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Benefit Stay Don't Stray

Benefit Stay Don't Stray

Packaging Woes with Benefit Stay Don't Stray

Benefit Stay Don't Stray ($24.00 for 0.33 fl. oz.) is a creamy, smooth neutral eyeshadow base. It's a light beige, which will be a little tinted on the fairest of skin tones, but it will be very flesh-toned for light to medium skin tones. It reminded me...

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Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadow (Beach Collection)

Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadow (Beach Collection)

Bobbi Brown Beach Collection: Long-Wear Cream Shadows

For summer, Bobbi Brown's collection includes Metallic Long-Wear Cream Shadows ($22.00 for 0.12 oz.) in four new shades: Moonstone (pale shimmering green), Opal (opalescent pink), Pink Oyster (shimmering pink), and Surf (pale shimmering blue), as well as Long-Wear...

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Illamasqua Pure Pigment (Furore)

Illamasqua Pure Pigment (Furore)

Illamasqua Pure Pigment in Furore

Illamasqua Furore Pure Pigment ($24.00 for 0.04 oz.) is a gorgeous shade of gilded, muted copper-bronze. It's really a beautiful color that can be used as a loose highlighter dusted on cheeks or decolletage or used wet as an easy all-over lid color or as an...

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Urban Decay Gunmetal Eyeshadow

Urban Decay Gunmetal Eyeshadow

Urban Decay Eyeshadow:  Two Minutes with Gunmetal

Urban Decay Gunmetal Eyeshadow ($17.00 for 0.05 oz.) is a dark gray base with a deep silver sheen. It's very much the color of gunmetal.  I like that it's not overly frosty or shimmery--it's definitely more of a frost finish than anything else, but...

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NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base Review, Photos, & Swatches

NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base Review, Photos, & Swatches

NARS Pro-Prime:  Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base

NARS Smudgeproof Eyeshadow Base ($24.00 for 0.26 oz.) is much-needed primer addition to NARS' core range. In addition to the eyeshadow base, NARS also launched their Pro-Prime Face Prep ($30.00) (which, at this time, I am not planning to review).

I picked...

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MAC Barelash Pro Longlash Mascara

MAC Barelash Pro Longlash Mascara

MAC Nude: Barelash Pro Longlash Mascara

MAC Barelash Pro Longlash Mascara ($13.00) is a nude-beige shade in the Pro Longlash formula. I definitely got length without spikiness, but the formula is on the drier side, so it has a tendency to clump if you don't work quickly. On my lashes, it seemed to...

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NYX Blonde Pearl Ultimate Pearl Eyeshadow

NYX Blonde Pearl Ultimate Pearl Eyeshadow

NYX Ultimate Pearl Eyeshadow in Blonde Pearl

NYX Blonde Pearl Ultimate Pearl Eyeshadow ($7.00) is a brightened yellow gold with a soft frost finish. It's nicely pigmented, and it has a very smooth, silky finish. Blonde Pearl is part of a new eyeeshadow formula packed with more shimmer for "a soft,...

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Hourglass Lagoon Eyeshadow Duo

Hourglass Lagoon Eyeshadow Duo

Take a Dive Into Summer with Hourglass' Lagoon

Hourglass Lagoon Eyeshadow Duo ($38.00) includes shades in a muted, gray-green and a deepened ocean-blue with a teal sheen.  I was eager to try out another eyeshadow duo after discovering the amazing-ness of Prism.  Both of these shades were soft,...

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Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in #1 Anthracite, #22 Emerald Green

Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in #1 Anthracite, #22 Emerald Green

Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream: Two More!

I've already fully reviewed Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream ($22.00) here (#5, 7, 18, 21) and here (#6, 9, 11, 13, 20). I've got two more shades to show you!

  • #1 Anthracite is a darkened steel green with a light silver shimmer.
  • #22 Emerald Green is a brightened green with a...

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Make Up For Ever Aqua Creams Part II

Make Up For Ever Aqua Creams Part II

Make Up For Ever Aqua Creams: Part II

Ahh! The five Aqua Creams ($22.00) I ordered from Sephora arrived over the weekend, and I'm pleased to say I've been enjoying them! I liked the first four that I tried, because the pigmentation is incredible, and the finishes are beautiful.

Lips & Cheeks: #5 Peach,...

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