💕😌 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]

Awww @Mellmars1185, that makes me happy to hear. Thank you!

Oh my goodness, that candle was such the find! There was a boutique that I would frequent often whenever I was visiting with my parents. The owner recently relocated to another part of the state, but she had some amazing knick knacks in her store over the years, including this candle. The marshmallows and cereal are made of wax and as they melt, create a bit of a swirly color. I'm told that that is an actual spoon. We shall see about that mellmars, we shall see! 😁

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi i would love to see how the candle melted looks like if you decide to light it. It is so pretty i would want to save it!

[nuinui933]

@Mellmars1185 @itsfi 

I'd love to see it too. The candle looks super fun!

[itsfi]

@Mellmars1185, I'll tag you when I pull it out again. I thought I had taken a video of it burning because it was cool to see it melt; will look for it and if I didn't delete it, I'll upload it here.

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi  Okay but donut.  I read furiously looking for where to get the donut. 

[itsfi]

ETA: arrrgghhh, why does BIC freeze up or go on snail-mode when there's important things to be discussed like ...

mochi donuts!!! 

Have you not had mochi donuts, @heartsmyface? Ohh, I think you and the fam would love them. They're like a cross between mochi and donuts. soft and floofy and then that familiar mochi texture comes through. There's a rotating menu of flavors at the Mochill stand in the Japantown plaza in the city - green tea, black sesame, chocolate, dark chocolate oreo, nutella, fruity pebbles (pictured), cinnamon sugar, peanut butter and jelly, etc. I recently learned there's another storefront in the mall on the other side of town that has even more flavors on rotation! I went on the website and it looks like I'm going to have to work my way through all of them eventually. Hahaha! I shouldn't but I'm pretty sure I will. 🤣 Both stores happen to be in malls with at least one boutique that carries sheet masks. Oh boy, this could be a problem. 😝

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi   This is important BIC!  Don’t do this now!!   Clearly we are not living life to its fullest potential. We will be remedying the situation this week.  
The plan is to buy them all and cut them into sixths (or an equation that makes sense) and get to taste everything!  

[itsfi]

Now that is the perfect plan @heartsmyface. I'm excited to see which flavors you pick up and your thoughts on them.

[itsfi]

@heartsmyface, there's a Mochido in Canada.

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi  Ahhhh I just tried to order through door dash and I'm too far out, but hope is not lost.  This just means I need to order them to a friends house and invite said friend over ;).  evil plan in action.  

[itsfi]

I like your strategy @heartsmyface! 😀 Mochi donuts and friends - a perfect plan! 

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi  It will take two days to make the stars align. I can be patient.  Who’s only open for 3-4 hours?  

[itsfi]

@heartsmyface, those are very limited hours. I thought the one nearest to me closed early. That fruity pebbles one took some navigating on my part to come by. The two gals working the front counter were debating whether to keep the prop mochi in the window since they were still working on a batch of that flavor. It worked out that they were literally sprinkling the cereal on top of the mochi when it was my turn to order. It felt like a sign that I should pick up more than 1. Hahaha! Fresh off the production line. Nom, nom, nom!

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi I’m so weirdly hyper about eating gluten.  oh gosh should we be preordering?  I saw that’s an option.  It was definitely meant to be!!  

[itsfi]

@heartsmyface, I think mochi donuts are gluten free. I should look that up. 

If you can pre-order, it might not be a bad idea. It just depends on the location and the day/time that your friends will be picking them up. There always seems to be a line at the one by me, unless I go at some weird time during the day.

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi  Gasp!  They are!!!  OMG!  I was committed to them with gluten but this is great!  

Yeah we’re going to preorder.  It’s all the way out near the airport so it’s gotta be worth it!  

[itsfi]

@heartsmyface, oh wow! That is really out there. I would have thought there would be one closer. There's a YT video on Mochido that shows them making the mochi donuts! Yuuuum! 

Oh yes, gluten free! I've been trying to substitute mochi flour when I bake or make things like pancakes, waffles, muffins...

[Kim888]

Oh wow that mask is so funny looking @itsfi !!! It sounds like the results are interesting - I agree as it gets warmer it’s hard to tell if the mask is sticky or I’m just sticky lol 

[itsfi]

hahaha @Kim888! I completely get that! Let's just always go with it's the mask! We're not sticky kim888! 😂🤣😂

[Cissy63]

Oh I bet that candle smells so good!!  The mask sounds really good.  And like you said if the air temp and humidity were lower it may have absorbed better.  

[itsfi]

@Cissy63, my skin generally takes really well to sheet masks so I was surprised how much of the serum remained on my face afterwards (and how the consistency remained so sticky even the next morning). I think air temperature, humidity, and climate, in addition to skin type play significantly into how our skin responds to ingredients and products, including sheet masks. It will be interesting to see how this one holds up when the mini heat wave we've been experiencing here rolls out. 

It's been years since I've had a bowl of cereal so this was a fun masking session for me - the house smelled like cinnamon for a while. So good. 😁 Now that we're talking about it, I may have to pull it out tonight when temps come down a bit.