💕😌 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💗

[missjeanie]

I have a bit of the theme!!  As I'm trying to use masks up that are older I won't be on theme much lol. 

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The day started with the 10-0-6 and I noticed today I have a few little spots popping up... could it be all the masking?  Could it be hormones?  Who knows.  What I do know is that if anyone wants the unopened bottle of this I have waiting (look sometimes we forget what we already have in our stash and buy seconds... not the first time this has happened to me... won't be the last) they are more than welcome to it.  It's gotten to the point where I don't even notice ANY peach scent... just fragrance.  Luckily... only maybe three applications left in the tube?  I layer it on thick and sit doing some work with it on for about 20 minutes and most of it has sunk in.  I do look more awake after wearing it... but I'm putting this on as soon as I wake up, so I AM more awake after I take it off.  
I used the Tony Moly Pureness 100 sheet mask after removal of the 10-0-6.  The mask material is cotton that is unbleached.  I really did stop to think about how many fabrics we bleach unnecessarily.  Why do we have bleached face masks?  I mean, they're sealed in there and if people know they're unbleached isn't that just saving the company an extra step and us an added chemical next to our skin (I get that the bleached is washed out but you know what I mean).  Anyhow, the mask fit okay but it wasn't the most amazing fabric for feel or adhesion.  It was just.... run of the mill.  It actually did tingle for about 30 seconds or so, but when I was considering removing it it stopped.  I wore it for about 20 minutes then massaged in the extra serum left on my face and nowwwww I felt more awake.  I think masking in the morning is really helping plump up my skin with moisture/hydration that I loose at night in this stupid cold.  Why do I live where the air hurts my face?  
Pre shower last night I busted out the dreaded Sara Happ Lip Mask.  This is my theme!  This is a sample that DID NOT make me buy it.  Sara Happ was nice enough to reach out a few years ago to a few of us and sent this lip mask.  I am still just as confused about this now as I was then.  It's still the same consistency and every time I look at my open mask shelf I see this and just wonder 'why'?   I went into last night thinking I'll give one more go before I declutter.  Well.... I'm going to try and use it just like my 10-0-6 and hate pan it.  I'm super thankful for the brand reaching out and loved trying something new, but I just wasn't sure why I would want to put clay on lips?  I mean... what is it supposed to be drawing out of my lips?  I decided I needed to google this, just in case I was crazier than I think I am.  My google research says that it's meant to sooth dehydrated lips and plump them.  Well my lips aren't so bad that they're in need of big time soothing and I'm not normally a fan of plumping lip products, though this one does not hurt.  I won't buy this.  It just doesn't make sense to me.  It's not bad.... but... why?
Finished off my masking post shower with the good ol' Yaddah Snail Mask.  Solid filler mask.  Would purchase again should I ever come across on sale and my collection be ... less than it is now lol.  This could also be considered a mask that a sample made me buy... @itsfi first introduced me to snail masks via this thread and some lovely unicorn mail... She's totally to blame for my snail juice love!

[eshoe]

@missjeanie that is so interesting that you don’t notice a peach scent anymore in that mask; only fragrance. Combined with the unhappy skin, makes me think hormones, too🤔 I hope everything resolved quickly! 

[missjeanie]

@eshoe I swear it was peachy at first... but now... straight up random floral fragrance.  I even did a rapid test wondering if my sense of smell was off.  Nope... just getting over that mask I guess.  

[eshoe]

Well at least you know you are healthy, @missjeanie 😂

[Shosh85]

@missjeanie  I feel like most Tony Moly masks are just "run of the mill" - I don't remember ever hating any of them, but I know I also haven't loved any of them either. 
That Yadah mask is good, solid and dependable! I think it may have been the first snail mask I ever tried and will always hold a special place in my heart. 😊🐌

[missjeanie]

Big yes on all the Tony Moly @Shosh85 .  I do think they've got some great marketing that makes me want to try them all... but they're all pretty basic filler masks for me at this point.  Unless I hear a grand review of one or get a steal of a deal, then I'll pick one up lol. I can always be swayed. 

[itsfi]

@missjeanie, you're masking, treating your skin with what it needs (hello winter, please stop sucking my skin dry!!! 😫), and working through your stash - that's awesome! 

Love ❤️❤️❤️ the sample made you buy it tie-in! 🐌 I remember finding those Yadah snail masks in TJ Maxx / Marshalls and going crazy! I picked up 5 boxes. FIVE!!! Yeah, it was then that I realized I had a problem with sheet masks. Yes, only then. 😂 I will not  be doing that ever again! But, you gotta love an E for escargot mask! 😉 You also have an A for anti-aging ingredients theme going with all the masks here! Just sayin'! 

It'll be interesting to see which masks are ones you'd repurchase after you make your way through your mask stash, and if there's another snail mask that you pick up before this one. I'll stay tuned to find out. 😊

[missjeanie]

@itsfi I know there are a few more snails in there to be had over the year!  I'm curious to try and find my favourite masks in several areas, hydrating, glowing/brightening, snail, clearing and full on save me my face is flaking off.  Snail is the only (at least so far) ingredient that I know I love and want to find my favourite of. 

[itsfi]

That will be a lot of fun @missjeanie! I'm interested in seeing what your picks will be for those mask categories at the end of the year!

[quspork]

I totally feel you on using up some older masks. Definitely the perfect time for that, @missjeanie. 

[missjeanie]

@quspork I think from my little frolic through my collection last week I'll be on the older mask train for the next month or so lol I proooooobably should have checked some dates before now lol

[quspork]

@missjeanie Same! I went through my mask stash this week to re-organize (by date) and have a handful of masks that probably should have been used before the end of 2021 so those are moved up to the front on the pack. 

[lmaster]

@missjeanie you make me laugh!! I swear you never liked that lip mask 😆 I didn't mind it, I kinda liked the pink shade, you have reminded me to see what condition mine is in

[itsfi]

@lmaster @missjeanie, I tried so hard to make that lip mask work for me as it was intended - on my lips! But it was just not meant to be; I ended up repurposing it, but it was fun to have received it to try. 😁

[lmaster]

@itsfi repurpose?? Do tell 🙏

[itsfi]

lol @lmaster! I rotated it as a “mask” for my elbows, my heels, sometimes even all over the soles of my feet. One time, I made a whole pedicure / foot care routine with it - soles of feet, rinse off and then do a foot soak, then moisturized my feet and put on a pair of socks, though you could substitute a foot mask like SEPHORA COLLECTION Nourishing Foot Mask in Coconut + Lavender for that last step. I don’t know if it performed any miracles but I did finish the jar and well, that felt like a miracle at the time. 😂 It was a never ending jar!! @missjeanie 

[lmaster]

@itsfi wow!! Great idea,,I would of never thought to repurpose it in that way!! 

[itsfi]

@lmaster, I was having a heck of a time trying to work through it so I just started finding body parts to try it out on. 😂 In hindsight, I should have just called it quits and de-stashed it. Lesson learned.

[missjeanie]

Lol I love the idea of a mask just for your elbows @itsfi !  I do feel like if I end up finishing it it will be a miracle!

[itsfi]

@missjeanie- can't neglect our elbows! 😂 

[missjeanie]

@lmaster I really never did! lol... I think the shade and the fun looks I gave myself in the mirror were my favourite part!  That and that a brand wanted little ol' me to try their product.  I actually had such hate for it in my mind, but it really wasn't as bad as I remembered.