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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!
March Madness - Competition is in the air. Find a worthy dupe of a ๐ฐmask that is share-worthy? Or find a dupe that works even better than the original? Details, please!
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:
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
2022 Mask of the Week Challenge
2021 Mask of the Week Challenge
2020 Mask of the Week Challenge:
2019 Mask of the Week Challenge:
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 masks๐
Something about lemonade draws me in @lmaster! ๐ It would have been great if they kept the formulation but were able to put it in tube form.
Okay! I decided to do a pedicure last night and that never happened but I told myself Iโd do one this morning instead. I got the foot bath down from my closet and ended up cleaning and reorganizing my palettes๐
Itโs now 3pm and hot water is in the foot bath. I stuck my feet in and of course it spilled out all over so I had to clean that up and add some cooler water cause ouch! Settled in and soaking my feet.
Step 1 - salt soak. The soak smells like straight up cinnamon and is tinted orange. I suppose thatโs one of the pumpkin spices so not mad just not what I expected. It still smells great! There are no instructions for how long to soak my feet so I am going with 20 minutes cause Iโm enjoying the vibration and massage and I didnโt pull this foot bath out and clean my closet for nothing!
Step 2- sugar scrub- this smells like pure cinnamon as well. Whereโs the nutmeg and clove? A quick look at the ingredients says they didnโt bother with anything but pumpkin extract and cinnamal. Is cinnamal another word for cinnamon? Oh itโs what gives cinnamon itโs scent. And itโs toxic for fish if it gets into the water supply. Hmmmm. The scrub feels great and smells great even though it doesnโt smell like pumpkin spice.
Step 3- mud mask-again just smells like cinnamon. Is this why this product was in a subscription box? The mask is suuuuuper creamy. Itโs to be kept on for 3-5 minutes. Iโm going with 5 cause Iโve gotta make this process and the cleanup afterward worth it. The mask doesnโt dry down and is easy to rinse off.
Step 4- massage butter- cinnamon scented massage butter. Itโs thinner than what I consider massage butter but itโs still thick moisturizing and smells good. Thereโs more massage butter than you could possibly need for your whole body in a packet so I will smell like cinnamon for a while:D
All in all a good experience. My feet are happy for the love and smell like cinnamon:). Iโd recommend this but donโt expect pumpkin spice.
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That foot bath looks super relaxing, I'm sorry getting it out though was a bit of a hassle, @heartsmyface!! Glad the mask set seemed to work out, although too bad it didn't smell like pumpkin!!
@heartsmyface Well, it's a bit of a bummer there was no Pumpkin scent, but cinnamon still sounds great and the foot bath just looks SO relaxing! Glad you could pamper yourself a little! ๐
I'll take cinnamon spice!! @heartsmyface looks so relaxing!!
This sounds like a cinnamon-foot heaven, @heartsmyface!
@heartsmyface oooh sounds fun! Is that the one that came in FFF this season?
Sounds like a treat @heartsmyface. In high school I had a paraffin wax bath that I'd use for my hands and feet. Now I want some type of pampering device again!
@ShortErica Ouhhhhh, that sounds divine and also somewhat messy. How do you clean a parrifin bath? ๐ง.
exit- Iโm watching how to videos on wax baths!
@heartsmyface As long as the wax was mostly clean, we left it in and it would harden. Then when we would use it again, just reheat. It was the kind that you plugged in and it melted and kept it warm. Once the wax looked gross we would dig out the solid pieces and add new wax. I forget if that was what was instructed or we felt more confident disposing it that way than dumping out warm wax.
@ShortErica Okay that doesnโt seem so bad knowing beeswax is antibacterial. And cooled off seems a less messy way of doing things.
@heartsmyface Omg I need to invest in one of those foot baths!!! And the scent of that soak sounds so yummy!! Perfect treat!
@ather Itโs not something I would have ever thought was a good idea to buy. It was a gift from my hubs around six years ago. I remember lowkey not thinking Iโd ever use it but it turned out I loved it. Too bad I went and stashed it on the top shelf of my closet when we moved. I forgot about it. Iโm going to store it somewhere a little more accessible ๐
Oooouh, look at you @heartsmyface! I love a good foot soak. ๐
@itsfi It felt great! My feet are feeling particularily soft right now. I must do this more often.
