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Color Club Holiday 2011 Collection: Beyond the Mistletoe

Color Club Holiday 2011 Collection: Beyond the Mistletoe

Color Club Holiday 2011 Collection: Beyond the Mistletoe

What makes us happy: mistletoe, Santa Claus, candy canes, sparkle, having the best manicure at the company Holiday party. From New York-based Color Club, the new Beyond the Mistletoe holiday collection—bright sparkly fine glitter nail...

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How do you handle your makeup with high humidity and heat?

How do you handle your makeup with high humidity and heat?

How do you handle your makeup with high humidity and heat? Share your tips for reader Katy!

I try to wear less makeup overall--I stick to tinted moisturizers and cream blushes, and then I set it all with powder. If you keep a blot powder in your bag, it can help freshen up any makeup that's been hit...

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OCC Jubilee Loose Colour Concentrate

OCC Jubilee Loose Colour Concentrate ($12.00 for 0.088 oz.) is described as a "pastel blue with intense green/yellow shimmer," and it will launch with the Pretty Boy Collection on September 6th. These are "lightweight, ultra-refined, densely pigmented powders" that can be used...

OCC Jubilee Loose Colour Concentrate ($12.00 for 0.088 oz.) is described as a "pastel blue with intense green/yellow shimmer," and it will launch with...

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OCC Cruising Loose Colour Concentrate

OCC Fall 2011: Cruising Loose Colour Concentrate

OCC Cruising Loose Colour Concentrate ($12.00 for 0.088 oz.) is described as a "brassy gold shimmer," and it will launch with the Pretty Boy Collection on September 6th. These are...

OCC Fall 2011: Cruising Loose Colour Concentrate

OCC Cruising Loose Colour Concentrate ($12.00 for 0.088 oz.) is...

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OCC Butch Lip Tar

Feeling a Little Blue with OCC Butch

OCC Butch Lip Tar ($13.00 for 0.27 fl. oz.) is described as a "pastel periwinkle," and it will launch with the Pretty Boy Collection on September 6th. Lip Tars were born to be mixed, but over time, OCC has released shades...

Feeling a Little Blue with OCC Butch

OCC Butch Lip Tar ($13.00 for 0.27 fl. oz.) is described as a "pastel periwinkle," and it will...

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OCC Pretty Boy Collection for Fall/Winter 2011

OCC Pretty Boy Collection for Fall/Winter 2011

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Pretty Boy Collection for Fall/Winter 2011

Who says makeup is only for girls? From David Bowie and Boy George to Adam Lambert, Jared Leto and today’s crop of glam rockers, the impact men have made on the art of makeup is one...

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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #093

Free for Haul Friday, Volume #093

Welcome to Free For Haul Friday!

  • Haul: Cle de Peau eyeshadow palettes x2, Le Metier de Beaute Splendid Frost Kaleidoscope
  • Weekend plans:  Farmers' market!
  • Go-to summer lip color:   Guerlain Gems Rouge G

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

This week's Mellan photo...

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Chanel Les Aquarelles de Chanel Collection

Chanel Les Aquarelles de Chanel Collection

Chanel Les Aquarelles de Chanel Collection

In the 1920s, Marie Laurencin painted a watercolor portrait of Gabrielle Chanel. Today, Karl Lagerfeld employs that image as a point of departure for the 2011 Spring-Summer Haute Couture Collection, suffused with light and restraint. The atmosphere is...

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What over-hyped beauty product have you found a truly hype-worthy alternative for?

What over-hyped beauty product have you found a truly hype-worthy alternative for?

What over-hyped beauty product have you found a truly hype-worthy alternative for? One you wish people would obsess over instead?

NARS Orgasm--it's pretty, don't get me wrong--but Le Metier de Beaute's Echo does it better, in my opinion!

Thanks to Mariella for today's question!

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