💕😌 Skin & Body Care Masking Challenge 😌💖

[eshoe]

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

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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💗

[Shosh85]

@Anonymous  All over, really. There are SO many sites to order these from. 😉 I usually just google the kind of mask I'm looking for, but some  popular sites are Masksheets(dot)com, Facetory(dot)com, yesstyle(dot)com and TheRoseRoseShop(dot)com. I also think TJ Maxx and Marshall's have some of the best deals and I have bought a ton from them.

 I should also mention, a mask can have honey in the ingredients, but not necessarily be called a honey mask - you really just need to look at the ingredients. For example, The Creme Shop Collagen mask not only has collagen, but also has squalane, salmon egg extract, caviar extract and snail secretion filtrate. 😉

Right now my favorite snail mask is the Galantry Step by Step Moisturizing Mask. I haven't tried too many masks with salmon egg extract, but I really enjoyed the Foreverskin Salmon Whitening Mask.😃

[WinglessOne]

@Shosh85 Well that’s a bummer about the NRK mask. I've wanted to try it for a long time and honestly, I think I was drawn more to the sleeve design than the ingredients. I'm glad the Lapcos mask worked much better for you! 

[Shosh85]

@WinglessOne  Yeah, I get drawn in to the sleeve/artwork all the time! There's a few others (see a couple posts below) that have fun/pretty artwork as well, and it definitely sucked me in!

[ather]

@Shosh85  Both look great.

[Shosh85]

@ather  The Honey mask definitely won this round 😉

[eshoe]

That is a shame the Naruko mask wasn’t more hydrating, @Shosh85. The packaging is absolutely stunning! Reminds me of a style of doodling my Dad taught me years ago😊

[Shosh85]

@eshoe That is definitely an awesome way to doodle! Do have any samples of that doodling to show?
There's a few others with great artwork as well:

[heartsmyface]

@Shosh85   Omg I’m just scrolling through and saw this photo!  What are these masks and where did they come from?   Ahhhh the bear dressed as a bunny!!! 😍😍😍😍

[Shosh85]

@heartsmyface  The brand is NRK (Naruko) and I feel like they're getting harder to find. They are on Amazon and a couple other random sites I've never ordered from. The Bear/bunny is actually my favorite one so far!

[ShortErica]

Well @Shosh85 looks like this answers my other post to you 😉 All the packages are very pretty!

[Shosh85]

@ShortErica @heartsmyface   Looks like I missed one. Love polar bears. I think of Coca-Cola every time 😂 

[eshoe]

Oh those are very cool @Shosh85. I will doodle tomorrow and post it. It always reminded me of oceans 🌊 . I did it a lot in HS to pass the time! That bear cracks me up, too;)

[Shosh85]

@eshoe  Oooh, I'd love to see it! It reminds me of the ocean too 😉 I doodled a lot in school too 😃 Did you ever go through a jelly pen phase? In middle school they were very popular and everyone used them to draw on themselves or each other! My hands and binder were always covered in jelly pen doodles 😃

[eshoe]

I didn’t have jelly pens then @Shosh85, but I am making up for that now😂

This is a 3x5 card of the type of doodle I used to do. I forgot how time-consuming it is , perfect for passing the time in class😊

[Shosh85]

@eshoe  Oh wow! I love it! That certainly is unique! 😃

[eshoe]

Thanks @Shosh85 ☺️ It looks so fuzzy, all my photos do here recently🤷🏻‍♀️ Fun to make, though!

[quspork]

Darn, that's a shame on the hydrolock mask, @Shosh85. At least you've found others from that brand that worked for you!

[Shosh85]

@quspork  Yeah, it was just kinda "meh." It's not the worst mask I've ever tried, just seemed like a waste of 25 minutes 😂

[WinglessOne]

M = May Island Sparkle Pearl Sheet Mask. 

I think this is the first May Island skincare item I've ever tried.

Notes: 

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Claims: Highly moisturizes skin; provides softness and glow. 

Ingredients: 3 forms of hyaluronic acid, a ceramide, trehalose, and glycerin should make this a hydrating and moisturizing mask. Always glad to see soothing licorice root and allantoin, plus the anti-aging tripeptide glutathione. And the star ingredient, pearl extract, is plenty present. 

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Water, Glycerin, Dipropylene Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, 1,2-Hexanediol, Pearl Extract (10ppm), Hydrolyzed Pearl, Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Acetylated Hyaluronate, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrogenated Lecithin, Ceramide NP, Cholesterol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Cyclohexasiloxane, Polysorbate 60, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Arginine, Carbomer, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Glutathione, Trehalose, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Allantoin, Disodium EDTA, Hydroxyacetophenone, Chlorphenesin, Fragrance 

Performance: This thin lyocell sheet was very soft and completely soaked in a lotion serum. After a couple of inner corner eyehole snips, the sheet fit me quite well. I expected it to slide a lot on my face because of the sheet material and serum type, but it stayed in place. 

The serum has the type of floral fragrance I dislike. There’s a perfume that smells a lot like this, but I can’t remember which one—probably because I hate it. Anyway, the scent was persistent but not overwhelming, though I smelled it each time I moved my head. 

The mask felt very cooling during my 30 minute session. After removing the sheet, I spent 4-5 minutes massaging residual serum into my face—and there was plenty of it. I was able to squeeze 1/3 - 1/2 a handful of serum out of the used sheet, so I massaged some of that into my neck. After all that, I had no pilling anywhere and moderate tackiness. 

Results: Hella glowy skin that looked and felt hydrated and moisturized. I was so glowy, I double checked the ingredients for oil and nope, there really isn’t any in this mask. 😂  Now I wish I’d used this mask during glow week, because good grief! Once I stopped shifting my head and arching my neck to catch all my glowy angles in the mirror, I noticed my oily zone’s inflammation looked calmer. I was worried the fragrance might further irritate that skin, but nope. Whew! 

My skin felt like it might not need a moisturizer, but this mask lacks any occlusive type of moisturizing ingredient—well okay, there are a couple of silicones, but they’re more for emollience; they’re not occlusive like dimethicone. Still, I thought my usual YTTP Superfood would feel too heavy after this mask, so I used my Sephora gratis bottle of Drunk Elephant F-Balm instead as a lightweight moisturizer, then dabbed a little e.l.f. Nourishing Facial Oil all around my orbital area. Once all of that dried down, I applied my retinol serum over everything and called it a night. 

I have 4 more of these. I’ll probably reserve them for morning use—on the very rare mornings I use a sheet mask—because why not show off all that radiance? ✨

[lmaster]

Hella glow 😆 @WinglessOne I've used a few masks that were in that description too 

[WinglessOne]

@lmaster Gotta love the glow-making masks!