💕😌 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💗

[Samtian]

@PrettyPaint I was surprised haha. 

[itsfi]

@Samtian, I'm so sorry that your skin and your mom's stayed tacky overnight. I completely understand not liking that feeling!! I'm wondering if it is the niacinamide in the mask. It's the third ingredient listed so that suggests there would be a higher volume of it in the mask. Looking through the inci list, that seems to be the ingredient that is more likely to be tacky and take longer to be absorbed. Interesting. 

[Samtian]

@itsfi I'll have to keep an eye out for that, thank you!

[eshoe]

Your skin was tacky the next day, @Samtian? Did you moisturize afterwards? Yikes, no thank you! 

[Samtian]

@eshoe Yes I did. My mom's was tacky too and she didn't.

[PrettyPaint]

This kind of fits this week's challenge by a bit of a stretch. 

It's the Dr. Gloderm TABRX Whitening Mask. I'm not sure where I got this from - I think it probably came in a facetory box. I will put it out there that I'm uncomfortable with the mask label because even if it's not the intention, I do think it suggests a singular ideal of beauty...

Anyhow, it came with an oil capsule, so that's where the O will come from. I really am unsure of the majority of its claims. The Glutathione in the mask is probably meant to be the skin brightening agent. Upon just one use, I obviously can't tell a difference. The mask did adhere very well and it was nourishing. I applied the oil capsule afterwards, and I think I applied a bit too much as I'm quite oily now...haha. 

My skin is feeling very moisturized, though, I'll say! 

Ingredients:

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Mask

Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Glycerin, Niacinamide, Glycereth-26, Betaine, Xanthan Gum, 1,2-Hexanediol , Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Fragrance, Butylene Glycol, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Hyaluronic Acid, Glutathione, Pearl Extract, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5

Oil

Capsule Hydrogenated Polydecene, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Glycerin, Ceramide 3, Phytosphingosine, Squalane, Phospholipids, Phytosterols

[lmaster]

@PrettyPaint I agree, I hope companies can change the wording on the mask claims, otherwise, sounds like a decent mask

[itsfi]

@PrettyPaint, I have this mask! I’m excited about using it after reading your review! 😍 It has a later expiration date of the masks I have remaining in my stash so I was setting it aside for another time but I may just have to use it sooner rather than later. Loading my face with oils has been a good way for me of keeping it moisturized and nourished. 

I 100% agree with you on the labeling of the mask and appreciate your commenting on it. I think some (though not all) Kbeauty brands are moving from how they have marketed masks in the past as whitening. It seems the larger brands are making the move more quickly than others to labeling masks as being a brightening mask. 

[PrettyPaint]

@itsfi  I can't wait to see your thoughts when you try it. By the way, after I used it, I read that you can actually apply some of the oil capsule before applying the mask to help it absorb better. The oil never fully absorbed with me applying solely afterwards, so this may be something you could try. 

[itsfi]

Good tip @PrettyPaint; thank you so much! 👍😁 I made a note on the back of the mask to do just that. I'll tag you when I post my thoughts on this one. So interesting that the oil didn't fully absorb for you when you used it after the mask. I have a feeling my face will be very happy to in some more oils. 😂 It seems to be that way after I've had a long day of wearing a mask. It can't seem to get enough oils. Sooo dry.  

[eshoe]

The oil ingredients look great, @PrettyPaint! Lots of good stuff in there, at least☺️

[PrettyPaint]

Thanks, @eshoe  🙂

[eshoe]

O for OMG ❣️

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The Nuori Supreme Moisture Mask can be used as an Overnight mask, though I rarely do. My skin absorbs much of it by the 20 minute mark, so I think it likes it! The Bite Beauty Agave+ Vegan Mini Scrub & Sleep Lip Duo 
sleep mask just feels like a pot version of the tube product to me. Unscented and long-lasting, so far a good replacement for the original.

The Double Dare OMG! Red + Snail Mask was a colorful treat. It is packed with lots of good stuff including very slimy snail mucin. When I first opened the packet to pull out the mask, I thought there was a hair inside of it. Nope, just serum string. It was stringy as I removed the single protective layer, too. There was a little extra serum that I applied to my skin, it was a decent thickness, like the CosRx Essence. I noticed a very slight medicinal scent, which was pleasant. The bright red-orange mask was extra-cushy & soft, with generous eye openings and oversize sides. The adherence was excellent, and remained perfectly in place until it began to dry and I removed around 25 minutes later. My daughter said I looked like a Target model, as my face looked like a bullseye 🎯, ha. 

Surprisingly, the tackiness was minimal. I was expecting more, and would have been totally ok with it as my skin soaked up this mask very happily. There are at least a couple of other ones in this line that I hope to try, as this one was 👍🏼

Ingredients:

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[lmaster]

@eshoe minus the hair scare 😆 loving the sounds of this beauty!!

[quspork]

Ooh, the Double Dare mask! I have this one in my stash to try out as well, @eshoe so I'm glad to hear that you liked it. Definite A+ for your daughter saying you looked like a Target model lol! 

[Shosh85]

@eshoe  Haha! 😂 Your daughter cracks me up! 🎯 Glad to hear you enjoyed this one! 😃The picture on the packaging totally makes you think it'll be a hydrogel 😉

[PrettyPaint]

@eshoe  That double dare sounds really appealing. Your daughter is totally right on with the target association! 🙂

[eshoe]

@PrettyPaint snail rarely fails🥰 🐌!

[missjeanie]

Both of these face masks sound like they're wonderful @eshoe I think I remember you saying the stringiness of the CosRx wasn't pleasant for you.  Did you ever grow accustomed to it? 

[eshoe]

Ha, no, @missjeanie - I am looking forward to finishing it, even though it does my skin well. The Benton Snail Essence has the same thicker consistency sans string, so that will be my restock;)

[Kim888]

@eshoe @That sounds very interesting! Great it absorbed well!