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Friday Unrelated Information

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1. It’s August 1, which puts us midway between the summer solstice and the fall equinox. If you’re a Celt or a neo-pagan you can celebrate Lughnasadh and the beginning of the harvest, or you can call it Lammas. Either way, you can feel a change in the air, right? The light is different, more golden; everything is in bloom; and dusk is coming a little earlier.

2. I don’t think I’ve ever written a post about a beauty product on this blog in 8 years (just about my inability to apply most of them), but Dior Nail Glow is the shit. It’s a clear polish, but a MAGIC clear polish. I can slap it on in about 90 seconds, it dries fast, lasts a week, and makes your nails look very French–not like you just put clear polish on them, but like you just naturally have perfectly manicured nails. (See it in action on this beauty blog.) And it doesn’t make my nails peel. I’ve been using it for about two months and so thought I’d share the love.

3. I just wrote more words about nail polish than about my beloved Celtic cross-quarter days. It might be the end times.

 

 

Let’s Talk About Eye Makeup

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In the almost 10 years of this blog, I’ve only talked about makeup a few times and only recommended one product (which I still love). But the trip to the Nordstrom beauty counters a couple weeks ago yielded some really great products, so let me share.

I think because I didn’t wear makeup for so long, any dark shadow on my eyes just reads as “wrong” to me–like that’s not how I really look. But if you’re wearing a full face of makeup, you need something on your eyelids or you just look like you forgot that part. Enter NARS Eye Paint in Porto Venere:

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It really brightens more than adds any color, but it just makes me look “finished.” It’s buildable, not too sparkly, and a really lovely light gel texture–not cakey or hard like other cream shadows I’ve tried.

And for eyebrows, again, if they’re too painted on I just don’t think I look like myself. But again, they need  something. I’d been filling them in a bit with pencil and then putting on clear gel, which seemed like a step too many. Plus the gel I was using (Anastasia Beverly Hills) was super “crunchy” and hard to apply. Enter Bobbi Brown Natural BrowShaper and Hair Touch Up:

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It fills in everything perfectly and just makes you look well groomed. It’s easy to apply (just use a light hand),  doesn’t dry too crunchy, and doesn’t flake off during the day. I do recommend finding your color match in person but hey–that’s what Nordstrom beauty counters are for. (Sephora doesn’t have the full color range.)

So there you go. Beauty is just a purchase away!