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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!
March Madness - Competition is in the air. Find a worthy dupe of a ๐ฐmask that is share-worthy? Or find a dupe that works even better than the original? Details, please!
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
From last week, Z is for Zone
@itsfi The names of these masks are super fun! I've only tried one mask from this line and wasn't too impressed, but this one sounds nice. ๐
The names on these masks are great @Shosh85. The masks arenโt bad, but theyโre not standouts if youโve used a bunch of masks before. Good filler masks.
Well from your description, @itsfi, it sounds good enough to try once spring/summer hits. Because Iโm not too certain when โrunning low on inventoryโ will hit๐ค
@eshoe, โrunning lowโ is probably all relative, depending how small (or not small ๐) one wants to keep their supply of sheet masks. Itโll happen, just gotta keep chipping away at it...and not restock.
@itsfi I like this line, I'm not sure I've tried this one though
Agree @lmaster; this line is a nice one. While these are not standout masks for me, they're good masks. I'd be happy to re-use any of the masks from this line.
I'm back! ๐ After 5 weeks of skin healing, I resumed occasional sheet masking in late November. But I only used my favorite hydrating and soothing mask, the Abib Mild Acidic pH Heartleaf Fit, which Iโve reviewed in this thread before. In my original review, I said "This is the kind of mask that rates in the high 90s on my wine tasting scale, probably a good 97-98. If the sheet was a bit wider at the jaw, this would be a 100 pointer.โ I can now remove the โprobablyโ from that statement: this mask is a solid 98 points. Imagine the best wine youโve ever hadโwhichever varietal that isโand thatโs this mask, minus the olfactory aspect (this mask is nearly scentless). This is the mask I loved so much, I quickly bought several boxes of them. ๐ Definitely qualifies for this week's "favorite masks of all time" theme!
Last night I decided my face is ready again for some new-to-me masks. So I used the Maskingdom Taiwanese Aboriginal Bitter Melon & Pigeon Pea Facial Mask.
Notes:
Claims: Hydrating and moisturizing; soothing; strengthens protection; anti-aging.
Ingredients: Okay, soโฆ umm...
These Maskingdom masks have frustrating ingredients lists. On the back of the sleeve, the first few ingredients are printed in Chinese and the rest are in English. Google Translate had a hard time with some of the Chinese words, to the point where I canโt do my own GT-to-real-Englilsh translation of the translation. Some ingredients are repeated throughout the English content. Iโm not even sure theyโre listed in percentage order. Normally this would stop me from using a mask, as I donโt like putting products on my face without knowing whatโs in themโplus, ingredients lists that donโt fully follow INCI standards make me nervous. But I was in a risk-taking mood last night.
Part of me wants to hold off posting this review until I can get a good ingredients list to share with everyone. But for now, Iโll at least post a photo of the sleeve:
In step 1, one of the Chinese language ingredients is โNorth American sacred grassโ which Iโll guess is hierochloe odorata, aka sweet grass. This ingredient has a vanilla scent, but I donโt recall smelling it in this serum. Step 1 also contains vitamins B12 and B5, plus some kind of seaweed extract. Vigna Aconitifolia Seed Extract is moth bean extract, a retinol alternative. [ EDIT: the moth bean addition is from the ingredients list posted at an online retailer. To my knowledge, it's not listed on this mask's sleeve, so I'm not sure if it's actually in the serum... sigh. This adds to the frustrations. ๐คฆโโ๏ธ]
I think one of step 2โs Chinese language ingredients is soy extract. โWait, whereโs bitter melon in the list?โ I think itโs the first Chinese language listing.
Performance: Step 1 is a serum meant to be applied to the face before the sheet mask, which is step 2. The step 1 serum was quite hydrating and abundant: my face was still wet when I applied the sheet. I donโt recall the step 1 serum having much of a scent, but the sheet mask serum smelled almost medicinal. It reminded me of something specific that I couldnโt placeโฆ maybe it was a bitter melon scent? Itโs been so long since I had fresh bitter melon, I donโt remember what it smells like. Hmm.
The thin sheet was made of silk but didnโt feel silky. It was soft and comfy, though. Also very easy to tear, but I used my mask scissors instead to snip the inner and outer eyehole corners a bit wider. The philtrum was long enough to slightly overlap my upper lip, but I didnโt need to snip it or the mouth hole at all. The sheet was wide enough to cover most of my jaw. Overall, a decent fit.
I wore this mask for just 15 minutes because Iโm still kinda nervous about new-to-me items wreaking havoc on my face again. (REALLY do not want to spend another 5 weeks with extremely painful skin, especially as we head into deep freeze weather here.) After removal, I wasnโt sure all the residual serum would sink into my skin; there was A LOT of it. I thought I'd end up using a cloth to wipe some of it off my skin. But surprisingly, 3 minutes of massaging did the trick. I had no pilling or tackiness afterward.
