Hello. I'm currently learning Crash 1. So I exit the first level with 2 masks. However, when I enter the second level, the second mask is gone and I can't get invincibility. Not sure what's going on. Thanks for your time!

Check to see if you have the most current update downloaded cause this glitch occurred when the game had first come out and I believe it has been fixed now

That indeed fixed the problem. Thank you for your time. Also, I should have asked this in the initial post. Is it best to mash triangle or hold triangle when the boxes are falling on Crash?

No problem, and it's faster to hold the X button when the boxes fall on Crash