There has been much debate over how to keep contests and giveaways closed to opportunists (such as freebie forums that report information about contests, so that those forum members can then go sign up and try to get as many freebies as possible), but open to genuine site followers and...
I don't know if San Francisco is my favorite buxom lip stick (because they're introducing more colors all the time)...but it's my favorite right now. It looks very natural on me, the quintessential “my lips but better”. The color, application, and staying power are all excellent. I really love...
Wearing my purple in support of LGBT teens who are bullied (well, in support of everyone who's bullied, really). Purple eyeshadow, purple eyeliner, purple lip gloss, purple(ish) blush, purple earrings, purple shirt… Part of the One Year Eyecolor Challenge (new colors used: 3)
I just saw a post about this on British Beauty Blogger: L'oreal is selling an advent calendar with a beauty product (instead of chocolate) inside each day's square. It looks like a great way to try a whole bunch of L'oreal products. But I immediately had another idea: instead of...
One coat of this gives me a lavendered-bisque color - a very pretty “neutral” base for nail art, or a variant on “mannequin hands”. Two coats tilts the color more toward pale lavender, and the polish has a slight silver metallic sheen that didn't show up with one coat. It...
SALE Yesterday I was organizing all of my OPI and China Glaze polishes (I still have more Zoya than anything else), and discovered that I had a few more dupes than I realized. Specifically…I had some dupes of colors in China Glaze's OMG collection. I was toying with doing...
...in theory. I've seen this date on many blogs and forums, but 1) Sephora had a F&F sale back in June 2010, and they don't usually do this twice a year; and b) there hasn't been a peep on Sephora's blog, or an email from them (I'm a VIB and...
The Buxom line was launched in 2009, exclusive to Sephora. The lip polishes existed before the Buxoms were spun off as their own line, so many of those older colors can be found elsewhere. The Buxom Big and Healthy Lip Sticks are all exclusive to Sephora. The collection kicked off with...
Again, this kit preceded my introduction to Bare Escentuals - so I had to pick up the colors individually. Fortunately, bu the time I was collecting in 2007, I was quite easily able to get all of the colors: 1970s came in the Teamed Up: Coral Reef kit, and was readily...
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