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Quick Question: What Fragrance Combination Do You Just Not Understand?
When I was growing up, I was weirded out by chocolate-covered strawberries. I did not understand why anyone in their right might would combine fruit with chocolate. I've sinced acquired a taste for...
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How To Wear Glitter Like A Grown-Up: Eyes
If it's true that the eyes are the window to the soul, you should probably make sure that the curtains are fabulous. And there's nothing more fabulous or dramatic than glittery eye makeup. If...
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$20 Well(?)-Spent: Ricky's Edition
I used to do this all the time: get weird and go buy equally weird makeup that I didn't need or even want, really. I mean, that is until I'm there looking at it like, "OMG it's so... BROWN! I think I...
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The Best Foundations For People Who Get Called 'Casper' On A Regular Basis
I scoff at MAC's NC15 shade. I believe that you aren’t truly pale until you’ve gotten sunburnt on the top of your head and had large chunks of your scalp peel off in the grossest fashion possible....
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Beauty Dare: I Ate A Tarantula Because I Heard It's Good For My Hair
I may not be snorting bath salts, but when I applied for this job, I told Jane that I’d do anything in the name of beauty. And I meant it. I'm in Cambodia this week with my friend Andrea for...
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How To Use Bronzer When You're Already Brown
We love our built-in “tans.” It keeps us away from tanning beds and saves us money on spray tans (not to mention that we’re both way too shy to strip in front of a spray-tan can-wielding stranger)....
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I Have Allergy Face, And None Of My Usual Remedies Are Working!
Until this spring, I was in the closet about the fact that I have allergies. This is mostly because blowing my nose, putting in eye drops and using a Neti pot once a week has generally kept them at...
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Quick Question: What's Your Favorite "Cult Favorite"?
Maybe it only seems like this to me because I'm in the trenches, but doesn't it seem like the beauty industry is the only industry with "cult favorites"? OK, the film industry has them, too. But other...
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The Mother Of All Hot Mamas: A Bebe Buell Interview & Makeup Tutorial
The divine Bebe Buell is one of my personal goddesses. I've read her book, Rebel Heart, about 15 times. Photo by Marcia Resnik. Yes, Bebe is Liv Tyler's mama, but she's also an icon in her own right....
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Beauty Products To Steal From Babies, Because What Are They Going To Do About...
I’ve spent a lot of time around babies. I’m in the older generation of a 30-plus cousin family, and I’ve babysat a fair amount in my day. This is EXACTLY what I looked like as a baby, by the way....
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I Got It From My Mama: Beloved Beauty Products That Have Been Passed Down...
I love products with history. There's something so alluring about something that's been around for decades, used by multiple generations of beautiful women and passed down as a special secret to a new...
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Au Naturel In Nature: I Did A Camping Trip Makeup Fast
I’m in my final year at university. Aside from all the, y’know, academic work, it mainly involves weathering a seemingly never-ending crop of 21st birthdays. Obviously every one is special, even if...
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It's About Time I Start Taking Care Of My Hands As Well As I Take Care Of My...
As Mother's Day approaches, a yellow caution light goes off in my brain. My 62nd birthday is coming soon. My birthday is about two weeks after Mother's Day, much to my dismay of my kids, Marci and...
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Purrrr: Here's My Gel Liner Cat Eye Tutorial
So here's my mindless go-to makeup "look." I've tried this many different ways with lots and lots of products and brushes, and trust me when I say that you'll wanna go ahead and buy Estée Lauder's...
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Quick Question: What Beauty Advice Did Your Mom Give You That You Totally...
My mom has been pretty spot-on with the beauty advice she unfurled over the years. She's never claimed to be an expert, and I've watched her make her own beauty mistakes, whether it was a too-dark box...
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My Friend Asked Me To Pop A Zit On Her Back And I'm Not Sure Why I Said Yes
“Can you do me favor?” The other day, my friend asked me this question just as we were about to cross a busy Los Angeles intersection. Without asking what that favor would be, I agreed with no...
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Scalp Facial: The Greatest Oxymoron To Ever Happen To Your Head
Two words that make us feel all kinds of uncomfortable when put together: scalp facial. It makes us shudder and we don’t know why. It seems unnatural, like something out of a creepy movie with a...
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How I Covered Up The Evidence Of A Borderline-Cannibalistic Dance Floor...
Makeouts happen. For me, the recent ones have happened on dance floors. (Henceforth, we’ll call these DFMOs.) They don’t always stay on the dance floor, though. Sometimes you wake up Monday morning...
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Quick Question: Am I Pulling Off This Green Eye Makeup?
Exactly two months ago, Madeline and I went to Duane Reade and bought makeup even though we receive it at the office on a daily basis, because we're reasonable like that. Specifically, I bought a...
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Am I Pinteresting Yet?
Madeline suggested that I start Pinteresting, or pinning...? Like, for my job. I've never more vehemently avoided anything in my life. I bet Etsy's pissed--Pinterest is full of simplified blueprints...
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