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12/25: Best ways to keep warm figuratively and literally. Fireplace , blankets, flannel pj's, cuddling , vacation in the tropics12/26: Who's ready to do some more shopping? Any returns in particular? Enjoying the season so I am avoiding shopping for now 12/27: How to keep the spirit of the season going? Visit friends and embrace the winter season12/28: Best holiday snack food? cheeseboard, homemade cookies, and chex mix

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Brow MVP Ultra Fine Brow Pencil & Styler Ash Brown Anastasia Beverly Hills Long-Wearing Natural Volumizing Tinted Brow Gel Taupe Oribe Hair Alchemy Heatless Styling Gift Set Supergoop! Lip Service Glossy Balm SPF 40 Duo Gift Set Not a big haul. Intold myself I was not going to buy anything else this year, but I could not resist the post-Christmas sale-on-sale. I was going to get my birthday gift with this order, but nothing appealed to me. This is the second year in a row that I have skipped the birthday GWP.

@greeneyedgirl107 the really tiniest of fairy lights are so pretty!!! i hope you end up buying some. i've been meaning to buy some at some point myself so i can try to put them in a couple of really pretty wine bottles. I like to collect pretty wine bottles and use them as vases for flowers but i've been think fairy lights would be great for them too. the only stumbling block will be getting the battery pack part into the bottle.

Hi, @tsavorite , from the three of us! 🐱🐾💞

Here's what I received for attending the YSE ("Wise") digital event. It took about 10 tries to get the top pic due to the cats' enthusiasm for the keychain!

The last tenants of the Shelves of Shame to be evicted for December 2025!! With four days left in the year, I don’t have anything else close to being done.BBW body cream AND hand cream in Black Cherry Merlot: notes are dark cherry, black raspberry, and sumptuous merlot. One of my favorite BBW scents ever because I enjoy smelling like food (in this case, a juicy squishy fruit snack). I can’t wait to repurchase for late summer/early fall.Body & Earth Bath Spa hand cream and body butter in Orchid: no notes listed on the gift box but it’s a fresh, airy purple floral. Kind of reminds me of BBW Fresh Cut Lilac. This was part of a gift set last Christmas, so it enjoyed a full year of tenancy. I didn’t like the formulas at all, but the scent was lovely.Ban AHA roll-on serum deodorant in unscented: not my favorite because it’s very liquidy/runny and it eventually started smelling like ingredients instead of being unscented. Also, it has no antiperspirant properties. I used it at night after showering and would not repurchase.Lux body wash in Soft Rose (French rose and almond oil): this was a gift from a relative’s overseas trip. It was a really pretty fresh/watery rose scent, which is my preferred kind of rose. Formula lathered really nicely, was hydrating, and overall an enjoyable experience. I’m not sure if I could find it again, but I happily would purchase if I didn’t have 50 pounds of bar soap waiting to be used (no, that’s not an exaggeration).Amika Hydro Rush Intense Moisture Conditioner: another Christmas gift from a previous year. This was a smidge too heavy for my fine, straight hair but worked out because it got used in late fall/winter when it’s dry out. I flew through this conditioner in two months. At $28 for a 9.2 fl oz bottle I think it’s a bit too expensive for my current circumstances, so no repurchasing at this time.Kristin Ess Hair The One Signature Conditioner: another one that felt a smidge too heavy on my hair, but this is less than half the price of Amika. I reached for this one with far less consistency than Amika, so it’s taken longer to use up. I don’t think I’d repurchase, unless my hair is feeling really dry and crunchy.Method shampoo in Daily Zen (previously decanted into the Briogeo shampoo bottle pictured): IT’S FINALLY DONE. Notes are cucumber, seaweed and green tea. This was the last of my Method sulfate-free shampoos. I can tell my scalp and hair are unhappy at my long-term use of a sulfate-free product, and I can now happily go back to my sulfates that provide the level of cleansing I truly need. Even alternating shampoos every other wash was not good enough for my diva of a scalp. Truly my hair is happiest with cheap drugstore hair care full of sulfates and silicones, and I will not be ashamed of that fact.As a final moment for reflection on my 2025 project panning, here are some numbers:-I completed 21 out of 24 product-specific goals (one of those was to hit pan on a blush, the rest were all true finishers). That’s 87.5%. One of those goals was to finish my Juliette Has A Gun Magnolia Bliss perfume, which sadly started smelling like sweaty armpit on a hot summer day next to a garbage can and was therefore thrown into said garbage can. The other two were my Laneige mini sleeping mask and a mini Smashbox Halo Healthy Glow tinted moisturizer, which will get finished in 2026.-I exceeded my goal of finishing 15 full-size BBW body creams and lotions. I finished 18!-I exceeded my goal of using up 26 bar soaps or approximately 100 ounces of soap. I used up 29 bars totaling 110 ounces!In total for the year 2025, I had 122 empties with an inventory value of $1,745.73 (that number is based on product COST/VALUE including gifted items, not what I actually paid for things). My highest months for both number and value were September and October (pretty much tied within 1 product and $2), while my lowest months were closely tied between February, June, July, and November.I’m already chomping at the bit for my 2026 goals because of how well I did this year. I’m going to scale back my goals a bit to be purely numbers-based instead of product specific, but I’m confident I’ll be able to hit all of them while getting through a big chunk of my excess inventory. My low-buy in my problem categories will continue as well—but honestly, my non-problem categories are REALLY good and the contentment will help me continue to be smart about beauty spending/replacements-only.Cheers to everyone finishing their projects as we get closer to welcoming 2026!!