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Used to the Last Drop: I Finally Stopped Saving My Favorite Blush

Glow Girls already know this one. My beloved Minimalist cream blush. My ultra-favorite blush. And, naturally, no longer available. So I did what perfectly rational beauty lovers do when a favorite product disappears: I started rationing it. A little today. Not too much. Save some. Make it last. Except eventually I realized something. What exactly was I saving it for? The whole reason I loved this blush was because I loved wearing it. And there are so many beautiful blushes out there that I haven’t even met yet. So one day I decided: what the heck? Use it. I stopped treating every swipe like I was depleting the national blush reserve. I wore my favorite blush when I wanted my favorite blush. And last week, I finally finished it. I’m still sad that I can’t replace it. But I’m much happier that the last of it ended up on my cheeks instead of sitting indefinitely in a little compact because I was afraid to run out. Sometimes enjoying something completely is better than pr...

Borrowed From My Lips

  Remember this?  This is one of the lipsticks that I’m fond of.  But over the past few months, I’ve been accumulating a few more lipsticks.  And have had zero success in finding the mythical perfect cream blush.  My face has become textured and dry from the after effects of the many medicines they pumped into me for years that I have a hard time wearing blush.  It seems that cream blushes are the best for this season of my skin.  But I haven’t found any good ones.  So one day, I was using this lipstick shade and thought, well, why not? So I swiped some of it onto my hand.  Got my cloud puff, swiped to get some product and gently tap, tap, tapped on my cheeks.  It was perfect!  I know it looks too pink on my hand, but I have a secret.  I applied this under foundation.  My skin is already red from rashes.  But the extra pink this gives balances it out.  And under foundation?  It’s the perfect natural flush....