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The Hunt for Red October – Laura Mercier Satin Lip Color in Sangria
I’ve been a little stumped as to how to finish the Hunt for Red October. Priscilla-esque red glitter lips seemed a little over the top – incredibly fabulous, but still OTT – and opting for sheer red gloss seemed a little weaksauce. After lots of hemming and hawwing, the perfect solution occurred to me: what’s better than ...
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The Hunt for Red October – Face of Australia Divine Shine Lip lacquer in Cosmic Rush
I’m just going to come out and admit that this is a horribly biased post. I like Face of Australia. I like the brand a lot. They’re a great example of why price should never be taken as an indicator of product quality, ’cause Face of Australia is cheap as chips and great quality. Nothing ...
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The Hunt for Red October – Illamasqua Daemon eyeshadow
Controversial statement: everyone needs a matte red eyeshadow in their collection. Wait, wait, hear me out. This isn’t me just saying stuff to make you go whaaaaaat, this is Lara The Make-Up Artist speaking and laying down some colour science on you. A decent red matte eyeshadow is a surprisingly useful thing to have banging ...
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The Hunt for Red October – OPI I’m Not Really A Waitress nail lacquer
The downside of looking at An Iconic Product(tm) is that sometimes there is literally not a word you can say about it that hasn’t been said a thousand times before. Good thing a picture is worth a thousand words, right? No word salad and funny hats from me today. Instead have a snapshot of OPI ...
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The Hunt for Red October – Clinique Chubby Stick in Chunky Cherry
Will you forgive me if I repeat myself a little vis a vis Clinique’s Chubby Stick in Chunky Cherry? I did, after all, devote a few words to Whole Lotta Honey a few months ago and my opinion of texture, application and what have you hasn’t changed since April. START LAZY CONTENT RECYCLING Chubby Sticks ...
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The Hunt for Red October – MAC Russian Red lipstick
Comrades! Let our beauty collective draw together and share in the bounty of the makeup motherland! Through beauty, joy! Through lipstick, satisfaction! …sorry. It’s the name, ‘Lara’. You get saddled with a proud Russian name like that, it’s only to be expected that you’ll burst out into faux Russian rhetoric with only the slightest encouragement. ...
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The Hunt for Red October – Mecca Cosmetica nail polish in Ophelia
A short’n’sweet post today, my poppets. I am in the death grips of a day long migraine and it has abated just enough for me to crawl to my computer and mash some keys for a wee moment or two. Ophelia nail lacquer – or to give it its full name, Mecca Cosmetica’s Painted Beauty ...
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The Hunt for Red October: Burt’s Bees Super Glossy natural lip shine in Zesty Red
Fact: I tend to avoid red glosses. They’re either too dark and leave me in a state of mild paranoia that they’ve smeared and left me with Clown Mouth, or too pink, or any number of random other small factors that leave me instead reaching for sheer coral gloss #8348347. Hey, I never said I ...
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The Hunt for Red October – Chi Chi nail lacquer in Raven Hot
I like how The Hunt for Red October has essentially turned into ‘Lara tries things from brands she has never used before and, oh, also those things are red’. Always on the quest for something new and braving unexplored frontiers, me! Now we can cross Chi Chi off the list of brands I’ve never used ...
