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Give Soft, Butterfly Kisses with Make Up For Ever’s Rouge Artist Natural Lipsticks

If you read my boisterous, effervescent, praise-loaded review of the Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense lipstick collection back in Fall 2010, you can imagine the pinch-me-now brand of excitement I experienced when I heard that the geniuses at Make Up For Ever had launched the Rouge Artist Natural lipstick collection ($19 per lipstick at Sephora.com), a range of creamy lip products meant to deliver sheer, unintimidating color and to keep your pout soft and moisturized.

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Smashbox Camera Ready BB Cream SPF 35 — The Queen BB

BB Creams are putting the “b” in buzz-y this season, with everyone from Dior, Dr Brandt, Dr.

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Clinique Age Defense BB Cream SPF 30 Review

As their name implies, beauty balms are designed to make skin appear dewier, to smooth the skin’s surface and boost overall radiance via a combination of nourishing ingredients, light-reflecting particles, and pigments that deliver enough coverage to conceal minor imperfections.

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Smitten With New Lancôme Rouge in Love Lipstick Collection

If you follow me on Twitter (@sickathanavg), you’ve already heard me profess my passionate, torrid, epic love of Lancôme’s new Rouge in Love lipstick collection.

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NARS Makeup Removing Water Offers A Clean Slate

 

 

Here’s one of my pet peeves: going into a pharmacy or beauty supply store in search of a lightweight makeup remover that can effectively swipe off everything from stubborn eye shadow and mascara to tinted moisturizer, liquid foundation, and mineral powder,  only to discover shelves lined with eye makeup remover bottles, with only a handful of options available for cleansing the entire visage.

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Givenchy Makeup Spring 2012 — Poppy Reds And Perky Pastels

Though most laypersons associate 19th century artist Claudet Monet with his beautiful water lily pond paintings, the French Impressionism pioneer derived inspiration from many of nature’s wonders — in fact, while living in Argenteuil from 1873 to 1878, Monet turned his attention to the rural landscapes around his domicile, producing a series of oil canvas paintings capturing the expanses of grass covered with bright red poppy blossoms.

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Clinique Quickliner for Eyes Intense — Turn up the Drama

 

 

 

Gone are the days of eye pencils being used to punctuate poetic makeup sentences relying on poignant eye shadow adjectives and dynamic mascara adverbs.

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Is the Dr Jart+ Water Fuse Beauty Balm SPF 25 an A-list BB?

By now, you’ve likely heard the term “Beauty Balm” about a million times — MAC released three different BB shades as part of last summer’s Prep + Prime collection, Clinique unveiled its Age Defense BB Cream SPF 30, Estée Lauder launched its own Daywear Anti-Oxidant Beauty Benefit Creme SPF 30, and the list goes on.

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Last Minute Valentine’s Day Gifts For Friends & Lovers

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer With Collagen & Brush — Say Adios To Dark Circles

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Here’s what first piqued my interest about the It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye Concealer With Collagen: it was developed alongside a group of esteemed, Brazil-based plastic surgeons.

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