Currently I am going through some major drama and I am hoping that this thing that's going on will end in a week or two. At the moment, I am on a can't buy anything that isn't essential. I had to look through many things in my life and I have had to cut back at the moment. That means I had to rearrange. A sale is going on at STC or a super good sale at Ulta, Sephora or even Luckyscent? Nope, can't take the bait. Even my grocery list has gotten smaller and a little more realistic. Gone are the chips, soda and a whole lot of junk food. But I have a game plan going on with the groceries. I have a $40 some in gift cards on Amazon and I am looking at some of the Prime Pantry stuff. I'm mainly looking at the Tazo chai concentrate and some of the other basics to stretch the grocery allotment. I think that I will be fine.
I am giving the stink eye to TPC. I made an order on a couple dirt cheap vanilla scents when they where running a new years sale.It took forever to get my order but the thing that really got to me is that I had placed an order on the 2nd of this year but it was days before I was texted to say that they only had 1.5ml of one of the scents that I ordered. It took around 20 days before I received my order. But I finally have my order.
I got curious to see the goings on with the nail polish company, OPI. When I was younger, I used to polish my nails quite often and the best I could afford was cheap, drugstore type of nail polishes, and OPI was mainly sold at salons and was a little on the expense side. Now since I make a little more money, I am not as interested in polishing my nails. But I have gotten kind of irritated with OPI. The fall/winter nail polish collections have always been vivid and varied with colors. Take the Russian and German collection, you had your purples, your reds, blues and a few others. There isn't a shrinking violet in those collections. I just don't know what's happened the Iceland collection was a little wimpy, I was pretty unmoved with the Scotland line up (except for A Little Guilt Under the Kilt) and now the spring/summer line up is out and it's called Mexico City. The colors are vibrant to the point of neon but I am not impressed. Nothing is moving me with that line up. It seems that they are releasing season releases way too early.
Friday, January 31, 2020
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Less is More
My Chanel package has arrived today. You have no idea on how excited I was to tear into that package when it came. But the packaging seemed a little odd to me. The outer most looked a little too big. Funny thing is that the whole packaging was much too large for what I had ordered. The keepsake package that held my mini travel sprays was filled with mostly shredded tissue paper along with the receipt, return label and a cloth satchel with two samples. I couldn't help but think, "really?". I could understand some of this fancy packaging if I was ordering a gift for someone or I had made a larger purchase but not a mini travel set of no 5.
Thus far, for all the perfume that I have ordered and have had shipped to my house, none has had more unnecessary packaging than Chanel. I don't recall Luckyscent getting carried away, nor Andy Tauer. They came well packed with the appropriate sized boxes with minimal amounts of boxes and packing peanuts. Come on Chanel, the huge, fancy boxes can be used for the bigger bottles of perfume but make smaller fancy boxes for your smaller items. I also believe that maybe you should have a selection of the Les Exclusifs line samples instead of those makeup samples. I just found all of this a little excessive for what I had ordered.
Thus far, for all the perfume that I have ordered and have had shipped to my house, none has had more unnecessary packaging than Chanel. I don't recall Luckyscent getting carried away, nor Andy Tauer. They came well packed with the appropriate sized boxes with minimal amounts of boxes and packing peanuts. Come on Chanel, the huge, fancy boxes can be used for the bigger bottles of perfume but make smaller fancy boxes for your smaller items. I also believe that maybe you should have a selection of the Les Exclusifs line samples instead of those makeup samples. I just found all of this a little excessive for what I had ordered.
Monday, January 6, 2020
It's the New Year
I know, I know, I am late with this post but I've been recovering from the holidays. The whole true insanity starts two days before Christmas and doesn't really end until January 2nd. So now it's time for this blog's first post of the new year.
I had a nice but hectic holiday. Between work and family is was pretty hectic and I am glad that the holidays are over. Now it's the post holiday not working too much. When you work retail, this is when you really don't work too much. This is even true for food service but I am not complaining too badly yet. I will miss the extra $200 at the end of the month but it's the name of the game.
I know that I ought to be reviewing Andy Tauer's L'Air des Alpes but I wore that a few days ago and need to check it out again before I go reviewing it. For a while, I have been flirting with getting one of those Chanel mini travel sets. I kept putting it off and putting it off and then on Saturday, I finally pulled the trigger and got one. I could have gone for the larger sized ones but wasn't quite willing to do it. I also kept debating on if I should go with no 5 or Coco Mademoiselle but ultimately went with no 5. I really don't think that I would have worn Mademoiselle all that often.
With getting that mini travel set, I started to think about my perfume journey in general. In the early years, I was getting a lot of full bottles but that did slow down when I went to decants before I bought full bottles. Three years ago, a few things happened that pretty much put an end to being able to get full bottles of anything. It's not exactly a bad thing but does kind of suck though. I am at this point, pretty lucky to get a new bottle of perfume twice a year. I might have a small to medium list of which ones are full bottle worthy but I must chose wisely on which one to get. The deal is that I only have the money for one. I am trying to decide now on how much I want to spend and which ones fit my budget and that is not always all that easy.
I had a nice but hectic holiday. Between work and family is was pretty hectic and I am glad that the holidays are over. Now it's the post holiday not working too much. When you work retail, this is when you really don't work too much. This is even true for food service but I am not complaining too badly yet. I will miss the extra $200 at the end of the month but it's the name of the game.
I know that I ought to be reviewing Andy Tauer's L'Air des Alpes but I wore that a few days ago and need to check it out again before I go reviewing it. For a while, I have been flirting with getting one of those Chanel mini travel sets. I kept putting it off and putting it off and then on Saturday, I finally pulled the trigger and got one. I could have gone for the larger sized ones but wasn't quite willing to do it. I also kept debating on if I should go with no 5 or Coco Mademoiselle but ultimately went with no 5. I really don't think that I would have worn Mademoiselle all that often.
With getting that mini travel set, I started to think about my perfume journey in general. In the early years, I was getting a lot of full bottles but that did slow down when I went to decants before I bought full bottles. Three years ago, a few things happened that pretty much put an end to being able to get full bottles of anything. It's not exactly a bad thing but does kind of suck though. I am at this point, pretty lucky to get a new bottle of perfume twice a year. I might have a small to medium list of which ones are full bottle worthy but I must chose wisely on which one to get. The deal is that I only have the money for one. I am trying to decide now on how much I want to spend and which ones fit my budget and that is not always all that easy.
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