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Please join us on Part II of this yearโs challenge:
Welcome to a new year of masking adventures! ***The second half of the year thread will be up June 28th (or earlier), thank you for the suggestion @heartsmyface, @Kim888 & @quspork!***
Thank you @Aaliaa for starting this thread and giving us a place to share our love for masks๐ Below is the 2020 schedule. Post as frequently or infrequently as you would like, with or without following the challenge. We love hearing about every masking experience, and suggestions are always welcome. Looking forward to sharing some new masking ๐ with you all this year!
This Weekโs Theme: Masking Duel - Dare to compare 2 (or more!) masks in one session
Letters of the Week: โZโ and โAโ
Jan 1 - Jan 5 | A & Z | Mask Stash Clean-Out! Finish those masks before they expire. | l8totheparty/ShortErica |
Jan 6 - 12 | B & Y | Masks that Make you Hungry | itsfi |
Jan 13 - 19 | C & X | Favourite Mask in your regular routine - What do you buy in bulk, so you always have it on hand in case of masking emergency? | itsfi |
Jan 20 - 26 | D & W | Clean Week - Masks that give your skin a boost without the guilt | eshoe |
Jan 27 - Feb 2 | E & V | Transportation Masking | @lmaster/@ShortErica/@missjeanie |
Feb 3 - 9 | F & U | Best fitting mask - Mask that best fits your facial features | PrettyPaint |
Feb 10 - 16 | G & T | Special Occasion Masks - the mask(s) you use to pamper yourself | itsfi |
Feb 17 - 23 | H & S | Gross Masks - whether it's the scent or results, share the details please! | Aaliaa |
Feb 24 - Mar 1 | I & R | Snubbed It: Masks you don't want to use & are continually passed over | ShortErica |
Mar 2 - 8 | J & Q | Female Owned Brands - In honour of Women's Day March 8th | Aaliaa |
Mar 9 - 15 | K & P | Masks Good Enough to Eat | heartsmyface |
Mar 16 - 22 | L & O | Sample that made you buy the FS - You tried it, and decided to buy it! | itsfi |
Mar 23 - 29 | M & N | Favourite Smelling Masks - Watermelon, Kale, Spa?? | |
Mar 30 - Apr 5 | N & M | Mask While You Task | l8totheparty |
Apr 6 - 12 | O & L | Most Outrageous Mask Claims | ShortErica |
Apr 13 - 19 | P & K | Hi-Lo Week: Mix or duel of $$$$ and $ masks | |
Apr 20 - 26 | Q & J | Sample Dive - I know we have them! | Aaliaa |
Apr 27 - May 3 | R & I | Targeted Skin Concern - Mask to address a current skin issue | PrettyPaint |
May 4 -10 | S & H | Overnight Masks - Sleeping miracles in a jar | |
May 11 - 17 | T & G | Mask with a Partner | Alphaboo |
May 18 - 24 | U & F | Vitamins Week - masks that nourish your skin with vitamins and minerals | kim888 |
May 25 - 31 | V & E | Best/Cutest Printed Mask | Shosh85 |
Jun 1 - 7 | W & D | Mask that best describes your personality or mood | PrettyPaint |
Jun 8 - 14 | X & C | Fruits & Veggies Week - masks that use natural goodness to nourish your skin | Keana1 |
Jun 15 - 21 | Y & B | Forgotten Wonders - Shop your stash for an unloved mask | missjeannie |
Jun 22 - 28 | Z & A | Masking Duel - Dare to compare 2 (or more!) masks in one session | eshoe |
Jun 29 - Jul 5 | A & Z | Masking Pet Peeves - use a mask that has some component that drives you crazy! | ShortErica |
Jul 6 - 12 | B & Y | Masking Hacks - share your masking secrets that make your life easier and your skin happy | eshoe |
Jul13 - 19 | C & X | Lip, Hand or Foot Masks to help that summer skin | |
Jul 20 - 26 | D & W | โWeird Mask' Bubbling, Peeling, Colour changing other worldly wonders! | Aalia |
Jul 27 - Aug 2 | E & V | Multi-Masking How many masks can you use at one time or in One Day?? | |
Aug 3 - 9 | F & U | Blind Pick Your Mask - Let's make it fun to use the masks in our stash! | veronika23 |
Aug 10 - 16 | G & T | Sheet Mask Focus - from cotton to cupra, coconut gel to bio cellulose, what are your favorites and why? | |
Aug 17 - 23 | H & S | Drugstore & Grocery Brands Week | eshoe |
Aug 24 - 30 | I & R | 3-Step Masks/Multi-Step Masks | heartsmyface |
