Biologique Recherche Masque Vivant for dry sensitive skin
Yeast Extract
Cucumis Sativus Extract
Bentonite
Witch Hazel Extract
Lactic AcidLow
- LowDry Skin Fit
- AverageEffectiveness
- Low RiskSafety
A weak match for dry sensitive skin; the cleansing masks alongside fit it better.
This fit is calculated for the concerns frequently associated with dry sensitive skin: flakiness, tightness, redness, fine lines, and wrinkles. For scores and recommendations based on your full skin profile, including your 12D face scan results and any goals or preferences you have, please use the Lovi app.
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Lovi Assistant explains
- Offers moderate cleansing for your dry and sensitive skin, as bentonite and kaolin clays absorb impurities, while glycerin and yeast extract provide some hydration and soothing benefits.
- The presence of alcohol denat and lactic acid may be stripping for your dry skin, with limited emollient ingredients to counteract potential dryness.
- The formula is generally safe, though alcohol denat and lactic acid carry a slight risk of irritation for sensitive skin.
How to apply
- Use your cleansing mask PM once a week as part of your weekly routine, and increase to twice a week if your dry skin tolerates it well.
- Apply the cleansing mask after cleansing and enzyme powder, but before your hydrating toner, serum, and moisturizer.
- Smooth an even layer of the cleansing mask over your face while gently avoiding any unnecessary rubbing.
- Apply the cleansing mask to clean and dry skin to ensure better comfort for your sensitive skin type.
- Always avoid the eye area and do a patch test before using the cleansing mask for the first time.
People Say
★4.6Overall rating based on 100+ reviewsBased on limited data, this product is highly regarded by users with oily, congested, and acne-prone skin for its purifying and rebalancing effects, leading to clearer, brighter, and tighter skin. The product's challenging smell and sticky texture are frequently mentioned as drawbacks.
Highlights
Clears acne Mostly Mentioned
- “pimples flattened and healed”
- “speeds healing of blemishes”
- “breakouts disappeared”
Unpleasant smell Mostly Mentioned
- “smells like fermented soya sauce”
- “smell makes me vomit”
- “smells like cat piss”
Balances oil Often Mentioned
- “regulates excess oil”
- “leaves skin mattified”
- “reduces excess oil production”
Refines pores Often Mentioned
- “shrunk my pores”
- “pores look smaller”
- “tightens pores”
Brightens skin Sometimes Noted
- “face glows”
- “skin is much brighter”
- “restores radiance”
Smooths texture Sometimes Noted
- “smooths your skin”
- “leaves skin soft”
- “improves skin texture”
High price Sometimes Noted
- “outrageously expensive”
- “best investment”
- “pricey product”
Sticky texture Sometimes Noted
- “sticky consistency”
- “brown goo”
- “hard to spread”
Initial purging Rarely Noted
- “purge for the first week”
- “small breakouts coming to surface”
Skin irritation Rarely Noted
- “face would turn red”
- “tingling sensation”
- “burning”
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Questions and answers
Why is Biologique Recherche Masque Vivant a weak match for dry sensitive skin?
This mask is a weak match because its clays, alcohol, and lactic acid may dry out and irritate dry sensitive skin, offering only limited soothing and hydrating ingredients to counter that risk. A cleansing mask for this skin needs rich moisturizing agents and soothing ingredients that provide hydration and relief without any risk of irritation.
Which ingredients make this mask a poor fit for dry sensitive skin?
Alcohol denat and lactic acid make this mask a poor fit because they may be stripping and irritating for your dry sensitive skin, with limited moisturizing ingredients to counteract potential dryness. A cleansing mask for this skin needs effective soothing and nourishing ingredients, rich in moisturizing agents and skin-repairing ingredients that provide excellent benefits without any associated risks of irritation.
What does Yeast Extract do for dry sensitive skin?
Yeast extract helps calm dry sensitive skin by supporting surface moisture and balancing the skin barrier against environmental irritants. It also helps improve skin texture and maintain overall comfort.
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2008
What does Cucumber Extract do for dry sensitive skin?
Cucumber extract helps dry sensitive skin by increasing moisture, reducing water loss, and soothing irritation. It works well to keep skin soft and calm, though a product of this type also needs gentle hydrating ingredients to fully protect very dry skin.
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024Fitoterapia, 2013
Where does this mask go in a skincare routine for dry sensitive skin?
This mask is a weak match for your dry and sensitive skin, as ingredients like alcohol denat and lactic acid may be stripping and cause irritation. A product of this type for this skin needs gentle clays to absorb impurities alongside rich, soothing and hydrating ingredients to protect your skin barrier.
Can I use this mask with retinol, and in what order?
This mask is a weak match for your dry and sensitive skin because its clays and alcohol can be too drying and irritating. To use a clay mask of this type safely with retinol, you need a gentle formula packed with rich nourishing oils and butters to protect your skin barrier.
How often should I use this mask?
This mask is a weak match for your dry and sensitive skin, so you should use it infrequently or look for a nourishing mask packed with rich oils and hydrating ingredients instead. Alcohol denat and lactic acid in the formula may be stripping and carry a slight risk of irritation for sensitive skin.
Can this mask clog pores, cause breakouts or purging for dry sensitive skin?
