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Prescriptives' Mineral Color Collection - Mineral Color Lipgloss Review

Prescriptives' Mineral Color Collection - Mineral Color Lipgloss Review

Prescriptives' Mineral Color Collection features sets for the face (cool/warm) and eyes (cool/warm), a Mineral Bronzer, and four limited edition mineral color lip glosses. I really liked the Mineral Color Lip Glosses ($17.50 each), because they reminded me a lot of MAC's Dazzleglasses with...

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MAC Rose Romance Collection Official Information & Photos

MAC Rose Romance Collection Official Information & Photos

MAC Cosmetics | A Rose Romance

Launch Date: April 23rd, 2009 (North America), May 2009 (International).

Suggesting sonnets celebrated for centuries: Come into my garden, I would like my roses to see you!” poet Sir Richard Brinsley Sheridan once said, and what lady could resist such flattery? A...

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Win MAC Love Alert Dazzleglass!

Win MAC Love Alert Dazzleglass!

Temptalia Gives Away MAC Love Alert Dazzleglass!

We're giving away one (1) MAC Love Alert Dazzleglass from the limited edition MAC Double Dazzle Collection. Submit your entry by leaving a comment in this post and telling us why you want to win. Winner will be chosen randomly and notified via...

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Temptalia Asks You - How would you describe your skin/skin type?

Temptalia Asks You - How would you describe your skin/skin type?

How would you describe your skin/skin type? Normal? Slightly oily? Even in tone?

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I'm mild-to-moderately acne prone with normal-to-dry skin in the later half of the year and normal-to-oily skin in the first half of the year. I don't love my skin in the least bit, LOL! . .

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Win MAC Bare Necessity Dazzleglass!

Win MAC Bare Necessity Dazzleglass!

Temptalia Gives Away MAC Bare Necessity Dazzleglass!

We're giving away one (1) MAC Bare NecessityDazzleglass from the limited edition MAC Double Dazzle Collection. Submit your entry by leaving a comment in this post and telling us why you want to win. Winner will be chosen randomly and notified via...

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MAC Style Warriors Collection - New Product Photos!

MAC Style Warriors Collection - New Product Photos!

MAC Cosmetics | Style Warrior

Launch Date: May 28th, 2009 (North America), June 2009 (International).

You can find information about Part 1 and Part 2 of this launch already posted on the blog. :) We didn't have all of the product imagery from this launch, but now we have the images for all of Part 1 and...

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MAC Double Dazzle Official Collection Information & Product Photos

MAC Double Dazzle Official Collection Information & Product Photos

MAC Cosmetics | Double Dazzle

Launch Date: April 9th, 2009 (North America), May 2009 (International).

All you need is Love… Lips and Lashes! Summer simplified for the modern makeup minimalist. Double Dazzle will daze the closest competition with colour-changing, light-reflecting pearl-shine lips;...

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Guest Look: Clarisse Shares a Soft Smoky Eye

Guest Look: Clarisse Shares a Soft Smoky Eye

Reader Clarisse was inspired by her scarf for this look she shares with us today. She used...

Eyes

  • Too Faced Shadow Insurance
  • Coastal Scents 88 Matte Palette
  • Ulta Minerals Quad
  • Too Faced Lash Injection
  • LOreal Lineur Intense Felt Tip Liquid Eyeliner

Face

  • Makeup Forever HD Primer Potion (green)
  • Makeup Forever...

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Elizabeth Arden Bronze Blush Summer 2009 Collection

Elizabeth Arden Bronze Blush Summer 2009 Collection

Elizabeth Arden Bronze Blush Summer 2009 Collection

Includes:

Pure Finish Mienral Bronzing Powder ($32.00)

  • Light
  • Medium

Pure Finish Mineral Cheek Color ($24.00)

  • Rosy Glow

Sunlit Bronze Beauty Kit ($35.00)

  • Blush: Tearose
  • Eyeshadow: Beach Nut, Coral Sands, Lagoon, Sand Dollar
  • Highlighter: Sunlit Rays

Color...

