Good morning beautiful people! I hope your day is starting off well. I started mine craving two crispy Mcdonald’s Hash Browns with a Mcflurry stuffed between them but ya know, the ice cream machine is probably broken. In all seriousness, the Hash Brown McFlurry Sandwich is making the rounds on the Internet again and as a girl who dips her fries in her Frosty or shake I feel I need to try it. You know, for science. But I’ll be honest with you, Mcdonald’s Hash Browns in New York are NOT it. They’re always soaked in grease and a bit on the soggy side. I guess that’s a relief because I’m pretty sure eating this not a good idea. That BEING SAID though…ahem….Trader Joe’s Hash Browns in the air fryer are a new level of elite so, really, there isn’t anything stopping you from making this at home now is there? Yeah, I went there. Pats on the back for me.

Speaking of ice cream….if you’re a caramel lover you might have heard Paris Corner dropped a Molten Caramel Perfume. It’s be described as a warm, gooey caramel that you top your ice cream with. I blind brought it and if I regret it I’m coming for the fragheads on Tiktok. No one will be safe from my rage if this sucks because I believed the hype Taskeen Caramel Cascade hype and that stuff smelled like a dollar store candle. I am still not ok with the hype surrounding it and STFU with your, “Let it macerate it gets better!” Stop lying to me Tiktok.

I’ve been waiting for my order to arrive and I only spent $34 bucks on it so I can’t b*tch too much if it doesn’t work out. But it sounds like it may be a banger. It has notes of white chocolate, caramel, milk, brown sugar, vanilla, and praline. Apparently it’s creamy, cozy, and comforting. This isn’t really a scent for the seasons ahead of us but I’m sure it’ll be a masterpiece for Fall and Winter if it smells as good as everyone is saying.

I’ll keep you posted and review it soon!

Paris Corner Molten Caramel Perfume is available now at amazon.com!

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Wakey, wakey friends. It’s Tuesday, the sun is shining in New York City, and it’s going to be 78 degrees today. I hope you’re finding joy in the little things and you’re not busy being anxious or worried about the chaos of the world. Remember to find your calm. I promise everything is going to be ok.

Writing about beauty has proven difficult for me lately. It just feels a little tone deaf to discuss sales, makeup releases, etc…when things feel a lot off in life for everyone. But I sort of hope you come here to escape all that and that maybe you appreciate hearing about a sale, a new makeup drop, reading a review about the latest lipstick, or just hanging out here and indulging me in my fangirl stupidity lately.

Speaking of fangirlisms there’s a post on Tiktok of Thai Actor, Nouel. Wait, maybe he posted it. Whatever, one of the those two things! When that boy pops up my mind goes blank. But he was wearing this FIRE red eyeliner (or maybe it was smudged up shadow) and it made me think back to Majolica Majorca Perfect Automatic Liner. Picture it. 2014 I could actually wear reds and cranberries without looking like someone punched me in the eye. The shade was RD303 it was a metallic cranberry and it launched in Japan with the Majolica Majorca Spring 2014 Collection. I’m sad to say I’m having a senior moment because I can’t remember what else was in that collection but I do remember that eyeliner and kids, I still have it stashed away somewhere. Not that I’d use it but hey, I still have it like the true hoarder I am.

Fast forward to TODAY and the Victoria Beckham Beauty The Bordeaux Collection dropped. I can’t lie. I’d appreciate this the most if it was released for Fall 2025 but am I buying it? Hells yes. Well, technically I just really want the eyeliner and mascara but I’ll be really good and grab the eyeliner only know. I can prob wait on the mascara and palette. I’m still in my Lady Vengeance era over here. The Satin Kajal Linerin Bordeaux isn’t actually new but it was brought to my attention because of this collection. I actually have to look as I may have it already! It’s rather sad when your eyeliner collection is so big you forget the shades you have eep! This one is a a rich matte burgundy! If you want Nouel’s smudged out look starting with this liner should do the trick! Not to mention Victoria’s eyeliners are so smooth, so creamy, so easy to apply, and smudge out. I do also, want the Bordeaux Future Lash Mascara as well. It’s a $34 splurge which isn’t crazy but I always feel a little guilty spending so much on mascara when it essentially needs to be tossed out quickly and a shade like this isn’t one I’d use daily which makes it even more wasteful. But I do want it none the less. I think it’ll look fire paired with the eyeliner!