This mask is unlikely to clog your pores, but it carries a slight risk of initial purging and irritation for dry sensitive skin due to lactic acid and clay ingredients. A product for this skin needs gentle clays, rich hydrating ingredients, and soothing botanical oils to cleanse without stripping moisture.
Is this mask fragrance-free and alcohol-free?
It has no fragrance and contains drying alcohol (alcohol denat).
What the research says
A single application of a moisturizing fluid containing hyaluronic acid 1%, glycerin 5%, and Centella asiatica stem cells extract significantly increased skin hydration by 29% and reduced transepidermal water loss at 24 hours compared to baseline and an untreated control site in twenty healthy women.
Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2017Topical moisturizers improved skin barrier function and surface moisture, while a postbiotic moisturizer with yeast extract uniquely supported microbiome balance and modulated biomarkers of skin barrier, structure, and inflammation in participants and ex vivo explants exposed to environmental aggressors.
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023A maintenance therapy with a cosmeceutical formulation containing hydroxyphenoxy propionic acid, ellagic acid, yeast extract, and salicylic acid over 20 weeks significantly improved even skin tone, spot intensity, spot size, and overall hyperpigmentation in 33 healthy subjects with moderate facial dyspigmentation.
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, 2015A methanol yeast extract increases proliferation and migration while decreasing entrance into senescence and apoptosis phases in 3T3 fibroblast cells.
Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2014Yeast extract from the A154 mutant strain increases cell viability by 1.4- to 1.9-fold in human skin cell lines (HFF, A431, HaCaT) after UVA irradiation and exhibits stronger ROS-scavenging properties compared with the parental strain.
BMC Microbiology, 2026Transgenic cucumber expressing poly-γ-glutamic acid synthesis genes increased water content by 6-14%, reduced water loss by 11-12%, decreased facial wrinkles and roughness by 19.58% and 24.97%, decreased skin melanin by 5.27%, and improved facial elasticity in human skin and zebrafish compared to controls.
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2024Copper Oxide nanoparticles synthesized using cucumber extract exhibited antibacterial, antifungal, UV protection, and reactive-oxygen species inhibition properties with low cellular toxicity and skin-rejuvenating effects when incorporated into skin cream.
Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders Drug Targets, 2021Topical treatment with Holothuria parva extract gel showed significant wound contraction compared to the negative control in full-thickness wounded rats.
The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, 2024Vectorization of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid with clay enabled its penetration into deeper skin layers and led to a significant clinical reduction in fine lines in the crow's feet area compared to placebo after 28 days.
Skin Research and Technology, 2024Quaternized carboxymethyl chitosan/organic montmorillonite nanocomposite demonstrated superior moisture-adsorption and retention compared to hyaluronic acid, good UV-protection ability, negligible dermal irritation, and prominent moisture-retention efficacy on human stratum corneum when formulated into a cosmetic cream.
Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017Twice-weekly use of a clay mask over 4 weeks in 75 adults with oily or combination skin improved acne-related outcomes, sebum content, skin evenness, hydration, and reduced dryness and irritation.
Skin Research and Technology, 2023A Hamamelis virginiana leaf extract increased LOXL1 expression twofold, decreased elafin synthesis, restored functional elastic fibers, reduced nonfunctional elastin aggregates, decreased wrinkles, and improved skin firmness.
Journal of Cosmetic Science, 2018Hamamelis bark proanthocyanidins strongly increased the proliferation of cultured human keratinocytes and reduced transepidermal water loss and erythema formation in SLS-irritated skin, whereas the polysaccharide fraction had no effect.
Phytochemistry, 2001Witch hazel bark extract and hamamelitannin showed pronounced anti-inflammatory activity, supported keratinocyte migration in a wound healing assay, and inhibited Staphylococcus aureus growth, whereas their skin microbiota metabolite ellagic acid stimulated inflammatory mediator release.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2025Application of a cream containing lactic acid 12% and pramoxine HCl 1% significantly improved skin dryness, hydration, and itch compared with a nontreated control in 24 women with a history of dry itchy skin.
Cutis, 2004Topical 12% ammonium lactate produced a significant sparing of epidermal and dermal atrophy induced by clobetasol propionate in human volunteers, without influencing the corticosteroid's bioavailability or antiinflammatory properties.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1992A lactic acid/ceramide lotion significantly improved skin moisturization and desquamation compared to no treatment in women with dry, rough skin on the anterior shins.
The Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology, 2020
Ingredients
Yeast Extract, Water, Propylene Glycol, Bentonite, Kaolin, Alcohol Denat, Cucumis Sativus Fruit Extract, Glycerin, Vinegar, Lactic Acid, Witch Hazel Extract Bark Twig Leaf, Hypericum Perforatum Stem Extract Flower Leaf, Acacia Senegal Gum, Xanthan Gum
Behind this fit score
Lovi calculates every fit score from the full ingredient list with brand-independent rules our dermatologists and cosmetic chemists build and review, and personalizes every pick with AI trained on the real results of millions of users. Lovi trains its fit score models on a proprietary dataset built from more than 10,000 expert-labeled products and more than 100,000 simulated examples, following an internally consistent methodology presented at Cosmoprof, AMWC, and Skin of Color Update.
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