Tag Archive: beauty

Best Drugstore Beauty Buys
Posted November 9, 2015 | Filed in FASHION & BEAUTY, hair, skin |
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The sad, cold, hard truth is that I spend more money on make-up, beauty and skincare products than I do on food. (The fact that Sephora is currently having a 20% off everything sale for VIB Rouge members did not help my bank account this month.) I'm trying not to go balls-to-the-wall with spending, and besides, every girl loves a good steal. Here is where I save by making purchases that are just as great as their "fancy" counterparts, but cost a fraction of the price at the drugstore...View Article

Skincare Like A Geisha
Posted October 20, 2015 | Filed in FASHION & BEAUTY, skin |
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When the kind people over at Tatcha reached out to collaborate, they had me at "geisha" skincare routine - my skin is naturally the shade geishas paint their face to achieve, so it felt like kismet. (In fact, just this morning, my husband posted a photo of an albino baby deer to Facebook, calling it my spirit animal. Thanks again, Tony, nothing makes a girl feel beautiful quite like being compared to an animal!) The product line is inspired by the beauty practices of geishas and the company looks to a 200-year-old handbook detailing their routine to guide their product design, while also incorporating modern technology. Red algae, green tea and rice bran appear in nearly all of their products. The creator and CEO of the line calls it "sushi minus the fish." FOR YOUR FACE. I love sushi almost as much as my dog-children, so I am very into this...View Article

Vogue’s Best Spring Lipsticks
Posted July 8, 2015 | Filed in FASHION & BEAUTY, make-up |
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Guys, I am fully aware that it is no longer spring and is, in fact, past the 4th of July and deep into summer. Like, 3 1/2 weeks away from our wedding into summer. Right now, juggling the final details of planning (like how to procure affordable AND natural-looking hair extensions, and figuring out where we can "borrow" WiFi for the photo booth) are at the top of my priority list. Me taking a shower and changing out of sweatpants is at the top of Tony's priority list. Recently(ish), I saw Vogue's piece on the best lipsticks for spring and decided to try them out myself. Then, I totally forgot to share the pictures until I ran out of storage on my phone because it's clogged with selfies of me in my wedding dress, and discovered these photos. I need to get my shit together. But, I'm of the mindset that lipsticks shouldn't be "seasonal" because they're really expensive and my frugal grandfather taught me to clean my plate, and I'm applying that mentality to make up and plan to use them until they're gone, not until the weather changes. So, here is how Vogue's picks stack up for me...View Article

lovable links
Posted July 1, 2015 | Filed in click crack, SERIES |
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We are getting married exactly ONE MONTH FROM TODAY. Today I had my wedding beauty trial AND my second dress fitting AND went to Tony's tuxedo fitting... My life has officially been taken over by the wedding. When I'm not scouring the internet for gold house numbers for a little DIY project I (Tony) will be attacking or pondering Xanax, here are a few articles I've been distracting myself with as of late. HAPPY HUMP DAY!View Article

sample size to beauty buys: pale pink lipstick
Posted June 10, 2015 | Filed in FASHION & BEAUTY, make-up, sample size to beauty buys |
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I'm a total beauty product junkie, and my favorite part about receiving a package from Sephora in the mail isn't the product I actually ordered... It's the samples. Maybe it's my Grandpa Gil's genes (he used to sneak butter dishes out of restaurants to use them for cat food), but nothing gives me a rush like snagging something awesome for free. And beauty products are so expensive these days; I feel like such a chump when I buy something I read was amazing, and it's a let down. Plus, once I find something I like, I stick to it (like that pink dress I wore every day for a year when I was a kid). So, samples are a commitment-free way to test drive something new. And this lipstick, which I discovered through a sample, is my new go-to...View Article

Beauty Tutorial: DIY Skincare Treatments
Posted April 21, 2015 | Filed in FASHION & BEAUTY, skin |
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My sweet friend Kelsey Farese graciously invited me to be a guest on her latest YouTube series, Creator's Corner, where she interviews fun people while doing fun activities. I got to be said "fun people," and our fun activity was trying out bizarre DIY skincare treatments to see if they actually work... We shot it Sunday and someone asked me today if I'm a USC student, so OBVIOUSLY they did work!!!! (Sidenote: I lied and said yes, I'm a freshman.) Check it out if you like weird, affordable (and edible) beauty treatments!View Article

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