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How hard was it for you to find your holy grail red lipstick?

How hard was it for you to find your holy grail red lipstick?

How hard was it for you to find your holy grail red lipstick? Or are you still looking?

I always felt like there were a lot of nice reds--maybe not holy grail status but not so far off that I felt compelled to keep hunting. When I did find my holy grail red (Chanel Dragon), it was a surprise.

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Burberry Gold Pearl Eyeshadow

Burberry Gold Pearl Eyeshadow ($29.00 for 0.088 oz.) is a pale, yellowy beige with subtle gold sparkle. MAC Dazzlelight is frosted and lighter. Wet 'n' Wild Comfort Zone #1 is a bit lighter and frosted. Wet 'n' Wild Sparkle 'Til Morning #1 is...

Burberry Gold Pearl Eyeshadow ($29.00 for 0.088 oz.) is a pale, yellowy beige with subtle gold sparkle. MAC...

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Benefit Bikini-tini Creaseless Cream Shadow

Benefit Bikini-tini Creaseless Cream Shadow ($20.00 for 0.16 oz.) is described as an "oyster pink." a soft champagne beige with a frosted, metallic finish. Maybelline Barely Branded is a bit lighter. Urban Decay Illusion is less golden and a powder product. bareMinerals Kudos is...

Benefit Bikini-tini Creaseless Cream Shadow ($20.00 for 0.16 oz.) is described as an "oyster pink." a soft champagne beige with a frosted, metallic...

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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #170

Free for Haul Friday, Volume #170

Welcome to Free For Haul Friday!

  • Haul: Burberry spring products
  • Weekend plans:  Celebrate the Vietnamese New Year
  • What's your favorite color right now?:  Jade green

Share your pet photos to the Temptalia Pets flickr group! :)

This week's Mellan photo/video...

Showers, showers, showers.

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Illamasqua I'mperfection Collection for Spring 2013

Illamasqua I'mperfection Collection for Spring 2013

The world isn’t perfect. But who wants to be perfect anyway? I’mperfection is an open invitation to stand up and show the world what makes you perfectly, imperfect. We want you to highlight the features other brands encourage you to cover up and celebrate your imperfections like badges of...

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Do you feel naked without makeup?

Do you feel naked without makeup?

Do you feel naked without makeup? Do you feel there's a minimum for going to work/errands/school?

I haven't for a long time, but when I first started wearing makeup, I definitely had a period of time where it felt weird to go out without a stitch of makeup. For me, that was a bit of a wake up call --...

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Make Up For Ever Technicolor Eyeshadow Palette

Make Up For Ever Technicolor Eyeshadow Palette ($45.00 for 0.24 oz.) includes eight eyeshadows: #04 (matte black), Jaune (yellow), #91 (apple green), #72 (matte vibrant turquoise), #116 (lilac), #00 (matte white), #17 (matte chocolate brown),...

Make Up For Ever Technicolor Eyeshadow Palette ($45.00 for 0.24 oz.) includes eight eyeshadows: #04 (matte...

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Tarina Tarantino Beauty Relaunches February 7th!

Tarina Tarantino Beauty Relaunches February 7th!

Hello from The Sparkle Factory! I am so excited to share the news that my beauty collections will soon be available right here at tarinatarantino.com! If you are already a fan of TARINA TARANTINO BEAUTY you will be happy to know that the entire collection will be going live next week with more...

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