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The Holiday Makeup Look: Vampy Lips + Nails

13 December 2015 • Kimberly

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Been keeping this look (from Cushnie et Ochs' Spring 2016 runway show) on tap for the holiday season; it finally feels appropriate now that we're exactly 12 days away from Christmas. It's vampy, it's modern: just festive enough, but not a literal interpretation of holiday makeup. I love a bright red ... Read More

The Best Red Lipsticks

28 June 2015 • Kimberly

Red lipstick seem counterintuitive in summer when the norm is to gravitate towards all things bronze, gold, and glowing. "Naturally sun-kissed" is the ideal (achieved by way of strategic contour and highlighting) or if you're more into the first part (essentially, lazy like me) you'll rely on a good ... Read More

The Best Nude Lipsticks

1 August 2014 • Kimberly

Spotted, this morning 7:55 a.m. EST, while rummaging through my handbag for my iPhone charger was a horde of lipsticks, all of which are nude-ish. Five my-lips-but-better shades, all collecting in one pocket of my handbag. I'm not sure which of these are worse: the fact that... (a) I have a ... Read More

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