The Beauty Sample

As I’m sure many of you are well aware, I am and always have been more attracted to a very sheer, subtle lip. Tinted balms and sheer, balmy lipsticks are my go-to’s when I want to look a bit more polished and put-together. It seems that sheer lip color is also becoming more and more [...]

Just a quick series of snapshots to show you what I’ve been up to… Currently testing: See a trend? There are 2 different brands’ (Dior and Neutrogena) chubby lip pencils and 2 really expensive lip treatments (Hourglass and La Mer) in there.

I was tagged by the stunning Joanne P. of The Convenient Beauty to do the 11 Questions Tag! Here are my questions: 1. What is the first beauty product you bought? I dabbled with drugstore makeup for a few years, but I remember they were all given to me by friends–I was probably 12 or 13 and [...]

…Svetlana!! Svetlana, please check your email! To everyone else, thank you so so much for entering and helping me to celebrate my 1-year blogaversary! It was a lot of fun and I am so thankful for each and every one of you! I’m sorry if you didn’t win this time around but now that I’ve [...]

I know this is a post that every blogger has done at one time or another but I must tell you, I love skincare products. I love buying them, love using them, love talking about them–so actually, it’s a surprise that I haven’t done one of these posts sooner! As my skincare routine is a [...]

I am proud to say that I have finally “hit pan”–and not just on one but two eyeshadows! I honestly don’t think I’ve ever hit pan on something…at least not that I can remember anyway, so it’s kind of a big deal for me. The eyeshadows that have hit pan are my Laura Mercier Sateen [...]

…Amine!! Amine, please check your email! To everyone else, thank you so much for entering! Now I know you may be tired of giveaways by now (:P) but I do have just one more coming up. It’s the one I’m personally most excited about so please stay tuned; I will be posting it very shortly! [...]

Hello everyone! Just stopping by to say hi–I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I had a lot of fun–spent all of Sunday baking cupcakes with my sister and mom and watching football. As you can see, my sister is quite talented when it comes to the whole decorating part. Me? Not so much [...]

…Emi from Project Swatch!!! Yaaay!! Emi, I am sending you an email….now! Please check it! To everyone else, thank you so much for entering! I have a couple more giveaways left in this blogaversary celebration so if you haven’t won yet, don’t fret! I usually would have started the newest giveaway today but I didn’t [...]

…Courtenay Theresa Alicia Coad!! Congratulations Courtenay–please check your email! Everyone else, thank you so much for entering! If you didn’t win this time, don’t worry–my next review/giveaway will be posted shortly, so please stay tuned!! ♥Becca