Keep Your Sexy Cool at the 10th Art and Soul Festival in Oakland
Are you going to the Art & Soul Festival this weekend in Oakland? I think almost everyone I know is checking it out one day or another. And why not, look at the lineup: WHO: CAKE, MC Hammer, Tony! Toni!…
Inside Job: Top 5 Eyeliners for Your Inner Rim
I can't help it. I love to line the inner rim of my eyes when I want to look extra. Yup, I said extra and left it hanging. That's my new expression, "You're looking all extra." That's a compliment… Anyway,…
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Blinging Beauty Best in Beauty 2010 — Foundation
InStyle has it. CEW has it. Self has it. Now Blinging Beauty has it. My very own hand-picked list of winners — the Best of Blinging Beauty 2010. A list of the best of the best of products that I…
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Budget Beauty Tuesday: Spring Trend 2010 — Teal Eyeliner
It's spring, and time to lose the heavy dark eyeliner. Lighten up and brighten up. With the floral trend in fashion, it's easy to choose a pretty eyeliner color to compliment not only your wardrobe, but your eye color. I…
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Budget Beauty Tuesday: Get Beyonce’s Cat Eye, Red Lip Look for Less
Chameleon Beyonce’ has changed her look yet once again. I love it. I live vicariously though this young woman. The exaggerated cat eye and red lip look Beyonce’ sported at the ceremonial groundbreaking for Barclays Center at Atlantic Yards on…
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Monday Means Makeup: Cougar Makeup in 5 Steps
Not so long ago one of my BFF’s told me I should write a piece about makeup for “cougars.” I thought she was being funny, but she was dead serious. She (like me) prefers her “fellas” a tad younger than…
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Pretty Party Makeup How-to
I did a great post on Mahogany Butterfly about Pretty Party Makeup, so I think I’m going to let that do the talking for me today. Here is an excerpt: No doubt you brought the year in with a bang,…
Budget Beauty Tuesday: Product Review — L’Oréal Telescopic Explosion Mascara
I love mascara. I should be a little more specific — I have a love affair with L’Oréal Voluminous mascara. I mean I’m more than slightly obsessed. I’m have to hold myself back from having that over-done Tyra Banks look.…
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Fierce Fridays — The Eyes Have it
An old adage says that the eyes are the windows to the soul. That very well may be the case when you are engaged in a heart-to-heart, but when you are in the market for some instant attention — major…
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month — Shop Pink and Support Research
So many cosmetic companies are now on board with exclusive products for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, that I feel no guilt when I buy a cute little lipgloss or compact or body wash whose proceeds benefit Breast Cancer Research. …
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Matte is Back! 5 Steps to a Fresh Matte Face
MAC Studio Fix When MAC Studio Fix hit the market in the ’80’s, I nearly lost my mind. No pores, no imperfections– as a matter of fact, no skin was even showing. I loved that perfectly finished face. I emulated…
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Fall 2009 Makeup Trend Dark Lips — Do’s and Dont’s
I love, love, love fall makeup and fashion. Unfortunately, the best of fall is previewed 6 months early in February of each year. Who is ready to buy for fall when summer is right around the corner? I do get excited when I see…
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Best Black Budget Eyeliners — Eyeliner 5 Ways
Let’s face it, no matter what the trend du jour may be, every self-respecting woman has at least one, if not more, black eyeliners in her arsenal of eye paint. And we all know that the smokey eye, smoldering eye,…
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