Smashbox Full Exposure Palette: Swatches and Review!

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I don't think I've ever bought a product with as mixed reviews as the Smashbox Full Exposure Palette. Seriously. Google this baby and you'll get a ton of people who swear by it and just as many who absolutely hate it. This past week, I had a birthday to celebrate and a paycheck to spend, so I stepped into a Sephora and decided to take one for the team and try this out.

Top Spring Lip Products: Drugstore!

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I don't know about y'all, but Texas has been having some pretty ugly weather lately. I swear last week felt like spring and then it snowed and hailed and now we're in some sort of foggy nastiness. With that in mind, I decided to do a post on my favorite spring lip colors! What better way to cheer up than with cheerful lip colors? I was originally going to make this a drugstore edition (it still kind of is), but I decided to throw in MAC's new Viva Glam Rihanna lipstick because it benefits charity!

Project Pan Update: 1 1/2 Months!

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So here we are. It's almost two months since I started my Project Pan/No-Buy, and it hasn't been easy. I did finish some full sized products and some samples, and I took advantage of the opportunity to get rid of products that just weren't working for me.

Review and Swatches: MAC Viva Glam Rihanna Lipstick and Lipglass!

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Oh dear. It's happened. MAC has released the new Viva Glam lipstick and lipglass for 2014, and the face of Viva Glam this year is Rihanna! Given the success of all the Rihanna-centered collections over the last few months, it really comes as no surprise that they chose her to represent Viva Glam. Honestly, it seems like a very smart and charitable decision. People buy Rihanna stuff so readily, and this is a cause that really serves a purpose.

100% of the sales price of these products ($15 USD for the lipstick, $16 USD for the lipglass) goes to the MAC AIDS fund, which helps adults and children living with HIV and AIDS. Straight from MAC's website, here's what one Viva Glam product can do:

• Provide more than two weeks' worth of nutritious food to a person living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County
• Feed one resident three homemade meals and snacks for one week; provide one resident with a clean, safe place to sleep for two nights.
• Serve two home-delivered meals or two meals at a dining center.
• Provide one bag of food (equaling nine meals) from a food pantry.
• Purchase one month's worth of supplemental food for a low-income person living with HIV/AIDS in Portland, Oregon.
• Provide at least 45 minutes of lifesaving HIV prevention skills, building training to groups of 20-75 women and girls.
• Provide 80 pounds of nutritious food to be distributed through a food pantry program
• Provide a six-month supply of Omega 3 fish oil to help decrease inflammation caused by the immune system's battle against the HIV virus.
• Fund one day's housing with supportive services for a homeless person
• Provide five hours of G.E.D. preparation for an individual person.

The list goes on and on and on :) I love this program, because MAC is honestly passionate about giving as much as possible to those who need it the most. If you'd like to learn more about the MAC AIDS Fund, you can visit their website.

Lip Swatches :) Revlon Colorburst Matte Balms in Mischievous and Shameless

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Today I wanted to show you two of the new(ish) Revlon Colorburst Matte Balms. I have Shameless, which is a deep matte purple and Mischievous, a light, orange creamsicle color. For the most part, both of these are pigmented and smooth to apply; they have a peppermint scent and are lightly moisturizing.

Review and Swatches: Butter London Colour Wink Mascara in Indigo Ink!

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Today I'm reviewing the Butter London Colour Wink Mascara in Indigo Ink. It's no secret that good, pigmented colored mascaras are hard to find, so I wasn't expecting much out of this one. Much to my surprise (and Landon's Dismay, I'll explain later), all of the mascaras in this range were pigmented and smooth, even on dark hair!

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade in Dark Brown: Swatches and Demo!

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I know. It's happened. If you go on Instagram and follow any makeup artists at all, you will have seen this baby enough times to make you wanna throw your phone into the ocean. Anastasia Beverly Hills (the unofficial queen of brows in the makeup world) released a new brow product. 

You don't just ignore this stuff.

The new Dipbrow Pomade comes in five different shades: Blonde, Auburn, Chocolate, Dark Brown, and Ebony. I picked the shade Dark Brown because although it is nearly identical to Chocolate, it is cooler in tone and matched my hair and brows better.