Amazon Lately {Pt. 2 Beauty, Hobbies, Gifts, & Books}

Yesterday I shared the first half of my purchases from Amazon in 2021. This has been very eye opening to see what I purchased throughout the year and what categories do I often turn to Amazon for versus other retailers. Here are my purchases in the beauty, activities/hobbies, gifts, and book categories. 

Beauty

• Beauty Blender dupe. I grabbed this five pack when it was on a great sale. I am very lazy about washing my makeup sponges so having a low cost option is best for me and for 5 sponges for less than $10 vs. $20 for a beauty blender this was a great choice.

• EltaMD sunscreen - I have this sunscreen on subscribe and save. It is perfect for my sensitive skin and it is the perfect layer before I add any makeup. I try to put it on every day even if I don't plan to be outside. 

• Briotech Topical Spray. My dermatologist reccomended this spray to use when I get home and take of my mask to help with potential maskne.

• Solimo Pre-Brush Dental Rinse. This is similar to Listerine/Crest but you use it before your brush to help loosen any plaque.

• Honest Extreme Length Mascara. This is my favorite "clean" mascara and you can grab it at some Targets.

Activities:

• Cotton Muslin, embroidery scissors, embroidery floss organizer, and DMC floss stickers. I learned to cross-stitch when I was little but I am slowly working on incorporating some embroidery as well. There are a lot of instagram accounts that have sew alongs (SAL) so you can watch videos on how to do the various stitches. 

• Women in Art Puzzle. My love of puzzles and my art history minor unite.

• Monopoly Deal Card Game. The card game version that makes playing Monopoly not take hours but rather 15 minutes.

Gifts:

• Women in Science Puzzle - I purchased this for my older sister who is a chemist for her birthday.

• Gift Cards - I purchased some Amazon specific gift cards as well as some Starbucks gift cards.
• Wipes Dispenser - for a new little one upon their arrival.

• Dutch Blitz - my little sister requested this card game for Christmas. I actually got this for Christmas back in 2020.

• Midliner Double Ended Highlighter - gifted to a sweet friend for her birthday along with a bible study. I have these highlighters and love using them in my quiet time or bible studies.

• Hand Towels - my older sister requested some hand towels for Christmas and she has some sage towels already. 

• Mint Julep Jazz Band's Battle Axe CD - my brother swing dances with a group in Ohio and his Christmas list was filled with various CDs from different jazz bands. I actually grabbed a different Mint Julep Jazz Band CD for him last year so it was fitting to grab this one.

• Bissell CleanView Swivel Upright Pet Vacuum Cleaner - this is actually an early birthday present to myself from my parents. It went on sale in December so I grabbed it and my parent's reimbursed me.

Books:

The funny part of doing this post is recognizing all the books I purchased last year that I still have yet to read! I bolded those I did read last year but it looks like I have a lot more reading to do this year before I should purchase any other books from Amazon.

• The Mask of the Midnight Manzanilla
• The Passion of the Purple Plumeria
• The Lure of the Moonflower
• Get Out of Your Head Study Guide: A Study in Phillippians
• Intuitive Eating (A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach)
• Intuitive Eating for Every Day: 365 Daily Practices & Inspirations to Rediscover the Pleasures of Eating
• Breaking Free from Body Shame
• Ten Words to Live By
• Woven: Understanding the Bible as One Seamless Story
• Bombshell: A Hell's Belles Novel
• In His Image
• Truthfilled - Bible Study 
• The Pioneer Woman Cooks
• Gentle and Lowly
• Breathe - Study Journal: Making Room for Sabbath
• Body Talk
• Luke: Good News of Great Joy (Flourish Bible Study)
• Bibliophile: Diverse Spines

Do you have a go to category for Amazon purchases? 

What book should I read next?