Happy Sunday, Beautiful Blossoms! This week's TRE is more of a rant than a raised eyebrow - a rant that has been brought up time and time again but clearly ignored by the recipient. Why would they? The complaints haven't stopped people from going to their stores and buying makeup. Any time I step into …
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The Raised Eyebrow: Kylie Cosmetics
So why is it that people are willing to shell out $29 for a lip set that could be duped for much much less?
TRE: Used Makeup For Sale
I can understand that beauty addicts will go to great lengths to get the makeup they want at the cheapest price possible, but buying used makeup?
TRE: Statistics in Cosmetic Ads
That got me to buy the product because I wanted a lipstick that didn't make my lips drier than they already were. You can tell where I'm going with this week's entry.
The Raised Eyebrow: Walgreens “Polished” Off
Welcome to the first entry of The Raised Eyebrow (TRE) for 2016, and yes, I went for a pun with today's entry. Today's entry is brought to you (not sponsored) by BuzzFeed's regurgitated article of a heist at a Walgreens in Midtown Manhattan. Regurgitated in the sense that the news originally appeared on DNAInfo and …
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TRE: Beauty Sample Subscriptions (Part 2)
But if you don't have time to invest in and take care of yourself, why would you believe that someone else claims to have that time for you?
The Raised Eyebrow: K-Beauty? Dewy Look?
Now, I'm starting to learn that American women are pursuing the Asian-model-on-a-beauty-ad-poster standard by buying Korean products. I'm guessing it's because they're starting to believe that if they buy the same products that Korean women have access to, they'll achieve the same flawless, East Asian stereotype look.
The Raised Eyebrow – Beauty Sample Subscriptions (Part 1)
Nowadays, there is a general consensus that we simply "don't have time" to do things: we don't have time for or do XYZ so we look for something that offers convenience for us. Yet somehow, it's normal to say that we're willing to binge-watch our favorite TV show on Netflix or Hulu or Instagram what we're doing.
The Raised Eyebrow: Brushes Brushes Everywhere!
For the heck of it, I typed "makeup brushes" to see what Amazon will deliver for me. Oh, they delivered alright - they just didn't warn me that I'd end up with a raised eyebrow in the process.
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