In some ways, this is like LiM's Alive's rosier cousin: less color and more sheen, this is a really great wash over matte shades…or just by itself. It also reminds me of Meow's Future glow powder, but just a little more pigmented.
Amazonian clay has been the “big thing” from Tarte for about the last year. I admit I haven’t understood it, nor really cared about it much…but this collection, which got a lot of airplay around the beauty blogosphere, caught my eye. Six eyeshadow wands (think “MAC shadesticks”) for...
For $9.99, you get three colors of their shimmer balm, in a nice-looking box with a really pretty laser-cut design on the front. Normally these shimmer balms are $5 a piece, so this is a “buy two get one free” kind of deal. And there are two packs: one with Watermelon, Rhubarb,...
The holographic effects were not as dense as the OMG collection, but not quite as scattered as the Kaleidescope collection. I wish more of these had had deeper base colors, like a darker magenta, a deep purple, a darker blue…but the gold and silver (3D and HD, respectively) were...
Like the other colors in this collection, this one takes a few more layers until you get full opacity…but if you love purples or glass fleck polishes, this is a good one to add to the hoard. The color is brighter without being screamingly candy-colored. Dry time is decent...
Eggnog Snickerdoodles 1 cup. butter softened to room temp. 1 cup. sugar 1/2 tsp. nutmeg/cinnamon or 1/4 tsp each 1 cup. eggnog! 1 tsp. baking soda 4 cup. flour Beat butter & sugar until it’s creamy. Add spices, eggnog & baking soda to butter & sugar, blend well. Add flour 2 cups at a time, mix (with mixer) until...
I got this shade when others posted photos where the color looked just a little lighter. The color spoon also showed me a color that looked closer to green than it did to brown. The gold shimmer that's in this isn't very noticeable, either (hence my description of “shimmer-ish”.) I...
I've always been cautious about the “nude lip” thing, because it doesn't always look so great to me. I've been trying to branch out a bit in terms of what colors I use and what looks I try. This doesn't always work out…but without a little variety and change...
That being said...I do have some favorites. Bare Escentuals was my most recent reintroduction to makeup. Their loose-powder shadows and blushes, which don't have a shelf life and are less prone to bacterial contamination than pressed powder makeup, were a big hit to me. (This meant that if I...
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