The first in-person San Diego Comic-Con since COVID hit returns in one week! This year will mark my twelfth year of attendance, so I’ve gathered some advice based on my own experience. That said, no one has any experience attending SDCC during a pandemic, so we’ll just have to see how it goes.
VERY long post ahead, nerds!
1. Sephora Minis [affiliate links]: I chose the Tatcha set as my Sephora birthday gift this year, which included minis of The Dewy Skin Cream, The Rice Wash, and a sample packet of The Liquid Silk Canvas. I ordered a couple other items (Dr. Jart masks), and then used some points to get a mini Aerin Mediterranean Honeysuckle Eau de Parfum and an SK-II set that included a tiny Facial Treatment Essence (which I’ve tried before) and a Facial Treatment Mask. I’ll be taking the Tatcha minis to San Diego Comic-Con with me, and I’m excited to use the SK-II goodies! So far the perfume isn’t my favorite, but it’s at least wearable on me.
Happy July, I guess? The US has exploded over the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last week, and if you follow my blog or Instagram, you already know how I feel about it. Instead of ranting and raging again here, I’ll just say a couple things:
Okay. Now that I’ve addressed this incredibly important topic, let’s move on to another, not-at-all vital subject: my June empties.
1. Stranger Things Mystery Minis: before my birthday, I ordered a couple of these season four blind boxes from Target as kind of a present to myself. And I was pumped to get Hopper and Dustin—two of my favorite characters!! They’re welcome additions to our Funko collection.
My 44th birthday was last Monday, but I’m just now getting around to writing about it because I visited Los Angeles last week! John went out there at the beginning of the month to see family and friends, but I didn’t want to go for the extended visit that he had planned. So I held down the fort at home during the first part of his trip, then flew out to meet him in LA the day after my birthday.
1. Stranger Things Season 4, Part 1: agghhhhh. I love this show so much. I know I talked about it recently in my post about the ST x MAC makeup collection, but I hadn’t started the new episodes at that point. Episode four in particular, “Dear Billy,” is SO good. In case you’re living under a rock, the final scene of that episode is absolutely incredible and will have Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” stuck in your head forever…but not in a bad way. I cannot wait for the second batch of season four episodes in a few weeks!!
Happy June—my birthday month! I had a whole mess of beauty empties in May, so I photographed them by category. First is the skin care:
The fourth season of Stranger Things has dropped on Netflix! Well, the first batch of episodes is here, anyway—the second part comes out July 1. We haven’t had a chance to watch yet, but we’re going to start today. I was absolutely entranced with this show when it first came out, and I’ve watched the first season three times. When I learned that MAC was releasing a Stranger Things-inspired collection, it was time to order some goodies!
Let me begin by saying that my heart is with the families in Uvalde, Texas who this week lost their children and loved ones to yet another school shooting. And my heart is with the families in Buffalo, New York who also lost their loved ones to a white supremacy-fueled mass shooting ten days prior. These absolutely horrific events happen WAY too often in the United States, and it is WELL PAST TIME for Congress to take meaningful action to prevent even more gun violence in this country.
The ColourPop licensing strikes back! It feels like this fast beauty juggernaut launches new products almost on the daily, which can be nearly impossible to keep up with. But from time to time, ColourPop releases something that catches my eye, whether it’s something I want for my collection or a product I actually want to use. Their May the Fourth release of a few Star Wars products initially hit my radar for collection purposes. I mean…look at this freaking eyeshadow palette:
