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Temptalia Asks You - What do others think of your beauty/makeup love?

Temptalia Asks You - What do others think of your beauty/makeup love?

What do others think of your beauty/makeup love? (Okay, perhaps addiction is a better word!) Do your family or friends love it or hate it? Support it, fund it, or scoff at you?

I'm so lucky that my mom supports all of my hobbies--not financially, unfortunately (!)--but she loves that I've turned a...

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Zoya - Utopia Winter 2007 Collection - Austine Review, Swatch, & Product Photo

Zoya - Utopia Winter 2007 Collection - Austine Review, Swatch, & Product Photo

Zoya's Austine (from Utopia | Winter 2007/08) is a very gorgeous gold with warm undertones of bronze with silver shimmer. It's a bit metallic in appearance, which is always fun (when you tire of gunmetal gray, as lovely as it is, go opposite with this color!) for the upcoming holiday season. I found...

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Holiday 2007 Madness - Laura Mercier Holiday 2007 Signature Collection Book

Holiday 2007 Madness - Laura Mercier Holiday 2007 Signature Collection Book

Laura Mercier presents this Signature Collection Book with three eyeshadows in Guava, Forest, and Margaux; three lip colors in Blossom, Pink Dawn, and Ruby, plus two cheek colors in Crushed Hazelnut and Rosedust. $45.00

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Zoya - Utopia Winter 2007 Collection - Quick Review

Zoya - Utopia Winter 2007 Collection - Quick Review

Zoya puts out a most gorgeous selection of six jewel-toned shades for their Winter 2007 collection. Choose from: Akyra (bold metallic azure), Austine (soft metallic gold), Irene (truly unique metallic sage), Juno (deep metallic amethyst), Kamilah (rich gilded metallic scarlet), and Tama (bright...

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Temptalia Asks You - What's your favorite eye makeup palette?

Temptalia Asks You - What's your favorite eye makeup palette?

What's your favorite eye makeup palette? Nearly every line has limited edition quads, duos, or palettes that come at various times of the year - what's your favorite? Which one do you always use?

I'm awful with palettes; they often sit unused for me. I own an overwhelming majority of MAC quads/holiday...

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Holiday 2007 Madness - Estee Lauder Holiday 2007 Offerings

Holiday 2007 Madness - Estee Lauder Holiday 2007 Offerings

Estee Lauder Professional Pure Color Lipstick is a lovely gold gift set with five full-size lipsticks in Pink Parfait, Bois de Rose, Nectarine, Rose Tea, and Rice Papapya. $32.50

Estee Lauder Professional Pure Color EyeShadow is a gorgeous gold palette with six great shades for the holidays:...

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Lead In Lipsticks? A story of spinning, the truth about lipsticks and lead

Lead In Lipsticks? A story of spinning, the truth about lipsticks and lead

I was perusing through my fellow beauty bloggers' posts, and both BeautyAddict and Makeup Moxie posted Paula Begoun's response to the much-blogged and over-hyped article that was released last week about lipsticks containing traces of lead.

Now, here at Temptalia, we chose not to alert you because we...

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Best of Temptalia October 14th through October 20th

Temptalia Asks You - What lipstick do you love but are scared to wear?

Temptalia Asks You - What lipstick do you love but are scared to wear?

What lipstick do you love but are scared to wear? What lipstick (or color, shade, hue if you don't have a specific one) are you ga-ga over, but just can't bring yourself to wear [yet]?

Me? I'm not terrified of vampy colors, but I really think they look god-awful on me, so I just never wear them for...

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Holiday 2007 Madness - Bobbi Brown Best of Chocolate Gift Set

Holiday 2007 Madness - Bobbi Brown Best of Chocolate Gift Set

A two-tiered mirrored compact includes four lipglosses in Pink Mocha, Golden Caramel Shimmer, Double Fudge Shimmer, Frosted Pink Shimmer, along with four eyeshadows in Bone, Frappe, Cacao Shimmer Wash, and Chocolate. Many of these colors are exclusive to...

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