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A minor ramble and the Youtube MAC Depotting Video
Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Monday, October 30, 2006 8:56 PM (Eastern)
When did we stop wearing hats? I don't mean the kind designed specifically to keep your head warm. I mean "your hat," as in "putting on your hat"..."getting your hat and coat."
This quaint notion flitted through my mind today as I was putting on my lipstick to go out. By this I mean stepping outside the house. It's our last vestige of the hat thing.
Reminds me to dust off my hat. I do own one; it's a grey fedora.
In case you missed it, here is the Youtube MAC Depotting Video (embedding disabled by request, but well worth watching):
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Random beauty musings
Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Sunday, October 29, 2006 1:08 AM (Eastern)
Perfume is like a memory in reverse. When you smell it, you don't know you are creating a memory. It's only much later, when you smell it again, do you realize that you even have such a recollection.
I suppose I've become less interested in cosmetics, and more interested in perfumes. Some of it has to be inevitable; you get settled. You have your favorite cosmetics, and these tend to last a very long time. Even if you have the misfortune of having a favorite makeup item discontinued, if you're sharp enough, you'll be able to find something similar...there are only so many colors of makeup.
Once the variables have been reduced to next to nothing...which colors to use, which brands to buy, which application techniques to employ...what then?
Perfumes have far more variables to reduce to begin with. Moreover, I feel the perfume market itself has changed. You no longer have to go to a department store and choose from whatever's there. You now have a next to infinite variety of scents available to you at the click of a mouse.
Ergo, the newer b & m, mainstream scents have become, to my (not particularly acute) nose, not as good as before. They smell flatter to me, less complex; there is less "there" there. It's in direct proportion to the growth of the more obscure perfume houses. Again, next to inevitable.
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NEW: LUSH Bubble Bars... Green Day
Posted by Dain, Friday, October 27, 2006 1:31 PM (Eastern)
This is my favorite of the new LUSH Bubble Bars. If I got the others as gifts, I would love them, but this is the only one that I would buy for myself. The name is stupid, and it looks like a Play-Doh creation, but it's wonderful. It colors the bath faintly green, and smells like leaves, but bright with citrus and a little spice. A beautiful, cheerful experience.
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Musings...
Posted by Dain, Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:25 PM (Eastern)
Here is my current hair routine
1. PHYTO Phytonectar Shampoo: As rich and gentle as egg yolk, fragrant clouds of honeysuckle as it lathers, attractive but dangerous glass bottle. It's so nourishing that you are actually supposed to leave it in for two to three minutes. My hair adores it, and it just gets better with continued use, unlike most shampoos, which wear off.
2. Terax Crema Conditioner: The original superstar obscure heavy-duty conditioner. I can't believe I haven't tried it before. I don't need much, which is almost unprecedented (my hair drinks up conditioner the way cars guzzle gas). Detangles beautifully. Smells like milk and sugar.
3. Kerastasé Resistance Ciment Anti-Usure: Brilliant as a leave-in treatment, weightless but transforms dull dry hair into silk and steel.
4. Still need? A rich hair mask.
NOTE TO SELF: I wear too much perfume. Sniff hair, it's lovely, it smells like all of your lovely products. Henceforth, spray once at nape of neck, n'more. And only like... twice a day? How much more could you need?
List for January on "comfort" theme? Mason Pearson brush. Philip B. White Truffle Shampoo. Philip B Rejeuvenating Oil. Claus Porto Favorito Red Poppy Candle. Archipelago Botanicals Brown Sugar and Vanilla Body Lotion. Nuxe Baume Progideux Lip Care SPF 15. Essie Cocktail Hour Nail Polish. NARS Riviera Multiple. NARS Scandal Lip Gloss. Sue Devitt Gold Reef Eye Intensifier. NARS Key Largo Duo. Considering an ETRO perfume. NARS Aqua Gel Hydrator.
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Beauty Scrapbook OCTOBER 2006: Legends of the Fall
Posted by Dain, Sunday, October 22, 2006 9:26 PM (Eastern)
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A very corny title, I admit. But I do love fall makeup, don't you? It's always so exciting to move into the richer colors as the seasons change.
