💕😌 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💗

[eshoe]

@itsfi I can’t help but think in my head...

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Skinfood? Innisfree? Skinfood? Innisfree?

Both sound like must tries. I found myself swayed back and forth throughout your review. Both serums are intriguing! 

[itsfi]

@eshoe, Iron Chef America??!!! Looove that show! I wanted to be on it ... as a judge. 😆 Both the serums on these sheet masks were good. My skin just craves the extra moisture. It’ll be interesting to see how the other serums in this Skinfood collection compare with each other. I have one more serum type from the Innisfree line to try. 

[eshoe]

Ooooh that show was so good, @itsfi! The judges were always so interesting, too-I loved how they profiled them, and always felt a tad of envy. What a glorious gig😂

I wish Skinfood would bring that cranberry mask back. It was so good! Actually I would just be happy with about any fruity-gel mask they decide to make;)

[itsfi]

@eshoe, is the Skinfood cranberry mask seasonal?

The judges on Iron Chef America were so accomplished. My profile would say “and she’s good at eating and ordering food.” Hahaha! 😉 

[eshoe]

@itsfi I don’t believe it was seasonal;  noticed it on the shelves at TJ Maxx for a few months and then it wasn’t available anywhere. I wish I would have picked up another, it was just a refreshing, fruity gel mask. 

“she’s good at eating and ordering food.” 😂🤣😂 Well at least it is a fun thing to excel at!!!

[itsfi]

@eshoe, hmmm... 🤨 Hopefully it’s something they put out seasonally. 🤞🏼 I only see one non-exfoliating gel mask on their site - it’s a new one, lavender. I forget, are you okay with lavender scents? Or as an ingredient in skincare?

[eshoe]

Lavender is ok, @itsfi. It is one of those scents that you kind of have to be...prepared for. If I am ready for it, it can be lovely. But unprepared, it can seem overly botanical. Mood has so much to do with this one!

[itsfi]

For anyone interested, Skinfood is having a sale on its masks this weekend, sheet masks and rinse off masks (including the yummy and fabulous strawberry scrub mask). Buy One, Get One free. With code MDAY21. Thru 11:59pm Pacific Time on Monday, May 31.

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  I bought that whole line of Innisfree masks, so I'm glad that one came out the winner!

I'm curious what the Skinfood mask has to do with a sous vide.... I mean, is the serum made with a sous vide or something? 🤔

[itsfi]

@Shosh85, excellent question! I looked it up on the site, and for each mask, the benefits from the star ingredient is "extracted from through the French sous vide method to preserve all the (skincare) goodness (from the star ingredient) under precise temperature and vacuum seal". It's the process they use to get the good stuff from the vegetable to include in the serum. 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  Ahhh, that's kinda what I thought... pretty cool! 😃🙌

[itsfi]

@Shosh85, it is cool, isn't it?! 😎 

A loooong time ago, I went to a dinner where we were seated at the chef's table and had the opportunity to watch them work. I was mesmerized!!! They had a sous vide machine in the back corner and they had a bucket with all the food in the water bath. I have that visual in my mind with all the veggies from this line of Skinfood sheet masks. Hahaha! I have a few other sous vide masks but I don't think I'll get to them before the BOGO on Skinfood masks is over. So many sales!!! 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  My husband and I bought a Sous Vide a while back, but have probably only used it a few times, mostly because we're lazy! Haha! I think putting it in bags and vacuum sealing it was too much for us 😅.... the food turned out great though! 

[itsfi]

Ooooh, a sous vide machine, @Shosh85?! Fuuuun! I completely understand the lazy part. I have so many cooking tools that I never use anymore. I'm sure at one point there was a good reason why I haaaad to have a flavor injector, so much so that I asked to be gifted it for Christmas one year. 😂🤣😂 It ranks right up there with a number of other cooking items. 🙄

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  Right?! I looove kitchen gadgets. My husband has to physically pull me away when I start migrating toward the kitchen section at the store 😂

[itsfi]

Hahahaha! But you're just looking right, @Shosh85?!! Just looking. 😂

[Samtian]

@itsfi I'm glad that one won. The root next to it looks much better lol.

[itsfi]

@Samtian, hahaha! I saw the bag of lotus chips in the store after using the Skinfood mask and had to pick them up. Regular potato chips taste much better. 😉 

[lmaster]

V is for Velvet

• This mask had a light scent that wasn't fruity or sweet, more mild
• Thick white cream serum with tons extra in the package
• Fit was good, no major flaws that were annoying 
• Wear time was 20 minutes, the mask was very relaxing to wear
• My skin felt so moisturized and soft and a bit hydrated
• Definitely a great sheet to have on hand, I could see this one also being very soothing to stressed skin

   

[eshoe]

Ah I am building my Facetory cart @lmaster and will definitely be adding this one now!

[lmaster]

@eshoe I have to say I mixed the scents up on the two masks, this one had a light scent like your typical cream mask, the shoe mask had the citrus scent