#It&039;s a Beautiful New Year

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It's a Beautiful New Year

On December 31st, the eve of 2024, Ed’s photographed our region. On a bright sunny day after the settling of heavy El Nino rains, the camera revealed a world of beauty. Stubborn water quality problems and lack of seagrass habitat for wildlife persist but we are thankful for policy shifts that since 2019, have spared the St. Luice River major damaging, toxic discharges from Lake Okeechobee, and it…

[wizardsaur]

Affirmations To Stop Biting Your Nails

You might notice I’m on a bit of a kick lately. I’m riding the wave to get past the longest bad habit I’ve had, so bear with me. Here are a few affirmations you (and I) can use to stop chewing on our nails until they bleed. Honestly, you could use this in tandem while casting THIS SPELL My nails are healthy and strong My nailbeds are healing My anxiety can be channeled in healthier ways My…

[chiokedmachi]

Winter Wonderland in Davos, Switzerland: A Magical Alpine Escape!

Hey there, fellow travel enthusiasts! Let me take you back to an unforgettable winter adventure I had, going into the new year, filled with magical moments and heartwarming experiences. It all began with an invitation to perform some of the music from my Heartless Reign – EP at a dazzling New Year’s party in Messery, France. The energy and excitement of the event were simply electric, leaving me…

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Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:16-34)

The uncertainty of life can invite us to praise and wonder, to seize the moment.

“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will…

[little-miss-anukh]

Long time no see

NYP

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Une Atomic Blonde’s “New Year, New Me” Wellness Initiative: Week 3

Une Atomic Blonde’s “New Year, New Me” Wellness Initiative: Week 3

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How are those New Year's Resolutions coming along?

How are those New Year’s Resolutions coming along?

If you’re one of those rare people who actually achieve your New Year’s resolution each year, congratulations. Seriously, you are rare indeed. According to U.S. News & World Report, the failure rate for New Year’s resolutions is said to be about 80 percent, and most lose their resolve by mid-February. If this is true, it’s clear that there is nothing wrong with us; the problem is in the tradition…

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Goals & Resolutions Going Forward

Goals & Resolutions Going Forward

I love moving forward. Improving myself and my life. Last year I did some important “me” things. I lost 15 pounds on the every other day diet. It was hard but worth it, because I love my new weight. This year, I am going to focus on “streamlining” my life. Bringing it into harmony. Learning what looks good on me, color-wise, and what colors will make my house feel like “me.” Learning to organize…

[finepolish]

Celebration Nails

With the holidays comes a lot of celebrating, so I created this fun manicure to make your wine glass look more chic.

I started by painting my nails a mauve toned purple. Pretty much any dark color would be suitable though. This color is CL025 from Laguna Moon. 2 coats of the gel polish were used for the swatch, and each layer was cured at 30 seconds for this perfectly shiny (and dry!) finish.

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[tahyirasavanna]

Shop Your New Year’s Resolutions With These 8 Helpful Products

Shop Your New Year’s Resolutions With These 8 Helpful Products

‘Tis the season for improving your lifestyle, and while New Year’s resolutions are notoriously hard to keep up with, adding a little shopping incentive could be the push you need to stick to your goals. Here are some of our picks for useful products that will help motivate you to push for your resolutions! Although we gotta admit, if your resolution is to shop less, this list of must-haves might…

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On the end of 2021.

And so we come to the end of another year. What are your plans for the next one? I share mine in my latest blog post.

