Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics (OCC) is one of my favorite brands. Recently I picked up another nail polish of theirs to add to my collection. I love how opaque their polishes are, and the color “Wasabi” is no exception. OCC Wasabi front in the box OCC Wasabi back in box/Ingredients OCC Wasabi OCC describes this polish as … Continue reading
Back at The Makeup Show LA, I received a sample of Skindinavia’s Original Setting Spray. I took it with me to Florida (and a lot of you have heard this story already) and tested it out for a wedding and in the humidity of the Sunshine State. Holy cow! I couldn’t believe how well it … Continue reading
Last month at the IMATS, Urban Decay was giving out samples of their new unreleased foundation – Naked Skin. So I was swatched and decided to go with shade 1.0 Urban Decay booth @ IMATS LA 2012 My sample The sample was supposed to last me 2 weeks. Well, I still have a ton left! … Continue reading
Ever since the IMATS a few weeks ago, I have been hearing some great things about the OCC Concealer. Fellow artist and Blogger, Sheila Northcutt, picked up some and I was going to wait and have her test them out on me before I bought them….but I couldn’t wait! So off to Nigel’s I went. … Continue reading
The Nordstrom Rack here in Burbank has been stocking some Urban Decay products recently at an amazing discount (since these are limited edition sets that are not being sold now). I realized that a lot of the products are still being sold, just not in these sets. I had one 24/7 pencil liner from UD … Continue reading
I love Urban Decay’s original Primer Potion, and when I saw a chance to pick up Greed on sale, I jumped at the opportunity. They are selling them at some Nordstrom’s Off the Rack because they are the old tubes. Perfect time to test it out! This is the old packaging, but it does have … Continue reading
Over the weekend I picked up Urban Decay 24/7 Shadow Pencil Stash. I love a lot of their products, and I was interested in playing with these. I didn’t see it on the Urban Decay’s website any more, but these colors (except for Juju) is available separately for $20 each. Here’s how the set came. Swatches … Continue reading
When I was a young girl, learning the ways of womanhood, my mom bought me Cetaphil for my face cleanser. It was great, but I strayed and fell for the flashy commercials target at teens for various other face cleaners. Black head busting, super exfoliating, morning wakeup call cleaners. Which are all good, but I … Continue reading
OCC lip tars have been around for a few years and they have had a few “nude”/natural colors. But I have found that they are mostly for mixing with other colors to lighten up something that I already had. While at The Makeup Show, we were told by David (the creator of OCC) that they … Continue reading
Earlier this week, Slice sent me a pair of their Slanted Soft-Touch Tweezers designed by Michael Graves. Here is the description according to their website: “What do you get when you combine the design skills of famed architect Michael Graves, two years of testing and development, and collaboration with top beauty professionals, stylists and estheticians? The … Continue reading
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