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The Spring Season: Guerlain Gemma Lipstick

The Spring Season: Guerlain Gemma Lipstick

Guerlain Gemma Lipstick

The Spring Season: Guerlain Gemma Lipstick

Guerlain Gemma Rouge G Lipstick (#64) ($45.00) is a sweet pop of posey pink. It has a delicate gold sheen and shimmer, but it's one of my favorite pinks for the spring. It has enough brightness to pop when worn alone, but it can...

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The Spring Season: Dolce & Gabbana Sunset Lip Gloss

The Spring Season: Dolce & Gabbana Sunset Lip Gloss

The Spring Season: Dolce & Gabbana Sunset Lip Gloss

Dolce & Gabbana Sunset Lip Gloss ($29.00) is a golden shimmered coral-peach gloss. It'g oes on sheerly, but it adds enough color to change-up your natural lip color, plus add a healthy dose of shimmer on top. Dolce & Gabbana's lipglosses do have...

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The Spring Season: Chanel Santal Rouge Allure Laque

The Spring Season: Chanel Santal Rouge Allure Laque

The Spring Season: Chanel Santal Rouge Allure Laque

Chanel Santal Rouge Allure Laque ($32.00) is a glossy, shimmering shade of champagne-peach. This is one of two ultra-wearable shades of Rouge Allure Laque (the other being Ming). This is probably the one I reach for the most, because it's...

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MAC Cremeblend Blushes -- Lip Swatches

MAC Cremeblend Blushes -- Lip Swatches

MAC Cremeblend Blushes -- Lip Swatches

Here are quick & dirty lip swatches of the four Cremeblend blushes. When applied to lips, they can have a decent amount of slip. They almost seem to sit on lips and take quite awhile to sink in. The more pigmented ones...

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MAC "Pop Colour" Collection

MAC "Pop Colour" Collection

MAC "Pop Colour" Collection:  Review, Photos, Swatches

Debuting today in-store are eight eyeshadow shades, permanent extensions to the freestanding and PRO store eyeshadow ranges. They will only be available in limited quantity and duration at counters (department stores), though. They're also...

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The Spring Season: Julie Hewett Simone Lipstick

The Spring Season: Julie Hewett Simone Lipstick

Julie Hewett Simone Lipstick

The Spring Season: Julie Hewett Simone Lipstick

Julie Hewett Simone Sheer Lipstick ($20.00) is a soft, lightly frosted shade of pinky-coral. This is a shade that's definitely a YMMV (your mileage may vary) kind of shade, because even though it looks and swatches with a...

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Barielle Wildflower Collection for Spring 2010

Barielle Wildflower Collection for Spring 2010

Barielle Wildflower Collection for Spring 2010

Barielle's Spring collection is called Wildflower and consists of six spring-y shades.  All but Snap Dragon apply pretty well, with Blossom being a little goopy but manageable.  Daring Dahlia and A Bouquet for Ava had the best application--very smooth,...

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MAC Too Fabulous Collection

MAC Too Fabulous Collection

MAC Too Fabulous Collection

U.S. Launch Date: March 4th, 2010

International Launch Date: March 2010

Lips and cheeks get the pretty young thing treatment…Cremesheen Glass makes a comeback for Spring 2010. Introducing six new très jolie shades and three bring-back essentials, because the world wants...

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Sigma Makeup Brushes: What do you want to know?

Sigma Makeup Brushes: What do you want to know?

Sigma Makeup Brushes:  What do you want to know?

After Temptalia readers awarded Sigma Makeup Brushes not one, but two awards (Best New Product of 2009 and Most Surprisingly Amazing Product of 2009), it was pretty clear that I needed to try these out myself. Sigma Makeup recently sent me some of...

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Dior Vintage Pink (#839) Blush (Dior Spring 2010 Collection)

Dior Vintage Pink (#839) Blush (Dior Spring 2010 Collection)

Dior Spring 2010:   A Lacy, Floral Confection

Dior Vintage Pink (#839) Blush ($40.00) is a prettily designed blush duo from Dior's Spring collection. Nearly all of the powder-based products from Dior's Spring collection feature a raised lacy, floral embellishment. The design is fitting for the...

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