December 23, 2015
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Beauty
By
tamia
I love the idea of makeup--transformation, enhancement, etc.--but am usually pretty lazy about actually using it. My daily routine is pretty simple: I make sure my skin looks good, my lashes are curled, and hurriedly swipe on a lip stain as I’m rushing out the door. Sometimes I’ll do a red lip or a basic cat eye, but these are the products I manage to use regularly:
1 > YSL Touch Eclat in 6.5 | I
November 14, 2014
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Tips and Advice
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tamia
Blame the impending doom of the polar vortex (why God, WHYYYY?), but lately I’ve been in the mood to get pretty. The idea of glowing skin and glossy hair might be an attempt to bring some light to the the cold dark nights to come, but a bit of beautification ain’t never hurt nobody. A few products I’m excited about:
1// The promise of waking up with dewy, baby soft skin after snoring the night away
August 19, 2012
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C'est Ma Vie
By
tamia
Ah, the ‘90s. Back then you couldn’t flip a page in a fashion magazine without coming across some starlet or supermodel raving about Benefit Benetint or Stila Convertible Color , sporting matte skin and lips in various shades of cocoa and beige.
I remember desperately trying to copy the the makeup I saw on shows like 90210 and in TLC’s ‘Creep’ video, but despite spending tens of dollars in the Bonne Bell/Wet ‘n Wild section of
March 18, 2012
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C'est Ma Vie
By
tamia
I really love the idea of lipstick, but I also really love to eat. Often. As in, I need food every 2-3 hours. Which presents a problem if you're like me and are often too busy/lazy/forgetful to remember to re-apply lipstick.
Enter Revlon's Just Bitten lip stain, which I picked up at CVS on a whim one day. I grabbed a Crave (pinky-plum) from the display, took it home and tried it, then promptly went back
For the first time since, oh, 7th grade, I've been doing fancy thangs with my nails:
It's weird to think that I'm back to putting what basically amounts to stickers and glitter on my nails, but I guess some things never change! I think I'll try something like this marble design next:
Have you seen or done any fun nail art lately? Keep in mind that I'm a novice, so I'm looking for stuff that's easy