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Is Your Lip Pencil Expired? How to Tell with Sharpenable Makeup
Safe Makeup Habits to Keep Your Skin Healthy: How to Tell If Your Lip Pencils, Eyeliner, and Sharpenable Makeup Are Expired
Karen L.
Mar 101 min read


Spring Cleaning Beauty Products: Declutter Tips & Checklist
Overwhelmed by your beauty products? This spring cleaning checklist will help you declutter your makeup and skincare effortlessly.
Karen L.
Feb 12 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...
Max Showalter
Jan 30, 20235 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
Jan 5, 20223 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
Nov 3, 20203 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
Oct 31, 20205 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

Glossi-Yay or Glossi-Nay? A Glossier Review
I made a video about all the Glossier products I have and haven't liked over the years. I also review their latest drop, the Priming Moistur
Karen Lee
Jul 12, 20202 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, 202010 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
Jul 11, 20201 min read


Westman Atelier: A Really Thorough Makeup Review
A review of every single product in the Westman Atelier line. Super Loaded Tinted Highlight, Baby Cheeks, Eye Pods, Vital Skin Foundation +
Karen Lee
Jun 21, 202018 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
May 9, 20205 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 20, 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
Mar 11, 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
Feb 13, 20203 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 11, 20193 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 9, 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
Sep 3, 20192 min read

To All the Mascaras I've Loved Before
I don't know when, but it was almost like overnight, my eyelids decided to become oily. Raccoon eyes are a suuuppeerrr cute lewk... Here...
Karen Lee
Feb 13, 20192 min read

5 Mind-Blowing, Must-Try Makeup Products
These are my personal top 5 beauty discoveries in 2018. I have to admit, I'm more of a skincare girl, so I'm no makeup guru. I will...
Karen Lee
Jan 1, 20192 min read
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