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New Food Subscription: Degustabox Unboxing & Overnight Oatmeal Recipe
We're back from Iceland! While it's sad that our holidays are over and it's now back to the daily grind, I'm actually glad to be home. It's just nice to have everything on hand for when you need it and...
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Not Quite Strobing: Marc Jacobs Glow Stick in 700 Spotlight Review
It seems that thanks to Influenster, this year will be all about discovering Marc Jacobs Beauty range for me - and I'm not mad at it. This time we've received a very trendy product to review: the Marc...
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2016 Skincare No Buy and Make-up Low Buy Update #2
Another three months have passed in a blink of an eye and it's time to update you on my beauty shopping freezes. I know many of you are trying to limit your cosmetics purchases as well, and ramblings...
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Project Pan That Palette 2016: Update #3
It's hard to believe, but I have now been using ONE eyeshadow palette for six months straight! That's half of the year gone wearing the same palette day in day out. I mean... Wow. But yes, another two...
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Project 13 Pan 2016: Halfway Update
Similarly to my progress on Project Pan That Palette, I'm quite happy with how my current Project Pan is going. I have worn make-up a lot more often the past two months (due to working and socializing...
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Summer Proof Mascara: Shiseido Full Lash Volume Review
Summer heat and humidity is already upon us here in New York, which creates the perfect conditions to test the wear of a make-up product. Having recently finished off my sample tubes of mascara, I dug...
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Beauty Empties: 2nd Quarter of 2016
The bag of beauty trash is overflowing again, so here we go! To be honest, when I do my empties posts quarterly, I get quite overwhelmed with the number of products and dread having to type them all up...
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No More Dry Skin: TATCHA Overnight Memory Serum Concentrate*
I mentioned in my Evening Skincare Routine post (here) that I've been using a new product from TATCHA's Luminous range for a while now - the Overnight Memory Serum Concentrate* ($110 for 50ml/ 1.7 fl....
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Summer in NYC: My Handbag Beauty Essentials
Most of my life, summer was always the season I looked forward to - I mean, what's not to love, summer holidays, sunshine, abundance of fruit, bright colors... But ever since we moved to New York City...
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Inexpensive Finds: Andalou Naturals Pumpkin Honey Glycolic Mask Review
Exfoliating masks are a staple in my skincare routine; I may skip the purifying clay ones, I may even go without a moisturizing one... but I just have to treat my face to some deeper chemical...
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My Nail Polish Collection and One Last Declutter
Uhm, well, at least I *think* it's the last declutter for a long while... I've been itching to further edit down my nail polish stash for weeks and thought it would be fun to share my purging process...
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Blueberry Stained Lips: Pacifica Devocean Natural Lipstick in Beach Goth*
Growing up, I always loved the summer season in my mom's kitchen, because it meant all kinds of delicious lunch pairings of pasta/ dumplings + fresh fruit: pierogi with blackberries, knedle with...
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Eyeshadow Dupes: Swatching Shimmery & Metallic Light Pinks, White Golds &...
As you may remember, I have been trying to use up my theBalm Nude' Tude eyeshadow palette as part of a Project Pan That Palette since January of this year (see my latest update here). However, that...
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Double Cleansing with Rose Petals: Nuxe Micellar Water* & Cleansing Milk* Review
I have finally, FINALLY worked my way through that giant bottle of Shu Uemura Anti/Oxi Cleansing Oil (featured here and here), and as luck would have it, the tube of NUDE Omega Cleansing Jelly...
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August arrived in a blink of an eye and it made me realize that I haven't bought any beauty products for over four months now besides essentials like body wash and a replacement face mask. No other...
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A Highlighter for Highlighter Haters: ILIA Beauty Illuminator in Polka Dots &...
Do you remember my rave review of ILIA's Multi-Stick in A Fine Romance (here)? It was one of the only two cheek products I took with me on our Icelandic getaway and I literally COULD NOT put it down...
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For the Foodie: August Degustabox* and Homemade Pizza
Time for another Degustabox* unboxing, folks! Honestly, Degustaboxes (together with local produce farmshare boxes) give me a much bigger thrill than beauty subscription boxes ever did in the past -...
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Sunsets & Berries: Pacifica Power of Love Eye Shadow Palette* Review
Thanks to my Pan That Palette challenge this year, I have not worn or bought an eye palette other than my theBalm Nude' Tude for the past seven months and some change. A lot of you commented how you...
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Skin and Body in Pregnancy: My Experience & Products I Use
Excitement levels are running high - I only have six weeks left until my due date! How crazy is that? But before our baby boy arrives, I wanted to write one last pregnancy-related post about my...
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Masking with Yogurt and Strawberries: Laneige Multiberry Yogurt Repairing...
For whatever reason, I've been much more into moisturizing masks than my past favorite clays this year, even now in our stifling hot and humid summer weather. There's just something SO nice about...
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