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@RGbrown Yeah, I figured Ulta subtracted some of my points because they messed up (gave me too many) at some point. I used to always check to see how many points each of my orders actually get, but this year’s been unkind to my health and I’ve lacked the mental energy to do that. So I just assumed Ulta was trying to correct a points overage, especially since the deduction’s under 100. I’m not about to pick through my points ledger to figure out where they originally messed up though. 😅 Not this month, anyway. Seriously, too much brain fog for that; I have to reserve any mental clarity for other things nowadays. Eh, maybe I’ll try figuring it out later this year when I’ll hopefully be doing/feeling better. I have a running list of usability issues with Ulta’s community. (No matter how low my brain battery is, my UX design programming can’t be stopped. Not even if I want it to. 😂) You mentioned a few of the things I also noticed. There are definitely Ulta employees in the mix, which you won’t know unless you look at their user profiles—and that’s only if they state their employee status in their profiles. (One of them who’s posting a lot is an “eComm Strategy” Ulta employee. She doesn’t disclose that in any of her posts where she recommends products and whatnot. And no one would know that about her unless they happened to check her profile page. 🙄) And nope, the feed can’t be sorted in any way (date, A-Z, whatever) and I can’t figure out how the heck it’s organized, if at all. It’s as obnoxiously random as BIC’s bookmarked threads feed (which still hasn’t been fixed). I commented on someone’s thread/question over there, just to see how things work. There’s no way to see all comments I’ve made, and I doubt I’d get notified of a reply since my comment doesn’t show up in my feed under Profile; apparently that’s only going to show threads I make, I guess. I could go on and on. BIC runs on Lithium—or I guess I should say Khoros, since Lithium and another company merged a few years ago. Once upon a time, I was an admin for a different large Lithium forum and it was quite a robust app, plus it was very frontend user friend. I’ve often assumed most of BIC’s bugs from 2019 onward were due to a Lithium-to-Khoros software transfer, and I keep calling it “Lithium” because I’m old and stuck in my ways dang it. 🙃 Anyway, Ulta’s definitely not using Khoros. Not sure what they are using, but if their community grows, they’ll probably need to switch to a better app/software/platform. I mean, unless they wanna keep their “community” at tip board/quick question status.

You skin looks fantastic and that sweater is sweet @PDXXXX it looks cozy too. 😊💖So how did you like your trial run with Iconic London Super Smoother Blurring Skin Tint ?

Beautiful haul! @sonnydee The palettes looks so pretty! I'm a sucker for the mini eyeshadow palette's too, who can resist the cute lil things?

@cupcakegirlxoxo Now I’m curious: what’s the marshmallow cream? Oh wait, do you mean Fenty Skin Butta Drop Refill Whipped Oil Body Cream with Tropical Oils + Shea Butter "Toasted Marshmallow"? I haven’t tried it (or any other variety of Butta Drop), but the ingredients look promising—especially if your skin loves shea butter as a moisturizer. Hopefully someone who’s used it can chime in. Good tip on the other item. Fenty sometimes has good sales direct at their site, so it’ll be interesting to see what their November sale looks like this year.

@gretadosch @The Creme Shop for makeup and skincare. Glow Recipe, SkinFood, Sulwhasoo, Innisfree for skincare

What a beautiful bottle @itsfi . Will be fun to have a sniff!

It’ll be a great time to pick up some of the new stuff @blackkitty2014 ! Sooo many choices, ugh!! 😭🥰

@itsfi Ok so I have started a battle royal! Or a clash of the brows! So my lineup which I have all opened are:PATRICK TA Major Brow Lamination Gel 0.17 oz/ 5 mL MERIT Brow 1980 Volumizing Tinted Eyebrow Gel-Pomade LAWLESS Hold Up Soft Set Creamy Eyebrow Wax REFY Brow Sculpt Shape and Hold Gel with Lamination Effect 0.28 oz/ 8.5 mL NYX brow glue  I decided to do this over a bit of time and do a sort of march madness type thing. Or October Madness! So I have picked 2 contenders and I will try them out and really put them to the test over a week and the winner will go aside and I will pick 2 other and at the end I will battle the winners. This week I picked Lawless and NYX: I did use them over the last week and the winner of week one is: But first I will explain my likes and dislikes! Lawless: it applied well and held my brows in place. It didn’t leave any flakes or extras. It did work better on one brow over the other. But I think it was because it is longer. The colour matched well. NYX: applied well and held my brows in place all day. It didn’t leave any leave flakes at the end of the day which is why it didn’t win. So that leaves the winner of week 1 Lawless! next week I plan on duelling: PATRICK TA Major Brow Lamination Gel 0.17 oz/ 5 mL REFY Brow Sculpt Shape and Hold Gel with Lamination Effect 0.28 oz/ 8.5 mL Who will win!!!

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