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So this is probably my official last post. Its been a wonderful week. Its ridiculously cold out but thanks to the keurig and the fact that I live right by a Starbucks I never go without hot drinks!HAHA I feel lucky. I will say that my favorite at home drink is either the Mccafe k-cup or the black tea from twinings. Yesterday I wanted a small snack so I made some black tea, opened a pack of belvita breakfast biscuits and ate a piece of babybel cheese. It was very light and nice. I know Im probably going to go to town on my birthday and once I get to see my friends so I have to keep my calories in check. HAHA. This year I decided to keep things simple and just buy my stuff locally.

My friends are just so wonderful. My one friend got me a lovely box of desserts(autumn themed)and he asked me what else I wanted and I could only think of one thing so I said it and he actually got it for me! How sweet right? It really made my day yesterday. It was backordered everywhere but they had it elsewhere so I was so excited to see it. I got to talk to of my best friends and I couldn't be happier.

So anyway...here's my not yet empty favorites. I would LOVE another tube of Dr. Brandt's microdermabrasion but...its so expensive I'll stick with my exfoliKate mini.HAHA. Im trying to get everyone to try exfoliKate so I sent one to my aunt and one to my friend, Katherine. They both love it. I love it but I don't think I'll be able to afford the 2 oz tube or the Dr. Brandt small one. So...I'll use it like gold.HAHA. I just recently started using the burt's bees white tea cleansing wipes. Very nice. It smells herbal so I was convinced it wouldn't be harsh on my sensitive skin. I debated between getting the travel version or this 30 wipe version and got this big one because well I wear sunblock every day or every other day. I like to wipe makeup off with this then use a cleansing oil and finish the process with a nice cleanser that has honey or papaya in it! My moisturizer is the caudalie premier cru. It smells so nice. It smells like wine. Its not oily but its rich and I like that caudalie stuff helps with aging.haha. I use stila illuminating bb cream other days I use the Laura Mercier illuminating tinted moisturizer and blend it with some kind of foundation. I dab on some RMS un-cover up and dab on some by terry cream blush and this YSL sheer candy in a very light pink with shimmer. Sometimes i'll dab on this bite beauty agave lip mask under or above a product. It smells like cake! Then of course here's my favorite nail polish of the moment. Its called it's a piazza cake! I love yellow and orange in the autumn the darker oranges and yellows...today Im getting ready to cheat on starbucks. Im headed to a different cafe. Excited!

Today's Plan: Hot Chocolate Run!

All Im going to do is empty out my last bin, donate more clothes, DVDs, books and grab a nice hot chocolate at starbucks. This floral candy couldn't smell any better and this coffee I hadn't had in 2 weeks couldn't taste any better. Have to fight this urge to eat the cool chocolates my friend got me. HAHA

Late September-Early October Empties.

Im a big fan of rahua which I don't know if I wrote about it here but its pronounced ra-wa-...who would've known. The shampoo is so nice. I know why Gwyneth talks about it so much. I also really enjoyed the Dr. Brandt microdermabrassion cream! After seeing the full price of the smaller tube I had to seriously take a gulp. HAHA. Its so nice but its so pricey. I don't even know if I'll be able to get a big tube of exfoliKate either. Lucky for me the last time I bought Kate's exfoliKate I bought the buy one get extra small tub!  Score!
As for skincare I highly recommend you try the MD Solar Sciences Tinted Mineral Creme. I think that's the name I could be off by some but its basically a lightly tinted sunblock and its good for us with sensitive skin because it worked so good for me! There's no strong scent, its smooth and it looks natural. I always add a couple drops of luminizer or brush on some bronzer. My favorite bronzer of the moment is the one from Hourglass! Now that my rahua is gone I use the ogx eucalyptus shampoo with the phyto repair express conditioner. They work great together I think its nice to do a high and low for hair and skincare.

So Tired...

Im super tired from all the cleaning I've been doing. My dad started cleaning on Sunday afternoon and I decided I might as well clean some too and then I got way too into the process that by 6 or 7 I was wishing I had taken some advil. HAHAHA. That night I read an article on what you should throw out(makeup)after ___many days and I ended up throwing out a lot of old products. To me something 2-3 years old that was separating wasn't a bad item but realistically thinking it is kinda gross so I threw out everything from my old bb cream, eyeliners, glosses, to cheek stains. I also downsized by putting items that were in 3 or 4 makeup bags into like 3 tops. I know its not 2 so..i'll say 3.
So it took me a total of about 2 whole days to get over my back pain from all the bending. I think its helped that I've watched my diet. I've also been drinking a lot of black tea with a hint of honey and lemon. I really enjoy it. Its perfect for this cool weather. I think I've been off coffee for 5 days or so? I lost rack but Im trying to give myself a week or more of coffee free days until I have my first pumpkin spice latte because I swear the coffee was doing a number on my stomach.
I see a big difference avoiding the coffee. Im trying to go antacid free as much as I can and I've barely taken any compared to last week. YAY.

So anyway...topic change if you haven't checked the new OPI collection I suggest you do the colors are perfect for fall. My favorite is the Its a piazza cake! Nice autumn orange! Dark but not too dark. Very pretty! Im also looking forward to breaking out the new facial oil I got I read a lot of good things about it and Im so excited.

Happy.

Extremely happy with this cool almost cold weather. I can wear everything I love like my off the shoulder sweaters, uggs, scarves and my fedora. Last night I had a hard time adjusting to how cool it got at night. It was in the 40s and I had to go find my cardigan and socks and I curled up and went to bed after listening to some folk songs. Up to until just recently I was into pop but Im listening folk again and its so soothing to the soul. All I really needed was some hot chocolate. HAHA.

I've been drinking a lot of tea with lemon and honey and its helped with my changing weather but Im ready to get my pumpkin spice and some other hot drinks! Im off coffee right now so I can't wait to get something with espresso in it next week! I want to go a whole week without coffee. It was getting tough on my stomach and I wanted to go off of the antacids so I gave up coffee. Its been about 4 days now. Its hard but black tea has been a delight!

I just finished using most of my go-tos and it was a sad moment. I want to downsize and really become a minimalist now that I'm older.HAHA. Its hard I am such a big fan of skincare and makeup but...to me thats part of growing up. I started throwing some stuff out again last night. Sigh..
I forgot how much I loved this one cleansing water. So many things to look forward to though! I will definitely miss this weather so I'm going to make use of this while I'm here!