Essence liquid ink eyeliner, 10/10, fine tip/sharp wings and lasted through the entire summer metal concerts in hot hot venues, I accidentally repurchased the waterproof version this time but usually this is all I use
Catrice polish in caught on the red carpet, I reliably finish two of these per year and am so glad it came back when they redid the bottles/line this year, this is almost always on my nails and my favorite color ever
Manhattan last & shine in Your Favourite, color dupe to my HG, bought when I couldn't find that, it was alright and honestly there isn't that much of a difference between drugstore nail polishes. Only haven't repurchased because my hg came back
Garnier Ambre Solaire 50+ invisible super uv serum, I hate myself for repurchasing this so much because it's stupid expensive for sunscreen when there is so many cheaper ones BUT it works well under makeup and is fully invisible and matte and does not melt into my eyes so being a literal vampire I guess take my undead kidney, Garnier
Garnier Ambre Solaire 50+ face uv protection gel cream, I bought this because it was cheaper than the other one from the same line and it was decent but did not work under makeup for me, melted off my lids and burned in my eyes. Good if you're careful I guess.
Nø Cosmetics 120h mattifying moisturizer, I repurchased this several times already and like it
Nø Cosmetics Liquid Refiner/salicylic acid peeling, I am on my second one and will be replacing this with something cheaper; I think I saw more results with the cheaper stuff so this wasn't worth it
Hylamide SubQ Skin Serum, replacing this with plain old HA serum because it too ain't it
Clinique Moisture Surge 100h moisturizer trial size, this was a GWP so I almost had a heart attack learning how much they charge for it considering it is not better than most other moisturizer. I have very dry skin and this wasn't enough on its own
Burts Bees Honey Moisturizing Lip Balm, it was ok, it smelled good, I prefer Blistex with blue cap and went back to that
I tried so hard to do skincare and makeup this year and absolutely didn't – the year started with recovering from some ugly post covid symptoms, I spent the summer on metal concerts and learned that I don't love it anymore like I used to, and I quit therapy twice because I kept getting told to seek an autism diagnosis that's a three year wait list and useless to know & that there's no magic fix for depression.
Perhaps next year I'll finally get around to putting 2/3 of my eyeshadow hoard on some selling platform. I own too much to never have any pans to show.
But, I survived 2025! And I don't know anyone who didn't dissociate since Feb. So here's to a better 2026, eh?
by niniela-phoenix