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Ten Things I CAN Live Without

1. High Heels

I’m barely a few inches over five feet, but I do not feel the need to be any taller.  When I do wear heels I wear comfortable practical wedges that don’t blister.  I think I own less than four or five pairs of heels total, and some of them are partially flat-form anyway.  If I can’t be comfy all day I can’t be bothered.

2. Lip Gloss

Sticky, smeary, usually poorly pigmented.  I don’t think I’ve worn gloss since I was 15, (where my gloss of choice was Pink Poodle by MAC. )

3. Primer

I’m on the hunt to find a miracle primer.  Beauty pros like Shaanxo and Jeffree Star rave about poreless perfection, but I have found the primers I’ve used to have the opposite result, accentuating my imperfections and ruining my foundation application.  

4. Blush

I do wear blush, but I’m very picky about it.  And if it comes down to ride or die, I don’t need blush in my tool-belt.  The one blush I found that seems to work for me is a product I barely found a year ago by Physician’s Formula called Happy Booster Glow and Mood Boosting Blush in “Warm.”  

http://www.physiciansformula.com/en-us/productdetail/face/blush/07555.html

5. Wallets/Coin Purses

I find that its easier to keep organized if I use the pockets in my purse rather than a wallet.  Just a personal preference, I don’t really have any strong feelings about it.

6. No Show Socks

I totally see the use in these I just can’t find a brand that doesn’t ride up or ride down.  So I’m stuck with smelly Tom’s, it’s not a big deal to me.

7. Milk

If you did your research, you’ll actually find that humans aren’t supposed to intake that much cows milk.  Plus, the way that a lot of those gallons are processed can be pretty traumatizing if you look into it.

https://saveourbones.com/osteoporosis-milk-myth/

8. Gel Manicures

This shit fucked up my nails even worse than acrylics ever could.  Love the long term wear, hate the negatives.

9. Facial Toners

Usually I’m given a choice between the base ingredients of alcohol or witch hazel, while neither of the two have ever done anything but dry our my face and overproduce more oil.

10. Soy

If you haven’t heard, soy in large quantities is bad.  I’m so creeped out by the articles I’ve read that I won’t even eat edamame anymore.

https://paleoleap.com/dangers-soy/

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Lush I Love And Lush I Hate

Lush is a great place that makes  mostly vegan 100% cruelty free natural beauty available to the masses, and I personally enjoy many of their products.  However, some reviews and opinions of the company make it seem like their products can do no wrong.  

Before I get to breaking down my list, let me just start out by saying this post theme has been done before.  Besides some overlap between the badly reviewed solid conditioner “Jungle,” and my nay rating on it, I haven’t seen complete lists with the stuff I rave about, nor have I seen complaints on the products that are lackluster all around.  This is a post where I am just going to be honest, and maybe you can take the money you save from avoiding my least faves and spend it on something that has a better recommendation.

Top Picks:

Dark Angels- A charcoal face and body scrub that clears breakouts and eliminates oil

Honey Trap- A smoothing lip balm that locks in moisture

The Godmother- A sweet sugar scented soap that has heavy moisturizing benefits

Superbalm- A soothing scalp treatment that gets rid of flakes

Bottom Two:

Colour Supplement- A colour base that lacks coverage as both a concealer and a foundation

Jungle- A solid bar conditioner with a mild scent that leaves hair with tangles, knots, and frizz 

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Why Lip Balm?

Lip balm was one of my first essentials, and the beginning of my beauty addiction.       

 The first product I was ever allowed as a kid was cherry chapstick.

It changed my world!  My lips were so soft and luscious... and it tasted like candy!  I felt beautiful, and from then on I couldn't live without it.  I still like the chapstick brand but since then I've tried a bunch of other lip balms.  I've got my favorite, (Lush's Honey Trap,)  my cost effectives, (EOS) and my Ipsy finds (Jersey Shore Cosmetics).  But I won’t stop till I’ve tried them all.

  Honey Trap http://www.lushusa.com/face/lips/honey-trap/04245.html

EOS Sweet Mint https://evolutionofsmooth.com/lip-balm/smooth-spheres/sweet-mint-smooth-sphere-lip-balm.html

Jersey Shore Cosmetics Mongongo https://www.ipsy.com/product/p-iat9crvds5bs1maq/Jersey+Shore+Cosmetics/Mongongo+Vanilla+Coconut+Cream+Lip+Conditioner