Capsule Makeup Collection Challenge

[itsfi]

Hello, BIC Beauties! If the idea of makeup capsules piques your curiosity, or you're interested in seeing what's in the beauty collection or weekly makeup bag of your fellow BIC beauties, jump right on in - with questions, comments or a capsule of your own to share.

To add a fun take on putting together a makeup capsule, I've included theme(s) for the weekly capsule - some weeks, I have enough products in my stash (eek!) to make a whole capsule based on the prompt; other weeks, I have just one or two items that fit neatly within theme. Whether you find yourself in the same place or somewhere in between, jump right on it and share your weekly makeup capsule. Check out the FAQ section below ⤵️ for more info on this challenge.

CURRENT MAKEUP CAPSULE THEME:   

Week 38 - (September 16 - 22) - The LatinX Founded / Owned Beauty Brands Makeup Capsule - LatinX Heritage Month is celebrated annually in the US from September 15 to October 15. As one way to recognize the contributions and influence of Hispanic and Latin Americans in the beauty industry, let's put together a capsule that includes one or more products from a LatinX owned or founded beauty brand. See spoiler below for a non-exhaustive list.  

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Below are some LatinX founded or owned makeup brands. This is a non-exhaustive list. Brands with an asterisk (*) next to the name are available at Sephora (in store or online, or both). If the founder/owner is not easily identifiable by the brand name, his/her/their name appears in the parens. 

*Artist Couture (Angel Merino)

*Beautyblender (Rea Ann Silva)

Besame Cosmetics (Gabriela Hernandez)
Carolina Herrera Beauty

Dominque Cosmetics (Christen Dominique)
Ere Perez

*Melt Cosmetics (co-founded by Lara Arellano)

*Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez

Reina Rebelde (Regina Merson)

Upcoming Makeup Capsule Themes: [Updated 9.16.2024] Take a sneak peek at the weekly themes to come.

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❤️💋  Week 39 - (September 23 - 29) - The September 2024 Throw Down!, Throwback, and/or Throw Out? Makeup Capsule and/or The Brands at SEPHORiA Makeup Capsule ❤️💋  

Multiple themes this week. You know the drill with the first prompt - curate a capsule with one or more beauty products that you want to compare against each other in a battle to see which reigns supreme; or that is a throw back to a different era (80's makeup, anyone? 90s? 2000s?, etc. ). OR, throw back to a past makeup capsule theme in a Do Over / Take 2. OR, put some products on the chopping block to see if they're keepers in your stash or if it's time to throw them out.

OR, in celebration of SEPHORiA Atlanta, show us a capsule made up of one or more products from one or more of the beauty brands participating in SEPHORiA this year. See spoiler for a non-exhaustive list of participating makeup brands - I also tried to list skincare brands that offered makeup as well, and will try to update this list as new brands are added on the SEPHORiA webpage.

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Ami Cole

Cay Skin

Charlotte Tilbury

Danessa Myricks Beauty

Fenty Beauty

Glossier

iNNBeauty

innisfree

Kosas

Laneige

LYS Beauty

Makeup By Mario

NARS

Natasha Denona

Rare Beauty

Sephora Collection

Sol de Janeiro

Supergoop!

tarte

Tatcha

Tower 28

Urban Decay

Valentino

Yves Saint Laurent

Week 40 - (September 30 - October 6) - The "Pop of Colour": Fall Edit Makeup Capsule and/or The Musician Founded or Owned Beauty Brands Makeup Capsule 

Fall is in full swing. Show us some pop of fall color, be it lipstick, eyeshadow, blush, etc. Shouting out @missjeanie for the great theme suggestion and @cianni  who I think mentioned earlier in the year some fall-worthy red lippies in her collection. 😉

With the American Music Awards airing on October 6, thought it might be a fun way to jazz up the prompts with a capsule consisting of one or more products from beauty brands founded or owned by musicians. See spoiler for non-exhaustive list.