There’s also a Bordeaux Eye Wardrobe Multi-Finish Palette. I want this but I probably can replicate the shades from palettes I already own. It’s a coppery cranberry number that looks beautiful but not a must have for me. It’s something I’ll wait for a sale on!

Speaking of sales I believe HELLO15 is still a working code for 15% off your first order at victoriabeckhambeauty.com!

Victoria Beckham Beauty The Bordeaux Collection is available today. I hope you’re feeling as excited about it and as I do. It’s a little different for Summer but beautiful nonetheless.

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I think we really need to discuss the fact that cushion foundation has been absent from the US market for a while now. Remember when drugstores were dropping cushions left and right several years ago. We had Maybelline Dream Cushion, L’Oreal True Match Lumi Cushion Foundation, and so many more. If I could bring back one cushion though it would have to be Sephora Wonderful Cushion Foundation. I have yet to find a formula as smoothing, natural, or as beautiful nd brightening as that one.

But cushions were a fleeting trend in the US makeup market. They are incredibly popular throughout Asia but here in the US it was a 2015 in and a 2016 out with these formulas. Not everyone was a fan I guess because they never quite made a reappearance. Until now…!

The Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Beautifying Cushion Foundation just dropped in Asia and I have hopes that it’ll make an appearance in the US but I have my doubts. (yeah, I know she’s abusing that Pillow Talk name but I’ll forgive her if she decides to launch this stateside). This is a smoothing and blurring cushion that applies sheer but can be built with a “pillowy” finish. This is more of a liquid foundation with micro mesh compact much like you’d see in launches like the Unleashia Babe Skin Baby Blue Cushion. It’s not a traditional cushion saturated foundation. It basically has a micro mesh over the cream and you can gently press on it with a sponge to release the foundation. As much as I hope they’ll release this in the US chances are they may not. It’s a very limited shade range for the Asian market versus bringing it here to the USA and having to do way more larger range of shades.

NARS Natural Radiant Longwear Cushion Foundation has been out a while now and I think our Brit family already got their hands on this a while ago as well but it never did quite make it’s way to the US market. Someone posted the Xiao Zhan commercial with it and I suddenly had a lightbulb going off in my head remembering how much I wanted this. It also, made me realize that a US drop of Charlotte Tilbury’s cushion might be unlikely considering we never got the NARS version.

I’ll never understand why cushions aren’t as popular here as they are in Asia. I just love how natural they are and how smooth they apply. Perhaps Charlotte Tilbury’s drop will stir up the market again and we’ll see some new cushions coming our way at some point. One can hope!

Are you a cushion fan?

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Laneige Matcha and Taro Bubble Tea Lip Sleeping Masks are two new, limited-edition drops that are part of the Laneige Bubble Tea Collection. There’s a good chance we’ll see these launching in the USA very shortly perhaps late Summer but for now we have a Peach Iced Tea and Grapefruit flavor for Spring 2025. I’m actually a big Bubble Tea drinker and you’d think I’d be excited about these but even Kong and Thomas couldn’t sell me a new Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask.

The two of them, sitting on a bed, sharing a pot of Laneige Pink Lemonade Swirl Lip Sleeping Mask are my shipped dreams come true but it’s not tempting me enough to haul another flavor of Laneige Lip Mask not even if it’s Bubble Tea flavored.

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Well, I did it. I gave in to the Tiktok hype and ordered a very small tube of Skinn DermAppeal Microdermabrasion Treatment. Lucifer, the Evening Star, the Prince of Darkness, himself forged this in the fiery pits of hell while Hades watched on manically laughing. Pretty sure what happened was when Dante and Virgil crawled up the back of Lucifer to escape hell he noticed a tube of this sitting on Lucifer’s wing, grabbed it up during his ascent, and somehow, someway, it ended up on HSN and Tiktok Shop. I’m 100% positive confirming this as truth (or I may have made it up!).

This stuff is diabolical. Pure evil. And I kind of oddly love it but trust me, don’t do this to your skin. And I think I just purchased it for the plot…!

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