Beauty

[just bee]

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@FindingMyJoy wrote:

I LOVE Christmas music!!! Each year, in early November, I dust off my CD collection and I go on the library's website to see what new music they have and I put in the request to get them. The library is fabulous for trying out new stuff for free.

My favorites =

O Holy Night - Celine Dion or Linda Eder

All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

John Denver and the Muppets - 12 Days of Christmas (seriously! This song cracks me up!)

I recently got Neil Diamond's 2 Christmas CDs from the library. They are good! I recommend giving them a try if you like his voice!

 I'm so tolerant during the Christmas season that I can actually listen to that Mariah Carey song.  I understand the Neil Diamond thing.

Holly Holy, Shilo... I had this album.  (I still have it and it's been in a box of other albums for 20 years.  Maybe I should buy a turntable...)

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[just bee]

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@FindingMyJoy wrote:

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@aprilskies wrote:

This weekend I think I am going to declutter my mu brushes.  I have gotten rid of some but I have a hard time parting with them.  I just love mu brushes and I seem to keep buying them.  I am going to attempt giving some away and/or finding another purpose for them. 

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Good luck decluttering your brushes! This is an area that I need to go thru again too. I find that I keep some brushes that should be thrown out - they shed and are poor quality that I got from kits. I forget that they are bad, they go back in makeup bag to collect dust while I use other brushes. I will join you in the brush decluttering this weekend! THanks for the idea!

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I gave up makeup brushes because of the maintenance.  I was spending too much time washing them with better products than what I was using on my own hair.  And they always looked and felt better than my hair!  I switched to my fingers to apply CC cream and Q-tips to apply eye shadow.  I do still use the LG brush to apply the LG blush that I'll have for another 15 years.  I think I bought this palette in 2010...

[just bee]

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@geezerette wrote:

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@just bee wrote:

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Okay, I give up.  What the heck IS this?

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This... if I'm not mistaken... was ordered from QVC and is a clock purse.  Sick with jealousy, aren't you?  Now you know why I stopped carrying purses.

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Yup, that's me all right--sick with jealousy.  Or just sick.

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Who's the sick one?  I bought the thing!

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Well then, who am I to disagree with that logic?  You're right! 

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Precisely!

[just bee]

Just heard the news this morning.  Robert Loggia.  I remember watching T.H.E. Cat when I was a kid.  What a career. 

Godspeed.

[just bee]

Update on that Lumene BB serum I bought recently (to get free shipping -- bad habit!  bad habit!):

A big thumbs up!

I've been using it under my Lumene CC cream and it's working well.  I generally don't like layering (I am not an onion -- I am a human being!), but this doesn't feel heavy. 

I've been posting on the Beauty Superstars thread and it occurred to me that we haven't listed our go-to, holy grail, must-have, necessity, every day basics, can't-function-without products in a long time.

What will you be using exclusively in 2016?

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[aprilskies]

Christmas music - I like the classics mentioned a well, ex little drummer boy,  etc and all the other songs mentioned so I wont repeat what everyone wrote. 

Yesterday, I heard Last Christmas by Wham.  Although, this isn't a "true" Christmas song, I like it.  I will make a note of others. I listen mainly in the car so I a making a note of listening a bit more because it doesnt feel like Christmas at all and trying to find the "mood."

[aprilskies]

This weekend, I decluttered a bit more in all categories.  I didnt even intend to but I culled more cookbooks, clothes, home stuff, mu etc, etc.  It felt great. I didnt get to my mu brushes but I will. 

JustBee, I agree about the mu brush maintenance. I think that is what I get tired of but I do love them for some reason.  I dont even wear that much mu.   I guess, I always think I am going to. LOL.

I also organized some of my kitchen appliances.  I pulled out my mixer from the depths of my closet and put it where it is more easily accessible. I wish I had the counter space for it since it is quite heavy but I am determined to turn this thing on and where I have it should make it easier at least. 

I wish I had exclusive products I am using in 2016 but I dont.  Probably one of the reason I keep trying new stuff.  But one product I will use everyday is Isomers Copper P.  Why, I dont know, maybe because I have it but I do feel this has calmed my skin a bit. I really don't have problem skin but feel this makes it look better or something.  In 2016, I will continue to use what I have and use things up. I am definitely setting up a strict budget for skincare. Not sure what that is yet but it will be an annual budget and not a monthly. Actually, I am doing that for all categories. 

I am also going to setup some goals for myself in 2016, like learn something new, do something new, etc. I feel each year passes so quickly and I haven't accomplished a thing I had planned. 

What are some of your goals in 2016?