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Please join us on Part II of this year’s challenge:
Welcome to a new year of masking adventures! ***The second half of the year thread will be up June 28th (or earlier), thank you for the suggestion @heartsmyface, @Kim888 & @quspork!***
Thank you @Aaliaa for starting this thread and giving us a place to share our love for masks💗 Below is the 2020 schedule. Post as frequently or infrequently as you would like, with or without following the challenge. We love hearing about every masking experience, and suggestions are always welcome. Looking forward to sharing some new masking 💖 with you all this year!
This Week’s Theme: Masking Duel - Dare to compare 2 (or more!) masks in one session
Letters of the Week: “Z” and “A”
Jan 1 - Jan 5 | A & Z | Mask Stash Clean-Out! Finish those masks before they expire. | l8totheparty/ShortErica |
Jan 6 - 12 | B & Y | Masks that Make you Hungry | itsfi |
Jan 13 - 19 | C & X | 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 20 - 26 | D & W | Clean Week - Masks that give your skin a boost without the guilt | eshoe |
Jan 27 - Feb 2 | E & V | Transportation Masking | @lmaster/@ShortErica/@missjeanie |
Feb 3 - 9 | F & U | Best fitting mask - Mask that best fits your facial features | PrettyPaint |
Feb 10 - 16 | G & T | Special Occasion Masks - the mask(s) you use to pamper yourself | itsfi |
Feb 17 - 23 | H & S | Gross Masks - whether it's the scent or results, share the details please! | Aaliaa |
Feb 24 - Mar 1 | I & R | Snubbed It: Masks you don't want to use & are continually passed over | ShortErica |
Mar 2 - 8 | J & Q | Female Owned Brands - In honour of Women's Day March 8th | Aaliaa |
Mar 9 - 15 | K & P | Masks Good Enough to Eat | heartsmyface |
Mar 16 - 22 | L & O | Sample that made you buy the FS - You tried it, and decided to buy it! | itsfi |
Mar 23 - 29 | M & N | Favourite Smelling Masks - Watermelon, Kale, Spa?? | |
Mar 30 - Apr 5 | N & M | Mask While You Task | l8totheparty |
Apr 6 - 12 | O & L | Most Outrageous Mask Claims | ShortErica |
Apr 13 - 19 | P & K | Hi-Lo Week: Mix or duel of $$$$ and $ masks | |
Apr 20 - 26 | Q & J | Sample Dive - I know we have them! | Aaliaa |
Apr 27 - May 3 | R & I | Targeted Skin Concern - Mask to address a current skin issue | PrettyPaint |
May 4 -10 | S & H | Overnight Masks - Sleeping miracles in a jar | |
May 11 - 17 | T & G | Mask with a Partner | Alphaboo |
May 18 - 24 | U & F | Vitamins Week - masks that nourish your skin with vitamins and minerals | kim888 |
May 25 - 31 | V & E | Best/Cutest Printed Mask | Shosh85 |
Jun 1 - 7 | W & D | Mask that best describes your personality or mood | PrettyPaint |
Jun 8 - 14 | X & C | Fruits & Veggies Week - masks that use natural goodness to nourish your skin | Keana1 |
Jun 15 - 21 | Y & B | Forgotten Wonders - Shop your stash for an unloved mask | missjeannie |
Jun 22 - 28 | Z & A | Masking Duel - Dare to compare 2 (or more!) masks in one session | eshoe |
Jun 29 - Jul 5 | A & Z | Masking Pet Peeves - use a mask that has some component that drives you crazy! | ShortErica |
Jul 6 - 12 | B & Y | Masking Hacks - share your masking secrets that make your life easier and your skin happy | eshoe |
Jul13 - 19 | C & X | Lip, Hand or Foot Masks to help that summer skin | |
Jul 20 - 26 | D & W | ’Weird Mask' Bubbling, Peeling, Colour changing other worldly wonders! | Aalia |
Jul 27 - Aug 2 | E & V | Multi-Masking How many masks can you use at one time or in One Day?? | |
Aug 3 - 9 | F & U | Blind Pick Your Mask - Let's make it fun to use the masks in our stash! | veronika23 |
Aug 10 - 16 | G & T | Sheet Mask Focus - from cotton to cupra, coconut gel to bio cellulose, what are your favorites and why? | |
Aug 17 - 23 | H & S | Drugstore & Grocery Brands Week | eshoe |
Aug 24 - 30 | I & R | 3-Step Masks/Multi-Step Masks | heartsmyface |
Aug 31 - Sep 6 | J & Q | Rainbow Week - Bring out the colorful masks in every hue | Sonnydee |
Sep 7 - 13 | K & P | Autumn Masks - Fall goodness in a mask | |
Sep 14 - 20 | L & O | When you are getting GLAM for a night out and want that inner GLOW | |
Sep 21 - 27 | M & N | BIC Made you do it! Masks recommended/inspired by other BIC members | |
Sep 28 - Oct 4 | N & M | Sephora Collections Week - House Brand Goodness | |
Oct 5 - 11 | O & L | Masks that Make you Hungry - Fall/Winter Edition | itsfi |
Oct 12 - 18 | P & K | Forgotten Wonders - Shop your stash for an unloved mask | |
Oct 19 - 25 | Q & J | Overnight Masks - Sleeping miracles in a jar | |
Oct 26 - Nov 1 | R & I | Masking Duel Week II | |
Nov 2 - 8 | S & H | Buddy Up! Dare to compare the same mask with another BIC-er | eshoe |
Nov 9 - 15 | T & G | Gross/Odd/Unusual Ingredients - Spirulina, donkey milk, bee venom, snail mucous - what masks have you used that have strange ingredients? | Aaliaa |
Nov 16 - 22 | U & F | Flash Masks - masks that do doubly duty in half the time | eshoe |
Nov 23 - 29 | V & E | Morning Masking - Masks that help give a pep to your step | |
Nov 30 - Dec 6 | W & D | Mask that would make a good band name (kinda silly, I know) | PrettyPaint |
Dec 7 - 13 | X & C | Holiday Party Prep Mask | |
Dec 14 - 20 | Y & B | Most Artistic Sheet Mask | Kim888 |
Dec 21 - 27 | Z & A | Favourite Masks of All-Time | itsfi |
Dec 28 - 31 | 123 | Masks you discovered this year |
Mask of the Week Misc. Info & Previous Year's Links:
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 Somerville’s 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 |
https://community.sephora.com/t5/Skincare-Aware/Mask-of-the-Week-Challenge/td-p/3615125
NEW!!! Got an idea for next year's challenge? Let me know! Was there a challenge you'd rather not repeat? Share below, so we can start building the 2021 schedule:
Only mildly @heartsmyface! 😉😆 It’s all for the cookies! 🍪🍪🍪
Now I want a cookie @itsfi. 😉 Your pics always look amazing. I'm sorry that mask wasn't a stellar one for you, but glad it wasn't bad either.