This season, the trends are all dark and bright, inspired by the 80s. Usually the shift is signified by a simple palette change: bruised berries and wines, rust and bronze and copper. Most seasons, the first thing they reach for? Plum blush. This season? Black liquid eyeliner. Bright berry lipsticks. Glam rocker color. Black nailpolish. Autumn in the city, not the country. Fun and inventive, but perhaps a little too aggressive for most women?
Never fear. Modern textures are sheer, complex, highly wearable. The real trick to it, however, is how it's worn: crisp. One strong statement on an otherwise bare face, with subtle accents. Or, soften up the graphic elements: by choosing muted versions of bright colors (like the Kevyn Aucoin Enchantaberry Lipstick), by choosing sheer but bright colors (like the NARS Bysance Duo), by layering over a palette of blacks and whites (like the Too Faced Lava Gloss and NARS Copacabana), and by exercising a lot of restraint in application (black liquid liner, using bright colors as liner rather than shadow, a stain instead of a full-on lipstick mouth).
COMING SOON: Looks. Pictures.
 Max Factor Rich Black Linemaker Eyeliner $4.99: The biggest trend this fall, among the many big trends, is black liquid liner. Something about the clean graphic line seems very fresh again this season. And versatile. It's classic paired with red lipstick. Aggressive with purples. Mod with white. Modern with tinted lip balm and a bit of bronzer. In all cases, keep the look crisp, with minimal accents. The drawback? It takes practice and a steady hand both. |
 Too Faced Liquid Lava Black Gloss Extreme Eyeliner Pencil $16.50: A fresh way to wear bright color, is to layer it over inky black liner. This is the softest, densest, blackest black, in a glossy gel formula. It looks fantastic, almost like liquid liner, and is an especially good base for a layer of electric shadow on top—punk rock with a minimum of effort. Beware, it smears like crazy. Makes an Eye Kohl look like Teflon Tuff. Extend the wear by layering eyeshadow on top. EDIT: I have found another way to apply this, with a flat nylon brush. For some reason, this wears better. |
 NARS Bysance Eye Shadow Duo $31: Speaking of electric shadows, this is my personal pick of the season, in my mind far more wearable than greens or blues. Old gold marigold shimmer and a greyed violet with a blue sheen. Intense in the pan, but the colors are sheer, like a watercolor sheen on the skin. The gold looks beautiful with any berry tones on the lips, from the bluest purplest grape to the brownest berry to the ghostliest mauve. The violet looks pretty, especially when layered over the NARS Copacabana, on the lid. Paired with browns and bronzes, it's surprisingly warm. It's startling and vivid when layered over black eyeliner (Liquid Lava), and is strangely appropriate with berry lips (Enchantaberry and Principessa). Other suggestions: Urban Decay, NARS, L'Oréal HIP, and Cargo. |
 Kevyn Aucoin Enchantaberry The Expert Lip Tint $23: O, the gentlest of cranberries! Rich (but not bright) and austere (but not drab). Sheer, it's a velvety rose-petal shade (reminiscent of MAC Red Haute or Revlon Dune Rose). Full, it's... it's hard to describe. Alchemy: half red and half plum combined to make berry, in a pink-brown base. In essentials, Enchantaberry remains a berry lipstick, but it is a little bit red, a little bit plum, a little bit pink, and a little bit brown, all at an intensity that's almost bright and almost dark, but still wearable. It makes a wonderful cream blush. This is my new favorite lipstick. If only it came in jumbo size! (Don't be fooled by the picture, it's not that bright.) |
 Kevyn Aucoin Principessa The Expert Lip Tint $23: The same product in a different color? Yes, indeed. This lipstick is a treat, a more exhalted experience than even YSL—and in my opinion YSL makes the best lipsticks, in the way Dior makes the best eyeshadows. The packaging is to die for, a sharp metallic red lacquer. It smells faintly of rose, and formula is a weightless pigment-rich powder suspended in a silky gel formula (it does smear a little). Principessa, too, is a cranberry, but it is a true pink red, bright, bright berry red. It's a classic, Revlon-Cherries-in-the-Snow kind of shade, though not one that you see worn too often. I love the idea of a lush and vibrant berry lip, especially paired with a creamy shimmer (NARS Copacabana) and black liquid liner—very crisp and a study in contrasts. Or, paired with vivid violet and black liner (Too Faced Liquid Lava + NARS Bysance), for ultimate color intensity, but one that is strangely appropriate: the red clashes with the purple, but the berry matches. |
