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Fenty Beauty Slip Shine Sheer Lipstick Swatches

Fenty Beauty Slip Shine Sheer Lipstick Swatches

Fenty Beauty Slip Shine Sheer Lipstick ($22.00 for 0.10 oz.) is a new, sheer lipstick offering from the brand that is available in 10 shades (one is clear on purpose!). Here are swatches --

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Natasha Denona Star Eyeshadow Palette Swatches (Updated)

Natasha Denona Star Eyeshadow Palette Swatches (Updated)

Last week, a reader reached out and asked if I'd review the reformulated Natasha Denona Star Eyeshadow Palette ($169.00 for 1.44 oz.), and the brand confirmed that there was an update made 1.5 to 2 years ago (I'm guessing near when Sunset was updated).

Diving into it deeper, I looked through the...

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How to Build Your Own Eyeshadow Palette

How to Build Your Own Eyeshadow Palette

Building your own eyeshadow palette is easiest when you understand your own preferences. Examples: If you love mattes and only use a few shimmers, the number of mattes vs. shimmers in your palette should reflect this. If you prefer less smoky looks, then you want to make sure you have less deep...

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Survey Says... June 10th, 2020

Survey Says... June 10th, 2020

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

  • Your skin tone/coloring:
  • What’s your favorite my-lips-but-better lip color?
  • What’s your can’t-live-without lip balm?
  • What’s your special occasion lip color?

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What are three products you own that you want to use more often?

What are three products you own that you want to use more often?

I’d like to be more consistent at using facial masks — I always enjoy them but often don’t bother with them at the end of the day. I’d also like to be less lazy about applying body moisturizer/lotion. More than three individual products across those two, but there’s not one specific...

— Christine

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How Beauty Brands are Committing to Change + Next Steps

How Beauty Brands are Committing to Change + Next Steps

As brands have released statements over the last week, along with follow-up statements about where they're positioned today and what steps they're taking to commit to more equality and inclusivity as brands, I thought I'd share some ways I feel the beauty brands, and to some degrees, the community...

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What techniques have helped to minimize temptation?

What techniques have helped to minimize temptation?

Awareness that I am tempted and of my shopping/consumption habits has gone a long way. Some stores/brands send out emails more than daily, and even daily can be aggressive, so I unsubscribe from any where I get tempted by so I don’t see the brand come up as often unless I’m specifically going...

— Christine

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How I Understand Colors & Undertones in Makeup (Part 2)

How I Understand Colors & Undertones in Makeup (Part 2)

Here's part two explaining how I look at, classify, and understand color, which reflects how I describe products in reviews and how they're classified in the Swatch Gallery (which is truly a work-in-progress as I refine and get a better understanding of depth, undertone, and how relative that is...

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