December 2025 Arrivals

Ok folksickles! I'm back to replenishing on things that I'm running out of and buying mostly just necessities.

1. Dr. Sante Pre Age Ceramide + Prebiotic Moisturizing Mask: Since I'm running a bit low on one of my masks and we're already in December where it's only going to get colder and thus my skin is likely to get drier I went ahead and purchased this mask in hopes it'll keep my skin hydrated and happy. 

2. Organic Kitchen Pistachio Mafia Polishing Face Scrub: I am entirely out of my facial scrub and needed to pick up another. Since I've liked the masks from this brand I went ahead and got this facial scrub to try out.

3. L'Oreal true match Radiant Serum Concealer in  W1: I'm running low on my current concealer and decided since I always get the same one I might as well give something new to me a try. I've liked the true match formula in the past in terms of the lumi foundation so we shall see.

4. wet n wild Loose Setting Powder: I'm running low on my current powder so I felt that I should go ahead and replenish before I ran out. This is a really nice, smoothing, slightly blurring powder that feels like skin and doesn't make my skin look or feel dry so I just went ahead and repurchased it. 

5. The Ordinary 100% Plant-Derived Squalane: I was running low on my squalane oil and since it's a holy grail for my skin I went ahead and replenished.

Sephora also sent me the following samples with my order (I say sent because these aren't what I asked for but alas... also do we remember when 3 samples were the standard? They've gotten cheap for no reason, I'm sure companies send them loads of samples and want customers to discover these products...)

Juliet Has a Gun Not A Perfume

Isle of Paradise Body Beautifully Balanced Body Butter 

6. Biore UV Aqua Rich Water Essence SPF 50+ PA++++: I was running low on my sunscreen and noticed they now have this packet that is nearly twice as big as the tube and only $5 more so I went ahead and picked it up.

7. Reinarebelde On Your Face Contour + Color Trio in Adorada: My friend got me this really cute face palette for Christmas. I love the vintage tattoo vibes that it has.

8. Sheet Masks: My sweet wifey got me a whole bunch of sheet masks (among other self-care goodies) for Christmas:

innisfree Jeju Root Energy Mask in Lotus Root

Dr. Jart+ Ceramidin Facial Barrier Mask

LuLuLun Precious Mask White Resilient, Glowing skin Aging Care

papa recipe Bombee Whitening Honey Mask Pack

patchology Soothe 5 Minute Flashmasque

innisfree My real Squeeze Mask EX in Aloe

LASplash Jelly Eye Pads x15

9. CoverGirl + Olay Simply Ageless 3-in-1 Foundation in 205 Ivory: I've been wanting to try out a new foundation for a while and decided to give this a try since I did have the cream version years ago and wanted to check out the liquid version. 

Disclaimer: I purchased all the items listed above myself with the exception of the samples and Christmas gifts I've been given. All opinions are my own.

Fragrance Review: Juliette Has A Gun Not A Perfume

  Today I will be reviewing Juliette Has A Gun Not A Perfume.

Availability: This can be purchased at sephora.com along with its physical store locations (I would call ahead to make sure your location has it if you want) as well as at us.juliettehasagun.com. This is available in the following options: 7.5 mL - $34, 50 mL - $115, 100 mL - $150, 200 mL - $200.
Would I buy this again?: Probably not. 

Notes: According to fragrantica.com, the scent notes in this perfume are: 

Ambroxan and Cetalox

Initially applied, it smells fresh and musky, it's almost slightly masculine and smells what I imagine a thoroughly showered man would smell like directly out of the shower. As the scent dries down, the more amber-like, powdery notes start taking effect. This strikes me as a bit strange because if I just sniff the bottle, it has a sweetness to it and the longer it sits on me, the more it starts pulling that sort of sweet note to it. That being said, this is a bit of a gimmicky perfume that's meant to sort of "enhance" your natural scent and I already know from experience that perfumes tend to pull sweeter on me versus, say, my mom.. Hence why I like floral fragrances where I can get that freshness of the floral with the sweetness that comes out on my skin. The longer this sits on me, the more it smells like some sort of sweet, cozy, musk. There's a sense of like, some warm, fluffy article of clothing that's been laundered and then worn and it smells like me in a way that might bring comfort to the right person or pet. I think if I were looking for a "fresh" or non-offensive type of scent  this would be a good option but I still prefer my fruity florals. 

In terms of wear, I had this on for just around 8 hours and can still faintly smell a sweet muskiness that again, just gives clean skin vibes.

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Disclaimer: I purchased this myself.