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Makeup as well as beauty blog Monday Poll, Vol. 366

You may be wondering, “So what in tarnation is this Monday Poll thing anyway!?” Well, it isn’t precisely a poll. It’s more of a constantly evolving (devolving?), somewhat random listing of concerns I’ve been putting out to visitors every Monday morning for the past seven years. (It’s like a kickstart for your brain.) I’ve always enjoyed reading your answers in the comments, as well as I hope you enjoy reading mine. Where were you in 1999, as well as what were you doing? Gurl, I believe I was living at house again. I’d just completed college as well as moved...

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Comment to Win a $50 eGift Card From Sephora! (Ends Monday)

** THE GIVEAWAY IS closed ** This giveaway is closed, as well as the champion has been contacted (CONGRATULATIONS, TRACY!!!), however inspect back next Saturday for one more Sephora giveaway. Rise as well as shine, morning glory. delighted caturday. say thanks to you for all of your kinds words as well as encouragement this week as well as for letting me lean on you for a bit. perhaps someday I can return the favor. I get teary every single time I go into the comments on the quick hey there publish from a few days ago. I’m feeling a great...

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Unsung makeup Heroes: Kat Von D metal Crush “Thunderstruck” Eyeshadow

The long-running Unsung Heroes series here on makeup and charm blog features some of our all-time favorite permanent collection products. Hi everyone! Now, as someone who has a weakness for color, eyeshadows are very harmful territory for me. ADVERTISEMENT I’m a total neutral lover and, as of quite recently, a color lover too…unfortunately for my wallet. I typically try to purchase my eyeshadows in palettes or sets (like the make up For ever shadows) to save money, but every now and then, there are some singles that I can’t be alive without. (Ummm…this would include eyeshadows like rose Gold by Ardency...

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I Haven’t utilized My Acne medication in four Weeks: Here’s What I’ve Been utilizing instead

From L-R: Boots No7 younger Replenishing Facial Oil, safeguard as well as ideal Day/Night Cream, safeguard as well as ideal intense Eye Cream, as well as younger Eye Serum If you’ve been reading my messages here, you understand that I’ve truly struggled with adult acne, as well as particularly with being comfortable in my own skin. just recently with my dermatologist prescribed medications, I lastly felt that I had discovered a routine that helped me, however the products commonly left my skin dry, red and, at times, extremely itchy. Sometimes, after utilizing these medications, applying different products as well as...

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Here Are My makeup Bag Essentials! What Are Yours?

I’m sort of a makeup bag hoarder. The easiest way to get me to get something is to offer a complimentary makeup bag. then I’m sold (Clinique, I’m checking out you). ADVERTISEMENT My excuse is that they always come in handy, whether for travel, organization, gift-giving… In fact, I always keep a makeup bag in my desk at work and another one in my gym bag. but I also like to have one that I just leave on my vanity, because it takes the guesswork out of doing my makeup in the morning, and I’ll also throw things in there that...

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Unsung makeup Heroes: theBalm Cindy-Lou Manizer

wearing theBalm’s Cindy-Lou Manizer on my upper cheekbones Quick! get my hand! Guuuuurl, we’re making a prison break. I’m busting you out of this shimmer-free solitary confinement, Shawshank-style, with theBalm’s Cindy-Lou Manizer ($24). Super shiny highlights without the drama of a finicky frost It’s theBalm… With peachy pink Cindy-Lou, theBalm got it completely right. You can wear this powder as a highlighter, an eyeshadow or a blush. The incredible finish is unconditionally Unsung Heroes worthy. ADVERTISEMENT The otherworldly opalescent sheen lifts dull skin, making your mug look fresh, bright and alive. The effect is like a Broadway spotlight manned by...

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Get Jouer delivered ideal to Your Door! Jouer launches Le Matchbox, a new subscription Box service

chic SoCal casual makeup brand Jouer is jumping into the subscription box ring with a new quarterly service of their own, and the twist is a quiz. Each selection (the boxes are $45 each, sent out four times/year) they send is figured out by your answers to a list of questions. You take the online quiz (questions about eye color, things like that), and then based on your answers, they fill each box with a different set of products and colors to best suit you. ADVERTISEMENT Each box comes with both full-sized and sample/mini items — all from the Jouer...

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The Tom Ford shade & Illuminate Lip Duos

The six new Tom Ford shade and Illuminate Lip Duos, available now, $60 each Brand new TF cream shadows! Just kidding. They aren’t cream shadows…but they look like they are, don’t they? ADVERTISEMENT I can’t be the only person out there who thought that these new Tom Ford shade and Illuminate Lip Duos were actually cream shadows. In fact, I may or may not have tried one of them on my lids (FYI, I don’t recommend doing this, although, off the record, it was kind of fun!). Are these cream shadows or what?? Tom’s new shade and Illuminate Lip Duos...

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Salon Adventures! Smocks, Garret Markenson REVERIE and Oribe Airbrush root Touch-Up Spray

OK, so…you know those smocks that you put on before you get your hair cut at a salon? Well, at the place where I get my hair done (Fox + stone in Corte Madera, California), they hang them in a tiny private changing room, so that when you walk in, you take off your jacket (or your shirt, if you’re feeling so inclined), and put on your smock before you sit in the chair. They’re just the regular ol’, basic smocks. You slip into them like a jacket and tie the front. ADVERTISEMENT Anyway, when I walked into the beauty...