Celebrate National Lipstick Day with City Lips

Just about every single day or night of the year, I wear City Beauty’s iconic City Lips. Every night before bed, I apply City Lips Clear. For me, it lasts all night long and leaves me with hydrated, plumped lips. Just about everyday that I’m doing things around the house or if I’m out doing… Continue reading Celebrate National Lipstick Day with City Lips

City Beauty BOGO City Lips & Beyond Mascara

City Beauty just ended their 40% off weeklong site wide sale, but today they’re launching their next pre-holiday sale! PR Samples, I Bought This, Affiliate Links City Beauty BOGO City Lips & Beyond Mascara I love this sale because it’s buy one get one free on my favorite plumping, healing City Lips and also Beyond… Continue reading City Beauty BOGO City Lips & Beyond Mascara

Project Pan October 22 Beauty Empties

See the beauty project Never Say Die Beauty used up this month and whether they are recommended

City Lips for Summer: Watermelon

I Bought This, Affiliate Link, Informational Links I splurged during the recent City Beauty BOGO sale for my favorite lip balm, City Lips. Since I have 3 City Lips Clear waiting in the wings, I decided to try one of their opaque color glosses. Since summer is still with us, I chose Watermelon, a medium… Continue reading City Lips for Summer: Watermelon

Project Pan July 2022 Beauty Empties

August 1 means it’s that time again: an update on my Project Pan progress. July was a good month for my beauty empties. Let’s see what I used up and what’s worth rebuying. I Bought This, PR Samples, Affiliate Links Skincare Empties As usual, I have the most skincare empties. City Lips Clear: No surprise,… Continue reading Project Pan July 2022 Beauty Empties

National Lipstick Day & City Lips BOGO

  I Bought This, Affiliate Links, Informational Links National Lipstick Day! I love lipstick, but the past two and a half years have been a lipstick desert, for me anyway. Over the past two months, I haven’t been wearing lipstick very often because up till now, I hadn’t been going anywhere. Although I had been… Continue reading National Lipstick Day & City Lips BOGO

Project Pan: May 2022 Beauty Empties

May was a good month for me in terms of using up beauty products, better than April. Yipee! Quick Recap Even though April was a slower month than some others, I ended April with 55 empties so far in 2022.  May Empties May was much more like the earlier months in 2022 than April, and… Continue reading Project Pan: May 2022 Beauty Empties

City Beauty 20th Anniversary Sitewide Sale!

I Bought This, PR Sample, Affiliate Links A few weeks ago, I mentioned that this is City Beauty’s 20th Anniversary. Congratulations to City Beauty! They kicked off the celebration with a BOGO sale on their first and iconic product City Lips. Of course, I bought two tubes of City Lips Clear. When City Beauty asked… Continue reading City Beauty 20th Anniversary Sitewide Sale!

City Lips BOGO 20th Anniversary Sale!

Affiliate Links City Beauty is celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their flagship product, City Lips! My City Lips Journey When I first started Never Say Die Beauty, my friend Nancy asked me if I had ever tried City Lips. She had seen the plumping lipgloss on a segment of one of the morning TV shows.… Continue reading City Lips BOGO 20th Anniversary Sale!

Beauty Products I Repurchased in 2021

There are a number of beauty products that I repurchased in 2021, meaning they already are or are on their way to becoming staples in my beauty arsenal. Here they are! I Bought These, Affiliate Links Beauty Tools Koh Gen Do Cotton Pads: I have repurchased these organic pure cotton rectangular pads several times over… Continue reading Beauty Products I Repurchased in 2021

City Lips BOGO & Thanksgiving Beauty Spotlight Team Roundup

How was your Thanksgiving? Did you eat turkey or something else?  My Thanksgiving was very nice. And in spite of the fact that I had help from Jeff and from my guests who brought food and drink, I was exhausted. How do you folks do it who entertain a huge crowd??? Affiliate Links On Black… Continue reading City Lips BOGO & Thanksgiving Beauty Spotlight Team Roundup

Early Black Friday with City Beauty Sitewide Sale & My Faves

Quite a few retailers are getting a jump on Black Friday this year because of supply chain problems and issues with the post office. But when I can benefit from that situation, I’m all for it. PR Samples, I Bought This, Affiliate Links It doesn’t happen very often that City Beauty has a sale on… Continue reading Early Black Friday with City Beauty Sitewide Sale & My Faves

Sale Alert: Today Only City Lips 2 for 1

I Bought This, PR Sample, Affiliate Link I suppose that not everyone is as big a fan of City Lips hydrating lip plumper as I am, but I thought I would spread the word about this quick sale just in case.   Today only, Tuesday, October 5, City Lips are on sale two for one… Continue reading Sale Alert: Today Only City Lips 2 for 1

Project Pan: July 2021 Beauty Empties

I think I expected to use up more than 7 items in July, but it was still a decent month. I have a number of products that will be empties for August so I that’ll be good.  I Bought This, PR Sample, Gift, Affiliate Links Here are my empties: Olaplex No. 4 Bonding Maintenance Shampoo:… Continue reading Project Pan: July 2021 Beauty Empties

National Lipstick Day City Lips Sale & My Current Lip Faves

Last year, I don’t think I even acknowledged National Lipstick Day because what was the point? It just made me sad. Though I have started wearing a mask indoors again, this year I still have more opportunities to wear lipstick than I did. Oh, happy day! I Bought This, PR Sample, Affiliate Links City Lips… Continue reading National Lipstick Day City Lips Sale & My Current Lip Faves

Project Pan: April 2021 Beauty Empties

It’s that time again: counting up my beauty empties. Because I have such a huge stash of everything, instead of “repurchase”, I will switch to whether I recommend the product or not and mention if I would repurchase it in the future. Here’s what I used up in April 2021. I Bought This, PR Samples,… Continue reading Project Pan: April 2021 Beauty Empties

Sale Alert: City Lips BOGO

I Bought This, Affiliate Links It’s my favorite time: City Lips BOGO Sale! Their BOGO sale is the best one of the year. As I’ve mentioned a zillion times, City Lips is a staple in my beauty routine. I’ve been using it for at least 7 years to hydrate my dry lips. The hyaluronic acid,… Continue reading Sale Alert: City Lips BOGO

City Beauty Brand-Wide Sale & My Faves

City Beauty must have read my mind. For ages, I’ve been wishing they would hold a sale on their entire product catalogue rather than just one specific product, and now they are doing just that!! I Bought This, PR Sample, Affiliate Links Today and tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday, March 15-16, 2021, everything is 30% off… Continue reading City Beauty Brand-Wide Sale & My Faves

Project Pan 2021: January Beauty Empties

Here I am starting 2021 with a new Project Pan Challenge. I Bought This, PR Samples, Affiliate Links I achieved last year’s goal of 130 beauty empties by the skin of my teeth. I just looked back at my December 2020 post, and I must have been on drugs because I kept my 2021 goal… Continue reading Project Pan 2021: January Beauty Empties

My First Instagram Giveaway with City Beauty!

  You already know that I am a big fan of City Beauty, and that I have certain City Beauty products that I have been buying myself (in some cases for years!) because they work so well for me. This year, I had decided that after telling one of my friends about City Lips for… Continue reading My First Instagram Giveaway with City Beauty!