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The best winter face and eye masks to save your skin

The dry winter air can be disastrous for your skin. These masks will restore moisture and elasticity

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Time Out Hong Kong
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Baby, it’s dry outside, and that’s tragic. Tragic for your skin, what with all the Christmas and NYE parties coming up. After all, girl’s gotta sleigh during the holiday season. Sometimes it just isn’t that easy, though, thanks to jealous mother nature and her frosty mornings and dry wintery air. If you need a pick-me-up – like we all do this time of year – try one of these winter face and eye masks to save your skin. By Audrey Chan

RECOMMENDED: For more Christmas goodies, take a look at our comprehensive guide here. And if you need somewhere to get warm, try one of Hong Kong’s cosiest cafés.

Best winter face masks to save your skin

Apivita Royal Jelly Mask
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Whether you’re a goddess or not, this Greek face mask should be your best pal during winter. Inspired by gentle aromatherapy products, this Apivita jelly mask helps remove the dead cells thickening your skin – all with 89 percent natural ingredients. Unlike your average chemical-filled face scrub, this one is mostly made up of Greek olive oil, almond oil and wheat germ oil to help maintain the elasticity of your skin while giving you a thorough detoxification thanks to sea salts. $247. apivita.com.

Clarins SOS Pure Mask
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The heavy application of face creams in winter can suffocate your pores. That’s why you need a cleansing clay mask before you apply any other masks to make sure you absorb all possible nutrients. This mask contains Alpine willow herb to purify your cells and unclog your pores, leaving your skin with a perfect glowing texture. Clarins’ mask is especially good for those with oily skin as it has a particularly oil-free texture. $370. clarins.com.hk.

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La Mer The Intensive Revitalizing Mask
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If you need to awaken your dull skin in an unbelievable eight minutes, this treatment is your saviour. There’s a lot of guff surrounding this mask, what with its Miracle Broth™ and La Mer’s claim about the ‘life-generating energies of the sea’, but it does do a fantastic job of rapidly renewing your skin. Delicate as a wave lapping a beach, this emulsion cream helps alleviate you from pollution, fatigue and stress. $1,650. lamer.com.hk.

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Canvas Beauty Rose Otto Overnight Eye Contour Mask
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Roses have long been used as a nourishing element in beauty products. This mask doesn’t just smell good, it helps to fight off the dark circles haunting your eyes after waking. With Rose Otto oil and patented ingredients PatcH2O and Superox-C, you’ll have a refreshed look whatever restless night’s sleep you might have had. $795. canvasbeauty.com.hk.

Guerlain Super Aqua-Eye Anti-Puffiness Smoothing Eye Patch
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If the punishing cold weather this season makes your eyes look puffy, Guerlain’s eye patch will soothe your eyes with its moisturising hyaluronic acid, desert rose complex and terminalia sericea root extract. The U-shaped patch is designed to fit your under-eye bags. Freeze it overnight if you feel you’ll be in need of a bit of extra awakening come the morning. $995. guerlain.com.

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