💕😌 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💗

[sonnydee]

Will do, I have 2 good size tubes of it @ShortErica 

[itsfi]

Masque Bar's Animalz Moose Sheet Mask was on the menu for Monday morning's masking

The choice to go with Masque Bar's Animalz Moose Sheet Mask yesterday morning was inspired by @haleyvvvv's use of the polar bear mask from the same line last week and N is for neutral, which is how I feel about the mask itself. Like I expect of all sheet masks, it provides light hydration, at a minimum. There's nothing wrong or bad about this mask, but it's also not a standout of any sort - the animal illustrations on the packaging and the mask itself are cute but there are other sheet masks out there that have similarly cute designs that perform the same if not better than this one. It's one that can be entertaining to use and I would include in a gift because of the charm factor, but not one that I consider a must have.

[haleyvvvv]

I am not neutral about that photo, @itsfi!! Squee what a cute moose. Totally feel the same way about these masks. Like I want to grab the Unicorn and Dragon ones because of cuteness, but knowing it'll be likely meh, makes me hold off for a bit.

[itsfi]

Haha @haleyvvvv. Thank you. The stuffed moose is cute and very photogenic. 😉 I think these Masque Bar animalz mask could be ones to keep around for backup masks, IF someone didn’t have anything that fit in that category. 😂 

[PrettyPaint]

Haha @itsfi This looks like an amusing one. That moose is pretty cute. I'm ashamed to say that my bed is completely covered in pillows, stuffed animals, and stuffed animal pillows.

[itsfi]

Stuffed animal pillows @PrettyPaint??! The kids must looove that! ♥️ 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  I gotta say, your niece seems to have one amazing stuffed animal collection! Haha! I love how you paired it perfectly with the mask! I've tried a couple masks from this line and I feel the same as you, they're fun, but not must-haves. 

[itsfi]

@Shosh85, where to even begin with the stuffed animals she has amassed. 😆 When she was younger, we laid out all her stuffed animals on the couch around her and  that meant there was nowhere for any of us to sit!! 😲 It wasn’t a small couch either! 😂 Whenever my SIL and I would go out of town for work, we’d bring her back a stuffed animal from wherever we went. Needless to say that after seeing how many she had, she started looking for different souvenirs to bring back to her! 😝 

[lmaster]

I have to admit it does have that cute factor going for it 😊 @itsfi 

[itsfi]

@lmaster, I think this line does a pretty good job with the graphics; at least with the few masks I've used from the collection. This moose looks more like a moose when it's laid out here than when I have it on my face - with the latter, I looked more like a bear with slightly visible antlers. 😀 The illustration on the packaging caught the eye of my niece, who graciously let me include her room and moose in the photo op. 😉 

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi @Can this one's super cute!  Does it have any fun ingredients like antler velvet cause it should;). 
I feel like these animal face masks are good beginner masks for people.  It’s easier for me to convince people to be silly with an animal mask party than it is to convince them to do a plain mask.  

[itsfi]

@heartsmyface, I didn't see anything in the inci list that might raise an eyebrow, though there are some ingredients that are new to me. I do agree, antler velvet would be fitting here, but that doesn't seem to be the case. The list I found on amazon  matches the list on the back of this packet. These Animalz masks would be good masks to use to introduce sheet masks to folks. I do try to include at least one "fun" mask in packs that I've given to people when it comes to trying sheet masks.

Ingredients (from amazon (dot) com):

Water/Aqua, Glycerin, Ascophyllum Nodosum Extract, Epilobium Angustifolium Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Portulaca Oleracea Extract, Butylene Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Honey Extract, Methylpropanediol, Pullulan, Cellulose gum, Adansonia Digitata Seed Extract, Cyclopentasiloxane, Cyclohexasiloxane, Lonicera Japonica (Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Zanthoxylum Piperitum Fruit Extract, Citrus Paradisi (Grapefruit) Fruit Extract, Carbomer, Phenoxyethanol, PolySorbate 80, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Hydroxide, Fragrance/Perfume, Sodium Hyaluronate, Disodium EDTA

[heartsmyface]

 

Aw darn it, I’m still in L mode.  Oh well.  This mask was super hydrating.  The first part was two flower point masks.  The serum was slimy and wonderful with a strong floral scent.  It claims to be whitening and wrinkle reducing with ginger ginseng, honey, wine, motherwart extract? And saffron juice. 
The second part is a night mask that needs to be rinsed off in the morning.  It has no discernable scent.  My skin feels sticky (probably the honey?) but definitely doesn’t feel like it will be worn off by morning.  We’ll see.  

 

[Shosh85]

@heartsmyface  Awe, the flowers are so pretty! These kinds of masks are always fun to use! 🌸🌺

The sleeping mask looks so thick! Was it easy to spread around? Looks like a great winter time/cold weather mask!

[heartsmyface]

@Shosh85 @Yeah.  It was near the same consistency as Belif Aqua Bomb except maybe more oily?  

[lmaster]

Wow that looks thick @heartsmyface did you say that was in the sheet mask, as a two step?

[heartsmyface]

@lmaster  Sorry for any confusion.  It’s a two step mask.  The photos posted in the wrong order.   The flower point mask was step one.   The cream gel in my hand is the second step which is the overnight face mask which you apply after removing the flowers.  

[lmaster]

That sounds amazing!! And wow they include a good amount of product @heartsmyface 

[itsfi]

So pretty @heartsmyface! The flowers masks are pretty too! Maybe mugwort extract? That's one that's been a traditionally popular Korean skincare ingredient that is coming back around in popularity again. My skin likes it. How were the results from this mask? 

[heartsmyface]

@itsfi   Thé mugwort is probably it! It just got lost in translation.  The mugwort also puts me in this weeks M theme and explains why my skin felt so soothed.  It’s been a little sensitive since I started using the Tria laser again.  
My skin still felt sticky when I woke up.  There was a thick slimy film I washed off this morning but my skin feels amazing!  It’s so evenly hydrated and I haven’t even done my morning skincare yet.  they need to put that night cream in a jar and sell it!  I highly highly recommend this to anyone with dry skin who doesn’t mind a little stickiness.  A+++

[itsfi]

@heartsmyface, going to look for this one for the wintertime. Will look to see whether you can buy just the sleeping mask. The hydration you got from it sounds absolutely fantastic!! ♥️