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Laura Mercier Signature Brush Collection: Tools of the Trade

This limited edition collection from Laura Mercier is every Makeup Snob’s dream. It has all of the brushes you could need (10 to be exact!) for your face, cheeks, lips, and eyes, including one designed to apply your eyeliner in a sleek line and one to create a sexy smoky eye (both of which can … Continue reading “Laura Mercier Signature Brush Collection: Tools of the Trade”

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Summer Beauty Looks: From Runway to Real Life

The Fall 2013 shows brought us countless beauty looks to try (some crazier than others!), but the ones that caught my eye were at Bottega Veneta and Jil Sander. Both runways were dominated by prominent brows, flush nude lips, and soft eyes. This focus on easy beauty is just what you want in the summer. … Continue reading “Summer Beauty Looks: From Runway to Real Life”

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Pop Peak Performance Mascara

Nothing is going to top Tom Ford’s mascara. It’s just amazing. It’s damn expensive however and there are plenty of mascaras that while perhaps not as amazing, more than suffice. Case and point POP Beauty’s Peak Performance Mascara ($20). This mascara has my favorite kind of applicator, a structured one. It’s the applicator that more … Continue reading “Pop Peak Performance Mascara”

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Get the Look: Two-Toned Eye Shadow

I am dying over the looks featured in Tom Ford’s latest ad campaigns! Interestingly while one is for lipstick and the other one is for a fragrance, it’s the eyes I’m captivated by on both. Both models have gorgeous lashes – little surprise because Ford’s mascara is out of this world (so much so in … Continue reading “Get the Look: Two-Toned Eye Shadow”

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Perricone MD No Concealer Concealer: Multitasking Master

Perricone MD’s concealer is a 4-in-1 that covers, treats, protects with SPF, and primes to brighten your skin and keep it glowing all day long. But no matter what or how much it can do, first and foremost a good concealer needs to not only hide whatever blemishes you have, it has to hide itself. … Continue reading “Perricone MD No Concealer Concealer: Multitasking Master”

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Sephora + Pantone Universe

According to Pantone the color of the year is emerald so, for the second year now, Sephora has partnered with them to build a makeup collection around the color (last year it was tangerine tango). I went to a launch event for it a few weeks ago and – I’m sad to report…there’s no green … Continue reading “Sephora + Pantone Universe”

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