Masks we group for texture

The short read

• Ten of the 36 are fragrance-free - a 28% share, the lowest of any concern in the catalogue, where 37% of all masks leave fragrance off. Twenty-six of the 36 print one.

• 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 of the four shelves here: 11 sheet masks, 7 clay and 7 exfoliating, with the remaining 11 masks split across five further formats. No single format takes even a third of it.

• At €1.38 the median application sits below the catalogue's €1.75 and the median list of 24 entries below its 26. Twenty-five of the 36 carry no drying alcohol, and 20 nothing the encyclopaedia flags to check in pregnancy.

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 215 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 Triglyceride9 of 36 here·30 of 215 overall
• Sodium Hydroxide10 of 36 here·38 of 215 overall
• Glyceryl Stearate11 of 36 here·42 of 215 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 sixteen concerns, and only four have a page. Hydration covers 70% of the catalogue, so a page over it is the catalogue with a new heading, and two more are too small to carry one. Seven 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 last two clear every mechanical test and are left out on a judgement instead: soothing sits exactly on the catalogue median of €1.75 an application and 26 entries, dullness within €0.10 and one entry of both, and four pages was the scope set for this family. Neither is excluded for good. Every figure here is counted across all sixteen, so the superlatives above are scoped honestly.

A mask is usually grouped under more than one concern, so the columns do not sum to 215. The grouping is ours throughout, read from what each mask sets out to do and what its formula suggests.

All 36 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

  !8 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

  !3 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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  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