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My 12 Favorite Beauty Purchases of 2025

Last year, I bought 32 new pieces of makeup and nail polish, making 2025 my most abstemious (“abstemious”) year since I started keeping track of my beauty purchases in 2015. I generally aim for no more than 40 new items a year and exceed that mark by a few, but 2025 was different. I was… Read More My 12 Favorite Beauty Purchases of 2025

January 10, 2026January 27, 2026 auxiliarybeauty10 Comments

Makeup Meritocracy: Merit Flush Balm in Le Bonbon

“That’s the trouble with first impressions,” says a snooty country-club lady to Marge Simpson in my favorite episode of The Simpsons. “You only get to make one.” My first impression of Merit Beauty wasn’t great. Merit is one of the many beauty brands that have popped up in Sephora and Ulta and Credo in the… Read More Makeup Meritocracy: Merit Flush Balm in Le Bonbon

July 20, 2025July 27, 2025 auxiliarybeauty2 Comments

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