Wearing a Face Mask? Here’s Your New Skin Care Routine

Ever since the CDC recently recommended wearing masks in public, cloth face masks have been everywhere.

They are great for protection—we even have our own version, the K94 Airwasher Particle Mask, which shields against dirt, dust, and other harmful pollutants.

While wearing a face mask can be beneficial to your health, it’s not always the best for your skin. Since cloth covers the nose, cheeks, mouth, and chin, it traps in air and other particles that can clog pores, dry out the skin and cause breakouts. Below are some solutions that will help your skin recover from wearing a face mask. Shop Skin Care

CLEANSE

After wearing a face mask, cleansing is extremely important. Made with vitamins and minerals, Rice Water Bright Foaming Cleanser cleanses and moisturizes to reveal radiant, hydrated skin.

This foam cleanser is great for stripping your skin of the dirt and oils it accumulates while wearing a mask. For more ways to cleanse, check out our collection of cleansers and toners.

MOISTURIZE

Moisturizing is essential to any skincare routine. Here are the best formulas that will help protect and nourish the skin before you put on your face mask. Dive into hydration with belif The True Cream Moisturizing Bomb, a lightweight yet indulgent facial cream formulated with comfrey leaf, an herb known to soothe, hydrate, and detoxify skin. Clinically proven to provide skin with 26 hours of hydration and improve skin’s elasticity for a smooth, healthy feeling.

Lather up with Anew Ultimate Day Cream Broad Spectrum SPF 25, a high-performance anti-aging cream that revives and recreates the look of youthful skin by visibly transforming multiple signs of aging. Put it on both before and after wearing a mask and your skin will feel firmer and look more youthful.

Face masks aren’t always comfortable for your skin, as they can cause rashes and irritation. Soothe skin with Green Goddess Facial Oil, a topical oil infused with 100 mg of CBD.

This THC-free facial oil also contains hemp seed oil and turmeric, botanicals that help naturally reduce redness and irritation, and sugarcane-derived squalane oil, which replenishes skin’s moisture and leaves it feeling smooth. Looking for even more hydration? Discover our full collection of moisturizers.

TRY A TREATMENT

Remove that cloth mask and treat yourself to a face mask like Clearskin® Pore Penetrating Black Mineral Mask. Formulated with oil-absorbing mineral clays, this mask will lift away the pore-clogging dirt and excess oils that commonly pollute your skin when it’s covered with a cloth face mask.

Obsessed with masking? View our full collection of skin-enhancing face masks.

Protect skin with Dr.Belmeur Clarifying Spot Healing Patches, made with calming tea tree leaf oil and a clear plaster band that shields skin from dirt and contaminants. These healing patches are perfect for targeting problem areas and help keep skin in the clear.

Don’t forget to give your eyes some TLC. When wearing a face mask, your eyes are all that people will see, so it’s important to keep yourself looking and feeling bright-eyed.

Complete with a 2-in-1 gel and cream formula, Isa Knox Anew Clinical Collagen Booster Eye Lift Pro Dual Eye System lifts and tightens eyes so they look and feel dramatically firmer, wide awake, and more youthful. For more eye-opening formulas, discover our eye care collection.

NOURISH LIPS

Wearing a cloth face mask can be particularly dehydrating for your lips. Stick to the basics with a hydrating lip balm like Moisture Therapy Intensive Treatment Moisturizing Lip Treatment, made with hydra boost technology to instantly moisturize and soften lips. Condition your pout with Anew Vitamin C Antioxidant Treatment, which nourishes lips with vitamins C and E for a smooth finish and leaves them feeling healthy.

Obsessed with pink? Coat lips with Dew Kiss Lip Balm, a pretty pink balm that moisturizes your pout with a soft, dewy finish. Still, pouting? View the rest of our lip-softening formulas.

ROCK THE BARE MAKEUP LOOK

When you’re wearing a mask, the less makeup, the better. You don’t want to wear foundation under your mask, as it will just mix with the other pollutants that the mask traps in. If you do decide to wear makeup, wear it only on exposed areas, like upper cheeks and eyes.