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@Cissy63 Thank you ❤️🥳

@Titian06 I can see why you love this one. Those hints of green, pink, and yellow shimmer among the gold tell me this is a stunning shifter in person!

You nailed it 👏 @itsfi hearing your honest opinions and everyone else's is a treat! Greatly appreciate everyone taking the time to share thier sessions with the community 😍

Thank you lovely lady 😊 @idanyd

@haleyvvvv Oh boy, if I'm gonna post lipstick in late December, I'd better start re-cataloging my hoard right now! 🤣 Interesting challenge though! Maybe by December 13 I'll have my new makeup area all (or mostly) set up, so I can include photos with whatever I post. It'll be fun to see other people's lists and/or photos.

@makeitup305 ooh yes, you have to love a good everyday perfume 😊

@Thischickagain Is your former favorite mascara full-on glam or "my lashes but better"? Charlotte Tilbury doesn’t do any animal testing, and some of their products are vegan. (Non-vegan mascaras usually contain natural beeswax.) Ditto for ILIA and Wander Beauty. ILIA Limitless Lash Lengthening Clean Mascara After Midnight - my lashes but better; I occasionally use this one ILIA Fullest Volumizing Mascara Classic Black - I haven't tried this one yet, but I do have a mini tube to test #Charlotte Tilbury Legendary Lashes Volume 2 Mascara Black Vinyl Vol 2 - one of my favorites for dramatic side-swept lashes Charlotte Tilbury Full Fat Lashes Mascara Glossy Black - a good one for extra volume, and this one's vegan #Wander Beauty Mile High Club™ Length and Define Mascara Jet Black - a wetter formula than the others on this list, but still a goodie Tarte's another option. Their mascaras are hit-or-miss for me, but none of them hurt my fairly sensitive eyes—which I can't say for 90+% of mascaras on the market.

