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You look beautiful! I love both eye looks with your outfits, @danielledanielle!

Nothing ground breaking, but I don’t know why I never made these before- egg muffins?For 2 dozen I used two dozen eggs, 16 0z cottage cheese, 1 cup Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup milk, chopped bell peppers, green onion, Canadian bacon, kale, and cheddar cheese. 350 until puffed and not jiggling.Having something quick and already made means I will eat more healthy.  

Posting a preview of the weekly capsule themes for January here to keep a record of the themes and write up of the full descriptions in one place. SpoilerWeek 1 (January 1 - 11) - The "New Year, New-To-You" Makeup Capsule and/or The "Mentally Minded" Makeup Capsule The "New Year, New-To-You" Makeup Capsule: Let's start off the new year by putting together a capsule made up of one or more makeup products that are new-to-you or that you want to incorporate into your routine in 2026. Maybe there's a beauty that's been sitting in your stash for a while that you've been meaning to try, here's your chance! Or perhaps you're looking to hone your contouring skills (or if you're like me, get those skills to begin with) a la the face mapping lessons at BIC University, make contour products a focal point of your makeup capsule. Or you might want to focus on primers this month as part of the Beauty Challenge - Twelve Months of Beauty Inventory. The Mentally Minded: January is recognized a Mental Wellness Month. Curate a capsule made up of one or more product(s) from one or more makeup brands that supports or promotes mental health (or mental heath awareness (which is historically recognized in October)). SpoilerMakeup Brands Supporting Mental Health Awareness*Kiehl's* KimChiChic Beauty*Maybelline*^Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez^ * Included in Forbes' October 10, 2025 (updated December 15, 2025) online article titled "Beauty and Fashion Brands Supporting Mental Health" ^ Identified in Who What Wear's online articled titled "10 Must-Know Beauty Brands That Empower Mental Health Initiatives" *^ Recognized in both the Forbes and Who What Wear publications for its support of mental health and mental health awareness Week 2 (January 12 - 18) - The "Glowing & Golden" Makeup Capsule The Golden Globes will have taken place on January 11. Take inspiration from a look (or two) from a Golden Globe nominee or attendee, or anyone who walked the red carpet or attended an after party, and put together a capsule inspired by that look. Didn't watch the Golden Globes? No problem. Curate a capsule with one or more makeup products that make you feel glowing and golden ... like you were born to be!! Don't feel like you need to stop at your makeup either! Have a fly outfit waiting to be shared, get yourself decked out, take some snaps and head on over to the The Fit, The Fab and The Face: Outfit and Inspo Thread to share your beauty from head to toe.Week 3 (January 19 - 25) - The "Less is More" Makeup CapsuleIs less really more? You tell me. Curate a makeup capsule consisting of:(a) no more than six (6) makeup products; or(b) makeup products having an aggregate total (pre-sale/pre-discount) retail price of $100 USD / $137 CAD (I will update CAD based on conversion rate Sunday evening before the start of the week)(c) one brand (this is for the maximalists among us; "less" = one = one brand)Week 4 (January 26 - February 1) - The "Musical Artist Founded / Owned Beauty Brand" Makeup Capsule The Grammy's are taking place February 1. The beauty industry has seen a wave of makeup lines founded by musical artists, including, but not limited to those in the spoiler below. For this week, curate a capsule made up of one or more product(s) from a musical artist founded/owned makeup brand.SpoilerA non-exhaustive list of musical artist founded / owned makeup brands will be posted in this space during Week 3Week 1 (January 1 - 11) - The "New Year, New-To-You" Makeup Capsule and/or The "Mentally Minded" Makeup Capsule The "New Year, New-To-You" Makeup Capsule: Let's start off the new year by putting together a capsule made up of one or more makeup products that are new-to-you or that you want to incorporate into your routine in 2026. Maybe there's a beauty that's been sitting in your stash for a while that you've been meaning to try, here's your chance! Or perhaps you're looking to hone your contouring skills (or if you're like me, get those skills to begin with) a la the face mapping lessons at BIC University, make contour products a focal point of your makeup capsule. Or you might want to focus on primers this month as part of the Beauty Challenge - Twelve Months of Beauty Inventory. The Mentally Minded: January is recognized a Mental Wellness Month. Curate a capsule made up of one or more product(s) from one or more makeup brands that supports or promotes mental health (or mental heath awareness (which is historically recognized in October)). Makeup Brands Supporting Mental Health Awareness*Kiehl's* KimChiChic Beauty*Maybelline*^Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez^ * Included in Forbes' October 10, 2025 (updated December 15, 2025) online article titled "Beauty and Fashion Brands Supporting Mental Health" ^ Identified in Who What Wear's online articled titled "10 Must-Know Beauty Brands That Empower Mental Health Initiatives" *^ Recognized in both the Forbes and Who What Wear publications for its support of mental health and mental health awareness Week 2 (January 12 - 18) - The "Glowing & Golden" Makeup Capsule The Golden Globes will have taken place on January 11. Take inspiration from a look (or two) from a Golden Globe nominee or attendee, or anyone who walked the red carpet or attended an after party, and put together a capsule inspired by that look. Didn't watch the Golden Globes? No problem. Curate a capsule with one or more makeup products that make you feel glowing and golden ... like you were born to be!! Don't feel like you need to stop at your makeup either! Have a fly outfit waiting to be shared, get yourself decked out, take some snaps and head on over to the The Fit, The Fab and The Face: Outfit and Inspo Thread to share your beauty from head to toe.Week 3 (January 19 - 25) - The "Less is More" Makeup CapsuleIs less really more? You tell me. Curate a makeup capsule consisting of:(a) no more than six (6) makeup products; or(b) makeup products having an aggregate total (pre-sale/pre-discount) retail price of $100 USD / $137 CAD (I will update CAD based on conversion rate Sunday evening before the start of the week)(c) one brand (this is for the maximalists among us; "less" = one = one brand)Week 4 (January 26 - February 1) - The "Musical Artist Founded / Owned Beauty Brand" Makeup Capsule The Grammy's are taking place February 1. The beauty industry has seen a wave of makeup lines founded by musical artists, including, but not limited to those in the spoiler below. For this week, curate a capsule made up of one or more product(s) from a musical artist founded/owned makeup brand.A non-exhaustive list of musical artist founded / owned makeup brands will be posted in this space during Week 3 The original post will generally be updated by or before 9pm Pacific Time on the Sunday before the start of the new week/theme.

