Collagen Night Wrapping Mask

"I'm 51, and I've spent the last five years watching my face lose that 'put together' look no matter how much skincare I piled on. My skin just looked dull and tired, even on days when I wasn't. I tried this mask mostly out of desperation, and when I woke up the next morning, I actually did a double-take in the bathroom mirror. My skin looked plump and glowing—like I'd done something right for once. What really got me was that people started noticing without me saying anything. My sister asked if I'd been on vacation. A woman at the gym said I had 'beautiful skin' out of nowhere. Even my teenage daughter said, 'Mom, your face looks really good.'

I've been watching my skin lose that brightness and firmness for the past few years. The texture changed, my under-eyes got darker, and I started looking tired even when I wasn't. Everyone assumes I have perfect skin because I'm Asian, so I felt like I couldn't even complain about it without people rolling their eyes. I used this mask on a Sunday night, and Monday morning my husband looked at me and said, 'Did you do something different? Your skin looks amazing.' My coworker—who's Korean and incredibly picky about skincare—asked what I was using because my skin had 'that glow.' When someone from a culture known for skincare asks YOU for advice, you know something's working

"I'm 42, and I've tried every mask on the market—sheet masks, clay masks, overnight masks, the $80 luxury ones that came in fancy jars. None of them did anything except make my bathroom look like a skincare graveyard. I'd wake up looking exactly the same—flat, dull, like my skin had just given up. I used this mask expecting another disappointment, but the next morning I stopped mid-coffee and went back to the mirror because I thought the lighting was playing tricks on me. My skin looked plump. Actually plump, like it had volume again. That 'lit-from-within' glow I'd been chasing with highlighters and serums for years? It was just... there. My skin looked healthy for the first time in I don't know how long.

"I'm 64 with four grandchildren, and I'd been avoiding photos because I looked so tired and saggy. My daughter said, 'Mom, the kids ask why you're never in the pictures,' which broke my heart. After three weeks of using this mask every other night, my skin looked healthier and my jawline tighter. Last weekend my 5-year-old wanted a selfie with me—I actually said yes. She captioned it 'My beautiful grandma' and I didn't delete it. I'm not trying to look 40, just like a grandmother who's present and healthy. Now I am."