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Best Orange Blushes 2018 | Top 10 + Share Your Favorites

Best Orange Blushes 2018 | Top 10 + Share Your Favorites

Today, I'm asking for your best Orange Blushes (specific shades, please!).  The 10 most recommended Orange Blushes are listed below, and the list will automatically update as more recommendations are made!

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What was the last popular beauty product that didn't work for you?

What was the last popular beauty product that didn't work for you?

I remember there were quite a few raves for the Sephora PRO eyeshadow palettes, and I wasn’t too excited over them (but I don’t know that I’d go as far as to say they didn’t work for me).

— Christine

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Survey Says... January 10th, 2018

Survey Says... January 10th, 2018

Happy Wednesday! Here's this week's survey, which you can copy and paste and share as a comment.

  • Your skin tone/coloring:
  • What’s your favorite attribute about your hair?
  • What’s your favorite attribute about your skin?
  • What’s your favorite attribute about your style?

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Do you have a product that you dislike but keep because of the packaging?

Do you have a product that you dislike but keep because of the packaging?

I don’t think so! I’m at the point where there are products I might keep even if they’re not ones I’d use but not for packaging rather because I think they might be needed for future blogging-related purposes. Anything really bad I tend to pass along, though.

— Christine

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Rant & Rave: Makeup Reviews

Rant & Rave: Makeup Reviews

Tell us what you love and hate about...

Makeup Reviews

I love reading reviews where it is clear that the person actually tried the product out–used it, wore it, checked in on it–to see how it performs. I want to hear about why someone liked or didn’t like a product in a meaningful way, not just “hated the color!” The latter drives me batty–I don’t mind a comment within a larger review to the effect of, “I didn’t think it was flattering on me,” though.

As someone who reads lots of press releases every week, I don’t want to hear or see press release verbiage in a review (unless it’s in quotes) passed off as the reviewer’s own words–I immediately lose interest and do not trust anything said in the review.

I also cannot abide by positive-only review policies and find it extremely difficult to rely on that person’s reviews, even when I’ve felt that they’re pretty honest. There’s something about the lack of “negative” reviews that is inherently dishonest to me. (Shouldn’t you be saving me from a potentially bad purchase?!)

— Christine

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What will make you lose trust in a beauty reviewer/influencer?

What will make you lose trust in a beauty reviewer/influencer?

1.) Regurgitation of press releases/marketing spiels (without context, e.g. quoting from the release is fine but making them sound like their own words, no). 2.) Rating a product poorly because color/shade was unflattering (that’s nice to know but I could have totally different coloring and would...

— Christine

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Community's Weekly Favorites | December 31st through January 6th

Community's Weekly Favorites | December 31st through January 6th

Here’s a look at the most loved and most wanted products from the past week, plus three recently submitted looks! You can check out more looks from community members and myself here, or you can submit your own!

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How do you determine your beauty budget?

How do you determine your beauty budget?

I don’t have a specific amount, though as a business, there’s a certain % of expenses to revenue ratio that I try to be within +3% of on a given year. The amount I spend on product to review has gone up significantly in the last two years, so I’m still adjusting and working on estimating it. ...

— Christine

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