Skin Care

16 Brightening Face Masks to Erase Summer Sun Damage

There's a new breed of face masks that's tackling dark spots — to give you a brighter, more even complexion (almost) instantly

by Dawn Davis, Melanie Rud Chadwick | COMMENT

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Even if you bathed in SPF all summer, you probably now have a few more freckles than you did back in May. All the lotions, hats and umbrellas in the world can't seem to keep them at bay completely. But that doesn't mean you have to sit back and let them take up permanent residence on your face.

While there are plenty of dark spot correctors to add to your regimen and laser treatments to try, brighter skin — instantly — is what we all really want. And that's exactly what these new brightening face masks promise.

They come in every form — mud masks, sheet masks, peel-off masks and more — and give your skin a supercharged dose of brightening ingredients like vitamin C, sake or glycolic acid. In a matter of five (or 10, or 20) minutes, skin is brighter and refreshed, and with regular use (once or twice a week) sun damage will gradually fade away.

Not like we ever needed an excuse to mask, but lightening hyperpigmentation sure is a good one.

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