 NARS Copacabana Multiple $36.50: Copacabana is the humble sort of product that is frequently mentioned but never dominates the spotlight. It has been, and will be, a mainstay for a very long time. How to describe it? An icy, silvery, fleshy shimmer. The effect on the skin is ethereal, like bringing light to the face. On the lids, it's the subtlest silver, and it looks wet. And, I think it proves an interesting counterpoint to all the other elements: the black liners, the berry lipsticks, and the bold colors. This season, there is no plum blush, but there is Copacabana. |
 Lippman Collection Hit Me With Your Best Shot Nail Color $15: I love the idea of black nailpolish. It's so slick. Subverts the feminity of a manicure, and makes nails bold and aggressive. You couldn't be further removed from the classic pink French manicure with Hit Me With Your Best Shot (created with Pat Benatar). It's a subtly gunmetal shade, not rich pitch black, with a smattering of multicolored glitter, to break up the intensity. On short nails, wonderful and terrifying and really tasteless all at once (Lindsay Lohan in Chanel). |
 Nuxe Crème Fraîche Suractivée $41: I always crave a good moisturizer at this time of year. Nuxe has been at the back of my mind, all this time, but never been fully explored. I suppose the idea of Nuxe resides somewhere between "nature" and "luxe", for which I am very much the perfect market. But I've never really gone for it. I've tried the infamous $21 Rêve de Miel Lip Balm, with mixed reactions (lovely and soothing, but grainy, yuck). I was all too ready to chalk it up to hype. Ah! It has only been a week, but what a wonderful, wonderful product. It smells like a herbal, botanical Crème de la Mer, a little baby-oil, a little plant stem, a bit of sweet orange oil. The texture is light, a cool, airy, whipped soufflé spongey... nothing I've ever encountered before, actually. It's nice. Fun. It makes me think of, actually, crème fraîche. It's a little sticky, and it needs a little time to absorb, but wow, the glow. I look like I'm wearing foundation, but it's really this cream. AND: no flakes, no sensitivities, no clogged pores (in fact, it seems to shrink them). (The only drawback is that it's a little shiny, thus better suited to nighttime use.) |
 Comptoir Sud Pacifique Amour de Cacao EDT $49: I blame CSP for the gourmand explosion. How many iterations of vanilla can you possibly make? These days, I scorn simple foody scents, but at the height of its craze, there was no greater desire in my heart than for Amour de Cacao. Dark dry cocoa powder, French vanilla, and a twist of orange zest: an intense sweet cloud of Italian biscotti. A sexed out version of my beloved Givenchy Organza Indécence (which I don't wear any more). I never bought it, then, but I have it now. Now that trends have moved past gourmand, Amour de Cacao smells more like a bakeshop, but the effect is totally unexpected. No one in the room smells like Amour de Cacao, the pure sweet foodiness, sexy exotic and homely comfort all at once. It's chocolate, dontchaknow, the real deal, not the saccharine fake chocolate I've smelled elsewhere. Still, I don't know. It's just not what I want to smell any more. |
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Etro Heliotrope
Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:03 PM (Eastern)
Finally, a scent equally beloved by men and women.
Yes, men are...strange. Out of the blue, they will adore a certain scent on you. Typically, this is a scent that you yourself barely noticed, or liked well enough but hardly considered extraordinary. And, so often, it is not your most expensive, nor your most esoteric, perfume. It's just something you spritzed on for the day and basically forgot about.
