Maybelline Summer 2020 arrives today at ulta.com (on sale buy 1, get 1 50% Off) and I’m ever so thankful to see it available in a total collection versus the crappy timed released on Amazon. I mean, seriously, how annoying is when they release one product every few days on Amazon. I find it irritating for some reason.

But you can snag it now at Ulta. I imagine it’ll slowly start trickling into stores as well too when and if stores are open in your area. It’s a pretty small collection with a main focus on Color Strike Cream-to-Powder Eye Shadow Pens that are a eyeshadow pencil with a cushion tip that you can swipe on easily and go. These are pretty old in school in style! You might recall several years back when Victoria�s Secret had Beauty Rush Sparkling and Luminous Eyeshadows in the same style and a few other brands did as well. Many brand in Korea like Tony Moly still favorite this eyeshadow packaging design as well! The main difference here is would be that Maybelline is promising a cream formula that transforms to powder upon application. I suspect their “cream” formula will be like a cooling powder. Remember those old MAC water cooling powders? Or even ones we’ve seen out of Japan. I suspect that’s what they mean when they say cream!

For those holding out hope for an eyeshadow palette I doubt it’ll come as Maybelline will likely re-promote the Eyestudio Nudes of New York Eyeshadow Palette that launched with the Maybelline Spring 2020 Collection.

Let’s take a look at more of Maybelline Spring 2020 below.

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Happy Monday party people!

As I said earlier today I’m here trying to lift up spirits and bring a little beauty into your day. I know we got way serious and real last week and things were tough and still are but I truly believe better days are ahead. I have all the hope in my heart that protests today will help mold a new future for the world and the people that live in it. I protested Saturday and it was very uneventful (in a positive way). It made me realize I watch way too much scary news. There were a few hundred people there, everyone was really respectable about distance, police were there but no fights broke out, it all just went smoothly with plenty of respect on all sides.

So, I’m here for you. Lifting you up, telling you you’re great, believing in you, and reminding you you’re a damn fine person.

I’m also here for your beauty needs. Because that is what brought us all together to begin with.

Here’s your daily dose of it right here.

1. Is your Clarisonic Honeymoon over? It happens (it happened to me). Today, I urge you to get down under the sink where you likely stored that bad boy and get it out. Now grab yourself a good foaming cleanser and start using it today. You can thank me later when you skin starts glowing again.

2. NARS Orgasm Haters gather together! You know it’s NARS Orgasm season when they start re-packaging that sucker and re-releasing it all over the damn place. I’m actually a lover. It’s my personal blush shade of choice. I know there are haters out there though. I get it. To glow-y? To shimmery? It’s ok. I got you guys. Some of you likely having that sucker laying in a drawer rotting away. My recommendation if you hate it, try it again! Try these tricks:

• Try getting a soft tissue and rubbing it across the entire surface of the blush. This sometimes picks up excess shimmer and gives the blush a more refined finish without the shimmer.
• If you have a lightweight fiber brush try using it to apply Orgasm. I always feel like the fiber brush picks up a lot less color and gives cheeks a very pretty, natural glow without being overwhelming.
• Apply it wet! Swipe your brush in your blush and hold it 12-15 inches away. Mist it once with a facial spray (don’t saturate it) and gently tap it on your cheeks! BOOM! Instant dewy golden peach blush.

3. I fell in love with Jonny Lee Miller before you when he was in Doctor Who for a flash of a second in 1982. That’s a real thing, go look it up my fellow Whovians. Actually, our love affair began when he shouted, “HACK THE PLANET! HACK THE PLANET!” in his really crappy American accent. So, in his honor let’s chat makeup hacks. Get that pot of gel eyeliner out of your stash, grab your favorite pencil eyeliner, and let’s start getting those eyes fancy because face masks are a thing and the eyeshadow index is coming! Here’s what you do! Unscrew your gel liner, take your pencil liner and dip it into your gel liner, smooth it back and fourth to get a fine layer of the gel onto the pencil, and line your waterline. You’ll find this nifty trick really creates a bold waterline not to mention it lasts longer than using a pencil alone!

