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Chanel Khaki Dore Le Crayon Yeux

Chanel Khaki Dore Le Crayon Yeux

Chanel Khaki Dore Le Crayon Yeux ($28.00) is a stunning shade of rich, metallic golden bronze. It's just the hue that I'm totally nuts for - that antique gold, bronze gold... anything in that family, I'm game for. Khaki Dore applies evenly, smoothly, and opaquely. It comes with its own pencil...

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The Spring Season: Benefit Lady's Choice Lipstick

The Spring Season: Benefit Lady's Choice Lipstick

Benefit Lady's Choice Lipstick

The Spring Season: Benefit Lady's Choice Lipstick

Benefit Lady's Choice Full-Finish Lipstick ($18.00) is an ultra creamy pinky-nude with a glossy sheen and no shimmer. It's pink enough to be almost like a very light and pale pink, but it's still more of a nude. I love...

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Colorful Makeup: Green, Teal, & Blue

Colorful Makeup: Green, Teal, & Blue

Colorful Makeup:  Green, Teal, & Blue

I envisioned a green, teal, and blue combination, and I really went from there for this look. I'm also trying to work on using permanent or recently released products in my looks, so, even though it was unplanned and totally coincidental, this look is very much...

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The Spring Season: Lancome Voile de Rose Lipstick

The Spring Season: Lancome Voile de Rose Lipstick

Lancome Voile de Rose Lipstick

The Spring Season: Lancome Voile de Rose Lipstick

Lancome Voile de Rose L'Absolu Rouge Lipstick ($29.00) is a creamy, medium pink with warmer undertones. I almost didn't include it as part of the Spring Season, just because it's the pink is a little more amped up than...

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Too Faced Fun in the Dark Palette

Too Faced Fun in the Dark Palette

Spring Makeup with Too Faced Fun in the Dark Palette

Too Faced Fun in the Dark Palette ($32.50) is a new, limited edition eyes, cheeks, and lip palette from Too Faced for the spring. It contains four eyeshadows (Pin-Up, Peep Show, Full Frontal, Lucky Charms), two lip products (Tropical Pink, Free...

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The Spring Season: MAC Freckletone Lipstick

The Spring Season: MAC Freckletone Lipstick

The Spring Season: MAC Freckletone Lipstick

MAC Freckletone Lipstick ($14.00) is a semi-sheer luster-finish peachy nude. It's definitely a nude kind of lip color, but it has a surprising amount of warmth, because of the peachy undertones. Even though it's distinctly peach,...

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What was the last beauty product you threw away?

What was the last beauty product you threw away?

What was the last beauty product you threw away? Whether it was empty, expired, or you hated it...

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I threw away some random high-end lipsticks/glosses that smelled like crayon. Yuck!

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New Year's Eve Makeup: Golden Berry

New Year's Eve Makeup: Golden Berry

New Year's Eve Makeup: Golden Berry

I wanted something simple but still festive for New Year's Eve, so I went with a modified version of this look, just to make it a little softer. I thought I'd also try using Cuddle shadestick under a lot of frost-finish shadows while I was at it, too, so I managed...

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