The new The Body shop vitamin C mask contains vitamin C and salicylic acid. What does this combination do for your skin and how do you use such a mask?
Vitamin C in facial care
Vitamin C is often found in skincare. On an INCI list you will recognize the ingredient as Ascorbic Acid. It has powerful properties and can therefore be applied to various skin types. Thus, it reduces hyperpigmentation of the skin. It is also a very powerful anti-oxidant. This means that vitamin C limits damage to the skin from UV exposure. As a result, vitamin C also protects your skin against (premature) skin aging. Vitamin C strengthens the skin barrier. The skin barrier forms a barrier against harmful external influences. In general, you could say that a healthy skin barrier often goes hand in hand with healthy and (thus) beautiful looking skin. Finally, vitamin C is essential for the formation of collagen. collagenis a natural substance that is responsible for the firmness of the skin. The natural decline of collagen decreases as we age, and that is one of the reasons that the skin will lose firmness at some point.
The Body shop vitamine C mask
New in the collection of The Body shop is this vitamin C mask . The Body Shop describes the product as a sleep mask enriched with vitamin C, lactic acid and papaya enzymes that together help to loosen dead skin cells. By using the mask, the skin structure will be improved, making the skin look more radiant .
Use, smell and texture
It is therefore a mask that you can use at night, a so-called overnight mask. You apply such a mask after removing any make-up and cleaning your skin. You always use a night mask instead of a night cream, so it’s ‘either-or’ and not ‘and-and’. The texture of the The Body shop vitamin C mask is wonderfully soft and creamy, in that respect it really just looks like a night cream. The scent is very fresh and fruity at the same time. Papaya and mango extracts have been added to the formula, which is why the fresh and sweet-fruity scent can of course be explained. With the tube with a fixed click cap you can dose easily and hygienically, a big plus.
The Body shop vitamine C mask INCI
Aqua/Water/Eau, Octyldodecanol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate, Myristyl Myristate, Squalane, Lactic Acid, 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid, Cetearyl Alcohol, Diglycerin, Sodium Citrate, Zea Mays Starch/Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter/Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Betaine, Glycerin, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/SodiumAcryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Sodium Hydroxide, Polyacrylate Crosspolymer-6, Phenoxyethanol, Citric Acid, Caprylyl Glycol,Salicylic Acid, Parfum/Fragrance, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopherol, Polysorbate 60, Sorbitan Isostearate, Linalool, Palmaria,Palmata Extract, Limonene, Glycine Soja Oil/Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Benzyl Benzoate, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract, Mangifera, Indica Fruit Extract/Mangifera Indica (Mango) Fruit Extract, Citral, Hexyl Cinnamal, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate,Benzyl Alcohol, Geraniol, Citronellol, CI 19140/Yellow 5, CI 15510/Orange 4, CI 17200/Red 33.
The formula
The vitamin V can be found on the INCI list as 3-O-Ethyl Ascorbic Acid. Beautiful nourishing and soothing ingredients that have been added to the mask include squalene (a so-called skin identical ingredient because it has similarities with our skin’s own sebum), shea butter (which explains the creamy and soft texture), vitamin E, hyaluronic acid and soybean oil. . Salicylic Acid works as an exfoliant, so your skin will glow beautifully after use. Because an exfoliant can irritate the skin, it is nice that the The Body shop overnight mask contains various soothing and calming ingredients. you can use moisturizing night masks several times a week. However, this is a mask you can only use every now and then, simply because your skin needs moisturizing ingredients on a daily basis, but not exfoliating ingredients. It is also very important that you cleanse your skin well in the morning and then use a product with SPF, because the ingredients can make your skin more sensitive to the sun. We would therefore not recommend using the mask if, for example, you go to the beach all day the next day. it is a nice product with a good price / quality ratio.