Aug 31 - Sep 6 | J & Q | Rainbow Week - Bring out the colorful masks in every hue | Sonnydee |
Sep 7 - 13 | K & P | Autumn Masks - Fall goodness in a mask | |
Sep 14 - 20 | L & O | When you are getting GLAM for a night out and want that inner GLOW | |
Sep 21 - 27 | M & N | BIC Made you do it! Masks recommended/inspired by other BIC members | |
Sep 28 - Oct 4 | N & M | Sephora Collections Week - House Brand Goodness | |
Oct 5 - 11 | O & L | Masks that Make you Hungry - Fall/Winter Edition | itsfi |
Oct 12 - 18 | P & K | Forgotten Wonders - Shop your stash for an unloved mask | |
Oct 19 - 25 | Q & J | Overnight Masks - Sleeping miracles in a jar | |
Oct 26 - Nov 1 | R & I | Masking Duel Week II | |
Nov 2 - 8 | S & H | Buddy Up! Dare to compare the same mask with another BIC-er | eshoe |
Nov 9 - 15 | T & G | Gross/Odd/Unusual Ingredients - Spirulina, donkey milk, bee venom, snail mucous - what masks have you used that have strange ingredients? | Aaliaa |
Nov 16 - 22 | U & F | Flash Masks - masks that do doubly duty in half the time | eshoe |
Nov 23 - 29 | V & E | Morning Masking - Masks that help give a pep to your step | |
Nov 30 - Dec 6 | W & D | Mask that would make a good band name (kinda silly, I know) | PrettyPaint |
Dec 7 - 13 | X & C | Holiday Party Prep Mask | |
Dec 14 - 20 | Y & B | Most Artistic Sheet Mask | Kim888 |
Dec 21 - 27 | Z & A | Favourite Masks of All-Time | itsfi |
Dec 28 - 31 | 123 | Masks you discovered this year |
Mask of the Week Misc. Info & Previous Year's Links:
Trim off long chin and add to forehead for sheet masks | itsfi |
Squeeze tube lip balms (like Bite) into pans and place in magnetic palette | sonnydee |
Layer lip sleeping mask (such as Laneige) over regular balm | cianni |
Derma plane prior to a peel-off mask to ease the pain of removal | heartsmyface |
Warm water helps remove clay masks quicker than cold | cianni |
Lay sheet masks flat prior to use so the serum is more evenly distributed | eshoe |
Remove clay/difficult masks in the shower to keep towel clean and removal easy | itsfi/BIC |
Use an HA serum prior to trying a mask with alcohol high on the ingredients list | keana1 |
Use a Makeup Eraser to remove wash-off masks | lmaster |
With a detox mask, apply a thicker layer where pores are | Ather |
Use a resurfacing exfoliating spray (such as Kate Somervilleโs Liquid ExfoliKate) before a detox mask to better clear out your pores | Miamia27 |
Re-use a large sample jar for a blank sheet mask pellet and fill it with essence/toner | Itsfi |
Use a nail clippers to trip a mask if scissors are not on hand | ShortErica |
https://community.sephora.com/t5/Skincare-Aware/Mask-of-the-Week-Challenge/td-p/3615125
NEW!!! Got an idea for next year's challenge? Let me know! Was there a challenge you'd rather not repeat? Share below, so we can start building the 2021 schedule:
@ather, in Vancouver, we had poutine at Timber, La Belle Patate, and Smokeโs. I wanted to get them when we were in a restaurant in Victoria as well but I didnโt know how my tummy would handle the ocean ๐ when we went whale ๐ณ ๐ watching so I passed on it. Here, at home, Iโve had poutine in a few places over the years - Wayfare Tavern, Smokeโs Poutinerie (which has sadly closed) and Augieโs Montreal Smoke Meat.
@itsfi Oh wow you are a poutine expert then!!!
@ather, hahaha! ๐ I wouldnโt say I was an expert but I sure am a fan of poutine. ๐ When I came back from my trip I was focused on finding something around here that was as close to it as possible, squeaky cheese curds especially. ๐
@itsfi Yes the squeaky cheese curds are the best. I like to buy them and make my own poutine at home but I usually end up eating all the cheese on my way home from the store ๐คฆ๐ผโโ๏ธ
@ather, hahaha! ๐ Iโve heard that is very common! ๐ Iโve never tried that; Iโve only had cheese curds two ways - either in poutine or fried cheese curds ... both, amazingly delicious! ๐ Iโll add that to my list to try.
