Whatever gets you through the night

 

Welcome to the Society!

January 22, 2021

This is a place to talk about makeup, about the things that make us feel beautiful and, more to the point, excited to get up in the morning, to see people, if only on a Partridge Family Multi-box space age screen. Look how we have managed, despite the pandemic - and show me the falsies you bought at Grocery Outlet, while you're at it! 

I am in agreement with John Lennon, by which I mean "Whatever gets you through the night/It's all right . . . all right."

Ahem, but anyhow. I have been running this show for awhile on the f word, but let's face it - fbook groups are a butt pain. One has zero formatting control and boy, is that system bossy. So - here I am, kicking it, if not O.G. (that would be LiveJournal), at least old school. 

I'll share about the things that are helping me feel mostly human in a time of pandemic, especially if they are both thrifty and enchanting (or at least one of the two). I'll share what I have discovered in transitioning from my 30s to my 40s and (soon!) my 50s. I'll give it to you straight, pretty or no. 

I love beautiful things - pleasing art, flavors, scents, views. I enjoy small luxuries - a heated damp towel before a meal, a rich terrycloth robe set alongside my bed as I begin my bedtime rituals, concierge-level hotel rooms, fingers in my hair. I think that most of us do.

I like to play with cosmetics, and playing means paying, so I try to keep either keep it to a dull roar or find super great deals. I do a little of each. Sometimes, when I'm lucky, I get both

These pages contain my thoughts. I don't claim perfection. Take 'em or leave 'em, for better and worse, and for all that. And so we proceed. 

- love, eleedee