Hey you guys! I sort of missing going into Bath & Body Works. You know me I’m a chronic complainer about shopping Bath & Body Works and Lush in store because sometimes you get thee most aggressive sales people ever. Lush is notoriously bad lately. I went around the Holidays and it was so crazy I had to race out without buying anything. I don’t typically like the Lush in store experience anyway! The idea of people touching bath bombs, soap, etc…picking it up to sniff it, putting it back, it just feels like a really gross environment to me. I tend to order from Lush UK about 95% of the time but I’ve been known to wander in store occasionally. I can even be convinced to purchase items that aren’t touch like shampoos or shower gels. But man, Lush employees have really become super aggressive! They piratically put stuff in your cart for you! Bath and Body Works is notoriously aggressive as well. It just makes you want to run and hide!

But I’m kind of missing Bath and Body Works right now. I really want to smell some of the new stuff like Boardwalk Taffy. I mean, I can totally blind buy it online but 1. Did I tell you how cheap AF I am when it comes to paying $5.99 shipping? $50 lipstick I’ll take it! $2 shipping? Forget it. Irony. And 2. Do I need one Boardwalk Taffy? Do I need several because the scent is ridiculously good!? I’d love to be able to sit and sniff it like days the normal days (which were only three months ago but feel more like three years ago).

I keep seeing all these people in Florida and Kentucky wandering around their Bath and Body Works stores and I’m feeling the jealous over here! I’ll even take the aggressive sales reps! Bring ’em on!

P.S. Uhhh hello? Who’s watching Penny Dreadful City of Angels because we need to discuss how good it is and how cute Daniel Zovatto and Sebastian Chacon are!

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Japan and shiny lipsticks go together like peanut butter and jelly! I’ve been personally on a quest to rid the makeup world of matte lipsticks for years now. I think I’m slowly succeeding as we’ve had some solid shiny lipstick offerings lately haven’t we like Maybelline Color Sensational Shine Compulsion Lipstick and L’Oreal Colour Riche Shine Glossy Lipstick.

Shiny lipsticks aside it looks like shiny lipglosses are back and there’s some irony here. How the hell can we enjoy a super shiny lipgloss if we’re wearing a mask? All my hard work and effort into ridding the world of matte lip anything is all for naught my dear friends. We’re actually going to be reaching for those long-wearing matte liquid lipsticks a lot more if we want to wear lipstick in our “new normal” situation.

Shiseido Crystal Gel Lip Gloss I want to take you home tonight but I won’t be able to wear you out of the house because face mask and glossy gloss equals hot chaotic mess.

To add salt to my wound Visee is over here releasing Juicy Syrup Lipglosses. WHY you do this to me?

But good news! My lemmings are cured as Visee was going to release this in Japan for the Summer but they have delayed the launch to Fall. Maybe by the time Fall rolls around we won’t be masking anymore and can enjoy glossy lips (I’m ever always the optimist over here). But I admit I associate super glossy lips with Summer looks. It’s ok though! I’ll have patience and wait for the day I can wear lipgloss again without smearing it all over my face in the process.

Are you a glossy or a matte lover?

I do wonder who else has glosses in the works for Summer that might feel inclined to delay the launch for a later time. Because right now makeup is a hard sale but gloss and lip products in general are a hard sale.

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Technically peach season isn’t until August but I’ve been rotating my stash lately and peach, as always, plays a very important part in my Summer looks. If I’m honest peach is just my jam anytime of the year. I love the shade. Corals, oranges, and peaches just hit my tone just right! Something about golds and peaches just do it for me.

Summer is coming though! Time to get out all your favorite peach blushes, peach eyeshadows, and peach lipsticks and go to town.

Here’s some great peachy makeup picks for Summer.

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My ranting post was heard and Sephora Cash Rewards are now active at sephora.com.

Sephora has revised a lot of their Beauty Insider Benefits for 2020 as you may know and one of the main revisions is the option to redeem points for cash rewards. However, news of this broke months ago but you weren’t able to actually redeem your points for rewards until just now! As of now, at check out, you’ll be asked if you’d like to redeem 500 points for $10 off your purchase. This offer can be used in conjunction with other promo codes, gift cards, or Reward Bazaar gift cards. However, you’re only able to get $10 off at each check out. Unlike Ulta you won’t be able to cash in a bunch of points at one time. You can only redeem $10 per order which I personally think blows. Ulta allows you to redeem all your points in one go should you like. Sephora fails miserably at this option.

Another important factor is 500 Sephora Reward Points is worth $10 where as 500 Ulta Reward Points is worth nearly $20 ($17.50 to be exact). I’m not sure how Sephora will handle returns when you’ve used a $10 reward as they have been fiercely bad handling the Reward Gift Cards. Remember that time I tried returning a Huda Beauty Eyeshadow Palette after using a Reward Bazaar Gift Card and I only got a buck back and some change?

Remember, if you buy some with Ulta points and you return the item the points are returned to your account. I have a feeling Sephora won’t do that. They haven’t disclosed the return policy on points but I guess we’ll have to wait and see how it goes down.

I think cash rewards are a step in the right direction for Sephora but they still have a long way to go before their Reward Benefits are as good as the Ulta one. For the past few years, Ulta has been competing heavily with Sephora and winning. I still love Sephora but even I can admit some of their efforts aren’t quite hitting the mark.

What do you think of the new Sephora Cash Reward Benefits?

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EOS Shea + Shade Color Tinted Lip Balms launched a few months ago and I forgot that I purchased two shades. There they were sitting in my beauty closet all lonely and stuff until I pulled them out this morning and was like, “OOooooo how did I forget about you?” After tearing them open I realized quickly this was going to turn into a Maybelline Baby Skin Instant Cheek Flush situation. I decided against using them on my mouth and instead I whipped out a fiber brush, dipped it into the lip balm, and went to down blending EOS Lip Balm all over my cheeks.

And I don’t regret it at all.

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