@heartsmyface, I used to (try to) do a foot soak every Friday night. I need to get back to that. Just thinking about it makes me feel more relaxed. ๐ฅฐ I shall live vicariously through you until I get myself back into the habit.
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the best masks. I mix them with rose water and apple cider vinegar. Does miracles to my pores by the next day.
P is for Persimmon, which also fits the fall theme and itโs also one of my favorite fall fruits ๐ I've been using these persimmon masks over the last few days.
It's still a little early for persimmon season so I improvised with a few things. Voluspa Saijo Persimmon candle was my very first Voluspa candle. I remember picking it up during the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale about 3, maybe even 4, years ago. I loved it then and I love it now. One of my favorites, though with Voluspa candles, it's probably easier to list the scents I'm less fond of. The dried persimmons were not bad, but I've had better. The persimmon tea was a nice treat once the weather cooled down here; in winter time, I like to add some ginger, cinnamon sticks and honey to my persimmon tea. ๐ต But, now it's time to move onto the sheet masks. ๐
Mask: | Mediheal Pore Detox Oxygenating Bubble Mask | peach slices clarify loquat leaf + persimmon leave sheet mask | Troxederm Repair Mask Pack |
Specs: | A wash-off bubbling sheet mask that only covers your face from the nose bridge down. The mask fits and adheres nicely and is packed with fizzy essence (and there's extra in the packet) that has a slightly soapy, slightly perfumed scent to it. | A cotton sheet mask saturated in a fairly potent citrus and slightly minty-and-medicinal scented, clear, thick-ish, jelly-like serum that feels cooling going on the skin. Fit i | A very light and thin cotton (?) sheet mask beautifully infused with a light, thin, creamy, milky essence that smells clean, fresh and with a slightly spicy bent to it that reminds me a little of ginger. Fit was what I consider standard for masks - an inch too long at chin and minor adjustments required to corners of eyes and mouth holes. Adherence was great. |
Claims: | Exfoliating, cleansing and refining | Purifying, detoxing, clearing, and calming | Brightening, moisturizing, soothing, and anti-aging |
Other Notable Ingredients: | Extracts of papaya, apples, propolis, mung beans, and rice; sodium hyaluronate; witch hazel; milk proteins; and galactomyces ferment filtrate. | Extracts of peppermint, rose, lemon, fig, houttuynia cordata and eriobotrya Japonica leaf (loquat), and peppermint oil | Niacinamide, extracts of anise, centella asiatica, propolis, prunella vulgaris, mugwort, and green tea; sodium hyaluronate, troxerutin, and lavender, orange and coconut oils. |
Performance & Results: | The bubbles foam up quickly and there are a lot of them. A lot. Which was fine with me here because of the shape and because I snipped away the part of the mask that covered the nose bridge so there was no bubbling near my eyes. There's plenty of extra essence to apply to the forehead if desired. Skin looks and feels cleansed, refreshed, brightened, smooth, and, interestingly, slightly moisturized. | My skin felt nourished by the thicker jelly serum in this mask, a plus on a night when my skin had some dry patches to contend with. I left the mask on for 30 minutes but felt like I could have extended it for another 15 without a problem. My pores were in decent shape when I used this mask so I can't really speak to its detoxing claims. That said, my skin looked and felt well moisturized, bouncier and brighter. Nothing to complain about there! | Instant (though temporary, as is to be expected) hydrating, plumping, and brightening effects. I think my pores looked smaller too! The serum on this is lovely and I'm happy that there's extra in the packet. |
Additional Thoughts: | I think I may have found a bubble sheet mask I like. This half mask shape is well suited for my preferences when it comes to this type of mask. | Those with oily or very oily skin will need to be extra mindful of the thickness of the serum and may need to make some adjustments. | I spy a cream in this line that I may need to look at more closely with the colder season around the corner. |
Repurchase?: | Probably. I know, this is quite shocking as I am not a fan of bubble sheet masks. | Yes; I loved the results from this mask and will definitely use it again when I can put its detoxifying and clarifying claims to the test. | Oh yes, I will. "When exactly did I say I would be done with this sheet mask no-buy?!" Hmmm... |
Ingredients: Persimmon is often listed as diospyros kaki leaf
It was @lmaster! ๐ And now I have a new ingredient to look into. ๐ง๐ Definitely one I can see my skin loving in the cooler months.