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Okay, okay–I’m cheating just a teensy bit here.

This isn’t the actual, all-in-one Sugarpill Cosmetics Burning Heart palette, as you can see from the picture above. Rather, these are the individual shadows that make up the Burning Heart palette. You see, I had already purchased a few single shadows from Sugarpill Cosmetics and wound up owning some parts of this palette’s selection (as well as half of the Heart Breaker palette, which I will also review in the upcoming weeks). Rather than double up on colors, I decided to stick with the singles and collect them all that way because… well, it just seemed like the thing to do.

However you get it, this palette–or the single shadows that comprise it–is a purchase worth making. I have never seen such amazing shadows before stumbling upon Sugarpill! These shadows put some of the big names to shame. Seriously; if you are unfamiliar with Sugarpill Cosmetics and are a lover of intensely pigmented, wildly colorful eyeshadows then I command you to run right over to their website this very instance!

Or I guess you just hang around here and see what I have to say about them, too.

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“Our best selling Lip Scrub, and the first one Sara created in her kitchen back in 2005. We’ve yet to find the girl who doesn’t love this flavor.”

If there is one product I truly could not live without these days, it is a good lip scrub.

I’m sure you’re all sick to death of my complaining about my dry, flaky lips but it remains one of the biggest beauty obstacles I face on a daily basis. The redness from my rosacea can be covered, my dry skin can be moisturized, hell–even my thinning hair can be covered by a bandana or a headband! But those lips? ::shakes head::

I’m talking the kind of dry that, in colder months, actually gets painful. In the winter, smiling or sneezing has been known to split my poor lips, which is just as obnoxious as it is painful. Thus, I have had a lot of trouble wearing lip products for many years. Everything seemed to highlight it–glosses, lipsticks, even some balms.

I had tried many lip scrubs over the years with varying results, but it wasn’t until I splurged on Sara Happ’s “The Lip Scrub” that I finally found an ally in my battle against flaky lips.

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“I learned early on how different types of light can truly flatter the complexion. Growing up, my mother had pink light bulbs in all of the lamps throughout the house. She loved pink light because it was the softest and most flattering, and she always wanted to look good. I used this concept of lighting in Ambient Lighting Powder.”

—Carisa Janes, Hourglass Founder

Iiiiiiiiits baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

I was beside myself when I missed out on the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette last fall. I had had my eye on the ambient lighting powders in general, but when I heard they were putting out a palette of three shades–two regular releases and one special, new release–I was thrilled. I figured it would be a nice, compact way to have a selection of these powders in my kit.

However, I waited just a tad too long to try and get my hands on one. This palette was insanely popular and by the time I was ready to purchase it, it was sold out everywhere–and I do mean everywhere. I had really wanted to try that exclusive shade, and somehow the thought of buying all of them separately just wasn’t as appealing for me. Storage space is at a premium in my collection right now and I just didn’t want to deal with all those full-sized compacts. Instead, I held out and hoped it would come back in stock. I was even one of those crazily distraught people who emailed Hourglass, begging them to bring it back again.

Thankfully, they heard our pleas and the palette was re-released just this month! You know I had mine ordered the second I saw it up for sale.

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“Set in a beautiful spring inspired watercolor illustration, the “Suited to a Tea” palette features 12 cream based eye shadows with this season’s must have colors.”

I’ve never been all too familiar with Cargo Cosmetics. I know they were carried in Sephora for a few years, and I probably swatched some of their products here and there, but aside from a lone nude lip liner floating around in my collection, I never really delved into their selection.

When I saw their new spring line in Kohl’s a week or so ago, I was drawn in by the cute packaging and “tea” theme to the collection. I’m a sucker for all things having to do with tea (as well as coffee, if truth be told), and I had to take a peak inside the adorable package that held their Suited To A Tea Eye Shadow Palette. I mean, just look at it; all pink and dotted with teacups and makeup?! Of course it helped that I immediately fell in love with the spring-y, pastel selection of colors inside this palette too–there were not only a good range of shimmery  neutrals but also some lovely purples and blues and even a smoky gray-green (oh my!). The inside of this palette had a look reminiscent of a watercolor palette and that just went straight to the heart of me.

I couldn’t help myself. I had some Kohl’s cash and have been longing for some fun, colorful shadows I could still see myself wearing to work, so I figured I would give it a shot…

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