The Makeup Monologues

In early January, BITE Beauty shook their customer base to its core- by replacing most of its core lineup with, of all things, complexion products. The launch was executed complete with teasers from the brand and a (probably officially-permitted) ‘leak’ post from Trendmood1. A handful of influencers who had worked with BITE in the past had the chance to try out the foundation itself, anywhere from a month to a year in advance. Several more influencers received the product collection upon launch.  [photo via Influenster] The foundation built more hype than I initially anticipated, at least in the circles I run in, in part due to (later confirmed) speculation that the BITE Changemaker foundation could be the ‘secret’ foundation that influencer Samantha Ravndahl had been mentioning in recent videos. Among “regular” consumers, however, the general consensus seemed to be that of bewilderment and frustration that their favourite lip products were being d...

Minis do have their place in my collection. A lot of them are point perks, bonuses, or samples from Sephora. I am grateful that I got to try out some formulas that I wouldn’t have necessarily sought out on my own. Working at Sephora, I’m expected to be a near-expert about every single product, but I can’t buy every single product, so minis are crazy useful, especially for products that normally take a while to get through (like lipstick, or blush) or are very costly in a full size (like high-end skincare).  However, I’ve accumulated a small army of these minis through swaps, gratis, point perks and the like - and I often forget to use them because they’re so small. I want to dedicate a project in 2020 to using them up! I figure that focusing on mini products will give me more frequent gratification than full-size products will, and will help me to clear my collection of excess clutter. I’m going to start out with ten items, and just like in my previous Proje...