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Someone else said this in a post here, that the earlier seasons used to have much more of the actual law and order and less drama about the squad’s personal lives. I prefer that so much more. I miss Warner, Huang, Cabot (and Barba and Novak), Morales (the TARU guy), and the guy from the CSU unit. Even though I really miss Elliot, Cragen and Munch, I didn’t even mind Rollins, Amaro or Carisi. But the show really fell off from Season 20 onwards, it should have ended there or had a fresh start. Now its such a snooze fest with cringe lines and delivery. Such a far cry from how humorous and hard hitting it used to be. With the seasons prior, I don’t care how ridiculous some of the cases and the details that followed were (esp in the very early seasons lol), they were so much more interesting and thought provoking. You could tell they were fairly fleshed out too. Sorry, been on a re-run and needed to vent. :/

I'm such a lucky girl because I was there in the crowd on W2!!!! I'll never forget it, one of the best moments of my life. I can't bring myself to watch this because it makes me so emotional 💜 #BIEBERCHELLA

Here are mine in order. I’ve separated them by Swag 1&2 :

SWAG I

Butterflies - by far the most underrated song imo! In fact, I would go as far as to say it’s one of Justin’s best songs ever (and the bar is so high). This is a very personal opinion obviously but I just love it so much. It’s been my most listened to song since it came out. The song progression is so beautiful, the backing drums and melody is perfect. His vocals really shine through as well, I think he stretches them out in this song whereas the rest of Swag is a sung a bit quicker. I don't have the musical knowledge to describe it in the proper lingo lol. Not to mention, the lyrics! I think it touches on his struggle of battling with fame so well. Im a sucker for synth pop and melancholy music so I’m very biased on this. I could go on about this song forever.

All I Can Take - I know this song is not actually that underrated, but it doesn’t get enough recognition in my opinion! Such a fun song, always puts me a good mood. No other notes, just a great song all round.

405 - Kind of similar to Butterflies, although the topic of the song is completely different. This is a really good car song imo. Love the production and the melody.

Walking Away - Same as All I Can Take, not that underrated but not appreciated enough for my liking! Beautiful lyrics about being a flawed person and battling the growing pains of life, specifically in a relationship.

SWAG - I’m surprised by how little attention the titular track gets? Such a banger, went platinum in my room lol. Justin and Eddie’s voices mesh well together. 

Too Long - The yearning, the vocals, the instrumental 🤌🏾🤌🏾 I was lucky enough to hear this live at Coachella and it was SO good 🫨

SWAG II

Witchya - It’s so soft and gentle. Very similar to Walking Away but has it’s own structure. I don’t know why I like it so much, I just do

Petting Zoo - Everyone was and is begging for Journals 2.0. They can’t see that Swag is a more mature version of Journals. Do you need any more proof than Petting Zoo? Sexy song 😮‍💨

Need It - Same as Petting Zoo, give me a more mature Journals vibe. His vocals are so good, it’s a fun and sexy song.

Honourable mentions:

Little Things You Do - The Vocals!!!!

Open Up Your Heart - Maybe I’m just a massive yearner but I love belting out to this song. Justin and Eddie’s vocals blend together sooo good.

Shouldn’t be on this list because they are the most popular songs out of both albums, but are still not given enough credit imo 😤:

Yukon & Speed Demon

Bieberchella 4 ever!!! 💜

Please bare with me because this post is long! I've been learning about manifestation for a few years now. It started with law of attraction, then law of assumption and now I think I've moved beyond that to the theory of 'I AM' (I don't actually know what it's called, some sort of non-duality? I know that it overlaps with LOA a lot. If there is a separate sub for this, please let me know!)

So, I want to preface this by saying I have now reached a point where I do really understand the concept of 'I AM'. I know that I am source, know that creation is finished, that everything exists now. I understand that, on an absolute level, who I see as 'myself' is just a character and that every one else is also a character. That I am them and they are me, we are all just one consciousness.

BUT, even though deep down I know what is true, I can't seem to put it into practice. Yes, I know that saying this contradicts what I've said above. But I need to explain myself somehow, so please lets leave semantics aside for now.

