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Time for the Holy Grail of Swaps today! The cult favorite Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara is one of the most popular mascaras for big fat voluminous lashes. While your lashes may look amazing, the ingredients in this mascara are far less than fantastic. So let's discuss a cleaner and safer option for big fat voluminous lashes! (Both mascaras are Cruelty-Free and Vegan.)

Time for another non-toxic swap! This time it's bronzers!  Once my favorite bronzer for fair skin, the Too Faced Milk Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer is a classic light brown tan color that looks beautiful and lasts all day---but with Talc, Phenoxyethanol, and artificial fragrance as ingredients, I have found a pressed matte bronzer that is almost an exact dupe but without the nasty ingredients! Let's get started!

It's Day 5 of my 10 Days of Christmas, a Gift Guide for Her! Halfway done! Hope you guys have enjoyed the gift ideas and maybe made your shopping a little easier. Today's gift is an eyeshadow palette that you can get for just about anyone. This is the perfect no fuss gift! Check out the gift ideas from Day 1 , Day 2 , Day 3 , and Day 4 .  Let's get into the gifts!

Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara Any product that claims to be "Better Than Sex", already has high expectations. The Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara seems to be everyone's go-to mascara these days. This retails for $23 (0.27 oz) and is available in-store and online at Ulta , Sephora , and the Too Faced Website . Let's get in to the review!

The Best High-End Paraben-Free Products Continuing with the best paraben-free makeup products, this post is all about the best high-end beauty products! It's a misconception that only cheap products are made with parabens, plenty of expensive and prestigious brands still use parabens as an ingredient in their products. There are so many amazing high-end products to choose from, this is just small portion of products I would highly recommend anyone to pick up. All of these products are also aluminum free! Let's get in to the list!

Too Faced Born This Way Foundation Source: Too Faced One of Too Faced's newest launches for Fall 2015 is the Born This Way Foundation . This foundation is meant to give an undetectable full coverage to the face and look flawless. Full coverage tends to look heavy, so I'm intrigued to see how this turns out! This retails for $39 (1 fl oz) in-stores and online at Ulta , Sephora , and the Too Faced Website . Let's get in to the review!

Empties + Mini Reviews I have been attempting to use up quite a few products over the last six months or so, so be prepared for this huge list of Empties today! And this isn't even all of it! I used up several MAC products that I Back to MAC-ed, as well as some things I have showed in previous empties I thought I would skip this time.  So enough babbling, let's get in to this round of empties which includes lots of makeup items!

Nordstrom Rack Beauty Finds Hello everyone! I just got back from a quick trip to Chicago, so you know I had to check out some of their Nordstrom Rack locations and finally get my hands on some of the high end beauty deals I always see people raving about! The first location I stopped at, which is where I found all these beautiful little gems, was the Nordstrom Rack on East Chicago Avenue in downtown Chicago.  I found quite a few sets from LORAC, Smashbox, as well as foundations from Too Faced, blush and bronzers from Stila and much more! Let's get into it!

June 2015 Beauty Favorites The Summer is already half over and with the weather being as cold as it's been, Summer still feels like months away! The makeup I have been loving this past month have really helped add that extra glow to my skin. I have also been in love with a bright pink lip, so I have a few favorite lip colors to show you! And as always, all of these products are paraben-free! So let's get in to my favorites for the month of June!

It's that time again! Here are some high end beauty deals for under $20! Here are some new sets that have been brought out for Spring and some that are available year round!

Today is the eighteenth day of  Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty for Spring 2015 ! This sale is going to run from  Sunday, March 15th to Saturday, April 4th . Items are available on a first come first serve basis. So when once your store sells out in-store, that's it. However, you can order these items online on the  Ulta Website  to get the same price. TODAYS BEAUTY STEAL! 50% off Too Faced Sweetheart Perfect Flush Blush, NOW $15 Keep reading for the full list of Beauty Steals!

Today is the eighth day of  Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty for Spring 2015 ! This sale is going to run from  Sunday, March 15th to Saturday, April 4th . Items are available on a first come first serve basis. So when once your store sells out in-store, that's it. However, you can order these items online on the  Ulta Website  to get the same price. TODAYS BEAUTY STEALS! 50% off Too Faced Primed & Poreless Primer Pur Minerals Pressed Mineral Makeup $17 Keep reading for the full list of Beauty Steals!

While at work today, I work at Ulta, I found next week's flyer with the full schedule of Beauty Steals for Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty for Spring 2015 ! This sale is going to run from Sunday, March 15th to Saturday, April 4th . Items are available on a first come first serve basis. So when once your store sells out in-store, that's it. However, you can order these items online on the Ulta Website to get the same price. So let's get into the full schedule of Beauty Steals available in-store and online at Ulta each day!

Makeup & Beauty Favorites! I have used up quite a few beauty products in the last month, mostly due to the harsh cold weather outside. I love cleaning, so finally recycling these products that I've been keeping feels great! So before I start to babble, let's get into some makeup and beauty products I have used up!

