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Happy Tuesday friends!

How’s your week going? Does the heat have you down? Try not to worry too much because Fall/Halloween decor is hitting the stores which means the cooler weather isn’t too far away now. I hope it’ll be a better Fall for us all! Better than the crazy Spring and Summer we had!

Do you have a love list this week you want to share? Go right ahead! Comments are open!

Here’s mine.

I haven’t seen my best friend in over three months. We’re still being diligent about remaining distant. All my friends are actually. I know most people are out there and getting on with their social life but we are all trying to remain as safe as possible and keeping apart seems like the logical and best thing to do right now. It hasn’t stopped my best friend from leaving me packages on my door every week though. Since this all start my bestie leaves all sorts of things for me. Sometimes snacks, sometimes something beauty related, sometimes a rubber chicken (true story)….! And I do the same for him. We Facetime daily but our little love packages have really helped me get along without him. It’s hard because we’re joined at the hip most days and share so many common interests like makeup, obsessing over our fav K and J-Bands, and just being silly like kids but the boxes sort of help us remember we’re still here for each other. I got a box from him yesterday and I had to add it to my love list because I didn’t realize how much I truly look forward to these boxes and how much they brighten up my day. It reminds me my friends are still out there and I’ll get to see them all again soon!

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Iconic London is now being sold at sephora.com! You might recognize the brand from Ulta where it originally become available first and also, where the brand stocks the most of their general catalog of products! Sephora has now picked up the brand as well but they only have some of the more recent releases like the new Sheer Blush. Unlike Ulta though, Sephora will carry the brand in stores starting this Fall on September 25th. I’m not sure if they plan to extend the lines offerings further by that point but it will be available for purchase both online and in stores.

As per the name the brand originates from the UK and is a cruelty-free brand. It’s a brand very much in its infancy stages and was created by Jade Elliot in her UK flat back in 2015. The brand blew up after some of Iconic London’s products were used on Kim Kardashian and now the brand is sold in higher-end stores like Harvey Nicolas.

I have to admit I’ve always likened the brand to fellow UK brand Sleek Makeup. I dunno why but it always gave me that vibe! I have one of the eyeshadow palettes as well as a few other items that I’ll review soon which I purchased well over a year ago out of curiosity. I thought it was interesting Sephora started carrying the line but with such a small line of products. I hope they plan on carrying some of the eyeshadow palettes in the future. Seems odd just to launch a brand that has an extensive catalog but only feature five or six products.

That being said a majority of what Iconic London offers can still very much be purchased at Ulta.com should you wish to explore deeper.

Anyone a fan of Iconic London?

What do you think of them turning up at Sephora?

Where to buy

Sephora Ulta

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What’s your life in quarantine been like? Are you slowly creeping outside like me and my follow Gothamites or are you closing yourself inside still? My life has rebooted, restarted, and it’s slowing moving forward. Cases in New York seem to be remaining low but we all need to be a bit more diligent as I see a few too many crazy things going on around here that aren’t exactly safe.

I spent way too much time home and during that time the pandemic made me do one or two goofy online purchases. I tried to keep my online purchases to essentials only because I was actually very concerned about people working delivery and those working in shipping warehouses. Things were scary for a long time and our cases were so high I just kept thinking of my UPS guy out on the street 14+ hours delivery non-essentials and it really stopped me from doing major retail therapy.

Towards the end of June as things got a bit better my online purchase definitely revved up some. I recently ran across a hysterical post on Facebook a friend post that said to begin a sentence with your favorite quote and end it with “due to the pandemic”. Some of the replies were hysterical! My personal favorite: “Chewie, we’re home due to the pandemic!” As a Star Wars nerd I thought this was pretty funny.

It made me think about doing a beauty twist on it so here we are.

Complete the following line “I purchased_________________due to the pandemic!”

1, 2, 3!

GO!

What’s your reply?

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