There are certain aspects of womanhood that I could just never grasp onto. Even through repeated effort. No matter how I tried it just never felt natural. Two things come to mind; Lipstick and Perfume. They just seemed so brazen and noticibly feminine I never felt like I could pull it off. Lipstick is so loud and feels so crappy on your lips. Perfume always just smelled desperate to me, desperate and homone -y. Yuck. But then maybe 5 years ago I stumbled onto this.

This is Lemon Sugar. One of my favroite scents. So fresh and clean. Just delightful. I’ve gone through two large bottles and now I have this mini.

So I had finally found a perfume that didn’t smell like sex. I figured maybe I just need to try some more and then I found Stella.

This is not at all fruity. It smells like a wonderful field of flowers. I love Stella, by Stella.

So then of course came…

This is a limited edition Stella Fragrance called Peony. They no longer sell it . I love have loved Peony’s since childhood. This scent always makes me feel like a little girl.

So two flowery scents and one fruit; I need some more fruit so I went back to the Fresh line for this…

Ahhh, Bergamot Citrus. What is Bergamot you ask? I have no idea. But this is yummy and delightful.

And finally, I received this as a birthday gift. This secnt makes me feel like a hot blonde rockstar.

LAMB. This smells like nothing else I have, it smells like sparkle. Love love love the LAMB

This is how I overcame my fear of perfume (and now have a costly addiction). Sephora is my homeland, for fragrance, for make up, for comfort, everything but lipstick. I still cannot do it. Does anyone have any recommends for a natural feeling and looking lip product? I need to breech this last hurdle of womanhood.