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  • #MakeupMonday – In Praise of Minis

    Tarte Cosmetics Ring It In Mini Cheekstain Set

    Not all product transfers to new packaging well, or sometimes the product packaging is cute and you don’t want to take it out. Minis give you the best of all worlds: Product Integrity, Convenience and Cute… (may contain affiliate links) As an artist and as a woman I am a minimalist… When it comes to […]

  • #MakeupMonday – The Basics: Cheek Color

    Yves St. Laurent Beauty Blush Radiance

    When cheek color is done wrong, yes it can be a bit scary. But when it’s done right it’s OH SO right. Here are The Basics of cheek color… (may contain affiliate links) Needless to say, all of the products I’ve mentioned thus far in this “The Basics” series are my completely subjective recommendations. I […]

  • #MakeupMonday – The Basics: Face Powders

    T. LeClerc Face Poudre in Banane

    Next in our continuing series “The Basics” is Face Powder. In my opinion, Face Powder is an essential makeup item, full stop… (may contain affiliate links) I have a confession: I LOVE face powder. Love Love Lovey Love Love. It softens colors, smooths the complexion, helps blending, erases mistakes, sets the makeup, on and on. […]

  • #MakeupMonday: The Rise of the Beauty Box

    Beauty Box subscription services rise and fall quickly. In the time since this was written I could have covered at least 50 other beauty boxes, seriously. We’ll do an update on this soon but for now most of these Beauty Box services are gone but BirchBox and GlossyBox reign on… Back in when I was […]

  • Youngblood Cosmetics Endless Beauty Event

    Youngblood Cosmetics Artiste Palettes, makeup to go, makeup to go blog, Tania D. Russell, makeup artist Los Angeles, makeup artist educator, makeup artist San Francisco, makeup lessons, pro makeup kit

    Think of all the education and shopping of your favorite trade show, all focused on just one brand…That’s what Youngblood Cosmetics Endless Beauty Event was all about… At a recent trade show, I stopped by the Youngblood Cosmetics booth with no intention to purchase anything and I walked away with 2 artist palettes. This has […]