Go for a cookie @mrsmouse! 🍪 It’s fun to put themes together for masking. 😃
A good mask is better than a not good mask. Wow, that just sounds so profound, doesn’t it? 😂 The scent and packaging make it worth it.
@itsfi Oh my goodness, this is the most perfect masking session ever! I can't stop staring at (and drooling over🤤) this picture! 😍
I've only tried a couple SpaLife masks, and "it's fine" and "good not great" is probably how I'd describe both of them. 🤷♀️ No bad reactions is always a good thing though 😉
Awww thanks @Shosh85! 💕 Gotta have a cookie 🍪 theme!
I'm following my own personal themes of "Use them before they expire" and "WTF were you thinking using retinol after a peel?!" I swear I do this once or twice a year where I think my skin has built up more of a tolerance and can handle more than it can. I am suffering for that decision...literally.
I also want to throw out an apology to anyone ( @missjeanie, @itsfi, @l8totheparty ) I may have gaven this mask to in a unicorn mail over the last few month as it apparently expired Sept 2019. I'm so sorry ladies!! 😞
You're cracking me up with your themes @mrsmouse but I'm so sorry your skin went through that. Hope your peels, masks, and retinol are nice to your skin from now on.
I have no one to blame, but myself @ShortErica. Let's hope I don't have any further "WTF" themes for the rest of the year. 😉 Currently, my skin is back to normal, so I'm ready for some fun masking this week.
Oh my, so glad you had Dr. Jart to the rescue, @mrsmouse. Sounds like a harrowing experience, but certainly one I have replicated, ha! Hoping your skin is 100% happy with you again 😉
Thanks @eshoe! It is better for sure and I'm back to my normal routine. 🙂
Thanks @ather! It's actually MUCH better now! The turning point seemed to happen when I slathered my skin with the Dr. Jart Cicapair sleeping mask. It did wonders! 🙂
So sorry to hear your skin is in recovery mode, @mrsmouse! At least this mask sounds like it worked out pretty nicely!
Ha!! Sept 2019.... i used one last year that expired like 3-5 years ago.... it didn’t have a date on it, but when I checked the manufacturers code it was extra old. Sephora collection I believe! A couple months is nothin’ @mrsmouse !
Glad it worked out well for some soothing of your skin too! Oh and I never remember all the alcohol stuff, but if I recall some alcohol is used to help the good stuff penetrate into the skin... or maybe I’m nuts and it’s just a preservative and I’m not remembering right.... but hey, what’s a bit booze from time to time anyway!
Haha! 3-5 years?! Wow! I don't know if I'm that brave. 😉 I think you're right @missjeanie about some being good for you. I think cetearyl alcohol is, but this one just straight up said "alcohol". I prefer to drink my alcohol as opposed to wearing it, but at least it was towards the end of the ingredients instead of the beginning. How do you find out the expiration by manufacturer's code? I'd love to go through my masks and figure that out. I had to buy a 5th bin to store them all. I now have them separated out by year, but I have a whole bin & a half that I just don't know because there's no expiration date.
@mrsmouse I used a website called checkfresh dot com. You can input the brand and the batch code and they'll tell you when it was made. The site doesn't have every brand going, but it's not bad. I'm horrible with expiration dates on makeup and skincare. Part of wanting to pare down my collection is being able to use products more quickly instead of having them sitting around.
Masks... lol I went a little crazy last year... I have two nice wooden boxes on a dresser stuffed full of sheet masks, then I have a rolling suitcase on my floor with the rest of them. At least I can roll it into my closet when I don't need it out. Good heavens I need to use up some sheet masks lol
Thanks so much for that page @missjeanie! I'll definitely check it out and see what I have that's good vs what I have that isn't. I feel you on going a little crazy last year with the mask purchases. I called it my "no mask left behind" phase. As a result, I am not lot allowing myself to purchase any masks with 2020 expiration dates unless I come across something truly spectacular. This weekend I walked away from 3 packs of masks that I don't have because of this rule. The reality is that I have more to get through with 2020 expiration dates than I have time to use them. 😕
I like your plan @mrsmouse . If I had better self control I’d give it a shot. I’m currently going with a ‘if one goes out one can come in’ rule. I’d really like to do better than that and use up more... but we shall see.... it’s January 13 and I’ve brought 23 items in. 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Are we talking beauty items as a whole or just masks @missjeanie? Because I was only talking about masks (and that rule doesn't include eye masks since I don't have a ton of those). If we are talking beauty items in general then I've definitely brought stuff in. 😉
Bahaha!!! @mrsmouse I thought we were talking beauty in general!