Too Light, Too Dark, Too Done: How to Chose Your Brow Makeup and Color

What Shade is Right for You? Ever since I accepted that done-up brows are here to stay, I’ve tried out many, many brow products. Too many, actually.

9 Summer Beauty Drugstore Finds – My Picks for Face, Lips, Body, Hair, and Sun Protection on the Cheap!

It’s been dark and rainy almost all week here. When it’s this gloomy I find myself seeking out places with lots of bright overhead light, like Target and Walmart. So over the course of the week I’ve made several trips to their well-lit beauty sections and amassed these summer-ready cosmetics at drugstore prices. Let me share […]

Benefit, Laura Geller, It Cosmetics, Cargo, Ulta, NYC, e.l.f. & Essence – Matte Bronzer Swatches, Reviews, and Comparisions

Any time of year is good for a new bronzer. While I have some deep cosmetic loyalties to eye makeup (mascara: – Black, primer/ shadow base: , and eyeliner: ), I vacillate on face color. Yet ironically, bronzer is the type of makeup I’m most attached to. I usually have at least two […]

Violets Are Not Blue – Essence, Wet-n-Wild, Cover Girl Oh Sugar!, NYX Butter Lipstick, Maybelline, and Dior Addict Lip Glow- Lilac – The Purples

Attention, lips! Calling Purple lip products – Swatches, Photos, and Review Mother Nature must have been confused when she recently ushered in a huge mass of warm air during the time of year that should be frigidly-frigid. Rather than fight it, I’m joining in the chaos and pulling out some springy lip colors in the […]

ESSENCE Sheer and Shine Lipstick Review, Swatches, and Ingredients

The new Essence makeup display was up and running at Target this morning and I was curious (sorry to my husband for this impulsive mini-haul). So after looking at the different products I decided to try out Essence Sheer and Shine Lipstick in 5 colors. I like sheer lip color anyway, because it’s […]