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May 4, 2017 By Cassie 39 Comments

LORAC x Pirates of the Caribbean First Impressions

LORAC x Pirates of the Caribbean Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #lorac

  You may not know this but I am a huge fan of Pirates of the Caribbean. So when LORAC announced that they would be putting out a Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Men Tell No Tales collection I was excited…and then I saw one of the features of the palettes and I KNEW I had to have it! Keep reading for my first impressions

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April 28, 2017 By Cassie 20 Comments

KL Polish Spring Collection

KL Polish Spring Collection Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #klpolished

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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April 24, 2017 By Cassie 34 Comments

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Foundation

Neutrogena Hydro Boost Foundation Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #neutrogena

  Size: 1.0 oz. Claims: Flawless Application | 24 Hour Moisture | Improve Suppleness Over Time | Formulated with Hyaluronic Acid | 10 Shades Price: $11.99 – $16.99 Purchase:Target | Walgreens I’ve been wanting to try a Neutrogena foundation for awhile now. However, with as expensive as they are for drugstore foundations I wanted to make sure to pick the right one. When I was

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April 10, 2017 By Cassie 30 Comments

Smashbox X Casey Holmes Spotlight Palette in Pearl

Smashbox X Casey Holmes Spotlight Palette Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #smashbox #smashboxXCaseyHolmes #caseyholmes

  Size: 0.30 oz. per pan Price: $35.00 Purchase: Ulta | Sephora | Smashbox | Dillard’s As a big fan of Casey Holmes for years now I was super excited when she started hinting towards a collaboration with a big cosmetics brand. When she finally revealed that the brand she would be collabing with would be Smashbox it got even better because it could really

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April 3, 2017 By Cassie 17 Comments

Anastasia Beverly Hills Nicole Guerriero Glow Kit

Anastasia Beverly Hills Nicole Guerriero Glow Kit Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #anastasiabeverlyhills #nicoleglow

  I’m going to go ahead and admit that this is my first Anastasia Beverly Hills Glow Kit…I know, as a beauty blogger I’m ashamed but as a college student I feel it’s a bit understandable. However, when I saw someone on SnapChat, who was able to get their Sephora to sell them one early, swatch it, I HAD to have it! My having to

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March 28, 2017 By Cassie 17 Comments

Zapzyt Skin Care

Zapzyt Skin Care Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #ad #beauty #bbloggers #zapzyt #zapzit

  This post has been sponsored by the PRIMP Network. All opinions are my own.   Do you suffer from acne? Better question, do you suffer from acne but a lot of the skin care items on the market are to rough for your skin? If you watch my YouTube channel, you know that while I have dry skin I suffer from enlarged pores and

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March 21, 2017 By Cassie 18 Comments

Pixi Beauty Hello Rose Set

Pixi Beauty Hello Rose Set Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #pixibeauty

  One of the latest packages that I received from Pixi was for the Pixi Beauty Hello Rose Set. I’ve seen little sets like this one at Target in the past and am glad that I received one to review. The Pixi Beauty Hello Rose Set comes with three products that can help you to get a look based on the them of the set,

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March 17, 2017 By Cassie Leave a Comment

Benefit Cosmetics Dandelion Line Review

Benefit Cosmetics Dandelion Line Review Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #benefit

  You may have been around when I did a post about my favorite blushes, if not see it here, and in that post I talked about the Dandelion Blush that I got in a Benefit Cosmetics Dandelion Bundle. You may have also have seen when I recently reviewed the Dandelion Blush and beautyblender bundle, click here to refresh your memory, so it’s probably no

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March 15, 2017 By Cassie 25 Comments

Too Faced Peanut Butter and Honey Palette Review

Too Faced Peanut Butter & Honey Palette Review Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #toofaced

  You may already know that I’m a big fan of Too Faced products. You may have actually have seen my Thanksgiving makeup where I featured the Too Faced Peanut Butter and Jelly Palette. With both of these in mind, you can probably imagine how excited I was when Too Faced announced they were putting out a sequel to the PB&J palette, the Too Faced

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March 2, 2017 By Cassie 1 Comment

MAC x Taraji P. Henson Viva Glam Collaboration

MAC X Taraji P. Henson Viva Glam Collaboration Featured Image || Southeast by Midwest #beauty #bbloggers #mac #tarajiphenson #macxtarajiphenson

  Awhile back it was announced that MAC Cosmetics would be partnering with Taraji P. Henson for a Viva Glam lipstick and lipglass collaboration. For those who don’t know who Taraji P. Henson is, she’s an actress that has stared in Person of Interest, check out the Hubs Binge-Worthy post here, and Empire. As a huge fan of the first I had to pick up

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