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I forgot how much I love pressed powder mineral makeup. It is so quick and easy to apply. It acts as both foundation and concealer. And it feels like silk on my skin. How wonderful to receive a surprise package from PUR Cosmetics today with two compacts of their 4-in-1 Pressed Powder Mineral Makeup …
Ulta Beauty is running a 20% off sale on non-prestige items now through September 3. I got the email a few days ago, and I knew I had some Ulta rewards points/cash waiting to be used. So today I drove over to take a look. Because prestige was excluded, it was a small haul. Here’s …
Every now and then, Tarte has a sale. Sometimes the sale is linked to a holiday, and sometimes it just shows up. The really excellent thing about Tarte sales is that it’s a 30% off sale. Can’t beat that. I had been eyeing the round Showstopper palette since it came out, and I thought I …
A pedicure usually lasts me about 4 weeks, but this time I really pushed it. Six weeks is a long time to go, especially wearing red polish on my toes (the growth is much more noticeable). So last night I finally got around to doing an at-home pedi while I watched the Olympics. The …
I didn’t think I had enough empties in June so I waited till July, and now I’m swamped with empties. I have two more products that are 99% empty but I’ll wait on them till August. This is enough! Let’s get started! Look at all this. I can hardly wait to recycle them! Skincare …
Through blogging, I have met a number of bloggers who are makeup artists. They all use airbrushing in their professional work as well as for their own makeup. From talking to them and seeing their work, I’ve been curious about airbrushing, and I wondered if I, a “civilian”, could do it myself. I really really …
We must be entering the golden age of hair styling tools because there seems to be lots of new gadgets out there to try. I recently received the InStyler Max Rotating Iron to test. The InStyler is sort of a flat iron and curling iron in one. You can get straight hair or you can …
I travel a fair amount, so I’m always curious about anything that removes makeup easily and without having to carry more liquids and gels with me. So when I was offered an opportunity to try GLOV, a new microfiber makeup removing cloth, I responded without hesitation. How To Use GLOV GLOV works with water alone, …
I always seem to receive my monthly subscription beauty bag from ipsy later than other bloggers. So this month, I purposely didn’t look at any of the posts and reviews by others because, as usual, I wanted to be surprised. It arrived in the mail on Saturday while I was at Jeff’s for the weekend. …
Blending sponges have really revolutionized the application of makeup. At least they have for me! I still love using brushes for certain applications, but blending sponges are so fast and I love the airbrushed finish that I get from them. Often I use a sponge in conjunction with a brush particularly with highly pigmented and deep blush …
Brushes that straighten hair are all the rage. I was so curious about them because they looked like they’d do less damage to my hair. A few weeks ago, I received the ACEVIVI Digital Anti-Static Hair Straightener Brush. First, it came in a very nice pink presentation box and a soft gray travel/storage bag came …
My first set of full-size makeup brushes! My previous assortment consisted of random makeup brushes I acquired from here, there and everywhere: a couple of good, natural brushes that came with Bare Minerals foundation, a natural eye shadow brush I bought somewhere, a Sonia Kashuk bent-neck eyeliner brush, an angled eyeliner brush that came from …
I like to take perfume with me when I travel, and I was traveling a lot this winter. No big deal, I thought. I’ll just decant some of my favorite perfume into a little container. Not so easy, I discovered. I found out that I can’t unscrew the top of the spray bottle. It’s sealed …
When you dry your makeup brushes, you’re supposed to dry them pointing down. That way the water drips down and off the bristles, so it doesn’t destroy the brush. When I wash several brushes at a time, as I usually do, I have brushes gingerly balanced, pointing downward, around my bathroom sink. It’s a real …
A few months ago, I bought the Tarte CC Matte Be Mattenificent Shadow Palette (reviewed here) on the Tarte website. As usual, I got a deal. I bought it at 20% off for signing up for their email list. In order to get free shipping, I had to spend a certain amount. To get to …