Masks for mature skin

The short read

• The dearest use of any skin type in the catalogue: the anti-ageing shelf is also the priciest, and the table of all eight below shows the ordering.

• The least fragrance-free of them, too - most of these masks print a fragrance. Yet almost none contains an essential oil, so what is printed here is overwhelmingly a declared synthetic rather than a botanical one.

• The grouping is ours, not a brand claim. A mask is here because its purpose and formula point at firmness and fine lines; nothing on this page asserts it will change either.

• Very few carry a drying alcohol, and the pregnancy flag reaches rather less of this shelf than of the catalogue. The lists are long, and length here is the serum rather than the format.

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.

• Butyrospermum Parkii Butter19 of 57 here·35 of 219 overall
• Tocopherol38 of 57 here·87 of 219 overall
• Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil20 of 57 here·46 of 219 overall
• Cetearyl Alcohol20 of 57 here·51 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 37 of the 57 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 80% 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.

• Sheet18 of 57·32%
• Cream15 of 57·26%
• Hydrogel14 of 57·25%
• Overnight7 of 57·12%
• Clay2 of 57·4%
• Wash-off1 of 57·2%

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

All 57 masks we group for mature 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

  Gesichtsmaske Milch & Honig

  36ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.23 per use

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  Balea

  Gesichtsmaske Retinol

  23ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.23 per use

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  Schaebens

  Gesichtsmaske Kollagen Boost

  27ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.28 per use

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  alverde Naturkosmetik

  Gesichtsmaske Q10 mit Vitamin C

  40ingredients

  !11 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€0.32 per use

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  Balea MEN

  Gesichtsmaske Q10 Anti-Falten

  28ingredients

  !1 ingredient 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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  Medicube

  Collagen Night Wrapping Mask

  24ingredients

  ≈€0.60 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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  Schaebens

  Hyaluron Maske

  32ingredients

  !5 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.70 per use

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  Be Routine

  Tuchmasken Granatapfel Multipack

  32ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.85 per use

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  Luvos-Heilerde

  Anti-Aging-Maske

  27ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.85 per use

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  Luvos-Heilerde

  Vital-Maske

  30ingredients

  !8 ingredients we would look at twice

  €0.85 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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  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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  LuLuLun

  Precious Face Mask Moist (Red)

  26ingredients

  €1.10 per use

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  belif

  Super Knights Vitamin Mask

  26ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€1.32 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 Kollagen Boost

  27ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €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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  Schaebens

  Tuchmaske Jelly Ceramide

  29ingredients

  €1.75 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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  Balea

  Gesichtsmaske Beauty Hyaluron Hydrogel

  28ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.95 per use

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  Balea

  Glass Skin Collagen Maske

  17ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €1.95 per use

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  BULLRICH

  Tuchmaske Vitamin C + Retinol

  11ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €1.95 per use

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  Yeauty

  Glass-Skin Hydrogel Maske Kollagen & NAD+

  15ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.95 per use

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  Yeauty

  Glass-Skin Hydrogel Maske Kollagen & PDRN

  16ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €1.95 per use

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  MISSHA

  Snail 3D Sheet Mask

  25ingredients

  !4 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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  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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  L'Oréal Paris

  Revitalift Filler Hyaluronic Acid Tissue Mask

  14ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €2.45 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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  Schaebens

  Tuchmaske Kollagen Hydrogel

  27ingredients

  €2.75 per use

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  Petitfee

  Black Pearl & Gold Hydrogel Mask Pack

  33ingredients

  !4 ingredients we would look at twice

  €3.84 per use

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  COSRX

  The Peptide Collagen Lifting Glow Hydrogel Mask

  49ingredients

  €3.94 per use

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  Svenja Walberg

  Glass Skin Mask Pink PDRN [DNA]

  26ingredients

  €3.95 per use

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  Medicube

  Collagen Lifting Mask

  39ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €3.99 per use

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  Rosental Organics

  Botanical Lifting Effect Mask

  28ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€4.23 per use

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  DERMASEL

  Totes Meer Anti-Age Tuchmaske

  23ingredients

  !3 ingredients we would look at twice

  €4.29 per use

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  Medicube

  PDRN Pink Collagen Gel Mask

  43ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €4.41 per use

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  Abib

  Collagen Gel Mask Jericho Rose Jelly

  43ingredients

  €4.45 per use

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  Dr. Grandel

  Timeless Sleeping Cream & Mask

  35ingredients

  !7 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€4.65 per use

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  LA MER

  Ultra Booster Premium Mask Effect

  41ingredients

  !9 ingredients we would look at twice

  ≈€4.86 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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  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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  L'Oréal Paris

  Revitalift Filler Glass Skin Hydrogel Glow Mask

  32ingredients

  €5.95 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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  Eucerin

  Hyaluron-Filler Hyaluron Intensive Mask

  11ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €8.99 per use

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  Rosental Organics

  Slow-Aging Sheet Mask

  13ingredients

  €9.99 per use

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  Dr. Barbara Sturm

  Face Mask

  18ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  ≈€10.00 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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  Rodial

  Vit C Energising Face Mask

  30ingredients

  !1 ingredient we would look at twice

  €11.09 per use

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  Shiseido

  Vital Perfection LiftDefine Radiance Face Mask

  81ingredients

  !12 ingredients we would look at twice

  €11.86 per use

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  Filorga

  Time-Filler Mask

  20ingredients

  !2 ingredients we would look at twice

  €12.69 per use