Some bonus content for paid subscribers this week – makeup edition! I have no idea if any of you are interested in this but I bought a few makeup bits while I was in New York and decided to share my thoughts. I don’t tend to wear a lot of makeup on a day-to-day basis; sure who’d be looking at me, except Cooper the dog and my laptop screen? When I came home from Paris, I did make an effort to wear tinted moisturiser, mascara, and some red lipstick in an effort to make myself look more ‘done’ (and so I wouldn’t get a jump scare every time I looked in the mirror) but in general, I’m more of a skincare girlie. However, in New York, I wore makeup every single day. This was, of course, because I was going on a
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