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Hello lovely masking mavens! Please continue posting on the Q4 Thread which can be found here:
Many thanks to the wonderful @Aaliaa for beginning this thread and excited you are here.
To Post:
https://community.sephora.com/t5/Skincare-Aware/Mask-of-the-Week-Challenge/td-p/3615125
Mask Hacks - Here are a few to get started thanks to our lovely BIC-ers, a big thank you for these fabulous ideas!
Trim off long chin and add to forehead for sheet masks | itsfi |
Squeeze tube lip balms (like Bite) into pans and place in magnetic palette | sonnydee |
Layer lip sleeping mask (such as Laneige) over regular balm | cianni |
Derma plane prior to a peel-off mask to ease the pain of removal | heartsmyface |
Warm water helps remove clay masks quicker than cold | cianni |
Lay sheet masks flat prior to use so the serum is more evenly distributed | eshoe |
Remove clay/difficult masks in the shower to keep towel clean and removal easy | itsfi/BIC |
Use an HA serum prior to trying a mask with alcohol high on the ingredients list | keana1 |
Use a Makeup Eraser to remove wash-off masks | lmaster |
With a detox mask, apply a thicker layer where pores are | Ather |
Use a resurfacing exfoliating spray (such as Kate Somervilleโs Liquid ExfoliKate) before a detox mask to better clear out your pores | Miamia27 |
Re-use a large sample jar for a blank sheet mask pellet and fill it with essence/toner | Itsfi |
Use a nail clippers to trip a mask if scissors are not on hand | ShortErica |
Female-owned companies, for reference:
2019 Mask of the Week Challenge Schedule
WEEK LETTER THEME
Jul 1 - 7 A Hydrating Masks to get over the dehydration of Air-Conditioning! Meetup: Crรจme Shop -My Melody Softer than Cookies - Saturday July 6th. Thank you @lmaster!
Jul 8 - 14 B Masking Hacks - share your masking secrets that make your life easier and your skin happy
Jul 15 - 21 C Lip, Hand or Foot Masks to help that summer skin
Jul 22 - 28 D โWeird Mask' Bubbling, Peeling, Colour changing other worldly wonders!
Jul 29 - Aug 4 E Multi-Masking How many masks can you use at one time or in One Day??
Aug 5 - 11 F Blind Pick Your Mask - Let's make it fun to use the masks in our stash! Meetup: Biobelle #Peachy mask Saturday 8/10
Aug 12 - 18 G Sheet Mask Focus - from cotton to cupra, coconut gel to bio cellulose, what are your favorites and why? Meetup: Biobelle Pineapple mask Saturday 8/17
Aug 19 - 25 H Drugstore & Grocery Brands Week
Aug 26 - Sep 1 I Favourites Week - Your go to miracle in a mask
Sep 2 - 8 J Rainbow Week - Bring out the colorful masks in every hue Thanks to @Sonnydee
Sep 9 - 15 K Autumn Masks - Fall goodness in a mask
Sep 16 - 22 L When you are getting GLAM for a night out and want that Glow Meetup: Lookatme Watermelon Saturday 9/21 thanks to @GalPalVal17 and @ShortErica!
Sep 23 - 29 M BIC Made you do it! Masks recommended/inspired by other BIC members
Sep 30 - Oct 6 N Sephora Collections Week - House Brand Goodness
Oct 7 - 13 O French Pharmacy Week
Oct 14 - 20 P Ends of the Earth - masks that use ingredients from or are made in far away places
Oct 21 - 27 Q Overnight Masks - Sleeping miracles in a jar
Oct 28 - Nov 3 R Duel Week V2.0 & Mask Meetup thank you @mrsmouse for suggesting the Wish Formula Bat Eye Mask!
Nov 4 - 10 S Forgotten Wonders - Shop your stash for an unloved mask
Nov 11 - 17 T Gross/Odd/Unusual Ingredients - Spirulina, donkey milk, bee venom, snail mucous - what masks have you used that have strange ingredients?
Nov 18 - 24 U Flash Masks - masks that do doubly duty in half the time
Nov 25 - Dec 1 V Morning Masking - Masks that help give a pep to your step
Dec 2 - 8 W Asian skincare Brand - Visit old cultures and their ways
Dec 9 - 15 X Sample Dive - I know we have them!
Dec 16 - 22 Y Holiday Party Prep Mask
Dec 23 - 31 Z Masks you discovered in 2019
First Half of 2019:
Jan 1 - 6 A Masks you discovered in 2018 - What new loves did you discover last year?
Jan 7 - 13 B Favourite Mask of the โMasking Week Challenge 2018โ
Jan 14 - 20 C Favourite Mask in your regular routine - What do you buy in bulk, so you always have it on hand in case of masking emergency?@itsfi
Jan 21 - 27 D Clean Week - Masks that give your skin a boost without the guilt
Jan 28 - Feb 3 E Lip, Hand or Foot Masks to help that winter skin
Feb 4 - 10 F Vitamins Week - masks that nourish your skin with vitamins and minerals@Kim888
Feb 11 - 17 G Special Occasion Masks - the mask(s) you use to pamper yourself@itsfi
Feb 18 - 24 H Gross Masks - whether it's the scent or results, share the details please!@Aaliaa
Feb 25 - Mar 3 I Spring Flowers - floral ingredients or scents that add a spring to your step
Mar 4 - 10 J Female Owned Brands - In honour of Women's Day March 8th
Mar 11 - 17 K Favourites Week - Your go to miracle in a mask
Mar 18 - 24 L Sample that made you buy the FS - You tried it, and decided to buy it!@itsfi
Mar 25 - 31 M Favourite Smelling Masks - Watermelon, Kale, Spa??
Apr 1 - 7 N BIC Made you do it! Masks recommended/inspired by other BIC members
Apr 8 - 14 O The Oozoo Week - share your Oozoo and Neogen loves!
Meetup: The OOZOO Capsule Rose Petal - Saturday April 13th. @Shosh85
Apr 15 - 21 P Luxe it Up or a Pretty on a Penny - the $ and the $$$$ of Masks
Apr 22 - 28 Q Sample Dive - I know we have them!
Apr 29 - May 5 R Sephoraโs โBest Sellingโ Masks Meetup: Sephora Collection Honey Face Mask - Saturday May 4th. Thank you @missjeanie! May 6 - 12 S Overnight Masks - Sleeping miracles in a jar
May 13 - 19 T Summer Masks to refresh and sooth during sunny months May 20 - 26 U Fruits & Veggies Week - masks that use natural goodness to nourish your skin@Keana1
May 27 - Jun 2 V Guess this Mask - using only a pic or description, see if you can stump fellow BIC masking mavens. Meetup: Bawdy Butt Mask- Your pick Saturday June 1. Thank you @faeriegirl! Meetup: Mediheal Vita Lightbeam Essential Mask EX Wednesday 5/29 thanks to @ShortErica & @Shosh85
Jun 3 - 9 W DIY Mask - Skincare meets Chemistry. Meetup: Bawdy Butt Mask 2.0
Jun 10 - 16 X Morning Masking - Masks that help give a pep to your step Meetup: Bawdy Butt Mask 3.0
Jun 17 - 23 Y Masks you've discovered so far in 2019. Meetup: Yadah All Day Mask Pack - Your pick Saturday June 22. Thank you @ShortErica! Meet up: Bawdy Butt Mask 4.0 - The Finale
Jun 24 - 30 Z Masking Duel - Dare to compare 2 (or more!) masks in one session
Masking Surveys Thread: Curious about others' masking habits? Join the fun w/ @ShortErica:
Next Mask Meetup Info: Crรจme Shop - thanks to @GalPalVal17 date and mask TBD in October ALSO just added: Halloween Wish Formula Bat Mask Meetup thanks to @mrsmouse !
August: Biobelle Tutti Frutti Collection - the Peach is on deck for our mid-summer masking! Join us Saturday August 10th to compare notes on this mask. Then Saturday August 17th we will be comparing the Biobelle Pineapple mask. Thank you @lmaster, @Shosh85 & @PrettyPaint for suggesting Biobelle!
September: @ShortErica and @GalPalVal17 are interested in everyone's thoughts on the Lookatme Watermelon Face Mask. Join us Saturday, September 21st for the fun!
October: @GalPalVal17 suggested a Crรจme Shop Mask, will update with more info. ALSO: October 31st join us for the Wish Formula Bat Eye Mask thanks to @mrsmouse!
Theyโre so satisfying to look at. If anyone walks in in my gazing into my closet like this theyโre gonna have me committed! ๐๐คช๐ฅฐ @itsfi
@heartsmyface yes but your skin will be ๐คฉ
Iโll vouch for you @heartsmyface! Itโs perfectly normal to gaze at all your lovely masks like that!! ๐ But that may mean weโre both going to be committed. ๐๐คฃ
Wow this is the week that will never end!
