Temptalia's Holiday (Non-Beauty) Favorites 2018

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Christine | Updated: 12/25/18December 25, 2018

Happy Holidays!

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate! Here at Temptalia HQ, Christmas Eve is really Mellan’s birthday, so Christmas is pretty ignored on the Eve in lieu of celebrating the best dog on the planet (I’m unbiased, obviously). Our holiday is low-key as my family arrives a few days after Christmas and stays through the new year, so hubby and I pretty much work as usual. Yesterday, I largely forgot it was even a holiday… ?

There are moments where I’ve bought and used some product that isn’t beauty-related that I’ve wanted to recommend to everyone, and I thought today might be a nice day to share some of my personal favorites. I’ve purchased all of the products above either for myself or others, and I loved a few of them enough to ask for another helping via a gift. You might notice a theme across most of my favorites: cozy & comfy.

Also, I couldn’t pull up images/links to Orvis for the widget, but anyone looking for a high-quality, top tier bed for their doggo, I highly recommend Orvis Memory Foam Beds. Mellan has three (yes, three), of the Bolster Dog Beds (large is good for him but he can curl into a medium, the latter fits in his crate for traveling) and the Platform bed (just one, poor guy), which was another of his birthday gifts this year. I think one of his beds is over eight years old, and I’ve just replaced the cover once for wear.

Hope you have a lovely last week of 2018 and a great start to your 2019! Thank you for keeping me company during the holiday season ?

Happy 11th birthday, Magellan!

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Lily Kelley

Happy Birthday Mellan, a big kiss for the handsome boy! Merry Christmas Christine for you and your family!!

Christine

Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

Happy Christmas, Lily! Hugs to the boys!

Kitty

Light Plus, Pink, moderately pink undertones. Combination skin.

Merry Christmas to you too, and happy birthday to Mellan! Thanks for sharing your favorites and yes, I do see a theme! 🙂

Thanks for giving us such unbiased, thorough and frequently rushed (!) reviews. I appreciate this so much that I’ve got my husband using your affiliate links as well as me to help ensure that you prosper. You are truly a gem.

Happy new year too!

Christine

Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

Thank you, Kitty!! 🙂 Hope you had a great holiday!

Seraphine

Light, Neutral undertones. Combination skin.

OMG, the puppy pictures…so adorable then and now! Happy Birthday, Mellan!

Merry Christmas and thank you for all your hard work on this site!

Christine

Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

My only regret is that I don’t have high res puppy pics! Ahh, the days where disk drive space was valuable, lol!

Nancy T

Medium, Olive, neutral undertones. Combination skin.

Better than all the makeup in the world: Mellan ❤️. Or, in my case, Scunci and the alien cat, Clarissa.
Those skinny sweatpants are definitely now on my clothing WL. In black, of course. Because POCKETS. And drawstring waist. Hopefully the L will fit my rump roast rear-end. 12’s in jeans usually do?

Christine

Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

The pockets are great – they’re a good depth so they easily fit my iPhone XS Max! Not dinky at all. I think a large should fit you based on that!

Genevieve

Lightest, Pink undertones. Dry skin.

What an adorable little puppy Mellon was and he is still so loveable. Thank you for sharing these happy birthday photos of our favourite doggie. I feel like I know him so well, he is such a good natured and lovely dog. But then, I think, he is like his ‘doggie parents’ – you (Christine) and Shaun.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas Christine and Shaun, with your family and enjoy your day.
It is Boxing Day here in Aus and we had a fabulous day yesterday, surrounded by our family too. We got Olivia a purple (her favourite colour) Princess outfit and Lachlan a firefighters outfit and both children wore them all day.
I hope you are able to have a bit of rest and relaxation too. And thank you once again for this amazing blog.

Christine

Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

Thank you, Genevieve! Happy to hear that you had a nice holiday yesterday with your family and grandbabies!

Debbie

Light Plus, Neutral, slight pink undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

Happy Birthday sweet pup, and Merry Christmas, to you, Christine.

Christine

Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

Thank you, Debbie! Hope you had a good one 🙂

Deborah S.

Lightest, Neutral, slight pink undertones. Dry skin.

Happy Birthday to Mellan and Happy Holidays to you and your husband, Christine. Thank you for another year of terrific reviews and I love all the changes you have made to the website and the content additions. It has been a wonderful year for those of us with makeup addictions, oh I mean, collectors. Merry Christmas to everyone in Temptalia-land!!!!!

Priscila

Light, Neutral undertones. Combination skin.

Well happy birthday to the beautiful Mellan! Such a cutie! ☺️ And merry Xmas to you and your family! ❤️ Love seeing some of your recs for cozy products, those are my favorite types of gifts too.

Rashmi Gotarne

Merry Christmas from my family to yours My beautiful and charming girl… ☺
And a very Happy Birthday to handsome boy ??????

Kira

Light Medium, Yellow, slight yellow undertones. Combination skin.

Awww!! Love the Mellan collages?

Alix

Happy Holidays to the hardest working blogger in the biz. Thanks for all you do, Christine!

Helene

Very Light, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Combination skin.

Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Thank you so much for all the hard work you do to keep us well informed.
Most of all, A Happy Birthday to Mellan, the sweet, lovely boy.
All a bit late, sorry for that.

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