ALIXIRS

I'm fairly new to the liquid lipstick game, and decided to try out Hourglass' based on the beautiful shade "Icon" which is a blue-toned red, shown here on the right. Since i'm new to the game, I picked up the travel size of Canvas and Icon. These travel size liquid lipsticks are teeny tiny. They're probably to bigger than my thumb. Each tube...

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Here are my 4 favorite highlighters:  Laura Mercier Matte Radiance Baked Powder in Highlight 01 Hourglass Ambient Strobe Lightning Powder in Incandecent Light (Middle) MAC Mineralized skinfinish in Perfect Topping and for an affordable option,  Sleek Face Contour Kit in Light Laura Mercier Matte Radiance Baked Powder in Highlight 01 comes with 7.5g or 0.26oz of product. On the skin it's a warmish...

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(B40 on the left and BR20 on the right) I first bought this foundation in a Beijing airport in the shade BR20. Unfortunately, it was too light and pink for my skin (NC20 in MAC). For some reason the packaging on that bottle had a black band of color on the bottom glass portion, as shown. The bottle on the left was bought...

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First empties! ( For the blog) L'oreal Gentle Makeup Remover Eyes & Lips is my  go-to eye makeup remover. I find that nothing but waterproof mascara holds a curl on my lashes, so an oil-based eye makeup remover is a must. I've probably purchased 5-6 of these over the years. I switched from the Neutrogena makeup remover to this as I found the...

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I got this Malin + Goetz Mojito lip balm in an ipsy bag a while back. This is a full sized lip balm at 7g and retails for $12 USD. The product is not the most moisturizing lip balm, but the squeeze tube makes it very easy to apply on the go without having to dip your fingers into a jar. By far...

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Here's what I hauled from the December $25 off $50 sale at Sephora! YvesSaintLaurent Le Teint Touche Eclat in B40 I actually already own this foundation, but in BR20, which is too pink and too light. Ideally I would've gone for B30, but B40 is very close, perhaps just a smidge dark and more beige. B30 is more yellow and would probably be...

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It's unboxing time! December's Ipsy bag comes in a nifty ( albeit slightly poorly constructed) red quilted bag which I can't decide if I love or hate. In any case, on to the goodies! This bag came with 5 products: Tarte Smooth Operator Amazonian Clay Finishing powder 2.2g Be a Bombshell eye liner in wild child ( black) .25g Pacifica Natural Minerals Power...

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