💕😌 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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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

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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💗

[CookieGirl1]

@heartsmyface isn't it nice?!  Ironically I actually used that mask last night, lol.  I just needed some well-deserved "me time" and 15 minutes reveling in that mask really did it for me so I'm really happy that you like it too :).

[heartsmyface]

@CookieGirl1  It’s lovely!  I wanted it initially cause I call my beauty room LeahLand and I had full intention of altering the packaging with a white sharpie🤪, but I foresee me using it a fair bit in the near future after actually trying it.  

I can’t wait to try all the samples they sent me!  

[CookieGirl1]

@heartsmyface I want updates on what you think of the samples.  I could easily be persuaded to try more from them.  

[itsfi]

I finally got around to finishing a project I've had in the works for some time - ice cream and sheet masks - two of my spring-summer year-round quintessentials. 💖 

Masks That Make You Hungry - Spring / Summer 2022: Ice Cream Edition

These are definitely masks that make me hungry, though admittedly I don't need much to cause a craving for ice cream. I would have tried all these masks (and in turn, the yummy ice cream) during masks that make you hungry week but I had some scheduling conflicts, so I didn't get a chance to post this until now. 

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Criteria / Mask:	Banana	Strawberry	Blueberry	Winner:
Claim(s):	Soften + Moisturize	Brighten + Soothe	Firm + Revive	--
Key ingredient(s):	Banana extract + sodium hyaluronate + milk proteins	Strawberry extract + niacinamide + milk proteins	Blueberry extract + peptides + milk proteins	Tie. All are good skincare ingredients.
Material:	Cotton (slightly thinner leaning than standard cotton sheet)	Cotton (slightly thinner leaning than standard cotton sheet)	Cotton (slightly thinner leaning than standard cotton sheet)	Tie
Adherence:	Good	Good	Good	Tie
Fit:	Fine - eye and mouth openings too narrow; and too long at chin/jawline	Fine - eye and mouth openings too narrow; and too long at chin/jawline	Fine - eye and mouth openings too narrow; and too long at chin/jawline	Tie
Essence:	Clear, thin, watery and slightly runny out of packet	Clear, thin, watery and slightly runny out of packet	Clear, thin, watery and slightly runny out of packet	Tie
Scent:	Very faint and with a hint of something mildly herbal?	Unscented	Light and fresh	None
Viscosity:	Low	Low	Low	Tie
Performance (30 minutes):	Wore comfortably; a lot of excess essence after removing mask	Wore comfortably; a lot of excess essence after removing mask	Wore comfortably; a lot of excess essence after removing mask	Tie
Tack / Stickiness:	Slight tack to the touch	Very light tack to the touch	None	Blueberry
Results:	Soft, smooth, lightly hydrated, fresh faced skin. Results in keeping with that from most sheet masks.	Soft, smooth, lightly hydrated, fresh faced skin. Results in keeping with that from most sheet masks.	Soft, smooth, lightly hydrated skin, with a bit of a bounce and tautness in certain parts of the face. Complexion had a fresh-faced look to it, but also a semi-matte finish.	Blueberry

Overall, these Peach Slices Ice Cream Sheet Masks probably fall into the filler mask category for me, with the blueberry varietal being filler+, and the one I would most likely repurchase, if they were still in production. Yes, it seems that this line of masks have fallen into the "masks that have been discontinued" abyss. ☹️ 

But what about the ice cream? 

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Unlike the sheet masks, each of the ice cream flavors are still in production. 😍 While the blueberry varietal reigned supreme in the battle of the peach slices ice cream sheet masks, the victor of the corresponding ice cream competition is ... a tie. I can't choose. They were all delicious - Chunky Monkey, Strawberry and Honey Blueberry Lavender! Each had their own distinct special quality to them. Yum, yum, yum!!! I guess that means I just have to keep eating ice cream until a clear winner emerges, right?! 😋 I'd be willing to do that. For the team. For science. 😉

[nuinui933]

@itsfi 

The packaging on these is fun. You know how to put a theme together. Chunky Monkey is one of my favorite ice creams.

[itsfi]

@nuinui933, thank you! Can you believe this was the first time I had Chunky Monkey?!! It won’t be the last. Ben & Jerry’s have put out some great flavors! 💕

[lmaster]

@itsfi you are so funny!! Love the ice cream theme!! Fits my life to a T!!

[itsfi]

We have to have our ice cream, right @lmaster?!! I think I put the most work into finding and selecting the ice cream. There's not a lot of blueberry flavored ice cream in this world. 🤔 

[Cissy63]

@itsfi  Thank you for all your work in compiling the data.  And a thank you for your HARD work in using these super face mask’s 😃😃. It’s a shame they are out of production.  

[itsfi]

heeheehee @Cissy63! 😃 And, thank YOU for appreciating the work that goes into not just taking the photo of the ice cream masks and ice cream, but eating the ice cream too. 😉 This was a fun group to compare, that's for sure.

[missy94612]

@itsfi  

omg, this is going to go over very well in the house - with the little girl and her dad! We did one of the waffle masks - ice cream. It's not a bad thing these are discontinued for me but I think we'll still have ice cream. LOL. Great picture as always.

[itsfi]

Hahaha @missy94612! It's hard not to love ice cream and sheet masks. The only thing better would be if these had smelled like the particular fruit flavored ice cream.

[erikarosenim]

@itsfi 

Now I can on board with this kind of sheet masking. Everything looks so good- 

[itsfi]

@erikarosenim, haha! Ice cream and masks - they're meant to be. Now if I can find a way to eat a bowl of ice cream while I have on a sheet mask. 

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Love these photos! I am hungry now! 😄

[itsfi]

@Mellmars1185, thank you! Masking, ice cream, taking photos - a little bit of self care all in one with this masking sesh. 😉 Hahaha. When I see pics of ice cream, I always think “hmm, what do we have in the freezer?” Or I use it as a reason to pick up some ice cream. I think you and @Skunk12puzzola should go for some ice cream today. 🍨 

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Haha yes we should! @Skunk12puzzola or maybe Gelato?!?

[Skunk12puzzola]

@Mellmars1185 @itsfi it's too cold here in north Italy for gelato 🤣 but I just got out from a pastry shop because today is Sunday, and we eat pasta with a sweet onions sauce, and then pastries soooo 😋💖

[Mellmars1185]

@Skunk12puzzola Sounds divine!

[Skunk12puzzola]

@Mellmars1185 @itsfi me too ladies, me too 🙋‍♀️🍦💗🤣

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi  I want to do these masks (or something similar) just for the convenient excuse of preparing complimentary sundaes 🙂