My favorite person to gift is myself so I treated myself to a couple new items, one that has been on my wishlist and one so new to my radar but had to have it.
What I’ve Bought Recently
I bought the Louis Vuitton cosmetics pouch mm (medium size) and it’s the perfect size for the beauty minimalist like myself. I’m still eyeing the next size down to use to throw into different bags to hold the essential lipsticks, migraine meds and such. I stopped into the store to see if they even had any in stock and everyone was so friendly and helpful and had the whole size run to choose from.
My friend Emily is a huge fragrance enthusiast and gets the niche brands and totally understands my go-to scents so she had smelling a few new-to-me brands at Saks and Neiman Marcus. This Initio absolute aphrodisiac was an instant love at first smell moment. The main notes include white flowers, amber, vanilla, musk and castoreum. It’s a beautifully intense fragrance that blends in with my body chemistry into a soft, beautiful scent that I will now describe as my everyday signature scent.
I also recently purchased the Phlur vanilla skin deodorant. Thinking I’d be obsessed with it as I am the body spray and perfume, I bought three in order to get free shipping, but this doesn’t smell the same on me. Must be my body PH? Something smells off with this for me, but I’ll keep using it all since I bought it.
I also bought the Westman Atelier lip suede lipstick in a blushy nude called je reve. It’s a hydrating matte lipstick that I’m loving. I’d wear this for more special occasions though, not everyday. While on the subject of beauty, I also bought the Makeup by Mario plumping cream blush in natural flush and it’s the most beautiful shade. Since I’m pretty fair, it’s very easy to see this blush on my skin and looks the most natural of my blushes and it applies beautifully with a brush.
Lastly, these $40 sunglasses were a spontaneous purchase since I had a $20 coupon and I’ve been eyeing this style for a while and loved the price point. LOVE these (see below!)
