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Bought 2 of the Tatcha The Longevity Youth Restoring Cream for Elasticity & Brightness 1.7 oz/50 ml during the Tatcha Fukubukuro one for me, one for my sister, and a couple of lip masks and cleansers. Chanel quad was not planned but too pretty to pass up.

My beauty goals: 1. Being more polished in my choices - spending in general and with products too. Like with body care and perfumes, going with quality over quantity. I skipped some sales last year and this year even though I really wanted to buy some things. Saving the money to spend on better quality things, some bougie, some savvy savings but better bang for the buck imho. 2. Use more of my makeup - giving some major side eye to my lipstick, highlighter and blush stashes. I'm good on foundations, eye makeup, and bronzers but those things just have a way of piling up, never down, and they're like all in the same colors too, but I like reach for the same 2 or 3 in the each of those categories. 3. Declutter more - I feel like I do this a lot at the end of the year and it's usually rushed. Would like there to be some method to my madness. 4. I waffle over things like eye lash extensions, laser hair removal and that Qure micro-infusion system that floods my feed lately all the time. I think I want to try one or two of those things.

Oh wow Thank you so much! I exfoliate my skin once a week with mild cleansor that has AHA and the rest of my skincare products are super mild as well that could even be used for the babies.. But yes you're right I better visit dermatologist at this point:( Thank you so much for the detailed information!!

@Sunnysmom I’m not sure yet, these only arrived this morning. but texture wise when swatching they didn’t feel any different than the other 3 silks I already had.

@missjeanie Yep, Ulta posted (on Instagram IIRC) that they‘d basically split available tickets into two batches: one small batch set aside (separate from the public buyflow) for influencers, and one large batch for everyone else. Seems logical and industry standard to me. 🤷‍♀️ I have to wonder how many complainers also yell at music, theater, and sports venues (or performers/teams) that reserve batches of tickets for special/influential guests and end up selling out general public tickets for performances/games*. Or if they’ve ever even tried to buy tickets for a very popular event before. Picketing UBW and demanding Ulta (and brand participants) magically expand their available floor space or add extra days seems very… ugh, I don’t wanna say “entitled” but the only other word springing to mind is “delusional.” And again, I do feel bad for folks who wound up stuck in the sales queue; if that happened, then that’s on Ulta. It may not have prevented ticket sales (the queue might’ve glitched out once all tickets were sold), but it’s a bad experience nonetheless. Quite different from claims of Ulta rigging the buyflow though. *Excluding instances of actual seller misconduct, like letting scalpers buy in bulk because the seller had no anti-bot protocols in place. And I dunno, maybe whatever the heck Swifties were mad at Ticketmaster for… eh, I don’t listen to or keep up with Taylor Swift… something about her shows selling out too fast, which spotlit Ticketmaster’s alleged monopoly. I don’t recall if TM was legally found to have done anything wrong though. And yeah, a lotta folks did seem to want UBW tickets solely because of social media posts they saw of last year’s freebies frenzy. I’m with you on attending something like this for the experience of talking with brand reps, tutorials/masterclasses, maybe meeting some brand founders, trying testers of products not normally found in-store, etc. Freebies are just the cherry on top of the main dessert I actually paid for. Something tells me UBW free stuff might be reduced this year, and then people will complain they didn’t get suitcases full of freebies like last year’s attendees—as if participating brands are obligated to give away so much product. 🙄 I’m still glad you got to do UBW last year and had a good time!

So pretty @lmaster ! Great combo. 🥰

As per Amit Beauty- new lips incoming though no date yet. She says “ Rouge Allure Velvet Lipstick - Limited Edition Packaging. The iconic velvet formula now housed in a tweed-inspired tube with pale gold trim and a herringbone detail at the base (inspired by the COCO CRUSH high jewelry collection).” Also le sigh. 😂

Hi @leslee1206 !!! Yeah this color is the best. Normally all I go for is pink ( nothing better than a nice set of glossy pink lips) this was the one of the few times I went with something different. I think it's like a Fuscia with tons of shimmer. Just beautiful. Its mandatory now in The Pinkies ( my makeup gang) that you have a stick of Makeup Forever Super Boost Lipgloss ( Festival Lilac) on you at all times or your makeup bag is stripped from you and you have to put together a new makeup bag( it horrible I've seen it happen). Makeup gangster stuff. You wouldn't understand. Anyways I highly recommend this gloss ( check out my review). True story.

Nice work @danielledanielle; that's a great dent in that TJ lip mask. How are you feeling about it compared to the Laneige lip sleeping masks you've tried?