Sephora

@itsfi thank you so much! 😊 I had fun with the Sleeping Beauties theme. I need to test out the ND concealer some more, but right now I can see it becoming a favorite. That's part of the fun of this theme - discovering (and rediscovering) new and old favorites!

This morning's tea: cranberry blood orange with a bit of white honey. Very tasty!

@RedViolets337 great haul! Glad you have been enjoying what you got, those are some very nice products! 💜

Hiiiiii! Try using a silk pillowcase and washing it at least once a week and also not sleeping with wet hair. You can also use a clarifying shampoo to get rid of oil.

maybe try silk pillowcases or non comedogenic makeup if you haven’t already? I’m still trying to figure it out too 😭

@itsfi ,I agree!

I don't think I'm quite old enough to have been shopping for beauty products pre-Sephora lol, but I didn't really discover Sephora (and Ulta) until a couple of years ago. Our local Ulta opened in 2020, I believe. And I didn't start shopping for beauty online until relatively recently, either. Before that I wasn't as into beauty as I am now, but I did get some makeup, skincare, hair care, nail polish (during stretches of time when I managed to stop biting my nails) etc, mostly at CVS. I also remember I used to get my shampoo and conditioner at the supermarket most of the time. For the makeup I got at CVS back in the day, it was mostly the big brands like Maybelline, Covergirl, L'Oreal, Revlon, etc. - way more lipsticks than I ever actually used, various concealers, lip glosses and shimmers, eyeliners, some single eyeshadows, and mascaras. The first mascara I can remember ever using was I think by Physician's Formula, and it was marketed as "natural" with packaging shaped like a green leaf. I also had a relatively extensive collection of drugstore brands of nail polish in just about every color of the rainbow, considering how infrequently I actually did my nails lol. I still buy some beauty products at CVS, only from cruelty-free brands these days, like Burt's Bees (a longtime favorite for their lip shimmers especially), Milani, Flower Beauty, etc. The first product I ever bought from Sephora - which meant taking a trip to the nearest mall, which I never shopped at - was a single item I purchased several years ago, long before I was seriously shopping at beauty retailers. I know it was a dark green eyeliner, but I don't remember why I chose that particular item, or why I got it at Sephora instead of the much more convenient CVS. I have no idea what brand it was, and I don't know what happened to it, either. I'd forgotten about that until just now. Thanks for this trip down memory lane - it's so interesting reading everyone's answers!