2014 Makeup & Beauty Favorites This year has flown by, and I for one am actually glad, because that means I can tell you all about the makeup and beauty favorites I have loved this year! Since starting to work at Ulta this past year, I've been able to try quite a few new things! Here we go!  Let's starting with the non-makeup! Algenist Complete Eye Renewal Balm I received this little beauty from work and have been absolutely in love with it this month! I never realized how dehydrated my eye area was until I started using this twice a day. The fine lines are less prominent and my concealer applies much easier and looks more natural under my eye. If you're in the market for a hydrating eye cream that helps with anti-aging, save up and get this one! This retails for  $65  at  Ulta  and  Sephora . Algenist Complete Eye Renewal Balm Neutrogena Naturals Fresh Cleansing + Makeup Remover I've been on...

Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick I recently received the new Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick in Melted Berry! I did receive this free from working at Ulta. These lipsticks retail for $21 each at Ulta , Sephora , and toofaced.com . Too Faced describes these lip sticks as "the staying power of a stain, the intense color of a liquid lipstick and the high shine of a gloss". Too Faced Melted Lipstick in "Melted Berry" The packaging is a plastic squeeze tube with a gold cap that twists off. The tip is like a fuzzy doe foot applicator where the product squeezes up through. The lipsticks contain 0.4 ounces of product. Too Faced Melted Lipstick There are currently 10 shades available . Ranging from a light pinky nude to the darkest shade, a deep berry purple, which I am going to show you here. "Melted Berry" is as the name would suggest, a deep red berry color. Very similar to colors such as Revlon "R...

This Sunday, September 9th, starts the beginning of Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty! Here's the list of deals that will be going on for the next 3 weeks! These deals are available in-store and online at  ulta.com TODAYS DEAL: Too Faced Shadow Insurance for $10, reg. $20 SUN: 9/7   EVENTS:  Urban Decay, Philosophy, Bare Minerals STEALS:  50% off Bare Minerals Mascaras now $5-$9, Philosophy Microdelivery Exfoliating Wash 8 oz. for $15, reg. $27 MON: 9/8 EVENTS:  Bare Minerals, DERMAdoctor, PurMinerals STEALS:  50% off DERMAdoctor KP Duty Collection, now $19-$45 TUES: 9/9 EVENTS:  IT Brushes for Ulta, StriVectin STEALS:  STRIVECTIN SD 2 oz. for $49, reg. $79 WED: 9/10 EVENTS:  Exuviance, Too Faced STEALS:  Too Faced Bulletproof Brows for $15, reg. $30 THU: 9/11 EVENTS:  Murad, Stila STEALS:  Stila In the Moment, In the Light, In the Know, & In the Garden Palettes for $20, ...

This Sunday, September 9th, starts the beginning of Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty! Here's the list of deals that will be going on for the next 3 weeks! These deals are available in-store and online at  ulta.com TODAYS' DEAL:  Too Faced Bulletproof Brows for $15, reg. $30 SUN: 9/7   EVENTS:  Urban Decay, Philosophy, Bare Minerals STEALS:  50% off Bare Minerals Mascaras now $5-$9, Philosophy Microdelivery Exfoliating Wash 8 oz. for $15, reg. $27 MON: 9/8 EVENTS:  Bare Minerals, DERMAdoctor, PurMinerals STEALS:  50% off DERMAdoctor KP Duty Collection, now $19-$45 TUES: 9/9 EVENTS:  IT Brushes for Ulta, StriVectin STEALS:  STRIVECTIN SD 2 oz. for $49, reg. $79 WED: 9/10 EVENTS:  Exuviance, Too Faced STEALS:  Too Faced Bulletproof Brows for $15, reg. $30 THU: 9/11 EVENTS:  Murad, Stila STEALS:  Stila In the Moment, In the Light, In the Know, & In the Garden Palet...

This Sunday, September 9th, starts the beginning of Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty! Here's the list of deals that will be going on for the next 3 weeks! These deals are available in-store and online at ulta.com SUN: 9/7   EVENTS: Urban Decay, Philosophy, Bare Minerals STEALS: 50% off Bare Minerals Mascaras now $5-$9, Philosophy Microdelivery Exfoliating Wash 8 oz. for $15, reg. $27 MON: 9/8 EVENTS: Bare Minerals, DERMAdoctor, PurMinerals STEALS: 50% off DERMAdoctor KP Duty Collection, now $19-$45 TUES: 9/9 EVENTS:  IT Brushes for Ulta, StriVectin STEALS: STRIVECTIN SD 2 oz. for $49, reg. $79 WED: 9/10 EVENTS: Exuviance, Too Faced STEALS: Too Faced Bulletproof Brows for $15, reg. $30 THU: 9/11 EVENTS: Murad, Stila STEALS: Stila In the Moment, In the Light, In the Know, & In the Garden Palettes for $20, reg. $39 FRI: 9/12 EVENTS: Clinique, Dermologica, Lancome, Smashbox, Tarte STEALS: Smashbox 24 Hou...