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Smashbox Reign Collection: Monarch Palette

Smashbox Reign Collection: Monarch Palette

Smashbox Reign Collection: Monarch Palette

Smashbox Reign Monarch Eyeshadow Palette ($42.00) is a trio of eyeshadows housed in a leather flip top palette. Each eyeshadow has a shimmery outer ring with a matte center. Majesty features a soft, pale white-gold; a frosty copper bronze; and a grayed...

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Smashbox Reign Collection: Majesty Palette

Smashbox Reign Collection: Majesty Palette

Smashbox Reign Collection: Majesty Palette

Smashbox Reign Majesty Eyeshadow Palette ($42.00) is a trio of eyeshadows housed in a leather flip top palette. Each eyeshadow has a shimmery outer ring with a matte center. Majesty features a pale peach, a reddish copper, and a black.

I found that it was...

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Illamasqua: Hussy Blush

Illamasqua: Hussy Blush

Illamasqua: Hussy Blush

Illamasqua Hussy Powder Blush ($23.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a matte, bright coral-pink. It's smooth, intensely pigmented, and blends easily. It can be applied more subtly by using a stippling brush like MAC's 187, or you can always tone it down if you've over-applied with a...

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Ellen Sirot Hand Perfection Complete Day Cream Review, Photos

Ellen Sirot Hand Perfection Complete Day Cream Review, Photos

Ellen Sirot Hand Perfection Complete Day Cream

Ellen Sirot Hand Perfection Complete Day Cream ($30.00 for 1.7 fl. oz.) is one of the best hand creams I've ever slathered on my paws. My hands take a beating, because I constantly wash them, and I'm less-than-perfect about regularly applying near...

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Dolce & Gabbana: Champagne Smooth Eye Colour Quad

Dolce & Gabbana: Champagne Smooth Eye Colour Quad

Dolce & Gabbana: Champagne Smooth Eye Colour Quad

Dolce & Gabbana Champagne Smooth Eye Colour Quad ($59.00) is D&G's take on the smoky eyes palette. It contains four shades of eyeshadow: a pale, silvery-white; a medium-dark matte black; a mauve-tinged silver; and a subdued, cool-toned dark brown.

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Bobbi Brown Metallic Long Wear Cream Eyeshadows

Bobbi Brown Metallic Long Wear Cream Eyeshadows

Bobbi Brown Metallic Long Wear Cream Eyeshadows: Chrome Patina, Goldstone, Starry Night

Bobbi Brown Metallic Long-Wearing Cream Eyeshadow ($22.00 for .12 oz.) is a new product launched this September from Bobbi...

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Illamasqua Fable Lipstick

Illamasqua Fable Lipstick

Illamasqua Fable Lipstick: Matte Bubblegum Pink

Illamasqua Fable Lipstick ($20.00 for 0.14 oz.) is described as a "matte bubblegum pink" by Sephora.

Fable is an opaque, warmed-up bubblegum pink. I've found most bubblegum pink lipsticks to run a tad cool, while I find this one has a definite warm edge...

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True Blue Morocco Cedarwood & Spice Warming Body Scrub Review, Photo

True Blue Morocco Cedarwood & Spice Warming Body Scrub Review, Photo

True Blue Morocco Cedarood & Spice Warming Body Scrub is a Bit Cool

Cedarwood & Spice Warming Body Scrub ($15.00 for 6 oz.) is a spicy, exotic smelling body scrub.  It's designed to warm on contact with the skin to be both soothing and invigorating.

It's a mild exfoliant with a very fine particles,...

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Korres Vanilla Cinnamon Body Milk Review, Photos

Korres Vanilla Cinnamon Body Milk Review, Photos

Korres Vanilla Cinnamon Body Milk for Soft Skin

Korres Vanilla Cinnamon Body Milk ($15.00 for 8.45 fl. oz.) is a thin, highly liquid moisturizer for the body. It smells exactly as I would imagine vanilla and cinnamon to smell together. It has the softer, subtler sweetness of creamy vanilla melded...

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Dolce & Gabbana: Black Crayon Intense Eyeliner

Dolce & Gabbana: Black Crayon Intense Eyeliner

Dolce & Gabbana: Black Crayon Intense Eyeliner

Dolce & Gabbana Black Crayon Intense Eyeliner ($29.00) is an intense black eyeliner with microfine gold glitter. The eyeliner itself is double-ended with the crayon on one side and a smudging sponge brush on the opposite end.

The liner stays on about...

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