💕😌 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💗

[lmaster]

That's awesome to hear the scent was better than expected @itsfi 🙌

[itsfi]

Right @lmaster?!! I love lemon 🍋 but lemon scented things always make me wonder whether it will smell like fresh lemons or a cleaning product. 😬 The freshness of the lemon helps with tea tree oil scent, I think.

[lmaster]

That's great to know! @itsfi 

[eshoe]

So glad I waited to hear your top pick of the Inna Organic masks, @itsfi! Ever since you mentioned them, I’ve been eyeing them. The mattifying aspect makes me think that it *might* make a good day mask or even pre-event one. 

[itsfi]

It worked out well for me as a morning mask yesterday @eshoe. All the masks I’ve tried so far from this line have been good. Hopefully the last one I have performs well, too.

[ather]

@itsfi  I’m loving the Inna packaging!! And I have to say I haven’t tried the PTR mask yet so maybe a new mask for me to check out when my others are gone!

[itsfi]

Me too @ather, the packaging on this line is pretty. 😍 The PTR is my favorite gommage peel. Every once in a while a DS becomes available in the Rewards Bazaar and that’s a good way to try it out.

[ather]

@itsfi  Thanks for the tip. I’ll keep an eye out!

[quspork]

The Inna mask sounds great, @itsfi! I can't definitely see lemon and tea tree working out well together. 

[itsfi]

It was a wonderful pairing @quspork! ♥️

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  The sheet mask sounds great! I've never heard of lemon-scented tea tree, but I'm glad to hear it was pleasant! 🍋😃

[itsfi]

It was a first for me @Shosh85. The lemon did an excellent job of toning down the scent of the tea tree oil. 👍🏼 

[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;)