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Below are some musician founded or owned makeup brands. This is a non-exhaustive list. Brands with an asterisk (*) next to it are available at Sephora (in store or online, or both). If the founder/owner is not easily identifiable by the brand name, his/her/their name appears in the parens.

about-face (Halsey)

Dolly Beauty (Dolly Parton)

*Fenty Beauty by Rihanna

*GXVE by Gwen Stefani

*Haus Labs by Lady Gaga
Keys Soulcare (Alicia Keys)

*Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez

R.E.M. Beauty (Ariana Grande)
Victoria Beckham Beauty

Previous Makeup Capsule Themes: [Updated 9.16.2024]

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1 - The First (of the Year) Makeup Capsule

2 - The Quick & Easy Winter Edition Makeup Capsule

3 - The $20 USD ($27 CAD) & Under Makeup Capsule

4 - The "On the Go!" Makeup Capsule

5 - The Best of January 2024 Makeup Capsule

6 - The Black Owned / Founded Beauty Brand Makeup Capsule

7 - The Lunar New Year - Year of the Dragon Makeup Capsule and/or The "Things I Love" Makeup Capsule

8 - The "BIC Inspired" Makeup Capsule

9 - The Best of February 2024 Makeup Capsule and/or The "On The Chopping Block" Makeup Capsule 

10 - The International Woman Owned / Founded Beauty Brand Makeup Capsule

11 - The "One Brand" or "All The Brands" Makeup Capsule 

12 - The "Springing Forward" Makeup Capsule and/or The Pops of Color Makeup Capsule 

13 -  The Fast & Furious / Quick & Easy Makeup Capsule and/or The March 2024 "On Top" or "On The Chopping Block" Makeup Capsule 

14 - The "Do Over" or "Take 2" Makeup Capsule

15 - The Makeup-Artist-Founded Brand Makeup Capsule and/or The Sephora Spring Savings Makeup Capsule

16 - The BIC Inspired (Summer Edition) Makeup Capsule and/or The Sephora Spring Savings Makeup Capsule

17 - The "Green" Makeup Capsule and/or The Sephora Spring Savings Makeup Capsule

18 - The  April 2024 "On Top" or "On The Chopping Block" Makeup Capsule and/or The "More Play Time With My Sephora Savings Event Hauls" Makeup Capsule

19 - The AAPI Owned / Founded Beauty Brand Makeup Capsule

20 - The "Sleeping Beauties" Makeup Capsule and/or The "OMG, More Stuff From the Sephora Spring Savings" Makeup Capsule

21 - The "My Best Self" Makeup Capsule
22 - The  May 2024 "On Top", "On The Chopping Block" or "On Repeat" Makeup Capsule
23 - The Love Is Love Makeup Capsule
24 - The Repurposed Makeup Capsule and/or The Multi-tasking Makeup Capsule
25 - The "Welcome, Summer!" Makeup Capsule and/or The "Good Stuff" Makeup Capsule
26 - The June 2024 "On Top", "On the Chopping Block" and/or "On Repeat" Makeup Capsule
27 - The Indie Brands Makeup Capsule and/or The Summer Vacation Makeup Capsule
28 - The "If I Were To Curate My Ultimate Makeup Capsule" Makeup Capsule (aka The "These are My Favorite Products" Makeup Capsule) 
29 - The Sticks and (Gem)Stones Makeup Capsule and/or The Pops of Colour: Summer Edition Makeup Capsule
30 - The BIC Inspired Summer Edition Makeup Capsule and/or The Pan It! Makeup Capsule
31 - The July 2024 New, Old, or "Is It Time For This To Go?" Makeup Capsule
32 - The Take 2 / Do Over Makeup Capsule and/or The "Sleeping Beauties" Makeup Capsule 
33 - The Day-to-Night (or Date Night): Summer Edition Makeup Capsule and/or The "Outside My Comfort Zone" Makeup Capsule
34 - The Samples Makeup Capsule and/or The Newness Makeup Capsule 
35 - The August 2024 Throw Down!, Throwback, and/or Throw Out? Makeup Capsule 
36 - The Workhorses Makeup Capsule
37 - The Runway or Red Carpet Inspired Makeup Capsule and/or The "BIC Inspired" Makeup Capsule 

FAQs: [Updated 4.28.2024]

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What is a capsule makeup collection?  

