Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy

In the past year, just out of curiosity I picked up a few Estee Lauder lippies to try, a limited edition Act IV Lip Duet Tint + Balm and two Pure Color Envy lip glosses. This post is for the Pure Color Envy, one is an Oil-Infused Lip Shine in 000 See-Thru and the other a Lip Repair Potion. 

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Opera Lip Tint and Lip Tint N Part V

Here's me trying to catch up with something I've long lost track of: my last Opera Lip Tint was five (yes, 5!) years ago! Which is to say it's been a few years now since I acquired and have been using the below lippies: the original Lip Tint LE 08 Burgundy Kiss, the newer Lip Tint N 09 Terracotta, 10 Bordeaux Brown, 11 Fig, and 12 Plum Pink, and Lip Tint N LE 103 Garnet Gem, 104 Clear Amethyst, 105 Lucent Red, 107 Orange Lily, and 203 Brown Fig. Quite a post I've been pickling in the draft folder, right?

Let's start with the original Lip Tint in the LE 08 Burgundy Kiss. I had my eye on this color since it was first released in 2018 (or 2019). However, at the time it was sold out everywhere and I could only find the LE 07 Pink Fraise released in the same collection. Then fast forward a couple of years, I stumbled upon this LE 08 Burgundy Kiss along with Opera Sheer Lip Color 204 Pure Coral and snatched them both up. 

Opera Sheer Lip Color 204 Pure Coral and Lip Tint LE 08 Burgundy Kiss. All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Opera Sheer Lip Color Part II

This is the last post for the Opera Sheer Lip Color, as the product has been discontinued for a few years now. The color 204 Pure Coral was part of the permanent lineup revamped in the fall of 2016, combining the previous "Basic" and "Color" varieties of the original lineup. I suspect they recycled the color names too, because the old "Color" line also had a 104 Pure Coral. 

All pictures taken in natural light without flash.

Kiehl's Lip Balm

Been using this 15mL/0.5fl. oz. tube of Kiehl's Lip Balm in #1 Mint and liking it a lot! 

Isoi Intensive Energizing Multi Balm

Last year, I went through a stick balm phase and tried a bunch of different ones from different brands, the first of which was this 10g twist up tube of Isoi Intensive Energizing Multi Balm.

Boscia Sake Hydrating and Brightening Serum Part II

Along with Boscia Sake Treatment Water, I also revisited this Sake Hydrating and Brightening Serum. The first and most obvious difference I noticed was the product size--the previous one I bought and used in 2022 was 50mL in a glass dropper bottle. This one shrank by 40%, now a 30mL/1fl. oz. in a plastic pump bottle. 

Boscia Sake Treatment Water Part III

They say third time's the charm but this is probably one of the last posts on Boscia, because the brand has folded :( Anyway, this was one of my last order with them, because I wanted to revisited their Sake line before it's gone forever. Here's the 50mL/1.69fl. oz. dropper bottle of Sake Treatment Water, changed from a pump bottle when I bought this last in 2022, with product content down even further from 53mL.

First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Oatmeal Mask

Been using this 56.7g/2oz. tube of First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Oatmeal Mask for a few months now, since I finished the jar of Symbiosis Eight Hour Mask. This Oatmeal Mask came from the same generous Mystery GWP where I got Ultra Repair Cream Sugar Plum. 

Shiseido Ultimune Eye Power Infusing Eye Concentrate

Here's a quick post for this small 5mL/0.18oz. sample tube of Shiseido Ultimune Eye Power Infusing Eye Concentrate that I got from a Shiseido Benefiance Cream Set. I had started to use it but then had to stop.

Prreti: Moisturizing Multi Stick Balm

Speaking of super duper strongly scented products, here's another example--this 15g/0.52oz. tube of Prreti: Moisturizing Multi Stick Balm.