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Photoshop Taught Me How To Contour My Face With Makeup
I learned to use Photoshop before I learned to use makeup. Sometime around ninth grade, I came to the conclusion that I was possibly the ugliest person ever, bar none, although with maybe the...
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20€ Well-Spent: Surburban French Parapharmacy Edition
In a previous post, I introduced you to French pharmacies and their most famous brands and products. Today, we are going to continue Annie’s fine tradition of blowing $20 in stores that sell beauty...
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Being Round And Cute Is A Totally Legit Reason To Love A Lip Balm
I don’t know what it is, but I freaking love little smooth round things I can hold in my hand. (Insert whatever joke you wish.) When I was little, this meant that I would tote around especially...
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Love Means Never Having To Pluck Your Eyebrows: An Ali McGraw Inspired Look
Even if you’ve never seen the movie Love Story, there’s little doubt you’ve heard its most famous quote: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Hmmm... I don’t know about that, Love Story....
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Things Have Been Crazy, So I Re-Pierced My Bellybutton
Summer in Minneapolis have been seriously crazy. First of all, there was a supermoon, which means people act like psychos. By "people," I mean me. I just so happened to have the most irrational...
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Help! I Can't Decide If I Should Wear Blush
One day, I was feeling really low. I thought I was the ugliest person on the planet. You know, one of those days. To self-soothe, I took myself to Bloomingdales and plopped into a chair at the Dior...
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The (Mostly) Natural Treatments That Helped Me Grow Longer, Stronger Hair
Much like my skin, my hair has had a complete overhaul on my journey to get healthy. Though I’ve worn it long most of my life, I’ve never been particularly kind to my hair. Most of the time, I would...
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Get The Look: Street Fighter's First Lady, Chun-Li
Growing up in a world dominated by blonde Barbies and blue-eyed classmates, it was tough to find a "beauty" role model to relate to that I felt was vaguely achievable. When I was in first grade, we...
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Quick Question: What's The Most You've Ever Spent On A Heat-Styling Tool?
About a decade ago, inflation hit two types of consumer goods harder than everything else: jeans and heat-styling tools. Did anyone else make that entirely non-scientific and factually unconfirmed...
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Appliqué Makeup Was Made For Milestone Birthdays
I just turned 30. Yeah... let’s not dwell on that. I bring it up mostly because I had a big night out on the town for my birthday and really wanted to do something different with my makeup. A few...
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6 Pretty Things On The Internet: I Tried A Really Challenging Sideways Braid...
I'm really into bare-nail nail art. [Makeup.com] Lily Collins is actually Audrey Hepburn, looks-wise. [Glamour] Did you even know how many different shades of blond there are? I'm not sure which one I...
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How To Wear Slicked Back (Long) Hair
I recently drove my roommate to the barber to get his hair cut because his truck is dead and his mother told me to. It was in the row of red vinyl chairs across from the line of men in well-ironed...
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Dior's Nudes Will Turn You Into An Angel Princess From Another Planet
Let's get existential for a minute. What is makeup about to you? Is it about provocation and subversion, or evocation of an earlier time? Transformative and arresting, or soft and natural? What is the...
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Basic Beauty For Basic Bitches
It has come to my attention that I am a Basic Bitch. I've never been a big fan of the word "bitch" because it's generally used to keep women "in their place," but paired with the word "basic," it's...
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I Am Officially The Budget Jennifer Lopez
Remember when I was all like, “Lol my skin is perfect”? “LOL! JK JK JK,” SHAT UP! Yah well that was a fun few weeks! And then, without getting too gory, it wasn’t so fun! I think what really...
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SCIENCE SAYS: Your Lamp Is Giving You Skin Cancer
You know those cute, twisty compact fluorescent lightbulbs that everyone's been switching over to? Of course you do--you're alive. You may even live in one of the states that's proposed bills to phase...
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2 Looks Inspired By The Ultimate Beauty Chameleon: Grimes
I’m a little bit obsessed with Grimes. Since her highly successful 2012 album, Visions, made her echoing, experimental pop/electronic music very popular indeed, I doubt I’m alone. I don’t love only...
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3 Why-Didn't-I-Think-Of-That Tips For Applying Makeup On Your Way To Work
It's hard to get your face painted on in the mornings if all your products get lost in your makeup bag and/or purse. It's exponentially more challenging if you suffer from Procrastinating...
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HELP JANE FIGURE OUT WHY HER HAIR IS SO PERFECT
Yay! Jane's back. Yay! Yay! She went to Costa Rica with young Charlotte for a vacation wherein she, "tried to eat really healthy, so that might have something to do with my hair." The first thing...
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How I Adjust My Cleansing Routine Depending On My Combination Skin's Mood
Cleaning one’s face is not the most glamorous topic to write an article on: fact. There’s no sassy photos to accompany, no fabulous colors for me to get all over my fingertips. But let’s be real: If...
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