A capsule makeup collection is a selection of makeup products that can be used to put together different looks for a variety of occasions. For some of us, that may mean a group of essential products for your everyday look plus a few extra items for a more glam or dramatic look; and, for others of us, that may mean, a lineup of our holy grail product(s) in each makeup category. My ideal capsule makeup collection probably falls somewhere in between - we'll (hopefully) find out at the end of the year! I don't see myself as a minimalist, but I don't have an extensive collection of makeup either. I appreciate the collections of people who fall within both camps but I float somewhere in between - on the one hand, my brow product collection would earn a gold star if we were using a minimalist approach to makeup; my lip product lineup, on the other hand, would not. 🤣 It would most definitely not.  

Why have a capsule makeup collection?  

Everyone will have their own reasons for having (or not having) a more streamlined makeup collection. Over the years, I've just become more interested in having less beauty products on hand (well, except for lip products, lol) - a handful of items I use or reach for more frequently with maybe a few additional products that are go-to's for me for special events or occasions.  Don't get me wrong, I love trying new products and I don't see that changing. I just like the idea of having a simpler collection (I appreciate that "simpler" can be relative), curated to my needs and lifestyle.

Why weekly? 
A few years ago, beauty & lifestyle blogger Serein Wu, did a weekly series (on her blog and YouTube channel), Makeup Bag Monday, where she rotated her makeup bag each week with new product launches and makeup already in her collection. Every Monday, she shared the products she selected for the upcoming week and provided detailed makeup reviews on the makeup she used for the previous week. I may not post detailed reviews, but will at least try to include a weekly recap (probably at the end of the week) of what products I like and which ones didn't work for me.  If weekly works for you, great. If not, feel free to join in based on what works best for you.

What if I don't have enough products to fit the theme for a full face?

No need for your entire makeup capsule to fit the weekly theme(s). Just one will do. And, even if you don't have one that fits squarely within a theme, feel free to post your makeup capsule. We'd love to see what you're using and hear your feedback on the products as you put them to use. 

[missjeanie]

@itsfi @makeitup305 Both might now be on my loves list.... I do wish I could see the concealer in person.  The findation shade finder says I should be a shade that looks like it would be too dark in the swatches.... I just need to move closer to a full store. 

[makeitup305]

@missjeanie I have the shade Ice Ice Berry in the Kulfi (bottom). On the top is Tower 28 Beauty Swipe All-Over Hydrating Serum Concealer 5.0 EP middle is Natasha Denona Hy-Glam Brightening & Hydrating Medium to Full Coverage Crease Proof Serum Concealer ... and on the side is PAT McGRATH LABS Sublime Perfection Concealer L4 (I usually wear L5 but I just ran out). Out of all of these my favorite shade wise is the Tower 28 because the peach tone helps color correct my undereye circles but I can make all of them work, even if the shade isn't perfect. Idk if these are helpful but figured it couldn't hurt!

 

 

[missjeanie]

@makeitup305 It's super helpful!  I think I'm running a little more neutral but this is giving me comparisons of where I should be looking!  I swear ordering complexion products online is so hard!  I take all the swatches I can get! Kulfi is on my list for spring sale!!

[itsfi]

What a great personal challenge - to use all your products once before purchasing something new, @makeitup305. 

[makeitup305]

Thanks @itsfi. Idk if it's going to happen for every single product, but to at least give my overall collection love and appreciation is they main takeaway. I have enough products that I've only used a handful of times that the experience with them still feels new.

[itsfi]

Week 6: The Black Owned / Founded Beauty Brand Makeup Capsule 

I sometimes underestimate the amount of beauty products I have. I didn’t think I’d have enough to do a full face with Black founded / owned beauty brands but here we are. 😂 

And everything but the extra sponges fit in this makeup bag!

I’m going to switch things up a bit from my general MO when it comes to previewing my capsule products for the week. I’ll still list them, but I’ll talk more in detail about the products in detail by category throughout the week, and will include some info about the brand and founder. I’ll start off with the base products today and will be back to post and talk about the other brands and cheek, eye and lip products later in the week. Let’s get to it then, shall we? 

All the beauties:

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I've placed an asteriks in front of the products that are new to me. 

