What are three things you'd tell to a skincare newcomer?

What are three things you'd tell to a skincare newcomer?

Start with budget-friendly community favorites first along with a more streamlined routine.. then work up to more specific and/or pricier options. There is SO MUCH puffery in beauty marketing in general, but skincare sometimes feels like next-level puffery. There’s also no reason to have a 20-step...

— Christine

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Dior Early Bird Eyeshadow Palette

Dior Early Bird (659) 5 Couleurs Couture Eyeshadow Palette ($62.00 for 0.24 oz.) is a new, limited edition palette for the fall season. All five shades were blendable, long-wearing, and easy to use, while two shades were more semi-opaque and buildable rather than fully...

Dior Early Bird (659) 5 Couleurs Couture Eyeshadow Palette ($62.00 for 0.24 oz.) is a new, limited edition palette for the fall season. All five...

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Fall 2021 Lip Products: Clinique, Gucci, YSL

Fall 2021 Lip Products: Clinique, Gucci, YSL

I've got three sets of lip products to share swatches of! First, there are seven shades in the Clinique Pop Reds Collection ($21.00 each), which are all red-based shades.

Next, there are five new shades in the Gucci Sheer Lipstick ($40.00 each) range. YSL The Slim Velvet Radical Matte Lipstick ($39.00...

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Natasha Denona Fall 2021 Collection Swatches

Natasha Denona Fall 2021 Collection Swatches

Natasha Denona Fall 2021 Collection includes a new, mini eyeshadow palette, pencil eyeliners, gel eyeliners, and a liquid eyeliner, which you'll find swatched in this post!

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What do you like about NARS? What don't you like?

What do you like about NARS? What don't you like?

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NARS

I’ve had more flops from NARS in the last year or so than I would have expected, so that’s been disappointing. I also feel they rely too much on the same types of colors, like Laguna or Orgasm, and they have a much fuller blush/bronzer range to highlight. I like how edited their seasonal launches usually are.

— Christine

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Melt Cosmetics Chocolate Dipped SexFoil Liquid Highlighter

Melt Cosmetics Chocolate Dipped SexFoil Liquid Highlighter ($39.00 for 1.01 oz.) is a deep brown with subtle, warm red undertones and flecks of gold and purple sparkle throughout. It had semi-sheer, buildable pigmentation, as marketed, that spread evenly across my skin. ...

Melt Cosmetics Chocolate Dipped SexFoil Liquid Highlighter ($39.00 for 1.01 oz.) is a deep brown with subtle, warm red undertones and flecks of gold...

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Sydney Grace Biscotti, Safari, Super Star, Inertia Eyeshadows

Shades Reviewed

Sydney Grace Biscotti Pressed Pigment Shadow
Biscotti
A+

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Sydney Grace Safari Pressed Pigment Shadow
Safari
A+

Permanent

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Sydney Grace Super Star Pressed Pigment Shadow
Super Star
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Permanent

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Sydney Grace Inertia Pressed Pigment Shadow
Inertia
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Permanent

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Anastasia Peachy Keen Stick Blush

Anastasia Peachy Keen Stick Blush ($32.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a medium, slightly muted coral with warmer, more orange-leaning undertones paired with a matte finish. The texture felt smooth, lightly emollient, and thinner, but it spread readily over bare skin and layered over...

Anastasia Peachy Keen Stick Blush ($32.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a medium, slightly muted coral with warmer, more orange-leaning undertones paired with a...

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