From My Vanity

Beauty, Skincare, and a bit of Lifestyle

Rodial Skincare & Makeup – Review

prom dress NZI’ve seen Rodial skincare on the web before and always thought the packaging looked sleek and the skincare names unique. Snake serum? Bee venom? Dragons blood? Tell me you’re not intrigued?! As you can imagine, I was excited when they reached out to see if I would like to try out some of their products and even more excited when I received several products from the dragons blood line as well as one from the snake serum line. How fun, right? (How do they even get dragons blood, is my question! 😛 )

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5 Reasons Why I’m a Bad Beauty Blogger

glueless full lace wigsHey beautiful! In light of this past weekends rough ride, I wasn’t able to prepare a post over the weekend. And, honestly, I was so preoccupied with getting my site back that I didn’t even plan what I would write about at the beginning of the week. So I figured I would share with you 5 reasons why some days I feel like I’m a bad beauty blogger.  This post is written half for therapeutic reasons (feels good to share a more personal side of me) and half for humor purposes (laughter is the best medicine, right?)

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Too Faced Sweet Peach Collection – Is It Worth the Hype?

long prom dresses UKThis one needs no introduction — the Too Faced Sweet Peach collection has been teased and hyped up for MONTHS! It was finally released just before Christmas and while I know there are tons of reviews — and most have already purchased it or not — I wanted to share my thoughts on it. Did the products in the collection live up to the hype? Do you need to run out and snag anything? 🙂

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Best of Beauty from 2016

Best of Beauty | Top 20 Makeup Products | Favorite Products in 2016Are you ready for this? I am so excited to share this ‘best of beauty’ post with you all. No reviews or talking about “good products” — this is the makeup that I’ve been reaching for all year long. Even when there is a pile of new things to try, I just can’t help myself So grab yourself some coffee, maybe a snack, and let’s dive right in!

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LipSense – Is It Worth the Hype?

LipSense is blowing up on Social Media --- is it worth the hype?Lipsense. I’m sure you’ve seen the proof videos — ladies taking a finger or two and dragging them all over their lips…and nothing budges. They’ve been popping up in my Facebook feed for months and I’ve been so intrigued. They seem like the answer to all our dreams for a no-budge lipstick. But are they really? Let’s dive in to all the ins and outs of this magical product!

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Glo Minerals Bold Pursuit Collection – Holiday Makeup Set

Glo Minerals Bold Pursuit Collection - Holiday Makeup SetI was contacted several weeks ago by Glo Minerals to see if I was interested in trying their Bold Pursuit collection. This collection is put together to give you that go-to holiday look with 5 of their products. Because December was so crazy for me — if you follow me on Snapchat…you know how crazy it ended up being — I wasn’t able to get a review up before Christmas. But! Since I think there are many other occasions were wings and a red lip are appropriate I decided to still share my thoughts on this set. (Better late than never, as the saying goes… 🙂 )

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How To: Wear Lipstick Despite Dry Lips

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Micro Ring Hair ExtensionsSo many holiday parties to go to in the winter and if you’re like me you struggle with how to wear lipstick despite dry, cracked, and even flaky lips. It always flairs right at the most inconvenient time. I mean, who wants to wear a fun red or bold berry lipstick when it sticks under — or skips over — all the dry patches?

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