Long holiday weekends are all about sleeping, cleaning and maybe even some shopping. Because you know the best deals happen around the holidays—especially President’s Day. And we’ve got an exclusive blowout just for you. HSN’s private beauty sale for Valentine’s Day 2021 is seriously epic, with up to half off cult-favorite products from M.A.C., Benefit Cosmetics and Beauty Blender.

There are skincare deals to be had too, from the ultra-hydrating Korres and Beekman 1802—perfect for winter dryness. You have to hop on these deals quickly because they’ll disappear at midnight on Sunday. So, now’s the time to stock up on products you already use all the time, like Benefit’s brow pencil, and even some new launches you’ve had your eye on. Looking for a gift? Juicy’s new fragrance smells like heaven and Skinn Cosmetics’ microdermabrasion treatment is great for anyone who wants smooth skin.

Shop all our favorites, below!

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Viva la Juicy 2-piece Pure Parfum and Body Lotion Set

Wild berries, creamy vanilla and jasmine come together for this flirty scent.

Beekman 1802 Sweet Grass Goat Milk 4-piece Set

Skin feeling less than smooth during the winter? Us, too. This goat milk set smooths and hydrates—and it’s half off the retail price!

Benefit Cosmetics Precisely, My Brow Duo

The ultra-fine tip lets you draw on those hairlike strokes in four shades. Even Lizzo is a big fan. You get two for the retail price of one.

Korres Yoghurt Probiotic Serum

Hydrate, smooth skin’s texture and nourish the face with this gentle serum.

MAC Iconic Cream Lipstick Set

Grab the shades of the season: Lady Bug (a tomato red) and See Sheer (a grapefruit pink).

TanTowel Full-Body Plus 5-pack

These sunless tanning towelettes make it so easy to get an even faux tan without the mess.

Beauty Blender Love 2 Blend Set

Not only do you get two Beautyblender makeup sponges, but also the cleansers you need to keep them clean.

President’s Day might not be super-exciting (happy birthday, Washington?), but there are big deals to be had if you’re ready to shop. Maybe you want to treat yourself for Valentine’s Day or just want to stock up on skincare and makeup you use all the time—at a discount. Well, Sephora’s President’s Day sale for 2021 is here and we’ve got all the details you need to know, as well as prices on all our favorite items.

From now until February 15, hundreds of must-haves are on sale up to 50 percent off. We’re talking skincare, makeup and haircare from brands including Tarte, Huda Beauty, gHD, Hourglass Cosmetics, Living Proof, Biossance and BareMinerals. The list goes on and on! It’s not random overstock products, either. These are best-selling items you’ll use all year round—even under a face mask.

No idea where to start? We’ve got you covered. Shop below and treat yourself this Valentine’s Day.

Our mission at STYLECASTER is to bring style to the people, and we only feature products we think you’ll love as much as we do. Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission of the sale.

Kate Somerville Kx Active Concentrates Bio-Mimicking Peptides Serum

Firm, smoothe and hydrate skin while diminishing the look of lines and wrinkles.

Peter Thomas Roth Green Releaf Therapeutic Sleep Cream

This nighttime moisturizer works to calm and provide anti-aging benefits with two percent retinoid complex, topical melatonin and five percent colloidal oatmeal.

Lord Jones High CBD Formula Chill Balm 200mg CBD

Smooth and hydrate skin with 200mg of CBD, extra virgin olive oil and shea butter.

bareMinerals.

bareMinerals Complexion Rescue Tinted Moisturizer with Hyaluronic Acid and Mineral SPF 30

Hailey Bieber is a spokesmodel for bareMinerals and we’re told this is one of her go-to complexion products. We’re going to trust her on this one because we’re obsessed with the tinted hydrator, too.

Biossance Squalane + Bamboo Deodorant

Maybe now is the time to try a new deodorant that’s aluminum and baking soda free.

Benefit.

