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  • Gift Guide: The Best Makeup & Beauty Stocking Stuffers

    Gift Guide: The Best Makeup & Beauty Stocking Stuffers

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    A Holiday stocking laden with all your favorite skin care treats and cosmetics is truly a dream come true for us beauty and makeup addicts. In case you need some help gathering a stocking stuffer list of all things beauty, we pulled together some of the most talked-about products from skin care to hair care, as well as some of our best-selling products – perfect for stuffing in your friend’s (or your) Christmas stocking!

    1. Glitz N Glimmer Eyeshadow Palette

    The glitter eyeshadows in this palette can be transformed into different textures and finishes to help you create limitless looks – PERFECT for Christmas and the New Year!  These nine glitter eyeshadows can be applied wet or dry. This palette of rich, multidimensional shadows offers true color payoff. This is the perfect gift for the girly-girl in your life who loves to sparkle and shine!

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    2. Saje Natural Pocket Farmacy Mindful Edition

    The Saje Natural Pocket Farmacy Mindful Edition is the ideal companion. The five-piece set of rollerball bottles looks to essential oil blends — including peppermint and grapeseed oils — to help soothe physical and mental ailments like stress or an upset stomach.

    “Aromatherapy can be beneficial in the management of certain symptoms such as anxiety, pain, nausea, and insomnia,” Megan E. Voss, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing and director of integrative therapy, pediatric blood, and marrow transplant at the school’s Masonic Children’s Hospital, previously told Allure.

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    3. Liquid Lipsticks Black Edition

    Our Matte Liquid Lipsticks (Black Edition) are highly-pigmented, instant drying, and stays on all day. The deluxe creamy matte, full coverage lip paint gives you a lightweight, velvety texture with a non-drying, wearable matte finish. From seductive nudes to bold berries, these six luxurious lipsticks deliver a knockout finish. Available in 12 bold colours, these lipsticks are perfect stocking stuffer.

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    4. Tatum88 LED Nail Lamp

    Mini & portable – the mini gel nail UV lamp size is 2.4in x 2.5in x 2in, small and cute, easy to carry, can also enjoy nail design during travel or outdoor activities. Easy to use, the UV nail lamp uses a switch button and will automatically turn off after working for 60s.

    The UV Nail lamp is equipped with USB cable and USB interface to connect power supply, computer, power bank, etc. You can enjoy nail DIY anytime, anywhere and enjoy your beauty. This is the perfect gift for nail obsessed lady in your life.

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    5. Neutral Eyeshadow Palette

    A palette of crazy-creamy, powerfully-pigmented, beyond-blendable, gilded shades for the eyes and face to mix-and-match. A multi-use palette containing 25 neutral shades to define, line, and highlight eyes and brows. This beautiful Neutral Eyeshadow Palette by Inception of Beauty is the ultimate eyeshadow palette. a pro-level palette packed with 25 high-performance eyeshadows and pressed pigments in a rainbow of tone-inspired shades.

    Available in four striking color combinations, Neutral-Cool, Neutral-Warm, Bright and Smokey/Highlight—each set features a vivid mix of velvety-rich textures and mesmerizing finishes that range from mattes and satin to shimmers and metallic. Create gorgeous custom blended color for both day and night looks.

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    6. Beekman 1802 Vitamin C and Retinol Brighten & Resurface Bloom Kit

    Do you know someone whose skin is so sensitive even the most gentle of products can irritate them? Gift them the Beekman 1802 Vitamin C and Retinol Brighten & Resurface Bloom Kit for a soothing yet radiance-boosting complexion they won’t be able to deny. The kit includes a Vitamin C Booster, a Beta-Retinol Booster, and the brand’s best-selling Bloom Cream for a three-step process that can be used on a daily basis. Formulated with bakuchiol, antioxidant-rich amla berry, and goat’s milk, these potent products fight signs of aging, brighten and correct the appearance of dark spots, and calm inflamed skin.

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    Beekman 1802 Vitamin C and Retinol Brighten & Resurface Bloom Kit

    7. Terra Ties Biodegradable Hair Ties

    The perfect gift for the eco-conscious girl in your life are Terra Ties Biodegradable Hair Ties. These are plastic-free and break down in landfills once you toss – or loose them, in our case. Without the plastic or metal like traditional ties have, they also won’t yank at your hair, so they’re less damaging for both strands and Mother Nature.