Last night:
Today:
Along with the Mediheal placenta mask, I purchased the equally enticing Horse Oil Proatin Mask with Jeju Horse Oil (10,000 ppm!!! can you just feel the excitement!). Mind you this is not just any horse oil. Itโs oil from horses living on the Jeju volcanic island off the southern coast of South Korea. The rich volcanic ash soil and mineral spring water must be the best place for vegetation to grow to feed these very special horses๐.
I gotta say, I was even more uncomfortable with this one than the placenta mask. However, I was not going to let the mask sit in my drawer for another year, and after purposing to use it this evening, I couldnโt stop thinking about it and dreading tonightโs masking. So I decided to do a lunchtime mask.
I opened the mask and Iโm not joking, it smelled like fresh hay. I was probably delirious from wanting to get it over with so quickly but thatโs the scent that stuck with me so Iโm going with it! The serum is milky, and thick (normally Iโm a fan of, but my stomach is turning). There are very odd eye flaps which are each connected at the inner eye part and just sadly dangled in front of my eyes like a droopy mane. The mouth flap is connected at the top, which I immediately patted onto the part in between the nose and mouth. I do not want 10k ppm horse oil in my mouth. I contemplated immediately removing it but instead set my timer for 10 minutes and tried my best to stay busy.
Once it went off I removed it and took a photo to show the eye and lip flaps. I canโt speak for the tackiness, I rinsed this baby off so fast. My skin looked great. Bouncy, bright, smoothed forehead and skin. Fantastic results, A-/B+, but as with the placenta, never again. I am officially done with my gross masking๐
Sounds like lots of great masking @eshoe ! I also find the Amika mask a good fit for my hair! So hydrating!
Thanks @Kim888, the Amika defifinitelt seemed to give back a lot more to my hair after such intensive cleaning, like bringing it back into balance. ๐ it!
Thanks @lmaster thank goodness itโs OVER๐
@eshoe oh man did I giggle through your description of that mask. Before scrolling down to see what the eye flaps looked like, the visual in my head was hilarious. At least you got good results from it. You're such a trooper ๐
Those flaps were weird @GalPalVal17, weird and covered in horse fat๐ Never again! Iโm happy sticking to flower extracts and vitamin masks in the future:D
@eshoe Thanks for sharing! That lip scrub looks intriguing!
Best,
Rebecca
Youโre welcome @RebeccaBT, so glad itโs over! The Lush Honey scrub is nice, they also have a Bubblegum flavor. Compared to the Sephora lip scrub, itโs industrial strength;)
@eshoe Nice job gettin' through the grossness! You didn't just "sit on the sidelines" like you said you thought you'd do! ๐ The horse oil one sounds like it turned out pretty good! Another great, gross mask๐
I couldnโt be a wimp, @Shosh85, though I wanted to! โGreat Gross Maskโ is the perfect term-also why do they have to be so good??? I am reminding myself itโs all short-lived, but wow it was impressive while it lasted๐
@eshoe So does that mean there's no more horse fat and deer antlers in your masking future? ๐
Horse fat is a BIG fat โnoโ @Shosh85! I donโt even know why itโs so gross to me but my tummy was turning๐ The velvet stuff...I might try again? That was a total fluke too! I would have completely missed it if you hadnโt started the process of including the ingredients ๐๐ผ๐
Yay! You did it and you were a good sport about it! I hadnโt considered hair masks! Good idea!! @eshoe
I learned from the best @heartsmyface - everyone here๐
@eshoe You did it!! You're a trooper to get through it! I agree the horse oil seems a bit more gross than the snail, but I'd put it on par with placenta! I'm super impressed that you kept it on! But I also get never wanting to do it again!
I like your palette cleanser routine! I've still only tried the LP detox once and thinking I need to try it a few more times before I make a call. Do you think it overstrips your scalp at all?
@missjeanie I just tried to stay as busy as possible. I thought about it a couple of times and got queasy; but I wanted to follow through with it.
The shampoo is VERY cleansing. I was wondering if it had removed any of your color; I donโt color my hair but I can imagine it might pull away at the color? It doesnโt irritate my scalp as far as I know; I will pay special attention to that this time. My scalp is usually normal, so any change in it would be an indicator that it is disruptive.