Benefit Cosmetics Cheeks Stars Reunion Tour: Blush, Bronzer & Highlighter Palette

Get five best-selling bronzer, blush and highlight shades, plus super-soft cheek brush (for basically the price of one alone).

Huda Beauty.

Huda Beauty Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette

We’re huge fans of all the colorways—especially Amethyst—of these mini palettes with matte and shimmer finishes.

President’s Day is not the most exciting holiday unless you’re a pretty big fan of George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. (No judgments.) What you can do on the holiday, other than sleep in, is go shopping—online, of course. Because there are deals to be had across the spectrum. One of our favorites is ColourPop’s President’s Day sale for 2021, which is also a bit of a Valentine’s Day sale as well as a big launch day. Because you know ColourPop does nothing small.

If you have your eyes on something specific from ColourPop or its sister brands SOL and Fourth Ray Beauty, there’s a good chance you can get it for 25 percent off. That’s the sitewide discount, though exclusions include the new Melrose collection, curated palettes and build-your-own palettes, as well as brand collabs Hocus Pocus, Hello Kitty, Raw Beauty Kristi, Sailor Moon and Make It Black.

In addition to the sitewide sale, you can score up to 75 percent off palettes, lip kits and so much more, including some best-sellers. There’s so much to choose from but we’re getting you started with some of our favorites, below.

Our mission at STYLECASTER is to bring style to the people, and we only feature products we think you’ll love as much as we do. Please note that if you purchase something by clicking on a link within this story, we may receive a small commission of the sale.

Bare Necessities Shadow Palette

This huge neutral palette comes out to be less than $1 a shade.

Amor Shadow Palette

Metallic plum and rich mauves are perfect for V-day looks.

Must-Have Stash Lippie Pencil Cup Lippie Pencil Vault

This massive, colorful vault includes 36 perfect lipsticks with a $226 value.

SOL Body Wash

This hydrating coconut cleanser will make you feel like you’re on vacation.

Freckle Pen

Choose from dark brown or soft brown.

Are you imperfect? Good. That means you are human. But are you coming to terms with your imperfections? Ah, there lies the challenge.

Culture and society lauds the perfect marriage, perfect children, perfect body, perfect house. It’s nauseating! I have never been and will never be perfect, though there was a time when I tried to be.

My Perfection Journey

I wanted to be the perfect mom. My kids would be well-behaved, highly educated, saints, and scholars. My house would be warm and inviting. My marriage would be enviable.

But the truth is, trying to be perfect nearly killed me. It negatively impacted those around me as well.

I am learning to embrace my imperfections, forgive myself for my mistakes and make peace with the tragedies that have befallen my life. It’s still a wonderful life no matter how much crap happens.

The Illusion of Perfection

Perfection is really an illusion. Many Mamas I know made “the perfect family” an idol.

But when you can embrace your imperfections, you become positively empowered by the mistakes that you make. Here are some ideas that will allow you to embrace your humanity.

Look for the Hidden Gift of Imperfection

Do you feel like imperfections are weaknesses? If you do, then you probably view weaknesses as flaws that can do nothing but harm us.

Humans are prone to error, not perfection. Therefore, when a perfection-seeker makes the inevitable mistake, they are so ashamed of it that they try and cover the mistake up. They refuse to honestly talk about the behavior that led to the mistake.

I’ve met so many Mamas at conventions and speaking engagements who would vigorously nod in agreement that the life of a wholehearted mom is wonderful and superior. In private, they would share their sorrow over wayward children and dead marriages.

The desire to present a positive public face caused them to deny their private pain, which led only to stagnation and feeling stuck.

Chasing Perfection Is a Fool’s Errand

When you embrace your imperfections, you understand that chasing perfection is a fool’s errand. You realize that the human heritage is made up of behaviors that cause error.

However, you don’t stop there. You also realize that the human heritage is a history of learning from those errors and correcting the behaviors that caused them.

