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Hello my friends! I’ve been MIA, a lot of life events underway (including a move), but all is well on the balance. I am weeks behind and missed lots of fun weekly challenges and I am still catching up on hearts and comments for all of your amazing looks! In the meantime, I think the last look I could get in was for festival week. This is a Tarte glitter pot (or something like that) and I think the NARS summer palette. I can’t remember it all, it was a little deeper than I was going for but I still loved it! I wa a going todo something fun style-wise with my hairbut ran out of time. Missed you guys! 💚💜💛❤️🧡     

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@Cissy63 Thank you!

Me as well I have pretty dry skin.

@spirled What's your current skincare routine (brands + product names), even if your routine's as simple as cleanser, moisturizer, and sunscreen? Generally speaking, dry flaky patches may be a sign of a broken skin barrier. Depending on what you already use in your routine, you may need to stop using certain products for a while. Roll everything back to basics: gentle cleanser at night (optional for morning; over-washing skin can cause more dryness and irritation), an occlusive moisturizer, and daytime broad spectrum sunscreen. If your skin barrier's broken, a great way to heal it is to use a petrolatum-based balm as a moisturizer for a while. Petrolatum acts as your skin's protective barrier, reducing water loss while your skin heals. My personal favorite is Aquaphor Ointment, but if you're sensitive to lanolin you should avoid that one. Another good one is CeraVe Healing Ointment which contains ceramides to further promote a healthy skin barrier. Resist the urge to exfoliate flaky patches. Exfoliation can worsen an already damaged skin barrier. Instead, focus on getting your skin back into good shape for now.

@eshoe COOLA SPF 30 Makeup Setting Spray 1.7 oz/ 50 mL I just use it throughout the day when I think about it!! It’s good but I’m always in the market to test new products!

Color4Nails sale order, plus a replacement from Painted Polish: Remember that time I said I'd stop buying nail polish for a while?Polish shades, clockwise, starting with green: A-England Dragon (subtle holo) A-England Saint George (super subtle holo) Emily de Molly Pale Horse 2.0 (multichrome) Painted Polish Regal AF (tri-thermal) Cadillacquer Eivor (tri-thermal) Cadillacquer Ivo (thermal) See them all on my nails in the Show Me Your Nails 2.0 thread. Mitty Clean Pro Flat brush - a synthetic cleanup brush. My usual manicure cleanup brush is a ColourPop angled eye brush, but it’s good to have more than one handy and the Mitty brush was (still is, I think) on sale. Unfortunately, the brush I received has a loose ferrule. It’s still usable, but I know at some point the ferrule will fail. I’ll try pinching it tighter myself.

That is so exciting, @ather! I think I would be counting down the days to the weekend if I were going mask-hunting 😂 Good luck, I hope you find some hidden gems!