4. Face masks are not hitting right at all for us lipgloss lovers. I do so love a shiny, glossy lip look for Summer but that’s impossible right now. So, what I’m going to do is give us all permission to love liquid lipstick again (that is if you ever hated them). I hate long-wearing liquid lipstick with a passion but right now if you absolutely must wear lipstick it’s the only way to go. How about all us haters haul out the liquid lipsticks we do love and start wearing ’em! I know I’m a pretty big fan of the Balm’s and I have a really nice red in that formula so I’ll be wearing that.

5. I admit I did a small amount of damage at the Victoria’s Secret Semi-Annual Sale but I also, decided to de-stash some of my older fragrance mists. Anal moment here but I organize my fragrance mists by season. I totally urge you to do the same! Sort your scents and get those Summer ones out and ready to wear!

And that’s it. A little daily dose of beauty for you right here.

I hope you have a wonderful day.

Be nice to yourself today. Remember you’re beautiful and strong.

And as always, be nice to others.

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My Summer home is actually pretty close to where Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman’s residence is in Woodstock is (or was who knows now that they are separated). I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Amanda perform at Helsinki and yeah, her underarm hair is an entity all itself. Amanda is that “I just don’t give a f&ck!” girl and you gotta admire that. She just refuses to conform to what society tells women to do, feel, and act.

One thing I’ve never seen her do is dye her underarm hair.

That’s a thing you know.

Would you do it?

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Good Morning!

It’s Monday! On Monday we list things we love. What are you loving at the moment? Do share.

As for me I’m loving…

Humans
You know what? The world is a chaotic mess but you have to love the humans out there spreading positivity. There’s a lot of ’em! On Twitter, on TikTok, on Facebook, etc….when you look hard enough you have some really good humans out there doing their best to spread good vibes and I’m here for it. Some of you really light my comments up with your support and sweetness. Thank you for that. It reminds me that good people are still alive and kicking out there.

Victoria’s Secret Semi-Annual Sale
I’m so sorry but I’m an awful, terrible consumer that’s eating up these sales lately especially because all this chaos makes me just wanna drown my hurt heart in retail therapy. VS’s Semi-Annual Sale started and I admit I grabbed a bra or fifty. I needed several new plunge bras and more fragrance mists like a hole in my head but the heart wants what the heart wants. I’ll rant about the lack of sillage on the fragrance mists later and make you listen to me. Did you shop the sale? Whatcha get?

Rewatching Fleabag
My friend The Beauty Alchemist recommended that I watch Flea Bag several months ago and I devoured Season 1 and 2 very quickly. I decided to re-watch it recently because Andrew Scott (Heyyy to all my gay readers he’s on Grinder! Go get ’em boys!)…ugh who would think I’d see him as anything other than Moriarty? But he was so great as the Priest. The ending of S2 is so bitter sweet. I’ll hold out that hope we’ll see a Season 3 even it’ll never happen. Go watch it if you haven’t.

Tabitha Brown
The greatest thing that came out of quarantine was discovering Auntie Tabitha Brown on TikTok. She is such an inspiration, so positive, so amazing. This is love.

Canmake Mermaid Skin Gel UV SPF 50+ PA++++
Summer is here peeps! SPF is a year round event but since we spend so much more time outside during the warmer weather we have to be sure we’re all protected well. I forgot how much I love Canmake Mermaid Skin. I hauled it out recently because I ran out of Allie. It’s lightweight, absorbs easily, and provides a high level of SPF.

NARS Orgasm Blush
I’m so sorry I’ve becoming a Summer cliche. I’ve hauled out Orgasm because NARS started in with their re-promotion for Summer 2020 and I’ve been wearing it everyday just to watch the news and clean the floors. I have no regrets.

NY Fashion Week Reruns
My heart is hurting NYFW has been cancelled (let’s not even talk about Comic Con because I’ll sob even harder) but come Fall I don’t think we’ll be ready for that level of closeness yet so it just makes sense to not hold it. I’ve been doing some reruns lately though. I pulled out some of my oldest copies of Fall Vogue issues and I’m having a blast with them. Some of the ones from the 90s are totally making my life right now.

Go ahead and make your love list and slap it up in the comments!

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