Love, love, LOVE!
1. The Victoria Beckham X Estée Lauder Eye Palette
I love this palette so hard!
So hawd.
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Like, when I close my eyes, I can see it and feel myself clutching it in my palm. I want to sleep with it under my pillow so I can dream about it…
I talked about it a little last week. It’s the Victoria Beckham X Estée Lauder Eye Palette, and it’s $95 (!). but oh! — the blending is off the chain.
The beautiful jewel-tone colors are perfect for fall. All I really need to do with it is rim my lash and water lines with black eyeliner, put a layer of any one of the colors on my lids, buff it out, apply mascara, and my eyes are done.
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Love it, love, love it, love it!
Don’t love the $95 price, though…
Channeling posh Spice…
2. Celestial Seasonings Sugar Cookie Sleigh ride Tea
OK, confession — I may or may not have bought this box of tea in August.
August.
Which is so far from anything having to do with sugar cookie or sleigh rides, but I saw it at Target on the shelf and couldn’t resist.
I’ve been sort of parsing out the bags very slowly, but now that we’re getting closer to the appropriate time and we can start talking about Christmas stuff, I’ve been going through it like crazy.
Oh, my gosh, it’s so good. It really does taste like a sugar cookie in a cup, and it satisfies any sort of sweet tooth urges that I have. Whenever I want a piece of candy or whatever, I have a cup of this instead.
Yummy
3. Black Mirror season 3
Black Mirror! I binge-watched the new season last weekend, and I’m about to binge-watch it again.
It’s such a good show! OK, it’s sci-fi, but please don’t let that turn you off. It’s sci-fi like The Twilight Zone.
In one of the episodes, in a not-so-distant future, people are super obsessed with their social media rankings. It basically takes over their life, and they wear these contacts so they can instantly connect with other people, be they friends, family members or strangers. They can instantly rate every interaction from one to five stars.
It’s freaky.
One of the other episodes, San Junipero, is my favorite one. I’m probably gonna watch it a third time this week. It’s about… I don’t want to say too much because I don’t want to ruin it for you, but there’s this idea of living forever in specific eras through technology, and I’ll just leave that there.
4. Belinda Carlisle’s heaven Is a place on Earth
OK, so this is leftover from watching the San Junipero episode of Black Mirror. I watched this video for the first time in probably 15 years, and you know what…? It’s friggin’ weird! There’s a bunch of people dressed up in the same outfit, and they have these glowing globes… and they’re doing this weird choreography.
The video is weird, but the song is genius. It’s stuck in my head right now.
5. The girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins
Audiobooks usually take me forever and a day to finish, but I flew through this one. I couldn’t put it down, so to speak. I listened to it every chance I got.
I know it’s a movie right now, and I wanted to finish the book before seeing the movie.
It’s a tense, well-written murder mystery. You gotta figure out whodunnit.
The narrator is someone who you’re not too sure you can trust. She’s a woman whose life isn’t on the right track because… not on the right track? Trains? Haha.
Anyway, she’s divorced, recently lost her job, and she’s super depressed about it. She also has a drinking problem. and she thinks she may have witnessed a murder, but she’s unsure because her memory can be spotty. You’re not sure if you can trust her as a narrator. Such a great story.
Freak out!
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What are some things you’ve been loving lately?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
one of these days, my hair won’t be so untidy (but today is not that day).
1. universal thread high-rise Destroyed Midi Jean Shorts
OH. SO. GOOD. The high midsection on these jean shorts hits above the stomach button as well as hold whatever in, so I don’t feel like my tum-tum is hanging out the sides of my waistband, as well as the midi-length totally covers the cheeks as well as the extremely tops of my thighs. I feel covered up, however yet the shorts are still short sufficient to keep me great as well as lengthen my gams.
The material is a blend of 91% cotton, 7% Polyester as well as 2% Spandex, so it does stretch out a little, however I don’t mind since I don’t like my shorts to cling securely to my booty. keep in mind that since the denim stretches, the waistband starts to loosen after a few hours, so the shorts do slip down, however I just wear them with a belt as well as remind myself that they were only $17.99!
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They’re likewise coated with something that’s meant to repel stains? say thanks to goodness, since I requirement all the assist I can get with white shorts.
I’m believing of grabbing a couple a lot more pairs!
2. Aveeno infant constant security Zinc Oxide Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50
I’ve had a number of good friends suggest Aveeno infant Sunscreen (about $13), as well as it’s truly as great as everybody states it is.
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The active component in this physical sunscreen is zinc oxide, which works by sitting on top of the skin to deflect as well as scatter UV rays. It takes in quickly, isn’t sticky, doesn’t feel heavy on my skin, as well as layers well with other skin care products as well as beneath makeup. It doesn’t sting as I’m scrubing it in as well as hasn’t damaged me out (knocks on wood). There is a white cast at first…but it fades after about a half an hour, so I don’t anxiety about it. It’s sweat-and water-resistant for as much as 80 minutes, too.
3. Stretching
I’ve stated this before, as well as I’ll state it again: Stretching is NOT my forte, as I’m about as naturally versatile as a plank of plywood. MY hamstrings are the WORST, as well as whenever somebody in a physical fitness class or a workout video states “bend over as well as touch your toes,” I’m the person with her fingertips at the tops of her knees stating “NOPE! Not gonna happen.” however I’ve just found stretching videos on YouTube, as well as my life is permanently changed.
My toes as well as arches felt SO great after this video.
I’m about to do this one.
I like doing stretching videos since it’s much easier for me to have somebody lead me with different stretching positions, rather than having to believe about what to do next on my own (because why would I put my body into uneasy positions on my own?). It likewise truly assists having somebody tell me exactly how long to sit or stand in whatever pretzel setting I’m currently in; otherwise, I’ll just peace-the-eff-out after 10 seconds.
I’ve been doing a 20-minute stretch video while I enjoy TV at night before bed, as well as after less than a week, my body feels much better in the morning (and throughout the day, really), as well as I sleep much better at night since my muscles aren’t as sore after my workouts.
YAY FOR STRETCHING!
4. Air fryers
Air fryers simulate deep frying by utilizing hot air as well as just a very little amount of oil, so they’re meant to be excellent for healthy cooking. I don’t have one (yet), however I reeeeeeally want one, since at my mommy as well as dad’s home a few weekends back for lunch, they cooked an entire Tilapia in their air fryer, as well as it was so tender as well as juicy that I inhaled the entire fish by myself in — I’m not even kidding — less than 15 minutes! (Side note: Don’t mess with a bit Filipino woman as well as her yummy fish, man.)
Only thing holding me back is that the machines tend to be significant as well as take up great deals of counter/cupboard space, which I don’t have at the moment, however is something I’m actively working towards, which leads me to…
5. going to goodwill when a day
I’m in the process of de-cluttering my home (we’re prepping for a minor remodel, which is one more conversation for one more time), as well as I’ve realized that the least stressful method for me to do it is to chip away at things with bite-sized recycling as well as disposal tasks, rather than doing a massive, overwhelming purge.
Inside this bag are 10 coats I haven’t used in 15 years. part of me believes I must save them for Connor…but one more part of me is just so prepared to let the clutter goooooooooo!
So this is what I do! Every day, I spend five minutes in each space adding products to a big bag of things to donate (the policy for me is if I haven’t utilized something in two years, I can let it go). when the bag is full, it goes into the trunk of my car, as well asthen I head to the goodwill donation station ASAP to decrease it off. I goal to do this when a day, as well as it’s truly assisted me get a manage on processing the clutter.
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What things have you been loving lately?
Your friendly community appeal addict,
Karen
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