Wakey wakey! Friday is here and it’s like the longest week ever even though a lot of us didn’t work on Monday. Like why? It feels so damn long. Anyway, I hope you had a very Happy New Year and I wish for you what I wish for myself in the New Year and that’s plenty of happiness and health for yourself and your family members.

I have a new love list of obsessions to share with you but first, what are your current obsessions? I accept all forms of obsessions here at Musings of a Muse be they food obsessions, TV show obsessions, book obsessions, or beauty ones. No obsession is turned away at the door, all are welcome. So, tell me yours so I can obsess over them too!

Here are mine!

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So, I’m totally not endorsing buying new candles because I’ve promised myself I have to use up what I already have (which is a lot). However, when Bath and Body Works 3 Wickes are running up at six bucks why not? Select candles are $6.23 at the moment at bathandbodyworks.com (plus quite a ton of others are $11 bucks). Check your local store to buy online and pick up in store and avoid shipping costs!

$6 picks are:
Golden Berry Mistletoe
Iced Winter Balsam
Twisted Peppermint
Cocoa-Roasted Chestnuts
Happy Hanukkah

Where to buy

Bath and Body Works

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Regina George and Jelly Pop fans gather round because this new Every Day We Wear Pink Bundle ($33) is for you! E.L.F. teams up with Mean Girls to create this new set featuring the just returned Jelly Pop Dew Primer that’s back for a limited time! The set is fully customizable (choose your shades) and includes full-sizes of:

• Jelly Pop Dew Primer
• Camo Liquid Blush
• Liquid Metallic Eyeshadow
• Cream Glide Lip Liner
• Glow Reviver Lip Oil

The set is available for Beauty Squad Members (free to join) so be sure to sign in to shop! You’ll also get free shipping!

You can snag yours now on E.L.F.’s website but the question is Regina George an E.L.F. girl or more a Chanel/Dior girl? Hmmm! These types of questions keep me up at night!

Where to buy

ELF

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Charlotte Tilbury will be sold at ulta.com and Ulta stores as soon as February 2024. Crazy? Not really considering luxury brands like Natasha Denona and Pat Mcgrath recently made this same move recently. Ulta is becoming your one stop for beauty and giving Sephora some serious competition. Over the course of the last 6 years or so Ulta has added a slew of different brands to their beauty portfolio like NARS, Chanel, Tom Ford, and many more! This was unexpected as no one expected Chanel to be sold along side brands like E.L.F. Cosmetics but here we are in 2023 and beauty brands are still feeling the impacts of the pandemic not to mention the social media world has changed dramatically which has resulted in a huge drop in “free marketing” for brands. Times are changing, people are changing, and brands have to think of new and creative of ways to capture our eye. Luxury brands also have to begin opening their doors to new demographics. For a long time the luxury beauty world was an exclusive club of sorts. Luxury beauty did not want to be associated with anything budget nor were there sales on it.

We now have an official date for this exciting launch! Charlotte Tilbury will be sold at Ulta starting on February 18th, 2024.

Times have changed. Sale is the word of the day and brands are not nearly as picky as they once were about who can access their lines. In moving to Ulta, I’m sure Charlotte Tilbury is ready to capture a new demographic. Not to mention she’ll be a bit more affordable (not by much) as Ulta has quite a few sales throughout the year with 20% Coupons not to mention she’ll likely have one or two items featured in Ulta’s annual sales like 21 Days of Beauty.

Ulta has become a go to for so many makeup lovers and the fact that more and more brands we know and love are making the move to Ulta makes it much easier to do a full shop there. The only thing that drives us away from Sephora at this point are the awful rewards program. We stick with Ulta because we love the cashback rewards that Sephora fails to give us. And now we have one more reason to love Ulta has it continues to add more and more brands!

Are you excited that Charlotte Tilbury will now be available at Ulta?

Where to buy

Ulta

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In 2024, we should normalize applying Hyaluronic Acid under your eyes. I’ve been doing this for a while now and let me tell you it’s made a world of difference under my eyes. Can you apply Hyaluronic Acid under your eyes? Yes, you absolutely can apply Hyaluronic Acid under your eyes and you absolutely should do so! But just beware if you have sensitive eyes also, read over ingredients before to make sure none or irritating as some formulas can sting or not be safe for eye use (for example, OSEA Hyaluronic Sea Face Serum to Firm & Hydrate is lovely stuff but it stings like a mother if I dare apply it under my eyes). Reading over the back of the product and educating yourself on ingredients is always a good rule of thumb.

Why should you apply Hyaluronic Acid under your eyes? Using a little bit of Hyaluronic Acid will make a way of different under the eye area as it prevents dry eyes, plumps the eye area up making finer lines look smoother, and it can make your concealer apply easier and look smoother.

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