Etro Heliotrope is one such perfume. I tried it out; it smelled beautifully of soft, not-too-sweet vanilla with a touch of almond and some ethereal floral notes. Nice!
But then I noticed the men in my life seemed to like it too. And that's when it went on my "must own" list.
Moreover, Heliotrope is a scent that grew on me. From its "nice, but not bottle-worthy" beginnings, I came to crave it slightly more each time I wore it.
Here are the notes of Heliotrope, from the Etro site:
Head notes: fresh floral (bergamot, petit grain, almond)
Heart notes: floral (ylang-ylang, rose, jasmine, iris)
Base notes: floriental (tonka bean, vanilla, Tolu balsam, Peru balsam, musk)
The vanilla stands out most on me, but it's blended so nicely with the other notes. Unlike some tonka bean scents, also, the smell of vanilla here is quite pure. It's not "1990's bug spray vanilla" (and I have been disappointed in some such scents), but rather a soft, natural, different sort of vanilla: gourmand, foody, yet not sticky.
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NEW: LUSH Bubble Bars... Temple of Truth
Posted by Dain, Tuesday, October 17, 2006 4:29 PM (Eastern)
Mmm... Temple of Truth, designed to clarify, calm, and recenter. It looks like a giant Hershey's kiss, made of marshmallow. Gimmicky, but it is rather comforting, the milky white water, the bubbles, and a complex but very, very soft sandalwood-floral, almost powdery, scent. A skin scent, but in a bath. I like this one a lot, it reminds me of that song, by The Beatles:
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
Once there was a way to get back homeward
Once there was a way to get back home
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullaby
"Golden Slumbers"
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Christian Dior 5 Couleurs Eyeshadow Compact 310 Color Bouquet
Posted by Dain, Friday, October 13, 2006 12:13 AM (Eastern)
This is my current favorite thing. Is it not beautiful?
Shade descriptions: These are difficult to describe. They're simple enough to wear, but complex. Except for the charcoal shade, all of them have a subtle icy shine to them, like a cool flourescent light. (1) A beige so pale it's ivory, with a cool greyish tinge. On the skin, it's got a subtle satiny texture. (2) Icy mint pearl, quite soft in its shimmer. (3) In the middle, a rich teal, not too bright, with icy shimmer. (4) A pale, pale rose mauve, with a little bit of grey. Icy edge, too. It's cool enough to resemble a pinkish lilac, so you might call it a cool pink-lilac pearl. (5) My favorite! It's a rich, rich charcoal shimmer (no skimping on pigment), which, depending on the light, has teal undertones, violet undertones, or is neutral. Depends on what you pair it with.
I've been wearing (4) and (5) together. The shades are too cool to pair with brown liner, so I wear use black, instead (inner rim, close to the lashline). Wonderful. It's subtle, but different, not your usual browns or greys.
As a side note, it must be noted that Dior shadows on this vintage, with the square configuration, in the blue/gold striped compacts, are creamier in texture than the ones being sold now. In wear, they are comparable.
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Beauty Notes: Miracles do happen...
Posted by Dain, Thursday, October 12, 2006 8:48 PM (Eastern)
The cosmetics industry is so full of copy. If you're reading this blog, you probably know all too well. So many claims, such high hopes, only to be dashed by the realization that a lot of it is placebo effect: the hype, the way the product feels, the way the product smells, the way the product is packaged, how much it costs, celebrity endorsements. If you're lucky (or judicious in your choices), you'll see effects, albeit not exactly a "miracle", but soon enough the magic wears off. A beauty junkie becomes jaded very quickly.
No exception is the haircare industry: 5x stronger hair in nine days! 98% frizz reduction! Double the shine! I've heard much about Kérastase. First it was Madonna, who loved their Maquintense. This was many years ago, and the brand was available only in France. The buzz quietly increased. In 2001, when I visited Paris, the brand had drawn enough notice for me to recognize it and be curious, but not so much that I considered really looking at it. Too expensive, I thought, who needs to pay $50 for conditioner when I'm plenty distracted by the supermarket shampoos? So. Instead, I sniffed (and didn't understand) L'Artisan, and passed the Kérastase on.