@itsfi Leave it to the masking thread to make me hungry! Haha! ๐ I still have not had the pleasure of eating Poutine, but that sure does look delicious!
Sorry both of the potato masks were unimpressive. The texture on the Innisfree sounds nice, but I don't think I'd like the scent either.
Glad the Pantene turned out great! Sounds like one I need to look into! ๐
Definitely give the Pantene a try @Shosh85! Iโd love to know what you think of it. I actually picked it up at Target Portland last month. ๐ It was $1.99! Just didnโt get a chance to try it out until the last couple of weeks.
The best poutine Iโve had was in Vancouver, BC. Iโve found a couple of places here in the Bay Area that have good poutine but my goodness, when I was in Canada, so tasty! I insisted we go to a couple of poutine places... so we could compare, of course. ๐ Unsurprisingly, no one in the group needed their arms twisted after their first taste of it! ๐
@itsfi Just curious, do you happen to know which Target in Portland you went to? There's like 5 now ๐ I will have to pick up the Pantene when I go next!
I've never been to Canada, but have always wanted to go - my husband and I have been talking about taking a trip sometime since it really isn't too far away from us. I'll definitely have to remember Vancouver BC Poutine! ๐
@Shosh85, the one on SW Morrison, does that ring a bell? Itโs 2 stories and thereโs a tacqueria nearby - Iโm not good with directions like north of a place but I can usually remember food and shopping landmarks/spots! Hahaha! ๐
If you and your husband get the chance to visit Canada, gooooo! I want to go back! To Vancouver and to visit other parts of BC and the other provinces.
@itsfi Oh, that makes sense you'd go to the one downtown ๐ .... and I'm the same way, I'm better with landmarks than directions especially when it's somewhere I haven't been often.
@Shosh85, I loved that I could walk there. ๐ถโโ๏ธ Not only good for getting fresh air and some exercise but helps to limit the amount of things I purchased. Hahaha! ๐๐คฃ๐
@itsfi If you ever come back you have to TELL me !!!! ๐ซ.
Oh yessssss!! I absolutely will @heartsmyface!! ๐ค
P is for Peppermint
The Creme Shop Deer Diary Peppermint Sheet Mask
This is a thin-medium cotton sheet mask that was saturated with plenty of serum. The scent wasn't what I was expecting. I was hoping for a nice sweet peppermint kind of smell, but this was more like bathroom cleaner with a little peppermint mixed in. It sounds bad, but it really wasn't too horrible, just sort of strange. It was light enough that I didn't notice it much while the mask was on. I've read some reviews on it and people were saying it did smell like sweet peppermint, so now I'm kind of wondering if maybe it smelled like that because it was sort old? -(a couple months before expiration) It fit like a classic Creme Shop mask - too long at the chin, too big all around the forehead and the space between the eyes was a bit too wide. I left the mask on for about a half hour and when I removed it most of the serum was already absorbed, and there wasn't any tackiness at all. My face looked a little brighter and clearer and was very soft and smooth. My skin did feel just a tad on the dry side, but nothing that made me run for the moisturizer.
I've gotten a little picky about what masks I'd repurchase in general but I'm especially picky about the The Creme Shop ones and this isn't one I'd repurchase - it was just sort of unimpressive all around. The packaging is pretty cute though, so there's that ๐
Oh that scent description @Shosh85 sounds like a disinfectant scent ๐ and I know that scent all too well right now
@lmaster Right? Haha! Definitely not my favorite, but I have smelled worse ๐
lol... The packaging is cute though, so there's that... hahahah @Shosh85 !
@missjeanie Gotta look on the bright side of things ๐
Well, this mask sounds overwhelmingly...ok? @Shosh85 itโs times like these Iโm thankful for input so I donโt stock up on mediocre masks anytime soon๐
@eshoe It's definitely nice to have a heads up if a mask doesn't perform well! I feel like a lot of these holiday masks have been just ok - nothing too special. The packaging is pretty cute though, and is usually what lures me in. ๐
Yeah I agree @Shosh85 - although the Sanrio ones have mostly been loves for me, but Iโm biased so who knows if they are actually good or not ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ๐