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Quick Review: MAC Illegal Purple Nail Lacquer

Posted in Nails, tagged , , , , , on August 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I picked up a bottle of MAC’s Illegal Purple Nail Lacquer ($11) from their new Cult of Cherry collection. The color in the bottle looks very dark, almost black. The MAC Web site describes the color as “creamy blackened eggplant.” There is no shimmer or glitter in the polish. So this morning, I did a [...]

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MAC for Ungaro? Yawn.

Posted in Beauty News, Make-Up, tagged , , , , on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

M.A.C. is known for their bold but chic makeup. Their pigments are highly sought-after by makeup fiends to create daring, interesting eyes. So, M.A.C.’s new collaboration with Estaban Cortazar of Emanuel Ungaro—at least from the initial product photos—leaves us cold. Yes, the colors are pretty…but tame. Might we even say bland? Delicate pinks, lilacs, blushing [...]

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Sephora by OPI

Posted in Nails, tagged , , , , on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I love OPI nail colors, but I don’t love that when I find a color I like, they discontinue it (e.g. At Your Quebec & Call and Glacier Bay Blues from their Canadian collection.) So, I probably shouldn’t get too attached to any of the new colors in the Sephora by OPI collection, exclusive to [...]

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Beauty for Dummies

Posted in Make-Up, tagged , , , , on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Makeup palettes and kits really take the guessing out of coordinating color for your face. Sometimes we like to experiment (and sometimes those experiments leave us looking like rejects from a MAC photo shoot), but sometimes we like someone to just spell it out for us. Neiman Marcus, for instance, is ready to hand you [...]

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