Workflow advice between LR and PS?

I currently use LR4 and PS CS6. I primarily use LR to store and tag my 30,000 photos, and I use PS for editing. By editing, I typically will adjust levels, saturate colors and do light cloning/healing. I'm going to start placing watermarks on lots of my images to be uploaded to the web, so I'm thinking it may be easier to just do this all from LR and only go into PS if necessary?
1. Just curious to hear your thoughts on reasons to go into PS based on what I am doing and how you would approach this?
2. For placing watermarks on lots of images, would you do this in LR or PS?
Thanks for any input.

I would do it all in LR. Nothing you have said requires PS at all. But, I admit that I can't see your photos, there may be specific edits that are better done in PS, same with watermarks, so ... since I can't see your photos, I can't be specific

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