Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property WP_Post::$robotsmeta is deprecated in /www/musingsofamuse_902/public/wp-includes/class-wp-post.php on line 266

If you read my long-winded Instagram post yesterday you know I spent part of the day opening up Star Wars Collectibles that I purchased on May 4th. It was a just because moment…! I sat on the floor, I hauled it all out, and I ripped into with my teeth.

About 75% of it was never supposed to be opened at all. I was planning on displaying in the packaging or hoarding it away somewhere. But if this current situation has taught me anything at all it’s you only live once. Let me tell you, I even threw out the damn boxes. You know I always keep the boxes right? There was a time in my life when I used to keep all my MAC boxes. I mean, even shades that were permanent I’d keep in the box. WTF was I thinking?

Remember when MAC pigments were all the things? I used to buy a backup of LE shades. Another thing, I’ll never truly understand about myself. Why am I buying backups of all this crap? With age, comes plenty of experience as I never, ever buy backups of anything anymore. My makeup stash is massive I do NOT need to do the backup thing because I’ve realized most everything can be duped at some point. A few years ago I came to the epiphany that I really needed to start using the makeup I purchased. I used to store away all my limited edition makeup pieces. I still have a perfectly pristine Givenchy Prisme Solitaire Precious Diamond All Over Powder in my beauty vault and the sad thing is now it’s too old to actually enjoy. I do wish I used it when I purchased it instead of hoarding it away like a magpie.

It didn’t take COVID-19 to make me realize I should enjoy my makeup though (it did take it to realize I should be enjoying my collectibles though!). I realized that makeup is meant to be enjoyed even special limited edition pieces should be cherished and used because life is too short to hoard all the beautiful things away. I do urge you today to go through all your beautiful makeup, stuff you haven’t used or you’re saving for a rainy day and just enjoy it. Life is too short, we only have two eyes, one set of lips, and one face. We are unfortunately not Zaphod Beeblebrox! So, go forth my lovely beauty junkies and open the beauty vault.

And pretty please tell me what’s inside your beauty vault that you haven’t used!

19 Comments

Hi, I’m a member of the Dollar Shave Club because I have no shame and shave my legs with men’s razors. Who needs a fancy Venus Razor when I can buy a Mach3 Razors and get the job done like a world class champion. Hey, if nothing else I’m all about truth around here! Remember, I did confess to buying men’s razors in the past.

I’m a girlie girl you know this and I love all the pink frou frou razors as much as the next girl but in reality, I get a way smoother shave from a dude’s razor. Come on, be honest with me, you know when Summer comes and Venus starts putting out peach scented razors you’re one of the first people in line to buy one of those bad boys.

My sister recently purchased a Flamingo Razor from Target and she Facetimed me a few weeks ago and she was like, “THIS DOESN’T WORK! It doesn’t have a moisturizing strip!” The first thing, that entered my head was shaving cream. This girl does not understand the use of shaving cream. She relies on those moisturizing strips like they are going to perform a miracle shave for her. I kindly explained to her, “You’re using it wrong. Even if it doesn’t have a moisturizing strip you should use shaving cream because it’ll make the glide a whole lot better.” I mean, even with the moisturizing strip, which is a nice little extra to have around, you still need shaving cream in my humblest opinion.

Fast forward a few hours later to another Facetime call, “It still isn’t working even with shaving cream!” Dude, do you not know how to shave your legs? Must I step you through these things…! She ranted nearly 30 minutes about the horror of the Flamingo Razor.

Anyway, I decided to give it a try. Flamingo recently launched at Target so, I picked one up online and gave it a go. She’s right. It sucks. I never knew how important that damn moisturizing strip was until it was gone. Flamingo’s pretty nifty in some ways. She has five blades, all of which are sharp, she’s cheap as day old chips, and she’s pretty if not basic. But she drags like a mother even with a full leg of shaving cream on. I honestly, never realized before how helpful that little moisturizing strip was. It really create a smoother glide. Flamingo has perks for sure but without that moisturizing strip it just doesn’t give me the smoothest shave in the world.

Have you tried the Flamingo Razor?

Does it work for you?

Where to buy

Target

36 Comments