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Swatchgirl.com – celebrating 2 years of beauty goofiness
Swatchgirl.com turns two today, and I wanted to say thank you in the form of 60 seconds of pure awkwardness. Thank you so much for supporting this blog over the past two years, and here’s to a bigger brighter tomorrow. Tweet
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BY REQUEST: depotting MAC eyeshadows
This tutorial for depotting MAC used to exist on another since defunct website of mine, and is being reposted on swatchgirl.com by reader request! There are a lot of different ways to depot MAC eyeshadows and powder blushes, most of them varying in difficulty. I personally prefer to avoid anything that involves flames as in ...
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JK Jemma Kidd: Five minutes with Korben
I recently had the absolute pleasure in catching up with Korben, international make-up artist and training manager for JK Jemma Kidd, the fun and funky streetsmart arm of the now-legendary Jemma Kidd Makeup School. I stole five minutes of his time to ask him seven pressing questions about all things beauty. What’s your number one, ...
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RAFW 2011 – Napoleon Perdis for Rachel Gilbert
Phreeeeeeeeow. The make-up styling by Napoleon Perdis for Rachel Gilbert this morning was the bee’s knees – think clean, elegant and sophisticated but never dull or stuffy. (Don’t forget the magic word: wearable.) Skin, skin, skin is in. A flawless base was given life and lustre with careful applications of Bronzer Patrol bronzer and Light ...
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On adult acne: a confession
My name is Lara, and I have adult acne. If you’re female and reading this, there’s an approximate 50% chance that you, too, are cursed with spots well past your teenage years. It’s an ugly phrase, adult acne. It’s like a secret deviant club where we pretend that we don’t know each other, because adult ...
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Skincare State of the Nation
So I’m a bit of a skincare buff, no news there. It’s something I have offical training in – the kind with lots of curly ornate certificates with official government stamps – and more than a decent share of brand-specific training at houses that cover hippies to high rollers. Skincare is something I get asked ...
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This year I resolve to be a make-up clean queen.
I will clean up my make-up drawers. I will clean up the graveyard of lipglosses in my handbag. I will use up all my skincare before I purchase new items. Before you do that, read this! SIGHT How does your product look? Is the colour the same as when you purchased it? Does it look ...
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Scunci hearts bloggers and we heart them.
I have freely admitted many times that I’m not a hair person. I had super short hair from when a wee thing all the way until my early twenties, so all that existing knowledge that allows the hair-capable to create twists and knots and Farrah flicks is completely missing from my repertoire. My hair is ...
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Cabin fever: the perks of personal pampering.
If you follow my Twitter account you might be aware that I’ve been a touch unwell lately. Nothing too bad, just enough that I’m pretty much exhausted 24/7, have a cough that rattles the rafters and am sporting a voice which varies between ‘missing entirely’, ‘erotic phone worker’ and ‘Minnie Mouse’ depending on what time ...
