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Estee Lauder Rebel Pure Color Sheer Matte Lipstick

Estee Lauder Rebel Pure Color Sheer Matte Lipstick ($25.00 for 0.10 oz.) is a cool-toned, rosy medium-dark pink with a frosted sheen. MAC Pink Pearl is more muted, glossier. NARS Never Say Never is purpler. NYX Rose is lighter. Chanel...

Estee Lauder Rebel Pure Color Sheer Matte Lipstick ($25.00 for 0.10 oz.) is a cool-toned, rosy...

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Do your friends understand your love for beauty?

Do your friends understand your love for beauty?

Do your friends understand your love for beauty? Or do they just pretend to?

I don't think anyone quite gets it.  When I first started wearing makeup, my best friend (at the time) was way, way into makeup and had been for years prior, but I quickly surpassed her in quantity and obsession.  Then she...

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Benefit My Two Cents Creaseless Cream Shadow

Benefit My Two Cents Creaseless Cream Shadow ($20.00 for 0.16 oz.) is described as a "polished copper." It's a muted copper-bronze with a bronze-shimmered frosted finish. Estee Laudewr Chained is similar--slightly warmer. MAC Cactus Thorn is browner. Dior Golden Savannah is less...

Benefit My Two Cents Creaseless Cream Shadow ($20.00 for 0.16 oz.) is described as a "polished copper." It's a muted copper-bronze with a...

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Estee Lauder Pink Zinc Shadow Paint

Estee Lauder Pink Zinc Shadow Paint ($24.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a warm-toned, peach with a hint of beige and a frosted, metallic finish. bareMinerals Custom is very similar but more metallic. Le Metier de Beaute Nouvelle is lighter and pinker. Chanel...

Estee Lauder Pink Zinc Shadow Paint ($24.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a warm-toned, peach with a hint of beige and a...

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Benefit A-Lister Ultra Plush Lipgloss

Benefit A-Lister Ultra Plush Lipgloss ($16.00 for 0.50 fl. oz.) is described as a "bubblegum pink." It's a pale, milky pink-beige with white shimmer. MAC Warm Embrace is pinker and darker. Chanel Allegorie is less shimmery and sheerer. Urban Decay Obsessed is much pinker. Chanel...

Benefit A-Lister Ultra Plush Lipgloss ($16.00 for 0.50 fl. oz.) is described as a "bubblegum pink." It's a pale, milky pink-beige with white shimmer. MAC...

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Dior Bow (887) Mono Eyeshadow

Dior Bow (887) Mono Eyeshadow ($29.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a bright pop of medium-dark pink with subtle blue undertones and a satin-like finish--just a dusting of shimmer. Urban Decay Noise is cooler-toned (more fuchsia) and frosted. Guerlain...

Dior Bow (887) Mono Eyeshadow ($29.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a bright pop of medium-dark pink with subtle blue...

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Have you ever found a kiss-proof lip color?

Have you ever found a kiss-proof lip color?

Have you ever found a kiss-proof lip color? If so, what is it? If not, what's the closest you've found?

Any long-wearing lip product that just clings and clings to lips--like MAC Pro Longwear Lipcolours and Make Up For Ever Aqua Rouge. I wouldn't say either will make it 100% intact after a heavy-duty...

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Clinique Broadest Berry Chubby Stick Intense

Clinique Broadest Berry Chubby Stick Intense ($16.00 for 0.10 oz.) is described as a "beige plum." It's a muted, reddish plum with a natural sheen--not frosted or shimmery but enough of luminosity that it doesn't look matte. Tom Ford...

Clinique Broadest Berry Chubby Stick Intense ($16.00 for 0.10 oz.) is described as a "beige plum." It's a...

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