The genius that is tarte can now be seen daily on their new YouTube channel!
There you’ll find tarte makeup artists and members of the executive team giving 101 tutorials on some of their best-selling products, as well as some of their latest product launches.
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Do you know how impossible it is to find a good manicure and pedicure in Paris and London? And if you do find a place willing to paint the claws, it costs a fortune. In Paris it’s about 70 Euros just for a pedi, that’s around 100 dollars. In London it’s about 60-70 pounds for both mani and pedi. That’s around 100-130 dollars.
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Now available from Clinique is their Bamboo Pink collection.
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You may recognize Charlotte Collard from her modeling campaigns – L’Oreal and Revlon – or her magazine spreads in Vogue, Elle and Marie Claire. But she’s so much more than just a pretty face. After traveling the world as a model, Charlotte relocated to Florence where she studied gemalogy. She now works as a celebrated fashion and jewelry consultant as well as a style blogger. She’s very in the know (and you know how I love a trendsetter).
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The Informed Makeup Maven talks Stila, MAC and Terra Firma Cosmetics giveways and reviews Make Up For Ever’s HD primer and Camouflage Palette, and MAC’s Moistureblend Foundation.
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While I tend to be a savvy shopper 95% of the time, I sometimes do get a little swayed by a good sales pitch.
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Even when I really love a beauty product, I am always on the lookout for something new. There are few products I am so loyal to that I’d pass at the thought of trying another (just looking at Sarah’s post on French pharmacies got me thinking of the possibilities). But there are always exceptions. Five years ago I found the perfect perfume and I haven’t looked at another since.
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It was my mothers birthday the other day and I was thinking about all the beauty tricks Ive learned from her over the years (and all the makeup I borrowed as a teenager and never returned). While neither of us wears a lot of makeup everyday, we each have our daily rituals. I dont leave the house without mascara and shes all about the brows.
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