Perfect Red Lipstick NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Cruella

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From the time I was allowed to wear makeup…actually even before then, I have always longed to wear red lipstick.  I have always associated red lipstick with being a  grown up as well as as being sophisticated.  I have been experimenting with red lipsticks since I was sixteen years old and have never found a shade [...]

Yay or Nay: Bobbi Brown’s New In-Your-Face Neons

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I have mixed feelings about Bobbi Brown’s new ‘Neons & Nudes‘ collection. Mainly because I do love wearing nude makeup shades, but just about every beauty brand right now already has the same obsession (with Urban Decay knocking it out of the park with their 2-part Naked palette of course!) In other words, it’s hard [...]

Rain Cosmetics: Blood, Sweat, and Tears Lip Trio

Amanda Huggins testing out Blood, Sweat, and Tears lip trio from Nevada-based beauty brand, Rain Cosmetics.

 It’s been said by passionate careerists time and time again – if you love your job, you’ll put your blood, sweat, and tears into it. Now, beauty lovers can apply the same mentality (well, maybe not literally) to their beauty regime thanks to Rain Cosmetics. The Vegas-based beauty brand has a lot to live up [...]

HOLD THE PRESSES! There is a teenaged YouTube beauty guru!

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That’s sarcasm of course. Normally I wouldn’t make fun of a PR pitch here on my blog (I use Twitter for that.) But the one I received this morning had me going both WTF? and is it April 1st today? I’m going to re-post it here (with my own commentary in bold), but since the [...]

Mitsuwa Marketplace in Arlington Heights Chicago

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Over the years I’ve come to learn that amazing beauty products are not only found in traditional beauty/cosmetics stores, but in out of the way places you wouldn’t normally consider.  My most recent great findis Mitsuwa Marketplace.  This place was recommended to me by Ji Cho, owner of Nami Restaurant in Minneapolis, MN and beauty product [...]

29 Cosmetics at Cake Plate Boutique

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I have a friend named Felicia who can rock a red lipstick like nobody’s business. Have you secretly always wanted to wear red, but just didn’t think you could pull it off? I sure have. So when someone from Cake Plate Boutique approached me to review a line of cosmetics they carried in their Napa [...]

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