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Here are a few things that are making me happy right now:

 I've been looking for a pair of black booties for a long time, one that is cute enough to wear out, but also has a low enough heel that I could wear them all day at work without wanting to fling myself off the roof. I found these ones from Asos a few weeks ago and I love them, they are comfy and cute, and there isn't a hint of fringe anywhere on or around them.

This might seem very obvious to every other person in the world, but I had an epiphany a few weeks ago. I have about 5 chiffon button up shirts that I love, and are perfect for work, but I never wear them, because they are really sheer. I've tried wearing tank tops underneath them, but it's hard to have two shirts tucked in, one of them is always rolling up and it's bulky.

Sometimes I'll see a woman on the street wearing a sheer white button up tucked into jeans without her whole bra showing and without looking like she is smuggling something under their shirt, and I think that she must be a wizard.

For years I've been seeing the cotton body suits at American Apparel and I always wondered "who is buying those?" and then last week I was like OF COURSE! Everyone but me is buying them! Anyways, I bought a couple, and my whole life is better already.

Semi-sweet chocolate chip cookies from Specialty's are a thing of beauty. I have to bodily restrain myself from going in to get one every time I walk past, but sometimes I can't resist, and then I thoroughly enjoy every warm chocolatey delicious morsel to the full capacity of my soul.

I hadn't been loving my makeup in quite a while, no matter what I seemed to do it always looked the same, and not very good in my opinion, so I had a little bit of a "me" day and splurged on some new makeup from Sephora.

I actually just went in to get eyeliner, but all of a sudden I was replacing almost every product I use.

The verdict so far: I love the Moonshadow eyeshadow pallet, the Tarte cheek stain is amazing, and the Kat von D Trooper eyeliner is life changing. Go buy it immediately. It goes on smoothly without the dragginess of a lot of liquid liners, and the color stays all day without budging.

I don't know that the beauty blender was an absolute necessity though, in essence I feel like I paid $20 for a sponge.

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I am kind of obsessed with makeup. It's a problem. I have literally drawers and cupboards and shelves FULL of makeup that's I've accumulated over the years, most of which I don't use, but can't throw away because what if I need it someday? What if they don't make that colour anymore?

My makeup drawer. Full disclosure: I also have a rather large pink plastic tub full of "special occasion" makeup under the sink

And I just know that the second I decide to actually get rid of something, I will wake up the next day with an amazing makeup idea that would only be possible with that one product that I threw away, that they no longer make.

I will then spend countless amounts of time and money to replace the product that I threw away because I didn't use, and then once I have it I will use it once, remember why I hadn't used it in the first place, and it will sit in a drawer unused until my next attempt at cleaning out my makeup drawer, because that is what my life is like.
 

Still regardless of this fact that I am fully aware of, I can't stop. I love makeup, I love buying it, wearing it, and experimenting with it. I love that you can make yourself look totally different one day than you did the day before. Not that I do that, I usually do my makeup the exact same way every time, but still it's nice to have the option.

Here are some products I have been trying to avoid buying for a few months now, but who am I kidding, I will probably end up dashing out to the nearest Sephora the second I publish this post.

Benefit Hoola Bronzer- I have about 50 bronzers sitting in a drawer at home, but I am somehow convinced that this is the one that is going to make all my bronzed goddess dreams come true.

 Benefit High Beam- This is to be used in tandem with product number 1. I've been wanting to try highlighting and contouring to see what all the fuss is about, and I'm hoping if I use superior products it might help to cancel out user error and help me to avoid looking like a crazed zebra.

Mac Ruby Woo- Apparently this is the greatest red lipstick ever made. I will let you know, once I inevitably purchase it. This is what I think I look like when I wear red lipstick:

 

 But I'm pretty sure this is what I actually look like: