Something different today: a mini-review of a product that isn’t makeup! You’ve probably noticed that my obsession with color makeup is several orders of magnitude greater than my interest in skincare, brushes, haircare, or “boring makeup” (mascara, brow stuff, concealer, etc). But for variety’s sake, I thought I’d write about a new tool that’s been… Read More Real Techniques Mini Sponges
Hey! I promise that my blog still exists and that I’m still alive. Look, I even have a pin to prove it: Appropriately, I took this photo while waiting outside my therapist\’s office. However, posts have been scarce this month for a few reasons: I don’t know where my money will come from after August,… Read More Life Update
I’ve owned two Glossier Generation G lipsticks, Jam and Cake, for over a year now, and I wear both pretty regularly. They have their flaws (enumerated in the reviews I’ve linked), but I love the ease and subtlety of the sheer matte finish. So when I heard that ColourPop was releasing a new lipstick formula… Read More Sheer Matte Showdown: ColourPop Blotted Lip vs. Glossier Generation G
Now that beauty-throwback trends have slid forward in time from the Brown ’90s to the Iridescent ’90s, brands are releasing a flood of metallic lipsticks—or, at least, what they call “metallic lipsticks.” But there tends to be a huge amount of variation between one formula and another, and even between one shade and another. Some “metallic” shades… Read More MAC Metallic Lipsticks in Metal Head and Pale Rose, and a Lipstick Taxonomy
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