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The Summer Season: Illamasqua Indulge Intense Lipgloss

The Summer Season: Illamasqua Indulge Intense Lipgloss

Illamasqua Indulge Intense Lipgloss

The Summer Season: Illamasqua Indulge Intense Lipgloss

Illamasqua Indulge Intense Lipgloss ($19.00) is a brightened, vibrant shade of neon pink with a liquid patent, glossy shine and no noticeable shimmer. (There is flat, red flecks in the formula, but they're not...

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Paul & Joe Beaute Tenderness #4 Lip Lacquer

Paul & Joe Beaute Tenderness #4 Lip Lacquer

Paul & Joe Beaute Tenderness (#4) Lip Lacquer ($20.00 for 0.13 ml) is a beige-peach with surprisingly opaque coverage.  It has no shimmer but lots of glossiness--it has the pigmentation of a lipstick but the cushy feel of a gloss.  I love that despite it's creaminess it doesn't emphasize lip lines...

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MAC Prep for Colour Collection

MAC Prep for Colour Collection

MAC Prep for Colour Collection

The Prep for Colour Collection is a short and sweet collection. I'm not even sure why they bothered with any color cosmetics, and I could have gone for repromotes of great permanent neutrals, too -- just because MAC does...

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Chanel Bikini Peach (257) Glossimer

Chanel Bikini Peach (257) Glossimer

Soft Pink Lips for Summer

Chanel Les Pop-Up de Chanel Collection launches a new, but lonesome, shade of glossimer in Bikini Peach (#257). It's a creamy, milky pink with yellow undertones and a soft, champagne shimmer with a glossy sheen. I can't remember owning other creamy glossimers, so it's an...

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Two-Minute Reviews: CoverGirl Eyeshadow Palette, Physicians Formula Healthy Glow, Smashbox Heartbreaker

Two-Minute Reviews: CoverGirl Eyeshadow Palette, Physicians Formula Healthy Glow, Smashbox Heartbreaker

Two-Minute Reviews: CoverGirl Eyeshadow Palette, Physicians Formula Healthy Glow, Smashbox Heartbreaker

The concept behind two-minute reviews is mostly products that I photographed, swatched, but I never ended up reviewing.  Rather than just bury the photos into the "Unlikely to Review" folder and...

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The Summer Season: Chanel Venus (#124) Glossimer

The Summer Season: Chanel Venus (#124) Glossimer

Chanel Venus Glossimer

The Summer Season: Chanel Venus (#124) Glossimer

Chanel Venus (#124) Glossimer ($27.00) is a dazzling shade of brightened rosy pink with iridescent fuchsia and gold sparkle. This shade, apparently, released last summer, but it's still available at Nordstrom (which means I'm...

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Urban Decay Pocket Rockets in Max & Colin

Urban Decay Pocket Rockets in Max & Colin

Urban Decay's Summer Pocket Rockets: Max & Colin

Urban Decay's Pocket Rocket Lip Glosses ($19.00 for 0.27 oz.) are non-sticky, thick enough to be moisturizing but thin enough not to feel heavy, and have a burnt caramel scent (well, creme brulee, officially). I've always found the Pocket Rockets to...

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Chanel Les Pop-Up de Chanel - Gloss Fluo de Chanel

Chanel Les Pop-Up de Chanel - Gloss Fluo de Chanel

Chanel Les Pop-Up de Chanel:  Gloss Fluo de Chanel

I admit, when I initially saw photos the new Gloss Fluo de Chanel ($27) from Chanel's Les Pop-Up de Chanel Collection, I was pretty excited. Bright fuchsia AND coral? That's so me. Of course I'd be drawn to them! But I am sad to report that they're...

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The Summer Season: Illamasqua Frenzy Intense Lipgloss

The Summer Season: Illamasqua Frenzy Intense Lipgloss

The Summer Season: Illamasqua Frenzy Intense Lipgloss

Illamasqua Frenzy Intense Lipgloss ($19.00 of 0.20 oz.) is a fierce, ultra-pigmented hot pink lipgloss. Illamasqua is totally on the money when they named this lipgloss of theirs--INTENSE! is the word for sure....

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The Spring Season: Shiseido Pop Life (PK 406) Lipgloss

The Spring Season: Shiseido Pop Life (PK 406) Lipgloss

Shiseido Pop Life Lipgloss

The Spring Season: Shiseido Pop Life (PK 406) Lipgloss

Shiseido Pop Life (PK 406) Luminizing Lip Gloss ($22.00 for 0.25 oz.) is a very milky, creamy pale blue-pink that applies with some color coverage, but it has the translucent look of milkier lipglosses. It has a...

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