Pink Ritas and Lip Gloss

Houston got their first Nordstrom’s Rack last weekend and I used my day off from work today to check it out.  While I was disappointed in the over all look and feel of the store as well as the prices on the clothing, I was impressed by the sale items in the beauty section.  There [...]

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I have been using eye shadow primers for years now.  I love the way that they smoothe your eyelids and just grasp onto your eye shadow without caking it on.  I also find that when you use a primer that you use less shadow. When you get addicted to an eye shadow only for it [...]

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I have never been great with my skin care routine. I think part of it is due to the fact that my skin is sensitive and the other part is that I am just lazy.  My skin seems to resist too many different products on it at once.  I either have to pick between sunscreen, [...]

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Wow!  I was surprised to surf over to the Sephora website tonight and find out that they are celebrating their 10th birthday.  For some reason I thought they were much “older” than that, maybe it is due to their presence in the cosmetic industry over the last decade.  I am very excited about this occasion [...]

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Are you like me and still trying to master that perfect smoky eye?  After much practice, I am still not quite where I want to be but I wonder if people ever really get to perfection in something like this.  Stila cosmetics has come up with a new way to help teach you how to [...]

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According to WebMD, nearly 90% of the population surveyed drink water everyday.  The average water consumed each day is around 50 ounces which is slightly more than the 6, 8oz glasses of water which is recommended each day.  Besides keeping us hydrated so that we can perform our daily activities, water has many heath benefits [...]

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I am in the process of cleaning out my apartment and have been reflipping through my old Shape and Self magazines.  I have found some really good recipes and tips by rereading my magazines.  Tonight I found this one tip that I was really surprised about because it was something I would have never thought [...]

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I have never been much of an artist.  I always desired to be one but my brother received the artistic gene.  I did have quite the bit of fun back in my sorority day painting banners for the house or decorating trash cans and such for my little sis.  Something about holding onto a brush [...]

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Yay!  My boxes came.  So far I have used the Stila tinted moisturizer (SPF 30, oil free) and my Urban Decay eyeshadow in Mildew.  I have yet to try my Pop Beauty Lid Gold eyeshadow but I have a feeling it will be on Friday or Saturday as well as breaking out the new She [...]

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I placed 2 orders over at Sephora.com last weekend during the long holiday weekend and now I am trying to be patient to get my goodies but it is so hard.  It is funny though because nothing that I have ordered is really “new” to me but nonetheless I want my boxes and I wanted [...]

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