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A beauty blog that does makeup reviews, beauty reviews, skin care reviews, nail polish swatches, and all other things beauty.

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KL Polish Das Esspensive XXVI

KathleenLights just released the KL Polish Das Esspensive XXVI, her brand’s now yearly polish release to celebrate her birthday. For swatches of KL Polish Das Esspensive XXVI and to see if you should pick it up or skip it, click through!

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KL Polish 70’s Vibes Collection

I’m a bit late but I’m swatching and reviewing the KL Polish 70’s Vibes Collection, which was the Fall 2017 polish collection from Kathleen Lights. If you want to know if you should pick up the polishes from the KL Polish 70’s Vibes Collection click on through!

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KL Polish Summer Collection

Size: 0.41 oz. each Claims: Summer Nail Polish Colors | Polishes are Miami Themed | Designed by KathleenLights | Cruelty-Free | 5-Free | Price: $8.50 each | $45.00 complete summer collection Purchase: KL Polish Recently KathleenLights released the KL Polish Summer Collection and since I’d covered the Spring, read that here, and Winter, read that here, you know I HAD to cover the Summer Collection

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KL Polish Spring Collection

Size: 0.4 oz. Claims: Free of 5 Harsh Chemicals | 6 Spring Inspired Shades | Cruelty Free | Made In U.S.A | 5 Creme Shades and 1 Pearlescent Shade Price: $8.50 / polish | $45.00 / collection Purchase: KL Polish You’re probably looking at this post thinking, what is KL Polish?! I don’t blame you as KL Polish is not something you’ll find currently at

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KL Polish Review + Swatches

When Kathleen Lights announced that she was putting out a nail polish collection I knew I had to get at least one of them. I was super excited when I was actually able to pick up ALL six of them when KL Polish launched. If you want to know my full thoughts on the KL Polish launch, with swatches, then check out the video below!

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Pacifica Nail Polish | Wonderland, London Tomboy, and Luxe Interior

  Size: 0.45 oz. / each Shades: Wonderland (Pearled Pink) | Luxe Interior (Onyx Sparkle) | London Tomboy (Jaguar Green) Claims: Formulated without parabens, phthalates (dibutyl phthalate), toluene, xylene, camphor, formaldehyde, and resin | 100% Vegan & cruelty free | Vibrant colors | Long lasting | Wide brush Price: $9.00 Purchase: Ulta Not to long ago I was sent a trio of Pacifica Nail Polish

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    2 weeks ago by southeastbymidwest Would you believe me if I told you that these are  @realtechniques  brushes? They sure don't look like the Real Techniques brushes that we've come to love and in all honesty they don't perform like them either... let me start over. This is the Real Techniques Everyday Essentials Brush Set (minus the beauty sponge that comes in the kit) that I received for free from  @influenster  for my honest review. It includes (from left to right) a blush brush, an expert face brush, a setting brush, and a deluxe crease brush. At first I didn't like the newly designed handles
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    3 weeks ago by southeastbymidwest I recently received the  @YesHipolito   @ultabeauty  Favorites Box. I received the box because it featured  @dermae  products and I'm on the Derma E PR list. No I'm not on the level that I'll be going on trips anytime soon, but maybe one day Anywho, this box also featured products from  @elfcosmetics   @ardellbeauty  and several others. To see what all was in the box, what I thought of what was in the box, AND a little special extra check out the clickable link in my profile and check out the blog post and YouTube video! .  #dermae   #dermaesocial   #ultabeauty   #yeshipolito   #flatlay 
  • Before we talk about what this picture is I want
    4 weeks ago by southeastbymidwest Before we talk about what this picture is I want to mention that I am back to doing both YouTube AND blog posts. That way those of you who would rather read about the topic of the day can and those who would rather watch / listen can do that as well. Anywho, on to today's topic which beauty samples. I'm starting a new series on my channels called Foiled Again where I randomly pick a few beauty samples and use them to determine if I can make a decision based off what is provided and if so what that
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    1 month ago by southeastbymidwest A friend of mine,  @sneffielynn  , decided to create her first project pan! She is basing it around adult cartoons (think Simpsons, South Park, etc.) and wanted some name suggestions so I threw out "Bite My Shiny Metal Pan" and she loved it! This means that in support of the name and her first project pan I had to do my first project pan. If you want to know more about this project pan and want to know what products, besides the two pictured, I'm panning then check out the clickable link in my bio! .  #bitemyshinymetalpan   #projectpan   #geeksandbeauties   #beauty