May 31, 2016

Perfect Summer Fragrance Layering with Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine And Vanille Insensee Layering Duo

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Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine And Vanille Insensee Layering Duo

Ah the fine art of fragrance layering with Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine And Vanille Insensée Layering Duo ($35).

Don’t say I didn’t warn you! Purchasing the Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine And Vanille Insensée Layering Duo is an extremely bad move for your wallet. Once you try it you’ll find yourself wanting to purchase full sizes of both fragrances included in this set.

Soon after that you’ll find yourself exploring more of the Atelier Fragrance Collection. And before you know it you’ll be the proud broke owner of several large bottles of Atelier Cologne.

It’s a long, tricky path to destruction.

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May 31, 2016

Hype or Hit: La Mer

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la mer hype

Apparently everyone and their mom in Hollywood slathers on La Mer like it cost ninety nine scents. J-Lo swears by it and I can’t help but think to myself if I looked as good as her in that dubsmash video she did I’d be bathing in La Mer because she has incredible skin and looks so much younger than 46!

Whoa.

Is, La Mer all hype or a hit for you?

My answer might surprise you!

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May 31, 2016

Do You Tan Easily?

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Warm weather is here, kids which means plenty of fun in the sun! I’m a bit of the vampire as I tend to avoid the sun like the plague. Why? Because I tan really, really easily.

I don’t really like how my skin looks when it is tanned as it tends to look dull and uneven. Some people embrace the bronze look easily and flawlessly like my sister who’s a sun goodness but not me! I make sure I slather myself in SPF but that doesn’t always prevent my skin from getting darker.

Are you a sun goddess?

Do you tan easily and try to avoid the sun?

Or do you embrace it?

Do share!

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May 27, 2016

LipLift Max Comes in New Shades and Other Newness from Pixi Summer 2016

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pixi summer 2016

Much to my delight Pixi Liplift, which I love, now comes in two new shades one of which is a Sheer Rose! The newest Pixi Summer 2016 launches arrived yesterday on Pixi’s website and include a new Multibalm as well. Remember last year how I said domed blushes would take over the world!? I was partially right. Pats on the back to be had my all 🙂

Let’s take a look and see what Pixi has in store for us for Summer 2016 (there’s a 20% Off coupon available too)!

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May 27, 2016

Are Brands That Swatch Their Own Makeup Helpful?

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One of the trends in the makeup world at the moment is brand’s that do their own swatches. Tarte likes to take to youTube and swatch their new collections with a bit of music in the background, Colourpop posts images of all of their swatch collections on light, medium, and dark skin tones, and a slew of other brand’s are also take to showcasing their own swatches across social media outlets such as Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and more!

This can helpful in some cases. I know I’m not the best photographer in the world and I realize how difficult it is to get true to life swatches that represent a shade well. Brand’s utilize professional photographers to take their photos which means you might just be getting a better swatch from them than you ever could from me. Mind you, I am not talking about promo images as we all know how grossly wrong those are!

But personally, I think you can get some of the best swatches of your life from many, many makeup blogs out there (my own excluded since as I said I’m not really the best photographer in the world).

I decided to write this post though because I laughed recently when I came across Lancome Juicy Shaker swatches and it quickly made me realize how much I appreciate some of my favorite blogs for their swatches.

juicy shakers swatches

What do you think?

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