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Dear Dahlia Paradise Dual Palette in Lady Oxford

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Dear Dahlia is a makeup brand from Korea, but it projects a glamorous image rather than the cutesy image that other Korean makeup brands project.

It’s also cruelty-free, clean beauty, and vegan.

Dear Dahlia Paradise Dual Palette in Lady Oxford
Dear Dahlia Paradise Dual Palette in Lady Oxford

I discovered Dear Dahlia through Facebook and its targeted ads. I was enchanted by its faux-marble packaging and ordered its Paradise Dual Palette in Lady Oxford.  Dear Dahlia mailed my package from Seoul and I had to sign for the package at the Post Office.  The lady at the counter looked at my package quizzically.  Maybe she was from Korea. I told her it was makeup.

As you can see from the picture above, the Paradise Dual Palette has a matte eyeshadow duo on one side and a creme blush/lip tint on the other.  The eyeshadow duo could also be used to fill in the eyebrows.  In other words, a complete look from a tiny compact.

The Paradise Dual Palette (other color options are available) costs $ 32.00 USD.  You may order Dear Dahlia makeup through its website  https://en.deardahlia.com/.  Sign up for its newsletter and get free international shipping for orders $30 USD or more.  Dear Dahlia’s handle on Instagram is deardahlia_beauty.

#thejanuarycure Assignment 14 get rid of paper clutter #apartmenttherapy

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Assignment 14 of Apartment Therapy’s January Cure is to get rid of paper clutter.  The pictures below show BEFORE and AFTER.  The papers in the bankers’ box contain personal information, and I plan to shred these papers.  Trash includes papers without personal information such as receipts and expired coupons.assignment 14

I re-discovered the paper at right while I was sorting papers. I received this bad fortune when visiting a temple in Japan 🇯🇵. I took a container filled with sticks, shook it around over my head, and drew a stick. The sticks are numbered and the number corresponds to a cubby hole where I drew the fortune. As you give a little money to get your fortune, I suppose the idea is draw fortunes again and again until you get good fortune. 😃 More pics:
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#thejanuarycure Day 1 – declutter a drawer

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I’m undertaking the January Cure from Apartment Therapy.  Day 1’s task was to declutter a drawer.  I chose my socks and underwear drawer.

Socks and underwear drawer
Socks and underwear drawer

and yes, those are my pink socks.

I used sock organizer boxes and spring-loaded drawer dividers from The Container Store to organize my socks and underwear.

Source:

Williford, T. (2019, January 02). This is the Year for Your Best Home Yet-And it Starts Today! Retrieved January 18, 2019, from https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/drawer-organizer-task-january-cure-2019-265497 Assignment: declutter a drawer

Say what?

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Does this tweet make any sense?

What does Holly Dunsworth mean by the statement “Karlie Kloss is short, even if only in her essence, naturally”?

Now I’m obsessed with Karlie Kloss, as she and I both come from Webster Groves, MO.  Apparently, Holly Dunsworth doesn’t have any understanding about statistical distribution of men and women’s heights.

https://twitter.com/ModernTamerlane/status/1076172082982006784

Famed MUA Lisa Eldridge to launch three limited edition red lipsticks

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Lisa Eldridge is a British makeup artist who had served as creative director for Lancôme. As you can see from the photo below, she’s her own best model.

MUA Lisa Eldridge applying lipstick
Lisa Eldridge – Image: Mateusz Sitek

Now comes the exciting news that she’s launching three velvet lipsticks on November 19.  The lipsticks are various shades of red.  According to Get The Gloss:

There’s Velvet Morning, a Berocca orange-red that’ll wake you up in every sense, Velvet Jazz, a brick red, and Velvet Ribbon, a filmstarry blue-red.

 

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The Ultimate True Velvet Collection

The lipsticks cost £26 (around USD 33.43) each.   The three lipstick set (including velvet bag) costs £75.00(around USD 96.43).  Pre-orders will start shipping on November 22.