Safe to say, the Kérastase fad, it has exploded. It's in CVS (a local drugstore chain), and it's on drugstore.com. Everyone who's anyone (i.e. celebrities and stylists, who get it for free) uses it, it always tops the best lists, Kérastase has become golden. So much so that it has inspired copycats. I've tried the copycats. And now, I've tried the real thing.
Two products, from the Resistance line. Bain de Force Shampoo and the Ciment Anti-Usure Fortifying Treatment. Both are intended for the most damaged, delicate hair, reversing the signs of damage. Basically, it claims to turn straw into silk. Virgin hair for the most debauched strands. My hair was damaged at the time; I had been swimming every day for a month and a half, in strong sun and salt. No amount of conditioner, however, deep, seemed sufficient. I hacked most of it off. And then, these two beauties came.
QUALITATIVE IMPRESSIONS: How disappointingly small. Together, they cost, what, $70? It was hardly decent, these tiny bottles. Old adage holds, however. A little goes a looooong way. They're still with me, now, in spite of consistent use. The smell is not unpleasant. I don't like it, either. But it's not deal-breaking. The texture of the products is very standard, deceptively light in feel (it's not rich or unctuous, but more like products for normal hair). Very French names (bad or good? question of taste): "Power Shampoo" and "Cement Anti-Use/Damage Strengthening Treatment". Shampoo requires very little to be effective. Conditioner is very weak, at least for my dry hair, and does a poor job of detangling (but my hair is very thick). Must use another conditioner as moisture ballast and detangler, but this can be indifferent (or, hmm... John Masters Organics Citrus & Neroli Detangler?). ........Brilliant discovery. It is even better as leave-in conditioner. You use less, and it stays in your hair for full effect.
And the quantitative results? A miracle. I cannot do justice. It does exactly what it promises to do.
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Random beauty ramblings
Posted by Colleen Shirazi, 1:34 AM (Eastern)
A few updates on sundry topics:
* SLS-less shampoos and conditioner. Been mixing the Jason Vitamin E shampoo with the Kiss My Face Whenever shampoo. It works pretty well that way (I find the former too astringent, the latter too emollient). With this I use the Nature's Gate Herbal daily conditioner.
Overall, pretty happy with this new routine.
* Biotin for hair loss. Crap! The people in this house have taken all my biotin. I must replace it. I've gone a few days without it and have already noticed more hair fall-out (it's not dramatic fall-out, I'm just saying).
I tried the local GNC and felt disappointed. They had 600 mcg and 2500 mcg amounts; nothing in between. I don't feel 2500 mcg would be harmful but why the excess? Why only those amounts? It's nuts.
* Biotin for skin. It's the same biotin...as a pleasant side effect, my skin has gotten slightly better since taking it. (Smoother, softer, fewer bumps/clogged pores.)
* Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer. waves to Arabella I tried this out; I will have to say, were I not already content with my own tinted sunscreen (a small amount of Zia liquid foundation mixed with TerraSport sunscreen SPF 30+), this might well be my grail foundation.
It feels light, not greasy at all, blends well, nice coverage (a bit more coverage imo than the name implies); overall a pleasure to wear. The shade I tried was a tad warm on me, but that was just that shade.
Yes it's $ but it's foundation (and it has SPF to boot). Your foundation products have to work. You can skimp on other stuff.
* Did I say I was going to knock Etro Heliotrope off my "bottle-worthy list"? Somebody better slap me, before I start to rust. :D It's a scent that grows on you.
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Labels: beauty notes, hair, laura mercier
Beauty Notes: LUSH The Comforter Bubble Bar
Posted by Dain, Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:50 PM (Eastern)
The Comforter is a funny bar. It's huge, hand-sized, in a swirl of pink and white. Really, a cheerful product. And, it smells like fruity bubble gum, though the scent is not strong. I suppose it is all apt. A bubble bath named "The Comforter" that smells like a kid's bath, candy pink. Personally disinclined, but conceptually very fun, isn't it?
