Skincare - How I Break Good Things
When I posted about my AmorePacific skincare routine, I also mentioned that I was determined to try some different things. One of the first things I did was replace the AP Time Response Gel Creme with...
View ArticleSuqqu Blend Color Eye Shadow in Mitsucha 15
Does one ever really need another warm brown eye shadow palette? Does it matter if it is from Suqqu? Funny thing is, when I saw various blog posts and press release information for this particular...
View ArticleHow Big Is That Niche Anyway?
Sometimes I justify having endless variations on a particular shade (like taupe) by saying that the finish or the tonal differences are distinct enough to keep them all. This also helps make room for...
View ArticleVisée Blend Color Cheeks in RD-2
I like blush well enough for a makeup lunatic, but it wasn't really my thing. I notice that I am developing a pretty big pile of blushes. I like stripey blushes, like the limited edition Guerlain...
View ArticlePowder Ruminations
I know! Beauty blogs are supposed to post about products with descriptive prose about the blogger's experience with said product. "Buy it; it's beautiful!" "It made my face break out!" "I've never...
View ArticleSunday and What There Was to Fry, and Bake
Sometimes I get such a craving for something (food wise. Makeup lust being something else all together) that I can't get it out of my head. That thing is the Blackout Cake. I recall eating this in my...
View ArticleDon't Play with Fire, Kids
What this post isn't about: depotting. What this post is about: fire. I had some time today to prep for an upcoming post. As part of prepping, I finished depotting the rest of my Suqqu palettes. You...
View ArticleWhen Belly Was a Baby
Beautiful Liz from So Lonely in Gorgeous had a fun idea to show off some pictures of ourselves as little tadpoles! See Liz's post here! I hope you follow her blog regularly because her blog is full...
View ArticleFrankenstein's Palettes
When I was a small child, and I used to read actual books and stuff, I read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Wonderful read of course. I was touched by the Gothic atmosphere, and the tragic sadness of...
View ArticleTHREE Velvet Lust Lipstick in Cosmic Flow 02
I have been enjoying my THREE purchases so much so, especially the eye shadows in quads and duo formats, and blushes that I was keen on trying out some other things. Namely, when for SS 2014, they...
View ArticleLancome Lip Lovers - Sephora Swatch Set & Lip Stuff Babbling
I said I'm on a no buy so that I can save up for a new camera lens. But I lie. I did go and pick up a few things. At Sephora, I used my $25 gift certificate to buy two packets of the Boscia blotting...
View ArticleThe Neglected Face - Featuring Addiction
Do you find things you've really liked previously figuratively collecting dust somewhere? I don't shop my stash when buying urge strikes. I usually just buy stuff. I'm afraid that's how I am. I...
View ArticleTHREE Pressed Eye Color Duo in 09 Invisible Ethereal
You know what makes me sad? When a long anticipated product from one of my most cherished brands don't perform up to expectation. This is the kind of product if it were your first introduction to...
View ArticleRecent Discount Codes & Offers of DOOM
Hello fellow shopaholics! Have you also been inundated with recent shopping offers tempting you to part with your interest-free loans to the US government (a.k.a. tax refund)? source: wikimedia.org...
View ArticleSnow in April & Featuring THREE Invisible Ethereal
A nesting pair of black capped chickadees found a home in the little bird house we hung up on a tree limb in our yard. They are adorable, curious and pudgy little birds. (more about them here, as well...
View ArticleCounter Walking
I had the opportunity to take a walk outside in some glorious Springtime weather yesterday. There's a lot of ruckus about the possible elimination of the horse-drawn carriages in New York City. I...
View ArticleHello Spring! Grey & Brown Look
Frankly, I've been too tired and too busy to blog. So to make up for it, I thought I would bring you a cherry blossom photo. Because, HELLO! I'm sure you've not seen enough cherry blossom...
View ArticleSame Grey & Brown, More Better
Instead of white blossoms like those from yesterday, how about some more cliched spring photographs? This time I have pink ones. This time, a real real real slooowwww bumble bee was hovering around...
View ArticleTHREE Color Veil for Cheeks - Super Mini Swatch Set
There are certain brands that do silkiness in blush exceptionally well, and among them, I am developing a very expensive and debilitating fondness for the blushes from THREE. I have four of them in my...
View ArticleAddiction Tinted Skin Protector SPF 50+/PA +++
I've been super into new foundations lately and kind of wanting to buy all the new releases impulsively, but have been acquiring small samples and giving them real tries on my face. You can see how...
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