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My Only Purchase From Sephora's VIB Sale
This was my first year making the Sephora VIB cut so I was looking forward to the 20% sale, making my list and checking it twice. I went back and forth several times thinking about what I wanted, what...
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Tarte Gift or Get Set: First Impressions and Swatches
First off, happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans! I have so much to be thankful for and I hope you all are having a great day. I debated writing this post today as I hope everyone is spending lots...
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When Less is More: Rethinking Fashion Consumption
Over the last few months I've been slowly weeding out makeup but also clothing and accessories that I no longer want. In doing so, I saw how much money I wasted on things I wore only a handful of...
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Bite Beauty Fall Nude Favs and Best Beauty Rewind
Bite Beauty is a brand that sticks to producing only lip products and boy, do they do them well. I've been liking these three shades that I think are especially pretty for fall if you're not into dark...
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New Trend Alert: Foaming Deep Cleansing Masks
For the last two weeks my skin has been a mess. I'm prone to breakouts but this time I had clusters of pimples on pretty much all of my face (gross, I know) and on top of all that my skin felt...
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Three Drugstore Products Worth Getting Backups Of
I've seen people get backups of hot pink lipstick because it was limited edition or three bottles of their favorite foundation because it's been discontinued. I try not to hoard backups because I...
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Luxurious Lipbalms to Wish For from Dior, YSL and Clarins
Merry Christmas Eve! While today's blogpost has nothing to do with the holidays, consider it inspiration for post-Christmas shopping after you've unwrapped those giftcards. I dug through my high-end...
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Travel Makeup Bag: NOLA Edition
Tonight I'll be setting off for New Orleans with my boyfriend for what will hopefully be four, fun-filled days exploring a city we've never been to. In my early days of packing for travel, I'd give...
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November and December 2015 Empties
It's the end of another year and it's always both shocking and gratifying when I look through my empties posts from the last 12 months. I didn't finish up a whole lot in November and December but that...
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Starting 2016 with a Declutter
While many are declaring their resolutions for the year, I'm jumping straight into decluttering unloved beauty bits from my stash. I'm no good at resolutions and I'm simply awful at Project Pans,...
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Products I've Been Loving Lately
So I guess you can say this is my first favorites post of 2016. I don't do regular favorite roundups because you'd be hearing about the same things over and over again and I don't want to force myself...
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What I Got In My Beautylish Lucky Bag 2016
After Christmas I was umm-ing and ahh-ing over whether or not to pre-order the Beautylish Lucky Bag, a once-yearly mystery grab bag of beauty goodies. I remember seeing the bags from last year and...
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Sephora's Intimidating Gray Contour Is Anything But
I purchased the Sephora contour powder in Tranquil months ago but only broke it out to use in the last week because I thought it would look best when I'm at my fairest coloring. I remember seeing a lot...
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Eyeshadow Organizing and Some Rediscoveries
What's a makeup hoarder to do when she's snowed in for the weekend? Reorganize her eyeshadow collection, of course. I got out my ZPalette and Make Up For Ever freestyle palette and decided to switch it...
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8 Essential Eye Brushes
I'm of the mindset that good brushes are a key element in great makeup application. I wanted to do a quick post on the types of eye brushes I find essential in my collection to share a few specific...
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An Amazing Red Lipstain for Chinese New Year
Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate. I hope everyone had a good day and hope that the year ahead is full of good things. I rummaged through my lip products to find a nice red that would match the...
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Shiseido Synchro Skin Foundation: Review with Before/After
If I wanted to give this review a clickbait-y title, I would have written "My New Favorite Foundation That Nobody is Talking About". So you can already guess I like the newly launched Shiseido Synchro...
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January/February 2016 Declutter and Empties
My blog ramblings have been fewer and farther between lately because there's been a lot going on outside of what I share online. But I've still been diligent in hoarding my empty containers and...
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Makeup Removers on Rotation: Gel, Oil, Water and Balm
The first thing I do when I get home after a long day at work is thoroughly remove my makeup and cleanse my skin. At the moment I have four different types of makeup removers on rotation, all from...
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An Ode to My Favorite Discontinued Drugstore Eyeshadows
It's exciting when brands come out with new products with (hopefully) better formulations but it's disappointing when they discontinue great products to make shelf space. Some of my favorite drugstore...
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