A protective face mask comprising: - an eye-protecting shield made essentially from a plastics material, the eye-protecting shield being dimensioned to cover at least the eye portions of a human wearer, the eye-protecting shield having a perimeter defining a first surface facing forehead and cheekbones of the wearer's face, and a second surface facing away from the wearer's face, said mask having a vertical centre line; - an adhesive strip attached to the first surface of the eye-protecting shield for providing a substantially watertight and releasable sealing engagement between at least a portion of the shield, the portion forming an upper edge of the face mask, and at least a portion of the skin of the wearer's face, wherein - the upper part of the shield along the perimeter is provided with a continuous layer of adhesive forming the adhesive strip along the upper part of the perimeter, and the lower part of the shield along the perimeter is free of adhesive, - the lower part of the perimeter forms a bottom edge of the mask being provided with a convex-concave-convex (wave-shaped) bottom edge having a central highest concave point and two convex parts forming projections each defining a lowest convex point offset from the centre line of the mask, and - the mask extends along the contour of the wearer's face from the forehead to cheekbones and the lower part of the perimeter (the central highest concave point) thereof extends to minimum the nose tip and maximum to the level of the mouth, characterised in that the vertical distance between the central highest concave point (upper wave point 5) and each of the lowest convex points (lower wave points 2) is from 0.5 to 2 cm, thereby preventing water from falling or dripping in front of the nose and mouth of the weaver. - an eye-protecting shield made essentially from a plastics material, the eye-protecting shield being dimensioned to cover at least the eye portions of a human wearer, the eye-protecting shield having a perimeter defining a first surface facing forehead and cheekbones of the wearer's face, and a second surface facing away from the wearer's face, said mask having a vertical centre line; - an adhesive strip attached to the first surface of the eye-protecting shield for providing a substantially watertight and releasable sealing engagement between at least a portion of the shield, the portion forming an upper edge of the face mask, and at least a portion of the skin of the wearer's face, wherein - the upper part of the shield along the perimeter is provided with a continuous layer of adhesive forming the adhesive strip along the upper part of the perimeter, and the lower part of the shield along the perimeter is free of adhesive, - the lower part of the perimeter forms a bottom edge of the mask being provided with a convex-concave-convex (wave-shaped) bottom edge having a central highest concave point and two convex parts forming projections each defining a lowest convex point offset from the centre line of the mask, and - the mask extends along the contour of the wearer's face from the forehead to cheekbones and the lower part of the perimeter (the central highest concave point) thereof extends to minimum the nose tip and maximum to the level of the mouth,