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Girling: Eye Shadow Primer

In my journey to improve my make up that culminated in my eye opening MAC makeup lessons, one of the things I found invaluable, is eye shadow primer. Eye shadow primer is a tricky, tricky thing. Most companies make some sort of primer and they definitely vary wildly. Without primer, my eye shadow has always … Continue reading Girling: Eye Shadow Primer

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Hair Tools – What to Do to Plump Up

I decided that the loss of my hair was an opportunity to improve my styling skills, just like I did with my make up. I have some new hair tools to tell you about!! Learning new styling techniques was not anywhere near as hard I as I thought. It takes practice and experimentation and that's … Continue reading Hair Tools – What to Do to Plump Up

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Want your hair back? This is what worked for me.

As you can see in my previous posts, I was distraught when my hair started falling out. Once I started wearing wigs, it became clear what hair style I was shooting for but the growing out part was a pain. Lucky for me, a friend recommended a stylist that specialized in the work I wanted … Continue reading Want your hair back? This is what worked for me.

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My Hair, Oh the Changes In My Hair!

I've talked about my hair before but as it's growing out in seeing some interesting things happening. The most striking piece is how the texture of my hair has changed as it's grown out. It's kind of curly on the ends - it was not unexpected, as both my grandmother's and her twin's hair came … Continue reading My Hair, Oh the Changes In My Hair!

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MAC Attack! I fixed my make up

One of the many things I've done to get things back to normal is sort my skin care and make up regimen. Skin care I'll talk about later, I wanted to talk about my insanely awesome experience with MAC cosmetics. Before I got sick, I was in rut. I had barely changed my make up … Continue reading MAC Attack! I fixed my make up