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I just joined CenterUp (@GetCentUp). This guys collect donations from the posts you like, and then split them equally between the site owner and several charities. I love the idea so I have asked for join… and here I am, although I do not consider myself a “talented digital creator”, I think that Science is Beauty could fit in the schema. So from now on, if you like the content of this site, you can do something else than just rebloging or sharing on your favorites social networks: simply click on the CenterUp button (you’ll find at the end of...

All through November, every single time I had to get ready for something — be it Thanksgiving dinner, a Novato Mothers Club meeting or lunch with a friend — I was always strapped for time (partly because I have bad time management skills, but I’m working on it. #keepingitreal). With this palette, however, I was able to do a put-together makeup look from start to finish in 10 minutes time. Yup, just when you thought when you’d seen and hoarded every neutral eyeshadow palette that you absolutely “needed” (“air quotes”) to get, along comes one from Estée Lauder to blow...

All this talk about under-eye concealer, and about forgoing it lately, has me thinking about the kinds of makeup that people *don’t* wear. Incidentally, I’m actually surprised to hear that so many of you gals (and guys) forgo under-eye concealer! I’m really shocked. I thought I’d be in the minority, but I don’t think I am. Anyway, I’m scrolling through my makeup mental list, and here’s what I’ve got… Powder lipstick. I realize that this is rare, but NARS released a palette of them in the Erdem collection, and even though it was kitschy cool, the lazy lady in me...

Layering liners. I’ve been doing this a lot lately because 1) it’s fast (since you don’t have to be terribly precise or do any razzle-dazzle complicated eyeshadow blending) and 2) because it lets you unleash the full fury of your creative side by conjuring up all sorts of fun finishes. For this look, I drew a baby cat eye flick on my upper lash lines with a black felt tip pen liner, then ran a glittery bronze liner right along the edge for sparkle. Next, I lined my lower lash lines with a pearly bronze pencil liner, smudged the edges,...

I’ve been meaning to do an updated skin care routine breakdown, and today seems like a good day for it. But before I jump in, I feel like I should let you that I’m standing in my bathroom right now looking into my cabinet, which stands just behind and above the toilet, and having PTSD flashbacks of my Velvet Teddy lipstick falling into the toilet. 🙄 I keep hearing that *plunk* over and over again… That said, here we go! Everything I’m doing in my routine now revolves around how sensitive my skin is feeling on any given day, because...