Thank you so much 🥰🥰!! @lmaster

Ulta and e.l.f. direct: Guess what my favorite e.l.f. product is? 😄Details: SpoilerLa Roche-Posay Toleraine Double Repair Face Moisturizer UV SPF 30 - one of LRP’s chemical sunscreens I surprisingly haven’t tried yet. I still have a box of other sunscreens to test ahead of this one, but I'll get to it eventually. e.l.f.: Putty Blush, Fiji - can’t believe I haven’t tried e.l.f.’s Putty Blushes yet. Fiji is like NARS Exhibit A powder blush in cream form, packing as big a punch if not applied lighthandedly. Luminous Putty Blush, Barbados - looks glittery in the jar and on my skin via 10x mirror. But from a normal viewing distance, the glitter becomes a very soft pearly sheen. Nourishing Facial Oil - still my favorite facial oil. I often use it as nail and hand oil, but I know parts of my face will want it as temperatures drop over the next month or 2. All the Feels Facial Oil - another one I use as nail and hand oil. The hemp oil makes it especially hydrating and emollient; perfect for cold weather. GWP: mini Pure Skin Cleanser and SuperHydrate Moisturizer - gotta doublecheck this moisturizer's INCI list; I think there's something in it I can't use on my face, but I could be mistaking it for a different e.l.f. moisturizer. Juvia’s Place: I’ve never tried any of the brand’s lip products. Ulta’s sale seemed like a good opportunity. Velvety Matte Lipsticks, Sheba and Mauve Moment - formula reminds me of MAC’s regular matte bullet formula (not the drier retro mattes). Sheba looks and feels creamier than Mauve Moment, which is a much warmer not-quite-mauve pink than I expected. Lip Reflect Gloss, She’s Royal - very pigmented: that's a single coat in my lip swatch photo. No stickiness at all. Nicely glossy. Got slightly goopy along the inner edge of my bottom lip, but not so much that I had to clean it up. It does feather, so it needs a liner or lip primer perimeter for containment. Rebel Quad, Army - it’s been a few years since I bought any Juvia’s eyeshadows. I kept stalking this quad and finally bought it. To me, Juvia’s shimmers and metallics have always far outperformed their mattes. It’ll be interesting to play with this quad and see how the matte does. La Roche-Posay Toleraine Double Repair Face Moisturizer UV SPF 30 - one of LRP’s chemical sunscreens I surprisingly haven’t tried yet. I still have a box of other sunscreens to test ahead of this one, but I'll get to it eventually. e.l.f.: Putty Blush, Fiji - can’t believe I haven’t tried e.l.f.’s Putty Blushes yet. Fiji is like NARS Exhibit A powder blush in cream form, packing as big a punch if not applied lighthandedly. Luminous Putty Blush, Barbados - looks glittery in the jar and on my skin via 10x mirror. But from a normal viewing distance, the glitter becomes a very soft pearly sheen. Nourishing Facial Oil - still my favorite facial oil. I often use it as nail and hand oil, but I know parts of my face will want it as temperatures drop over the next month or 2. All the Feels Facial Oil - another one I use as nail and hand oil. The hemp oil makes it especially hydrating and emollient; perfect for cold weather. GWP: mini Pure Skin Cleanser and SuperHydrate Moisturizer - gotta doublecheck this moisturizer's INCI list; I think there's something in it I can't use on my face, but I could be mistaking it for a different e.l.f. moisturizer. Juvia’s Place: I’ve never tried any of the brand’s lip products. Ulta’s sale seemed like a good opportunity. Velvety Matte Lipsticks, Sheba and Mauve Moment - formula reminds me of MAC’s regular matte bullet formula (not the drier retro mattes). Sheba looks and feels creamier than Mauve Moment, which is a much warmer not-quite-mauve pink than I expected. Lip Reflect Gloss, She’s Royal - very pigmented: that's a single coat in my lip swatch photo. No stickiness at all. Nicely glossy. Got slightly goopy along the inner edge of my bottom lip, but not so much that I had to clean it up. It does feather, so it needs a liner or lip primer perimeter for containment. Rebel Quad, Army - it’s been a few years since I bought any Juvia’s eyeshadows. I kept stalking this quad and finally bought it. To me, Juvia’s shimmers and metallics have always far outperformed their mattes. It’ll be interesting to play with this quad and see how the matte does. Avene: Not pictured: 2 more bottles of RetrinAL 0.1.30% off = time to stock up on my nightly RetrinAL 0.1 Intensive Cream. Also got a couple deluxe samples; the bottle is Avene’s micellar water. Rephr and Lisa Eldridge: Magnetic palette is one of the many MUFEs I've had for a few years.Swatches & details: SpoilerRephr: 27 - bought 2 of these fluffy blenders because I enjoy the first one I got a while back. These will become my travel blenders. 36 - an eye brush I bought to try as a concealer brush, since it has a sloped edge. It’s bigger than the usual brushes I’d use under my eyes, but that may be fine for the days my whole undereye area is dark from allergies or lack of sleep. 