💕😌 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!

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?

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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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To Post:

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💗

[Samtian]

@lmaster Ooh those both sound really good!

[lmaster]

I'm happy to say the cocoa mask smelled like cocoa, I didn't notice much of the cocoa scent in the SEPHORA COLLECTION Hot Cocoa Lip Sleeping Mask unfortunately @Samtian 

[heartsmyface]

@lmaster  What?  That’s so disappointing!  A l chocolate lip product should definitely taste like chocolate!   

[lmaster]

@heartsmyface Im disappointed, but I'll still use it. I was really hoping for that Hershey chocolate scent 🤷 just not meant to be

[Samtian]

@lmaster Ah bummer. I was reading the reviews about the lip mask. I was going to order it but they swayed me not to. 

[Samtian]

Lately I've started using a sample of the Origins Retexturizing Mask With Rose Clay. It does leave my face red, probably the grapefruit oil, but I use it before bed and the redness is gone. I do like how it leaves my face feeling and looking the next day. Right now this is my favorite clay mask I've used.  None of these are my pictures.

And I tried out the boscia fruit acid foot peel mask. ( do not apply to freshly ripped off toenail areas...don't ask how I know.) The socks were huge and had a lot of the serum in them. No stickers or tape to close them off. It says leave on for 90 minutes but I was tired and they were leaking out while trying to lay down so 60 minutes it was. Started peeling like it said, 5 days. Whoo did it peel! It was weird because unlike other peeling ones the skin was super super thick, I mean thick!!! Feet felt nice day after the session and after the peeling. 

[heartsmyface]

@Samtian  Ouh those foot masks sound sooooo good!!  I am

now seeking them out!!  

[Samtian]

@heartsmyface I hope you find them!

[lmaster]

Ohhhh I need to seek out this foot mask!! @Samtian 

[Samtian]

@lmaster I don't think they make it anymore but I see it on Amazon and I found mine at TJ Maxx. 

[lmaster]

Ok thanks for the heads up! @Samtian 

[quspork]

The Boscia peel masks are definitely effective, @Samtian. It sounds like you've got a good duo for both the face and feet here! 

[Samtian]

@quspork Definitely did, thank you!

[itsfi]

Ingredient spotlight: Black Tea

I reached for these masks without thinking about the masking themes, but, working a little magic with my words, I can slot them nicely into the letter of the week (October 16 - 22) - P - as black tea packs a powerful punch with its plethora of polyphenols and other phytonutrients! Ha! 😊

Although neither of these masks are perfect when it comes to meeting all their claims - no firming with either but that's to be expected with just one use, but I can see how persistent use over a period of time could yield more taut skin. That said, these two mask do have a lot going for them, 

• packaging is polished; 

• the scents, though perfumed, are soft and pleasant (the perfecting mask has a soft cucumber scent; and there's a faint spa-like herbaceaous scent on the overnight mask)

• each of the mask themselves perform well for parched skin - producing more plump and hydrated skin, with results from one coming to fruition promptly (in as little as 5 minutes with the whipped potato textured, perfecting mask overnight with the other). 
  

There you have it, masking mavens, a pair of pleasant masks that, while on the pricier side, offer a pampering spa-like experience at home to plump and hydrate parched skin. My brain is a little pooped after this write up so I'm going to sit back and relax with a pot of black tea while I try to catch up on some posts here. 

NOTE about the photo:

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This photo is different than my usual flat lay frames and set ups. This pic was done using The Rule of Thirds photography techniques that we're learning about this month on the fabulously fun (and educational) 
A Year of Beauty- Photography Challenge thread. 📷 I know some have participated on that thread by posting your own gorgeous photos, providing feedback, or just poking your head in to see what others have shared. @Samtian does a fantastic job teaching and inspiring, and is gracious and generous with sharing her talent, tips & tricks. Worth taking a peek if you haven't yet, or taking another one, if you've stopped by before. Please feel free to jump right on in, too, with your own pics! 😀 Always great to see the talent we have and learn from others. 

[lmaster]

I forgot about these! Thanks for sharing @itsfi 

[Samtian]

@itsfi I like it!!! Great job. 

[itsfi]

Combining two of my favorite hobbies, @Samtian - photography and masking! 😉🥰

[Samtian]

@itsfi Pretty good hobbies if I do say so myself 😄

[Mellmars1185]

I could not find an O mask. However, this was a sample I received at some point. I have had it for years so it is definitely a fossil in my collection. I was inspired to use this mask because my skin needs some serious recovery after traveling last week. I left the mask on for 15 minutes and left my skin feeling extremely soft, smooth and feeling hydrated. I followed with a sample of Keihls lotion. I should be set for bedtime now!

[itsfi]

@Mellmars1185, I can't recall whether this mask has a scent to it, but given that it's a Fresh mask, I imagine it does, even if it's a more mild scent. If that's the case, you can get in the O for olfactory senses! 😁 Yes, to post-travel, skin recovery masking!  It's amazing what all that can do to the skin. Sounds like this gave you some amazing results. 🙌

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Woohoo! Thank you for that! I learned something new today ✔️😊