I know a ton of people cut back on makeup and beauty during the pandemic but I wasn’t one of them. I found comfort in applying my makeup in the morning evening during lockdown and even though I scaled back on what I was wearing I still enjoy the ritual of applying it and look my best even if I didn’t have a zoom call or meeting that day. I realize that wasn’t what everyone else was doing but I found peace and comfort in my beauty routines.
That being said, I do think I came out of the pandemic being a bit more selective about what I do and don’t buy. I do a lot more research before I hit submit on new products not to mention I try to make sure I’m not buying something I already likely own a hundred times over. I also ask myself, “Do you need this or do you want this"” which sort of triggers me to not buy something spontaneously. May was a pretty hard month to say no to makeup as a lot of new, beautiful products released and many of them ended up in my cart but here are a few new beauty picks I’m not buying.

E.L.F. Soft Glam Satin Foundation $8

E.L.F. released yet another foundation and this time around its a satin finish one. I realize everyone is going ape sh1t over E.L.F. lately but I’m simply not on that bandwagon. E.L.F. has some very good products but sometimes stuff is such a miss and in the case of foundation I don’t think I’ve met an E.L.F. one I loved. This new formula promises a medium cove...