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Some Life Updates
It's that time again: time for eating candy corn and pumpkin spice Oreos, wearing dark lipstick and bronze nail polish, and applying for jobs and postdocs. In most industries, jobs come up year-round,...
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Low-Buy Progress Report #9: September
Three-quarters of 2016 is gone, you guys! What happened? Well, at least one thing happened: I bought some makeup. And I spent the weekend on postdoc applications, so I didn't get around to this post...
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Kiko Long Lasting Stick Eyeshadow in Golden Mauve
Hey there! Just a quick review to prove to you that I haven't quit blogging, and to prove to myself that there's more to life than watching American democracy go down the toilet while I revise my...
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Lipstick Queen Black Lace Rabbit: Just Another Gimmick?
Lipstick Queen is a brand that confuses the hell out of me. When I first heard of it, about five years ago, I got the sense that it specialized in high-quality, beautifully packaged, somewhat...
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Let's Talk About Hillary's Lipstick
...instead of, you know, her opponent's total disdain for the democratic process.The third (and, blessedly, last) presidential debate of 2016 took place last night at the University of Nevada-Las...
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Dolce Vita Dupe: Revlon Super Lustrous Sheer Lipstick in Pink Truffle
During my trip to LA in August, my chronic absent-mindedness struck again: I managed to lose my tube of NARS Dolce Vita, my trusty "purse lipstick." Despite my usual preference for bold matte or...
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Low-Buy Progress Report #10: October
It turns out that I have time for one more post before I head to New York tomorrow! A lot of new products entered my life in October, and though some of them were gifts, some were...definitely not....
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Sheer Black Lipsticks, Part 2: Estée Lauder, Givenchy, Urban Decay
After my disappointing experience with Lipstick Queen Black Lace Rabbit, I probably should have given up on finding my ideal sheer black lipstick. But I'm nothing if not perverse, so while I was in New...
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FOTDystopia
Well, the impossible has happened. A racist, misogynist sociopath with nothing but contempt for the democratic process has been elevated by it to the most powerful office in the world. Hillary Clinton...
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Skincare Routine, Fall 2016
My archives tell me that I haven't written a comprehensive skincare post since February 2015 (!), and a lot has changed since then. When better to post my updated routine than on the coldest day of...
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Kat Von D + Formula X Studded X Duo in Mercy
In general, I don't trust beauty brands, religious sects, or political movements with extremely charismatic figureheads. The kind of person who attracts fanatical devotees tends to be the kind of...
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Mini Panning Project
(Not a panning project focused on minis: that would be a "mini-panning project." But now I want to do a "mini mini-panning project"...)Despite my enjoyment of other bloggers' empties posts, I have a...
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Low-Buy Progress Report #11: November
Surfacing briefly from the dissertation abyss to give you my November update! I'm proud to say that I made only one beauty order on Black Friday—I bought some new clothes that I really needed, so I...
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NYX Liquid Suede and Suede Matte Lip Liner in Brooklyn Thorn
One of the best lipstick formulas that I've discovered in 2016 is the NYX Liquid Suede formula. I generally prefer solid to liquid lipstick, but I've somehow collected three Liquid Suedes: Amethyst,...
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FOTD: Game Face
The annual Academic Job Conference of Doom fast approaches (this is my second year preparing for it), and yesterday I had a dress-rehearsal practice interview with my advisor and another professor....
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Hiatus and Happy New Year
There were so many posts I wanted to write before the end of this year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Trump. So many! I wanted to post a roundup of my 16 favorite beauty products of 2016, and a plan for...
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Sephora Cream Lip Stain in 25 Coral Sunset
Surprise! I'm allowing myself to write one quick post during this hiatus. Today I'll be skipping over my backlog of unreviewed products to take a look at my most recent purchase, a new product that...
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2017 Low-Buy Plan and Beauty Resolutions
I returned last night from the academic job conference and felt so drained today that I didn't leave the house once, which almost never happens unless I'm sick. (Today's high temperature was about...
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My 13 Least Favorite Beauty Products of 2016
Welcome to the first, and saltier, of my two 2016 roundup posts! A few notes before we begin:There are 13 products on this list simply because I was disappointed by 13 products this year (not a large...
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First Lipstick Inventory and Destash of 2017
I don't know about you, but I find it much easier to destash makeup when I'm in a foul mood. The angrier I feel at the world, the more readily I can accept that a certain lipstick will never work for...
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