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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
@lmaster Yeah, it wasn't a very delightful experience for me ๐
A full face pore strip???? @Shosh85 um... no. wow. I have a Betterskin mask that is in my 4 left over masks that I pulled out to use up for my miscellaneous may masks... I can't decide now if I should just open it and give it a shot tonight to get it over with or not. I think it's a different shade of yellow so I may need to do a closer read of the package. I'm so thankful for the warning either way.
@missjeanie @itsfi I've tried the yellow (detoxing) one too, and it was much better! It's not a clay mask and is also biocellulose, so no full-face Biore strip effect ๐
@Shosh85 yes! This is the one I found in my stash. I decided against a detox since the clay sounded so harsh last night. Maybe next week lol.
@Shosh85 @missjeanie, my pavlov's dog reaction to hearing "full face Biore strip effect" is to touch my hand to my cheeks with a worried look on my face. ๐ Biocellulose has never sounded better! ๐ I took a pic of the clay one you used Shosh and wrote a big ol' "NO" on it, along with "full face Biore strip". We've all been sufficiently warned!
@itsfi Bahahaha! ๐ It really should come with a warning label! ๐
@missjeanie, oh goodness! I misread part of your post - โmiscellaneous may maskโ turned into โmischievous may maskโ and I just laughed and laughed. ๐๐๐ Then I thought, โoh, that could be a fun theme!โ ๐ I think there are several different masks from this brand because I feel like I would remember and wince at a face version of a Biore strip - similar color blocking pattern as the one @Shosh85 used but with different shades of yellow, maybe? ๐ค
@itsfi Yes! I looked at it was a bit more on the orange side, but the same look to the mask for sure. The one I had wasn't a clay or a two piece. It shall be saved for another day.
Oh yikes, @Shosh85! That looks like one I may have sent you and if so, I am so, so sorry๐ I did use this one recently and thought it would be like the biocell exfoliating mask but it was indeed clay. I hope your skin isnโt too ๐ก!!!
@eshoe Oh, you're so sweet, but this one wasn't from you - I actually got it in a Facetory sub!
My skin is doing fine, it was mostly just really dry. Nothing a good moisturizer can't fix ๐๐
Whew @Shosh85 ๐ฅ! That must be where I received mine from, too. It didnโt affect my skin the same way, thankfully. I do remember when I used it, realizing that there were two protective layers, not just one; and that I have been leaving one layer on with other clay sheet masks๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ Still learning masking lessons, it never stops!
@Shosh85, this is one I wondered about but now I wonder no more. Yikes! ๐ณ๐ฌ It started off sounding good with it being a 2-piece mask but then I got to your โright, dry and uncomfortableโ comment and ummm... NO. Just no. Iโm all for the Biore strip for my nose, not the entire face. Ack! So sorry you had to go through this. ๐ฑ I donโt think your husband will agree with me but I think this horrible experience calls for ice cream ๐จ, a solid mask haul ๐, and a new kitchen gadget! ๐
@itsfi Oh my gosh, your comment at the end totally made me laugh out loud! ๐ ....... My husband wouldn't agree to the kitchen gadgets, but he'd definitely agree to the ice cream, and he might agree to the mask haul as long as there's some butt masks included! ๐คฃ๐
@Shosh85, hahaha! 2 out of 3, eh?! ๐ค๐คจ We will get you another kitchen gadget at some point, Shosh! Maybe something on the smallish side. Hide it among a pile of sheet (and butt - lol) masks and hope he wonโt notice??! ๐คช Hahaha! Since Crate and Barrel now seems to be selling sheet masks, we just need it to stock ice cream and it can be one stop shopping for this new goal. ๐
@itsfi Hahaha! I'm all about the one-stop shopping! .... if only C&B sold ice cream, if only. ๐
@Shosh85, this was the closest thing I could find for ice cream at C&B:
There were smaller ice cream makers available, but wouldn't it be better if the Shosh85 household had more ice cream rather than less ice cream?! ๐
@itsfi Oh my gosh, you're awesome! We do own an ice cream maker, but this one looks so much fancier!
My husband actually eats way more ice cream than I do, which is funny, because he's lactose intolerant ๐
Hahaha! Oh @Shosh85, that is funny in more ways than one. I tell people that "I'm lactose intolerant but ice cream is fine." ๐ I get the strangest looks. I understand where your husband is coming from. It's ice cream!!!
Mask: | Skinfood Lotus Root Sous Vide Mask Sheet | Innisfree Jeju Root Energy Mask - Lotus Root |
Material: | Soft, lightweight, thin, vegan-certified, cotton | Soft, thin, biodegradable, vegan-certified microfiber; more weighty feel to material than Skinfood mask |
Serum: | Emulsion - milky, liquid-cream consistency. Dripping when mask is initially removed from pouch. | Ampoule - clear, slightly viscous essence. Dripping when mask is initially removed from pouch. |
Scent: | Fresh, clean "sheet mask" scent | Clean, fresh, earthy and plant-like scent |
Adherence: | Good | Good |
Fit: | Fine; a few adjustments needed for a more tailored fit. Material for upper lip area is much smaller / thinner than most sheet masks. | Fine; fit could be made to work with what are my typical sheet mask adjustments - at the chin/jawline and to the corners of the openings for the eyes and mouth. Material for upper lip area leans slightly larger than most sheet masks. |
Claims(s): | Moisturizing; plumping and brightening | Smoothing and firming / plumping |
Performance & Results (after 30 minutes of wear): | Skin has a slight tack to it once the mask was removed. Tack dissipates quickly, leave skin hydrated, lightly moisturized and more bouncy. As for its brightening claims, I wouldn't say my complexion looked like a disco ball, but it did have a noticeably brighter, fresh faced glow to it that looked lovely under my sunscreen and BB cream | Tacky-to-the touch feel to skin after removing the mask that dissipates fairly quickly. Skin feels hydrated and moisturized (more so than with Skinfood mask) and has a firmness and bounce to it. Complexion looked smooth, clear and brightened the next morning. Would make a good primer mask. |
Best suited for: | Normal, combo, dry and dehydrated skin types. Those would oily skin might like this one during the cooler seasons. | All skin types, though those with very oily skin may find the consistency and amount of the ampoule base to be too much for all but cooler seasons. |
Repurchase-worthy?: | Yes | Yes |
I must be living in a hole,,, I've never ever heard of lotus root! @itsfi it looks so cool ๐ what does it taste like??
@lmaster, you're not living in a hole. It's a much more popular veggie in Asia and here, it's really only found in some Asian grocery stores.