Happy Friday! I’m so relieved to have some time to recuperate and hopefully catch up on a little bit of sleep. How jealous are you of my wickedly exciting life? Totally jealous right? I knew it. Something that IS exciting is lipstick! Hurray beer lipstick! Behold! The stuff I put on my face this week! […]
Read more "Project Wear All The Lipstick – Round 5"Most of the time when I buy makeup it’s just because I see something pretty that I want and then it belongs to me, just like magic! On the other hand, there are situations where makeup is my therapy. This haul is a good healthy mix of both of these acquisition methods. I managed to […]
Read more "Super Chatty and Picture Heavy Mega Haul – February 2015"Happy Monday! Or rather, Happy END of Monday! It’s been a long day and at the moment, I’m lounging on my couch and Thing Cat is sitting on my feet purring like a mad thing, so all in all, not a bad way to end my day and tomorrow the week is only one day […]
Read more "Pacifica Solar Complete Color Mineral Palette – Review + Swatches"Recently it seems that every company in the drugstore is now releasing a matte lipstick line. Revlon has the Matte Balm Stains, Maybelline has the Creamy Mattes, Rimmel just released a matte version of their Show Off Lip Lacquer line, L’Oreal recently released a line of matte liquid lipsticks and the list goes on and […]
Read more "Jordana Modern Matte Lipstick – Review + Swatches"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"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"Essie seems to be a “love it or hate it” kind of brand. I fall squarely in the “love it” camp and Demure Vix just reinforces my positive opinion of the brand as a whole. Demure Vix is a nude mauve with a slight lavender duo-chrome that is subtle and sophisticated. Basically this is a […]
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