💕😌 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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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💗

[itsfi]

Whoa! Excellent work @missjeanie! 😁 I'm with you on the animal prints; there are only 3 from that line I really like and of those three, only 1 that I would seek out. 

What wash off mask(s) are you fond of these days?

[missjeanie]

I'm actually trying to work through a lot of wash off's as well @itsfi I finished a Nuxe one that was just okay, and am enjoying a Skinfood brightening and Skinfood Black Sugar (I know the exfoliating isn't the best, but I just can't help but love them).  I've been liking one of the Origins as well.  The hemp one I believe, it's been a nice moisturizing one. I've been trying to use the Summer Friday's Jet Lag, but I honestly don't see the hype.  The R&R is a nice one with the more oily texture lately. I've also been using a Holika Holika honey sleeping mask as a wash off, which is turned out to be quite nice.  I don't feel bad if I've left it on for a lot longer than intended and it's helping me work through some sleeping masks. 

[itsfi]

@missjeanie, I'm trying to be more consistent with my wash off masks and trying to find out what is a good number for me to have open at any one time - full size and deluxe sizes. I had too many for a while (a surprise to no one!) but have since reined it in and am at a point where I feel okay about having multiple (but not too many) open at the same time; just how many that is, I'm not sure. Will work through that slowly. 😂

Oh, I feel the same way about the SF Jet Lag. I ended up using mine as a body cream or as part of a DIY foot mask (SF Jet Lag and a pair of socks). You know your skin best so if using the Skinfood masks more regularly works, go for it. If you're finding that it's a little drying or you're concerned about it, I've sometimes added more oil to the scrub/mask. Just add some olive oil to it - it makes it more moisturizing and gives it more slip too. 

[missjeanie]

@itsfi  Im currently in the ‘use some up because you have way too many going’ phase. Hopefully by summer my wash offs will be downsized and I’ll be pickier about which I purchase. The SF jet lag is one that I think may turn into a décollette mask. At least it doesn’t do anything bad! 

[quspork]

Wow this is an impressive month of masking, @missjeanie! Are the ones you have for April, a continuation of these same lines or some of the other lines from TCS? 

[missjeanie]

Other lines for this month @quspork .  I want to say some of the fusions, some of the animals.  I think all of the holiday and "x infused" ones are done now. I think. lol

[quspork]

Awesome, I look forward to seeing how those end up working out for you this month, @missjeanie. 

[l8totheparty]

 

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My mask while you task was this mud mask and grad school work on my computer. This is a 2-piece mask that you leave until dry (or 20-40 minutes). I left it for about 40 minutes, and the mask was about dry. I like this mask because it Sticks well to the face while I was working, and there were no drips to worry about. This mask seems a bit drying (it is, after all, a mud mask), but moisturizer alleviated this. It smelled of a mud mask. If you are looking at packaging, this mask is not the friendliest as it sits between 2 plastic pieces inside of the packaging. I do have a few more so I will use them up, but my skin is getting dryer as I get older so I'm not sure if I would buy more. A+ for its staying power.

[lmaster]

@l8totheparty I enjoyed this one as well!!

[Shosh85]

@l8totheparty  Mud sheet masks are pretty fun! I tried the Rosehip one and it left me feeling really dry, but I loved how soft and smooth my skin was 😃 Glad this turned out nice for you 😊

[eshoe]

This line of clay sheet masks is good, @l8totheparty! Way to multi/task:) Hope you are getting nearer and nearer to your grad date, so exciting!!

[l8totheparty]

I am and I can't wait! @eshoe 

[quspork]

This line is such a nice way to mud mask without the fuss of a wash-off mask. I definitely hear you on the watching out for dryness though, @l8totheparty!

[missjeanie]

preach on the skin getting drier as we age @l8totheparty !  I remember liking this mask just as something different to try out, was fun to see a mud mask in a sheet mask.  But like you I don't know that it would be a re-purchase.  Awesome that you got to move around and not worry about drips though!!

[itsfi]

@missjeanie @l8totheparty, oh goodness, if skin gets drier as we age, I'm going to have to start hoarding face oils. I'm not sure the supply of oils can meet the demands of my face! 😂

[missjeanie]

lol @itsfi  maybe it's not everyone?  I swear when I hit 35 it was like a switch went off. 

[itsfi]

@missjeanie, I feel like my skin is going through an identity crisis and is trying to find itself. Lately it's been super dry and really sensitive! 😂

[missjeanie]

the sensitive part is always the worst @itsfi !

[itsfi]

N is for Narikiri

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Hmmm.... I can't seem to find where I saved my notes on this one, so I'll just have to rely on my short-hand notes and wing it. Sorry about that. 😥 Will do better next time!

Although the mask design on the Narikiri Hello Kitty Mask Pack Lavender is adorable, this is one I'd categorize as a good filler mask, or a fun mask to gift. Though I need put an asterisk on that, as my skin is extremely dehydrated and dry at this time. I love that this cotton mask has a milky essence - probably better described as a slightly runny, watered down milky emulsion essence. There's the faintest  lavender scent to it; I only pick it up when I stick my nose into the packet. The mask itself is slightly large overall for my face size, shape and features; not a deal breaker, especially as that is typical of most sheet mask. Results-wise, my skin feels slightly hydrated and moisturized after using the mask. 

[eshoe]

Hmmmm, this almost sounds like the Hello Kitty version of the Moschino x Sephora Bear mask, @itsfi 🐻 cute, fun, and generously sized😆

[itsfi]

@eshoe, this was oversized, but the Moschino bear would best it in a duel of sizes! The latter smells better too; at least to me it does. 🍯