What kind of beauty marketing resonates the most with you?

What kind of beauty marketing resonates the most with you?

I love really interesting visuals; ones that highlight products in action, diversity, and a bit of a high-fashion/avant-garde feel. I don’t get drawn in at all by over the top, exaggerated claims or copy, though it’s more amusing than something that would turn me off.

— Christine

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ColourPop Go NY Go Eyeliner Duo

ColourPop Go NY Go Crème Gel Liner Duo ($14.00 for 0.02 oz.) includes a matte cobalt eyeliner and a shimmery orange eyeliner. I have found this formula to be inconsistent, and this duo was no exception, unfortunately! Rucker Park was just terrible.

ColourPop Go NY Go Crème Gel Liner Duo ($14.00 for 0.02 oz.) includes a matte cobalt eyeliner and a shimmery orange eyeliner. I have found this...

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Mazzolari Lui Perfume Review

Mazzolari Lui Perfume Review

Mazzolari Lui Eau de Toilette starts with the darker facets of patchouli with a salty-sweet resinous quality in the background, but it quickly shifts into a more animalic fragrance that was fuzzy, musky, and leathery with tarry smoke at times.

While aromatic sandalwood and cedar, along with softer...

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Survey Says... March 2nd, 2022

Survey Says... March 2nd, 2022

Happy Wednesday! Here's this week's survey, which you can copy and paste and share as a comment.

  • Your skin tone/coloring:
  • Makeup step you can’t skip?
  • Makeup step you wish you could skip?
  • Makeup step you love to do?

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ColourPop Retro Powder Blush

ColourPop Retro Pressed Powder Blush ($8.00 for 0.13 oz.) is a darker, orange-coral with warm, reddish undertones and a semi-matte finish. It had a fairly powdery texture, so be careful when picking up product to avoid unnecessary excess kicked up all over the place. It had...

ColourPop Retro Pressed Powder Blush ($8.00 for 0.13 oz.) is a darker, orange-coral with warm, reddish undertones and a semi-matte finish. It had a...

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How do you successfully resist beauty products?

How do you successfully resist beauty products?

I really think about whether I have anything similar already and how happy I am (or not) with what I already have, and I usually find that tempers the want for something new.

— Christine

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Xerjoff K'Bridge Club Perfume Review

Xerjoff K'Bridge Club Perfume Review

Xerjoff K'Bridge Club is a more linear scent that started with a caramelized rose with spicy, nutty undertones from coriander and coffee, though most of the journey was supported by coffee. It became sweeter, more caramelized, and kissed with vanilla through the drydown with the rose only...

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ColourPop Brooklyn Nets Eyeshadow Palette

ColourPop Brooklyn Nets 9-Pan Pressed Powder Palette ($14.00 for 0.32 oz.) is a new, smoky eye kind of color story with a mix of grays and subdued peach/brown. All nine shades had semi-opaque to opaque coverage with blendable, fairly easy to use textures that were consistent...

ColourPop Brooklyn Nets 9-Pan Pressed Powder Palette ($14.00 for 0.32 oz.) is a new, smoky eye kind of color story with a mix of grays and subdued...

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Danessa Myricks Celebration Colorfix Metallic

Danessa Myricks Celebration Colorfix Metallic ($18.00 for 0.34 oz.) is a soft, medium bronze with moderate warm undertones and a pearly sheen. It had opaque pigmentation with little product to get there with a quick dry down that blended out fairly readily, but it only...

Danessa Myricks Celebration Colorfix Metallic ($18.00 for 0.34 oz.) is a soft, medium bronze with moderate warm undertones and a pearly sheen. It had...

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