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Life Update: Where have you been?

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First of all, thank you and welcome to all new and OG followers of my blog! I’m so grateful to have you here. I am so sorry that I have been silent the last few months without any explanation. Here is my explanation:

I am pregnant!

This is a very exciting life update as this is my first child but with it came some complications which made it difficult for me to post these past few months. I plan on starting my blog posts back up but I may be limiting the posts to one a week as I am not wearing as much makeup recently, and I always want to have solid idea of my opinions on a product before I talk about it on my blog.

Now, rest assured, I will not be bringing pregnancy here as that is not the purpose of this blog but it is impossible to continue without the explanation as to where I have been and why I am cutting back just a bit. I look forward to getting back to this as it is such a wonderful place and fun project to work on and I love talking with you guys!

Thank you so much for your understanding and patience with me and I can’t wait to talk with you in the next one!

The Struggle Is Real…

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Today’s post is going to be a little different. With the state of the world as it is, I feel that it is inappropriate to continue doing reviews on new products, and frankly, I can’t anymore. As with many others, the business I work for has had to close its doors until this virus has passed and the world is safe again.

I’m personally struggling. My makeup journey has been a bunch of ups and downs. It has helped me through times of great mental depression and I’ve tried many different ways to participate in this industry but none have brought me as much joy as this blog. For this, I want to thank you.

This blog has been something I look forward to writing every day. I love reviewing new items. I love putting my ideas out there even if others disagree with it. I just love being a part of this community.

With everything going on, I don’t see how a review-based blog is a good idea anymore. I am happy to put out reviews on products I already have and we can discuss our opinions on these products but I almost feel like that’s more of a twitter conversation then a blog post.

I’ve thought of trying to do “shop my stash” style blogs (because I think at this point it is best to use what we have in our collections for the most part), but I’m not sure how to write those to sound interesting.

I think we are in a very strange time for the beauty industry. Most “beauty gurus”, of which I am not, are trying so hard to push out even more videos to help others in this time of need. What I think is a very hard balance to create, is that of encouraging people to use what they have but still stay relevant.

All of this is to say, I love you all and please stay safe! I will do my best to come up with interesting posts, but if you are feeling at all how I feel, know you are not alone. It is truly breaking my heart that I can’t be there to help more.