💕😌 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💗

[CynthieLu]

This sounds like a big winner @itsfi 

I've never heard of this line, or even mugwort specifically for skin soothing or redness calming. 

Love masks that help out and reduce redness. This sounds wonderful! Great info, thank you!

[itsfi]

@CynthieLu, soothing masks are always good to have on hand. 👍🏼 Mugwort has a few different names - artemisia and wild wormwood are a couple of them. It’s a skincare ingredient that’s been around on K-Beauty for a while; I’ve only become familiar with it in the last couple of years. 

[CynthieLu]

I'm going to commit it to memory 😋 when I am out and about if I see any in anything with it in it.

100% yes. Always a good idea to have soothing remedies just in case you need them. ✨️ 

[nuinui933]

@itsfi 

My bf's sister loves the I'm From things. I'll have to see if she has this one; it sounds like a nice soothing mask. Is the mochi filled with mugwort?

[itsfi]

@nuinui933, I haven’t tried everything in the I’m From line but what I have tried, I’ve enjoyed. 😃 This was wonderfully soothing; my skin liked it. 👍🏼 I thought the mochi was filled with some sort of mugwort paste l, which would have been a first for me, but it turns out, that the mochi has mugwort powder in it. It’s filled with red bean paste. 

[Cissy63]

@itsfi  This sounds wonderful for sensitive skin 😀

[itsfi]

@Cissy63, it is! Mugwort is known for its soothing properties and the soft and thin  material do not irritate the skin. 👍🏼 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  Well, you definitely sold me on this one! It sounds amazing! 🙌 91.45% is kinda an odd number though 🙃

[itsfi]

This is a good one @Shosh85! 🌿💚🌿💚 I think the offbeat percentage just makes it more interesting. Ha! I've come up with different theories in my head as to the reason for it - nothing to back it up other than just theories in my head. 😆 A part of me thinks there must be a reason for it, but at the same time, another part of me hopes it's just something that happened to work out. 

[Samtian]

A while back I had gotten a sample of the Lush Beauty Sleep mask with an order. I think I got a bad batch. It looks absolutely nothing like the pictures on the website. It's really dry and this is what it looks like...I like pairing it with the Peter Thomas Roth Pumpkin Enzyme Mask Enzymatic Dermal Resurfacer 5 oz That stuff is amazing. If I'm ever near a Lush store I'll have to see what the mask looks like there before I ever order a full size. It smells absolutely divine though. 

It looks like acne all over lol. And zero of the purple mask.

[lmaster]

@Samtian is it supposed to be mixed with a little of water? I've never heard of this one before

[Samtian]

Nope! lushusa dot com /face/masks/beauty-sleep/9999960254 dot html

[Cissy63]

No I would not use that product @Samtian!  Something is wrong with it.  I have to agree with you about PTR. Excellent 😀

[Shosh85]

@Samtian  Lush definitely has some nice smelling products! - too bad that was all this one had to offer 😕

Love that PTR mask - it's one of my most favorites! 😃

[Samtian]

@Shosh85 Lush smells too good for my wallet. The Pumpkin ah HG for sure.

[itsfi]

Yes to that PTR pumpkin enzyme mask @Samtian - love that stuff! 💖 That's too bad about the Lush mask. It does look very dry. I wonder if it's just gone bad - many of their masks have a very short shelf life. 

[Samtian]

@itsfi Possibly, it looked like that when I got it though. I'm trying to power through it lol. 

[Kim888]

@Samtian @That’s a bummer! I always kind of forget about them as a brand ! 

[Samtian]

@Kim888 Haha I wish I could! 

[Kim888]

Picked up this Ulta “freeze” mask randomly because I was trying to get a gwp and needed a few more $$$ 

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So I actually loved this and will totally buy it again. It is a two piece mask with a reasonable fit. The chin was a bit small but that happens to me for all two piece masks. It was gel like material, though not as high quality as some gel type masks. 

The mask itself smells heavily of aloe. I took it out of the fridge and it felt nicely cooling and comforting for the whole time I wore it. It was not tacky after. It wasn’t really hydrating but it was very soothing and comforting . 

 

[lmaster]

@Kim888 im always on the hunt for a nice soothing mask, you never know when you need one