A facial at a spa is almost guaranteed to be a satisfying indulgence, but sometimes it’s more fun to do it yourself in the comfort of home sweet home. Every complexion can benefit from a good mask, and the ingredients are what separate the wheat from the chaff.
One of the Cadillacs is Previous Dermomask, a luxurious at-home alternative by Beauty By Clinica Ivo Pitanguy. It’s a gel-cream rich with Abyssinian and avocado oils, beeswax, fructan, olive leaf extract, and centella asiatica, a special tripeptide blended to leave the skin looking rejuvenated, revived, and radiantly clean.
Dr. Ivo Pitanguy, a renowned plastic surgeon and philanthropist, worked with a French physician and a nutritionist, biologist, pharmaceutist, and aesthetician to create the product for clients at his world-famous Clinica Ivo Pitanguy in Rio de Janeiro.
Dr. Gisela Pitanguy — his daughter and a medical doctor and psychotherapist who has managed the clinic for 20 years — was involved in the product’s creation. “But our products employ a higher concentration of active ingredients that give excellent results.”
Friends (and enemies) will think you visited a top spa. Three of us tried the 10-minute, rinse-off Dermomask and noticed that it left our faces and necks firmer, smoother, and hydrated.
The Previous line includes nine products, all with a natural scent, no artificial color, and plant essences harvested in an environmentally sustainable way. They were developed in the clinic’s Health and Beauty Center at the request of plastic surgery patients who wanted to preserve their results and have quality daily skin care.
Dermomask comes in five 15-ml. treatments in separate compartments for $160 — a sweet bargain for the budget-conscious at under $35 per treatment.
