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Welcome to the Skin & Body Care Masking Challenge!
Feel free to join in whenever and wherever. Share your thoughts and observations on a mask you have tried, we need all the details, please! Most importantly - have fun!
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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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To Post:
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
2022 Mask of the Week Challenge
2021 Mask of the Week Challenge
2020 Mask of the Week Challenge:
2019 Mask of the Week Challenge:
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💗
Combining a couple of themes, current and from a previous month, with these masks. Wash off mask is a forgotten wonder and the sheet mask is BIC inspired, originally from the fabulous @Shosh85 a few years back - my gosh, has it really been a few years?!. It's seen a resurgence with it being used by a couple of maskers like @Cissy63 and @QueenMarceline (I think that's right; if I've forgotten someone, I'm so sorry.)
Wash Off Mask:
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I love the nourishing consistency of the Skinfood Honey Sugar Food Mask. Due to honey being so high up on the INCI list (it’s #5, before water), the product has a thick, slightly sticky consistency. Despite this, it spreads easily, wears comfortably for the 10 minutes I have it on before rinsing with a lukewarm wash cloth, and it smells softly of honey. There are granules scattered throughout the mask, not a lot, just enough to get in some gentle physical exfoliation - there’s more in the strawberry scrub mask from the line and in the original version of this scrub mask. My skin feels soft and smooth, hydrated and nourished. If you like powerhouse exfoliators this will be a pass for you. If you prefer a more gentle scrub or your skin is dry or sensitive, this is a lovely exfoliating mask to look into.
Sheet Mask:
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First thing that jumps at you when you open up the Ulta Beauty Banana Sheet Mask is the yummy scent of banana candy - it's a cross between banana runts and banana Laffy Taffy. Sweet banana candy - smells delicious! But it is fleeting; the scent all but disappears by the time you've placed the mask on your face, which is usually how it works with most sheet masks.
The sheet is what I'd consider to be medium thick in heft/weight; standard for most sheet mask. Adherence is good and fit is also what I expect of a standard sheet mask, which for me means too short at the forehead, too long at the chin/jawline and a smidge too wide at the temples. All things that can be easily addressed with a few snips here and there. The openings for the eyes and mouth are pretty decent in size and with moving the material around a smidge, it works out pretty well.
I had this mask on for about 20 minutes; my skin has been rather dehydrated and it slurped up much of the essence, and instead of trying to push it out for anther 10, I just opted to remove the mask and press and pat in the remaining essence, which was quickly absorbed by my skin, and with just the slightest tack to the touch. My skin felt soft, hydrated and bouncy. I like this mask enough to repurchase it again, but it's not a mask I'd rush out to pick up. It's a mask I like, but not one that I'd say I love.That said, I can see why this mask is so well liked by many maskers here.