A new year is about to begin. I apologize for the unannounced two-week hiatus. Between finally and fully moving out of my childhood home, my parents’ home for the last three decades, and traveling to Florida to spend the holidays, updating this blog has been low on my list of priorities. In all honesty, maintaining this blog has been lower on my priority list than it should be. In the new year,…

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2021 New Year's makeup trends worth repeating

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2021 New Year's makeup trends worth repeating

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Une Atomic Blonde’s “New Year, New Me” Wellness Initiative | Week 2

Une Atomic Blonde’s “New Year, New Me” Wellness Initiative | Week 2

Is it already the end of Week 2?!!? HELP. How is this possible? It’s like I blinked and a week went by.  Noteable highlights of this “New Year, New Me” week included:  The rest of my delicious Sakara Life: Total Body Reset Meals. I compiled them in a little video you can see here.  https://www.uneatomicblonde.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Total-Body-Reset-_-Meals.mp4 In addition to the four…

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The holidays season is nearing, and everything in town dressed up with baubles and fairy lights. You may want some glitters for you, don’t you? Jolie Beauty has listened to your seasonal wishes with its Bomb Dot Com 24 shade glitter palette…

You can recreate that jolly atmosphere with your makeup looks and the help of this explosive glitter palette by Jolie Beauty.

Jolie Beauty Bomb Dot Com 24 shade glitter palette: product & package

It’s a real glitter bomb! Jolie Beauty Bomb Dot Com is a makeup palette with 24 pressed glitters safe to use on both eyes and face. This palette is featherlight and comes with a matching protective sleeve. Its package runs over you with a light beam: the whole palette is rose gold and a finelly glittery to the touch, inside and out. It has a magnetic closure and a large mirror inside.

Texture and formula As all Jolie Beauty products, the Bomb Dot Com palette is cruelty-free and vegan. These cosmetic-graded glitters are pressed into singular pans in a clear base. In some shades, this base feels pleasantly cooling and with a jelly texture. The clear base eases the application and minimises the use of glue, other adhesives or creamy products, even though I highly suggest them (see how to use). Of the 24 shades, 23 are made of micro shimmery particles, that an optical illusion makes them look varying in dimensions (see chart). Sugar is the only shade in this palette with a crystal-like texture due to its chunkier glitters.

How to use: It may sound straightforward, but these glitters need some instruction: apply the glitters with a synthetic flat brush, preferably with a stiff texture, and tap them over your lids or skin until you get the desired intensity and coverage. The colours can be overlayed; put on the top of a coloured cream base or dabbed with eyeshadows and pigments to intensify the colours and effect. When it comes to glitters or very dark eyeshadows, it’s always better to start from the prep and eyes first. Once the eyes are ready and sparkly in glory, remove any fallouts with a face wipe and continue with your base.

Glitter removal: carefree as a sip of bubbles. Cheers!

… and how to remove: These glitters can be removes swiftly with any makeup remover wipes. If any glitter falls later on, when the face is ready, some washi tape comes in handy. I recommend this Japanese decorative tape because it’s sticky but gentle. I also suggest attaching the washi tape to the back of your hand to dampen its stickiness as a good practice.

COLOUR CHART

24 shades… too much for a single Valens-style post! Here’s an easy chart to define every and each shade.