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Thank you @Mellmars1185. Happy New Year!! Did you stay up to ring in the new year? Yeah, it took me a while (and it's still a work in progress, for sure) to figure out how to best use products and which ones to work on for shorter periods of time versus longer ones. It was definitely some trial and error for me. You're really good at using what you have and working through products - I'm thinking specifically of how you work through your setting powder, very impressive!!! Oh, for decluttering, I usually think of it as products going into 3 separate buckets or bins - (1) toss it / declutter; (2) re-home; or (3) undecided. I have a bin for (2) and (3). Things that fall into (1) need to just toss it in the garbage as soon as I decide to declutter; otherwise, the chances it stays in my collection goes up. Or, I'll empty the contents, clean out the container and then recycle the container, depending on what the actual product is. Toss ItIt's an automatic toss if the item fails the smell or sight test or it begins to perform poorly. I don't really want to put that on myself and I certainly wouldn't want to give it to someone else to have them use it.I tend to keep to expiration dates or PAO (period after opening) dates when it comes to sunscreen and products for acne that includes actives in it. That said, subject to the smell/ sight/performance test, I have used skin tints containing sunscreens a little longer than the expiration / PAO date because I don't use those types of produts as my source for sunscreen. Also, I've used a sheet mask and a non-sheet mask well past their expiration dates, provided, of course, that they pass the smell/sight/performance test. Re-homeIf the product has been gently used and in a condition that it can be re-used by someone else / is acceptablle to whomever I am passing it onto, then I'll pass it along to a local shelter, a non-profit or I'll give it to someone I know who doesn't mind that it's been slightly used. Things like body cream, shower gels, fragrances, hair care products and nail polish are things that fall in this category.Anything unused and unexpired that doesn't suit me or that I know I won't use - for me, this is generally, non-waterproof mascara, red lipsticks that are promo gwps, most skincare geared towards very oily skinWIth things in this category, I have to make sure that I actually pass the items along instead of havin it just sit in the house piling up. I haven't found a really good system for this but I've been working on trying to do donations to local shelters / charitable organizations about once a quarter. I usually have to set aside a declutter weekend and then make sure I schedule a drop off at the local shelter or Goodwill, etc. Otherwise, I'll find a bag full of stuff in the hall closet six months later - that's a very specific thing to happen and it's happened to me more than once. 😣 UndecidedIf I'm not sure whether I like a product enough to keep it in my collection - either because I haven't had another time to really use it or I haven't tried it yet or it's not the right season to put it to use or for whatever reason, I'll put it in a bin with other beauty products I'm on the fence about, with the idea that I'll go back and give it another try. I have to be really good about making sure I actually go back and give it another try and not let it sit there indefinitely, or worse yet, sit there long enough that it blows past its expriration date by the time I actually get around to trying it.

2026's capsule makeup collection challenge is up - Capsule Makeup Collection Challenge 2026. I'll populate it with themes for the whole of January before 1.5.2026.

Part of the problem is that some of these are discontinued 🫣🫣🫣 @itsfi. they're all mostly blasts from the past that I need to get through tbh. I do like the Saie product a lot, but there's some others I do want to try.

Fabulous goals, @KeriCherryDee !! I agree, I liked the way @Samtian did empties last year. I also need to really work toward a number out for each in for my collection, but that's a future challenge lol.