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What’s in My Make-up Case? What’s in Yours…?

a. mark. Shimmer Glossblossom Ripening Lip Tint
b.  le Sport Sac Make-up Case
c. Sephora Brand Professionnel Angled Liner/Eyeliner Brush #15
d. Nars Blush in Mata Hari (rose petal pink)
e. Bare Escentuals’ Full Coverage Kabuki Brush
f. bareMinerals SPF 15 Foundation in fairly light
g. Smashbox Lip Enhancing Gloss in Debut (true color/ rose)
h. Great Lash® Washable Mascara (brownish black)
i. [...]

F-OFF FRIZZ…a LIVING PROOF Revolution!

This post is dedicated to all my fellow victims of FRIZZ…
For the most part I like my hair. I don’t have “bad” gnarly out of control frizzy hair- BUT let me tell you… I am a victim nonetheless when it comes to the elements. Once my perfect hair-do makes it outdoors all bets are off.  [...]

A Package with a lot of Promise ;)

Urban Decay has done it again.  This fun and flirty innovative cosmetic company known for it’s hip, artistic palettes and creative packaging has once again busted through the over saturated cosmetic industry with a lip-gloss every girl is going to want to know about- POCKET ROCKET LIP GLOSS.
Glossy, hot sexy lips, man-hunting/pheromone releasing agents, and [...]

What’s in My Make-up Case? What’s in Yours…

a.  Glitter Leopard Make-up Case
b.  Bare Escentuals bareMinerals SPF 15 Foundation
c. Smashbox CAMERA READY FULL COVERAGE CONCEALER
d.  Lorac Multi-Platinum Palette
e.  Bare Escentuals Precious Gold Beauty Duo
f.  Wet ‘n’ Wild MegaLiner Liquid Eyeliner, Dark Brown
g.  Smith’s Rosebud Rose Balm
h.  Lancome Juicy Tube Smoothie in Spring Fling
i.  Philosophy Booster Caps Retinol Capsules
j.  CoverGirl Lashblast Mascara
k.  Shiseido ‘Zen [...]

What’s in My Make-Up Case??? What’s in yours…

a. Nars Highlighting/Bronzing Blush Duo– Orgasm/Laguna
b. Diorshow Blackout
c. Chanel- Quadra Eye Shadow
d. Chloe
e. Hard Candy- Eye Shadow Quartet- in “FRINGE”
f. Dior Crayon Eyeliner- BLACK and DEEP BROWN
g. Lip Fusion Color Shine- Bare
h. Stila Lip Polish- Sheen
i. Chanel Powder Blush- Rose Petal
j. Almay Eyeliner Liquid Line, Black 221
k. Sephora- Professional Kabuki Brush #50
l. Laura Mercier- Undercover Pot
Hello fellow beauty – buffs, my name is Andria and [...]

can we appreciate natural beauty?

say you’ve reached the prime in your life, mid-30s – early 40s, maybe 50s. would you have the guts to be on a magazine cover bare faced? and i don’t mean that “light foundation here mascara there” natural  look but truly bare. Not a touch of makeup. And P.S. no retouching. And fyi.com,  the cover [...]

natural beauty, shmatural beauty

NYT T magazine’s blog has a cool model-morphoses tool that shows you the before and after makeup transformations of models at the fashion shows. Pull the slider over their faces to see their bare faces and the after makeup faces. In some cases, they go from natural beauty to scary not-so- beauty. guess [...]