Primer -
* LYS Beauty Secure Skin Gripping Serum Primer 1 oz/ 30 mL (sample)
* Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Glow Serum with Hyaluronic Acid & Niacinamide 

Foundation - 
Danessa Myricks Beauty Yummy Skin Soothing Serum Skin Tint Foundation with Peptides + Ceramides 4 
Uoma Beauty Say What?! Foundation Fair Lady T2N
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Mini Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Foundation (foil sample^^)

Concealer - 
* Fenty Beauty by Rihanna We're Even Hydrating Longwear Waterproof Concealer 
PAT McGRATH LABS Sublime Perfection Concealer LM8 (foil sample)

Cheeks - 
* Pat McGrath Labs Diivine Blush + Bronze + Glow Trio - Fleurever Nude - I've had this in my stash for a while and this will be my first time using it. Eek! A reminder why I need to shop my stash.
* Blush - Ami Colé Desert Date Cream Blush & Lip Multistick Hibiscus - same with the PML trio; first time I'm using this. 

Eyes - 
PAT McGRATH LABS IntensifEYES™ Longwear Eyeshadow Primer IntensifEYES™ Longwear Primary 
* Juvia's Place The Taupe Eyeshadow Palette - I have and have used The Nudes Eyeshadow Palette but this will be the first time I've tried the Taupe palette, even though I've had it probably since the palette was released ... 3 years ago. Le sigh. 
Danessa Myricks Beauty Colorfix - deluxe sample set
* Danessa Myricks Beauty Linework Paintbrush Fluid Liquid Eyeliner 0.034 oz / 1 ml - @danielledanielle posted a selfie with a marvelous looking winged liner and this is what she used. 
Mascara - I have a deluxe sample size of a couple of mascaras that would fit into this theme, but alas, I currently have more open mascaras than I have allowed myself so I can't bring myself to open another one.  HACK: That said, I'm going to try something - going to use a mascara fan brush and the Danessa Myricks liner for mascara

Lips (get comfy, this is going to be a long list) - 
PAT McGRATH LABS LUST: Lip Gloss Bronze Divinity (gratis)
Ami Colé Hydrating Lip Treatment Oil Smitten 
* Juvia's Place Macchiato 
* Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer CLF Candy Soda
The Lip Bar Vegan Lip Gloss - Girl Boss
* The Lip Bar Vegan Matte Liquid Lipstick - Unimpressed
* Juvia's Place Luxe Lip Liner - So Rare

Other - 
* Beauty Bakerie Bite Size Pinch of Flour Setting Powder
Beauty Bakerie Bite Size The Hatch Blending Egg Makeup Sponge with Travel Case - Light Pink
(Not pictured) - Beauty Bkerie brushes - I'll share a photo at another time; these are super cute

^^ FYI: There will be a capsule theme later in the year involving a capsule made up of (in whole or in part, your choice) sample sizes. 

About the Brands (Base Products): I've included some info about the brands / founder for the base products in the spoiler, except that I'll include a write up on Danessa Myricks Beauty later this week with the brands / founder for the cheek and eye products.

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Tisha Thompson spent over a decade as a beauty retail executive before creating LYS Beauty, an affordable clean beauty line (every product is under $30) with an inclusive range of shades. LYS, which stands for "love yourself", made its way to Sephora in 2021, becoming its first Black-owned clean makeup brand.

Undefined Beauty is a skincare and wellness brand, founded by Dorian Morris, in 2018, with the mission "to democratize beauty and undefine the industry with an unapologetic, uncompromising, unfiltered approach to plant-based wellness." Ms. Morris interned in advertising sales while an undergrad at UCLA before starting her retail career in Women's Fragrances in the Executive Program at Robison's May (now Macy's). She would later earn her MBA from Harvard Business School and use the business and technical skills she learned during her time at organizations such as General Mills, Kendo and CoverGirl Cosmetics in her own brand. 

Uoma Beauty, founded by Nigerian born Sharon Chuter, is an inclusive beauty brand offering two collections - one focused on an all-vegan product lineup and natural ingredients; and another showcasing highly pigmented and buildable, professional grade color. Splitting her time between Los Angeles, California and London, Ms. Chuter found that the beauty industry allowed her be both creative and a business person. She started in sales and worked her way up to the C-suite before leaving to start Uoma Beauty.

Fenty Beauty, founded by Rihanna, launched in 2017 in 17 countries all at once. An unprecedented feat that, together with the profound success of the brand, lead Fenty Beauty to be named Time magazine's Best Invention of 2017.