Results: Moderately radiant, hydrated, and moisturized skin. My face looked and felt very comfortable: no bad reaction or โomg hurry up and apply moisturizerโ dryness/tightness. I had little to no surface redness before application, so I canโt say this mask reduced inflammation. But it did leave my face feeling calm and content. Not Abib Heartleaf Fit happy, but... content. And my skin felt almost velvety soft.
I only had one of this mask: itโs from a set I got as a gift. The whole set comes in a lovely box. Inside the box, along with 6 different masks, is a beautiful spoonbill box I now use as a display box. This setโs not available to buy anymore, unless you happen to find it on eBay or maybe Amazonโbut note that these masks officially expired in 2019. (Psh, I just used one and there was no mold, spoilage smell, or bad reaction. Hooray for preservatives!) If I received another Bitter Melon & Pigeon Pea mask, Iโd happily use it. In fact, if Maskingdom re-releases this mask, I might buy it.
Iโll call this mask an 89-90 point merlot. Itโs hard to fairly rate this mask without trying it a second time. I really want to use it on a day my surface redness is in full swing, so I can see how soothing it truly is. But I did like it a lot.
If you're looking for Maskingdom sheet masks, try searching for 10 Art instead. That's the parent brand. YesStyle does have some of the Maskingdom I Wish masks, if you're interested.
@WinglessOne Oooh, that is some beautiful packaging! I don't think I've seen ingredients listed like that before - so strange! I'm happy to hear your risk taking was worth it! ๐๐
Thanks @Shosh85 ! Yeah, usually ingredients lists are at least in a single language. ๐
@WinglessOne Pretty package, but I can't stop laughing over pigeon pea.
Is that seriously not the most ridiculous ingredient, @Samtian? I immediately had to research it because I was just certain I had a correct (wrong) hunch about it. @WinglessOne
@Samtian @eshoe Heh, I've eaten enough Caribbean food to know what pigeon peas are. So it wasn't such a shocking ingredient to meโthough this might be the first time I've seen it used in a sheet mask. Kinda like the first time I saw lentils used in a sheet mask and wondered how beneficial they are to skin (applied topically) vs. the rest of the body. ๐คฃ
@WinglessOne Haha that's like when I see potatoes in skin care. I'm like I know there is zero benefit but black heads from those things lol.
Yeah I know Iโve cooked quinoa specifically for a face mask @WinglessOne, but lentils, not yet. It really does make you question the whole prospect of applying ingredients topically with the hopes of improving overall appearance๐
@eshoe I think potato is still my favorite "but...why" sheet mask ingredient. I mean, can I just smear mashed potatoes on my face instead? It'd give me a great excuse to eat a plate/bowl of mashed potatoes face-down, no utensils required. ๐ Maybe with melted butter added (cooled down though; wouldn't wanna burn my face with hot butter) because hey, butter contains calcium and vitamin D and probably good-for-skin fats, right? Is gravy also skin-healthy? I bet mushroom gravy is! ๐คฃ
That does it: next Thanksgiving, I'm shoving my face into my plate in the name of science!
@WinglessOne Haha I should have scrolled a little further before commentating about potatoes.
@WinglessOne as I was reading this, I was thinking, hmmm...a really good, finely riced mashed potato mask just might be very, very comforting. I mean...now I want to try it just for scienceโs sake!
Mushroom gravy? I donโt think Iโve ever made that, but it sounds delicious. Are you cooking up NYE dinner? Curious what you have in mind;)
@eshoe If you make a riced/mashed potato mask, you'll have to take a selfie for us!
You know, I hadn't given much thought to NYE dinner until this morning (eh, techically yesterday morning now that it's after midnight here) when I realized "oh crap, it's 12/30 and I need to restock the fridge!" I might just make a huge batch of japchae, one of my favorite comfort foods. That would cover a few different cultural representations of luck and prosperity: plenty of green and yellow (gold) stuff for money, red (bell peppers) for luck, etc. Haven't decided which wine to crack open, though, and it might not be a sparkler. Hmm. Do you have a special NYE meal planned?
I had not heard of japche and just googled it, @WinglessOne ...yum oh yum! I need to make that, soon, it looks delicious. Glass noddle stir fry, yes please๐ฅฐ
I made lobster, first time ever. @sprocketta gave me a few tips, and thankfully everything turned out ok. Butternut squash risotto and roasted zucchini, with a side of smoked paprika garlic butter for sides. Just happy I didnโt burn anything! Would love to see your japche if you make it, and a recipe (pretty please!), from the looks of it, itโs something I need to try.