Several weeks ago Etude House Wonder Fun Park for Spring 2017 was released in Korea! I actually failed to blog it because I was busy and also, because it was a lot of pastel candy hued shades that didn’t quite capture my fancy. Fast forward, to the Tarte Make Believe in Yourself Collection that just launched and I couldn’t help but think how similar these collections are. Granted, Etude House’s inspiration as nothing to do with unicorns or mermaids for that matter but takes you on a trip through the carnival with cotton candy hued shades for lips, eyes, and cheeks.

Take a look at the collection below and you might see what I mean about the similarity between Tarte’s newest collection and Etude House’s.

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Lush Flopsy Face Wash Jelly might arrive in your Easter Basket this year. But let’s hope not.

So what, is Flopsy anyway? I couldn’t help but think, “Wow, what a fitting name for a crummy product!” And you might be thinking, “….but it just launched how would you know?” Allow me to refresh your memory about the horror show that was Lush Papa Noel Face Jelly which launched with the Lush Holiday/Christmas 2016 Collection.

I mean it’s terribly cute isn’t it? A jelly-like cleanser shaped like a rabbit’s mask. But I digress, I just want to discuss the fact I find it dumb they shape it like a mask. Seriously, though, what do they expect us to place it over our face and run around like Jerome Valeska, not that that isn’t a bad thing, or have our own Hannibal Lecter moment? And by the way, EVEN IF BY SOME CHANCE we’d want to put it on our face and hop around our house wearing it think of the germs and bacteria. Ew…! Like we wear it, put it back in the jar, and what? Clean our faces with it? Why?! Needless to say the need to shape this jelly as a mask doesn’t sit well with me.

Don’t get me wrong I love Lush but their shower jellies have always been a sore spot for me. When they introduced jelly face I had my doubts too but decided to try it and as suspected it was just as bad using the shower jelly. Most of it ends up down the drain and cleansing your body or in this case your face with this product proves fruitless. The idea is interesting, unique, but more of a novelty really. I had problems getting Papa Noel to lather up and even to break down which means chunks of it ended up down my drain.

The new Flopsy Face Wash Jelly is created with seaweed gel, almond oil, and glycerin with zesty lemon and bergamot oils. Depending your skin type those oils, especially lemon, might not be fab picks for you.

Moral of the story?

If you loved Papa Noel and didn’t want to see it go, good news! It’s back, kind of, in a different formula but still the same “great” format.

Personally, though the name for me is terribly fitting, it’s a flopsy.

Do not want.

Have you tried Lush’s Face Wash Jelly?

How do you feel about them?

Do share!

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Physicians Formula #InstaReady Multi-Finish Eyeshadow Palette ($11.95) are a new eyeshadow palette hitting the drugstores for Spring 2017. These are a retake of sorts on Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Eyeshadow Palettes. They actually did this sort of Too Faced deal where they eliminated their old cardboard packaging and replaced it with a new plastic compact (Too Faced replaced their eyeshadow palettes with tins now). I dunno why, but this excited me for some reason.

Another reason, you might feel compelled to get on board is the fact these palettes contain a good deal of mattes. Sue, there’s shimmer here but not nearly the amount we’re used to from Physicians Formula Eyeshadow Palettes.

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Stila is on hautelook.com today and one of the deals is Colour Balm Lipstick for $9.97. If you’ve read my past reviews, you likely realize how much I LOVE this formula. Such a great lipstick to say the least. They have a ton of other goodies as well!

Shop it now at hautelook.com.

P.S. There are also LeSportsac Handbags on sale at hautelook.com! I see some really cute Disney prints 🙂

Happy hauling!

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Clinique Chubby Plump & Shine Liquid Lip Plumping Gloss ($17) is a new lipgloss that the brand recently introduced to their Chubby Lip Family. Although it looks like a Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm in style it’s actually a high-shine plumping lipgloss.

As a fan of Clinique’s entire Chubby Collection, I decided I had to check this one out for myself.

Here’s my review.

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