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How do you respond when someone says that makeup perpetuates the idea that people need to look prettier?

How do you respond when someone says that makeup perpetuates the idea that people need to look prettier?

How do you respond when someone says that makeup perpetuates the idea that people need to look prettier? Or that makeup makes people feel ugly or degrades them?

I try to liken it to wearing clothes that fit, choosing flattering hairstyles, clothes, and the like. Makeup is also more than purely about...

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bareMinerals The Next Big Thing Eyeshadow Quad

bareMinerals Remix: The Next Big Thing

bareMinerals The Next Big Thing Eyeshadow Quad ($30.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a new and limited edition palette for spring that features these four shades: The Rising Star (sunlit gold), Smash Hit (vibrant...

bareMinerals Remix: The Next Big Thing

bareMinerals The Next Big Thing Eyeshadow Quad ($30.00 for 0.17...

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Green Eyeliners: Swatches, Dupes, and Comparisons

Green Eyeliners: Swatches, Dupes, and Comparisons

Green Eyeliners: Your Guide

I've split greens into three sections: medium and aqua greens, then dark greens and olive greens.

  1. MAC Emerald Sea is a brightened, light-medium green with yellow undertones. (LE)
  2. MAC Landscape Green is a...

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Clarins Rouge Eclat Collection for Spring 2013

Clarins Rouge Eclat Collection for Spring 2013

Clarins Rouge Eclat Collection for Spring 2013

At Clarins, Paris, delicate spring colors are cropping up. Lips whisper youth with an age-defying lipstick. Skin gets a petal-fresh finish. Eyes seduce in incurably romantic hues of iris blossom.

Rouge Eclat Lipstick ($26.00)

The first age-defying lipstick...

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What is your must-have beauty product for spring?

What is your must-have beauty product for spring?

What is your must-have beauty product for spring? Could be new-for-spring or something you find essential in the spring!

A foundation with a natural finish--my skin can get so dry during the winter/spring that I love a little luminosity in my foundation.

Thanks to Rosie for today's question! Do you have...

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Copper Eyeliners: Swatches, Dupes, and Comparisons

Copper Eyeliners: Swatches, Dupes, and Comparisons

Copper Eyeliners: Your Guide

I feel like I should have more coppery eyeliners, but there were only five that I really felt fit here!

  1. Chanel Peche Cuivre is a warm peach with a subtle sheen. (LE)
  2. Giorgio Armani #05 is...

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Rant & Rave: Limited Edition Packaging

Rant & Rave: Limited Edition Packaging

This Week's Topic: Limited Edition Packaging

Share: Tell us what you love, hate, or are otherwise indifferent to about limited edition packaging. Do you prefer it? Does it matter?

my answer: I'm sure this sounds weird, but generally... I don't like it. I like everything to match, so I think that's a...

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