Looking forward to putting these products to use. The hardest part is deciding which of the primer to use tomorrow morning. 

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi Wonderful capsule. I have learned so much through your posts this past week. I also realized I can buy Beauty Bakerie at Shopper's Drug Mart in Canada! Unfortunately the brush set is sold out. The waffle Lipsticks are beautiful. I don't know if I can resist picking up a few.

[itsfi]

@Mellmars1185, thank you! Yaaaay, that’s great that Beauty Bakerie is accessible to you. Fingers crossed the brush set comes back. She also sometimes redesigns the set - same cute concept but the color of the brush handles are different. Before this one, there was a set with pink handles - same fun baking tools on top of the brush handles just different color handle.

[cianni]

@itsfi this is quite the collection! I love how you included information about the brand itself - I’m not familiar with the backstories/founders of some of the brands you’re using for this capsule, but i always like to learn and educate myself 🙂 thank you for that, and for putting the list of some black owned/founded brands in the OP spoiler! It was super helpful when raiding my stash for this week!

[itsfi]

Thank you, thank you @cianni! 🤗 I started including info about brands and founders / owners on the mask thread a few years ago, usually when the theme involved masks from woman founded / owned beauty brands. I researched the mask and ingredients, and found I also enjoyed learning about the brands themselves and the founders - learning about the beauties behind the beauty! 😊 

I love that there are many black founded / owned beauty brands out there. At the same time, I know that it can be a lot to know which ones are out in the market so it was fun to put the list together. I did get distracted, quite a few times actually, and found myself late in the evening going down a path that kept me from the task at hand with listing brands that carried makeup. lol. There are quite a few really good looking, fabulous sounding black founded / owned brands that focus primarily or solely on skincare and well ... I just got caught up reading about these founders and their passions and how they come up with their brand philosophies, formulations, etc. One thing lead to another and I now have several carts along several websites for several black owned / founded skincare brands, filled with several skincare products. I'm still on my no buy so I didn't buy anything but I am ready when the time comes. Maybe too ready. Hahaha!

[cianni]

@itsfi that’s so funny you mention that - ive gone down the same rabbit hole while looking for products that hit the challenge! While i found that I didn’t have as much makeup brand variety, i did learn that i have quite a few hair and skincare products!

[itsfi]

That's awesome @cianni! Love these types of rabbit holes. If you have just one or two products that fit the theme, definitely jump on in and supplement with other products. And, if there's not a product in your stash that fits the theme, jump in anyways with a capsule of your own or redo one you've done before (with the same or different products) - that will be another future capsule theme! 

[makeitup305]

@itsfi that's really cool. I don't think I can do a full face either but I need to look through my collection and see what I have. PMG is definitely the winner in that category. I know I have foundation, concealer, powder, blush, highlighter, lipstick, lip gloss, and eyeshadow. I just finished my sample of the Danessa Myricks primer, which I did enjoy. No brows or bronzer, I think.

[itsfi]

@makeitup305, it was eye opening and slightly convicting to see how many products I haven’t even opened. 😔 I’m looking forward to using this week’s products - there are so many good ones in this capsule. 

[missjeanie]

Final thoughts from January Week 5!

Not much to say here other than I loved like 95% of these products and was happy to wear them through the week.  I had a variety of looks with the shadows and lip products here and could have used this particular capsule without any issue for much longer. 

-Both the Tower 28 and the Benefit mascaras have been moved to empties.  The Tower 28 was used last on the last day of January and then hit my January empties.  The Benefit was used until the end of the week and then went in with February's.  Both were lovely, but I'm not sure if they're 'oh my gawd, I love them and I won't ever buy anything else' kind of loves.  They were both to the point where they were very very dry and had to be worked to get product on my lashes so I'm happy to have used them up.  

- The Stila lip liner is the only other product that I really have anything to note on.  It's okay, and I like the formula, I've used several of this formula in the past and enjoyed them, but this shade is a bit lighter than my preference.  I'll happily use it up and move on to others.  

[itsfi]

What a fabulous week you had with these products @missjeanie. Wow, loving. 95% of the products in your capsule? That’s phenomenal ♥️ What would you say was your most favorite product to use?