The process of growth is contingent on falling down and getting back up. The result is that we learn from our mistakes. It is how we grow – and how we have always grown – as human beings. This is how our species has grown and it is how we have, so far, survived and thrived.

Learning is the hidden gift of imperfection. It is the reason why embracing imperfection is so essential for personal growth.

What Did We Learn?

When my kids were teens and one of them committed some error, the others would tease and say, “What did we learn?”

Mamas, can we ask ourselves the same question? Can you be honest enough with yourself to look at your past behaviors to examine how they might have contributed to your current difficulty?

In my own journey of learning and moving forward, it has been my endeavor to own what I need to own, call it what it is, learn from it, and do better in the future.

I have had to humbly admit, numerous times, to being impatient, unloving, harsh, judgmental and more. I have called out my imperfections and sought to do what I could to make things right.

At some point in their lives, I have asked each of my kids for forgiveness for how my own screwed-up-ness has harmed them.

By embracing my own imperfections, I have learned from them. After that embrace, I have been committed to being more loving and accepting – of myself and others. Almost everything is better. Not solved or perfect, but better.

Wabi Sabi Says Imperfections Are Beautiful

In dealing with my many issues and numerous imperfections, my therapist introduced me to the idea of Wabi Sabi. Based on Buddhist teachings, Wabi Sabi represents the esthetic theory that everything is perfect not despite imperfections, but because of them.

What Is Wabi Sabi?

Wabi Sabi is very loosely translated as “wisdom in natural simplicity.” The Wabi Sabi concept has its roots in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Do you have a well-loved tea or coffee cup? When someone else looks at it, they may see a vessel cracked or chipped by use. To you, it’s beautiful!

Most of us don’t like our imperfections. We develop these perceptions from the moment we are born, by looking at how others react to us. But we are rarely taught to look inside ourselves to form our own opinions.

Of course, it is easy to be critical of ourselves. But what is really important to you, personally? Introspection and self-awareness keep us rooted in what is truly real.

Inner Contemplation Is Important

The Wabi Sabi philosophy seeks to give innate value to all those scars we have, both physical and emotional. It is the experiences that created these scars that make up who we are today and every day. Those experiences are to be celebrated, even if they hurt at the time.

In viewing ourselves more kindly, we can see where we have experienced pain or challenge and how they have built us up. They have made us stronger and more resilient, and through them, we have learned to persevere. In Wabi Sabi, the ‘broken’ person is stronger, more beautiful and more perfect.

Flaws to Benefits

Pinpoint something that you view as a flaw, and begin to think of ways you can try to view that flaw as a benefit.

If you are critical of your large feet, view them as being able to carry you solidly wherever you go. The residual paralysis I have in my face from Bell’s palsy has been a reminder to me of the surface nature of beauty and how fleeting it is.

When an object is created in the Wabi Sabi esthetic, it is not created to be symmetrical or free of imperfections. It is the same with us as human beings! We are beautiful just as we are.

One author, Richard Powell, describes it simply: “Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect.” That includes us. Can you embrace imperfection instead of fighting it?

What are some imperfections you have stopped fighting and have started to see their beauty? Have you examined where your need for perfection began? What can you do to fight the urge to be perfect? Please share your thoughts below.

Kameron Westcott’s Pink Peplum Top With the Dog Trainer

Real Housewives of Dallas Season 5 Episode 6 Fashion

While Kameron Westcott may not have exactly completed the homework she was given by dog trainer Brad, we of course completed our homework in finding the pretty pink peplum top she wore in this scene on last night’s episode. A feat which I think it’s safe to say definitely earns us a solid A+ and the #1 spot as teacher’s pet although Fanci provides no real competition.

Fashionably,

Faryn

Click Here to See Her Sold Out MSGM Top

Click Here to Shop Her Chanel Sneakers on eBay

Originally posted at: Kameron Westcott’s Pink Peplum Top