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Temptalia Asks You - What are five beauty products you regret buying?

Temptalia Asks You - What are five beauty products you regret buying?

What are five beauty products you regret buying? Do they top your list of worst purchases?

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Hmm, to be honest, I don't think I regret anything I've bought. I might have bought too much at once, but I can't think of any products in particular I regret buying. I usually return anything I dislike that...

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Win MAC Sugarrimmed Dazzleglass!

Win MAC Sugarrimmed Dazzleglass!

Temptalia Gives Away MAC Sugarrimmed Dazzleglass!

We're giving away one (1) MAC Sugarrimmed Dazzleglass from the limited edition MAC Double Dazzle Collection. Submit your entry by leaving a comment in this post and telling us why you want to win. Winner will be chosen randomly and notified via...

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MAC Double Dazzle Collection Review

MAC Double Dazzle Collection Review

OVERALL, if you're a dazzleglass fan, MAC Double Dazzle is the collection you've been waiting for. With eighteen dazzleglasses--six new and twelve repromotes--it's hard not to find at least a few that catch your eye. Dazzleglass as a formula is a thick, ultra glittery sheer sticky gloss. Some of...

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NARS Summer 2009 Collection Review, Swatches, & Photos

NARS Summer 2009 Collection Review, Swatches, & Photos

Here's a sneak peek at NARS' Summer Collection! :)

I know everyone was really excited over Tropic eyeshadow ($22.00), including me, but it disappointed me in the end. In the promotional image, it looked like a gorgeous shimmering blue--like glittering water on a hot summer's day, you know? In real...

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Temptalia Asks You - What are the best strategies for saving money on your makeup purchases?

Temptalia Asks You - What are the best strategies for saving money on your makeup purchases?

What are the best strategies for saving money on your makeup purchases? Do you go drugstore on some items? Skip areas of beauty?

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I try to shop my stash, if I'm jonesin' for something new. It can help take the edge of the want to buy something else :) . .

Thanks to Arika for this question!

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Blast From the Past: My First Smokey Eye!

Blast From the Past: My First Smokey Eye!

This was my FIRST smokey eye ever! It's from December 2005, and looking at the photos makes me kind of itch to re-try it, actually! I think this was actually the first look I ever did a tutorial for, too. What was your first smokey eye like?

Used: Silver pigment on lid, Black Tied e/s on outer...

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shu uemura's Rouge Unlimited Pink Collection for Summer 2009

shu uemura's Rouge Unlimited Pink Collection for Summer 2009

shu uemura's Rouge Unlimited Pink Collection for Summer 2009

Rouge Unlimited’s Pink Collection, a series of lipsticks and glosses made with a Pink Hybrid Pigment, one of the purest pink pigments ever discovered and patented by the cult Japanese beauty company. Thanks to this breakthrough, this lip...

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Temptalia Asks You - What discontinued/limited edition product do you wish would come back?

Temptalia Asks You - What discontinued/limited edition product do you wish would come back?

What discontinued/limited edition product do you wish would come back? You can only pick up to five!

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MAC Mari-sheeno lipstick, MAC Volcanic Ash Exfoliator, MAC Casablanca eyeshadow, MAC Going Bananas eyeshadow, & MAC Lucky Green eyeshadow! . .

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5 Must-Have MAC Pink Eyeshadows (Plus 4 Must-Have Non-MAC Eyeshadows!)

5 Must-Have MAC Pink Eyeshadows (Plus 4 Must-Have Non-MAC Eyeshadows!)

5 Must-Have MAC Pink Eyeshadows

Passionate eyeshadow is a matte, bright red-pink. It's not a true red, and it's not a hot pink--it's somewhere in between. It's not always the easiest color to wear, and I definitely don't think necessarily *everyone* should have it, but it's a nice pop of color for...

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