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When you buy a seasonal product, do you wear it year-round?

When you buy a seasonal product, do you wear it year-round?

When you buy a seasonal product, do you wear it year-round? Or only during that season? (Like buying a lipstick from a fall collection, do you wear it only during fall or whenever you want?)

I have no problem doing so.  The likelihood that I do so is not high, since I typically review seasonal...

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Rant & Rave: Loose Glitter

Rant & Rave: Loose Glitter

This Week's Topic: Loose Glitter!

Your Mission: Tell us what you love, hate, or are otherwise indifferent to about loose glitter. What drives you bananas? What makes them necessary?

my answer: Now that I have Lit Cosmetics' glitter base, I LOVE it. Before it drove me nuts how pretty it was but how much...

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This Week’s Sales for September 3rd, 2012

This Week’s Sales for September 3rd, 2012

Deal Sites/Rebates

  • EBATES:  Pur Minerals (10%)
  • FAB: --
  • GILT:  Boutique Fragrances (9/4), Sonya Dakar (9/6)
  • HAUTELOOK:  Avani Dead Sea (9/3), Eve Pearl (9/4), Cosmedicine (9/5), Rain Cosmetics (9/5)
  • IDEELI:  --
  • MR. REBATES:  Proactiv (40%), Sheer Cover (40%), WEN (40%), Murad (12%), Skinstore (10%),...

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What makeup do you bring with you for a weekend trip?

What makeup do you bring with you for a weekend trip?

What makeup do you bring with you for a weekend trip? Share what you'd pack!

Foundation (probably MUFE HD or Guerlain Parure Gold, if it was an outdoorsy vacation, then Kiehl's Tinted Moisturizer), sunscreen (Shiseido or Kiehl's), 2-3 eyeliners (one in black, two colored), Urban Decay Rollergirl...

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Most Overrated & Underrated Cream Blush

Most Overrated & Underrated Cream Blush

Over & Under: Most Overrated & Underrated Cream Blush

There are always products that receive endless raves, but they don't always live up to our expectations or work out as well as they do for others.  Share your picks for most overrated and underrated CREAM BLUSHES.  Don't forget to share your...

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Have you repurchased an item only to discover the formula changed?

Have you repurchased an item only to discover the formula changed?

Have you repurchased an item only to discover the formula changed? Was it for better or worse? If worse, did you return?

I can't recall anything specifically, though recent commentary made me wonder about MAC Carbon and whether there have been changes in the formula over time. I am sure there have...

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Video: Week in Review - MAC x Carine Roitfeld, NARS

Video: Week in Review - MAC x Carine Roitfeld, NARS

Video: Week in Review, Vol. 002

During the past few days, we focused on MAC's collaboration with Carine Roitfeld as well as a permanent NARS blush and a new China Glaze polish. I was excited that one of the art prints I ordered arrived in time to hang in the background -- it's Wake of Herself by Agnes...

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Have you ever had gel nails?

Have you ever had gel nails?

Have you ever had gel nails? Good or bad experience? Worth it?

Nope, I haven't!  The most intensive nail-related treatment/procedure I've ever had done was CND's Shellac, which I don't think is what most would consider gel nails. (I even went to Shellac's info page, and it was sure to say it wasn't...

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Free for Haul Friday, Volume #147

Free for Haul Friday, Volume #147

Welcome to Free For Haul Friday!

  • Haul:  A few more pieces from Guerlain fall arrived finally!
  • Weekend plans:  Get through NARS + Andy Warhol.
  • Heels or flats?:  I'm really digging kitten heels/baby heels. I love looking at sky high heels, but not so much the walking.

Share your pet photos to the Temptalia...

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Do you have multiple shades you use for highlighting the brow bone?

Do you have multiple shades you use for highlighting the brow bone?

Do you have multiple shades you use for highlighting the brow bone? Or are you committed to one? (At least, most of the time?)

I use Burberry Trench the majority of the time, though I will use other highlighting shades, especially if the palette I'm testing already has an appropriate one.  Sometimes...

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