💕😌 2023 Mask of the Week Challenge 😌💖

[eshoe]

Welcome to the 2023 Mask of the Week Challenge! We love hearing about every masking experience, on or off-theme, and suggestions are always welcome.

Letter of the Week: L

Theme: Masks that make you hungry! Fall/Winter Edition - Pumpkin, Cranberry, and scents perfect for this time of year 🎃🍁☕️

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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!

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💗

[CynthieLu]

You made that pie? It's stealing the show @itsfi  😍 It looks soooo yummy! 

I love the 3 step masks, I be only tried a handful over the years but they all disappeared never to be seen again 😔 its a shame really. 

[itsfi]

The OH 3-step is much harder to source these days @CynthieLu. I saw a box at Marshall’s the other day, but someone had opened it and took 2 of the packets. 😕 

Thank you, I don’t bake as often as I used to. I’ve been trying to get the crust on this tarte right: this is the best one so far but there’s room for improvement. 

[CynthieLu]

Someone opened it, @itsfi ? I strongly dislike when that happens. I was just in Marshall's today and had to hunt for the products I picked up that didn't look opened already.  But the deals were phenomenal today 😉

[itsfi]

Yeah @CynthieLu, it was the only box of the OH too. All the Marshall’s and TJ Maxx stores in the city closed permanently during the lockdown so I only get to a Marshall’s / TJ Maxx if I’m out of town and there was one in a strip mall when I was visiting friends. It’s more common in some stores than others. A few stores I’ve been to have all of the items in the beauty care section in those locked box containers. 

[Samtian]

@itsfi Mmm now I really want blueberry pie. I like the sound of that mask. 

[itsfi]

I've been on a quest to perfect (or as much as I can) a blueberry pie @Samtian. Never quite the way I want. I've just taken that to mean I need to eat more blueberry pie (to gauge what it is I want mine to be similar to) and make it more offten. Hahaha! 

I did a real quick peek at the INCI list on this one and it contains pineapple extract (listed earlier than the bilberry extract which makes me furrow my brow). Pineapple extract contains vitamin C so I'm not sure if your skin would like that? Have you used products with pineapple extract before on your face? I picked up the watermelon and lychee versions the last day of the sale; the ingredient lists for those don't seem to contain any vitamin C (directly, as a derivative, or in another ingredient). I'll keep you posted on how those two work out.  

[Samtian]

@itsfi Testing lots of blueberry pie is great for science. 

Ah lame about the ingredients! I don't like pineapple so I don't use anything (knowingly) with it in it. 

[itsfi]

That’s it! I’m doing it for science @Samtian! 🤪 All for science! 🧪🧫🔬 

[CynthieLu]

Had a little masking time with this Collagen and Egg mask. 🐣 

This was my first time ever using it and it was pretty great. 

It had plenty of serum, if fit almost right (just a tad small), it had a light pleasant scent. It stayed mousturized for the entire wear time. 👌

It was a little firming, very moisturizing , and I had no leftover stickiness or tackiness.

I did a hair hydrating wash today too, with

Briogeo Superfoods Matcha + Apple Replenishing Shampoo Briogeo Be Gentle, Be Kind™ Avocado + Kiwi Mega Moisture Superfoods Hair Mask 8.0 oz/ 240 mL I adore the smell of this hair mask and how well it hydrates my thirsty hair 😀 💚

[lmaster]

That briogeo hair mask is hands down fabulous!!! @CynthieLu 

[eshoe]

I second this, @lmaster @CynthieLu! 

[CynthieLu]

Yaas @lmaster  She is fabulous!👌 🥝🍏 Anyone with dry hair should meet her 😉

[ather]

@CynthieLu  Great masking session! I love the egg cream mask! 

[itsfi]

Too Cool For School makes some great sheet masks @CynthieLu. I secretly (or perhaps not so secretly) hold out hope that it will bring back one of my all time favorite masks. 🤞🏼 

[CynthieLu]

I really hope they do for you @itsfi it's amazing when things like that happen 🙏 🩷

I remember a certain TV show I loved, all the fans came togeather and even thou a few years had past, they brought it back for 2 more seasons. Amazingly 🙂

[Samtian]

@CynthieLu That egg cream mask is good! 

[CynthieLu]

It really is @Samtian 😄 I totally loved it! And soo much bonus serum in the package 💧 they were very generous with it 🙂

[itsfi]

N for nighttime (lip mask) and a two-fer with the sheet mask - N for niacinamide (3rd listed ingredient), the primarily source of the brightening effects from the mask and a form of vitamin B3, an essential nutrient. Thanks @Kim888, always love the vitamin theme.

I've spoken about the MILK Makeup overnight lip mask before so I won't belabor it too much here. Not sure about melatonin helping with my sleep, but the product itself as a whole is a lovely treatment for making lips soft and pillowy overnight. 

The soft, lightweight, niacinamide-focused, nano-fiber cellulose Mediheal R:NA Proatin Brightening Mask has so much going for it, including

• creamy, milky, viscous serum
• amazing ingredients (19 different amino acids and peptides)
• comfortable wear

There's zero tack or stickiness as my skin easily absorbs the residual essence that remains after 30 minutes of wear with a few pats here and there to really press the serum into the skin and what I'm left with is soft, supple, moisturized skin, with diminished redness around my nose and cheeks and a fresh, lifted and more luminous countenance. 

I really love all the masks from the Mediheal Proatin line and this beauty is no exception and, I am exceedingly happy to see they've renamed this brightening from its previous whitening labeling.

[eshoe]

The Milk lip mask sounds pleasant, @itsfi 

[itsfi]

@eshoe, the MILK lip mask available at Kohl's / Sephora at Kohl's if you were interested.

@CynthieLu, I checked really quickly, but it doesn't look like Kohl's ships to Canada. 😥 If I learn of a retailer that carries the lip mask that does, I'll let you know.

[lmaster]

@itsfi oh yes!! The verbage on some of these sheet masks is interesting at times, this one sounds lovely