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Labels: bath and body, beauty notes, LUSH
Perfume blog link
Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Thursday, October 05, 2006 1:51 AM (Eastern)
How did I miss this one?
Peppermint Patty's Perfume Posse
If you want irony, it's been on thebroadroom's Women Bloggers list for years.
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Random stash thoughts
Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:59 PM (Eastern)
It's been eight years, literally, since I first discovered Internet beauty boards. I'll have to say that things have changed a lot since those heady days. Or...? It might be more accurate to say I've changed a lot. Perhaps more than the boards have.
I still love the boards. Yes, I feel the content has become more diffuse. There's now a heavy ribbon of...seeding...on some of the boards. I've been around long enough to recognize it as such.
Still, it remains the Internet, and there's still no way to completely control it. It is now what novels used to be: a form of rebellion. Something you (at least figuratively) pull out of your handbag and read on the bus. The secret thrill ever flows; you just have to look harder for it these days.
I'm thinking now of doing a stash-cleaning. I'm pretty shameless as far as that goes. I don't care if I've barely made a dent in the product. If it's old, and I'm not using it, it's gotta go.
I've given perfectly good (albeit old) MAC shadows the heave-ho, right out of their Back-to-MAC-able pots. Perfume turned? Ta ta! Eyepencil hard? Okay, try the JennyB trick first...sharpen the dickens out of the thing...but if it's still hard, it's history, it's Elvis.
And, I would like to procure a couple of new items. I've heard so much about that MAC Buried Treasure Powerpoint. Someone "borrowed" my Chanel Moire lipstick sample; I'd like to buy a full size (it's gorgeous and wearable). I still have eyeshadows up to my eyeballs :D no temptations here...except I'm toying with the notion of the Bobbi Brown Shimmerbrick
Myriam...it's a neat idea.Y'see, I've come to fully realize just how lazy I am, beauty-wise. I should have known, back when I started stashing my perfumes where I keep my socks. Socks? you say. What in the beejabbers...? The thing is this. While I'm getting dressed, the perfumes are right there. No need to walk three steps to fetch 'em.
Next...fairly recently...I began to keep my cream blushes in the same place I keep my tinted sunscreen and pressed powder...in the bathroom. The bathroom? you snork. Isn't that a big storage no-no? Well yes it is, but if I kept the stuff anyplace else, it would never get used. It has to go on after I've brushed my teeth, and in a place where I can conveniently wash my hands.
Why cream blush? Heh heh...because again, it's less of an extra step if you can apply it after you've put on your foundation product (the tinted sunscreen) and before your powder--both of which I regard as necessary. It's dab, dab, blend, blend, you're done!
Hence...returning to the Shimmerbrick...the notion of a multi-tasking product is attractive to me and potentially to lazybones everywhere.
So, the short list:
1.) MAC Buried Treasure Powerpoint. I suspect Teddy is better, color-wise, but my Powerpoints get more rotation than my Eye Kohls. (No touch-ups = lazy = more rotation.)
2.) A Shimmerbrick? Dare I? I'll have to research it. There are several 'bricks to choose from.
3.) Chanel Moire lipstick. Those Hydrabases rock.
That's it for now.
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Labels: beauty notes
Beauty Notes: LUSH Sunny Side Bubble Bars
Posted by Dain, Monday, October 02, 2006 7:37 PM (Eastern)
I say it, time and time again, I am not a citrus girl. But I really like this one, the fragrance is just pleasant and sweet without going flat. It gives plenty of nice bubbles, but the scent is really too faint for a bath product. The glitter is a little intimidating, but it rinses clean from both bath and body. Overall, good, but unremarkable.
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Labels: bath and body, beauty notes, LUSH
Some very old ramblings...
Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Sunday, October 01, 2006 10:39 PM (Eastern)
Ramblings: Diary of a Mad Drugstore Cosmetics Junkie
rotfl! I still have the Sonia Kashuk brush set btw, although it is the SK "large" eyeshadow brush that I use every day (it didn't come with the set; I bought it later on).
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November 1, 2006 6:58 PM,
Wahahaha... that video is amazing.
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