Wait, What?

 Every so often, I poke around Luckyscent for no reason. Rarely do I buy things from Luckyscent. I find that in so many ways, they are just too expensive in my eyes. I can get my Amouage fix by hoping over to BeautyEncounter or Fragrancenet to pick up a bottle for at least half off most of the time. At this point, I'm good on Amouage. I can hop on over to Andy Tauer's website and pick up a bottle and it works out a few dollars cheaper even though shipping to the US is a shade over $20 but if I save $10-$15 and the bottle gets to me within a week, cool beans. But now it's looking like Une Rose Vermeille has been discontinued according to Luckyscent.

I might have 2 bottles and most would think that would be enough for one perfume. But since I am a Tauer fangirl and I find that he is discontinuing an offering that I really enjoy, I want to stock up even more. I didn't find out that Noontide Petals was discontinued until I really had to hunt down a bottle. Eventually, I did manage to get that backup bottle. I am hopping that in the next couple months I can scrape up enough cash and get another backup bottle, even though it might mean that I put Coromandel on the back burner. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. Fingers crossed.

I might not wear Une Rose Vermeille but when I do wear it, I really do enjoy it. I think the reason that I don't wear it a whole lot is because it really lasts on skin. My skin is incredibly dry and if this is lasting through 2 showers, that says something.

Youtube and Stuff

 I can't seem to come up with anything really to write about. Yes, I can start busting things out to wear and review but it doesn't seem to pan out. I have this massive pile to test out but what holds me back is the fact that I don't want nor need to add to the list of what I want to get next on the full bottle list. You know the whole limited means type of shit. I want to score that bottle of Coromadel sometime this year. At this point, I do want to spend some time with the full bottles that I already own any start to really use some of them up.

But since I am talking about Chanel, I noticed on Ulta, that for the briefest moment they were selling Chanel through their website. It seemed like for a week or two and then they were not selling Chanel offerings on their website. Ulta does sell Chanel perfume of their website but never had it sold through their website. The whole thing made me do a double take because Sephora does sell Chanel on their website.

For the past few weeks, I have spent way too much time on YouTube. It started with watching some random videos but somehow turned into specific things. I started watching Ask a Mortician, Chinese ear cleaning, various types of massage but I really started watching English Heritage. Specifically the Victorian Way (English Heritage). So many of the of the things that they make seem to either be loaded with sugar and if it isn't, it's loaded with brandy. The one with the title of "Soup for the Poor" is just a way for making freaking split pea soup. Another one was what looked like a fancy applesauce mold with custard around the base. I think that I might have to find different channels to watch.

Cleaning, Cleaning and More Cleaning

 Recently, my cleaning habits have changed. The sorting through stuff has mostly stayed the same. I do through bits at a time. I have been trying to use things up or if it's not going to be used and can't be donated, throw it out. Why hang on to things that you aren't going to use either ever or ever again? I've started to do more little projects.

Last night, I was really motivated to dust my bedroom. I don't know how or why my bedroom gets so dusty but it just does. I was sick and tired of the bottles of perfume on my dresser being on the dusty side. I was tired of the tops of my candle lids collecting dust. But the dusting gave me the chance to organize the candles and the perfume bottles and now there is more space. Well, temporarily more space.

Bath and Body Works had a decent run on the 3 wick candles and then a day or two later, really good deal on the single wick candles. So, I made progress on using some candles but then turned around and bought more. I am pretty much in the same place I started with trying to use up some candles. I managed to finish one candle last night but haven't started a new candle. I am trying to figure out which candle to use this time.

I've noticed that if there is a sale with Bath and Body Works (a really good one), if shopping online, grab it early and don't go back and forth if you should get it. It seems like Bath and Body Works either limits stock for their website. I've gone on their website after a sale has ended and the item is in stock, albeit full price. I did stock up on my fall seasonal favorites but after this, I am going to wait until Candle Day and even if I have to sit on my hands and start burning two candles at a time.

Skyn Iceland Glacial Cleansing Cloths

I still have no idea why Blogger still won't let me upload pictures any more than this new interface. Don't ask me why they changed the layout but I find the whole thing annoying, confusing and more difficult to use. I don't always like it when things change but when it's made harder to use, I loathe it.

Last night, I finally finished a candle and started another one this morning. After I did some math, I figured that it is about 17 or 18 weeks before Bath and Body Works has their massive candle sale. And if I do a candle a week, I can whittle my 34 candles to about half the size and then stock up on more. I am probably talking out my but butt I am trying to create more space by either using up stuff or getting rid of it. I figure using up candles, minis and soaps is a good place to start.

A couple months ago, I did a Skyn Iceland run at Ulta. At the time, they were running a gift with purchase, I had to spend a certain amount to get it and since I was only $14 or $15 away, these fit the bill. I also figured when summer hit, with all of the high temps and humidity glory. this would do me good. Since I have to wear a face mask, my nose and chin get unbelievably oily and gross feeling. Or when it's late at night and don't want to wash my face but want to get the make up off, these would work too.

I have tried them a few times and it was a big fat no. I lathered the cloth up and the thing really lathers. The thing is soapy and felt like I was going to need to rinse this stuff off of my face. When this stuff was drying, my face started to feel sticky, like icing kind of sticky when it's drying. When my face was fully dry, it was filmy and filmy sucks. The whole thing made me feel uncomfortable and it didn't take care of the grit and grime that was left on my face. My nose and chin felt as greasy as before I used the cleansing cloth except with a filmy type of thing going on. I think that when I use them, I will rinse off my face with water. I don't think that I will get these again.