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From the Archives: Maybelline Color Tattoo in Pomegranate Punk
Last summer, while working in the university archives, I wrote a post about some treasures I'd unearthed from the "archives" of my own makeup collection. In the spirit of my 2016 low-buy, I've decided...
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Revlon Matte Balm in Fierce
I kept reasonably good tabs on new makeup releases last fall (self-destructively good tabs, even), but there were a few that escaped my notice. One new development was the addition of four shades to...
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Changes to Revlon Balm Stain, Lacquer Balm, and Matte Balm Lineups
After reviewing Revlon's newish Matte Balm in Fierce, I realized that I hadn't yet seen a comprehensive roundup of the recent changes to the popular Balm Stain, Lacquer Balm, and Matte Balm lines. So I...
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Fun with Glitter Topcoats: Essie, Floss Gloss, Urban Outfitters, Zoya
Like many of us, I go through polish phases. Sometimes I prefer neutral cremes, sometimes bright pastels, sometimes dark shimmers. The category I'm most fickle about, though, is the glitter topcoat....
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My Favorite Teaching Lipsticks
Now that a new semester is in full swing, I thought it would be fun to do a roundup of my favorite lipsticks to wear while teaching. Here are the basic criteria I have for a Teaching Lipstick:not too...
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ColourPop Ultra Matte Lip in Trap
I had such a bad experience with Milani's liquid matte lipstick last year that I...ordered another liquid matte lipstick earlier this month. Luckily, the universe sometimes rewards our lapses of logic,...
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Low-Buy Progress Report #2: February
Welcome to my second low-buy progress report for 2016! I used up a few things this month and needed to buy replacements, but I did a much better job of staying under my $40 limit for brand-new items....
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FOTD: Who Needs Hammamet?
You know those products that never quite make it onto your wishlist but inspire a low-key lust for several months? So it is with me and NARS Hammamet, a limited-edition eyeshadow duo for Spring 2016....
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Pre-Spring Brights: ColourPop Eye Candy, Rain, and Shop
In addition to the Ultra Matte Lip in Trap, I bought three potted products from ColourPop last month. After a few weeks of playing with them, I'm excited to finally write a review! I'll start with an...
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The Great Lipstick Inventory of 2016
Wow, it feels like it's been forever since I last posted here. And indeed it has been forever—well, 11 days in Earth time, but forever in blog time. March has been a trying month so far, due to various...
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Coral Conundrum: Marc Jacobs So Sofia
It's the vernal equinox! It's also the coldest day in about three weeks, and it's snowing as I type this, just as it snowed on last year's vernal equinox. But I still think the first day of spring is a...
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Glossier Generation G Lipstick in Jam
Into the Gloss has been one of my daily reads for at least four years, but I'll be honest: I've never loved it wholeheartedly. In fact, it's probably that frisson of irritation that keeps me coming...
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Low-Buy Progress Report #3: March
I went to Boston for a Renaissance-studies conference on Wednesday and just got home last night, so my monthly roundup post is a bit late. I was born in Boston and lived there until I was almost eight,...
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NYX Liquid Suede in Amethyst
The NYX Liquid Suede lipsticks didn't spark my interest when they first came out last year. So many NYX products have disappointed me that I tend to approach the brand with skepticism, and the Liquid...
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Glossier Boy Brow in Brown, and Some Brow-Related Bloviation
It's been so long since my last post! I've just been too busy to blog, despite having a pile of things to review and the desire to review those things. It's really a terrible feeling. The...
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Formula X Lively and a K-Pop Microtrend
Yellow is an underrepresented color in most people's makeup collections, including mine. Deservedly or not, it has a dismal reputation:The Googlers have spoken: yellow is the most "visible" and...
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The Beauty Obsessed Tag
I just did some day drinking with a friend to celebrate our last day of teaching this semester, so it's fair to say that I won't be getting any work done this evening. But a single dark & stormy...
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Low-Buy Progress Report #4: April
I'm told that it's May, though you wouldn't know it from the weather, which has been utterly miserable for over a week and promises to carry on being utterly miserable for another week to come. Every...
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Glossier Grab Bag: Generation G in Cake, Balm Dotcom, Face Mask Duo, and...
At this time two months ago, I had no firsthand knowledge of Glossier. I've now tried seven different Glossier products, at no cost to myself and with no affiliation with the brand, because I'm lucky...
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Sea Witchery with NYX Liquid Suede in Stone Fox
I didn't learn to swim until my first year of college and still can't traverse more than two lengths of a pool without having to rest. Strictly speaking, I'm the last person who should be laying claim...
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