Face Mask Trio

The skin’s needs regularly change, depending on environmental and emotional conditions, stress factors, diet and general health.

Similarly, due to the skin’s natural reactions, different areas of the face, neck and décolleté will often require individual care and treatment to achieve a youthful, smooth, more healthy looking and glowing complexion.

Use each mask on its own by layering each one after the other, or multi-mask to suit individual needs.

Q: Can you wear masks overnight?

A: It very much depends on the purpose of the mask. Our Deep Hydration Hyaluronic Mask can be used as an overnight or sleeping mask, with great results.

Our Radiance Lime Caviar AHA Mask and Superfruits 3 Minute Detox Mask should both be used more in the 3–20 minute range, rather than left on overnight.

Q: What are the multi-masking and multi-layering techniques?

A: Facial skin can vary greatly, and often has differing skin concerns and conflicting needs on different parts of the face.

A multi-masking technique is where you apply a different mask on different areas of the face, neck and décolleté simultaneously to target individual skin needs in the different areas.

An alternative method is to use multiple masks one after the other, which is known as a multi-layering technique.

Multi-masking with LYCON Skin Face Masks:

Oily areas on the T-ZONE benefit most from the Superfruits 3 Minute Detox Mask, which absorbs oil, draws out impurities, and mattifies the skin's surface without drying.

Hydration is important on the cheeks, neck and décolleté, and under eyes. The Deep Hydration Hyaluronic Mask quenches dry skin to restore a youthful, dewy glow, and plumps out fine lines and wrinkles.

Uneven skin texture is common on the chin, nose and sides of the face. The Radiance Lime Caviar AHA Mask gently exfoliates and brightens dull, uneven skin patches.

Multi-layering with LYCON Skin Face Masks:

First apply the Radiance Lime Caviar AHA Mask all over the face, neck and décolleté to exfoliate and brighten the skin, leave on 15-20 minutes and wash off well.

Then apply the Deep Hydration Hyaluronic Mask to deeply hydrate and calm, leave on 15 minutes and wash off. 

Then apply Superfruits 3 Minute Detox Mask thinly with a brush in upward and outward strokes, leave on until completely dry to achieve firming and lifting results.

Q: What are AHAs and what do they do to the skin?

A: AHAs, otherwise known as Alpha-Hydroxy Acids, are naturally occurring acids found in various fruits, sugar cane, and even sour milk!

AHAs help to exfoliate the skin by loosening the bonds that hold together the top layers of dead skin cells. In other words, they speed up skin cell renewal and reveal fresher, softer, smoother and more radiant skin.

AHAs also serve to reduce excess skin discolouration and even out skin tone. There are some other benefits too – AHAs can refine skin texture, reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, and lactic acid can even boost skin ceramide production.

Furthermore, the exfoliating effect of AHAs can allow other ingredients to penetrate and achieve quicker and better results.

One thing to keep in mind though – ‘fresher’ skin is more prone to sunburn and UV damage, so don’t forget to use a moisturiser with SPF, such as LYCON Skin Multi-Protection Day Cream SPF15, when using products containing AHAs.

Q: Why are Australian plum extracts beneficial?

A: Some of our LYCON Skin products incorporate a blend of three indigenous Australian Plum Extracts – Kakadu Plum Extract, Burdekin Plum Extract and Illawarra Plum Extract.

These plums are regarded as ‘superfruits’ due to their remarkably high antioxidant levels. For example, Kakadu plum has about 100x the Vitamin C content of oranges, while the anthocyanin-rich Illawarra plum has about 7x the antioxidant level of blueberries.

This blend of Australian superfruits provides potent antioxidant activity (to protect your skin from damaging free radicals) and it also contributes to hydration and the activation of anti-ageing processes (for instance, Vitamin C boosts collagen production).