34 - an extra fine liner brush I couldn’t resist. Lisa Eldridge: Liquid Lurex Eyeshadow, Daphne - since I already have a liquid shadow very similar to Lisa’s purple shade, I went with this olive gold instead. This is now my 4th Liquid Lurex and I’ve been happy with their performance so far. Eyeshadow singles - I chose a seamless matte, a velvet, and a metallic—though not the metallic I most wanted (it sold out)—and put ‘em in one of my spare MUFE XL palettes. This way, I save some money (vs. buying a pre-made palette) and can test the 3 formulas I’m most interested in. None of these 3 felt creamy during my swatches. In fact, the metallic felt a bit dry and tightly packed. Can't judge fairly til I try 'em all on my lids, though. GWP: velvet makeup bag - the pink one I was supposed to get went OOS, but I much prefer red anyway. I’ll end up giving this one away at some point anyhow because I already have a few others from the brand. Anyone wanting a super metallic or sparkly finish from Tomorrow's Party will be disappointed. Apparently some of Lisa's metallics are more shimmery than others by design.Rephr: 27 - bought 2 of these fluffy blenders because I enjoy the first one I got a while back. These will become my travel blenders. 36 - an eye brush I bought to try as a concealer brush, since it has a sloped edge. It’s bigger than the usual brushes I’d use under my eyes, but that may be fine for the days my whole undereye area is dark from allergies or lack of sleep. 34 - an extra fine liner brush I couldn’t resist. Lisa Eldridge: Liquid Lurex Eyeshadow, Daphne - since I already have a liquid shadow very similar to Lisa’s purple shade, I went with this olive gold instead. This is now my 4th Liquid Lurex and I’ve been happy with their performance so far. Eyeshadow singles - I chose a seamless matte, a velvet, and a metallic—though not the metallic I most wanted (it sold out)—and put ‘em in one of my spare MUFE XL palettes. This way, I save some money (vs. buying a pre-made palette) and can test the 3 formulas I’m most interested in. None of these 3 felt creamy during my swatches. In fact, the metallic felt a bit dry and tightly packed. Can't judge fairly til I try 'em all on my lids, though. GWP: velvet makeup bag - the pink one I was supposed to get went OOS, but I much prefer red anyway. I’ll end up giving this one away at some point anyhow because I already have a few others from the brand. Anyone wanting a super metallic or sparkly finish from Tomorrow's Party will be disappointed. Apparently some of Lisa's metallics are more shimmery than others by design. Cirque Colors, KBShimmer, and What’s Up Beauty: Let's Hang is magnetic. Rothko Red is a thermal polish; my closeup shows it in ombre action, though not as warm as it can get.Hooray for free tote bags!Details: SpoilerThe Cirque Colors jar is full of their Kawaii Charms: Tote bag + 2 files + Snow Angel polish = Cirque holiday GWP. The tote's made of heavier weight canvas than I expected. Not Land's End tote heavy, but also not the typically thin weight used in freebies. The magnet wand is KBShimmer’s new squiggly line magnet. I got it for free by placing one of the first 200 Black Friday orders. The metal contraption from KBS is a little stand that holds a bar magnet: you slide your finger under it to get a stripe/band from magnetic polish. A bit easier (okay, lazier 😂) than holding a magnet over your finger. Eh, it was cheap and I figured it’s worth a try so I won’t have to rig something similar on my own anymore. What’s Up Beauty was giving away a free magnifying stamper with any nail art plate purchase, so I grabbed 3 plates. This'll be my first time using a KADS plate. Considering how frustrated I get with stamping in general, I hope these inexpensive plates won't give me headaches. 🙃 The Cirque Colors jar is full of their Kawaii Charms: Tote bag + 2 files + Snow Angel polish = Cirque holiday GWP. The tote's made of heavier weight canvas than I expected. Not Land's End tote heavy, but also not the typically thin weight used in freebies. The magnet wand is KBShimmer’s new squiggly line magnet. I got it for free by placing one of the first 200 Black Friday orders. The metal contraption from KBS is a little stand that holds a bar magnet: you slide your finger under it to get a stripe/band from magnetic polish. A bit easier (okay, lazier ) than holding a magnet over your finger. Eh, it was cheap and I figured it’s worth a try so I won’t have to rig something similar on my own anymore. What’s Up Beauty was giving away a free magnifying stamper with any nail art plate purchase, so I grabbed 3 plates. This'll be my first time using a KADS plate. Considering how frustrated I get with stamping in general, I hope these inexpensive plates won't give me headaches. And the best of all these hauls, courtesy of Peet’s Coffee: They're all whole bean bags and I can't stop smelling them.Peet’s was 20% off for Black Friday and I had a gift card. I’ve never had their Dubs Blend or Baridi Blend, but both sounded interesting. I’m already a fan of their Arabian Mocha Sanani, which is more consistently great than their Mocha Java. Gotta make room in my freezer for all these beans!