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Sneak Peek: Make Up For Ever Aqua XL Eye Pencils Photos & Swatches

Sneak Peek: Make Up For Ever Aqua XL Eye Pencils Photos & Swatches

Make Up For Ever Aqua XL Eye Pencil ($21.00 for 0.04 oz.) is a new, permanent range of pencil eyeliners (they require sharpening) in an assortment of hues and finishes. Here's an early look at swatches while I work through testing them! :) Have you tried the...

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By Terry Tan & Flash Cruise Sun Designer Palette

By Terry Tan & Flash Cruise Sun Designer Palette ($82.00 for 0.53 oz.) includes six shades that can be used as highlighters, blushes, and/or bronzers. There are two variations, this and a lighter version with more muted shades on the left side (which I expect to review as...

By Terry Tan & Flash Cruise Sun Designer Palette ($82.00 for 0.53 oz.) includes six shades that can be used as highlighters, blushes, and/or bronzers....

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Black Opal Tulip Baked Blush

Black Opal Tulip Baked Blush ($8.95 for 0.09 oz.) is a bright pop of medium-dark pink with very subtle, warmer, yellow undertones and a matte finish. ColourPop Early Bird (DC, $8.00) is lighter (95% similar). Pat McGrath Divine Rose II (LE, $44.00) is darker (90% similar). The Estee Edit Purr Pink (03) (P, $28.00) is warmer (90% similar). ColourPop Tuned In (P, $8.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar). MAC Bred for Beauty (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar). ColourPop Thames (LE, $8.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar). Chanel Hyperfresh (360) (P, $45.00) is warmer (90% similar). ColourPop Island Shine (LE, $12.00) is darker (90% similar). Pat McGrath Peony Rose (LE, $38.00) is darker (90% similar). By Terry Tan & Flash Cruise #1 (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar). Makeup by Mario Poppy Pink (P, $24.00) is cooler (90% similar). Chanel Vibration (270) (P, $45.00) is warmer (90% similar). Pat McGrath Cherish (P, $38.00) is cooler (90% similar). Zoeva PK040 (P, ) is brighter, cooler (90% similar). ColourPop Seed U Later (DC, $12.00) is darker, cooler (85% similar). Coloured Raine Floral (P, $16.00) is darker, cooler (85% similar). ColourPop Clutch (P, $8.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar). Moira Bella Pink (P, $9.50) is darker, warmer (85% similar). ColourPop Freaky Genius Girl (LE, $12.00) is darker, cooler (85% similar). See comparison swatches / view dupes side-by-side.

Black Opal Tulip Baked Blush ($8.95 for 0.09 oz.) is a bright pop of medium-dark pink with very subtle, warmer, yellow undertones and a matte finish. ...

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Best & Worst of Kat Von D Metal Crush Eyeshadows

Best & Worst of Kat Von D Metal Crush Eyeshadows

Kat Von D Metal Crush Eyeshadows ($21.00 for 0.10 oz.) is a long-wearing, pigmented, blendable powder formula available in 11 shades! They are larger in size, but they're really, really good. They're one of the best products Kat Von D has put out to-date, IMO, of...

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Urban Decay Vanity Kills, Twitch, Cruz, Notorious, Speedball Vice Lipsticks

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Urban Decay Vanity Kills Vice Lipstick
Vanity Kills
B

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Urban Decay Twitch Vice Lipstick
Twitch
B+

Discontinued

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Urban Decay Cruz Vice Lipstick
Cruz
A-

Discontinued

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Urban Decay Notorious Vice Lipstick
Notorious
A-

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Urban Decay Speedball Vice Lipstick
Speedball
B

Discontinued

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Black Opal Rose Gold Baked Blush

Black Opal Rose Gold Baked Blush ($8.95 for 0.09 oz.) is a muted, coppery-brown with warm, reddish undertones and a satin sheen. Too Faced Spiced Peach (P, $30.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (95% similar). Chanel Elegance (370) (P, $45.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar). Chanel Alezane (260) (P, $45.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar). Dior Charnelle (459) (P, $48.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar). NYX Bronzed (P, $6.50) is lighter (90% similar). Viseart Bronze #3 (PiP, ) is darker (90% similar). MAC Stylish Me (LE, $24.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar). Patrick Ta She's So LA (Powder) (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar). Tom Ford Beauty Lissome (Top) (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar). ColourPop Kissin' a Frog (LE, $12.00) is less shimmery, lighter (85% similar). MAC Pleasure Model (LE, $31.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar). NARS Guitly Pleasure (LE, $30.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar). ColourPop Non-Fiction (LE, $8.00) is more shimmery, lighter, brighter (85% similar). MAC Ambering Rose (P, $24.00) is darker, brighter, warmer (85% similar). Pat McGrath Desert Orchid (P, $38.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar). Stellar Beauty Eclipse (P, $25.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar). ColourPop Stryke (LE, $8.00) is darker, brighter (85% similar). ColourPop Construct (LE, $12.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar). NARS Liberation (Right) (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar). Kosas Contrachroma (Blush) (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar). Top 20 dupes listed, see the rest. See comparison swatches / view dupes side-by-side.

Black Opal Rose Gold Baked Blush ($8.95 for 0.09 oz.) is a muted, coppery-brown with warm, reddish undertones and a satin sheen. [written_dupes...

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Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Lipstick & Nail Color for June 2016

Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Lipstick & Nail Color for June 2016

Alone in front of her wardrobe, La Petite Robe Noire is deep in thought. She would need something to add the finishing touch to her inimitable style. What she needs, of course, is color.

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Urban Decay Cream Vice Lipsticks | Swatches + First Impressions

Urban Decay Cream Vice Lipsticks | Swatches + First Impressions

Urban Decay Vice Lipstick ($17.00 for 0.11 oz.) is available in six finishes, and this post is highlighting the Cream finish. This is the finish that absorbs most of the standard, Revolution Lipstick shades, and it is the largest range of all six finishes.

My initial...

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Urban Decay Sheer + Sheer Shimmer Vice Lipsticks | Swatches + First Impressions

Urban Decay Sheer + Sheer Shimmer Vice Lipsticks | Swatches + First Impressions

Urban Decay Vice Lipstick ($17.00 for 0.11 oz.) is available in six finishes, and this post is highlighting the Sheer and Sheer Shimmer finish. I've put the two together, because they aren't that different other than one has a decent amount of shimmer and the other doesn't...

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Sneak Peek: Bite Beauty Summer 2016 Amuse Bouche Lipsticks Photos & Swatches

Sneak Peek: Bite Beauty Summer 2016 Amuse Bouche Lipsticks Photos & Swatches

This May, six new shades of Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipsticks ($26.00 for 0.15 oz.) were released at Sephora. Not your average summer shades but a nice alternative if typical summer shades don't do it for ya! :) Full reviews to come.

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