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If you had $250 to spend on beauty products, what would you spend it on?

If you had $250 to spend on beauty products, what would you spend it on?

I’ll be answering in the same spirit as yesterday: in the form of recommendations for spring/summer! MAC Fairly Precious Extra Dimension Blush ($29), MAC Cheek Bits Extra Dimension Blush ($29), Sephora Costa Rica Bronzer ($17), ColourPop Perception Palette ($23), Pat McGrath Sublime Bronze...

— Christine

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16 x ColourPop Fortune Pressed Powder Shadow Palette Look Ideas

16 x ColourPop Fortune Pressed Powder Shadow Palette Look Ideas

ColourPop Fortune 16-Pan Eyeshadow Palette ($22.00 for 0.64 oz.) is a new, warm-toned set of shades in various finishes and depths. I felt that the palette was cohesive, and it was slightly more red/plum-based compared to past ColourPop palettes (which have read more golden or more orange to my...

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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #447

Free for Haul Friday, Volume #447

Share your recent beauty purchases or rediscovered favorites in your stash (for those on low/no-buys!), chit chat about weekend plans, and learn a little more about each other!

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If you had $25 to spend on beauty products, what would you spend it on?

If you had $25 to spend on beauty products, what would you spend it on?

I’m going to give my answer in the form of recommendations for spring/summer — Wet ‘n’ Wild Baked Blush in Don’t Flutter Yourself ($4.99), ColourPop Semi-Precious Palette (on sale for $18).

— Christine

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Best Matte Bronzers 2018 | Top 10 + Share Your Favorites

Best Matte Bronzers 2018 | Top 10 + Share Your Favorites

Today, I'm asking for your Best Matte Bronzers (specific shades, please!).  The 10 most recommended Matte Bronzers are listed below, and the list will automatically update as more recommendations are made!

You can view all recommendations here, where you can also refine recommendations by things like...

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How did you learn to apply makeup?

How did you learn to apply makeup?

Trial and error for the most part! I read through some photo-by-photo tutorials here and there, but it was largely just trying to replicate the type of placements/styles I saw others posting on Livejournal’s mac_cosmetics community.

— Christine

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Survey Says... May 30th, 2018

Survey Says... May 30th, 2018

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

  • Your skin tone/coloring:
  • Favorite product this month?
  • Most used face/cheek product this month?
  • Most used eye product this month?

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What products have impressed you the most so far this year?

What products have impressed you the most so far this year?

Here are a few that have earned my “coveted” Temptalia Recommende seal of approval this year… Kevyn Aucoin’s Neo Blush Trios (Sunset & Rose Cliff), Huda Beauty’s Coral Palette, ColourPop’s Festival Pressed Powder Shadows (La Playa, Slay-farer, Formation, Night Show, Deja Boo,m Bratty,...

— Christine

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Swatches: Dose of Colors Block Party Eyeshadows

Swatches: Dose of Colors Block Party Eyeshadows

Dose of Colors Block Party Eyeshadow ($20.00 for 0.08 oz.) is a new formula that's "packed with tons of reflects" for an "ultra-dazzling finish." It is recommended that they be applied with fingertips for maximum intensity (and the swatches thus use fingertips), but they can be used "using your...

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