welcome to my first monthly project pan update of 2026!!! this one is a LOTTT bc i included my december empties as well!! i also focused on items with little product left so i could start 2026 fresh with either a new restock, or picking one from my stockpile!
this is a doozy so i’m just gonna rapid fire whether or not i’d buy it again!!
going from L to R
💚senodyne clinical white toothpaste - yes!! saves me from my horrible sensitive teeth!
💚elf halo glow foundation - yes!! the perfect glowy, light coverage base
❤️pantene moisture shampoo - no. need something deeper for my scalp.
💚l’oréal infallible setting spray - always. gorilla glue spray for your face.
❤️garnier michelle water - no. leaves a residue on my face and never gets all my eye makeup off.
💛nars radiant creamy concealer - usually yes! but i’m looking to try something new and more hydrating.
❤️l’oréal ever pure glossing shampoo & conditioner - no. i’m trying the l’oréal elvis glossing duo and i love it!!
💚sol de janiero #40 body butter - yes always, so luxurious and floraly.
💚eva nyc mane magic mask - yes!! leaves my hair so soft and hydrated.
❤️pantene keratin shampoo & conditioner - smells divine, but damaged my waves (bc duh, it’s keratin, i didn’t read the label when i bought it🥲)
💛l’oréal ever pure glossing mask - maybe? i only finished it last week so im still waiting to see if there’s a big difference using vs not using it.
❤️curology gentle cleanser - no, i got it as a free sample and didn’t notice a major difference.
💚gingham gorgeous body spray (b&bw)- yes! so girly, smells like strawberries and peonies and peaches, chefs kiss!!
💛truly coco cloud after shave oil - yes if it wasn’t over $30 for the large size!
💛champagne apple and honey hand soap (b&bw) - no for seasonal reasons! but in the fall, yes! so sweet and gives the fall vibes.
❤️mielle rosemary hair oil - no. didn’t notice a difference.
❤️good molecules discoloration correction serum - no, didn’t notice a difference.
💛cerave foaming facial wash - not yet! i’m trying something new, but usually yes. great for oily skin.
💚the ordinary niacinamide serum - yes!
💛peach & lily glass skin serum - yes if it wasn’t so expensive! this was my birthday free gift i savored for months😭
❤️l’oréal ever pure glossing spray - no. you need one or the other, spray or a mask, not both.
💚l’oréal lumi glotion - yes always, it’s gorgeous on all skin tones.
❤️dove sugar scrub (sugar cookie sprinkle) - no. the formula is so fine, it made more mess in my shower than exfoliated my skin😂
💚therabreath mouthwash anticavity - yes! helped with my sensitivity and the flavor was nice.
💛merry mint tree but shave oil x2 - no to the scent for seasonal reasons, yes to tree hut shave oil!!!
💛tree hut merry mint scrub - no to the scent for seasonal reasons, yes to tree hut sugar scrub!!!
💛tree hut sparkling sapphire scrub - no to the scent for seasonal reasons, yes to tree hut sugar scrub!!!
💛tree hut cinnamon dolce scrub - no to the scent for seasonal reasons, yes to tree hut sugar scrub!!!
broke af and spent like over $40 on these 2 items from amazon (im not in america so everythings overpriced) they smell soo good but the philosophy pink frosted one isnt pink anymoree they changed the formula 😫😩
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Nothing says "I’m in my peaceful era" quite like a curated vanilla-scented shower routine. ☁️ We are officially trading the chaos of the week for the warm, cozy embrace of shea butter and brown sugar. There is a specific kind of magic in lining up your favorite Dove washes, Sunday sprays, and Tree Hut scrubs under the warm glow of a candle. It’s not just a bath; it’s an intentional act of reclaiming your energy.
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At the bottom of my purse are the lips of a girl who I thought would last.
At the bottom of my purse are the lips of a girl who I thought would last. Best friends! It was fast; she was suddenly in every class I was taking, and we did everything together: food + drinks + movies + groceries + class + work + gossip. I bought that lip gloss (red strawberry) while she browsed mascara.
She spilled her soul to me in a university stairwell, and I knew I was in too deep. She told me of ex-boyfriends and grooming coaches and distant fathers and virginity. I nodded along, lips red and sticky.
I never gave anything but affirmations, but advice, but my lip gloss in the bottom of my purse. She knew it was hers; she did not ask permission, only where it was.
We watched Twilight and drank strawberry wine. We spent the day in the book store. We slipped from class early for a bagel. We waited for each other outside of classes. We spent nights doing laundry at each other’s apartments. We video-called to show each other our pets, our outfits, our physics homework. We shared perfume and deodorant and shoes and drinks and nicotine and lip gloss.
I have never been treated to the intimacy of the girls’ bathroom, girls’ sleep over, girls’ secrets, always outside, always adverse to the girlhood universals that instead beat me down in high school locker rooms and dugouts. Girlhood had called me a man, an animal, a cow, a snitch. I never was girly enough for Twilight and cheap wine and pink perfume and red strawberry lip gloss, but she clipped herself to my bag like a charm. Pink glitter. Red gloss.
The day before my birthday, she begged me to go to someone else’s party. She called me 10 times when I didn’t pick up, when I was hanging out with my old friends. She told me to leave them for her.
On my birthday, I buy the supplies and I come over to pop music and jello shots and fast food fried chicken, and it’s all her favorites, not mine. And I try to begrateful when she takes my camera away from me, but I hate pop music and I hate jello shots and I hate wings and I HATE throwing up in her bathroom at 3 AM realizing I have been nothing but something to fill space and time and dead air. I am there to make her old friend with a new boyfriend jealous, to be the drunk girl at the party to parade about like a freak, to be something new and strange for conversation, to get the easy A, to always source red lip gloss.
We become strangers again as suddenly as friends. Graduation was the end of everything. I do not throw it away. It is just lip gloss, hers and mine.
