makeup

Are you using a face powder? For the longest time, I didn’t. I thought foundation was enough. Why would I waste my money on an unless powder that had the potential to make my face look cakey? And then I’d wonder why my foundation would disappear from my oily forehead after a few hours of […]

Is it safe to buy makeup on Ebay? When I was younger, I was addicted to Ebay. I’d literally spend hours on the site looking for some great deals. It was my gateway to all those luxury makeup products that weren’t available in Italy. For a fraction of the cost, too! Can you see why […]

Tell me if you can relate to this… You’ve spent a small fortune over the years to find that elusive foundation shade that perfectly matches your skin tone. It was a bit more expensive than you usually like to spend on makeup, but you don’t care. This is IT. You leave the store all excited […]

If you’ve just ventured into the world of beauty, you’ve probably come across a lot of acronyms and abbreviations. Things like BNIB or HE are casually being thrown around in blogs and forums like they’re self-explanatory – when they’re everything but. Heck, I know I’ve been wrecking my brains for hours trying to figure out […]

Do lip plumpers work? If you craving fulls lips a la Angelina Jolie but, like me, the thought of getting injections scares the hell out of you, lip plumpers look like the perfect solution. They make your lips bigger without pain, downtime or hours spent overdrawing your lips. But… do lip plumpers really work? Do […]

Do you wash your new makeup brushes before you use them for the first time? I must admit, when I first got into makeup at 14 years old, I didn’t… Naive young me thought, “these brushes are brand new and still in their plastic packs, so they’re bound to be clean and germ-free, right?” Older […]