BPAL Lupercalia 2014 review
Love and Lust…BPAL style You wouldn’t expect BPAL’s take on love to be all roses and chocolates would you? Sure, there’s roses and chocolate involved, but there’s also tears and graves. It’s BPAL Lupercalia time, and the prudish and the faint of heart need not apply. So, what exactly is Lupercalia? Oh, just an ancient…
The Makeup Show Haul and Recap – Los Angeles 2014
Take a look at what a beauty blogger picks when she’s buying! The Makeup Show has officially become my favorite convention of the year. Not even the rain this year could keep me away from it (LA folks are pretty soft when it comes to bad weather, it’s kind of embarrassing!) In fact, when my…
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Diffused Heat – swatches and review
I saw a very peculiar thing this week, my husband sitting at our desk staring deep into one of my compacts for what seemed close to a minute. He only stopped when I asked him what he was doing and he replied “I never looked at this stuff before so I wanted to see what…
Your favorite Bad Boy, now in soap form! Bubble Genius Ya Dirty Mug
Don’t you love when two seemingly unrelated things work perfectly together? Chocolate and bacon, Nancy Regan and Mr. T., mug shots and soap… That’s right, the smarties at Bubble Genius have introduced Ya Dirty Mug, coffee scented soap imprinted with celebrity mug shots. And yes, it’s as badass as it sounds. Bill Gates Let me…
Gro Something Greater with Miracle-Gro
How A Totaled Truck Helped Me To “Gro Perspective” The days are getting longer and spring is officially on its way (I promise East Coasters!) This season, we are thrilled to be teaming up Miracle-Gro and their Gro Something Greater campaign. As the days slowly start to gro(w) warmer, your mind might be turning to…
NARS Kauai Eyeshadow Duo – swatches and review
I used to have a love/hate relationship with purple eye shadow. I loved it, but hated how it looked on me. Is it any surprise that NARS was the brand to change the script on that one? One fateful I spoke to one of their makeup artists who was at Blue Mercury for the day….
GIVEAWAY: 3 Briogeo Products worth $68 (a current crush of we heart this!)
(This giveaway is now closed, we’ll announce a winner soon!) A few weeks ago I shared one of my current product crushes, Briogeo Don’t Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Mask. And though it was listed with two other amazing items in the post, it was the product that gathered the most comments and curiousity. Which leads…
Olympic Beauty: Sochi Glam with COVERGIRL, Pantene and Olay
Have you been fanatically watching the Olympics like we have? We’re suckers for lifelong dreams becoming reality after years of painstaking dedication, but it’s also glamour galore! In addition to Johnny Weir (who really should have a COVERGIRL contract) there are looks that rival any red carpet around. We got an inside look at some…