From the Enchanted Garden: Rouge Bunny Rouge Eye Shadow Palette in Chronos
Oh, Rouge Bunny Rouge Raw Garden Eye Shadow Palette in Chronos ($59 for 0.355 oz/10 g, available on beautyhabit.com in the US), you're a thing of beauty. I included a little teaser about this Limited...
View Article'Stay sane inside insanity...' Rocky Horror Picture Show Collaboration
'I said hey listen to me. Stay sane inside insanity, but he locked the door and threw away the key.' - Columbia, Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)Happy Halloween, my dears!!! I hope you're having fun...
View ArticleChecked Off My Wishlist: Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette
There's been a profusion of palette posts on here lately; what can I say, one thing I love about the Holiday Limited Edition make-up are the fantastic value for money sets and palettes. Now, I usually...
View ArticleSurratt Artistique Brush Launch and Medium Smokey Eye Brush Review
Fellow beauty bloggers, do you know these posts where you want to publish just the photos and let them speak for themselves? Yeah, it's one of those - but on the other hand, it's make-up brushes, and I...
View ArticleEczema on Hands and Fingers: Triggers, Tips & Treatments
Eczema - if you know what this word entails, and I mean really know on a deep personal level, I feel you. Eczema is a bitch, there's no other way around it. You may remember that in my Fall Nail Polish...
View ArticleMatte Impact: NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Monte Carlo
I realize this blog has been gradually creeping into the high-end territory for the past couple years; you guys may not remember but things were pretty low key on here in the beginning. I think the...
View ArticleShare The Love: Recent Favorite YouTubers
After posting my huge rant about gurus and YouTube beauty community, I've decided to take a page from my own book and start looking for new, more genuine channels to watch in my spare time. In the...
View ArticlePerfect Inner Corner Brightener: Surratt Eyeshadow in Scintillante
The Surratt Artistique Brush Collection launch I attented a couple weeks back was in fact my first time seeing (and swatching!) the range in person. I was immediately drawn to the beautiful shimmery...
View ArticleNovember 2014 in Perfume: Roses, Orientals & Rose Orientals
I don't review perfumes all that often, mostly because I don't consider myself a connaisseur in any way, shape or form, and I'm always a bit worried about 'getting things right'. But talking about...
View ArticleThe Make-up Addict Tag
This is a very vague tag name for a beauty blog, don't you think? I would probably rename it somewhere along the lines of 'A Nosy into My Make-up Collection and Storage'. I always think that ONE DAY I...
View ArticleFinal Make-up & Skincare Declutter of 2014
I've wanted to squeeze in this final purge of my make-up and skincare stash while it's still November; there's an epic empties post and the last update on my Project Make A Dent awaiting before the...
View ArticleHoliday Treat to Myself: Guerlain Rouge G Lipstick in Georgia
Happy December! Since it's the first today, I thought it'd be alright to mention the dreaded 'H' word now; are you guys already feeling festive? Me, not so much - December kinda snuck up on me this...
View ArticleGreen Beauty: Andalou Naturals Probiotic + C Cream and Lemon Sugar Scrub
I wasn't really planning to give these two a separate review, but my skin's been doing so well and I've been liking them so much that I just had to put my two new skincare loves in the spotlight: the...
View ArticleJewel Tones and Metallics: Holiday Glamour Make-up Look
Since I always complain how boring my everyday looks are, why not have some fun at least for the Holidays? I haven't done a true smokey eyes in so long that I thought it fitting to return to this true...
View ArticleOn My Skincare Shelf: Current Routine and Favorites
Our tiny Manhattan bathroom has minimal storage, so we make as much use as we can out of our medicine cabinet, also known as Monika's Secret Skincare Stash (our family was beyond surprised to learn...
View ArticleCute Christmas Gift Idea: Korean Planners and Minted Custom Wall Art
I realize it's probably too late for most people to speak of any gift ideas, but these were just too cute not to share with you - and it's something a little different than beauty! So, even if these...
View ArticleFake Tanning for the Bahamas with Cocoa Brown
Wait, what?! Tanning, Bahamas - what is all this nonsense about, and in the middle of December to boot, I hear you ask? Well, I kind of hinted here and there that we were going on a short tropical...
View ArticleAlternative to UD Naked Basics: My DIY Matte Eyeshadow Palette
Oh, the inner turmoil and third-guessing yourself when deciding whether to pull a trigger on another neutral eyeshadow palette... Remember my hesitation over the Urban Decay Naked Basics 2 palette? In...
View ArticleFor Fellow Bookworms: My Favorite Books of 2014
I often casually mention here and there what a huge bookworm I am, but I'm quite non-commital when it comes to actually sharing what I've been reading, maybe except for some few and far between library...
View ArticleLast Empties of 2014 and Capsule Collection Update
Prepare yourself for a long, looong post chock-full of my empty beauty products from the fourth quarter of 2014! I'll also update you on my progress in editing my skinare and make-up collection towards...
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