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I feel like I have a lot of makeup and to some others, it does seem like a lot. Like drawers on drawers on drawers. It already takes me so long to do my full face of makeup, I don’t need to waste more time digging through piles of stuff just to get the product I need. It seems a bit redundant but there are just those favorite brushes that you use more than the other and some things just store better when standing (like lipsticks).

This year I had a choice between a Marc Jacobs Lipstick and Mascara mini set and a Fresh Soy Face Cleanser and Rose Face Mask set. As for the Rose mask, it wasn’t a thick mud or clay type mask like I normally use. I had just used hair remover around my brows and upper lip about 15 minutes or so before I put the mask on, so I’m really unsure if the mask was reacting to the skin since the hair was freshly removed or if it really does get warm on its own. I think it’s more so a mask to treat yourself with as if you’re having a spa day or maybe you did something and felt your skin needed the extra cleaning after using the soy cleanser.

I ordered two products, a Lip Hybrid Tube(normally $10, sale price $5) in 24k a deep gold color, and Aquarius (normally $16, sale price $8) which is a teal blue in their original jar formula. The first swipe of color was more opaque and I only had to build up like maybe two layers to get full coverage over my lips. I think the Heart of Fire color worked because it’s such a deep rich color, unlike Aquarius. The product came off easily with a makeup remover wipe but I felt some of the Heart of Fire color lingered on my brush a little longer.