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  • Pride 2022 Swag: Support and Celebrate in Style ?

    Pride 2022 Swag: Support and Celebrate in Style ?

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    Pride month is for LGBTQ+ people to celebrate how far we’ve come while also recognising the work that still needs to be done.

    Over the past couple of years, a lot of brands have been releasing a colourful merch line during June to celebrate Pride month. However, some have come under fire for chasing after the “pink pound”  and ignoring LGBTQ+ people for the rest of the year.

    This year a number of brands have collaborated with LGBTQ+ artists for their collections and campaigns. Others have also highlighted exactly how much money they’ll be donating to LGBTQ+ charities or what amount of proceeds from the clothing sales will go to charity.

    Here are some of our favourite Pride collaborations that you can purchase this month to celebrate and support in style! ?

    Converse x Pride Collection

    Converse x Pride Collection

    The collection features classic silhouettes including Chuck Taylor All Star, Chuck 70 and One Star sneakers alongside apparel and headwear. There’s two parts to this year’s Pride range, with Converse By You, which lets fans create their own personalised “All Star” patch, license plate and laces. You can create your own sneaker designs using the pride, bisexual, pansexual, lesbian, non-binary and transgender flags.

    The second part of the collection features apparel and one-off sneaker designs inspired by and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community.

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    Levi’s x Pride Collection

    Levi’s x Pride Collection

    Levi’s Pride collection is designed to be both genderless and size inclusive, with the collection ranging from XXS to XXXL. It includes two firsts – the Denim Corset, made from Levi’s denim alongside a lace-up back, and the Pride Skirt, which fits like a kilt.

    Other highlights include jeans, a denim jacket, t-shirts, tank top and accessories such as a head scarf, crossbody bag and charm bracelets. In support of the collection, Levi’s is making an annual $100,000 donation to OutRightAction International.

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    Apple x Pride Collection

    Apple x Pride Collection

    In celebration of Pride month this June, Apple is releasing two new Pride Edition bands with dynamic Pride watch faces in support of the global LGBTQ+ community and equality movement. This year’s Pride Edition Sport Loop showcases a colour gradient with the word “pride” woven directly into the band. Apple is also launching a new Shot on iPhone pride campaign on Instagram that captures the essence of artists and figures within the global LGBTQ+ community.

    Apple is proud to build on its long-running support for LGBTQ+ advocacy organisations working to bring about positive change, from Encircle, an organisation that provides life-affirming programs and services for the LGBTQ+ community and their families, to The Trevor Project, the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organisation for LGBTQ+ young people.

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    Playful Promises x Pride Collection

    Playful Promises x Pride Collection

    To celebrate Pride 2022 this year, Playful Promises has designed the ultimate Pride lingerie collection – ‘Love is Love’. The collection is designed to feature pride colours and includes a range of pride inspired designs. From intricate rainbow embroidery and delicate lace to strappy suspenders and so sexy body harnesses. 

    They are donating $1 for every order (of any products) to a charity of your choice, including an LGBTQI+ charity! In the UK and US they are donating to @kyivpride, and in AUS we are donating to @pridefoundationaustralia

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    Oreo x Pride Collection

    Oreo x Pride Collection

    To mark the occasion they’ve introduced a proud ally pack, which acts as a canvas for allies to share their words of pride. The pack includes the much-loved cookies and a rainbow design featuring phrases like “I’ll march with you” and “you’re too beautiful to hide”, penned by real-life allies.

    It also features a writable space on the packet that gives the opportunity for everyone to add their own words of allyship. The limited edition pack is available to buy at stores including Walmart in the US.

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  • 8 Beauty & Fashion Trends That Will Dominate 2020

    8 Beauty & Fashion Trends That Will Dominate 2020

    2020 Beauty: 8 Trends That Will Dominate This Year & Beyond

    Before we start discussing 2020 beauty, it’s important for us to take stock and look back over the last ten years. It’s fair to say that between fashion and beauty – we’ve seen it all. Take our hair for example, within the last decade we’ve had side bangs, poufs, lots and lots of layers, a-symmetrical bobs… the list goes on. So many crazy trends and fads have come and gone; contouring, the unicorn, multi-coloured everything phase and all the weird and wonderful things that have happened to our eyebrows over the last five years or so.

