Hello, and welcome to this week’s instalment of fibromyalgia is taking over my life, featuring a handful of this month’s most exciting new launches and a bucket of tears.

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And a few stragglers, including the Bite Deconstructed Rose Lip Gloss Library ($49 USD/$53 CAD), ugh. I don’t even really like lipgloss, but this set looks so pretty. I think it’s the name (and that gorgeous box) that roped me in.

New in candles

(How lovely and summery are those new Illume jars?)

Love at first blush (on the set of Mad Men)

Also new these past few months? Make Up For Ever’s HD Blush ($26 USD/$31 CAD), a blendable creme blush that’s available in 16 shades. If you’ve ever asked yourself “what makeup does Christina Hendricks wear on Mad Men?” late at night while vulnerable and suffering from severe face envy, well, here’s one piece of the puzzle. Makeup artist Vanessa Scali uses the HD Blush in shade #210 on Christina Hendricks in the upcoming season of Man Men — and now you know.