Today, City Beauty is launching their first mascara. But this isn’t just another mascara. It’s a mascara and treatment product in one: a treatment for those of us with sparse, colorless, light, short, or brittle lashes. Plus it makes lashes look super dark, longer and thicker. It’s both volumizing and lengthening. To me, Beyond Mascara …
City Beauty Line-Blurring Wrinkle Filler Giveaway
Over the past few years as I have developed more lines and wrinkles, I have been trying out a number of wrinkle fillers to help smooth the look of lines especially under foundation. A couple of months ago, City Beauty sent me two tubes of their Line-Blurring Wrinkle Filler to try out. I thought I …
What’s Going On With Pat McGrath LuxeTrance Lipsticks?
For me, holiday time is one big sale shopping experience. This December, I couldn’t resist trying Pat McGrath’s limited edition LuxeTrance lipstick that was on sale for $10 including free shipping, marked down from $40. Definitely a worthwhile splurge. I chose McGrath Muse, a warm red. I figure with my red hair I can get …
Project Pan December: Final Beauty Empties Post for 2019
My first year of participating in Project Pan where a group of us bloggers pledged to use up a certain number of beauty products during the year. We each had our own personal goals. My goal was to use up 100 beauty products. If you’ve been following some of my empties posts, you may know …
Lip Monthly: The Subbie Bag for Lipstick Lovers!
Right before Christmas, my new Lip Monthly bag arrived. Sadly, I am too late to recommend this as part of my holiday gift guide, but Valentine’s Day is only 6 weeks away, just sayin’. A subscription to Lip Monthly is certainly a gift to consider for a lipstick lover or a treat for yourself. Lip Monthly …
Beauty Products that Didn’t Quite Work for Me but Might Work for You!
I always feel kind of weird when I do a post on products that didn’t work for me. Just because they didn’t work for me, doesn’t mean they won’t work for you. Particularly since many times products don’t work for me because I am older and have dry skin with some lines and wrinkles, in …
Glam It Up w Ardell Easy to Apply Magnetic Liner & Lash, Accent Size
I find most false lashes tricky to apply. Also most false lashes are too big for my eyes, and I have to trim them. As a result, I seldom wear them. However, Ardell’s new Magnetic Liner & Lash (the 2nd version with Magnetic Eyeliner) that I wrote about a couple of months ago here have …
Melt Cosmetics Metal Gloss
I love the Melt eyeshadow stack that I bought early in 2019 (reviewed here). The shadows are buttery, easy to blend with no fallout, and the innovative packaging is fabulous. So when I saw the sale on lipgloss for $5 (regular price $16) including free shipping on the website during Cyber week, I decided to …
Quick & Easy New Glo HD Mineral Foundation Stick
Stick makeup of all kinds is so perfect for saving time. A few swipes here and there, and I’m out the door. A couple of months ago, Glo Skin Beauty sent me two of their new HD Mineral Foundation Sticks to try out. The line consists of 12 shades that range from fair to deep. …
Multitasking Graydon Face Glow Tinted Primer/Moisturizer/Illuminator
So many products are multitaskers these days, and I think that’s a wonderful thing. Gimme all the makeup with skincare benefits or skincare with makeup benefits! Recently, I got to try new Face Glow Tinted Primer/Moisturizer/Illuminator from indie, natural, clean beauty face and body skincare brand, Graydon Skincare. About Graydon Let me give you a …
Tarte Timeless Smoothing Primer: Is This Blur Cream Worth It?
One surprising side effect of having cataract surgery in my right eye is that when I first looked in the mirror, I saw what I really look like. Kind of a shock, to be honest. The white gauzy scrim that I had been looking through for quite a while made me think my skin was …
Sephora Now Makes A Gloss Version of Their Fab Lip Stain Liquid Lipstick!
I stopped into Sephora to buy something during the VIB sale at the end of last week so that I would qualify for VIB status in 2020. I only had to spend $8 to re-qualify, so I didn’t want to buy online and pay as much for the shipping as for my purchase. I planned …
Project Pan Update: October 19 Beauty Empties
October was a good month for me using up beauty products. I’m going to finish out the year strong! At the end of September, I had used up 108 beauty products. Let’s see what I added to the tally this past month. Bath & Body I think the bath & body category was the big …
Things Change: Estee Lauder Double Wear Infinite Waterproof Eyeliner
Six or seven years ago I’m guessing, I bought an Estée Lauder Double Wear Stay-In-Place Eyeliner pencil in a medium gray shade called Graphite. I loved this shade because it was dark enough but not black, and it looked good with my blue-gray eyes. It was a traditional wooden pencil that I have to sharpen. …
Essence Lash Princess False Lash Effects Mascara
For the past few years, I have mostly been using Benefit mascaras: They’re Real, Badgal Bang and Roller Lash. I also like a mascara from MAC, but it was discontinued this year. Recently, a woman in Phyrra’s Facebook group was singing the praises of Lash Princess False Lash Effect Mascara from affordable brand, Essence. I …