The Beauty Sample

  ««Press Sample»» I used to be of the mindset that lip balm was lip balm, and paying anything over $20 for a lip balm would be tantamount to highway robbery, especially when you go through as much of it as I do (I once went through a stick of Maybelline Baby Lips Lip Balm in [...]

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.

««Press Sample»» After you’ve been playing with makeup and buying makeup and blogging about makeup for a certain amount of time, you reach a point where almost nothing phases you. Sure, there are the collections/items that excite you and spur you to purchase, but it’s rare that a new release will jump out at you [...]

««Press Sample»» I know there have been some of you that have expressed interest recently in trying some products from Hourglass. Well I know of 2 great ways, and one of them is this Best of Hourglass set. This 4-piece collection features the cream-of-the-crop picks from the Hourglass range, covering everything from lips to lashes [...]

««Press Sample»» When it comes to my brows, I am very picky–almost to a fault. I don’t like them to look too dark, too drawn in, too obvious. For this reason, I usually stick with brow powder/eyeshadow–I find that it gives me the most natural brows. This is largely in part due to the fact [...]

««Press Sample»» Ok, I’m just going to go ahead and give this product the only real endorsement it needs from someone like me: I don’t like to wear lipstick. Never have. I don’t like bold lips, I don’t like opaque lips, I don’t like matte finishes. If I ever do wear lipstick, it’s a very [...]

I have been totally lusting after the Hourglass Visionaire Eye Shadow Duo in Dune ever since a.) seeing it on Karen at Makeup and Beauty Blog, and b.) trying out Suede and falling. in. love. Yes, it was truly love by association. I won’t go into too much depth on this shadow since I very [...]

I know that Hourglass’s Visionaire Eye Shadow Duos have been around for a while…and while I have always found them to be quite intriguing and put both Suede and Dune on my wish-list (aka: “lemming list”), I never really felt an urgency to get them…until now. With so many beauty bloggers posting about their newfound [...]