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cheek stain / blush

First Look: Lancome O My Rose Collection Spring 2010

January 18, 2010

How pretty, those teal eyes, tangerine-rose lips! Lancome’s new O My Rose collection for spring injects a breath of fresh air into winter. Aaron De Mey, Lancome’s International Artistic Director For Makeup introduces gorgeous teal, coral, and peach color stories with this one! Get this look: Eyes • Color Design Eye Shadow Quad in Pop [...]

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Retail Therapy: Current Craves From The Web

January 12, 2010

All of this week’s current craves are from Sephora, where if I were shopping on someone else’s dime–this is what I would buy right now. Because heaven knows we all need a little retail therapy! Let’s go imaginary shopping, shall we? philosophy Miracle Worker Miraculous Anti-aging Retinoid Pads and Solution — I love a lot [...]

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First Look: Smashbox Heartbreaker Collection Spring 2010

December 29, 2009

Smashbox is already setting hearts a flutter with the Heartbreaker Collection for Spring 2010…I know! It’s not even New Year’s Eve yet, but I’m so happy to see 2010 collections trickling in already! This one will be a smash for sure, no pun intended. Smashbox has released their first ever fragrance, Heartbreaker Eau de Parfum [...]

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Review: Christopher Drummond Beauty Eyeshadow

December 24, 2009

Professional makeup artist Christopher Drummond created an all-natural, vegan, and organic-based makeup line that launched in 2007. I recently tried out a few products from the line and of particular note, I found the eyeshadow formulation is lacking any bismuth oxychloride–an ingredient in some mineral eyeshadows that can cause itching or irritation. While for me [...]

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Pretty Gifty: bareMinerals Wealth of Beauty Collection

November 30, 2009

Spoken like a true bareMinerals fan, if I were to receive this as a holiday gift I would just about flip, and if I weren’t already a loyal devotee–this would convert me in about 2.5 seconds! Wealth of Beauty is a jackpot collection of 13 eyeshadows, 2 liner shadows, 2 cheek colors, 2 mini 100% [...]

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Heidi Klum spices up VS Makeup with Exotic Jewels

October 27, 2009

Stunning! Last month when I had a sneak peek at the new Heidi Klum for VS Makeup Exotic Jewels collection, I about went loco for the colorful Indian-themed packaging. The gold, the colors, the luxe! The color palette is perfect for that purple-themed holiday season I spoke of recently (we’ll be seeing it A LOT!), [...]

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Currently Loving: bareMinerals Happiness Collection

October 20, 2009

I think we’re all game for a little happiness, right? bareMinerals delivers it in this Sephora-exclusive collection for just $54– small price to pay for such beauty loot-haul joy! Happiness is loaded with 9 new products for a perfectly natural color palette I think anyone can wear. I would be pretty surprised if you couldn’t [...]

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Coming full-circle: Lauren Hutton Naturals Face Disc

October 7, 2009

Things really do come full-circle, and trying out Lauren Hutton’s makeup line reminded me of that! When my baby teeth finally gave way to my “big girl” teeth, and the last quarter had been left under my pillow by the tooth fairy, I had kind of awkward teeth for a little girl– or at least [...]

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Get the look using bareMinerals Face Fashion: Natural Muse

September 29, 2009

One of my fave ways to try new colors is in small, seasonal sets like this one from Bare Escentuals– bareMinerals Face Fashion: Natural Muse. For $34, you’ll receive 5 trendy shades to complete an entire look, and also gain 5 new pieces of makeup (GLORIOUS MAKEUP!) to mix in with your existing stash to [...]

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Cheat Sheet: Pur Minerals for Fall 2009

August 27, 2009

I’ve had great luck with Pur Minerals products in the past, so there’s no better time than the present to share a subtle Fall look using a few of the newest shades. Here, four colors of Pur Minerals’ Mineral Shadows are featured on this Cheat Sheet: It’s easy to update a softer smoky eye look [...]

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