Beauty Basics

  • #MakeupMonday – Summer Proof Makeup

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    Summer-proofing your makeup. How to get your makeup to stay put when them temperatures go up… (may contain affiliate links) Summer Proof Makeup For most of the country we are in “the dog days of summer” (I’ve never known exactly how that expression came to be before now). I say most of the country because […]

  • #MakeupMonday – Strobing – What It Is What it Ain’t

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    The Strobing makeup trend… spoiler alert – it’s just highlighting… (contains affiliate links) So strobing. Yet another “makeup trend” for folks to follow. And of course, as with any makeup trend, there are certain products that are “must haves” in order to achieve the look and then once you get one set of “must have” […]

  • #BizTalk – Taking Your Makeup Kit From Student to Pro

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    Right. You’ve finished makeup school. Time to develop a real makeup kit. Let’s take your kit from Student to Pro I was asked to make a post specifically about taking your makeup kit from student to Pro, and I wanted to be sure to do so before this weekend’s The Makeup Show trade show. This […]

  • #MakeupMonday – The Original Beauty Blender™ vs the Makeup Blending Sponge

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    It didn’t take long for the Original Beauty Blender to become the gold standard sponge, but as we know in makeup-world, “dupes” are never far behind. Here’s how some knock-offs other blender sponges compare… (NOT a sponsored post. May contain affiliate links) NOTE: This may sound like it, but this is NOT a placed post. […]

  • #MakeupMonday – Maybelline Master Kajal Eyeliner

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    The Maybelline Master Kajal Eyeliner is Not Particularly Good… Howdy folks. I’m using this Makeup Monday to introduce a new column to Makeup to Go; A Quick One. A Quick One reviews are going to be straght-forward reviews of just one product. I’ll still cover ingredients, performance, etc. but in a condensed and easier to […]