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
[Note: NSFW for Nell Gwyn’s boobs.] No, really, I’ll always have this blush. It’s so pigmented that I can’t imagine hitting pan earlier than 2018. I bought Paris two months ago, during Anthropologie’s Thanksgiving sale, but have worn it only a few times since then. It’s a bright watermelon pink, perfect for the warm months,… Read More We’ll Always Have (Face Stockholm Crème Blush in) Paris
Back in November, I decided to participate in Project Make-a-Dent, the creation of Helen at Lola’s Secret Beauty Blog. Quite a few people on my blogroll have joined in this project, which aims to curb excessive consumption by forcing us to pay attention to the products we already own. The idea is to choose a… Read More Why I Failed to Make a Dent
Names: Wet n Wild MegaLast Lipsticks in Stoplight Red and Purty Persimmon Dates of Purchase: September and October 2013 Grades: A-, A- Notes: Wet n Wild’s MegaLast lipsticks make me ask myself hard questions about my aesthetic threshold for makeup packaging. I’d like to believe that I’m the sort of person who cares more about… Read More Lipstick Chronology #32: Wet n Wild Stoplight Red and Purty Persimmon
Auxiliary Beauty turned one today! I don’t have any especially attractive baked goods lying around, so here’s one of the peanut-butter-chocolate-chip cookies I made earlier this week. I didn’t start blogging regularly until February 2014, but my introductory post went up on January 18. Maintaining this blog has been one of the best parts of… Read More Happy Unbirthday to Me
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