If your shot of espresso isn’t enough to keep you awake through the afternoon while you work from home, consider spritzing on a facial mist from time to time for an instant perk-me-up.
As facial mists are formulated with a cocktail of skin-loving ingredients, they can help to nourish, hydrate and soothe your complexion.
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Now, some facial mists have earned a reputation for leaving your complexion dry once it evaporates. But take note this situation only occurs if the spray you use does not contain humectants – or moisturising agents – which helps to retain moisture on your skin while preserving the overall properties of the product.
Here, we suss out the facial mists that will help freshen up – and hopefully – battle those zzzs.
Looking for something that’s a bang for the buck? Enter Clinique’s Moisture Surge Face Spray Thirsty Skin Relief. As its name suggests, the face mist delivers a boost of moisture to your skin while restoring balance and softening your skin in a flash.
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If you love the smell of watermelons, then you’ll definitely this number by Glow Recipe. As part of its iconic lineup, this ultra-fine, hydrating mist is made with 84% watermelon, hyaluronic acid, and hibiscus. But how does it benefit your skin? Well, besides refreshing your skin, the mist also boosts your skin’s radiance and enhances your makeup. What’s more, it also smoothes your skin while balancing excess sebum production, so you won’t have to worry about that unsightly midday oil slick.
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Fans of clean beauty, this one’s for you. This face mist from Caudalie is formulated with 100% organic grape water, antioxidants, and prebiotics. A multi-tasking mist, the Caudalie Grape Water is not only refreshing but also helps to moisturise, soothe, and refresh your skin. Not to mention, it also works to reduce free radical aggressions and strengthen and rebalance the skin’s microbiome.
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If you’re a fan of Shiseido’s Ultimune line, then you’ll fall head over heels for its Defense Refresh Mist. Kirishima Spa Water and Double-Refreshing Complex work to help skin feel cooler and strengthen against heat, while Reishi Mushroom and Iris Root extract supports skin’s ability to defend itself while boosting hydration and vitality. Consider your skin quenched and well protected.
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Ideal for tired and stressed complexions, this helps to revitalise and energise skin with two key ingredients, camellia alba and blue ginger extracts. These ingredients utilises the brand’s PFA method to obtain the extracts to ensure the active ingredients remain pure and fresh for maximum efficacy.
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An all-in-one face mist that hydrates, protects skin from pollution (yes, you need to protect your skin even when you’re indoors), improves elasticity, and jam-packed with antioxidants. Its key moisturising complex is enhanced with actives to support the skin’s natural ability to regulate water retention while adapting to changes in humidity, allowing the skin to be balanced and refreshed at all times. Plus, it works to treat most skin concerns like dark spots and dehydrated skin and improve overall skin health for a natural, healthy-looking glow.
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Made with antioxidant and vitamin-rich ingredients, this facial mist aims to nourish and protect the complexion. Vitamin C helps to energise and boost radiance while imparting a dewy glow to the skin while Vitamins E and B5 hydrate, protect and soothe redness and inflammation.
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Tired and stressed complexions are common when you’re working from home which may lead to unwanted breakouts and dryness. This mist is saturated with a Centella Asiatica Complex (a superior ingredient at calming skin) to soothe and hydrate. It also forms a thin moisture barrier on the skin to prevent further moisture loss.
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Besides using this to pre the skin for your day or night time skincare regime, this can also be used throughout the day to hydrate, brighten and freshen up dull complexions. Fig tree extracts deliver optimum moisture while acerola fruit extracts promote an anti-dark spot action for a more even complexion.
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The star ingredient in this moisturising mist is the brand’s green mineral water. It’s made using vegetable extracts that help to keep your skin feeling healthy and moisturised all day long.
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Not only can this be used as a facial mist, it also doubles up as a moisturising toner. Its vegan and cruelty-free formula contains hyaluronic acid to instantly hydrate, nourish and calm dry and parched complexions. For those who are environmentally conscious, this product comes with a packaging that is recyclable.
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Sweet violet extracts boosts skin’s moisture levels while plant-based antioxidants protect and nourish the skin. What we really love is its citrusy floral scent that is a treat to the senses while you work from home.
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Infused with mineral-rich Karlovy Vary hot spring water that is rich in mineral ingredients and amino acids, this soothes dryness and ensures skin’s moisture levels are balanced. It also boasts micro-fine spray that lightly yet densely spritzes onto the complexion evenly to refresh the skin while delivering a natural, healthy-looking glow to the complexion.
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Sephora.sg stocked this brand fairly recently, and the products are just beautiful from a packaging perspective. Presentation aside, the brand also prides itself on using all-natural products and high quality ingredients, as well as being cruelty-free and 100 percent vegan.
To wit, this Rose Hibiscus Hydrating Face Mist contains pure plant actives. It has a base of coconut water which is infused with hibiscus flower petals (for maintaining youthfulness) and Bulgarian rose to tone, hydrate and soften the skin. The hibiscus flower also contains acids that promise to gently exfoliate and speed up the cell renewal in your skin, while the rose has antioxidants to reduce inflammation, alongside aloe vera to soothe. There is a smaller travel-sized one available as well.
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Pixi also launched on Sephora.sg in recent months. It’s a cult beauty brand sprung from London over 10 years ago, and is best known for its award-winning exfoliating toner called Glow Tonic. This hydrating milky mist is meant to plump up your skin with a blend of hyaluronic acid (which we and our skin can’t live without), provitamin A, linoleic acid, and oat. You just have to give it a shake and get to spritzing anytime your skin needs a hydration boost. It’s quite affordable and great to have on standby at your desk to shield your skin from the harshness of air-conditioning.
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Created in 1930, Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant is something of a legendary cult beauty product today, with celebrity endorsements by the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Victoria Beckham, Eva Longoria and more. The line has since evolved with additions like face oils, lip balms, hand treatments, and sunscreen.
This hydrating mist is the latest installment in the brand’s miracle moisture series, and what better way to do so than a face mist? It’s packed with a blend of powerful antioxidants and superfoods like pomegranate fruit extract, acai, mangosteen, goji and coffee seeds.
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Text: Alyssa Dhaliwal, Sofia Kim & Shazrina/HerWorld