Laneige

Laneige Water Sleeping Mask.

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About this product

A lightweight gel-cream overnight mask designed to be applied before bed as a moisturizer or moisturizer layer and left on while you sleep to deliver hydration without rinsing off.

Full ingredients

Water, Butylene Glycol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Glycerin, Cyclohexasiloxane, Trehalose, Sodium Hyaluronate, Oenothera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Root Extract, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Fruit Extract, Beta-Glucan, Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract, Ascorbyl Glucoside, Magnesium Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Chloride, Potassium Alginate, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Polysorbate 20, Dimethicone, Dimethiconol, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Propanediol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Stearyl Behenate, Polyglyceryl-3 Methylglucose Distearate, Hydroxypropyl Bispalmitamide MEA, Inulin Lauryl Carbamate, Alcohol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol, Carbomer, Tromethamine, Disodium EDTA, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance, Blue 1 (Ci 42090)

Guru Score

65%

Mixed

11 experts · Strong agreement

What the gurus are saying

This gel-textured sleeping mask earns consistent praise for delivering a lightweight hydration boost overnight, though experts genuinely split on whether it's rich enough. Those with normal to oily skin often wake up noticeably more hydrated, and the fragrance and essential oils sit high enough in the formula to warrant caution if you have sensitive skin. A few gurus found it fails to live up to its reputation for intense overnight moisture, leaving them parched by morning, while others remain devoted to how it calms redness as you sleep.

Synthesized from 11 expert reviews · most recent take September 2026

What they liked

Lightweight gel texture
Hydrates skin overnight
Flexible use as moisturizer or mask

What they flagged

Can leave oily skin feeling dry by morning

Best for

Dry skin

Type

Masks & PeelsCream

Key actives

Vitamin C Hyaluronic acid

Formula notes

Contains fragranceContains drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the gurus are saying.

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Tina Tanaka Harris

277k subs

~Mixed

"The Laneige Water Sleeping Mask, I remember absolutely loving it back in the day. I felt like it really created that hydrating layer overnight, but maybe my skin's just too dry now and I want something a bit more oil based or a bit more nourishing, whereas this is obviously still like a gel cream kind of texture. Logan loved it though because he used it up."

James Welsh

1.58M subs

~Yay

"That Laneige one is super lightweight."

Dr. Jenny Liu

323k subs

~Yay

"This is the OG sleeping mask and probably what Laneige is really known for. It's a lightweight gel mask that you'll apply in place of your moisturizer or on top of your moisturizer, but it's meant to be left on overnight to do its work as you sleep so you don't wash it off. [...] You can use it as needed like a few times a week or nightly as your nighttime moisturizer if you choose."

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April Basi

72k subs

~Yay

"Overnight masks help provide an extra boost of hydration and nourishment. Laneige makes a really great Water Sleeping Mask."

Kelly Driscoll

90k subs

~Mixed

"I do think that it delivers on the hydration. It may not be the most hydrating out there anymore, it may not be the most innovative product out there anymore, however I don't see a lot of sleeping mask products available at Sephora so I think in this market it definitely has a renewed interest and renewed innovation. [...] I used it many years ago and I liked it then, it kind of fell out of my routine, it didn't grow along with me, but I do think it is a nice product."

Dr. Somji Skin

360k subs

~Mixed

"The Water Sleeping Mask is mainly made of silicon, glycerin, and a few extracts. Glycerin is an amazing ingredient for skincare that helps with the skin barrier and makes things feel nice. However, fragrance is quite high up in the formulation, and it also has essential oils such as linoleic acid oil, which can sensitize the skin if left on."

Allie Glines

829k subs

~Yay

"I really want another one of the Laneige sleeping masks. It's been a while since I've had it, and when I saw my empty one I realized I need it. It's one of my favorite overnight masks and I feel like it really makes a difference when I wake up."

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"The Laneige Sleeping Mask is topnotch, incredible. This stuff, when you put it on the skin as your last skincare step before you go to bed, you wake up looking brand new. I don't know what kind of stuff is in here, but if you're looking to tone down redness specifically as you sleep, which who doesn't want that, this is so incredible. I love it."

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Hyram

4.34M subs

~Nay

"No pass. I don't like that product. I don't understand why it has such a cult following because if you're going to make a sleeping mask you want it to be like super rich and moisturizing so that you can wake up with glowy skin. But every time I've used that product my skin is so dehydrated and dry in the morning, which is an impressive feat considering that normally my skin is super oily and I'm going to wake up with skin grease anyway."

208SkinDoc

2.10M subs

~Mixed

"This is the Water Sleeping Mask from Laneige. This one has mineral water in it, which can help to balance the skin's microbiome, and it's going to have a little bit of fragrance as well, so be careful if you're sensitive to fragrance, this may not be a great option for you. But this is kind of a boost of hydration on top of your regular moisturizer, you put it on and go right to sleep, so it's not the kind of thing you'd use as a morning moisturizer, but it's great for nighttime."

Dr. Shereene Idriss

1.73M subs

~Mixed

"This is basically a whole commercial for Laneige. [...] I don't feel it's fair judging the routine because I don't know how real it is."

Dr Dray

2.69M subs

~Nay

"I tried this and I do not see the hype, honestly."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Vitamin C

Topical vitamin C is an antioxidant with reasonable evidence for dullness and uneven tone. It breaks down in light and air, so how a product is formulated and packaged matters as much as the percentage on the front.

Source: DermNet

Humectants and emollients

Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.

Source: DermNet

Frequently asked.

What is Laneige Water Sleeping Mask?

A lightweight gel-cream overnight mask designed to be applied before bed as a moisturizer or moisturizer layer and left on while you sleep to deliver hydration without rinsing off.

Is Laneige Water Sleeping Mask worth it?

The gurus are split. 4 of the 11 gurus give it their stamp of approval while 2 would skip it, which lands it in the middle at a Guru Score of 65%.

What is Laneige Water Sleeping Mask's Guru Score?

Laneige Water Sleeping Mask holds a Guru Score of 65%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 11 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.