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Welcome to the Skin & Body Care Masking Challenge!
Feel free to join in whenever and wherever. Share your thoughts and observations on a mask you have tried, we need all the details, please! Most importantly - have fun!
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 masks💗
I feel the same way about bubbling masks @keana1. I much prefer them in the form of a tinted wash-off mask - that way I can see where it will start foaming and I can control placement of the mask. Miniso here was having financial trouble before covid and if I’m remembering right, it declared bankruptcy not long after most retail stores were closed due to the pandemic.
Same thing is happening up here @itsfi ! Bummer for everyone!
This afternoon I did a head-to-head with the new “clean” and old “dirty” versions of the Sephora Cucumber Eye Mask.
New version on top, old version on bottom.
Notes:
Claims: Soothes skin and reduces puffiness.
Ingredients: Straight away, I wish the new “clean” version contained some of the old version’s skin soothers (aloe, licorice root, horse chestnut). I don’t know what ash tree bark (Fraxinus Excelsior Bark) extract is supposed to do in the old version, but I do know what niacinamide should do—and I’m kinda bummed it’s not in the new version. Also, note the dyes used in the new version that aren't in the old "dirty" version.
On a positive note, the new version contains hydrating trehalose plus antioxidant-filled passion fruit and watermelon. In fact, it seems there’s more watermelon extract in the new cucumber eye mask than there is in the new watermelon face mask. 😂 Go figure.
New “clean”: Aqua (Water), Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Polyglyceryl-10 Laurate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Lecithin, Sodium Polyacrylate, Citrullus Lanatus (Watermelon) Fruit Extract, Glycosyl Trehalose, Parfum (Fragrance), Xanthan Gum, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysate, Sorbitan Caprylate, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Passiflora Edulis Fruit Extract, Phenoxyethanol, CI 19140 (Yellow 5), CI 42090 (Blue 1), Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, CI 16035 (Red 40)
Old “dirty”: Aqua (Water), Butylene Glycol, Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Niacinamide, Mannitol, 1,2 Hexanediol, Hydroxyacetophenone, Fraxinus Excelsior Bark Extract, Xanthan Gum, Ammonium Glycyrrhizate, Hydrolyzed Sclerotium Gum, Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate, Glycolic Acid, Parfum (Fragrance), Caffeine, Potassium Citrate, Zinc Gluconate, Chenopodium Quinoa Seed Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Aesculus Hippocastanum (Horse Chestnut) Seet Extract, Silanetriol, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Phenoxyethanol
Performance: Both versions of these thin gel eye patches are sandwiched between mesh backing. The new patches seem to be the same size, shape, and thickness as the old ones. I stuck both of the new patches on the right side of my face and both old patches on the left side. I had patches under my eyes as an eye mask, plus on my nose area and cheek as a spot treatment mask.
Old version of eye patches.
New version of eye patches.
The new patches are tinted green, probably from the green gel serum, while the old ones are white. Both sets of patches stayed in place quite well: no slipping or bunching. The old ones have some of that laundry detergent scent mixed with cucumber. The new ones smell much more like cucumber, thank goodness. Both sets felt fairly cooling on my face. I meant to wear these for just 15-20 minutes but accidentally went 40. By then, all 4 patches had given all they had: there was no residual serum left behind to massage in. One of the new patches did leave a little green dye on a small bit of skin in my oily zone that’s been flaking up today. A full fast mist of cica water toner helped me rehydrate and tap away the green. These eye patches left no tack or pilling behind.
Results: The old and new patches depuffed my undereyes. Can’t say one version depuffed better than the other; they’re equally fine. The old patches soothed more inflammation than the new ones, which is unsurprising considering the ingredients at play. Neither version of this eye mask tops my favorite eye patches but, eh, they’d be good fillers—with a weartime caveat: don’t go longer than maybe 15-20 minutes, lest the patches dry out on you.
@WinglessOne what a great comparison you did here! Interesting and somewhat disappointing finds on the ingredients lists. It’s good to know that at least they work as well, though.
@WinglessOne I love that you compared these! It's great that they both equally depuffed, but the ingredients in the old "dirty" version definitely seem better than the new "clean" version, which seems a little oxymoronic to me. 🤔🤨
Now I must ask @WinglessOne what are your favorite under eye patches??
@lmaster This was the first question that popped in my head @WinglessOne 😃
@Shosh85 @lmaster JayJun Green Tea Eye Gel Patch are my favorite eye patches. 🙂 They soothe and hydrate the heck outta my undereyes. They can also firm skin a bit. They make me look less zombiefied after long stretches of sleeplessness.
The eye patches I reach for most often.
I just got a jar of the Roselle Tea version of these eye patches. Looking forward to trying those, though they contain bitter orange flower extract so I probably won't use them as often as the Green Tea version.
Ok I've used the rose version, so looks like this will be another addition to the family @WinglessOne 😊🌻 thank you
This is so interesting @WinglessOne! Too bad they didn't keep some of the good ingredients in the "clean" version.
Thank you for the direct comparison, @WinglessOne!! Nice, I guess, that there's no overt difference in effectiveness.
Post-sun masking, for some soothing and Deep-Moisturizing:
@eshoe Both of these sound pretty decent! The Huxley mask definitely sounds like a great summer mask - do you keep this one in the fridge?
No but I’ve thought about it, @Shosh85! It’s too big for my mini fridge, I did try😄 it seems like a masks that just needs to be chilled, though-I am going to do that for next time.
The gel mask sounds interesting @eshoe you say you feel your skin is tightened,, do you think it's drying at all?
No, I don’t think it’s drying my skin, @lmaster. it doesn’t feel that way once it’s removed. I just find it unusual when gel or cream masks that aren’t detox masks dry and tighten in the skin. I might be applying too thin of a layer, will note that for next time!
Now I gotta ask what your favorite cica mask is @eshoe or ones you would repurchase 😉
I wish I had a list to go off of, @ShortErica 😞 however, most Cica masks I have tried have been good; this was probably the most ill-fitting of all. I am going to start using a physical journal to track my mask notes next month, for one year. Curious to see how that will pan out!
The Huxley mask sounds nice, @eshoe. I've found that I need to rinse most wash off masks somewhere in the 10 to 15 minute time frame anyway, so the eventual drying probably wouldn't be too much of a deal breaker for me.
If you don’t mind fragrance either, @quspork @it’s a nice mask to have on hand for when you don’t want to have to think about masking/what you’re putting on your skin. Enzyme and peels kind of stress me out, this kind of mask I can just forget about.