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Memorial Day Sales

05/23/2015

If you need to stock up on some beauty booty, this Memorial Day weekend is an excellent time to do it. Nearly all the big brands are offering discounts. Here are some of the juicest. Hope you and your fam damily have a lovely weekend! TEMPTU: If you’ve been considering investing in a kit-do it...

Meet Root

05/20/2015

Beauty brands are like awesome friends. You meet some that are so great, you can’t wait to introduce them to the rest of your group! Well, I’m pleased to introduce my newest friend, Based in Waverly, Iowa (Midwest represent!), Root makes vegan, gluten-free, chemical-free mineral makeup that is sans fillers and full of pigment and customizable functionality. It is...

SoBronze Self Tanning Review

05/13/2015

If you have eyes, you know that I’m pretty pale. When I get tan, I am tan, but when I don’t try to be, I’m pale as a beluga whale. I would never set foot in a tanning bed again because I understand science and I won’t be laying out as I used to do,...

Bridesmaid Makeup Tutorial

05/12/2015

If you’ll be dominating the position of bridesmaid this summer, perhaps even several times over, here’s a makeup look that’s soft and romantic but still totally special occasion appropriate. Because this look has soft pink lips and no black used on the eyes, it won’t steal the show from the bride or look overly dramatic. But...

CoverGirl The Super Sizer Mascara Review

05/08/2015

I feel like beauty brands are trying to out-gimmick each other. This is especially true when it comes to mascara. Promises of volume that’s colossal, length that’s outrageous and 40,000 times the lashes! CoverGirl has a new player in the game, The Super Sizer, promising 400% fuller lashes. Does it deliver or does it just talk...

Vita Liberata Trystal Minerals Review

05/07/2015

One of my favorite things about the beauty industry is the constant innovation. I love that brands are finding new ways of doing things-new delivery methods, formulas, ways to increase product longevity and effectiveness. When the Vita Liberata Trystal Minerals Self Tanning Bronzing Minerals arrived on my doorstep, I marveled at the innovation of infusing self...