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July 18, 2014 By Cassie 42 Comments

Ready Set Gorgeous Foundation and Concealer

Purchase: Foundation / Concealer Price: $8.99 / $7.99 I’ve seen the advertisements for this line in all the magazines I’m subscribed to and I was very intrigued. I was interested to know if this was a set of products that was going to hold up or if it was just a gimmick product. When I saw them at the store I decided to snap them

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June 24, 2014 By Cassie 44 Comments

BA Star Tropical Palette Review

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Purchase: BA Star Tropical Palette Price: $8.75 As I mentioned in my previous BA Star review, there makeup is geared towards cheer and dance teams. Due to this colors are highly pigmented and very eye catching. I was provided the BA Star Tropical Palette to review by BA Star and Brandbacker, however, all opinions are my own. Ease of Application The BA Star Tropical Palette

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June 17, 2014 By Cassie 66 Comments

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Gel Review

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Purchase: Sephora Price: $22 When I first started wearing makeup I didn’t even think about doing anything with my brows. As I became more experienced I learned about filling them in with eye pencils, then with shadow, and finally using brow gels to tame them. At first I was incredibly naive and thought that just any old clear mascara would do the trick, however, I

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June 16, 2014 By Cassie 62 Comments

Michael Todd Honey and Oat Cleanser Review

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Purchase: Michael  Todd Price: $22 I’ve been hearing great things about Michael Todd products. The main thing that I have heard over and over again is that once you try a Michael Todd product, you won’t want to go back to using anything else. I decided to purchase the Michael Todd Honey and Oat Cleanser, something that is similar to what I have used from

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May 12, 2014 By Cassie 10 Comments

BA Star Smokey Eye Palette Review

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Purchase: BA Star Cost: $8.75 BA Star is makeup that is geared towards cheer and dance teams. The shadow palettes come in a variety of vivid colors which are very eye catching. Ease of Application The BA Star shadows went on fairly well, even with the generic brush that was provided in the palette. A lot of the shades did have a lot of fallout, however, that

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April 10, 2014 By Cassie 29 Comments

Studio Gear CC Cream Review

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Purchase: Studio Gear Cost: $34 Coupon Code: Get 10% off with the code bloggercc I received a full-size sample of the Studio Gear CC Cream in Linen from Studio Gear to review. Studio Gear says that this CC (Color Correction) Cream hydrates, prevents fine lines and wrinkles, and brightens and illuminates. The unique thing that I found about this CC Cream is that it came

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February 25, 2014 By Cassie 39 Comments

Smashbox Full Exposure Mascara First Impression

Smashbox Full Exposure Mascara First Impression on southeastbymidwest.com

The Video Purchase: Smashbox, Ulta, Sephora, Birchbox, Beauty.com Cost: $19.50 First Impression If you watched the video you know that I thought the Smashbox Full Exposure mascara was pretty great. I didn’t curl my lashes before applying this mascara and one quote gave me visible length and volume. If you let the first coat dry and apply a second coat it gets even better. I

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January 27, 2014 By Cassie 37 Comments

Viva Glam Rihanna Lipstick and Lipglass Swatches, Photos, and Review

Viva Glam Rihanna Lipstick and Lipglass Swatches, Photo's, and Review on southeastbymidwest.com

Purchase: M.A.C. Online and Stores Cost: $16 for the lipstick and $15 for the lipglass I posted Wednesday about M.A.C. releasing the Viva Glam Rihanna lipstick and lipglass for purchase. For those who don’t know Rihanna has partnered with M.A.C. again this time for the release of a Viva Glam product. Essentially when you purchase either, or both, of these products 100% of the price

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November 7, 2013 By Cassie 24 Comments

CoverGirl Flamed Out Mascara Review

CoverGirl Flamed Out Mascara Review on southastbymidwest.com

Yesterday for my WIWW post I posted one of my favorite makeup looks to date. For some reason that day all the makeup just came together and looked gorgeous with hardly any effort. That particular look also had one of my favorite drug store mascara’s to date, which is why I’m doing this CoverGirl Flamed Out Mascara Review. To start out with I got the

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November 2, 2013 By Cassie 12 Comments

CoverGirl Whipped Foundation Review

CoverGirl Whipped Foundation Review on southeastbymidwest.com

“Please note that my rating for the product reviewed is based on my experience alone. You may try the product and have a better/worse rating than mine. Feel free to leave your opinion of the product in the comments below.” Today I thought I’d bring you a foundation review of a newer product in the drugstores. As part of their Clean foundation line, over the

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