I give you a couple points extra for thinking outside the box, but the execution on this need a bit of work.

As chalty said, great thinking.. which I admire. However you need to use the source image more, play with source highlights and reverse them to give view of the moldings of the mask from inside.....I think that would be more acceptable

hehehehe,......very deep thinking.........so deep.......that I cant follow.....

Apart from what's said above, with such bright lights I'd expect to see a bit of the thickness from the mask (bit of lightning on the side of the hole). Good luck!

It's a different approach.

Idea is perfect...