💕😌 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]

Bummer that this wasn't what you hoped it to be.

I hope you find a scented mask that smells and performs like you want it to @Shosh85 💗 mask dreams and wishes for real

honey masks usually nail it from my experience lol 

[Shosh85]

@CynthieLu  Oh, yes, definitely honey! A good honey mask is the best! 🍯

[itsfi]

@Shosh85, I felt the same way about this one. I dunno, for most sheet masks, I'm generally okay if the scent isn't true to the key ingredient (so long as it is a pleasant scent), but there are a small handful of ingredients that, when they are touted as the main or primary ingredient in a sheet mask, I am a stickler for it smelling like that ingredient, or how I think that ingredient should smell - pumpkin definitely is one of those ingredients. As is honey, banana, peach, chocolate, maybe even ginseng ... I know, so odd! 

Okay, so I have to ask, have you found a pumpkin sheet mask that you that is one you consider to be a favorite or repurchase-worthy? I feel like in the pumpkin mask space, there are more wash-off masks I enjoy or feel are 'must haves' than sheet masks. 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  You know, I haven't really tried any repurchase-worthy pumpkin sheet masks.... except for a Bath & Body Works one I tried a long time ago, but of course it's discontinued. 🥹 

I was really thinking about the PTR and Summer Friday's masks. If I want pumpkin, those are the ones I turn to! If only there were sheet masks that smelled/performed like these wash-offs do!

[itsfi]

B&BW had / has such a different approach to sheet masks - it seems as all of them are one-offs with no intention of bringing them back. No permanent sheet masks in their line. It’s too bad, 😔 they had some that sounded amazing! 

100% agree, the PTR and Summer Fridays pumpkin based rinse off masks are the best pumpkin masks out there. I like the Eminence one but the other 2 are hard to top.

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  Yeah, that's why I don't by masks from B&BW anymore...... I fall in love with one and never see it again. 😐

Oh, I totally forgot about the Eminence pumpkin mask! I think I still have a sample of that to try! Good to know you liked it! 

[ather]

@Shosh85  That’s such a let down. I hate when it doesn’t smell like it should!

[Shosh85]

@ather  It was decent enough, just not what I was hoping for. I've tried better masks that cost half as much. 🤷🏻

[Cissy63]

This week’s topic Chemical and Physical Peels, Enzymes. 

So I chose PTR Pumpkin  Enzyme Mask and Codage Masque Micro-Peeling a micro-peeling mask 

I have used the PTR Pumpkin Mask before.  It exfoliates, peels and polishes.  There are pumpkin enzymes. AHA, and aluminum oxides in this to resurface the skin and my skin always looks and feels better after using it.   Plus it stays that way for about 3 days. Apply to skin and use circles to massage the skin.  I left it on for 20 minutes before washing it off. Then used the rest of my skin care.

Codage is a French company with several skin care products.  This peel uses AHA  in several fruits to resurface and exfoliate skin.  It said that blackheads could come to surface for removal ( really???).  It warned me ahead that there would be minor tingling.  
I applied a thin amount to clean skin.  Yes, it stings.  But not that it needed to be removed.  I left it on for 15 minutes.  Washed it off and my cheeks were red. It looked like a butterfly rash on my cheeks.  No blisters or open skin.  This was gone the next morning.  My face looked brighter (not red) and felt smoother.  There was a tiny surface plug that came out.  It was a blackhead on my forehead that actually came out.  The felt it when I was washing my face and the washcloth removed it.  I was totally shocked 😮.

 I will repurchase the PTR Pumpkin mask but there is a lot of product in the jar so it will be a while,

I purchased CODAGE  from FFF. I can purchase it from the website where they can convert Euros to dollars.  
But I will reserve judgement on buying it after I finish the tube 

 

[lmaster]

@Cissy63 glad you enjoy it!

[Cissy63]

@lmaster  Oh for sure!🌺

[missy94612]

@Cissy63 

The ptr pumpkin is amazing!

[Cissy63]

@missy94612  Absolutely, it’s one of the best🌺

[quspork]

Love the PTR pumpkin mask, @Cissy63! And the Codage one sounds really interesting. I'm impressed that it met its claims for blackhead removal. 

[Cissy63]

@quspork  Thank you 😀 I just love using PTR Pumpkin, it smells soooo good 🎃!.  I was shocked that this “plug” came to the surface on my forehead.  I know it sounds gross. But I was impressed!

[CynthieLu]

@Cissy63 that mask sounds wonderful! Actual blackhead results? That's a big deal 🤩

[Cissy63]

@CynthieLu   It was one blackhead in my forehead.  I have a few others. They are very stubborn on this part of my face.  But one came to the surface and I took it OUT!!

[CynthieLu]

That sounds like a miracle, you found a great mask @Cissy63 😁

[itsfi]

Oh wow @Cissy63! The Codage mask sounds fantastic! In addition to it getting rid of your blackhead, I like the sound of it brightening your complexion without reddening it first! Woohoo! 👍 

PTR pumpkin enzyme mask is a classic with a huge following - and for good reason! I looooove that stuff! Smells good, works beautifully! 😍

[Cissy63]

@itsfi   Yes to Pumpkin.  The Codage is new to me as well.  But it helped to release one stubborn blackhead that had not budged in forever.  Now, there are more like this in the same area.  I will see how another masking session works out!

[itsfi]

Keep us posted on the Codage please @Cissy63. It sounds like it could be the blackhead whisperer. 😊