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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:
Lots of good skincare in that advent calendar @eshoe. Trader Joe’s holiday stuff is always on point!
I did not pick up last year’s masking set and have been looking forward to this year’s ever since you mentioned it, @itsfi. The advent is a nice bonus!
Yes I am picking mine up Friday, @lmaster, don’t know if I should open or save it for December 🤔
@eshoe Oooh, thanks for the heads up! I'll definitely have to check that out! 👍
It looks like a great mix of items, @Shosh85!
Sunday night masking and the last of my R is for Roses masks ... well, for now 😉
Finally, I'm caught up! Yaaaay! Sorry for bombarding everyone with mask posts this weekend. It does feel good to caught up with posting for the week and I have good intentions of keeping up this week and going forward but life gets in the way of that being a reality, so we’ll see how up to date I can be this coming week (I’m not holding my breath). Which makes me wonder, do folks have a set schedule for posting their masks here or do you just post when you have the time?
@itsfi Looks like a nice combo! 🙂 Thank you again for the rose petal slice mask. It was great.
I really have no set schedule with my posts. I really need to organize/schedule my masking more (and life in general - ha). Sometimes I'll try a mask and intend to post right away, but by the time I have time it's hard to remember the minute details.
@PrettyPaint, I hear ya. I try to keep notes on a spreadsheet but that only works when I'm home since I don't take my personal laptop with me when I'm on work trips. I've been trying to incorporate what I've heard some of the lovelies here do - making quick notes on the back of the mask with a Sharpie - I think I first heard about this genius method from @sonnydee! My notes are brief though - I'll include either: a heart (love), a plus sign (like), a check (good-not-great / OK), a question mark (maybe / meh), or an X or "NO" (for no). And then I'll add one worded comments about the consistency of the essence, thickness of the mask, scent, fit and results. That's been helping me to remember when I don't have my laptop with me or a notebook/post-it nearby to keep notes on. 😉
@itsfi That's brilliant. And I always love a good excuse to mark on the things with a sharpie. I'll definitely need to give this method a try, because I hate having to log in to my laptop when I'm half asleep in the early AM or late PM.
I completely understand @PrettyPaintand Ithe cold weather isn’t going to motivate me to get out of bed to get my laptop either! 😆 I really love the @sonnydee method (yep, that’s what it’s known as to me!!) 💗💕 It’s brilliant! I now keep a sharpie in the bag I use to carry my sheet masks when I travel! 😆
I loved reading your train of thought in your post, @itsfi !
I'm sure we all have a product or two that may not smell the nicest but blows us away in the effect it leaves! (CHRISTOPHE ROBIN - Regenerating Mask with Prickly Pear Seed Oil comes to mind for me, though some people like the scent 😏)
Sometimes I post the next morning, so.etimes it takes me a couple days (lately).
Awww, thank you @l8totheparty! 🤗 heehee, I’m one of those folks that like the scent on that prickly pear hair mask. 🤪 I had never heard of prickly pear until I tried the hair mask. 😆 I’ve since had prickly pear candy and cocktails with prickly pear in it - my horizons have been broadened. 😂
I cat imagine the taste....
I'll stick with regular pears lol.
Actually, I would try it if the opportunity presented itself, and I'll reserve judgement until then. 🍹
Lol! 😆 If I come across a prickly pear cocktail, I’ll try to remember to take a pic @l8totheparty. Or maybe I’ll see if I can actually find the fruit (it’s a fruit, right?) and come up with some masking there. Hmmm... 🤔 I wonder if there’s a prickly pear sheet mask ...
ETA: Turns out there are sheet masks that contain prickly pear. AND it seems I already have one of them in my stash. Imagine that. Lol. 😝 Alright, maybe I’ll go see if I can find an actual prickly pear in the store this weekend. It seems that they are in season now. On it! 🤣 Will report back.
😄 Cant wait to hear! I think I have cactus masks, not prickly pear? Must check later.
I've had a few Korres products that were extremely scented as well, to the point where it was too much and I have avoided the brand.
I was posting at the beginning of the year pretty much daily, lately I'm doing a weekly roundup because I either can't pull myself out of bed to type, or I'm frustrated with trying to type on my phone and wait till I'm at my laptop. @itsfi
@missjeanie hang in there, we are almost at the finish line!!!