Iva Sweet

Hi everyone, As I was about to send off the Hourglass quad to my friend, I have realized that I have a few more products that would look great on her. Here are the products that are underused in my collection, so I thought it was a good time to rehome them. I have decided to say goodbye to Natasha Denona’s I need a warm palette. These days, I tend to use single shadows or quads and I have not…

Hi everyone, I have been neglecting this blog, but I have been diligently using my makeup collection, as well as trying out some new products. While I try to be reasonable and keep a pace of not overbuying, I do still try out new products. I am much less shy about returning stuff I don’t like or pass them along if they don’t work for me. This way I use only products that work really well on me and fit…

Hello everyone! Happy New Year! I hope it will be a good one and memorable in the best possible way. As promised, here is the look into my current makeup collection. I have a lot of new, fresh products that I bought last year and now they make for most of my collections. I actually have only 8 products that are older than 2025, so I am excited to dive into this new fresh collection after long years of panning.…

Quite the journey this year! For someone on the low buy/mindful buy, I sure moved a lot of products in and out of my collection this year. I started the year with 76 products with the hope that I would use up a lot of it throughout the year (especially the items that were getting older) and further reduce my collection. The good news is that I am at currently owning 45 products (plus three backups). The other good news…

Despite the low buy, I made some damage to my wallet and got some new products this year. Some of them are amazing, quick holly grail status already as I am using them, others have not been great and may have left my collection already. Some of them have been used up during this year, but we will save that part for a next post I will write about soon. Let’s do some numbers first. I tried out whooping 76…

As I am getting to know my preferences more and more, and as my skin is changing over the years, I need to get more real with myself. I don’t like shimmer on my face or glitter on my eyes. I don’t like too much glow in my base. I prefer a satin or natural finish. I don’t like bold colors nor pink color on my face. I have been slowly stepping away from buying things that don’t suit me,…

We were traveling and my suitcase got lost. For 4 days I didn’t know where it was or will I get it back since it was not in the tracking system. Previously, when our bags got delayed, they always immediately showed up in the system as being delayed and we would know that our luggage had a little extra trip. This time it was different. I must admit I was losing hope. 95% of that suitcase content were my belongings…

We are planning to travel a bit soon. As I am packing, I always try to think about what I am using and if something is sitting in my collection unused. The perk of having a smallish collections is that you don’t need to choose your favorite products and decide what to bring along for a vacation. You can just pack it all up in a single toiletry bag and have it with you in any situation. However, I noticed…

Lisa Eldridge made a new summer collection and among them there was this beautiful eyeshadow palette called Desert Gleam. The shades look spectacular. I took a long look at the shades that I have, that I would actually want to use and that would suit me, so instead of buying a full palette with six new tempting shades, I bought two single shades to add to, what used to be, my Cinnabar palette. I have added Sahara and Ablaze and…

Hi everyone, As my makeup collections is getting smaller, I am actually having way more fun using it. I have bought some new products this year (there was a Sephora sale already this year after all), so I am at the point that I have a very curated makeup collection that I love. However, after the last declutter, I was able to find some holy grails products within my collection that I use all the time, so I had a…