Broke And Beautiful

While wandering through a department store a few weeks ago, I looked in one of their omnipresent mirrors and noticed that the eyeshadow I’d put on this morning… had been misplaced.
Always a joy.
So I headed for their non-existent eye shadow primer section, where I was determined to find something that would make my eyes as [...]

Posted on June 12th, 2008 under $50 and under, Here's What I Think..., On Assignment!, The Bathroom Drawer. Tags: base primer review, eye primer, eye shadow, review, too faced, too faced second base. Comments: None

“Training Wheels” is a column that introduces new fashion/beauty addicts to classic must-have items from various locations, featuring one merchant per post.

If you’re not familiar with Lush Cosmetics, I strongly suggest you climb out of the rock you’ve been living under, put a ski mask on your clearly mistreated skin, and find the nearest store [...]

Posted on May 7th, 2008 under Reporting For Duty, The Bathroom Drawer. Tags: beauty, bubble bath, cosmetics, dusting powder, handmade soap, hygiene, lush, shampoo. Comments: 9

It seems like you can “fake” almost anything in life, if you try hard enough. Almost. You definitely can’t fake personality, integrity, or… well, lots of other very important things.
But as far as aesthetics go, you can almost always find some sort of formula, trick, or voodoo spell that will give you a leg [...]

Posted on April 27th, 2008 under $50 and under, My Secret Weapons, The Bathroom Drawer. Tags: brightening wand, burts bees, duwop, fuller lips, highlighting pencil, highlighting wand, lip plumpers, lip venom, lips, plump lips, shimmery lipstick, tarte. Comments: None

Don’t forget to enter the Mapel Giveaway for the Bella A Go-Go Travel Set including:
Bella’s Whipped Body Creme
Bath and Shower Gel
Soy Protein Shampoo
Conditioner
Lip gloss
Contest ends WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 @ 11:59pm!
Remember, it’s easy to enter! Just send an e-mail to miss.elle@brokeandbeautiful.com and tell me what your favorite product on the Mapel Website is!
I picked a favorite [...]

Posted on April 21st, 2008 under Designer on the Cheap, News for the People!, The Bathroom Drawer. Tags: beauty giveaway, contest, fashion, fashion giveaway, free beauty, free fashion, free makeup, makeup giveaway, mapel, mapel giveaway. Comments: None

Continuing on from What A Doll! #1, the makeup lesson, I figured we ought to have some adorable and irresistibly feminine frocks to pair with our new wide eyes and soft lips.
The key to embodying the “doll” look is keeping it sweet, girly, and minutely sexy. Babydoll dresses are usually draped over the knockers of [...]

Posted on April 21st, 2008 under $100 and under, Experimental Style, Fashion-ification, Fresh Off the Rack, The Bathroom Drawer. Tags: babydoll dresses, designer discount, doll, doll dresses, human doll, oxford pumps, platform pumps, smoky eye, steve madden. Comments: 3

There’s a delicious trio in the high fashion modeling world who have been tagged as “The Dollface Girls.” This troop includes Lily Cole, Gemma Ward, and Heather Marks. All three just gorgeous. And definitely doll-like.

While I can honestly recognize that… without severe and awful amounts of plastic surgery, I’ll never have a naturally button-shaped mouth, [...]

Posted on April 17th, 2008 under $50 and under, Bargain off the Runway, Experimental Style, She's an Icon, Ladies, The Bathroom Drawer. Tags: big eyes, dollface, gemma ward, girls with doll faces, heather marks, lily cole. Comments: 1

It’s true, it’s true!
Starting today, you have the opportunity to win a Bella A Go-Go Travel Set from Staci and Jenelle, the wonderful owners of designer boutique, Mapel!
You may be asking yourself “What the hell is a Bella A Go-Go Travel Set?”
Fear not, dear reader, for your answer is simple and exciting!
If you win the [...]

Posted on April 14th, 2008 under Bargain off the Runway, News for the People!, The Bathroom Drawer. Tags: designer giveaway, free beauty, free makeup, makeup giveaway, mapel, mapel contest, mapel giveaway, shop mapel. Comments: None

Nothing feels better than looking loaded and being broke…

Noelle Citybag from Esprit
$79.50 $34.99
LOVE the bag. How can you not? It’s big, it’s chic, it’s perfect!

I need it! It’s got straps and buckles and shiny metal and it’s black and, and, and…
AND IT COMES IN BROWN, TOO!
xoxo.
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Posted on April 3rd, 2008 under $50 and under, The Bathroom Drawer. Tags: city bag, discount esprit, discount handbags, esprit bag, handbags, noelle citybag. Comments: None

I’ve always been a girl who loves her nude lip color. That gives me a good excuse to make my eyes dramatic, keep my teeth looking their normal color (not green, or blue, or whatever), and just throw it on without worrying if it matches or not. But recently, I was given a lip [...]

Posted on March 31st, 2008 under Experimental Style, Here's What I Think..., The Bathroom Drawer. Tags: cosmetics, cosmetics review, discount cosmetics, discount lipsticks, discount makeup, lips, lipstick, lipstick review, makeup, makeup review, mauve, mauve lipstick. Comments: None