Facial masks and healthy faces

Words and translated by Audrey Liu

In today's world, women and men alike are paying greater attention to facial care and, due to busy schedules, many are making use of facial masks as a very convenient skin-care product. As you consider a variety of functional facial masks, here are three tips to consider.

1. Safety is the most important consideration. Read labels for specific information on a product's ingredients, rather than relying on claims like "organic" or "natural." Declarations such as "made with organic ingredients" or "made with natural ingredients" still leaves plenty of room for harmful synthetics such as parabens. Encountering these toxin ingredients in your mask means that you are poisoning yourself through your skin. For more convenient research prior to any purchases, a useful website is http://www.cosdna.com.

2. Facial masks may vary in the way they are used and applied so pay attention to instructions, particularly in regard to usage time. In order to achieve maximum effectiveness, remember to clean your face before before using any mask.

3. Skin cells can breathe and are alive. This means you can determine a person's state of health, especially their metabolism, from their facial skin. Thus it's important to get good nutrition and enough water, sleep, exercise and relaxation as part of a healthy lifestyle that will keep your body--and face--in good condition. Some basic daily cleaning and maintenance, and the use of a good facial mask once or twice a week will help you ensure a healthy and beautiful face!