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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.

itsfi

Typology Day 5

Typology Purifying Moisturizer

I was excited to see that this moisturizer contains zinc PCA and bamboo extract as both have been effective for me when it comes to addressing my adult acne and the excess oil production and shine I can experience on my nose and chin. I've been wearing this a few days on those particular areas of my face.

Lightweight and absorbs quickly. It gives a nice matte effect to skin and contains ingredients with antibacterial properties, making well suited for those with oily skin or use on oilier parts of the face for someone with combo skin.

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 😆

CookieGirl1

@caitbird I've heard so many rave reviews of Kill Lash! Hope you love it.

ather

@caitbird Aww I love these note books!! So funny you got 2 on the same day!

CorgiMommy

You must have a lot to do, LOL @caitbird

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. 🤣

CookieGirl1

@itsfi I still haven't tried anything from Typology and I've hardly heard anyone talk about them outside of influencers. Is there anything that you've tried from them that you'd recommend?

itsfi

@CookieGirl1, there have been a handful of things that have been a good fit for me from the brand. One is their lip peeling serum which was one of the items I included (and ended up finishing) in this year's Pan It! - 2025 Challenge and another is their lip oil, though you may not find the lip oil to be thick or cushiony enough for your liking. I first picked up one early last year maybe even late 2023 and have been picking up a different shade periodically since. It's nice to see that it's getting ore traction, including with influencers on social media more recently. I've been to different events (non beauty events) and have seen a few women (of different ages, in different industrie, within different demographics, etc.) pull out the brand's lip oil and that' been fun and interesting to see - and to have a conversation about!

ather

@itsfi Yay! I love that you opened a product you can use!!

ok I love that separate sides of your face are testing separate products! Genius!!!

itsfi

Lol, I'm trying to isolate different parts of my face for different products so if I have a negative reaction (or a really good reponse to a product for that matter) that I'll know what is causing it! 😆 There's only so much space on my face though @ather!! 😂🤣😂 It's a good thing the Rhode Barrier Butter has been keeping my skin in good shape (and that the breakout isues I was having seems to be settlng down - knock on wood eek!) So far, everything is working out pretty well. I just need to find some time to catch up with my posts and unboxings.

nuinui933

@itsfi

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

itsfi

@nuinui933, agree! My skin does love a good hyaluronic acid serum.

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.

itsfi

💯 @missjeanie ! I feel like with these Typology products, at least the ones I’ve used from the advent calendar, it’d be an extra special treat for my hands, feet, etc. if I were to repurpose anything 😆 So far, the formulation on everything has been 👍🏻