💕😌 Mask of the Week Challenge 😌💖

[eshoe]

Time to reset and begin again. The first challenge of 2021 is here! 

Thank you @Aaliaa for starting this thread, and giving us a place to share our love for masks💗 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. 

This Week’s Theme: 1-2-3, it’s the Counting Game! Share your masks with numbers in the name/brand. The lovely @emaisgr8 gave us this week’s theme:)

Letter of the Week:  D

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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, if it's an exfoliating mask (include acid info if known), your overall experience, and whether or not you would repurchase. Don't forget to include a grade (thanks to @ShortErica for the idea) to help others along the way.

Most importantly, have fun and merry masking!

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   

[ShortErica]

I enjoyed this one too @Samtian! My skin tends to get along with peptides. Glad it worked well for you!

[Samtian]

@ShortErica I'm not familiar with them, I'll have to keep an eye out for more.

[quspork]

Glad this one worked out well for you, @Samtian!

[ather]

@Samtian  Glad this one was a winner!!

[Samtian]

@ather Thank you!

[itsfi]

It's nice when you find a mask you end up loving @Samtian. 😀 This one sounds fabulous just by the looks of that ingredients list!

[Samtian]

@itsfi Thanks, I agree!

[lmaster]

@Samtian I know I liked a kina mask I used before, wish I could find more

[itsfi]

@lmaster @Samtian   The mask is available at masksheets (dot) com - a single mask for $1 and a box of 10 for $10. The e-commerce retailer is legit; I've ordered numerous times from them; errr... when I'm not on a "sheet mask no buy", of course.  🤣

[Samtian]

@itsfi Ooh I'm heading to that site now, thanks!

[itsfi]

Go, go, go @Samtian. I hope you’re able to pick up some. There $1 masks get picked up pretty quickly.

[Samtian]

@itsfi I wasn't able to find it. But I saw some that looked really cool. 

[lmaster]

Ohhhh ohhhh @itsfi looks like I'll have to check it out

[eshoe]

You can definitely lose a few hours on masksheets, @lmaster 😂 I’ve ordered from them too, been very pleased:) @itsfi 

[lmaster]

Haha!! @eshoe 🤣

[itsfi]

@lmaster, have fun, hon! 🛍🛍🛍

[Shosh85]

@Samtian  Glad to hear this worked out so well for you despite it expiring! 😃👍
Just curious, do you recall what it smelled like? 

[ShortErica]

@Shosh85 my notes say it had a light floral scent and my grade was an A- if that helps.

[Samtian]

@Shosh85 I don't recall a smell. 

[WinglessOne]

Last night I used the Shangpree Marine Jewel Hydrating Mask. 

I almost wish the sheet was this sleeve's deep blue violet color instead of white.

Notes: 

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Claims: Softens and deeply hydrates skin. 

Ingredients: If there are mermaids living on land and walking among us, they probably use this mask. It’s full of sea water, 5 algae extracts, pearl, oyster, chitosan, sodium DNA (that’s DNA extracted from a part of salmon that's a BIC bad word—because I guess standard medical/biological terminology is bad 🙄—and treated with sodium hydroxide) and sea whip (a good anti-inflammatory extract taken from corals)—all to make mermaids ashore feel at home again. Plus, the 4 types of hyaluronic acid should hydrate their skin, which probably dries out easily when they’re out of the sea. 

I wonder if the oyster extract is from the meat or shell of oysters. That’s an investigation spiral for later. 😄 

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Water, Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Bis-PEG-18 Methyl Ether Dimethyl Silane, Beta-Glucan, Sea Water, BHT, Propanediol, Sodium Hyaluronate Crosspolymer, Hydrolyzed Glycosaminoglycans, Benzyl Glycol, Pentylene Glycol, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Ecklonia Cava Extract, Hizikia Fusiforme Extract, Algae Extract, Oyster Extract, Chitosan, Pearl Extract, Spirulina Platensis Extract, Plankton Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium DNA, Sea Whip Extract, Hyaluronic Acid, Raspberry Ketone, Caprylyl Glycol, Xanthan Gum, Carbomer, Tromethamine, Hydroxyacetophenone, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sodium Hyaluronate, Trideceth-10, Allantoin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Fragrance 

Performance: This very thin sheet had a blue mesh backing that made unfolding easier. Once unfolded, I removed the mesh and found it loaded with serum, so I re-folded the mesh and pressed/patted it onto my neck. Then I applied the sheet to my face. It fit me very well: large enough eyeholes with inner corner notches, perfect overall length, all the holes lined up with my facial features, and nearly all my jaw was covered. 

This mask had a fresh warm floral scent and felt moderately cooling on my face. I thought the persistent fragrance would eventually grate my sinuses or trigger a headache, but it wasn’t quite strong enough for that, thank goodness. Still, this isn’t a mask I’d recommend to folks for whom floral scents are migraine or headache triggers. 

I wore the sheet for 35 minutes. It was still fairly wet, so I squeezed 1/4 handful of serum from it and applied that to my chest. I spent 2-3 minutes massage-pressing all residual serum into my skin. I had no pilling and moderate tack. 

Results: Bright and well hydrated skin. Fine lines were mostly plumped away, but a few stubbornly remained visible. My face looked calmer, which a bit of redness still visible around my nose and some new acne. My skin felt a bit moisturized as well, but I still applied my usual YTTP Superfood Moisturizer to lock in hydration. This morning, my skin still felt and looked hydrated and calm. 

I have 2 more varieties of Shangpree’s Marine Jewel mask line. All 3 of these masks share many ingredients, so it’ll be interesting to see if they affect my skin differently. Meanwhile, this Hydrating variety is… hmm… a 90-91 point pinot noir, or maybe a cru beaujolais. You know, beaujolais doesn’t get as much respect as it deserves, especially when you get into the “villages" and “cru" classifications. There are some wonderful red (and white) wines in those categories, especially the crus which are the most structured beaujolais wines you can get. They’re usually drinkable young, but aging a cru beaujolais for up to 10 years (or longer) can get you a dang good pinot noir dupe for less money. ANYway, those wines are generally lush and tasty and very easy to over-drink, and that’s what this mask reminds me of for some reason. 

[ShortErica]

As always I love you wine comparison @WinglessOne. The packaging is beautiful and the mask sounds good to me!