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Continue reading →: Top Winter Skin Tips: Why Aquaphor is Essential ❄️⛄
In the winter time it is cold season literally and well….literally 😂. I’m talking about the temperature and the sickness. It happens to us all. You blow your nose all day long for a whole week and the skin around your nose gets dry and cracked. I’ve got one word…
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Continue reading →: Saturday Self Care: What’s Your Favorite Routine for Doing Makeup?Putting on makeup can be a self care ritual all on its own. Not a rushed part of getting ready in the morning. But a time of going slow, sitting with yourself, and pampering yourself. I’ve never really had a “routine” for putting on makeup. But I’ve always had a…
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Continue reading →: Highlighting Features: The Key to Effortless Beauty
I watched Tracee Ellis Ross’ Vogue video about five years ago and I was inspired by her minimal makeup look. It looked effortlessly pulled together and I really like the bold classic red color. I did some research on Mac Ruby Woo. And all of the reviews said that it…
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Continue reading →: Recreate Meghan Markle’s Makeup: Tips, Products, and Alternatives 👑💄Meghan Markle makeup tutorial with affordable dupes, glowy skin products, bronze eyeliner, and natural pink lips.
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Continue reading →: How to Make Short Eyelashes Look Longer: 5 Easy TipsI have what I consider to be short eyelashes. Mascara does almost nothing for them. In my earlier days of wearing makeup I had a bit of an obsession with mascara. I watched a lot of mascara reviews and read lots of Makeup Alley reviews before I bought a mascara.…
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Continue reading →: Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Facial Cleanser *Review*
I’ve used Aveeno Daily Moisturizing cleanser for several years on and and off. And I’ve tried a few different cleansers throughout that time. And I can honestly say its one of the best. I had the original formula that I also mentioned here. And it was great. I like it…
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Continue reading →: My Fall Makeup Mood & Forecast🍂💄
I don’t usually follow seasons like I’ve mentioned in a previous post. And at this point we are pretty far into fall. But there is still another two months. Technically Winter begins on December 21. So I am not late. 😂 During the summer I wore peaches and corals which…
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Continue reading →: Swatch Files: Mac Plum vs Nyx MahoganyIt’s been a long while since I’ve done a color comparison. It’s time again for my next swatch file. I’ve opened up a brand new case. To me at least. This time I’ll be comparing two lip liners. Mac Plum & Nyx Mahogany A few years ago I discovered Mac…
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Continue reading →: Self Care Saturday: 3 Ways I’ve Changed My Skincare RoutineIt’s been a while since I’ve posted a Self Care Saturday post. But I’ve been redefining routines and my ideas of self care. I’ve been focused less on makeup lately and more on skin care. For about the past decade and a half, I did take care of my skin…
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Continue reading →: My Favorite Makeup
I wanted to create a running list of my favorite makeup that I’ll update as my favorites update. I usually stick to the same or similar colors over and over. I stay in the same color family and I stick to a combination of these same colors when I wear…
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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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