Glow Recipe Plum Plump Hyaluronic Acid Serum ($42) is a hyaluronic acid serum that hydrated and promises to plump skin. God, I hate giving Glow Recipe a stellar review because I feel like an influencer shoving Glow Recipe down your throat. Seriously, Glow Recipe is all across social media lately and it’s sort of becoming a sickening thing to see. It’s not to say their formulas aren’t good! They actually are but they are for much younger skin than my own and they are much better for blemish-prone or oily skin in my opinion.

Glow Recipe isn’t something I’d reach for if you have drier skin that needs a good deal of moisture to get you through the day but Glow Recipe Plum Plump Hyaluronic Acid Serum is one of the exceptions to that rule!

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Sol de Janeiro Beija Flor Elasti-Cream with Collagen and Squalane is a new collagen-rich body cream created to visibly boost elasticity and plump up skin for a more hydrated, smoother appearance. Ok, so, we all purchase this stuff because we like the smell right? I mean, don’t get me wrong, Bum Bum Cream actually does smooth and tighten skin but I’m all about the scent! It’s the main obsession for me when purchasing anything Sol De Janeiro. It just SMELLS SO DAMN GOOD!

Beija Flor Elasti-Cream is actually a new scent called Cheirosa 68 fragrance that I’ll take a moment to rant about. I HATE, I hate when Sol de Janeiro releases a new body mist or body cream and it’s an incomplete collection. Damn you! I want to layer! I want a mist, I want shampoo, I want conditioner, I want body cream, and shower gel…! It drives me bonkers I don’t yet have a body cream and shower gel scented like Cheirosa 71! I’ve lost hope that day will ever come.

As of now, Beija Flo is available in a body cream only. Hopefully, at some point, we’ll get a body mist too and maybe some other goodies but I never hold my breath on these things as Sol de Janeiro is willy nilly with their body collection. But I’m throwing it out into the universe and saying I would not mind having more items scented like Beija Flo.

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Well, I finally purchased the Anastasia Beverly Hills Primrose All In One Face & Eye Shadow Palette and I regret nothing. NOTHING! This was a completely spontaneous purchase. I had no plans to haul it but I walked into Sephora with one of my dearest friends on Friday night while we waited to be seated at our favorite restaurant and I walked out with a few items and the Anastasia Beverly Hills Primrose All In One Face & Eyeshadow Palette was one of the things I purchased.

ABH has been pretty much all Norvina all the time lately and I lost a little interest. I remember a time when hauling an Anastasia Beverly Hills was a very special event. Why? Because they never saturated the market with tons of releases at a time. Their palettes never came at a fast and furious rate. When they did finally release one it created an intense burn to purchase it right away knowing that they really put time and work into the release. You knew you were guaranteed a winner due to this slower pace. But then Norvina happened and every single hour we had some new bold, bright pigmented palette shoved in our faces. And hey, no hate, if you like bold, beautiful shades they def did some great palettes. But personally, I was over that stage of my life, and also, the releases started becoming excessive. Overnight ABH became Tarte with a new palette launching super quickly.

I actually think it turned me off to the brand and I stopped following what they were doing for a bit. When the Primrose All In One Face & Eyeshadow Palette came along I remember having some interest but not enough to grab it right away.

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Fenty Skin Hydra’Reset Intensive Recovery Glycerin Hand Mask ($22) is an overnight hand mask that contains 40% glycerine as well as fruit oils to heal and protect hands. Honestly, at $22 I was skeptical of this but I purchased it when it originally came out and since that time have re-purchased it. And let me tell you, you NEED it.

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