💕😌 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💗

[itsfi]

@PrettyPaint, get out your pair of mini scissors!!! You may be giving that sheet mask a bit of a face lift! 😂 It's no joke how there's not an opening for the mouth. Not even a slit. 😶 ⬅️ literally that!! 

Oh my, @Shosh85, there's an actual emoji for the 23 Years Old mask 😶😶😶 

😂🤣😂

[Shosh85]

@itsfi @PrettyPaint  Right?! 😶 It's perfect! 😂

[PrettyPaint]

@Shosh85  @itsfi   Haha that's hilarious. 

[itsfi]

@Shosh85 @PrettyPaint, who knew the 23 Years Old mouthless mask was or would be so popular?!! 😲 To have an emoji just for it! 😶😂 Well, it could be said that the maskers knew, right?! 😉😆

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  What a fun variety of masks! Love all the W's!
 I've never seen that Wellage Kit either, but it definitely sounds like something I'd love - can't argue with those results!

Oh my goodness, the 23 Years Old mask brings back some memories! I got one in a subscription box before I ever got into masking. It was the first mask I ever tried and I had no idea it was something unique - I remember thinking, "how in the world can people do this on a daily basis?!" 😂

[itsfi]

Oh my goodness @Shosh85, I wondered it if was you who first posted about the mouthless 23 Years Old masks! 🤔 I thought so but when I went to the OG mask thread, I got tired of going page by page and, well, I also kept getting distracted reading about masks folks were using then and their thoughts. Nostalgia. All I remember was reading in your post that it's designed to not have a mouth opening, because I think I saw a photo and thought "oh my word, she got a defective mask. It's smothered her entire face!!" I thought they just forgot to cut out a hole for the mouth. 

There are some 23 Years Old masks that are more like traditional sheet masks, right?! Or maybe one? I feel like there's at least one mask the brand puts out that has an opening for the mouth. Or, maybe that's the defective one as far as their brand goes. Hahaha!

The Wellage Kit (the cica version) is one I think I will incorporate into my skincare routine when it really warms up here, which will be more like fall for everyone else. I tend to do less daily masking in the summertime and use more essences then and I can see my skin liking this Wellage cica as a substitute for the essence step. We shall see. I say this now. The weather and my skin have acted out much differently since the whole stay at home so it may just be better to play it by ear. lol. Besides, that's a good 4 or 5 months away - I can get distracted by so many other sheet masks or skincare products between now and then. 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi Im not positive how many there are, but I do know there's more than one mask from this brand that do have mouth holes. 

Ready for this?😅

This was the first time I wore it: 😶

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...and this was the second time - I wanted to demonstrate how long it was: 😂

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[itsfi]

Hahaha! 🤪 Loooove!!! These are a trip down masking memory lane @Shosh85! Awww!! Nice job readying us for the big reveals! 

I think this mask will be my backup Halloween costume. Or at least one of the strongest contenders; Charlotte Tilbury Instant Magic Facial Dry Sheet Mask is also in the running. One of those masks and my hoodie sweatshirt ... scary just thinking about it. 😱 The 23 Years Old mask is more moisturizing so it has a slight lead. 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  Haha! I've thought about answering the door to the trick-or-treaters with it on, but I think I'd probably give them some serious nightmares 😂 The CT would be a great one! 

[Hyramlover]

I have a unicorn mask and I think that pretty much describes my personality lol.

[Shosh85]

@Hyramlover  Fun! Unicorn masks are the best! 🦄😃

[itsfi]

@Hyramlover, yay for unicorn masks!!! 🦄 My favorite unicorn mask is The Crème Shop® Clear Up Skin! Unicorn Face Mask with Clarifying Strawberry Milk - the illustration on the mask is adorable and my skin looks and feel softer, more smooth, clear and bright! 

[eshoe]

@Hyramlover Ooooh unicorn masks are so fun!

Do you know which brand it is by? Is it a sheet mask or a wash-off? 

[Kim888]

W is for when 

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When masks always come through. This is the 10pm mask - going to admit while I do think all of their masks are great, I have a hard time actually telling them apart. But like all of the others, the fit on this was fairly good and the bio gel consistency feels great. It felt super soothing and hydrating and left my skin non tacky. Another when win. 

I also tried out the Drunk elephant body scrub. This had very big gritty pieces. It has good slip. The smell was ....aggressive. It definitely was not the nice calming almond of their other body products. It smelled more like burnt coffee. I mean it does what it says in terms of a scrub, but it doesn’t do anything extra that would motivate a purchase.I prefer the Kopari one.

 

[lmaster]

I'm so glad I didn't get super fomo and held out for the promo!! @Kim888 I really love the sdj scrub

[PrettyPaint]

@Kim888  Thanks so much for the review on the DE. I was considering it, but I don't think I like the sound of the large pieces. 

[quspork]

That's too bad about the scent on the DE scrub, @Kim888. But you're right about the When masks- they almost always come thru! But a lot of them do seem super similar haha. 

[itsfi]

@Kim888, it definitely sounds like there are better options than the DE. Large gritty scrubby granules that smell aggressively of burnt coffee? Ooof. That’s a “no.” 😣 Thanks for letting us know. 

[eshoe]

“The smell was ....aggressive.”

Love the honesty here, @Kim888 - I’ve never tried this but now I can imagine it, enough not have to try it.

[Shosh85]

@Kim888  It's funny you mention the When masks being a lot alike - I thought that too so I did a duel ..... and found out they really are all so similar! Happy to hear this When was a win. 😉

Thanks for your thoughts on the DE scrub and for saving me the money! The big gritty pieces and burnt coffee scent does not sound delightful. 😐

[Kim888]

@Shosh85 @Whenever I see all the time stamps on them I wonder what it would be like to use the entire pack in a day haha