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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!
Spring Fling - Baskets and bouquets, showers of much-anticipated rain...this month's focus is herbal and floral sensory delights ๐ฎ
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
@itsfi I support your procurement and use of the snail version. For science.
Oh my goodness, yes @missjeanie! For science. It's all for science. ๐๐คฃ๐
Apologies in advance for the deluge of posts that may come as I try to catch up. More masks from last week:
@itsfi ok I'm really going to have to try the cica masks!!
@lmaster, cica is such a great skincare ingredient. ๐ The sheet masks, wash off masks and sleeping masks I've used that contain cica have all been great.
Before I even read your review, I suspected the Cica Daily Soothing Mask might be a repurchase @itsfi. Havenโt met a bad cica mask yet!
I've found that Cica masks generally include ingredients that play nice with most skin types @eshoe. Makes sense given its soothing aspect.
@itsfi I wasn't too fond of the scent on The Creme Shop mask either, which the main reason I won't be repurchasing it. Happy to hear it didn't cause a breakout! ๐
So glad the Cica mask pack worked out so great for you! This is kinda random, but is there some correlation between tigers and the ingredient Cica that I don't know about? I feel like there have been other cica-tiger masks as well, like the The Creme Shop one, for instance. ๐ค
Not random at all @Shosh85! Another name for centella asiatica / cica is "tiger grass" or "tiger herb" so that's one connection to tigers. I also read that the "tiger grass" or "tiger herb" nickname was given to cica because in Bengal, people hunting for tigers would track the tigers by looking for and following damaged centella asiatica brushes. Tigers would roll in centella asiatica to heal their wounds or injuries.
@itsfi Duh! ๐คฆโ I totally forgot about tiger grass! Now I feel silly! ๐คช I had no idea that's how tiger grass got it's name! Super interesting! Animals are so smart. ๐ฏ I wouldn't mind rolling around in some Cica too! ๐
@Shosh85, with all the skincare ingredients out there and all the names for them, itโs really hard to keep up. I almost confused Cica with โtiger balmโ. ๐คฃ So hear you on rolling around in Cica; I wonder if you can even grow them here? I think itโs commonly found in Southeast Asia. Wait, thereโs one way to find out ... hold, please ...
Apparently, Cica can be found in the wetland regions of the southeastern part of the US. Thank you, Wikipedia. ๐ Itโs also used in a Burmese salad dish. Hmmm... there are a couple of Burmese restaurants in the city and their tea leaves salads are delicious. Hmmm... me thinks Iโll have to add that to the list of things to research. For science, of course. ๐
Iโm intrigued by the Cica daily mask pack. Would take a lot of thinking out of my evening routine which is when I need a soothing mask. I think thatโs the one you recommended to me before? There is a tiger in the box! Wheeee! I love cica products and the Tiger... there is a tiger! I am OBSESSED with cats, and unicorns. I think I must get these @itsfi
@Weetart, this VT mask pack is great for a box of daily sheet masks. Another great cica mask is The Creme Shop Cica-Mend, which pops up at TJ Maxx / Marshalls / Winners from time to time. Macy's online now carries The Creme Shop masks, including this one. These would work beautifully to use daily as well but it would be expensive.
Okay... I''m impressed with the VT mask pack @itsfi ... I think to re-purchases a pack of this size you've gotta like it big time. I'm going to look more into these once I whittle down my stash. I'm digging the idea of the packaging that could be recycled.
@missjeanie, of the larger mask packs I've tried, I probably have 3 I really like - one is no longer available, another has been out of stock for some time (and makes me think it is discontinued), and this one. I'll keep trying other mask packs but the ingredients in this one and the skincare benefits from them make this VT mask pack one that I will come back to.
The VT cica daily masks sound like a good pack to have on hand for winter, @itsfi.
@quspork, yes!! This would be great in the cooler months - it'll give some but not too much hydration and provide some calming to any redness from the weather or otherwise. This one is among my favorite sheet mask packs.
My Monday masks! Off to a good start with two today. I'm working from home today and got a call that my presence was requested at work tomorrow for a commercial shoot. I'm soooo glad they actually told me ahead of time (who are those people that don't give heads up???) anyhow, my tretinoin ride is still producing some flakes so I figured I had to do at least two masks today lol. I have to say I had fun looking through my collection for possible masks this week that had good band names. What a great theme!
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Oooh yes, @missjeanie - OOZOO would make a fantastic band name ๐
I can hear someone hollering it out on a big stage into a microphone in front of a stadium crowd already @eshoe
@missjeanie Those are some great band names! I still haven't tried the TCFS mask, but I can't wait to because it seems to get some great reviews! Glad these worked out well for you! ๐