Masks for acne-prone skin

The short read

• The smallest skin-type group in the catalogue, and the only one whose two leading formats are level with each other. Sheet masks and clay masks are most of it, in equal number.

• The lists are the shortest of any skin type in the catalogue, level with oily skin. The table of all eight below is the evidence for that, and for everything else of the shape “the -est” on this page.

• The grouping is ours: a mask is here because its stated job and its formula point at congestion and breakouts, not because we read “for acne-prone skin” off the box.

• A smaller share of this shelf is clear of the pregnancy flag than of any other skin type in the catalogue, and rather more of it than of the catalogue carries a drying alcohol. Both are reasons to read the list rather than a verdict on the mask.

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.

• Salicylic Acid12 of 40 here·14 of 219 overall
• Kaolin18 of 40 here·30 of 219 overall

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

The eight skin types side by side

The dataset sorts masks into 8 skin types, and 4 have a page of their own. The others each cover so much of the catalogue that a page over one of them would be the catalogue with a new heading rather than an analysis - the ceiling is 50% and the build enforces it. The ones with a page are those a filter cannot summarise. Every figure here is counted across all of them, so the superlatives above are scoped to something you can check.

A mask can be grouped for more than one skin type, so the columns do not sum to 219. Dehydrated skin is derived from what a mask does rather than authored, because an oily face can be dehydrated too.

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 27 of the 40 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.

• Sheet16 of 40·40%
• Clay15 of 40·38%
• Wash-off6 of 40·15%
• Cream1 of 40·3%
• Exfoliating1 of 40·3%
• Peel-off1 of 40·3%

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

All 40 masks we group for acne-prone skin

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

  Reinigung, Peeling & Maske hautrein 3in1

  18ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.09 per use

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  Garnier

  Pure Active 3-in-1 Charcoal Wash, Scrub & Mask

  25ingredients

  !6 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.19 per use

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  Neutrogena

  Anti Pickel Gesichtsmaske 2in1

  23ingredients

  !5 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.19 per use

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  Balea

  Gesichtsmaske Totes Meer

  21ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €0.23 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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  Schaebens

  Gesichtsmaske peel off Aktivkohle Strong

  20ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.45 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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  alkmene

  Mein Teebaumöl Anti-Unreinheiten Maske

  16ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.54 per use

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  Schaebens

  Totes Meer Schlamm Maske

  14ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.60 per use

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  I'm From

  Mugwort Mask

  26ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.76 per use

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  Vichy

  Normaderm 3-in-1 Peeling + Reinigungs-Creme + Maske

  23ingredients

  !6 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.77 per use

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  Luvos-Heilerde

  Reinigungs-Maske

  28ingredients

  !8 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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  Isntree

  Mugwort Calming Clay Mask

  38ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.20 per use

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  La Roche-Posay

  Effaclar Purifying Clay Mask

  20ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.22 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 Super Matcha Pore Care Mask

  22ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €1.55 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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  MISSHA

  Airy Fit Sheet Mask Tea Tree

  23ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.75 per use

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  Origins

  Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask to Clear Pores

  23ingredients

  ≈€1.82 per use

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  Bullrich

  Tuchmaske Heilerde+Zink

  19ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €1.95 per use

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  Selfie Project

  Gesichtsmaske regulierend #CoolKoala

  27ingredients

  !5 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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  The Ordinary

  Salicylic Acid 2% Masque

  19ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€2.07 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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  Dr. Hauschka

  Clarifying Clay Mask

  4ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€2.27 per use

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  Benton

  Goodbye Redness Centella Cica Mask Pack

  23ingredients

  €2.28 per use

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  SOME BY MI

  Real AHA-BHA-PHA Calming Care Mask

  19ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €2.85 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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  Abib

  Gummy Sheet Mask Heartleaf Sticker

  29ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €3.20 per use

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  SKIN1004

  Madagascar Centella Watergel Sheet Ampoule Mask

  29ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €3.52 per use

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  Annemarie Börlind

  Hydro Gel Mask

  33ingredients

  !8 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€3.63 per use

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  Benton

  Snail Bee High Content Mask Pack

  27ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €4.09 per use

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  Aesop

  Chamomile Concentrate Anti-Blemish Masque

  16ingredients

  !9 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€4.56 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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  Dear, Klairs

  Midnight Blue Calming Sheet Mask

  21ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €4.95 per use

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  SKIN1004

  Madagascar Centella Poremizing Quick Clay Stick Mask

  23ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€5.68 per use

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  THALGO

  Klärende Intensiv-Maske

  32ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€6.33 per use