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itsfi · ‎08-17-2025

The holiday countdown has begun!! 🎉 Please use this thread to share your advent calendar unboxings. 🎁

Whether you open all the doors to your calendar at once, or you open a box one day at a time and follow the traditional schedule (e.g., 24 day unboxing beginning on 12.1 and 12-day calendar unboxing beginning 12.13 or 12.25), WELCOME!!

For those of us who just can't wait to see what goodies are in our advent calendars, if you will be opening all the doors/boxes at once before the end of the season, please consider hiding your unboxing posts behind a spoiler tab so those who want to be surprised day by day can still do so.

caitbird

Day 4 reveals:

Papier: To Do list notepad

YesStyle: Clio Kill Lash mascara - I don't know much about this one, but am looking forward to trying it

Bird & Blend: Great British Cuppa English Breakfast black tea - I've actually tried this one before (it was one of the free samples that came with my order), and I liked it

Simon & Schuster: Shopping List notepad

kind of funny that I ended up getting 2 different list notepads from 2 different advents for today 😆

Titian06

@caitbird - You've been doing a lot of organizing lately. Now you can start your shopping lists since you can see what you have and don't have. 😅

caitbird

@Titian06 haha! 🤣 well, the organization/inventory/declutter project is still ongoing, but I do always seem to have a few (or more than a few) shopping lists/wish lists going...😅

nuinui933

@caitbird

The Clio kill lash mascara is one of my favs

caitbird

@nuinui933 ooh, good to know!

missjeanie

@caitbird I haven't tried the Clio Kill lash myself, but I've heard many an influancer love on it! Hope you enjoy and don't forget to check treats off for yourself on that list!

caitbird

@missjeanie thank you! I am sure I will, haha 😂

itsfi

Typology Day 4

Back of bottle

Typology Hydrating Serum

Initial Take: Another timely placed product in the advent calendar with my normal-to-dry skin historically leaning more dry as we inch further into winter. This hydrating serum has a slight viscosity to it, not nearly as thick as The Ordinary hyaluronic acid serum but not runny like the Dr. Dennis Gross marine hyaluronic acid serum.

I applied the serum to one side of my face this morning after doing a patch test late last night, underneath my current morning moisturizer on that same side of the face; the other side of my face has a varying mix of products from the advent calender in different sections of my face, for testing purposes. 🤣

nuinui933

@itsfi

I've not heard of this brand before but a hyaluronic acid serum is great for this time of year.

missjeanie

@itsfi This looks like a great day! I feel like even if a product like this isn't loved on your face they can always become hand or decollate serums.

caitbird

@itsfi oh, a hydrating serum is perfect for winter especially! I hope this one ends up working well for you (along with all the other goodies from this advent)!

itsfi

Typology Day 2

9-Ingredient Face Moisturizer

Initial Take: Light-medium consistency lotion; seems like it might be better suited for normal-to-combo skin types, maybe even oily skin types in the winter months. So far though, it's been fine in the mornings even on the most dry parts of my face. We'll see how it holds up over the next few days mornings and evenings, at least on one side of my face.

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Typology Day 3

Serum for Dark Circles and Bags

Well, well, well, seems like the good folks at Typology knew just what I needed ... before I even knew I would need such a serum. Slightly viscous but not at all heavy, the blunt tip on the pipette allows for just a dot sized amount of the serum to be dispensed at a time - it's actually quite effective in that it reduces the likelihood of too much product being dispensed and wasted.

Pleasantly surprised with how this wore on its own and under makeup. At first, I applied this just on one side of my face. I noticed pretty quickly the difference in how brighter the side with the serum look compared to the side without the serum. If I don't notice any irritation in my undereye tomorrow morning I will apply this serum to both sides of my face. Some claim noticeably improved results in 4 weeks and I'm interested to see how well those claims hold up. Looks promising so far.

Very much looking forward to seeing how this performs over time.

And I'm all caught up and on track with unboxing.

missjeanie

@itsfi 4 weeks for visible results.... Girl..... let us know!!! I have some dark circles that would love a little light!

caitbird

@itsfi these both sound nice, especially that serum! I think I could use something like that, too 😅

CorgiMommy

Great way to try new products, love to hear if the undereye serum worked for you @itsfi

caitbird

Day 3 reveals:

Papier: cute set of gold clip bookmarks

YesStyle: I'm From Black Rice toner - I like this brand, so excited to try this new product! Interested to see how it compares to their Rice toner, which I like.

Bird & Blend: Chocolate Digestives black tea

Simon & Schuster: "assistant to the cat" pencil (this is definitely accurate, my cats are basically my bosses 😂)

Day 2 of the Universal Yums Candy advent was chocolate-covered apple fruit chewy candies from Lithuania, and Day 3 was assorted fruit-flavored (strawberry, lemon, peach) toffee candies from Sicily! The Lithuanian ones have been the favorite so far.

missjeanie

@caitbird I love your new bookmarks! How fun are those for journals and books!

CorgiMommy

That candy calendar sounds really interesting, where did you hear about it? @caitbird

caitbird

@CorgiMommy it's been really fun so far to try new candies from different countries around the world! My mom found it in the Uncommon Goods catalog, but theirs was already sold out, so she ended up getting ours from Universal Yums directly.

Titian06

@caitbird - I am so looking forward to you unboxing the cat advent calendar! 🐈‍⬛ I hope Frida and Fabian enjoy the cat goodies once you get to them. 💕🐾😘