I've seen some major progress in myself, I don't desperately spend ages trying different techniques hoping that it will work. I know now that the techniques are just tools. For that reason, please don't suggest robotic affirmation or any sort of similar technique to me. I have nothing against it and if it works for you, then that's great. Itt just doesn't resonate with me personally, instead it gives me more anxiety. Please don't take offence to me saying this, it's just a personal preference! Whenever I do say affirmations, it's to ground myself and to remind myself of who I truly am. So I do it every now and then.

The problem is, I haven't experienced anything actually 'manifest' itself. I know that we aren't ever actually 'manifesting' anything, we are just choosing a different identity and becoming aware of what's already there. But you get what I'm saying hopefully!

Because of what so many of us are conditioned into and also because of past experiences (yes I know there is only now but again, for the sake of explaining, I'm saying this), it's so hard for me to shake the feeling that I need to constantly 'do' something. I need to optimise or always be scanning. My mind can't rest and I can't just 'be'. I know I'm supposed to just observe these thoughts and feelings from my character and not try to fix it.

I try to live as 'source' as much as I can. I can't shake the feeling that I still need to 'understand' everything better, than I need to first 'heal' myself and then finally everything will unravel. But there's no perfect position I need to reach, I'm still in a place of waiting if I keep doing that. I often feel like I'm faking it and I'm actually doing everything as a means to an end, therefore it won't work. I know that's silly but that's just how my mind plays games with me.

I think it's particularly hard for me because I have been unemployed for a while and right now, that's my character's main source of misery (trust me I've tried so many avenues in the traditional sense). Yes, I know that a job (or any other want) won't magically fix everything and that the character will always want more. But I don't feel like I need to reach an ego death before living the life I dream of?

I'm in my late 20s and it's difficult not to spiral about the lack of direction in my life. As much as I try to 'just decide' and spend my day in 'the knowing', it's hard when there are so many days filled with nothingness.

I've tried to structure my day as much as possible, but I often fail at following routines (I try not to berate myself as much when I make mistakes. I know it happens). I have a therapist and everything, I know this is something I just need to discipline myself into. I try my best to regulate my nervous system. I meditate, have lots of hobbies, do volunteer activities, have a fairly good social life. But without a job, I still have far too much free time. In the end, all the other things feel like distractions anyway, which is a problem in itself!

Even when I am occupied, in the back of my mind, I'm always thinking about how I need to optimise and get it together first, then I can be properly social. It's ruining the time I spend with my friends and family, because I know that regulation comes through participation, not by isolating myself. When I do have free time, I spiral that I'm not doing enough.

Another thing that makes all this harder is, whenever I'm doing all these activities, I'm inevitably spending lots of money. Money that I can't really be spending so frivolously. Yes I know that mindset itself is coming from lack. But the point is, it's adding to my panic. I don't know what to do with myself during the day, as stupid as that sounds. It's embarrassing to admit and feels like such a non-issue. Then I become afraid I will spend the rest of my life like this while everyone else in my life advances. I already feel like I've wasted too much time (yes I know technically, every new moment I'm a clean slate).

Theoretically, I know the 3D is always in movements, that everything is in flow. That what I'm predominantly bringing my awareness to is what I'm experiencing. But it's hard to put into practice. I feel like I'm making it too complicated for myself?

All this back and forth is so exhausting as well and I feel so at a loss. This is my first time posting here, I hope this resonates with someone.

EDIT: I feel like it's worth mentioning that I struggle with OCD. It's something I've battled my whole life. I don't like throwing this label around as an excuse for everything in my life and I know that I shouldn't let it control me. But it does make things difficult. I am well aware that the more that I tell myself this, the worse it becomes. I don't mean OCD in the stereotypical sense of being overly clean (although I do that too lmao), it's much worse with my thoughts because I'm compulsively thinking about things, over monitoring them and then over monitoring the monitoring. Then the intrusive thoughts telling me I'm faking it lowkey drive me insane. I don't know if that makes sense, I don't know how to describe it. Does anyone else struggle with this in relation to manifestation specifically? I'm sure there are people, just haven't spoken to any.

Finally, drag herrrrr 🤪 Not one lie told! Need her delulu fans who thinks she’s been replaced by a clone to understand this.

I want to preface this by saying that I'm a HUGE Rhode fan. I have almost every single product and don't really have complaints about any of them, other than the lip tints 🥲. This isn't including the Sugarmint peptide lip boost, I LOVE her! She has dethroned Glazing milk for me, which I didn't think was possible. I honestly wish it came in a tube as big as toothpaste lmao.

