Max Showalter
Building Sustainable Shopping Habits: A Guide
Sustainable shopping can sometimes feel like it’s only for the wealthy. It can be expensive, time-consuming, and super inconvenient to...
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Max Showalter
Jan 30, 20235 min read
10 Sustainable Beauty Brands to Watch in 2023
New Year, new brands entering the sustainability arena! While rehoming beauty products is definitely the most sustainable way to shop, we...
Karen Lee
Jan 5, 20223 min read
Top 5 Most Reached For Makeup 😍
A huge part about the fun of makeup is finding the best of the best. The hunt for the ultimate Holy Grail product. These were my go-to...
Karen Lee
Nov 3, 20203 min read
The Biggest, Baddest Beauty Calendar of All Time | Holt Renfrew 2020 Review/Unboxing/Price Breakdown
Quick links: Unboxing video My Glou Marketplace profile (where the items will be for sale - details below) Spreadsheet with price...
Karen Lee
Oct 31, 20205 min read
Rare Beauty Review + Swatches | Plus notes on smell, ingredients, and wear-time | Holiday Mini Sets
The formulas aren't exactly groundbreaking, but definitely something different. They may not be great overall, but they do have a great pric
Karen Lee
Sep 24, 20201 min read
Products So Nice, I Bought Them TWICE!
Are you a try everything once kinda gal, or do you stick with what you know? What products have kept you coming back time and time again?? L
Karen Lee
Sep 24, 20201 min read
Thoughts on Drunk Elephant Brand Controversy
Wondering what happened to this "it" brand and why the biggest influencers (skinfluencers?) no longer talk about them? Here's the lowdown, c
Karen Lee
Jul 20, 20203 min read
FAKE MAKEUP BRUSHES FROM EBAY: Counterfeit vs Authentic Brush Comparison
So we all know about the prevalence of counterfeit makeup. If price seems too good to be true, it probably is. Fake makeup is dangerous. You
Karen Lee
Jul 11, 202010 min read
Westman Atelier: A Really Thorough Brush Review
More in this series: Introduction post Makeup Review Update April 2023: The brushes I find I have actually been reaching for are the baby...
Karen Lee
Jul 11, 20201 min read
What is wrong with my makeup?! Have you hit HARD PAN?
Hard pan is the slow accumulation of oils from dirty brushes or even your fingers. Good thing, it is no big deal to fix (so you can swatch a
Karen Lee
May 9, 20205 min read
Read this before you buy Nudestix!
Everything I wish I knew before buying from the Canadian beauty brand, Nudestix. I also briefly review of each of their products.
Karen Lee
Apr 22, 20202 min read
Kosas... I love you but, WTF is your shade range?
I have been waiting and waiting for the spring sale at Sephora to try the Kosas concealer I've been seeing everywhere on Instagram. Because
Karen Lee
Mar 20, 20203 min read
Kosas vs RMS Cream Formulations
Kosas is the cool girl of clean beauty. RMS is one of the big incumbent players in the space - going into the clean space before it was cool
Karen Lee
Mar 11, 20203 min read
Is Glossier's Future Dew a Future-Dupe of this cult-favorite?
Swatch comparison of Glossier's Future Dew and Charlotte Tilbury's Flawless Filter
Karen Lee
Feb 13, 20203 min read
Obituary: RIP My Chanel Coco Rouge Gloss
I need to put my lil bb to rest officially. I haven’t used my Chanel Coco Rouge gloss in a really long time because well... I got it in...
Karen Lee
Sep 13, 20191 min read
Fall Wedding Makeup
So last year, my best friend got married to her high-school sweetheart (yeah, I know, how does that still happen in 2018/2019. Did I...
Karen Lee
Sep 11, 20193 min read
My go-to makeup brushes
I exclusively used fingers to put on my makeup up until maybe a year and a half ago. Then I dipped my toe into the brush world, and boy is i
Karen Lee
Sep 9, 20192 min read
What's in My Overnight Bag
This is the most pared down version of what I use. AKA my current desert island picks.
Karen Lee
Sep 3, 20192 min read
Easy, Effortless, Green, Clean Makeup for Beginners
For the conscientious makeup rookie, here are some of my top recommendations to get you started for an everyday no-makeup, make-up look. Eve
Karen Lee
Aug 3, 20192 min read
Confession: My ONS turned out to be something more...
Okay, so those little dinky foil packet samples you get with your beauty purchase? You're supposed to take them home, use them, and then to
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