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Round-up: MAC Heirloom Mix Collection Overview & Thoughts

Round-up: MAC Heirloom Mix Collection Overview & Thoughts

MAC Heirloom Mix Collection will launch online on October 19th and be available in-stores and at counters on October 23rd.  It's a limited edition collection for the holiday season, and it has special, glossy black packaging with silver flecks of sparkle/glitter (but the...

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Round-up: Kat Von D Studded Kiss Lipstick Overview & Thoughts

Round-up: Kat Von D Studded Kiss Lipstick Overview & Thoughts

Kat Von D Studded Kiss Lipstick ($21.00 for 0.10 oz.) was an incredibly disappointing formula.  The majority of the shades were drying, difficult to apply, under-pigmented, and uncomfortable to wear.  The brand made some big claims like 10-hour wear, which was hard...

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Round-up: NARS Audacious Lipstick Overview & Thoughts

Round-up: NARS Audacious Lipstick Overview & Thoughts

NARS Audacious Lipstick ($32.00 for 0.14 oz.) is available in forty shades and is a new, permanent formula. For a list of which shades are available at which retailers, see this post. The formula is characterized by rich color payoff paired with a creamy, satiny finish that...

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Round-up: MAC x The Simpsons Collection Overview & Thoughts

Round-up: MAC x The Simpsons Collection Overview & Thoughts

MAC x The Simpsons Collection will pop up online on August 28th and head to stores and counters on September 4th. It's a smaller collection, and it wasn't particularly impressive. A lot of the shades were dupable, and the quality wasn't always there. I wish MAC had...

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Round-up: MAC Artificially Wild Collection Overview & Thoughts

Round-up: MAC Artificially Wild Collection Overview & Thoughts

MAC Artificially Wild Collection launches online on August 28th and on counters/in-stores on September 4th. It's a limited edition set of shades that sees the limited return of some 90s favorites from the past. These shades are more unique than a lot of the other...

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Round-up: OCC Unknown Pleasures Collection Overview & Thoughts

Round-up: OCC Unknown Pleasures Collection Overview & Thoughts

Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics' fall collection, Unknown Pleasures has a good mix of more unique, non-traditional lip colors paired with a few interesting takes on more traditional lip colors that still manage to be more unique than not.  It's always fun to see...

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Round-up: MAC A Novel Romance Collection Overview & Report Card

Round-up: MAC A Novel Romance Collection Overview & Report Card

MAC A Novel Romance Collection will launch online on August 14th and arrive in-stores and at-counters on August 21st (North America); later on in September for international locations. It's a very large collection featuring eyeshadow quads, lipsticks, lipglosses,...

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Round-up: Chanel Les 4 Ombres Eyeshadow Quads (Fall 2014) Overview & Thoughts

Round-up: Chanel Les 4 Ombres Eyeshadow Quads (Fall 2014) Overview & Thoughts

Chanel Les 4 Ombres Mutli Effect Eyeshadow Palette ($61.00 for 0.07 oz.) is the newest eyeshadow formula and launch from the brand for fall. They've introduced eight quads--all are new and joining the permanent line-up--plus one limited edition variation (Poesie,...

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Round-up: Urban Decay Pulp Fiction Collection Overview & Thoughts

Round-up: Urban Decay Pulp Fiction Collection Overview & Thoughts

Urban Decay Pulp Fiction Collection launches on July 16th (per Urban Decay's Twitter account)--most likely appearing on their website first, then releasing elsewhere--and will be launched at Sephora, ULTA, Macy's, beauty.com and urbandecay.com. It's a small, edited...

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Round-up: NARS Fall 2014 Collection Overview & Thoughts

Round-up: NARS Fall 2014 Collection Overview & Thoughts

The upcoming NARS Fall 2014 Collection features ten new shades, some limited and others new and permanent. Most of the collection was quite nice, with the exception of the Night Series Eyeliners, where the formula was a major miss in almost every way except for wear, as it...

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