While a beautiful true red nail polish is undoubtedly elegant and a lovely pink polish is fresh and girly, when it comes to nail lacquer, my heart belongs to the slightly less traditional color schemes. After “oohing and ahhing” over multiple YouTube guru’s lovely golden green manicures, I finally managed to get my grubby little […]
Read more "butter London – Wallis – NOTW"There have been some seriously mixed feelings about Pantone’s color of the year for 2015. Quite a few people have voiced the opinion that Marsala (18-1438) is a somewhat drab color but you know what? Give me all the things in Marsala! Earthy red toned eyeshadow? Hell yes! (In fact, as I’m writing this, I […]
Read more "Sephora + Pantone Universe Facets of Marsala Multi-Finish Eye Palette – Review + A Boatload of Swatches"Remember how I managed to show some restraint in choosing my favorite eyeshadow palettes? Well I’ve gone and made up for it in the lip product category. I will say that 2014 was the year of me falling in love with lipstick. That being said, grab a snack because we’re going to be here for […]
Read more "2014 Lip Product Favorites"Welcome to part 3 of my 2014 favorites: eye products! In case you missed them, part 1 was skin and hair favorites and part 2 was face product favorites. This last year has been a big year for lipstick for me BUT, at heart, I’m really an eyeshadow fanatic. I tend to have mostly palettes […]
Read more "2014 Eye Product Favorites"Welcome to part 2 of my 2014 favorites series! There were a few constant favorite face products that I just couldn’t get enough of this last year. Let’s get right to it! (I know, it’s weird to have a short intro. I don’t know what’s wrong with me today.) L’Oreal Magic Lumi Highlighter This is […]
Read more "2014 Face Product Favorites"Happy new year! I hope you had a wonderful New Years Eve and I wish you all the best for the year to come. I don’t do regular favorites posts but I really feel that in the last year there have been a boatload some standout products that have really impressed me or just made […]
Read more "2014 Skin and Hair Favorites"Sometimes when I’m Christmas shopping I forget that I’m not shopping for myself. I’ll be wandering through whatever store with the recipient of my potential gift in mind and then BLAM! pretty shiny things! So having spent considerably more time in various retail establishments over the last few weeks, I’ve collected a pile of said […]
Read more "New at the Drugstore – December 2014"This week is all about the sparkle and shine. And the barrage of posts by me (this is what happens when I’m given vacation time). But mostly, it’s about sparkle and shine.There’s something a bit magical about how a good highlighter can give definition to your bone structure, make your skin look fresh and young […]
Read more "Review – Josie Maran Argan Illuminizer"The holiday season always feels like a good time to don all things sparkly so when I saw a set of pigments called “Fairy Dust” I felt compelled to try it out. The Pixi website describes this product as: Illuminating powder pigments give concentrated glow & enhancing colour instantly! There are six colors in the […]
Read more "Pixi Fairy Dust Favorites – Swatches + First Impressions"Over the Edge is part of Essie’s permanent collection and the Essie website describes it as a dramatic metallic midnight silver. This nail polish is on the thin side and requires three coats for full opacity. I think I could have benefitted from a fourth coat in all honesty. Despite being a tad watery, this […]
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