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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
@PrettyPaint, it's interesting, for sure. I don't have many of these V-shaped masks with the ear loops, but in my experience, they are always hit or miss for me in terms of how well they stay in place. I can see it being an issue to with cartilage piercings. @heartsmyface mentioned in another post that a V-shaped chin and jawline is ideal in Korea. That seems to be one of the aims of the lower part of the mask, to shape, sculpt, lift (albeit temporarily), the jawline. I did some research and it looks like the company that makes these masks is affiliated with a well known medical group in Korea regarded for its plastic surgery. That makes sense.
@itsfi Oh wow, that's definitely interesting that the mask brand is affiliated with a medical group. The idea of V-line surgery has always seemed a bit scary to me. It seems like it would be pretty irreversible.
@itsfi I have yet to try a v-shaped mask, but they always sound intriguing- especially this one! Glad it worked out well for you! I would definitely be interested to know how the snail one compares! ๐๐
@Shosh85, I shall keep you posted on the snail version, once I figure out where this mask came from. ๐ These are the predicaments I find myself in. ๐คฃ Hopefully that won't happen too often with my mask stash being more manageable in size now. I think I may have picked this up at one of the Asian beauty boutiques near me. Hmm... ๐
How cool! @itsfi the second piece is a different material,, wow and ear flaps!!
@lmaster, it helps a lot that the lower half isn't like the typical sheet mask essence; my jawline can be prone to clogged pores so I try to steer sheet masks clear of that area. The ear loops were gentle on this one; ๐some hurt ๐ฃ, though as I think about it, it probably should give some tension / pull, since it's meant to lift or create a more shapely jawline.
Hmmmm, the ear loops can be so hit or miss @itsfi. Thankfully that wasnโt the case with this one!
That's what I tell myself @eshoe. ๐ The other alternative is that my right ear, the one that usually has an issue with ear loops, is a bit wonky. Truth is probably a combination of both.
Whatever the reason @itsfi, I guess looking at the bright side is always the best solution โบ๏ธ
@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