But first, how my local CVS crushed my lipstick-collecting dreams for the 837th time. But first, how I ended up at the CVS, a place I do my best to avoid, for the 837th time. I was lying in bed a few nights ago, lamenting the state of my skin, when it hit me that… Read More Milani Moisture Matte Lipstick in Matte Naked, or How I Became a Vampire
It occurs to me that “Feels Like Negative Thirteen” would have been a great name for an early-’00s pop-punk emo band. What it is not, however, is a phrase I want to read on weather.com just before I walk to the library in the morning. Anyway, this is a quick addendum to yesterday’s review of… Read More FOTD: Feels Like Negative Thirteen (feat. ColourPop Bill)
I’m back with my second round of ColourPop reviews! (Here’s my review of CP’s Lippie Stix and Lippie Pencil in Frenchie.) This review would have gone up earlier, but my parcel was delayed due to last week’s bad weather, and it was only today that I got to try on the four eyeshadows I ordered… Read More ColourPop Reviews, Part 2: Super Shock Shadows in Bae, Bill, Krinkle, and Sequin
The past week has been unusually busy, so I haven’t had a chance to take photos and write paragraphs and all that. But I’ve had a series of fugitive beauty-related thoughts, none of them quite substantial enough for an entire post, and I thought I’d compile them here before the wind blew them away. 1.… Read More Scattered Words for a Windy Sunday
If you’ve had Internet access in the past year, you’ve almost certainly heard of ColourPop, a small online-only brand with a formidable range of lipsticks, lip liners, and cream-to-powder eyeshadows, each a mere $5. Launched just last year, the brand has risen to prominence almost overnight, largely through partnering with popular bloggers and YouTube gurus.… Read More ColourPop Reviews, Part 1: Lippie Stix and Lippie Pencil in Frenchie
An especially frivolous post tonight, inspired by Lena’s comment on my review of NARS Angela. I mentioned in the post that Angela was a perfect match for one of my favorite nail polishes, OPI Ate Berries in the Canaries, and Lena wrote, “I used to pair up lippies and polishes and even labeled them, so… Read More Playing Matchmaker
Long time no skincare post! This is nominally a review of the two newest additions to my routine… …but actually more of a ramble. Enjoy. At the end of last year, in a stroke of exceptionally bad luck, I ran out of all of my skincare staples in the space of a month. Sunscreen, moisturizer,… Read More Lush Cleanser, Sephora Serum, and a Skincare Update
Well, I finally did it. Almost half a year after NARS released the new Audacious Lipstick formula in 40 shades, I decided on one. Meet Angela, described by NARS as a “pink orchid.” Angela wasn’t the first Audacious lipstick, or even the fifth or sixth, to catch my eye; but all that matters is that… Read More The Audacity of Angela
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