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Do you wear your makeup differently around family?

Do you wear your makeup differently around family?

Do you wear your makeup differently around family? Maybe there's a distinction between immediate family and extended family?

I definitely tend to go more neutral/natural around my extended family, though they all know and support the blog (it is slightly embarrassing but very cute, but my uncles/aunts...

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Love & Lipgloss

Love & Lipgloss

If you love Temptalia, make sure you don't miss a thing by subscribing to our newsletter, Love & Lipgloss! :) We'll be sending out a little something once a week with a variety of content from tips and tricks to Temptalia's products of the week... to perhaps a really awesome, insane Make Up For Ever...

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Guerlain Les Roses Eyeshadow Palette

Guerlain Les Roses Eyeshadow Palette

Guerlain Spring 2012: Les Roses Eyeshadow Palette

Guerlain Les Roses Eyeshadow Palette ($59.00 for 0.25 oz.) is new (and permanent!) for spring. Guerlain describes the palette as having "an iridescent pink with pearl particles, matte pink, metallic violet, and...

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5 Holiday Highlighters

5 Holiday Highlighters

5 Holiday Highlighters

  1. Benefit Watt's Up -- creamy, glowy highlighter
  2. Guerlain Parure de Nuit -- soft, subtle highlighter (still available at Neiman Marcus + Dillard's)
  3. theBalm Mary-Lou Manizer -- shimmering gold
  4. Benefit Sugarbomb -- soft, glowy warmth
  5. NARS Miss Liberty -- wet-looking sparkle

What's your...

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Two French Must-Haves

Two French Must-Haves

Christelle lives in Corsica, which is in the south of France, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, though she was born in Paris. She lived in Paris for eighteen years before settling in the south of France. Christelle studied public law for three years and...

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Tarina Tarantino Spark of Envy Eye Dream Hyperliner

Tarina Tarantino Spark of Envy Eye Dream Hyperliner

Tarina Tarantino Spark of Envy Eye Dream Hyperliner ($15.00 for 0.04 oz.) is described as a "metallic peacock green." It's a rich shade of teal with a hint of blue. It doesn't lean green and just barley leans blue, but it's a cooler-toned teal with...

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Do you have any suggestions or tips on how to fix broken makeup?

Do you have any suggestions or tips on how to fix broken makeup?

Do you have any suggestions or tips on how to fix broken makeup? Share your quick fixes!

For powder products, you can add alcohol and mash it together so it's kind of like a thick paste, and then press it using a quarter over wax paper or a cotton shirt. For lipsticks, you can melt the bottom a bit,...

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Giorgio Armani #1 Madreperla Face & Eye Palette

Giorgio Armani Holiday 2011: #1 Madreperla Face & Eye Palette

Giorgio Armani #1 Madreperla Face & Eye Palette ($59.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a new and limited edition holiday compact that includes a "beige pearl, metallic gold, [and]...

Giorgio Armani Holiday 2011: #1 Madreperla Face & Eye Palette

Giorgio Armani #1 Madreperla Face & Eye...

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Guerlain Ne M'oubliez Pas (102) Rouge Automatique Lipstick

Guerlain Ne M'oubliez Pas (102) Rouge Automatique Lipstick ($35.00 for 0.12 oz.) is soft brown-beige with a natural shine and almost opaque color coverage (you can barely see my lip freckle). MAC Lush Amber is similar but sheerer and...

Guerlain Ne M'oubliez Pas (102) Rouge Automatique Lipstick ($35.00 for 0.12 oz.) is soft brown-beige with a...

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5 Holiday Lipglosses

5 Holiday Lipglosses

5 Holiday Lipglosses

If you're more a gloss fiend, here are five holiday picks from me! If you tend to combine your lipsticks and glosses, I'm also a big fan of going for extra sparkling glosses layered on top of berries/reds.

  1. Hourglass Siren -- fiery metallic red
  2. MAC Explicit -- shimmering bronze taupe
  3. MAC...

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