How to Apply American Apparel Glitter Nail Polish in Daisy Field

1. Spend several days wondering whether twenty-seven is too old to wear a topcoat containing holographic microglitter and large pastel daisy-shaped glitter. Entertain paranoid visions of one of your advisors running into you in the department office, noticing your daisy-covered nails, and immediately losing all respect for you. 2. Decide that twenty-seven is not too… Read More How to Apply American Apparel Glitter Nail Polish in Daisy Field

May 25, 2015May 6, 2021 auxiliarybeauty4 Comments

ColourPop Reviews, Part 2: Super Shock Shadows in Bae, Bill, Krinkle, and Sequin

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

February 19, 2015May 6, 2021 auxiliarybeauty7 Comments

OPI First Class Desires (Holiday 2014) and a Halloween FOTD

In the last year, my local supermarket has begun stocking the latest OPI and Essie releases, which is both an incentive to go grocery shopping and a severe test of my willpower. I’ve been disenchanted with Essie for a while now, but OPI has impressed me over and over with the quality of its formula… Read More OPI First Class Desires (Holiday 2014) and a Halloween FOTD

October 31, 2014May 7, 2021 auxiliarybeauty10 Comments

Beauty Abroad, Part 8: A Taste of Topshop

Namely, two nail lacquers–Clique, a chartreuse creme (£5) and Brazil, a rainbow glitter topcoat (£6)–and the new Chameleon Glow in Wax + Wane (£8). Are ampersands no longer cool, Topshop? First up is the Chameleon Glow, which Topshop describes as an “[a]mazing dual pigmented, multi-use powder; can be used as an eyeshadow or a facial… Read More Beauty Abroad, Part 8: A Taste of Topshop

June 18, 2014May 7, 2021 auxiliarybeauty8 Comments

Lipstick Chronology #21: Maybelline Ruby Star

Name: Maybelline Color Statement Lipstick in Ruby Star Date Purchased: February 2013 Grade: B Notes: Ruby Star was a gift from my mom, who included it in her annual Valentine’s package (aww). She thought she was sending me an unremarkable berry-red lipstick, not a berry-red lipstick with a raging case of disco fever. How wrong… Read More Lipstick Chronology #21: Maybelline Ruby Star

April 24, 2014April 28, 2021 auxiliarybeauty5 Comments

Lipstick Chronology #18: Revlon Peony

Name: Revlon Colorburst Lip Gloss in Peony Date of Purchase: Fall 2012 Grade: B+ Notes: This blog has taken a turn for the glossy, hasn’t it? I swear it’s just a coincidence that my current Gloss Period (cf. here, here, here) intersects with the part of my lipstick chronology that comprises my first Gloss Period,… Read More Lipstick Chronology #18: Revlon Peony

April 6, 2014April 24, 2023 auxiliarybeauty6 Comments

Review: Maybelline Nighttime Noise

It’s hard to resist a $4 nail polish when you’re armed with a $4 CVS coupon. I’d been wanting a black-glitter topcoat for some time, and was drawn yesterday to Maybelline’s Street Art polishes, which feature matte colored glitter in addition to black: there’s a very pale pink, a neon pinky red, a yellow-green, and… Read More Review: Maybelline Nighttime Noise

April 3, 2014November 30, 2024 auxiliarybeauty1 Comment

NYX Reviews, Part II: The Good

After the earlier, sadder installment of my NYX review, let’s have a family portrait of the purchases I actually like. Left to right: Jumbo Eye Pencil in Knight; Slide On Eye Pencil in Jewel; HD Eye Shadow Base; Butter Glosses in Raspberry Tart and Peach Cobbler. First, the two eyeliners, Knight and Jewel. Left, in… Read More NYX Reviews, Part II: The Good

March 28, 2014May 8, 2021 auxiliarybeauty14 Comments

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