💕😌 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💗

[nuinui933]

@Shosh85 

This looks fun. I'm all for the unicorn design - adorbs!

[Shosh85]

@nuinui933  Yup, definitely super fun! I love masks that are both fun and effective! 😃

[itsfi]

The eye masks that cover 3/4 of the face are fantastic @Shosh85! i especially like them in the summer when it’s better for me to avoid too many products on my chin / jawline area. I haven’t seen one that’s a hydrogel but will keep an eye out for this one - the print is super cute. 🦄 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi I really love 3/4 masks too - it makes it easier to eat 😉 I think my favorite is still The Crème Shop Caffeine Masquerade one 😃

[Cissy63]

I love this mask.  What fun @Shosh85 🦄🦄

[Shosh85]

@Cissy63  Yup, definitely a fun one! Can't go wrong with unicorns! 🦄😃

[itsfi]

This I’m From Mugwort Sheet Mask is a spectacularly soothing sheet mask for sensitive (or any type of) skin! 🌿 

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The super soft, ultra thin, 100% plant-based I’m From Mugwort Sheet Mask is soaked but not overflowing in a clear, slightly viscous, light brown tinted, faintly herbal scented essence consisting of 91.45% !!! pure mugwort essence. 

Adherence was beautiful, with the softness and thinness of the material lending itself to that much beloved second skin feel. Fit along the perimeter is standard - similar to most Korean sheet masks - too long at the chin/jawline and just a smidge too wide at the temples. Openings for the eyes and mouth were well positioned and sized. 

As with other sheet masks, I left this one on for an half hour. The thin layer of essence remaining on the oilier parts of my face absorbs quickly, without tack or stickiness. My skin looks and feels soft, smooth, hydrated, and supple, with a nice bounce to it. What redness I had around the sides of my nose and on my cheeks appears soothed and diminished, while my overall complexion looks refreshed, brightened, and more awake. 

This is truly an outstanding sheet mask. The I’m From mugwort line has a wash off mask as well as an essence that I’ve been meaning to try, and my experience with this sheet mask makes me want to get a hold of each of those products asap, along with another of this sheet mask! A definite repurchase! Highly recommend.

[missy94612]

@itsfi 

Wow, that's a really high percentage of something other than water. I need to get my hand on that.

[lmaster]

Ok convince no more,, I have to try this one @itsfi 

[CynthieLu]

This sounds like a big winner @itsfi 

I've never heard of this line, or even mugwort specifically for skin soothing or redness calming. 

Love masks that help out and reduce redness. This sounds wonderful! Great info, thank you!

[itsfi]

@CynthieLu, soothing masks are always good to have on hand. 👍🏼 Mugwort has a few different names - artemisia and wild wormwood are a couple of them. It’s a skincare ingredient that’s been around on K-Beauty for a while; I’ve only become familiar with it in the last couple of years. 

[CynthieLu]

I'm going to commit it to memory 😋 when I am out and about if I see any in anything with it in it.

100% yes. Always a good idea to have soothing remedies just in case you need them. ✨️ 

[nuinui933]

@itsfi 

My bf's sister loves the I'm From things. I'll have to see if she has this one; it sounds like a nice soothing mask. Is the mochi filled with mugwort?

[itsfi]

@nuinui933, I haven’t tried everything in the I’m From line but what I have tried, I’ve enjoyed. 😃 This was wonderfully soothing; my skin liked it. 👍🏼 I thought the mochi was filled with some sort of mugwort paste l, which would have been a first for me, but it turns out, that the mochi has mugwort powder in it. It’s filled with red bean paste. 

[Cissy63]

@itsfi  This sounds wonderful for sensitive skin 😀

[itsfi]

@Cissy63, it is! Mugwort is known for its soothing properties and the soft and thin  material do not irritate the skin. 👍🏼 

[Shosh85]

@itsfi  Well, you definitely sold me on this one! It sounds amazing! 🙌 91.45% is kinda an odd number though 🙃

[itsfi]

This is a good one @Shosh85! 🌿💚🌿💚 I think the offbeat percentage just makes it more interesting. Ha! I've come up with different theories in my head as to the reason for it - nothing to back it up other than just theories in my head. 😆 A part of me thinks there must be a reason for it, but at the same time, another part of me hopes it's just something that happened to work out. 

[Samtian]

A while back I had gotten a sample of the Lush Beauty Sleep mask with an order. I think I got a bad batch. It looks absolutely nothing like the pictures on the website. It's really dry and this is what it looks like...I like pairing it with the Peter Thomas Roth Pumpkin Enzyme Mask Enzymatic Dermal Resurfacer 5 oz That stuff is amazing. If I'm ever near a Lush store I'll have to see what the mask looks like there before I ever order a full size. It smells absolutely divine though. 

It looks like acne all over lol. And zero of the purple mask.

[lmaster]

@Samtian is it supposed to be mixed with a little of water? I've never heard of this one before

[Samtian]

Nope! lushusa dot com /face/masks/beauty-sleep/9999960254 dot html