The Other Beauty Conversation
Nudes for every skin tone at a drugstore price? Thanks, Maybelline. The creamy formula is where a rich lip balm meets a buildable lipstick. With a shade collection of 10 options, Maybelline’s new Inti-Matte collection shows that they have figured out how to match top trends with affordability. No shade to our favorite intense liquid…
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You know how you always see those random lipstick colors that look striking in their packaging but you’d never even think of trying? That’s how I felt about this OCC shade called Sebastian. I saw it in Urban Outfitters and tipsily bought it, because two champagne flutes and a random spring day in New York…
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Remember the NYX Cosmetics Wicked Lippies? They were a thing in 2014 and I fell head over heels for them. Lip colors so bold, so bright that most people wouldn’t dare to try them. Especially darker girls like me. But, alas, times are a changing. We’re not afraid of bold makeup, as we shouldn’t be (and shouldn’t…
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It’s the reason I couldn’t wait to get home and open up my Lust 004. That damn red glitter lip the girl in the Lust 004 video wears, shown at the Sephora stores. It’s so simple, and yet so not simple. Like, who do you know that will actually rock a whole bunch of glitter…
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From afar, this lip look may not seem as dimensional as it is. But lucky on-lookers up-close would be able to see that I created my own playful pucker with the Pat McGrath Lust 004 Blood 2 lipstick and a mixture of the gold and red glitter pigments. Easy as 1-2-3. After applying the lip…
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I’ve been craving a liquid, metallic gold lip for the fall and winter. Created from the Bloodwine Lust 004 collection by Pat McGrath, this gooey metallic gold lipgloss isn’t as scary to re-create as it may seem. A two-step process is all it took. Using the gloss from the lipstick kit and mixing in the…
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