💕😌 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💗

[itsfi]

@Shosh85, I think that means you need to have buckets after buckets of ice cream until you have a good memory of the scent so you can compare it to the fragrance in future sheet masks. 😆 

[CookieGirl1]

I actually love using the Youth To The People Superberry Hydrate + Glow Dream Night Cream + Mask with Vitamin C 2 oz / 59 ml as my nightly moisturizer even though it's technically a sleep mask.  It SMELLS like a tropical smoothie--so yummy!--and it's natural fragrance rather than added fragrance which is definitely a "win".  My skin loves it too :).

[lmaster]

Totally love this mask!! @CookieGirl1 

[itsfi]

@CookieGirl1, ahhhh, "tropical smoothie" sounds great. Is the YTTP an evening moisturizer for you year round?

[CookieGirl1]

@itsfi I actually DO use it at night for the majority of the year!  I used to consider it just a Winter staple but I've been using it for the last few months and it doesn't feel heavy at night but it DOES feel incredibly moisturizing.  I might feel differently during the summer if it gets a lot hotter but it's been working out for me really well through the Winter AND Spring so far.

[itsfi]

@CookieGirl1, ahhh!!! Love it when there are products that can work for most of the year, with the exception of a season or so. Bang for the buck! 

[Shosh85]

@CookieGirl1  This is such a great one! Definitely a love for me too! 😃

[eshoe]

@CookieGirl1 it has the term ‘mask’ in it, which is always a win😂 

My skin loves this one, too, forgot to add it to my restock list, thank you for the reminder 🥰

[CookieGirl1]

@eshoe @Shosh85 it's definitely one of those products that I really miss when I run out of it. Therefore I seem to typically have a jar in my collection 😊. 

[ShortErica]

I've been masking sporadically this month and need to post my masks. Miss this group! I saw this on Facebook and know there's a lot of fans. I apologize if someone has already posted but yay! 🎉

 

[lmaster]

Miss your face!! @ShortErica 😚🤗💙

[Shosh85]

@ShortErica  Oooh thanks for posting this! I still keep hoping they'll eventually make it permanent! 

P.S: Long time no see! It is so good see you! 😘

[ShortErica]

You're welcome @Shosh85. Maybe one day they'll get the hint to keep it year round. Hope you and your boys are well!

[eshoe]

@ShortErica Thank you for sharing this! I just want all these LE bits to stick around another month or so, you know? Great find!

[ShortErica]

Yeah, they could keep it for all the months @eshoe 😊

[itsfi]

U is for urea

Sheet Mask:

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My Scheming Hyaluronan Hydrating Mask is a thin-ish cotton Taiwanese sheet mask that is soaked in a clear, viscous serum. Adherence is good and fit can be made to work with a few snips here and there. As far as scent goes, it's very subtle and what I think fresh water might smell like.  

Hyaluronic acid and urea are two notable ingredients in this mask. Urea is something I see more often in hand creams or body lotions so I was intrigued when I saw that it was listed as the second ingredient on the inci list; it's known to help exfoliate dead skin buildup and targets dryness. The combination of these two ingredients sounded promising. I was not disappointed by the results - skin looks and feels soothed, soft and smooth, as well as happily hydrated, with a fresh faced bounciness to it. 

Lip Care:

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A masking sesh for me would not be complete without some form of lip care. This go round included two products I've used before but not together. Lush Unicorn Lip Scrub is a sweet scented (and tasting) lip scrub that gently sloughs away dead skin to make way for soft, smooth lips. Thank you @Shosh85 for gifting this to me; a little of this goes a long way but I'm making strides towards using it up; it's been a good part of the lip care team. 🤗 The sweet scent pairs nicely with the also sweet scented LANEIGE Lip Glowy Balm Gummy Bear.  

[lmaster]

@itsfi your scent description sounds lovely!! 

[itsfi]

Thanks @lmaster. The scents here fell in either one of two camps - sweet or like water. Both were pleasant. 😊 I think we’ve both have had enough experiences with sheet masks to know they definitely could have smelled worse. 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  The sheet mask sounds wonderful- I love the simple but cute illustration on the packaging! ☔️

Happy to hear you're enjoying the the lip scrub! Sounds like it pairs perfectly with the Laneige! 🦄

[itsfi]

@Shosh85, the packaging on this sheet mask drew me in and the ingredients list and brand helped "persuade" me to buy it. 😂 Since whittling down the number of sheet masks I have on hand at any one time, I've been focusing on lip balm and lip scrubs. This Lush one feels like a Mary Poppins bag in the sense this jar holds so much and is never ending. lol. I've been repurposing some lip balms into bases for lip scrubs and have paired them with the unicorn scrub for some nice results. 👍

[eshoe]

Oh gosh @itsfi, My Scheming sounds awfully familiar. I think it was good and this reminds me to try it again!

As does the Lush, really the best and most efficient lip scrub. What a treat from @Shosh85!