See the beauty project Never Say Die Beauty used up this month and whether they are recommended
Thrive Causemetics Lash Serum for Breast Cancer Awareness Month & Beyond
PR Sample, Informational Links, Affiliate Link Thrive Causemetics and BCA While Breast Cancer Awareness Month is sometimes disparaged for “just being about awareness”, it is really more than that. So many of us are aware of breast cancer, yet we put off our mammograms. We all know people who have had breast cancer, but we …
Project Pan September ’22 Beauty Empties
September absolutely flew by. It’s been rather cold here in MA, and summer seems like a distant memory rather than a season that ended about 10 days ago. Oh well, time marches on. And so does my Project Pan empties challenge. I Bought This, PR Samples, Affiliate Links Here’s what I used up in September. …
My Travel-Friendly Cosmetics
Jeff and I are taking our first trip outside the U.S. in 5 years this weekend. OK, we’re only going to Montreal, but I am psyched. I haven’t been to Montreal since I was either 3 or 4 years old. BTW, I’m going to take a break from blogging for a few days, so if …
An Embarrassment of Riches: Sneak Peeks
We’re in the run-up to the holidays, I think. I’ve received three different goody boxes chockfull of skincare, bodycare, makeup, and haircare products. It’s going to take me a long time to go through them, so I thought I would give you a sneak peek. The products that don’t suit me I will give away. …
Project Pan: Beauty Empties August 2022
Honestly, I have been putting off writing my Project Pan update for August because I have so many empties! While that should be good news, it just takes so long to write about them all. So this month, I’ll make my mini-reviews even shorter, if I can. I Bought This, Retail Sample, PR Samples, Affiliate …
Kylie Kyliner
To be honest, I hardly know who Kylie Jenner is. She’s part of the Kardashian clan, right? I couldn’t pick her out of a line up 😉 But I bought a Kylie Kyliner, and I’m a fan. I Bought This, Affiliate Links BTW, Kylie Cosmetics is cruelty-free, vegan and a clean beauty brand. Kylie sold …
DIBS MultiPurpose Status Sticks
PR Samples, Affiliate Links DIBS Beauty is short for Desert Island Beauty Status. It’s a relatively new makeup brand based in Austin, TX that was launched in 2020 by founder, Courtney Shields, and co-founder, Jeffrey Lee. The management team is made up of women who appear to be in their 30s whose skin tones represent …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Melt Cosmetics Creme Blush, Pink Sands
I Bought This, Affiliate Links If you follow NSDB, you know that I love cream makeup. And that means cream blush, too. I think I have tried almost all of them. But somehow I missed trying Melt Cosmetics Cream Blush Blushlight collection. Turns out, they just launched two new pink shades (because they didn’t have …
Jones Road Miracle Balm
Gift, Affiliate Links A few months ago, Marcia generously sent me a bunch of new products from Bobbi Brown’s relatively new brand, Jones Road. I used and reviewed a cream eyeshadow called Just A Sec that I really liked (here). Jones Road Miracle Balm What is it? One of the other products that she sent …
Project Pan June ’22 Beauty Empties
June completely sped by. I feel like I missed it. But here we are in July, and it’s time for a Project Pan update. I Bought This, Retail Gift, Affiliate Links My total of empties for the year was 70 at the start of June. I didn’t use up as many products in June as …
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 …