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For $15, Sephora Brings the Bling: The New Sephora Blinged Palette Squeezes Some Great Pieces Into a Bedazzling Product

December 4th, 2012 by Karen 32 Comments

sephora blinged palette review
Wearing the products in Sephora’s new $15 Blinged Palette on my eyes, cheeks and lips

“Bling it.”

“Oh, it’s already been blough-it.”

Sorry… Made myself laugh. 🙂

So, what’s better than getting a great deal on a face palette with eight pigmented shadows, a perky pink powder blush and five flattering lipsticks?

How ’bout this: getting it all with a side of bling.

No need to bust out your BeDazzler to bejewel the new limited edition Sephora Blinged Palette, because it already comes complete with sparkly rhinestones. It’s also pretty affordable at $15.

Oh, how do I love thee, Sephora Blinged Palette? Let me count the ways…

The shadows

Fallout? What’s that? I hardly see any at all from these eight powder eyeshadows. Worn with my beloved NARS primer. With the primer’s help, they’re a breeze to blend and last all day long on my lids.

I love the mix of matte and shimmer finishes and the brown, gold, peach, beige and green shades, which are nicely balanced between cool and warm tones.

Only thing is, the high-shine shimmery shades have an appetite for fine lines — meaning they like to highlight ’em.

The blush

What a nice surprise! It’s so smooth and natural looking.

The lipsticks

I wish these five unscented, unflavored lipsticks weren’t seated so close to the blush (such a pain), but I think the colors work so well with the palette that I’m willing to let it go.

Sephora Beauty To Go Mini Palette

Sephora Beauty To Go Mini Palette
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Categories: Eyes, Face, Palettes, Product Reviews, Sephora

What’s Cooking at the Sephora Gloss Lab? Sheer, Non-Sticky MAC Cremesheen Dupes

December 4th, 2012 by Karen 21 Comments

sephora gloss lab review Hot Pink No. 5
Wearing Hot Pink No. 5 from the new $25 Sephora Gloss Lab kit

If chem lab had been anywhere near as much fun as Sephora’s new Gloss Lab, I never would have finished any of my titrating!

I would have been too busy mixing and matching the 10 marvelously moisturizing glosses (which could easily pass for MAC Cremesheens) in the $25 kit, and then watching the clouds above my head part to a concerto of harps and herald angels singing.

Unlike chem lab, Gloss Lab is exclusive to Sephora. The limited edition holiday kit, which is available now, comes with seven shades in an assortment of nude and bright colors and three colorless top coats (one clear gloss, another with small bits of white shimmer in it, and a third with larger bits of multi-colored shimmer), and all 10 of them come with an easy-to-use doe-foot applicator.

sephora gloss lab

sephora gloss lab
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Categories: Kits and Sets, Lips, Sephora

The Sephora+Pantone Universe Opulent Lacquer Trio in Silver

December 3rd, 2012 by Karen 9 Comments

sephora pantone universe opulent lacquer trio silver

sephora pantone universe opulent lacquer trio silver

Ooh, glitter! The new Sephora+Pantone Universe Opulent Lacquer Trio in Silver ($18).

You can find it now at Sephora stores and sephora.com.

sephora pantone universe opulent lacquer trio silver

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Categories: Daily Beauty

Sephora Gloss Lab

December 2nd, 2012 by Karen 13 Comments

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sephora gloss lab

The new Sephora Gloss Lab kit ($25), a 10-piece collection of glosses you can wear separately or mix and match to create different lip looks.

Find it now at Sephora stores and sephora.com.

sephora gloss lab

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Categories: Daily Beauty

The Sephora Blinged Palette

December 1st, 2012 by Karen 19 Comments





Sephora Beauty To Go Mini Palette

Sephora Beauty To Go Mini Palette

The new Sephora Collection Blinged Palette ($15), available now at Sephora stores and sephora.com.

Sephora Beauty To Go Mini Palette

What do you think?

Sephora Beauty To Go Mini Palette

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Categories: Daily Photo

Share a Tip Tuesdays: This Eye Makeup Tip Will Have You Busting Out Those Bright Eyeshadows More Often

November 6th, 2012 by Karen 34 Comments

Share a Tip Tuesdays

Among the many eyeshadow palettes making their way into the hearts and homes of lovely ladies and makeup-lurving gents this holiday season, I’m betting there’s bound to be at least one (or two!) bright colors in the mix, and if you’re anything like me, some of those brights can be completely terrifying.

For me, it’s usually the bright pinks…

I have no qualms about wearing bright pink on my lips, but my eyes are a different story. It’s like, bright eyeshadows take a different kind of cajones, and sometimes I just don’t feel cool enough to pull them off.

But I know it’s just a state of mind, and so over the weekend, I busted out some of the bright eyeshadows I hardly ever wear and began to experiment. I was just messing around when I stumbled on something by accident…

Wow! Starting with a black base works wonders for bright eyeshadows!

And pretty much any formula should work, be it paint pot, smudgy liner or a creamy kohl. Just apply on your lids, smudge it out, and pat your bright eyeshadow directly on top. The black base sort of grounds the bright shadow, toning it down.


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Categories: Eyes, Makeup, Makeup Tips/How To, Sephora, Urban Decay

If You Like Long-Wearing Eye Makeup…

October 28th, 2012 by Karen 15 Comments

Sephora Jumbo Liner 12HR Wear Waterproof Set

Sephora Jumbo Liner 12HR Wear Waterproof Set

…then you might like the new Sephora Jumbo Liner 12HR Wear Waterproof Set ($30).

I swatched some of these pencils last summer, and I’ve liked ’em ever since. Super pigmented and creamy, and once they set, they don’t budge.

My fave shade from this holiday kit is the purple. I wore it in the Crazy Cat Lady look the other day… So fun! 🙂

Sephora Jumbo Liner 12HR Wear Waterproof Set

Sephora Jumbo Liner 12HR Wear Waterproof Set

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Categories: Daily Beauty

Last-Minute Halloween Costume Ideas: Crazy Cat Lady

October 25th, 2012 by Karen 36 Comments

crazy cat lady costume

Granted, I wear my crazy cat lady costume 365 days of the year, but for the purpose of a last-minute Halloween costume, I feel like I need to put in a little extra work to truly get the message across. 🙂

This costume draws inspiration from a crazy cat lady action figure I found a few years ago at the bookstore.

See, homegirl’s got the right idea. Why bother to put on real clothes when the cats just ruin ’em anyway? LOL!

To start, I grabbed my bathrobe and pinned a few stuffed cats on it. FYI, you need a minimum of three kitties, because the third cat is the gateway cat. It’s the crucial part of the puzzle that takes you from a mere “casual feline enthusiast” to full-blown CCL.

Then I put my hair up in rollers, put on some crazy, bright and glittery makeup…

crazy cat lady costume
On my eyes I’m wearing the 29 Purple Glitter Pencil from the new Sephora Jumbo Liner 12HR Wear Waterproof Set as an eyeshadow base and a mix of the purple and multi-colored glitter liners from the Sephora Collection Glitter Eyeliner Set as eyeshadow

crazy cat lady costume
On my cheeks I’m wearing the blush from the Too Faced Natural Radiance Face Palette, and on my lips that’s MAC Cremesheen Lipstick in Outrageously Fun from the new Glamour Daze collection

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Categories: Beauty Tips, Face of the Day (FOTD), Just For Fun, Makeup Tips/How To Keywords: halloween

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