Category: makeup
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Play It Up: Your Polygenic Phenotypic Character
Aug 19.11 / Jennifer Nicole
After my stylist finished coloring my hair, I turned and looked at her, my face tilted upward toward the bright lights above. “Your eyes are green! When you came in here, they were brown. I changed your eye color. I am a genius!” Until recently, my dark hair and olive skin played down my hazel [...]
Adventures in Lipstick: Bold, Bright, Barbie Pink
Jun 08.11 / Lindsay
Last week, I finally got to try the Borghese B Moisture Advanced Care Lipcolors that Lindsay and I were sent for review. (Lindsay’s review of the Carnivale Red lipcolor can be found here.) I grabbed orange first, then purple, and finally the color I was most nervous about: a bright, wild pink. It’s called Primale [...]
Spare No Expense
Jan 17.11 / Jennifer Nicole
You’re lying in a luxurious bed, with a thick comforter tucked beneath your neck while your feet slip on sheets with a higher thread count than your entire wardrobe combined. Breakfast is delivered to your door, and the only thing on your schedule is relax. Feel good. Enjoy. If I could plan an all-expense single-day [...]
Smashed with Christmas Guilt
Dec 23.10 / Jennifer Nicole
So here I am, minding my own business, thinking that I should buy a new mascara because mine is running out, but I don’t really have the money and what is this email in my inbox? From: BeautyTicket.com Subject: Extra 20% off all Smashbox inventory! Body: Take an extra 20% off Smashbox: use code SMASH20. [...]
Free^3: Facebook Giveaway
Oct 18.10 / Lindsay
To commemorate the official merger of the three most awesome websites on the internet – Awakened Aesthetic, The Demoiselles, and Broke & Beautiful – we (Lindsay and Jen) are holding three giveaways! Broke and Beautiful will be giving away a beauty gift bag, with products from Clinique, Smashbox and Stila! Stila “Blanc & Noire” Palette [...]
My Very Own Epic Eyeliner Review (And Success)
Aug 26.10 / Jennifer Nicole
It’s Jen! Lindsay’s bestie, co-Demoiselle, and author of the socially-conscious fashion blog, Awakened Aesthetic. You might have noticed that our blogs are getting cuddly – I’ll remove this text after we get to know each other! As I read Lindsay’s Multi Eyeliner Review Saga, I was overcome with a sudden urge. I needed new eyeliner. [...]
Some Strange Multi Eyeliner Review Saga
Aug 20.10 / Lindsay
A while ago, I bought a “kit” by Bourjois Paris from BeautyTicket. Within this magical kit was a beautiful violet wet/dry shadow, a lavender creme eyeshadow, cute and tiny mascara, and the most epic, amazing liquid eyeliner I have ever used – Bourjois Paris Liner Princeau in Prune. I have a strong tendency to become [...]
BeautyTicket.com
Jun 08.09 / Lindsay
Recently, I was introduced to an online shop called Beauty Ticket. Among the masses of Sephoras, Ultas, and a bajillion of independent resellers, I wasn’t really too excited to check it out. I get plenty of spam emails claiming they have “high end labels” at “rock bottom prices!” and all that crappy, cheesy stuff… So [...]
Purrrrrr… Cat Eyes for Fall!
Oct 14.08 / Lindsay
Broke & Beautiful’s very first guest blogger is makeup artist and fashion addict, Erin Bush of Passion for Pretty! She’s here to fill us all in on the hottest cosmetic trends of the season. Do you think Amy Winehouse when they hear “cat-eye”? (eeeek!) There really is a fine line between Amy Winehouse and being [...]
From An Expert: Solid Gold
Oct 06.08 / Lindsay
Broke & Beautiful’s very first guest blogger is makeup artist and fashion addict, Erin Bush of Passion for Pretty! She’s here to fill us all in on the hottest cosmetic trends of the season. Fall’s most precious metal isn’t found in a H. Stern cuff (even though I am borderline obsessed with the H. Stern [...]
