💕😌 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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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💗

[eshoe]

My Desire Paradise Pack and my broken Pacifica 😉

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The Pacifica Crystal Lava Bubbling Charcoal Mask is one of my favorite newer masks. @lmaster mentioned there is a pineapple🍍 one, too - yum! I tried a thicker layer this time and had a very thick layer of bubbles, enough to make me look silly👌🏼 Wash off is easy, skin felt clean and soft. 

The Purenskin My Desire Paradise Pack is a slightly textured sheet mask, akin to the Missha Ice Sorbet. I’ve only tried one other mask (wish I could remember which one) like this, so it was fun to discover another one. 

The scent; barely there but it reminded me of something tropical. Jasmine or Gardenia, but not offensively strong at all. Plumeria is listed as an ingredient, so that might be what I caught. The fit was another bonus, just an all around good fit. There was a a generous amount of extra serum (which was a little thicker than water) to pat on my checks and forehead.

Left this on around 30 minutes, removed and found a little bit of tack that remained until I finished with my skincare. I would definitely use this mask again!

Ingredients:

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Water, Glycerin, Triethanolamine, Xanthan Gum, Butylene Glycol, Hibiscus Sabdariffa Flower Extract, Punica Granatum Fruit Extract, Ficus Carica (Fig) Fruit Extract, Morus Alba Fruit Extract. Ginkgo Biloba Nut Extract, Carbomer, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Cyclopentasiloxane, Sodium Hyaluronate, Caprylyl Glycol, 1,2-Hexanediol, Propanediol, Illicium Verum (Anise) Fruit Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Disodium EDTA, Plumeria Rubra Flower Extract, Fragrance

[itsfi]

@eshoe, Purenskin has some good masks; nice to hear this one worked out well for you.

[eshoe]

That’s very good to know @itsfi. I will have to try out more, then. If you have one you like in particular, I would love to hear!

[ather]

@eshoe  Both masks sound great!! 

[eshoe]

They are both easy winners, @ather! The Pacifica is a decent price and fun to use. Bubbly, great subtle watermelon scent, easy wash off and happy, clean skin👍🏼

[quspork]

The Purenskin mask sounds really lovely, @eshoe!

[eshoe]

It was, @quspork - and different, too. Love an unusually scented and textured mask, especially when you’ve been on the same wash-off rotation😆

[lmaster]

Oh no @eshoe how did it get broken??

[eshoe]

No idea @lmaster, the pump worked for me to get one pump out (for the scent test when I first got it), and that was it. Stopped working right away. I figured out how to open it though and now use a spatula. Which is kind of like using a dipstick to test the level of oil;)

 

[lmaster]

Is there like a little tube in the product that needs to connect to the lid? I wonder if it came loose or just got disconnected from the pump lid 🧐🤔 @eshoe 

[eshoe]

Idk @lmaster 🤷🏻‍♀️ I expected there to be a little bag inside like REN uses, but it is more like DE (no internal bag). At least I am able to use it, because it’s a good one!!

[lmaster]

That's sad!! @eshoe I'm so sorry this happened 😔 but you have a more positive attitude than I may have had 😆

[eshoe]

Well @lmaster I think we’ve all been making a bit more lemonade than usual this year😉

[Shosh85]

@eshoe  Ooh, this sheet mask sound wonderful! Love that kind of material/texture! I think the other mask you're thinking of is this one 👇

.... you gifted me this one and you told me it reminded you of the Missha mask I gifted you 😉 I haven't had the chance to try it yet, but I can't wait!

[eshoe]

YES that’s it, @Shosh85! @PrettyPaint gifted me one and I loved it....it’s like a little masking train😂

[Shosh85]

@eshoe  Haha! I love it! All aboard! 😂

[itsfi]

N is for Naruko and a throwback to @sonnydee's rainbow theme challenge a couple of week's ago with an indigo theme for this masking sesh, as the sheet mask, like the Tatcha body butter, contains Japanese indigo (Polygonum Tinctorium Leaf/Stem Extract). 

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Naruko is a Taiwainese skincare brand and produces a handful of sheet masks that I love. This soft, medium thick cotton Naruko Raw Job's Tears Supercritical CO2 Pore Minimizing and Brightening Mask is packed with a clear, lightweight essence that holds a faint scent that reminds me of .... maybe rice, or possibly barley, and claims to hydrate and brighten skin while reducing pore size. Looking at the inci list, I can see how the mask would be hydrating (i.e., snow fungus extract and two forms of hyaluronic acid (sodium PCA, sodium hyaluronate and hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid) as well as brightening (i.e., Job's Tears, vitamin C derivatives). I'm not sure about the pore shrinking claims, but there are quite a few soothing ingredients in this mask (i.e., allantoin, extracts of oat) as well as ingredients known to help with cell regeneration (i.e., ellagic acid, pea extract). 

Adherence with this mask is great and fit is what I expect from most sheet masks and, with a few adjustments here and there, it fit my face shape and features better. I wore the mask for my usual half hour though there was plenty of essence still left that I probably could have left it on for another 15-20 minutes without it drying out. After my skin fully absorbed all the essence, my skin felt soft, smooth, and bouncy and my complexion looked hydrated and brightened. This is an oft repeated purchase for me and I don't foresee that changing anytime soon. ❤️

[lmaster]

What are your thoughts on the Tatcha body butter,,, that I didn't know existed?? Lol @itsfi 

[itsfi]

@lmaster, I like the Tatcha body butter; it’s good for dryness. It’s rich but glides on easily and absorbs nicely. It has a clean-ish scent that I think smells nice, relaxing and uplifting; it doesn’t linger so it doesn’t compete with any perfume I might wear.  I thought I read that it’s being discontinued (boo!) though there are travel sizes still available direct from Tatcha - in a different color container. I have an old version. 

[lmaster]

Oh good to know! @itsfi 

[ather]

@itsfi  I think you made a perfect pair! And I love your picture!