[missjeanie]

@itsfi Never ask a mother who her favourite child is and never ask a BICer to choose just one favourite lip product!!

[itsfi]

Hey there BIC beauties! We've gone through a month of capsules. I'll get to my recap shortly (and I'll try to keep it short and sweet). Before then, wanted to check in with folks - whether you participated for a week or all 5 this first month, whether you followed along on the boards or on your own at home, or whether you just stopped by for a peek, thank you for stopping by. I hope there was something here that you found helpful. Speaking of things you may have found helpful, wondering if folks might share their thoughts on the following: 

1. Likes / Dislikes about the challenge - is there anything you'd like to see more of? What is/are area(s) for improvement?
2. How's the frequency for changing up the themes / prompts? Is a week a good cadence? Is it too short?
3. Any other thoughts you'd like to share?

And, now, here it is:

RECAP: Week 5 - Best of January Makeup Capsule 

Base - All 3 are becoming regulars in my weekly capsules. I can see that being an issue to getting to other base products so my plan going forward is to move each of these into what I'm currently referring to as my "Top Shelf" products. If these fit squarely into a weekly prompt and there's nothing else in my stash that would work, I'll bring these back into the fold as a leading player but for the time being, they'll play a supporting role during the week. I may still reach for them but priority in terms of use will go to other items so that I can truly be working through my collection and giving a fair shake to other makeup products. 

Cheeks - this challenge has helped me to wear my cheek products more, a lot more. I don't have many cheek products so these will go back into my stash to be incorporated into different capsules as the year goes by. I'm thinking the Saie highlighter may receive a "Top Shelf" designation at some point.

Eyes - Lancome Monsieur Big Waterproof gets "Top Shelf" designation; everything else goes back into the stash. Nudestix Hey, Honey and Glossier Boy Brow my be involved in a duel with another similar product sometime in the future. 

Lips - For the most part, these lippies were all good and will be going back into the collection for use another week. I'm undecided on the Tower 28 Work of Art liner; I don't have many liners but I have a feeling there may be a couple of liners in the same shade (e.g., Make Up For Ever and Victoria Beckham Beauty) that I like more - enough to maybe put the Tower 28 on the chopping block at a later date. 

Other - These are all keepers and, except for the Gucci mist which gets Top Shelf designation, will go back into the rotation.

January Declutters

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No decluttered beauties this week, which means my total capsule declutters for January holds at 6. 

That's all I have for my January recap. I'll be back later tonight or early tomorrow morning to post my Black Founded / Owned Beauty Brands Makeup Capsule. I had fun sorting through my collection and am excited to use the beauties in this coming week's capsule. 💖

[Mellmars1185]

@itsfi I thought of something I would like to share ☺️. Just an idea for a weekly theme. I have seen some videos of influencers that do a full face of a certain brand? Maybe one week we can do that with a brand of choice?

[itsfi]

Yep @Mellmars1185! That’s in the works. I love the idea! There’s a week for “one brand or all the brands” - I’ll see about moving it up the schedule too and will tag you. I was inspired by @sister13 who did something along those lines last year (or the year before last?) for the makeup challenge thread -  https://community.sephora.com/t5/Makeup-Is-Life/Makeup-Challenge-of-the-Week-2021-2022-2023/m-p/5992...

Having done these capsules for over a month, it’s been interesting to see that I can do a full face (or nearly a full face) with certain brands. That may be a theme that gets repeated during the year! 

Edited to add - mellmars1185, it’ll be part of either March or April’s capsule prompts. March themes will be posted by the end of this week. 

[ather]

@itsfi  Wow! A month done! Looks like you made good use of the capsule challenge!!’ And it’s nice to see some declutters! 

1. I feel like the challenge is well rounded. I like the different themes thus far they are really pushing me out of my regular rotation! I don’t know if there is anything I think could be improved! I think it’s perfect! 

2. Weekly is perfect for me. The ones I did participate in was nice to get everything ready Sunday night for Monday! I’m not sure if changing it to more or less frequently would be beneficial at this point. I need a week to really gauge how something works for me! 

3. I am loving this so far! I’ve loved the challenge this far and I can’t wait to see what’s next!!!