  Jolie Beauty BOMB DOT COM 24 shade glitter palette

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#1a Lagoon Cyan (sub primary) w/ silver watershine shimmer Microglitters + clear base (easy to build up) #1b Steel Light sky blue w/ silver shimmer Microglitters + clear base (slightly uneven texture) #1c Cocoa Rich brown w/ copper shimmer Microglitters (different sizes) + clear base (easy to build up) #1d Princess Light hot pink (bubblegum pink) + iridescent shimmer (green, celeste, orange) Microglitters + clear base (good application) #1e Ballet Carnation pink w/ silver shimmer Microglitters (different sizes) + clear base (need more layers) #1f Sugar Clear to white w/ shifting silver shimmer Chunky glitters + clear base (drier base, uneven application) #2a Ignite Carmine w/ full red/orange shimmer Microglitters (different sizes) + clear base #2b Mermaid Aquamarine w/ shifting shimmer (mint green/aqua green) Microglitters (different sizes?) + clear jelly base (need more layers) #2c Firefly Light lavender w/ iridescent watershine shimmer (green, yellow, pink) Microglitters (different sizes) + clear jelly base (needs more layers, great light point) #2d Infinity Light celeste (on the pan)/light lavender (on skin) w/ holo shimmer (yellow, green, orange) Texture and base like Firefly but packed like Disco and Golden Ticket #2e Showgirl Magenta dye w/ full fuchsia shimmer Microglitters + clear base #2f Crowned White gold w/ metallic shimmer Microglitters (different sizes) + clear base (great light point) #3a Swell Electric medium blue w/ full blue shimmer Microglitters + clear base (very packed) #3b Amazon ‘GO’ green w/ iridescent shifting shimmer (yellowing/mint green) Microglitters + clear jelly base (very packed) #3c Regal Deep purple w/ shifting purple/red shimmer Microglitters + clear jelly base (very packed) #3d Cherrybomb Red/magenta with ton sur ton shimmer Microglitters + clear base #3e Superstar Bright Barbie pink w/ strong blue component + full pink shimmer Microglitters + clear base #3f Golden Ticket True gold w/ full yellow gold shimmer Microglitters + clear base (very packed = foil effect) #4a Seabed Deep lapiz-lazuli w/full blue shimmer (on skin)/purple w/ red microshimmer (on the pan) Microglitters + clear base #4b Zest Lime green w/ full metallic shimmer Microglitters (different sizes) + clear jelly base (like Mermaid and Amazon) #4c Disco Silver w/ holo schimmer (blue, mint green, orange) Microglitters + clear jelly base (very packed = foil effect) #4d Rosy Vintage rose w/ silver hue (salmon on the pan) + full rose shimmer Microglitters + clear base #4e Blossom Cherry blossom pink w/silver hue + w/ full pink shimmer Microglitters + clear jelly base #4f Just Jolie Honey gold w/ warm component + full golden shimmer Microglitters + clear base (apply almost like Golden Ticket)

  In short, this palette has many bright colours mainly in the blue and red spectrum but lacks dark shades, except for Cocoa, a very intense brown. These glitters have a crazy metallic finish and, interestingly, a portion of this palette has a ‘watershine’ effect, an iridescent and holo shine. Some shades, like Disco, Golden Tickets and to some extent Just Jolie, can be dabbed until creating a metallic foil effect like a pigment. This ‘trompe l’oeil’ (a French, hence chic, way to say ‘optic illusion’) is due to the glitters being heavily packed in their clear base. Most of the glitters, instead, look sparse and need more layers.

PROS:

it’s vegan and cruelty-free;

(23 out of 24) the glitters have a fine in texture;

(23 out of 24) the glitters are very gentle to the skin;

very shiny;

easy to remove;

relatively easy to work with;

have a buildable coverage;

have different finishes;

the package is sturdy yet light;

includes a large mirror.

CONS:

a sticky base is always needed;

one shade is grittier and harder to use;

(lack of dark shades).

SWATCHES

#1 & #2 ROW

#3 & #4 ROW

If I could describe this palette with an image, I could say it’s a loud and instant party! The ace in the hole: when you need something spectacular and shocking, this palette has it. The Bomb Dot Com palette comprises 24 shades for a total of 19.2 grams at a regular price of £27.99 online at JolieBeauty.com (now at £20.99 for the extended Cyber Monday and payable with Klarna small payments).

I played around with this palette because it’s made for that! I created two sparkly looks for the holidays I want to share with you. Nice or naughty, how are you going to be these holidays?

When I think of glitters, Christmas tinsels come to my mind. For how much it may sound typical, I still like and wear glittery eyeliners. I made this daytime ‘nice look’ with an organic white kajal (L’Avril Blanc Lunaire) as a base where to stick three glitter shades from this bombastic palette: Rosy, Regal and Amazon. At the bottom of the lower lash line and right at its centre, I dotted Firefly with a pinch of Just Jolie to add an unexpected drop of light in this simple look.

A paired this with fuller and bright lips: Lord&Berry Ultimate Lip Liner in Vintage Rose with a touch of MCo. Beauty Peachy Gloss.

