💕😌 Mask of the Week Challenge 😌💖

[eshoe]

Hello, June! 🏝🥥🌞 We are nearly 1/2-way through this year’s challenge🙌🏼

Thank you @Aaliaa for starting this thread, and giving us a place to share our love for masks💗 Post as frequently or infrequently as you would like, with or without following the challenge. We love hearing about every masking experience, and suggestions are always welcome. 

This Week’s Theme: Rainbow 🌈 Week! Bring out the colorful masks in every hue - thank you to the vibrant @sonnydee for this week’s lively theme.

Letter of the Week:  Y

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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, if it's an exfoliating mask (include acid info if known), your overall experience, and whether or not you would repurchase. Don't forget to include a grade (thanks to @ShortErica for the idea) to help others along the way.

Most importantly, have fun and merry masking!

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   

[quspork]

You're right, @Shosh85, the packaging on the waffle masks is so fun! And I agree, a nice light maple syrup scent would have been really nice with this one. 

[Shosh85]

@quspork  I really liked the Bite lip mask that had a Maple flavor and I guess I was just hoping it'd be similar to that 🤷‍ Oh well 

[eshoe]

Oh that Bite Maple is so good, @Shosh85 - it also reminds me of brown sugar, yum!

[itsfi]

@Shosh85, waffle masks are great! 👍🏼 As are waffles. 🧇😂 I don’t understand why they went with a rose scent? Even if they couldn’t go with a maple scent, why rose? Looking at the inci list, there were other good options too; like pineapple! 🍍 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  It didn't even smell specifically like rose to me - I actually don't mind a fresh rose kind of scent, but this just smelled like a mix of floral. Seriously, why? I wouldn't have minded pineapple, but of course it just had to be floral! Good thing the results made up for it 😉🧇

[itsfi]

@Shosh85, the one good thing about it not smelling like maple or maple syrup is that I'm less inclined to want to eat a waffle. 😂 It sounds like the results of all the masks in this collection that you've used have been excellent! That's fantastic! 😍

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  Besides this one I've only used the Honey one so far - but I've heard good things about the others! 

[Kim888]

@Shosh85 @Yum that packaging looks delicious ! Too bad it did not have the waffle scent, but the texture sounds like it was nice !

[Shosh85]

@Kim888  It was a really great mask, with great results, so I can't complain too much! I think because the Honey one smelled like honey, I got my hopes up that this would smell like maple 🍁 

[itsfi]

W is for white flowers

Like the other sheet masks from this line, the Etude House 0.2 mm Air Therapy Sheet Mask White Flowers is a very light, ultra soft, super thin cotton mask. Despite its delicate feel, this mask holds quite a bit of the floral-scented, viscous, almost goopy, ampoule essence.  In fact, I'd say it was dripping in it when I removed the sheet from the packet. The floral scent from this mask comes from a blend of Damask rose oil and extracts of chamomile, lotus flower, edelweiss, freesia, and cabbage rose. White florals tend to have a heavier, sometimes heady scent, but that was not the case here. The scent, while discernible, was light, not overpowering, but if floral scents are not your thing (ahem, @Shosh85), you might want to pass on this one. 

This particular sheet mask aims to brighten and moisturize skin. My complexion has a dewy glow to it, but it's not necessarily that much brighter than what can be expected with most sheet masks. As for its moisturizing claim, it did pretty well. Because of the viscosity of the ampoule essence, there's a noticeable tack that remains after removing the mask and pressing / patting the ampoule essence into the skin. Alcohol is high up on the inci list here (fifth listed ingredient @lmaster), but even so, my skin did not feel dry or tight. Once the ampoule essence is fully absorbed, my skin feels well nourished, moisturized. The ampoule essence masks within this line are great - of the various types of essences in this collection, I feel like the ampoule essence masks work best with my skin in the transition months, late-spring to early summer and the fall months when my skin leans more dehydrated-combo. These ampoule essence masks are definitely ones I would happily use again.

Ingredients:

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from masksheets:
Water, Dipropylene Glycol, Methylpropanediol, Niacinamide, Alcohol, Glycerin, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyethyl Urea, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed oil, Butylene Glycol, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Coptis Chinensis Root Extract, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Sodium Hyaluronate, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract, Beta-Glucan, Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Extract, Leontopodium Alpinum Extract, Freesia Refracta Extract, Rosa Centifolia Flower Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Sucrose Palmitate, Sodium Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Biosaccharide Gum-1, Arginine, Disodium EDTA, Ethylhexylglycerin, Citronellol, Linalool, Geraniol, Eugenol, Farnesol, Citral

[eshoe]

This is a really lovely image, @itsfi. I am with @quspork, the entire set is a must, what a fantastic line!  

[itsfi]

@eshoe, thank you! Love flowers! 💐 They definitely brighten up a desk!  This Etude House line is just fabulous all around! ♥️ So many great “flavors”. @quspork 

[quspork]

Love this line, @itsfi! You've reminded me that I want to pick up the whole line and really do a good comparison of all the masks. I have tried all of them before, but it's been AGES for some of them and even then, I used them haphazardly. So, it'd be great to do a more concentrated trial and compare/contrast all the masks. 

[itsfi]

@quspork, I’ve been finding that I really have such a love for sheet masks from what I’ll fondly call old school Kbeauty brands, like Etude House and this line in particular. Don’t get me wrong, I have many a fave sheet mask from newer brands as well but there’s something about the brands that have been around for awhile and that were among the first sheet masks I used that really make my skin happy! ♥️ 

If you do a compare / contrast with all the masks in this line, I would love to know your thoughts! If you choose to do it, I’d actually be interested in joining you in that experiment! 🧪🧫🔬 

[lmaster]

Oh nice! @itsfi I'm not as scared to use masks or products with alcohol like I was before, as long as it's not on a daily or weekly basis and my skin is nicely hydrated 🙌

[itsfi]

@lmaster, you might like this one. 👍🏼 I love the material in the EH 0.2mm mask line; it feels so comfortable and the masks are very reasonably priced. ♥️

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  Yep, there's a few masks in this line I've purposely avoided because of the possibility of a floral scent... but this one does sound really nice!  I love a good ampoule essence too 😉

[itsfi]

@Shosh85, smart to avoid them. I haven’t tried all of the sheet masks in this line but from what I have tried, it seems like they’re all good and it will largely come down to preference for type of essence, scent, and main ingredient. 

[PrettyPaint]

This masking session was inspired by @itsfi @Shosh85  Thanks!!!!

Trying to fit this with the present week's theme. We'll go with W for "What the ?!?!?!"

23 Years Old Seaweed Silky Mask, a mask with no mouth hole. This was my first experience with this variety of mask. It was slightly cooling at first, but then it started to become a bit itchy towards the end of the experience. It was kind of like wearing a slimy COVID face mask and was quite claustrophobic. Will I repurchase? No.

Terrifying!!!The mask reminds me of this.

[eshoe]

@PrettyPaint I laughed (good thing I wasn't eating!) out loud at this comparison! It's perfect for such a terrifying mask.

[quspork]

HA! It's too bad about this one, @PrettyPaint, but I can't definitely see what you're saying about the lack of a mouth hole getting a touch claustrophobic!