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DIY Lash Extensions Have Arrived

At-home lash extensions have arrived! Just the sound of that – “at-home” paired with “lash extensions” – gives me happy chills. I love lash extensions, but the pain of having them professionally applied and touched up every 2-4 weeks is painstaking. Who has time to drive to the spa, lay there for an hour for touch-ups (or two for a full application) and then pay through the roof?! I certainly don’t, which is why I could never stick to getting them done consistently. So when I saw Lashify’s at-home eye lash extension kit, my eyes bulged out of my sockets and I…

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Easy 5-Minute Glamorous Birthday Makeup Look

        My attitude towards makeup has shifted so much as I’ve gotten older. Easy, quick, effortless and imperfect is how I like my makeup now. I think there’s something sexy and womanly about imperfect makeup because it exudes confidence. It’s kinda like saying to the world – “I don’t need to try that hard to feel good in my skin” – which is a beautiful thing IMO. So for my birthday this past weekend, I pulled together this easy makeup look in five minutes for perhaps the last “adult fine dining” experience my hubs and I will have for…

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Are You “Cool” or “Warm” Skin Toned? And Why It Matters When It Comes To Makeup With Sheena Yaitanes, Founder Of Kosås

The beauty industry is a deluge of product launches and new brands at every turn. As a beauty blogger, fatigue is inevitable. But every so often something will come along to shake off the malaise and reignite my passion for beauty. This is exactly what the beauty brand, Kosås, has been able to invoke with its small line of eight lipsticks and six blush palettes. Though barely two years old, Kosås has established fervent fans in both green and traditional beauty circles alike by embodying an antithesis to the beauty climate’s current tone of excess: limited product offerings in essential colors –…

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Layering Primers For Flawless Skin Without Foundation

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope your night was spent with loved ones and lots of champagne. Mine was spent celebrating the new year and our third wedding anniversary with my husband in Vegas! We’re usually sweatpants, takeout and Netflix while cuddling with our dog kinda people, but this year we decided to attend a new year’s event at The Venetian which required a little gussying up. My skin has been in a really good place, and improving each day, since employing my pregnancy-acne skincare routine (post coming soon), so I felt good about opting for my primer layering makeup look instead…

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Detox Market Launches Monthly Subscription Box – January Box Review

Detox Market’s newly launched monthly subscription box is a MUST for 2018 if your goal is to cut back on beauty spending (I know that’s one of mine…). You’ll receive each month, for as low as $39.95 per month, the clean beauty retailer’s best selling products for more than 50% off!? The January box they sent me to review had a retail value of $95 and it contained two products I have become absolutely smitten for – a full size Tammy Fender Epi-Peel and a travel size of the Tammy Fender Rose Toner. Starting in January, Detox’s monthly boxes are going to…

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