    We’ve also seen some real progress with how society views beauty. Albeit, it isn’t perfect, but over the last decade, we’ve seen some major strides toward inclusive beauty, advertising actually showing real women and little imperfections and individuality being showcased and rewarded. We saw curls in all their glory. Skin that wasn’t airbrushed. And made our views as consumers perfectly clear through our thoughts about it on social media.

    Who knows what we will see change over the next ten years. We are sure there will be many ‘hits’ and A LOT of ‘misses’ and no doubt we will look back in twenty years at photographs and say to ourselves “What was I thinking?!?” However, we are super excited to see where the beauty industry takes us and have put together a list of what we think will be trending over the next few months as we slide into the new roarings ’20s! 2020 beauty here we come…

    2020 BEAUTY: FEATHERED, FLUFFY BROWS

    Say goodbye to the days of drawing (or in some cases tattooing) on fine, delicate brows. This year it’s time to embrace the lived-in, full brow look. “Brows are starting to look more like brows and less like cartoons…” FINALLY! We are embracing pens and gels and creating masterpieces that actually look like real brows!

    Top Tip: You should prep your eyebrows with a growth serum each night before going to bed. The more you have to work with, the better your brows will look in the end!

    GEMSTONE EYES AND CRYSTAL NAILS

    Inventive takes on eyeliner and rhinestones—lots of rhinestones—were all over the spring 2020 runways. Models at Pyer Moss had ruby red crystals all over their lids and around their eyes, while Pat McGrath created brightly colored eye looks with decals at Marc Jacobs. Off the catwalk expect to see more subtle variations hitting the streets. Ease your way into this trend with stick-on rhinestones on the inner corners of your eyes and then start exploring and experimenting from there.

    Did you know that searches for “Swarovski crystal nails” are up 128% on Pinterest? It’s not hard to see why. Who wouldn’t want to look down and see their nails sparkling in the light? There’s the option of going to a salon to have them delicately place crystals in a line along your cuticles or tips, but you can also go the DIY route with a chunky glitter polish and purchasing your own crystals and glue online!

    BARRETTES AND HAIR CLIPS

    If you didn’t get in the hair-clip game in 2019, good news: Now’s your chance. Pinterest reports searches for hair clips are up 930% going into the New Year. While teens are leaning toward wing and butterfly clips (yep, it’s officially happening AGAIN), those of us who actually remember wearing them the first time are gravitating towards more sophisticated options, like pearl clips, adorned bobby pins, and gold claw clips. 90s revival is in full swing beauties – you in or not?

    PASTEL EYESHADOW AND FLOATING EYELINER

    Worn all over your lids or just as a flick of liner, pretty pastel shades are set to have their time to shine this spring. Models at Oscar de la Renta, Alice + Olivia, Ulla Johnson, and Jonathan Simkhai all hit the catwalk wearing dreamy mints, peaches, powder blues, lilacs, and lemons. Get ahead of the curve try out our Diamond Eyeshadow and Glitter Eyeshadow palettes. With many colours to choose from, you can combine the pastels with the sparkles this season.

    To match your pastel shadows we are also expecting see lots of lots of floating liner…in bright colors. Say goodbye to traditional, black eyeliner (for a while at least). To create the perfect floating eyeliner look:

    Step One: Prime your lids

    Step Two: Blend the second lightest shade in your eye shadow palette across your entire lid, extending just beyond your crease. Then, dust some of the lightest color onto the center of your lid to help make your eyes really pop.

    Step Three: Close your eyes to determine where your real crease is. Then, using the eyeliner color of your choice (if you opted for a neutral floating crease, reach for brown; if you opted for a bold floating crease, use cobalt blue), draw an arc just beyond your natural crease.

    KNOTTED HEADBANDS AND SCRUNCHIES

    If 2019 was the year of the padded headband, 2020 will be all about knotted ones. Not only were they all over the runways (like here at the Alice + Olivia spring show), but you also couldn’t walk two steps without seeing someone wearing Lele Sadoughi in the crowd. Our favorite places to shop for them? Shopbop and Urban Outfitters have a ton of fun styles, but don’t sleep on Etsy, where you can find interesting (and affordable) designs no one else will have.

    Pinterest revealed a whopping 6309% surge in searches for the term “hair scrunchies” in its recent Pinterest 100 report, which means, despite not really paying scrunchies much attention since they were our favourite primary school accessory, they’re back in a big way for 2020.

    As for how to style them, sling them round a low ponytail or bun, keeping the style loose and relaxed and – yep – it appears our long-forgotten scrunchie has grown-up with us.

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