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Anti-Haul: Mauve/Plum/Purple Eyeshadow Palettes
Despite the flood of new eyeshadow palettes in the past few years, I own just a few: Modern Renaissance, Naked2 Basics, a nine-pan custom theBalm palette, and a magnetic palette containing, among other...
View ArticleMy Best No-Buy Tips
Since I'm moving this month and need to limit both my spending and my accumulation of new crap, I've put myself on a replacement-only beauty no-buy until the end of August. It's been pretty easy so...
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Glosses of Autumn, Part 1: Bite Prismatic Pearl Gloss in Rose Pearl
I'm back, bearing makeup!For the first time in the 4.5-year history of Auxiliary Beauty, I went over a month without blogging. A lot happened in those six weeks: I moved to a new apartment with my...
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Pumpkin-Walnut-Chocolate-Chip Cookies 2.0
Almost exactly four years ago, I posted my recipe for pumpkin-walnut-chocolate-chip cookies, which I've made at least once every autumn since, including this morning. These cookies are my humble...
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Astrology by Bite: A Rant
As I'm sure you've heard by now, Bite Beauty has almost finished releasing a series of twelve Amuse Bouche lipsticks inspired by the signs of the zodiac. Bite started with Aquarius in January, and...
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Wet n Wild Liquid Catsuit in Shady Witch (and a New Wave Halloween)
In the past five years or so, I've owned at least one dark lipstick in almost every color family: red, purple, pink, plum, brown, even blue and gray. Until this year, though, I had never bought a true...
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Thanksgiving Red: ColourPop Lux Lipstick in Liquid Courage
Inspired by Renee's recent post on her upcoming yearlong no-buy, I've been thinking about how to reduce my own beauty consumption in 2019. I was particularly struck by Renee's observation that her...
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Three Generations of Glossier Generation G
Note: I purchased these products with store credit earned through my Glossier affiliate link. I am not a Glossier rep (and never will be), and these opinions are entirely my own.Glossier's Generation G...
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Last Destash of 2018
(I started writing this as an Instagram post, but I can type only so much text with my thumbs on a tiny keyboard before I have to move to the laptop. I'm old.)The end of the year has awakened the...
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My 15 Favorite Beauty Products of 2018
It's year-end-roundup time once again! I found it harder to compile a best-of list in 2018 than I did in 2017, which suggests that I got better at avoiding impulse buys and zeroing in on products that...
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My Most Disappointing Beauty Products of 2018
It's time for my second year-end roundup post: the ten worst beauty products I encountered in 2018! As in my previous post, I've listed all these products in the order in which I bought them.1....
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2019 Beauty & Blogging Resolutions
We're already halfway through January, but here are my beauty-related resolutions (and some other resolutions) for 2019!1. Maintain a replacement-only makeup no-buy through March (and possibly...
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MAC Lotus Light (Lucky Red Collection)
Welcome to my first makeup review of 2019! Unfortunately, it's a review of a sold-out limited-edition product, but I just had to show you all the pretty photos I took of it. I mean, I ventured out...
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Glossier Play Reviews: Colorslide Eyeliner in Early Girl, Glitter Gelée in...
Disclaimer: I purchased these products with store credit earned through my Glossier affiliate link. Thank you to everyone who has clicked on it and allowed me to buy products to review! I am not a...
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Glossier Play Reviews, Part 2: Colorslide Eyeliners in Critical Mass and Nectar
Disclaimer: I purchased these products with store credit earned through my Glossier affiliate link. Thank you to everyone who has clicked on it and allowed me to buy products to review! I am not a...
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In Pursuit of '70s Peach: MAC Amplified Creme Lipstick in Smoked Almond
I recently became obsessed with a very specific lipstick shade: the deep peachy brown often seen in mid-'70s fashion editorials. One of my favorite accounts on Instagram is that of bisexual icon Sandy...
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Is This Weird? This Seems Weird.
So, I'm in a bit of a situation with Glossier. Allow me to explain.As you might remember, when I first swatched my Glossier Play Colorslide in Nectar, the entire tip broke off. Annoyed, I posted an...
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Some Big News
First, the good news: I got an academic job!Starting in August, I'm going to be a visiting assistant professor of English at a small liberal arts college in the Midwest. It's a one-year appointment, so...
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ColourPop Spring Haul, Part 1: Jelly Much Eyeshadow in Photosynth Sis and Lux...
ColourPop released its Spring 2019 collection over two months ago, which is about two years in ColourPop time, and I've lost count of the number of new collections and product ranges and eyeshadow...
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ColourPop Spring Haul, Part 2: Super Shock Cheek in Aphrodisiac and Super...
Now that I'm winding down my blog, I've entered a reminiscing frame of mind. I've been thinking about my favorite aspects of the beauty community, one of which is our appreciation for the nuances of...
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