Sources:
Hunter, A. (2018, November 14). Lisa Eldridge’s first ever beauty product is landing. Retrieved November 15, 2018, from https://www.getthegloss.com/news/lisa-eldridge-s-first-ever-beauty-product-is-landing

Lisa Eldridge. (2018, November 19). Retrieved November 19, 2018, from https://www.lisaeldridge.com/shop/beauty/#.W_MfbehKhPY Plush Velvet lipsticks

#wunder2 Caviar Illuminator

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Wunder2
Wunder2 Caviar Illuminator

Deets aka Details:

  • Little beads of pigment
  • Mesh screen prevents spillage, but also makes it somewhat difficult to build color
  • Comes in 3 shades: Mother of Pearl, Coral Shimmer, and Golden Sand
  • Coral Shimmer works as blush, while Mother of Pearl works as a highlighter
  • $30 apiece: available through wunder2.com or CVS stores
  • Cruelty free
  • Press sample
  • Ingredients

 Aqua (Water), Butylene Glycol, Mica, CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Niacinamide, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Squalane, Agar, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Sorbitan Isostearate, Cyclohexasiloxane, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Potassium Olivate, Polysorbate 80, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Caprylyl Glycol, CI 77491 (Iron Oxides), Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Tocopheryl Acetate, Allantoin, Polysorbate 60, Fragrance (Parfum), Glycerin, Caprylhydroxamic Acid, Biosaccharide Gum-4, Pancratium Maritimum Extract, Disodium EDTA, Triethanolamine, Methyl Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer

Source:
CAVIAR ILLUMINATOR | WUNDER2. (n.d.). Retrieved October 17, 2018, from https://www.wunder2.com/product/caviar-illuminator/

SNL Weekend Update: Pete Davidson Apologizes to Lt. Com. Dan Crenshaw

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Pete Davidson made a tasteless comment about Lt. Com. (and Congressman-elect) Dan Crenshaw’s eye patch (Crenshaw lost his eye due to an IED explosion while on tour of duty) last week and returned to SNL last night to apologize. Watch what happened next.

Could Dan Crenshaw be the media savvy pol that the GOP needs?  What do we know about his wife Tara?  Could Dan and Tara Crenshaw be the sexy power couple that the GOP needs?

Am I the only one whose heart beats faster at seeing Dan Crenshaw? There must be many women who are jealous that he’s already taken.

Source:

Topping, R. R. (2018, September 05). What the GOP Really Needs – Iron Ladies – Medium. Retrieved November 11, 2018, from https://medium.com/iron-ladies/what-the-gop-really-needs-e44e0fdac184 a sexy power couple

Our 24th wedding anniversary

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Today my husband and I celebrate our 24th wedding anniversary. We wed on October 23, 1994 at the Barns of Wolf Trap in Vienna, VA, near Washington, DC.

Happy Anniversary
Our 24th wedding anniversary

 To create this virtual card, I used a picture that Amit’s cousin took at our nephew’s wedding reception, added elements from Pixabay (great source for public domain elements BTW) in PowerPoint, and then exported the virtual card to PNG.

Sephora’s crummy rewards program

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Glossy posted an article on Sephora’s “upgrade” to its Beauty Insider program.  Whatever, it’s still the crummy program where you accumulate points to obtain samples that you’d otherwise should get for free.Sephora versus Ulta

When Sephora, in its munificence, announced a limited time 10% off discount on products, beauty enthusiasts were indignant.   Just before that, Ulta had a 20% off sale, including prestige items.  Also, you earn cash back rewards with Ulta’s loyalty program.

On account of Ulta’s cash back rewards, I first visit Ulta to see if it carries a product.  If it doesn’t, then I go to Sephora.  Bonus: join Ebates for earning additional cash back points.  HT Marcia of Beauty Info Zone.

Sources:

[Screen grab from Glossy]. (n.d.). Retrieved August 22, 2018, from https://db.glossy.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/170330_Sephora_04-AZ.jpg
Sandler, E. (n.d.). Inside Sephora’s first major Beauty Insider upgrade in 5 years. Retrieved August 22, 2018, from https://www.glossy.co/ecommerce/inside-sephoras-first-major-beauty-insider-upgrade-in-5-years