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Continue reading →: Blog’s 1st Birthday! 🎂It’s The Makeup Pen’s first birthday! I made my first post on March 2, 2025. Doesn’t seem like a whole year has passed already. I linked the first post below you want to read it. Battle of the Blushes: Nars Orgasm vs Wet n Wild Pearlescent Pink 🥳🎉🎊 If youre…
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Continue reading →: e.l.f. Monochromatic Multi-stick Blush Review*E.l.f Monochromatic Multi-stick blushes are $6 on the e.lf. website. The product is a twist up cream to powder stick that comes in 7 colors. They are: Product Claims Pros Cons Used as a Lip Product I think they function best as lip products. And even then the are a…
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Continue reading →: Makeup Organization: From Color Sorting to Logical Product StorageA few days ago I decided to reorganize my makeup. I got an 11 x 8.5 storage container last year and used it to organize only what I’d wear for everyday. I took everything else that looked odd and put them into my older drawer set. I had a section…
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Continue reading →: e.l.f. Camo Blush Pinky Promise Review*
E.l.f Camo Liquid Blush line has been out for a while now. The blush costs $8 and comes in 13 shades. The shades are: Peach Perfect,Dusty Rose, Suave Mauve, Coral Crush, Comin in Hot Pink, Gorg Orange, Berry Well, Bronze Bombshell, Pinky Promise, Copper Etiquette, Cheeky Lychee, and Bold- Faced…
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Continue reading →: How to Build Your Makeup Collection on a Budget
The post emphasizes that expensive makeup isn’t necessary for building a collection, as many affordable products are equally effective. It suggests starting with versatile items for daily use, such as foundation, concealer, mascara, and lip products from drugstore brands like Maybelline and Wet n Wild. Quality can be found in…
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Continue reading →: Essential Tips for Growing Long Black HairThe post discusses the intricacies of maintaining black hair health and fostering its growth. The author emphasizes that black hair can grow long, with breakage often obscuring this potential due to improper care habits. Key tips include moisturizing, gentle detangling with a wide-tooth comb, and trimming ends based on their…
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Continue reading →: BPure Pore Cleanser Review*
I saw this pore cleanser on a dollar store clearance isle. It was only $6 and I’d never tried a pore cleaner like this before so I decided I would try it out because why not? And when I checked out the cashier commented that it worked great. Then…. It…
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Continue reading →: Recent Beauty Reads: Vol 1I don’t read beauty articles as much as I used to since a lot of them have gone out of print. More recently I’ve been re-visiting beauty publications to see what articles are being published now. Here are a few articles I’ve read in the past week that stood out…
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Continue reading →: Saturday Self Care: New Year Insight and InspirationNew Year’s resolutions some times seem like all or nothing commitments that you make at the beginning of the year. And then halfway through you fall off. ….of all of them…. I think new year goals should be things to aim for. They are not something I hold myself to.…
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Continue reading →: Do You Read Makeup Packaging?I have always read the back of cosmetics packaging. I guess before I ever thought of writing about makeup I was already testing claims. The only part I never read is ingredient lists. BoRinG!!!! I’d just follow any directions included to test the performance of the product if I used…
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I’m Amber and I am a long time makeup enthusiast. Here I write about my favorite products, reviews, tips, and fun posts centered around random beauty ideas or lifestyle reflections.
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