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Elf Brow Laminating Gel Review

What it is: Elf Brow Laminating Gel is a waxy, strong-hold, brow styling product that can be used lightly for a natural look or heavily for a bolder look. Price/Quantity: $8 for 0.27 oz / 7.8 grams Availability: Elf, Ulta, Target, Walmart, Amazon Shade Range: Only one shade (clear) Packaging: Twist-open tube with an added double sided applicator. The main applicator is a spoolie and the two…

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Huda Beauty Icy Nude Palette Review

The Huda Beauty Icy Nude Palette is a cooler toned palette with lots of pinks, greys, silvers, and a hint of peach and gold in the right side column. It’s possible to get some depth out of this palette but for the most part, it is not a very smoky or dark palette. A good majority of the mattes stay in the light and medium range and the shimmers are also quite light and reflective.  As with most…

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Supergoop Mineral Matte Screen Sunscreen SPF 40 Review

What it is: Supergoop Mineral Matte Screen is A VERY lightly tinted, mostly transparent, all mineral sunscreen (titanium dioxide 1.3% and zinc oxide 17.4%) with a slight matte finish and the feel of a slick silicone primer. Price/Quantity: There is a larger size which is $40 for 1.5 oz (45 mL) and a mini size which is $24 for 0.68 oz (20 mL). Availability: Supergoop!, Sephora, Ulta, Amazon,…

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Elf Power Grip Matte Primer Review

Elf Power Grip Matte Primer What it is: The matte version of the original Elf Power Grip Primer. It is a clear gel foundation primer with a semi-tacky finish that helps to smooth the look of pores and texture when worn under foundation. The sticky feel is supposed to help “grab” onto foundation and make it wear longer while the matte formulation is supposed to help keep shine at bay throughout…

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Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Vinyl Swatches and Review

What they are: Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Vinyls are thick lip glosses in stick form that coat the lips quite heavily for a glassy, high-shine finish that smooths over the look of lip lines. This is not plumping formula but the thickness of the product has a plumping visual effect.  Price/Quantity: $26 for 2.7 gram / 0.095 oz Availability: Tarte, Sephora Shade Range: 16 Shades. 8 of them are…

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Milk Makeup Cooling Water Jelly Tint Review

What it is: Milk Makeup Cooling Water Jelly Tint is a lip and cheek stain in a water-based jelly stick. It dries down quickly, feeling almost like nothing on the skin. It is not sticky at all and also does not feel moisturizing, hydrating or slippery. It feels like a “water stain” but instead of being liquidy, it has a giggly, gelatin-like texture.  Price/Quantity: $24 for 5g / 0.17…

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Make Up For Ever HD Skin Setting Powder Review

What it is: Make Up For Ever HD Skin Setting Powder is a loose powder that is supposed to be blurring, mattifying, lightweight and undetectable, and it is boldly claimed to fight shine for 24 hours.  Price/Quantity: $43 for 18 grams / $22 for 7 grams Availability: Make Up For Ever, Sephora, Kohl’s Shade Range: 12 Shades. 8 of them are complexion shades, and 4 are color correcting…

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Summer Fridays Dream Lip Oil Swatches and Review

What they are: Summer Fridays Dream Lip Oils are sheer, lightweight lip oils with a thinner but still very smooth and glide-y consistency and a slight minty tingle.  Price/Quantity: $26 for 4.5 ml / 0.15 fl oz Availability: Summer Fridays, Sephora, Kohl’s Shade Range: 4 shades Packaging: The product comes in a heftier plastic container with a soft frosted finish and feel. The lid twists open…

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Ensley Reign Cold Moon Palette Swatches

Ensley Reign Cold Moon Palette The Ensley Reign Cold Moon Palette is a colorful cool toned palette with a mixture of sparkling multichromes, a couple of metallics and a wide selection of mattes to pair them with. There are 21 shades in total with a good 50/50 matte to shimmer split. It is available to preorder for $72 plus shipping. There are 10 mattes and 11 shimmers. The mattes are all very…

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Elf Lash XTNDR Mascara Review

Elf Lash XTNDR Mascara What it is: Elf Lash Xtndr Mascara is a tubing mascara that is supposed to provide length and drama instantly. It claims to resist clumps, flaking, and smudging and remove easily with warm water.  Price/Quantity: $7 for 0.25 oz / 7 g Availability: Elf, Target Shade Range: 3 shades (Soft Black, Pitch Black, and Deep Brown) Packaging: The tube is pretty standard and a…

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Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation Review

Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation What it is: Laura Mercier Real Flawless Weightless Perfecting Foundation is a light to medium coverage foundation with a very fluid, highly spreadable formula and a natural to dewy finish. Price/Quantity: $52 for 1 oz / 30 mL Availability: Laura Mercier, Sephora, Ulta, Nordstrom, and many others Shade Range: 30 shades Packaging:…

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ColourPop Lip and Cheek Balm Review

What it is: ColourPop Lip and Cheek Balms are multi-use cream products that can be used as blushes or tinted lip balms.  Price/Quantity: $12 for 4.75 g / 0.17 oz Availability: ColourPop exclusive Shade Range: 3 shades, can be purchased as a set for a small discount or individually. Packaging: Plastic heart shaped compact with a mirror inside and a snap closure. It has a notch at the very…

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ColourPop Lost In Love Palette Review

The ColourPop Lost In Love Palette is a limited edition Valentine’s Day palette for 2024. It mainly consists of various pinks and one true red but also has some peach/orange/coral and berry shades. There are 6 mattes, 4 shimmers, and 2 pressed glitters. As far as I can tell from the outside of the palette and the box, it doesn’t seem that any of the shades are pressed pigments. Some of the…

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Saie Dew Blush Swatches and Review

What they are: Saie Dew Blushes are semi sheer liquid blushes with a dewy finish. They have a very hydrating feel and never fully set down, remaining dewy looking throughout the day. A few shades have some fine shimmer up close in swatches but I don’t notice any sparkle or shimmer once they are on the cheek. Price/Quantity: $25 for 12 mL / 0.4 oz Availability: Saie, Sephora, Kohl’s Shade…

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Elf Pout Clout Lip Plumping Pen Swatches and Review

What they are: Elf Pout Clout Lip Plumping Pens are sheer balmy lip products that lie somewhere between a lip balm and a lip gloss. None of them have any shimmer or glitter and they have a lightly minty tingle. They are supposed to plump but I don’t get much of a plumping effect. They are hydrating and I feel that helps to give the lips a smoother appearance. Price/Quantity: $8 for 0.07 oz / 2.0…

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ABH Brow Freeze Gel Review

What it is: ABH Brow Freeze Gel is a clear brow gel with strong hold and a glossy finish that dries down and sets brows in whatever style you like. The formulation and thicker consistency is different than a regular brow gel, allowing for a little more versatility in how it can be used. Price/Quantity: Full size is $26 for 0.24oz/7ml and the mini size is $13 for 0.15oz/4.5ml. The mini a slightly…

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Sephora Collection Colorful Contour Matte Powder Review

What it is: Sephora Collection Colorful Contour Matte Powder in Fair to Light is a very cool toned contouring powder with sheer, buildable color payoff and a nearly matte finish. Price/Quantity: $14 for 0.12 oz / 3.5 g Availability: Sephora, Kohl’s Shade Range: This product comes in 4 shades. I chose the lightest (and I presume the coolest) of them. Looking at the shades on the product page,…