You use less product, spread it more evenly and keep the jar clean. The fan brush lays a thin layer across face, neck and decollete, while the textured brush grips a thicker formula. It also stops you rubbing a mask into skin that is already warm.

HydraLuxe, chilled beforehand, with cucumber extract to cool as it hydrates. Tropical Mango is the follow-up a couple of days later, once the heat has left the skin. Anything that refines the surface should wait until skin is no longer pink or tender.

It works on the surface layer rather than the water content. Watermelon Mask uses enzymes to lift dead cells so light reflects more evenly, which is why it reads as brightness. A hydrating mask plumps for a day or two but leaves texture where it was.

Rinse in lukewarm water straight after use, work a drop of cleanser through the bristles weekly, then reshape and dry them flat rather than standing upright. Synthetic bristles left wet in a pot are how brushes turn stiff and start dragging on skin.

Hydrating and cooling masks, yes: two or three times a week is reasonable when heat and air conditioning are pulling water out of skin. Enzyme masks stay at once or twice weekly, and in the evening, since freshly refined skin meets daylight badly.