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Cult Nails Living Water Nail Lacquer

Cult Nails Living Water Nail Laquer ($10.00 for 0.5 fl. oz.) is described as a "deep blue jelly polish with ice blue and emerald green glitter inspired by the phosphorescent sea-water." It's a really blackened blue color base (more black than blue, even with flash) with...

Cult Nails Living Water Nail Laquer ($10.00 for 0.5 fl. oz.) is described as a "deep blue jelly polish with ice blue and emerald green glitter...

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5 Great Pencil Eyeliners

5 Great Pencil Eyeliners

5 Great Pencil Eyeliners

Reader Su Ann wanted to see five great pencil eyeliners, so here are five favorites from what I have tried...

What's your favorite pencil...

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What makeup do you wear to the beach?

What makeup do you wear to the beach?

What makeup do you wear to the beach? If you plan to just relax?  If you swim?

If I'm just hanging out, then I'll opt for tinted moisturizer, waterproof mascara, and maybe a wash of eyeshadow.  I'll avoid gloss and go for a lip tint or lipstick, because I'd rather not have sand stuck in my gloss!

Thanks...

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Cult Nails Iconic Nail Lacquer

Cult Nails Iconic Nail Laquer ($10.00 for 0.5 fl. oz.) is described as a "deep berry creme with gorgeous red flakes and hidden gold shimmer throughout." It's a medium-dark berry red that's dark without being vampy with ruby red reflective flakes and gold shimmer. The...

Cult Nails Iconic Nail Laquer ($10.00 for 0.5 fl. oz.) is described as a "deep berry creme with gorgeous red flakes and hidden gold shimmer...

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Milani Melange Baked Eyeshadow

Milani Melange Baked Metallic Eyeshadow ($7.49 for 0.05 oz.) is a mix of smoldering, blackened brown, khaki gold, bronze, and silvered white. When applied, it's very much a black gold--it has that really dark black-brown color base with khaki and bronze shimmer on top. This...

Milani Melange Baked Metallic Eyeshadow ($7.49 for 0.05 oz.) is a mix of smoldering, blackened brown, khaki gold, bronze, and silvered white. When...

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Discontinued
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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #082

Free for Haul Friday, Volume #082

Welcome to Free For Haul Friday!

First, I'll share mine!

Haul:  Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill Intense - 2 new shades that finally launched!  Guerlain Giant Bronzer, three Le Metier de Beaute eyeshadows

Weekend plans:  Organizing!!  Enjoy the weather a little bit!

Mascara you can't live without:...

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Tarte Summer 2011 Collection

Tarte Summer 2011 Collection

Tarte Summer 2011 Collection

Smooth Operator Amazonian Clay Finishing Powder ($28.00)

  • Bronze

Amazonian Clay Waterproof Eyeliner Duo ($18.00) (QVC Exclusive)

  • Golden, Plum (March 2011)
  • Black, Brown (May 2011)
  • Navy, Turquoise (July 2011)
  • Bronze, Plum, Green (August 2011)

Amazonian Clay Waterproof Shadow Pots...

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Do you wear perfumes designed for the opposite gender?

Do you wear perfumes designed for the opposite gender?

Do you wear perfumes designed for the opposite gender? (As a man, wearing a scent designed for a woman; woman wearing a scent designed for a man.)  Favorites?

I do tend to gravitate towards more masculine scents, which is why Tom Ford's line probably holds so much appeal for me (though most are...

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Bobbi Brown SPF 15 Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer Review, Photos

Bobbi Brown SPF 15 Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer

Bobbi Brown SPF 15 Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer ($40.00 for 1.7 oz.) is designed to provide a "hint of coverage" for "natural-looking skin" in a gel-based formula. The oil-free...

Bobbi Brown SPF 15 Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer

Bobbi Brown SPF 15 Oil Free Tinted Moisturizer ($40.00 for...

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