I am a fan of multitasking. Two birds, one stone. That’s all me. I recently started using a light moisturizer, Valentia Pure Glow Brightening Moisturizer ($25.00). When I received* the moisturizer I was pleasantly surprised at the size of the bottle; you get 4 oz of product for only $25. It’s well-priced, and has a lot of ingredients I venture…
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My skincare routine is always changing and evolving. I’ve only recently been comfortable with making moisturizer an important step in my regimen. Why? Because my skin is oily and I am wary of putting things on it that will make it feel weighed down. But all moisturizers are not made equal! And when I got comfortable using them regularly, I…
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I’m not sure why it took me so long to review this foundation, but it’s not an awful thing because I’m 100% sure about what I feel about this foundation. I am a huge fan of Make Up For Ever; it’s my favorite makeup brand! They are really attentive to women of color and I happen to love pretty much…
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This post is brought to you by one of the last Instagram hype fails I involved myself in, in early spring (insert frog with tea)… Right out of the gate, for the purposes of this post, I’m going to say YMMV. A lot of the time, I find that the phrase “YMMV” in cosmetics is just an excuse for a…
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I thought I would mix things up a bit and preview the items I recently purchased from the ColourPop Fall Edit collection. Well, I’m not sure they are actually calling it a collection, especially because some of the items are repromotes (I didn’t buy any repromotes). I created this FOTD with fall in mind. ColourPop Fall Edit
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A red lip does so much for my confidence. I think I feel sexiest when I am wearing red lipstick. I picked up Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet Lipstick in Grand Cru when I was in London. I had heard of the brand’s line of liquid lipstick, and at the time it was considered one of the best drugstore liquid lipsticks,…
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ColourPop Super Shock Shadows are pretty good. I recently acquired three more shades to add to my collection: Game Face, Nillionaire, and Wattles. Wattles is a beigy pink on me, Nillionaire is my favorite of the bunch: a super wearable bronze, and Game Face is the most interesting being that I don’t have a coppery color like this in my…
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Hey y’all. A little backed up on posts, but am trying to get them out. ColourPop Frick N Frack ($6.00) is a lip color I’ve had for quite some time from their Ultra Satin Lip collection; it’s actually my very first Ultra Satin Lip. I can see people that aren’t fond of the Ultra Matte formula fancying this one. Frick N…
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Were you nuts to get the Taraji Glow Mineralize Skinfinish from the new MAC X Taraji Collection? So was I, but this is what happened… Soooo, I got my hands on one of the powders, Taraji Glow, from the MAC X Taraji Collection. I ordered the powder based on reviews and swatches I had seen online and was very excited…
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