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Next time you find yourself in front of a Forever 21 and think, “Oh, look! There’s a Forever 21,” guess what. Now they have their own makeup.
It’s called Forever 21 Premium Cosmetics, and the full collection encompasses 23 products at some pretty decent prices from $7.80 to $17.80 each.
Here’s a few things I’ll be putting through their paces this weekend…
I think that bronzer looks promising… Got my fingers crossed. 🙂
Because one can never have too many pink lip combos. 🙂
Here’s one to try if you like MAC: MAC Shock Value Pro Longwear Lip Pencil ($19.50) with MAC Modesty Lipstick ($16) and MAC Flare for Fantasy Cremesheen Glass ($20).
I like to wear it with pink or peach blush, but I bet it would also rock with a pinkish coral.
Got any good lip combo ideas for me? Come on, babe, what do ya got?
BIG smile. 🙂
I get one every time I open Bobbi Brown’s Antigua Illuminating Bronzing Powder.
This particular pinkish bronze issues its orders (“Be pretty!”) from the Uber Pink collection.
I’m partial to wearing it as a blush on my cheeks.
It’s available now for $38 at Bobbi Brown counters and bobbibrowncosmetics.com.
It’s delicious and nutritious. Get it while it’s hot! 🙂
It comes in Large, Extra Large and Super-Sized (I recommend the Super-Sized). Nose taps, headbutts and chin rubs are extra.
It rained all last weekend, and I only left the house twice — once to get my hair did on Saturday, and then once to run some errands on Sunday afternoon. This is what I wore for the latter, a shimmery gold and warm brown eye look, which I rocked in the rain at Target, Pier 1 and TJ’s. 🙂
I will happily pile multiple eyeshadows on my lids any day of the week, but sometimes you just gotta keep things simple, ya know? — especially on rainy Sundays when you’re just putzing around.
All I did was pat shimmery golden brown Woodwinked, one of my all-time favorite shadows in MAC’s entire permanent line, on my lids with a flat eyeshadow brush, buff out the edges with a domed shadow brush, and then line my lash and water lines with Costa Riche (also from the permanent line). After that, I just smudged out the edges with the same flat brush I used to apply Woodwinked.
Ta-da! Easy peasy, and I think it looks more complicated and fancy than it actually is.
Maybe to dress this up a little, you could pat something gold and glittery, like MAC Reflects Gold or Urban Decay’s Midnight Cowboy Glitter Eyeliner, on your lids.
Which reminds me…UD’s Midnight Cowboy Glitter Eyeliner is on sale right meow online for $9.
Couple that with their Friends & Fanatics 20% off sale going on now (use code FFSPRING14 online), and that’s a pretty sweet deal.
Pink power! Here’s what ya get when you pair MAC Prolongwear Lip Pencil in Shock Value with MAC’s new Cremesheen Glass in Playful Petal.
Kind of sci-fi up close, isn’t it? Me likey a lot.
P.S. Guess who’s about to make a protein pancake for dinner. 🙂
I know it might sound gross, but it’s totally not. They’re actually very good, and good for you, too (except for the maple syrup, but I’ll use honey instead this time).
I just use a scoop of this protein powder instead of flower to make the batter, add an egg, and mix in some flax seed, almond milk, cinnamon, half a smooshed banana, and that’s it. Makes one big pancake (or two small ones). Super easy.
I’ve kind of thought of myself as a mostly Bumble and Bumble/Kerastase gal for a while, but I don’t know… Maybe that’s about to change, because every single thing I’ve tried from Oribe makes me and my hair very happy together.
The salon where I get my hair cut and colored started carrying Oribe a couple months ago, and ahhhh! — I’m a little obsessed (which, I admit, happens to me all the time).
Everything — even the white floral and citrus scent — is ohmygoshsoooooogood.
This week I started using their new Intense Conditioner for Moisture & Control ($43), and I gotta say, I’ve been having some really good hair days lately. Very shiny, very little frizz. Less chaos, more control.
(Now I just have to find something exactly like that for offices, because my desk is a cray-cray mess!)
The conditioner costs $43 for a 6.8-ounce tube, so it’s by no means drugstore, but I find myself not needing to use very much.
I don’t know if you’ve ever tried Oribe before, but I really do like this conditioner. It’s available now at many salons, beauty stores and oribe.com.
MAC’s Viva Glam Rihanna Lipstick ($16) and Lipglass ($15).
Because…I have nowhere else to wear ’em. 🙂
Both are available now at MAC counters and online.
