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The Scarlet Season: MAC Dare You Lipstick

The Scarlet Season: MAC Dare You Lipstick

The Scarlet Season: MAC Dare You Lipstick

MAC Dare You Lipstick ($14.00) is a gorgeous shade of shimmering ruby red. It's a deep ruby red with brighter ruby red shimmer laced throughout. It's incredibly pigmented, and it looks opaque with just one layer. Dare You feels creamy,...

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The Scarlet Season: La Prairie Rouge Clair Lipstick

The Scarlet Season: La Prairie Rouge Clair Lipstick

The Scarlet Season: La Prairie Rouge Clair Lipstick

La Prairie Rouge Clair Cellular Luxe Lip Colour ($55.00 for 0.12 oz.) is the creme de la creme of luxe lip color in a bright, scarlet red. It's seems mostly like a blue-based red, but it warmed up a...

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Holiday Makeup: Gold & Cranberry + Bold Lips (or Bronze Lips!)

Holiday Makeup: Gold & Cranberry + Bold Lips (or Bronze Lips!)

This is almost like a two-for-one kind of look, because I took photos of two [drastically] different lip combinations -- the first is a deeper plummy red and the second more of a bronzy nude. I wanted to try out some of the products I've reviewed lately, so that's where I tried to draw inspiration...

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Laura Mercier Polished Collection for Spring 2010

Laura Mercier Polished Collection for Spring 2010

Laura Mercier Spring 2010 Collection

This spring, we'll see a beautiful Radiant Creme Colour cream blush, three new eye colour duos, three Satin Lip Colours, and a Shine Lip Colour.

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The Scarlet Season: Dolce & Gabbana Ruby Lipstick

The Scarlet Season: Dolce & Gabbana Ruby Lipstick

Dolce & Gabbana Ruby Lipstick

The Scarlet Season: Dolce & Gabbana Ruby Lipstick

Dolce & Gabbana Ruby Shine Lipstick ($30.00) is a beautiful, shimmery raspberry red lip color. It's a semi-sheer lipstick formula, but I actually found it to be quite opaque. I mean, if this is semi-sheer, I wish all...

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Essie Sweet Time of the Year Collection

Essie Sweet Time of the Year Collection

Essie Sweet Time of the Year Collection for Winter 2009

For winter, Essie put out a trio of shades: Mint Candy Apple, Rock Candy, and Lollipop. A sweet lil' treat--something I'd consider putting in someone's stocking this year. Two of the three are distinct creme finishes, while one is more of a...

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The Scarlet Season: Julie Hewett Rouge Noir Lipstick

The Scarlet Season: Julie Hewett Rouge Noir Lipstick

The Scarlet Season: Julie Hewett Rouge Noir Lipstick

Julie Hewett Rouge Noir Lipstick ($22.50) is a rich, ultra pigmented blue-based red with a nice sheen. It's not glossy nor shimmery--just very bold and goes on opaque with little product. I want to say it's creamy,...

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Benefit Cosmetics Sugarbomb

Benefit Cosmetics Sugarbomb

Get Glowy Cheeks for the Holidays with Benefit

Benefit Cosmetics Sugarbomb ($28.00 for 0.42 oz.) is the newest powder addition to Benefit's line-up. It joins cult favorites like CORALista and Hoola, and Benefit describes it as a "sugar rush flush" for the face.

The powder comes with four triangles of...

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