‘Nice’ daytime holiday look Face: Ciaté Watermelon Burst Hydrating Primer + Joah Beauty Pore De-Activator Pore Minimizing & Mattifying Primer + Esteé Lauder Doublewear Stay-in-Place Foundation 1W2 Sand + Jolie Beauty Second Powder Bronzer in Latte + Blusher in Rendezvous + Highlighter in Dreaming Eyes: WinkyLux Peeper Perfect Concealer in Medium + Boutique by Sainsbury’s Flawless Hydrating Illuminating primer + Joah Beauty Lash Up rising in Blackest Black + MannaKadarBeauty Goddess makeup palette (eyebrow and eye base) + Marc Jacobs Beauty Highliner Matte Gel Eye Crayon in Iron(y) (tighline) + Mist me? (waterline) Lips: Lord&Berry Ultimate Liner in Vintage Rose + MCo Beauty Peachy Gloss (centre)

If this is for the day, what would be my night holiday? Get naught(ier) with this glittery crease. The neutral eye base created with MannaKadar Beauty Goddess makeup palette has been spiced up with a reddish glitter liner (Cherrybomb) to which a sharp crease connects (Cocoa).

To keep these shades in place, I used the same white kajal as a guideline and base for winged eye and an e.l.f. brow pomade from an eyebrow kit to fill in the crease. I created a light point in the inner corner with Disco, and layered the glitters several times and topped with coordinated eyeshadow palettes (from MannaKadar Beauty Goddess palette and Forgive Me Suzie x Birchbox red/gold/copper eyeshadow palette). With such dramatic eyes, I dressed my lips with a caramel gloss by Neve Cosmetics (Venissage in Dama con l’ermellino).

‘Naughty’ holiday look Joah Beauty Pore De-Activator Pore Minimizing & Mattifying Primer + Esteé Lauder Doublewear Stay-in-Place Foundation 1W2 Sand + Jolie Beauty Second Powder Bronzer in Latte + Blusher in Flushed + (new) Highlighter in Saintly Eyes: WinkyLux Peeper Perfect Concealer in Medium + Boutique by Sainsbury’s Flawless Hydrating Illuminating primer + Joah Beauty Lash Up rising in Blackest Black + MannaKadarBeauty Goddess makeup palette (eyebrow and eye base) + Forgive Me Suzie (Birchbox) eyeshadow palette in Eye Swear + Marc Jacobs Beauty Highliner Matte Gel Eye Crayon in Iron(y) (tighline) Lips: Neve Cosmetics Vernissage lip gloss in Dama con l’ermellino

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Nice or naughty is such a subtle difference, a thin line of glitters…

It’s all about eyes but my face has something interesting: for the day makeup, I used Jolie Beauty Second Skin Powder Bronzer and Blusher Latte+Rendezvous. The night look includes the combo Latte+Flushed. There’s more! This review wants to be a preview of the new launches from the Second Skin Collection: the highlighter Dreaming for the day look and Saintly for the night. Trust me, these newest highlighters are as light as the Second Skin compacts (complete review) but with an ethereal glow.

‘Ethereal glow’: Jolie Beauty Second Skin Powder Highlighter in ‘Saintly‘

These glitters lasted for more than 8 hours before I could see the first fallouts, but the glitters placed closer to the crease tended to move earlier. Although a glitter glue isn’t a strict necessity, it would be very welcome, especially in case of long and lively events as New Year’s Eve. Nevertheless, with minimal expense and effort, I made both looks last longer than expected.

A last look inside…

Of course, an extended glitter palette like the Bomb Dot Com isn’t for everyone and doesn’t fall into the essential makeup list, but it’s ideal for artists and playful people. I had fun and magic all over my carpet these weeks, and I will play more often with it. Even if it isn’t an essential item, this palette offers great quality and an incredible gentle touch to the skin. I simply wished for more dark hues… Holidays season is coming, and this Jolie Beauty palette is like fairy light for your eyes only!

Valentina Chirico aka Valens

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North West, Kanye West’s Daughter, Covers First Magazine At 5-Years-Old North West makes her magazine cover debut. North West has to be one of the most stylish five-year-olds on the planet.