Pack

  36ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.63 per use

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  Garnier

  Salicylic Tissue Mask

  26ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.65 per use

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  Ishizawa Lab

  Keana Nadeshiko Rice Face Mask

  15ingredients

  €1.80 per use

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  The Ordinary

  AHA 30% + BHA 2% Peeling Solution

  24ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.80 per use

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  Garnier

  SkinActive Pro-Retinol Tissue Mask

  24ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.85 per use

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  NUXE

  Prodigieuse Boost Clarifying Detox Mask

  14ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€2.16 per use

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  The Body Shop

  Charcoal Pore Minimising Mask

  37ingredients

  !11 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€2.16 per use

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  numbuzin

  No.3 Tingle-Pore Softening Sheet Mask

  42ingredients

  !10 ingredients we would look at twice

  €2.17 per use

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  Dr. Rimpler

  SPECIAL Peel AHA

  16ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€2.20 per use

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  Typology

  Masque de Nuit Raffermissant P73 (Firming Night Mask)

  24ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€2.21 per use

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  Avène

  Cleanance Detox Mask

  18ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€3.14 per use

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  Medicube

  Kojic Acid Turmeric Brightening Gel Mask

  35ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €4.73 per use

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  Anua

  Retinol Niacin Night Care Mask

  44ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €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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  Rosental Organics

  Avo Clay Mask

  17ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€5.28 per use

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  Susanne Kaufmann

  Glow Mask

  45ingredients

  !7 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€10.29 per use

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  SK-II

  Facial Treatment Mask

  7ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €15.00 per use