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How To Wear Clear Lip Gloss Like A Grown-Up
I haven't been a lip gloss girl for a long time. Occasionally, I'll throw one on, usually with some sort of berry tint to it, but for the most part I prefer matte lipsticks and sheer balms. Lip gloss...
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DO THIS NOW: Clean Your Makeup To Make It Last Longer
I’m a huge fan of bringing my good ‘ol Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage to the bars with me. Just ask Annie. She’d usually bring bronzer and lip-whatever to shows (and subsequently let other girls we...
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Years Of Body-Shaming By My Aunts Totally Prepared Me For Receiving...
What would you do if your friend, unprovoked, gave you a cellulite-zapping tool? That happened to me about a month ago when, out of nowhere, my friend said (and I’m paraphrasing for dramatic effect),...
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Look To Try This Weekend: Matte Black Lips
First and foremost, this article should be read while listening to 200 Million Thousand. I've been meaning to throw more musical suggestions all up on the site and totally forgot. This was too obvious...
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Super-Easy Straightening Tips for Thick, Wavy, Brush-Breaking Hair
When I was born, I had the cornsilk blonde, incredibly fine hair that my mother was expecting.“You looked just like my brother,” she’d tell me. His hair was so white and so fluffy throughout his...
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It's All About The Packaging: Super-Cute Products To Liven Up Your Stash
A few weeks ago, Marci posted some Korean soaps that looked like cakes and I lost my mind with envy. I am a really big fan of kitsch. In my job, I love Meadham Kirschoff, Sophia Webster, Dolce &...
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Quick Question: What Do You Carry Your Makeup In?
I don't travel much. According to most people on OkCupid, that means I'm an incomplete person, but I just think it means I haven't had the time or money to do it. Most of my flights in the last few...
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Brown Girl Beauty Inspo: Solange Knowles's Simple Red Carpet Glamour
After online stalking Solange Knowles's style and her makeup for a while, I'm convinced we're conjoined souls that got separated from each other when the creator up there were sorting out families. My...
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How To Get Voluminous Waves For You Aspiring Merbabes
When I was a kid, I honestly believed that I was going to be a mermaid when I grew up.Never mind the fact that I lived smack bang in the middle of the Australian desert where large bodies of water...
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Going Without Eyeliner Feels Like A Social Experiment
I used to think if I were stranded on a desert island and could only have one beauty product, it would be black eyeliner. I love eyeliner so much. I have at least 15 black eyeliners and I use them...
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Hide Your Feral-Looking Scab Legs For Way Cheap
One of the reasons I like reading xoVain is that I feel like I’m not alone. In whatever weird hygiene or beauty issue I have, someone is always like “WE ARE TWINS!” and it makes me feel better, AND we...
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Boob Sweat: Why Panty Liners Shouldn't Be Limited To Just Your Panties
Girl huddle! Let's take a minute of our day to whine about pesky lady issues, like the wad of hair that accumulates at the top of your butt crack whilst showering, PMS-induced pizza face, and the...
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SCIENCE SAYS: Having Lots Of Sex Can Make You Look Years Younger
Are you reading this in bed? Next to a person you want to have sex with and who wants to have sex with you? Well, I give you permission to stop reading this and get it on, especially if you're worried...
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Fast-Forward A Beauty-Compromising Cold With Easy Kitchen Remedies
Can I whine for a second? Because being sick is the worst, and I was very sick recently. Boo. Firstly, I was angry that I even got sick. I take good care of myself, so when I woke up a couple of...
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The 4 Cleansers That Kept My Face Clear Through Dramatically Different Climates
I spent the last 10 days driving from Toronto to Los Angeles. I crossed nine states, three time zones and several different climates. From muggy Memphis mornings to scorchingly dry desert afternoons,...
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The '90s Beauty Look I Thought Would Still Look Good On Me Today
We've got a lot of 20-somethings writing for xoVain, but it's my 30-something ladies--Lela, Allegra, Glennis, Beth, etc.--who can truly understand what it was like to be susceptible to the trends of...
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A Powerpuff Girls Inspired Look: Beauty Cuteness Overload
It probably won’t come as a huge surprise to find out that I love cartoons.I don’t mean that I love them ironically or as a guilty pleasure. I mean that I LOVE them. I would rather watch cartoons than...
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I Went Platinum At The Salon, But I'm Doing My Roots At Home
Remember when I took you guys along for the ride when I got my hair bleached blonde? Since I didn’t do it myself, I didn’t have much advice to share beyond some maintenance tips. It was mostly “OMG...
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Be Like Jane: Mila Moursi Cult Skincare GIVEAWAY!
Jane plays it pretty cool for being a freaking media mogul. I mean, she shows up for work fresh out of yoga class or circus class or whatever she does, wearing RASPBERRY dELIA*S CORDUROYS via 1998,...
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The One Lipliner Everyone Needs Forever
My love affair with MAC lip liner in Spice started early. I was in eighth grade when I obtained my first pencil. I’m truly embarrassed to admit that the origins of this pencil are unlawful: I...
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