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NYX for Eyes and Lips: Slide On Pencil in Glitzy Gold and Matte Lipstick in...
It's Christmas in August! By which I mean, it's been so gray and gloomy in San Francisco that wearing gold eyeliner and brick-red matte lipstick--together, even--seems perfectly appropriate in early...
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Pistols at Dawn: NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer in Vanilla vs. AB's Dark Circles
Being a True and Compleat Account of a Recent Affair of Honour. Pistols at dawn, or swords, or concealer wands...I've had reddish-purple undereye circles since early childhood. Most of the time, I...
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Good Taste, Bad Taste, and the Fear of "Too Much"
For a long time now, I've thought of myself as someone who takes risks with beauty. I know relatively few people who wear color makeup regularly, and even fewer who wear unconventional colors...
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La Vita è (Not Exactly) Bella: New Milani Eyeshadows in Bella Taupe and Bella...
Damn it, Milani! You've done it again. Lured me in with the promise of a revolutionary makeup formula at an implausibly low price point, only to deliver mediocrity. Will I ever learn? (These containers...
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The Pacific Coast Highway and an Antidote to SoCal Dryness: Sephora Rose Mask!
Long time no blog! We reached Los Angeles yesterday evening, after a two-day drive down the Pacific Coast Highway. On the first (and more scenic) day, we covered the PCH from San Francisco to San Luis...
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Goldilocks and the Three Lip Brushes
If you've watched as many geisha documentaries as I have (she said, too casually), you'll be familiar with the clichéd close-up shot of a geisha or maiko painting her white-powdered lips with a brush...
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August in Nail Polish
Since all but one of the nail polishes I wore in August were new to me, I thought I'd write up a month's worth of mini-reviews!My first polish of August was Zoya Normani, which I bought at the...
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Wishlist: Early Fall Edition
I keep a running beauty wishlist over at Pinterest, and I thought I'd wax poetic about a handful of those items on the blog.1. NARS Audacious Lipstick in AudreyImage from NARS.For the past few weeks,...
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NARS Audacious Lipstick Swatches and the Allure of Audrey
Today, as a reward for finishing an article draft and setting up a meeting with my adviser, I headed to the local Bluemercury to check out the new NARS Audacious lipsticks. I limited myself to seven...
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La Vita è Bella, Take 2: New Milani Eyeshadows in Bella Charcoal and Bella...
Greetings from Londinium! I've been trying for the last few days to write a post about the makeup I brought to England this time, but I'm never at home during prime picture-taking hours, and I'm very...
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Because You've Always Wondered How Often I Wear False Eyelashes...
I still haven't had a chance to take decent blog pictures in London, so here's a beauty meme, taken from the lovely Teresa at brush and bullet! (I'm retaining the Commonwealth spelling because I'm in...
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Beauty Abroad, Part 10: Vaseline Lip Therapy in Rosy Lips
I have a very specific packaging fetish: I like things in small round tins. But really, could you resist this particular tin? Vaseline Lip Therapy in Rosy Lips is only the latest in a series of Tins I...
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Beauty Abroad, Part 11: & Other Stories Lip Colour in Droguet Purple
I've always heard great things about the makeup line from & Other Stories, an upscale offshoot of H&M that has somehow managed to acquire the URL stories.com. & Other Stories hasn't made it...
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Beauty Abroad, Part 12: Experiments with & Other Stories Droguet Purple and...
As I've confessed elsewhere, I'm generally reluctant to buy extra tools to make a beauty product work. I delayed buying an eyeshadow primer and lip brush for ages, because "I shouldn't have to." A good...
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Beauty Abroad, Part 13: Topshop Matte Lip Bullet in Get Me Bodied
BABY, ALL I WANTIS TO LET IT GOAIN'T NO WORRIES, NOWE CAN DANCE ALL NIGHT... Ahem. On my previous trip to the UK, I limited my Topshop damage to two nail polishes and an eyeshadow. This time I was...
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Convicted of Purgery
Convicted, rather, of truly painful punning. Sometimes I just can't help it. Welcome to my very first purge post! It will probably also be my last in a while, since it saddens me so much to throw...
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The Autumn Tag and Pumpkin Cookies
...but first, some whining about the weather. It's October, yet every morning is still oppressively humid. The sky has been choked with thick gray clouds for the past week. Today I woke up, showered,...
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Lipstick Chronology #26: Revlon Plum Velour
Name: Revlon Super Lustrous Shine Lipstick in Plum VelourDate of Purchase: July 2013Grade: A-Notes: I'm usually indifferent to sheer lipsticks. No, let me phrase that another way: I like to think of...
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Ulta Sale Haul: NYX and Revlon Swatches, Reviews, and FOTDs
It feels like I've been waiting forever to post these reviews. When Ulta had a 40%-off sale on NYX and Revlon two weeks ago, I seized the chance to order a few things I'd been wanting for a while. (I...
View ArticleHiatus (Notes from the Desk of Perfectionism)
I haven't posted in five days, I probably won't be able to compile a proper post until late next week, and I feel guiltier than I should. I've always tried to treat this blog as a hobby, but the fact...
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