Back in 2008-ish, it was announced that the Buxom line would be spun off as its own “sub-line”, and all new items in the Buxom line would be exclusive to Sephora. Occasionally - very occasionally - the mini-kits would be available through the Bare Escentuals web site, but after that...
After cobbling together my own routine, based on the small nuggets of actual knowledge that I'd gleaned from two or three dozen professional Q&A sessions, I settled on this: apply a contouring shade - something light like BE's Faux Tan - in a "3" shape. apply the blush color to...
You Don’t Know Jacques was reinterpreted for OPI’s Suede collection. As of fall 2011, many of these colors can still be found at various etailers and some appear to have become part of OPI’s permanent line.
I think this is a glass fleck polish, similar to the Vintage Vixen polishes and the others from the We Adorn You collection. (I'm not dreadfully familiar with “glass fleck” polishes, I wouldn't necessarily know one unless it was labelled, “glass fleck.”) It is semisheer, but buildable. And of course,...
I first tried this back in 2007 when I got into makeup, and was surprised in the difference it makes. I just bought one of those 4-sided sponges from Sephora (the pastel-colored one, not the one that's got black, hot pink, and bold orange), rubbed each side across my nails a...
This color isn't really bright red, but it's bright<strong>er</strong>. It's brighter than most medium reds, but without making me think “candy-apple red” or some such. It's a little bit like China Glaze's Mommy Kissing Santa, but a bit less deep-toned. Application was very easy, no...
I don't hate this color…but it isn't the best one on me. True nudes, or cooler nudes, like Sydney, look better with my coloring. If you have truly neutral or warm coloring, though, this will probably work fairly well as a not-quite-nude shade. I do like it with its...
I like eye pencils because they're easily portable, and not messy to apply (you don't need a separate applicator.) I don't like the fact that they do go directly on your eyes, so they're not an inherently sterile medium; and even with the tip, I don't get quite as much...
This color is amazing, and I love it! I just wish that this stayed on better, and had a little more color payoff. Unblotted it's a very bright rose pink, but it doesn't stay in place very well - and blotting it thins this out so that I have to...
This is a shade that's been done by lots of different companies, with different levels of sparkle-finish, sometimes differing levels of color payoff, and (occasionally) that sooty-ish leave-behind when you try to remove your eyeshadow. This is a pretty color…but honestly? If you're looking for black with multicolored sparkle,...
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