Category: beauty
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The lipstick from Prada is changing my mind about mattes
This is not what I expected to experience when I tried the Prada Monochrome Soft Matte lipstick. Me and my dry lips expected instant regret. We expected the dry areas we didn’t even notice to be instantly highlighted. We expected to look chalky, parched even. But not this. The formula glides on my lips. Yes,…
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My thoughts on Maed’s lip polish
Maed was a brand new brand to Sephora, which meant that of course I had to try it. I bought and have been using the Reveal Lip Polish for some time now. Here are my thoughts. Reveal Lip Polish $26 for 8 mL It’s basically a glorified sugar scrub in a tube. It is more…
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About those overpriced Louis Vuitton lip balms. I bought one.
On my trip to New York, I wandered through the Louis Vuitton store. This was my chance to finally try that obviously overpriced makeup. I gravitated to the lip balms, the LV Baumes. I swatched every shade except for clear. I found they were way more pigmented than I was expecting and may more satisfyingly…
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I guess this is a meta-review of the Bioderma lip balm
I was in a pinch. I had traveled all the way to Austin and forgotten to pack a lip bam. I went into the drug store, scanning the aisles for something new to try. Then, I saw it. How about the Bioderma Atoderm restorative lip balm? I bought the tube and added it to my…
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The winter lip balm mistake you can avoid
New year, new me. To demonstrate my dedication to getting fit, I started going on on walks now in the dead of winter. So of course, I wanted to hydrate my lips. Mistake. As the cold air hit my face, I could feel my super glossy lips starting to stick together. I could see the…
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This healing balm is saving my dry cuticles
It’s winter. It’s cold, and it’s flu season. The combo of dry weather and extra hand washing is deeply affecting my hands. I am doing my best to turn that around by taking more care of my cuticles and skin. To do that I am calling on the Restore Healing Balm from Doctor Rogers. I…
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The best Sol de Janeiro option for dry skin
This feels like round 2. Yesterday I wrote about the Delica Drench scent, Cheirosa 59, from Sol de Janeiro. I’m starting to really like the scent. Bonus, that is the fragrance for the Delcia Drench Body Butter. If you have read my previous Sol de Janeiro reviews, you might know that I was disappointed with…
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A beautiful year
I watched them with envy. At twelve years old, the other girls were in the bathroom mirror applying their lip liner and lipstick. I wanted so much to engage in beauty myself that I would I put glitter gel and lip gloss on my eyelids. I had an entire Lip Smackers collection. That was about…
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I love this hand cream from Blue Lagoon. There’s just one problem.
Wandering through The Conservatory at Hudson Yards, I lingered in the bodycare section. Winter had taken its toll on my hands. I decided to try the hand cream from Blue Lagoon and then instantly made the decision to purchase it. It’s a soothing cream that instantly makes my hands feel and look better. It’s not…
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