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Temptalia Asks You - Do you like your eyeshadows in individual pots or palettes?

Temptalia Asks You - Do you like your eyeshadows in individual pots or palettes?

Do you like your eyeshadows in individual pots or palettes? Why?

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I like palettes that I can switch around (so custom ones, I guess!), because I find myself not using stuff that's individually packaged.

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Make Up For Ever: Week 2 Round-Up

MAC Eyeshadow Swatches - Grays, Silvers, & Blacks

MAC Eyeshadow Swatches - Grays, Silvers, & Blacks

MAC Eyeshadow Swatches - Grays, Silvers, & Blacks

My weekend present to all of you are swatches of (most) MAC's permanent eyeshadows -- on skin! If you've been reading the blog for awhile, you may have caught when we did posts of these, but on paper...

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Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow/Liner Photos, Swatches, Review

Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow/Liner Photos, Swatches, Review

Benefit Creaseless Cream Eyeshadow/Liner ($19.00 each) is available in twelve different shades, ranging from soft white-gold to golden brown to gray. The Creaseless Cream Shadow is a crease-proof formula that can be sheered out or layered for a more intense effect.

I found that they did indeed live up...

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Stila Cosmetics Sale @ HauteLook!

Stila Cosmetics Sale @ HauteLook!

HauteLook is having a Stila sale!

The sale is going on now at HauteLook! :)   SO exciting!  They have a ton of the Barbie Loves Stila products at 50% off!  I ended up picking up all of the 24KT glosses, the Barbie eyeshadow quad, and the Barbie shoe eyeshadow trio.  $107 shipped (including tax!) --...

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Chanel Les Naturels de Chanel Glossimers Photos and Review

Chanel Les Naturels de Chanel Glossimers Photos and Review

Though "old" news now, Chanel's Les Naturels de Chanel was a brief reprieve from the transition from summer to fall collections as it debuted in June. I thought I'd share the Glossimers ($27.00 each), just because who doesn't like to peep out Chanel?

Glossimers

  • Waterlily is a...

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Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2009 Begins Now!

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2009 Begins Now!

Nordstrom.com is now up and open with this year's Anniversary Sale! :)

Every year, I always get excited about the sale, just because I tend not to purchase much besides shoes and beauty products from Nordstrom... but the sale always allows me a little more room to maneuver and consider other...

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Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadows: Ruthless, Freakshow, Frigid

Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadows: Ruthless, Freakshow, Frigid

Deluxe Eyeshadows for the Luxe Lovin'

Urban Decay really outdid themselves this season with the sheer amount of new products they launched! With the fall comes three new shades of their deluxe eyeshadow ($18.00 each) in Freakshow, Ruthless, and Frigid. These are actually some of the first...

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Temptalia Asks You - Do you consider yourself a beauty bargain hunter?

Temptalia Asks You - Do you consider yourself a beauty bargain hunter?

Do you consider yourself a beauty bargain hunter? Are you always on the look-out for a good deal?

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I always keep an eye out for sales and the like, but I don't say that sales make or break my purchases!

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MAC 191 Square Foundation Brush Photos & Review

MAC 191 Square Foundation Brush Photos & Review

Beauty Basics: MAC Face Brushes

Beauty Basics is a series covering basic products and tools that help to make applying your makeup easier. To view the entire series to date, be sure to visit the beauty basics, or you can view posts within the series about MAC Face Brushes.

Focus On: MAC 191 Square...

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Look - Make Up For Ever: Green & Blue

Look - Make Up For Ever: Green & Blue

So much for having mastered false lashes! Trying to use them in this look turned out to be more disaster than gorg. Good thing this was just for fun and not going out, because then I would have been upset rather than just a little disappointed it didn't all wrap up into a nice little bow. This...

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Win MAC Assemblage Mineralize Eyeshadow!

Win MAC Assemblage Mineralize Eyeshadow!

Temptalia Gives Away MAC Assemblage Mineralize Eyeshadow!

We're giving away one (1) MAC Assemblage Mineralize Eyeshadow, from the limited edition MAC Colour Craft Collection.

Submit your entry by leaving a comment in this post and telling us how much you spend on beauty products (on average) per month!

All...

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Temptalia Asks You - What beauty products are currently on your wish list?

Temptalia Asks You - What beauty products are currently on your wish list?

What beauty products are currently on your wish list? Have you been able to replace it yet?

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Some things from NARS fall, but I'm trying to resist!

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Make Up For Ever: Eyeshadows #26, 52, 151, 39, 131 (Purples!)

Make Up For Ever: Eyeshadows #26, 52, 151, 39, 131 (Purples!)

Five more purples!

  • #26 is a bright fuchsia pink with a matte finish. It's extremely pigmented, and it feels smooth to the touch.
  • #52 is a softly shimmered fuchsia-mauve shade of pink. It has slight silver sheen/iridescence, and it is fairly pigmented, particularly for an...

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Urban Decay: Oil Slick, Naked, Confession Lipsticks

Urban Decay: Oil Slick, Naked, Confession Lipsticks

Urban Decay: Oil Slick, Naked, Confession Lipsticks

New for fall from Urban Decay are three new shades of lipstick ($22.00 each). All three have a satiny, slightly glossy finish, and they feel very moisturizing on the lips. They smell sweetly scented -- I think I detected a bit of...

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NARS Lolita Collection for Fall 2009 Now Available at NARSCosmetics.com!

NARS Lolita Collection for Fall 2009 Now Available at NARSCosmetics.com!

NARS has launched their Fall Collection online! :)

Free standard shipping on orders over $50 (no code necessary).

Hauling? Abstaining? Share your comments on NARS' fall launch!

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MAC Cosmetics Makeup Database - Collections and Products

MAC Cosmetics Makeup Database - Collections and Products

Temptalia Launches MAC Cosmetics Database (Beta)

These past few weeks have been awfully busy, and I'm so excited to finally be able to share the news! We've put together a detailed, fully searchable database of past and present MAC Cosmetics products.

MAC Cosmetics Collection & Product Database

There...

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Win MAC 226 Small Tapered Blending Brush!

Win MAC 226 Small Tapered Blending Brush!

Temptalia Gives Away MAC 226 Small Tapered Blending Brush!

We're giving away one (1) MAC 226 Small Tapered Blending Brush, from the limited edition MAC Colour Craft Collection.

Submit your entry by leaving a comment in this post and telling us if Temptalia has ever influenced you purchase something....

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Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2009 - Fragrance Exclusives

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2009 - Fragrance Exclusives

Nordstrom Anniversary Sale - Fragrance Exclusives

Whew, Nordstrom sure has a lot of things going to celebrate their anniversary sale -- and that's just with beauty! You can purchase all of these online at Nordstrom.com.

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