I've been buying the lip tints since they first came out, I even had the waxing non-plastic lip treat back in 2023. I loved them and since they reformulated them last year, I love them even more. Looks so good on my lips. I've had expresso, toast and PBJ. The problem is, after a few weeks or months, they all start smelling REALLY bad 😭 I know this isn't specific to me because I've seen so many complaints on here saying the same thing. I also hear the same from friends who have the lip tints.

I don't understand why this happens with only the lip tints? They fixed the grainy issue (was never a problem for me though) so I really hope they pay attention to this next. I've had to throw away every single one of my lip tints eventually because it just smells soo gross. I tried cleaning with an anti-bac wipe and it worked the first time but then it didn't. I even tried washing the caps with soap.

Is it the packaging? NONE of their other products have this issue. Also isn't the peptide lip boost packaged in the same way? It's just so sad because I love the way they look but if it starts smelling like this so quick then that's not worth the money. I have other lipsticks from even more 'clean' beauty and eco brands, and even they last longer. I really hope they figure out what's wrong because it's such a shame.

I went through some posts on here and can see that some people contacted customer service and got refuded. But I didn't realise that and it's deff too late for me because I threw away some of them over a year ago. I got the PBJ in February 2025. It started smelling bad by around August last year but as I said, I cleaned it with an anti-bac wipe and it went away for a while. But then it came back and wouldn't go away so I binned it a few days ago :/

I commented this on another post but thought I'd make my own. Mods, if this isn't allowed please remove. But to me it seems like this sub is turning into another Hailey snark page. The same buzzwords of her being a 'mean girl' is being thrown around like crazy. Seems like people are using this more as an excuse to call Hailey a 'mean girl' and harass her like she has been for years now since marrying Justin. Sorry but I'm just calling it how it is. Rhode is her brand but Hailey is a person. I also think it's extremley unfair to compare Hailey not showing up to her pop up to popstars holding intimate concerts or private events for fans. Hailey is selling products, the popstars ARE the products themselves. These are two different scenes, it just seems to overlap in the public mind because Hailey is also a famous celebrity married to an extremely famous popstar.

Some of the criticism are valid but some of this is so weird and coming off extremely entitled. Yes Rhode is a billion dollar company and they should definitely do better next time, they were definitely lacking in this pop up. I also think they have handled the demand vs stock poorly. Rhode should know by now how high their demands are, especially after opening up to new countries.

That being said, it seems like you are all holding Rhode, and specifically Hailey, to an impossible standard. I don't understand the expectation of thinking a brands founder will be at every pop up event. Someone else said on here that this isn't a Hailey meet and greet, and they're right bc what!?

I do agree that it's frustrating to see influencers get so much while we are begging for scraps. I mean every brand does this. I guess that's a whole separate debate. Also, of course she's going to go to dinner with them, why would she not? 😭 They are there for promo. I agree it would have been nice if Hailey popped by but it would just be a bonus, not an expectation to meet. The complains about her not posting on insta is downright bizarre. She can't be expected to tend to every one of your needs.

Also, if you're going to a Rhode pop up, I mean what are you expecting? They have had long queues since conception. It's kind of your own responsibility to take things like an umbrella or water. This is a pop up for a skincare brand, not an obligatory thing you have to do. A lot of the time, Rhode does hand out food and water and even umbrellas. What else can they do? They can't set up porta potties like it's some sort of festival? Idk like when I go to concerts and stay in line for hours, it's horrible and uncomfortable but I'm not complaining to anyone running the show because I willingly put myself there. If you already have that much time to spare waiting around and that much money to spend, then isn't it really a choice you made?

UK girlies, do we think Rhode will launch at Space NK in the future? I don’t understand why they haven’t already because Rhode fits Space NK’s branding so perfectly. I just tried swatching some blushes at Sephora in Westfield and even the testers are almost finished and half of them are not available for testing 😩 Are some of the blushes (like Teacup, Plum, Candy Apple) only available online? Idk why I feel like there would be more if it was available at Space NK too?

Honestly atp Rhode needs it own stores bc the demand is so high and their pop ups are so well done, might as well!!

Does anyone have any predictions to when they might restock the sold out highlight milks? I wanted to get Pearly Champagne but I think it's sold out at the moment. Also, when did they say the new core products will launch in Sephora (including Sephora UK)?