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MAC Cosmetics Double Dazzle (New Dazzleglasses!) Collection Information & Photos

MAC Cosmetics Double Dazzle (New Dazzleglasses!) Collection Information & Photos

MAC Cosmetics | Double Dazzle

Launch Date: April 30th, 2009 (North America), May 2009 (International).

All you need is Love… Lips and Lashes! Summer simplified for the modern makeup minimalist. Double Dazzle will daze the closest competition with colour-changing, light-reflecting pearl-shine lips;...

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MAC Cosmetics Style Warrior (Part 2) Collection Information & Photos

MAC Cosmetics Style Warrior (Part 2) Collection Information & Photos

MAC Cosmetics | Style Warriors

Launch Date: May 28th, 2009 (North America), June 2009 (International).

Every woman has an inner Wild Thing, and we’ve captured it with Style Warrior, a bronzing collection that paints a bold new portrait of the ultimate international ingénue. Exotics defy...

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MAC Cosmetics Style Warriors Collection Information & Photos

MAC Cosmetics Style Warriors Collection Information & Photos

MAC Cosmetics | Style Warriors

Launch Date: May 28th, 2009 (North America), June 2009 (International).

Emerging from every corner of the glamorous globe, a new Style Warrior. Made to celebrate the cross-cultural sophistication of the modern Amazon Princess, African Queen, Crouching Tigress… Never...

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Win Givenchy Maharani Pink or Maharani Orange Sari Glow Blush!

Win Givenchy Maharani Pink or Maharani Orange Sari Glow Blush!

Temptalia Gives Away Givenchy Maharani Pink & Maharani Orange

We're giving away one (1) Maharani Pink Sari Glow Blush and one (1) Maharani Orange Sari Glow Blush, recently launched with spring-summer 2009 collection. Submit your entry by leaving a comment in this post and telling us which one you want...

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Acne-Prone Skin: Tone with Mario Badescu Special Cucumber Lotion

Acne-Prone Skin: Tone with Mario Badescu Special Cucumber Lotion

Mario Badescu Special Cucumber Lotion ($15.00)

After I use the Acne Facial Cleanser, I pat my face dry (with a towel used *only* to dry my face). I squeeze a little bit of the Special Cucumber Lotion onto a cotton round, and then I use apply it to my face. You basically apply it the same way you...

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Temptalia Asks You - Do you skimp on other things so you can spend more on beauty?

Temptalia Asks You - Do you skimp on other things so you can spend more on beauty?

Do you skimp on other things so you can spend more on beauty? Do you think, "Skip Starbucks, gimme a lipgloss!"?

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I definitely spend less in other areas, like clothes, shoes, and purses so I have more bucks for beauty. I prefer shopping at stores like H&M for my clothes so I can indulge in YSL...

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Fight Acne with Mario Badescu Acne Facial Cleanser!

Fight Acne with Mario Badescu Acne Facial Cleanser!

It's Mario Badescu Week here on Temptalia!! :) I'm finally reviewing the products that have taken my skin from omg-total-pizza-face to minimal acne/near clear. In just a week, I saw a noticeable difference; within two and a half weeks, it was 80% cleared. After a full four weeks, it was at 90%...

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Estee Lauder Vivid Garden Spring 2009 Collection

Estee Lauder Vivid Garden Spring 2009 Collection

Estée Lauder | Vivid Garden

Warm temperatures and sunny days call for a festive garden tea party. Set in a delightfully feminine garden of blooming flowers in shades of pinks and purples, delectable petit-fours and decadent layer cakes iced in fanciful butterfly and bloom designs are passed on...

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Lush Retread Conditioner -- Perhaps as a Hair Treatment

Lush Retread Conditioner -- Perhaps as a Hair Treatment

Lush Retread Conditioner ($22.35 for 8.4 fl. oz.)

I'm usually a big fan of Lush products, but this product left me wanting more. I found that this conditioner didn't work as well as conditioners I've tried in the past (AG Hair, Herbal Essences, etc.), but what dismayed me is I felt like I needed to...

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