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@SportyGirly125 ,I love your haul! It's very inspirational. 💖 I'm still looking for inspiration for the Spring Sale. (I can't see what the Patrick Ta items are, but I'm interested.)

Drybar's Lemon Drop Hair brush was my most recent purchase. I will buy the rollerball stick of Valentino's new fragrance next week sometime.

Thank you so much for your guidance.

@RGbrown, that flower nail art looks so good against that MT green! 😍

Thank you!

I feel like the bottle designs are a big part of the appeal to the TM frags so I love how detailed they made the boxes for this set too! Definitely the type of packaging you wanna savor and display on your vanity or dresser for a while. (I hoard packaging to use in mixed media collages so I would probably keep it regardless, but...😝)

@etufino The first kinda-sorta-similar and less expensive product that comes to mind is Maelove Glow Maker, available for about $28 USD direct from the brand. Glow Maker contains 15% of vitamin C's pure form, ascorbic acid, so it may be stronger than Truth Serum. (I don't know the % of vitamin C derivative in Truth Serum.) And it doesn't contain collagen but, to me, that's not a negative*. It does contain some other ingredients found in Truth Serum but not the fragrance/perfuming components (limonene, linalool, and whatever "aroma/flavor" really is in Truth Serum's INCI list). Glow Maker's INCI list: SpoilerWater (Aqua), Ascorbic Acid, Ethoxydiglycol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Vitis Vinifera/Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract, Tocopherol, Xanthan Gum, Ferulic Acid, Lecithin, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Metabisulfite, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Callus Culture Extract, Ethylhexyglycerin, Maltodextrin, Triethanolamine, PhenoxyethanolWater (Aqua), Ascorbic Acid, Ethoxydiglycol, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Vitis Vinifera/Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Extract, Glycerin, Sodium Hyaluronate, Magnolia Officinalis Bark Extract, Tocopherol, Xanthan Gum, Ferulic Acid, Lecithin, Disodium EDTA, Sodium Metabisulfite, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Callus Culture Extract, Ethylhexyglycerin, Maltodextrin, Triethanolamine, Phenoxyethanol *About topically applied collagen: SpoilerBecause of collagen's large molecular size, I'm not convinced it can sink deep enough into skin (when applied topically) to be effective. Neither are some dermatologists. There are other ingredients that have a better chance of penetrating deeply to stimulate collagen production (retinoids, peptides, etc.). Eh, it doesn't hurt to have collagen as an ingredient in skincare products. But I wish brands would stop highlighting it as a key ingredient in topical cosmetic products. Because of collagen's large molecular size, I'm not convinced it can sink deep enough into skin (when applied topically) to be effective. Neither are some dermatologists. There are other ingredients that have a better chance of penetrating deeply to stimulate collagen production (retinoids, peptides, etc.). Eh, it doesn't hurt to have collagen as an ingredient in skincare products. But I wish brands would stop highlighting it as a key ingredient in topical cosmetic products.

P is for Papaya enzymes: