Face Coverings Guides

Plain-language guides for the face coverings index — the material and measurement questions worth settling before you compare products.

How to Make & Paint a Therian Mask: A Beginner's Guide

Most therian masks start life as the same thing: a plain animal-shaped blank. The difference between a mask that looks made and one that looks bought is the finishing — paint in thin coats, fur laid in the direction it grows, mesh you can actually see through. Here is the whole process, in the order it actually happens.Guide

Masquerade Masks: Styles, Fastenings & What to Wear Them With

A masquerade mask is formalwear for the face, and it fails the same ways formalwear fails: wrong register for the event, wrong fit for the wearer, chosen from a photo without a thought for the evening it has to survive. Styles and fastenings, decoded.Guide

Balaclava vs Neck Gaiter vs Sun Mask: Which Face Cover Do You Actually Need?

Three products share one shelf and almost no jobs. A balaclava is winter armour, a neck gaiter is an adjustable tube, and a sun gaiter is the same tube with a UV rating and a summer calendar. Choosing is mostly a matter of temperature and what the day will ask of you.