💕😌 2024 Masking Challenge 😌💖

[eshoe]

Welcome to the 2024 Masking Challenge! 

This year is going to be a little different - simplified. Easy. Every month will have a new theme, and that's it. Feel free to join in whenever and wherever. Most importantly - have fun!

Spring Fling - Baskets and bouquets, showers of much-anticipated rain...this month's focus is herbal and floral sensory delights 💮

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January	Fresh Starts - Time for a re-set, or morning masking? However you see it, this month is all about new beginnings.
February	Winter Love - Whether it's a mask you adore, or something extra-special to care for dry winter skin, this month is for some soothing TLC.
March	March Madness - Competition is in the air! Find a $ dupe of a $$$ mask that is share-worthy? Or find a dupe that works even better than the original? Details, please!
April	Spring Fling - Baskets and bouquets, showers of much-anticipated rain...this month's focus is herbal and floral sensory delights.
May	Dew Drops - May Day lore says to wash your face in the dew you collect in the morning of the first day of May for radiant skin. This month is for absorbing all of that good-for-you H2O.
June	Summer Sunshine - Ice cream, sunglasses, SPF, check! Once the sun is down (or before it's up), extra care is most necessary. How do you give your skin cooling repair?

Mask of the Week Misc. Info & Previous Year's Links:

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Each week features a different theme, as well as a letter of the alphabet for coming up with new masking ideas. 

Please include the brand and name of the mask you are trying out, as well as a photo if possible. Any other details are greatly appreciated, including scent, fit, adherence, mask type (hydrating, brightening, exfoliating, detox, sleeping, etc.) as well as your overall experience.

Most importantly: Would you repurchase it? 

Second most important: Have fun and merry masking!

2023 Mask of the Week Challenge

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2022 Mask of the Week Challenge

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2021 Mask of the Week Challenge

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2020 Mask of the Week Challenge:

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Skincare-Aware/2020-Mask-of-the-Week-Challenge-PART-1/m-p/4995162/h...

2019 Mask of the Week Challenge:

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Skincare-Aware/2019-Mask-of-the-Week-Challenge/m-p/4497678/highligh...

2018 Mask of the Week Challenge:

https://community.sephora.com/t5/Skincare-Aware/Mask-of-the-Week-Challenge/td-p/3615125   

Thank you @Aaliaa for starting this thread, and giving us a place to share our love for masks💗

[QueenMarceline]

@eshoe Wow, that fresh mask looks almost edible... I'm going to have to add that to the long running loves list. 

[eshoe]

The lists just don’t ever seem to get any shorter, do they @QueenMarceline? Well, if they do, somehow other options pop up to try! 

[QueenMarceline]

@eshoe Hahah, you're definitely not wrong there. 😆

[itsfi]

PSA: Masking Mavens, it looks like Farmacy has reformulated its Honey Potion mask 

Farmacy Honey Potion Plus Ceramide Hydration Mask 

Screenshots of INCI list of original and new versions:

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INCI list - original Honey Potion (from Kohls (dot) com)
INCI list - new Farmacy Honey Potion (from Sephora (dot) com)

Among other things, the new version includes apple extract, niacinaide, cica and ceramide. Hmmm... 🤔 

[missjeanie]

@itsfi I saw this and am suuuuper curious!  I'm wondering if we'll see a promo for the new version soon.  I think I spotted it in the rewards bazar today.  Might need to go double check and place an order.  For science!

[itsfi]

A new promo @missjeanie? I would wholeheartedly second, third, fourth ... that! 😁 I'm 4 days into my mask no-buy (I know, sooo good, right?!! Hahahaha!) but I could see myself going into a store to purchase a bday gift for friends and perhaps asking for a sample of this new mask, for, as you put it, science. 😂 It's hard to say "no" to science. 

[missjeanie]

@itsfi If it was a free promo... then technically you didn't buy it and it's not breaking a no-buy.  I mean... technically and all.  I did go to check and it was not the new mask in the rewards bazaar.  But... They'll have a promo soon right?? Right???

[itsfi]

@missjeanie, I'm down with abiding by technicalities on this one! 😂 Love it! It's also probably the smarter approach to sample the mask first, right? 🤔 In case my skin reacts poorly to it.

I have to think that there would be a promo of it, either at Sephora or Farmacy direct - I went online to the brand site and the current foil sample with purchase is from their greens range. I imagine it's only a matter of time. I've noticed recently that Sephora has had promo gwp codes for some of the newer launches (yaaaay!) and they're coming out closer to the release dates - it would be great if that held true for this new mask. 

[missjeanie]

@itsfi I'm considering getting a promo to be the responsible thing here.  I mean, a full size is great, but with my current collection size, I can't justify that (I might still have 3/4 of a jar of the original left).  I can however justify checking out the new one to see if I should buy it during a sale.  #fiscallyresponsible

[itsfi]

Absolutely @missjeanie! I like your thinking!! 

[eshoe]

Based on this info, it sounds promising, @itsfi. I finished a jar recently, so I will be interested to see how the new formula compares @ather  

[ather]

@eshoe @itsfi  I’ve been super interested in this. Also the new one Farmacy 10% Niacinamide Night Mask 1.7 oz/ 50 mL  I saw it as a DS but I’m on a no buy till April. Maybe they will come out with a kit that has both!!! 

[eshoe]

Until April, @ather 😳 I wish you the best of of luck, that is great and I know you can do it!!!

[ather]

@eshoe  Thanks for your support. I do have a 100$ rouge reward that I can spend before April but I want to make sure it’s something I want or really need. Before using it. 

[eshoe]

Yes @ather I hear you on that. Best to play safe!

[ather]

@eshoe  Probably soooo many new releases coming too!

[itsfi]

@ather. ask and you shall receive ... there's a set available from Farmacy direct ⬇️, and 20% off. I'm shopping my stash these days, for the most part. I hope that a similar set (or perhaps one in deluxe sample or mini sizes) will be available during the spring sale. @eshoe 

Photo from farmacybeauty (dot) com

[eshoe]

For the most part I am too, @itsfi @ather but that doesn’t mean I am not just a wee bit curious about both of these. 

[ather]

@eshoe  Me too. I have gotten a local friend super into Farmacy and she wanted the Farmacy 10% Niacinamide Night Mask 1.7 oz/ 50 mL  but was sold out online. But they had it in stores. But it’s her birthday month and they didn’t have the birthday gift. So she was torn. 

[ather]

@itsfi omg that’s awesome. I’m shopping my stash too. I have a bunch of masks I need to use up first. 

[itsfi]

@eshoe, not sure how the concentrations of the honey, propolis and royal jelly in the new version compare to their volume in the original formulation, but the additional ingredients are good ones, so it'll be interesting to see how the new one performs. 😀