December 23, 2015
In
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
August 19, 2012
In
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
May 6, 2012
In
General
By
tamia
Cheers all! I'm back from vacay (more on that later) and have consulted my giveaway expert, Mlle. Random Number Generator--she ees French, you know--to determine the winner of the Stop Traffick Fashion + Radiant Cosmetics giveaway. Drumroll, please
March 18, 2012
In
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
February 1, 2012
In
C'est Ma Vie
By
tamia
Confession: I have never been able to properly pull off a red lip. Pink, purple, burgundy, even orange, I've managed to (mostly) master. But red? I look like a naughty toddler playing in mommy's makeup. It just never seems to look rose-blossom right.
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