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Review and swatches: PAUL and JOE BEAUTE Lipstick

Disclaimer: I finally joined Octoly, and received these lipsticks complimentary from PAUL and JOE BEAUTE in exchange for a review. I realize that most of my reviews on here are of lipsticks, and I am soon going to declare myself a lipstick queen. Have another lipstick review today, and this time it’s from a brand…
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Review: rephr brushes
Before I even start writing anything substantive, I’m going to give you a couple disclaimers: I am not a brush expert. I am new to the Japenese brush (or fude) world, so I don’t have a lot of reference points. This review is just going to be my impressions of these, but not necessarily a…
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January 2019 Empties
I don’t know about you, but 2019 is already kicking my butt. If that’s not a convincing first line, I just originally typed 2017…..instead of 2019. Apparently my brain is lagging behind 2 years (though I’m quite happy to leave 2018 behind anyway). Over the past month, I managed to use up a ton of…
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Review: Physician’s Formula Healthy Lip Velvet Liquid Lipstick
Am I possibly the worst blogger ever for 1) reviewing a set that’s out of stock (although the products themselves are permanent) and 2) a liquid lip formula, which seems to be falling out of favor in the beauty community already. But hear me out. The Physician’s Formula Healthy Lip Velvet Liquid Lipsticks are fantastic…
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Palette Rotation and Mini-Reviews January 2019
New year, new month, new palette rotation! I’ve been doing this for a couple months now, and I’ve still been really loving keeping four palettes around to use in my rotation. As i’ve talked about in earlier posts, I find that they actually help me be more creative because I try to use different shade…