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Beauty in Real Life

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It's about real-life beauty...not about crazy trends that don't work in the real world. Here you'll find honest reviews, beauty tips, wearable trends, and interviews...all written by a stay-at-home mom to two kids.

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matrix amplify shampoo and conditioner

As I have mentioned before, I have been blessed with stick straight, fine, blonde hair, that completely lacks any sort of volume or thickness. I only recently started highlighting for a little extra oomph.For the last 6 or 7 years, I have been on a n...

n.y.c. color wheel mosaic eye powder

Lately, besides Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus, Ulta has proven to be a great resource for makeup.They pretty much carry all of the drugstore brands and are now carrying some more "high-end" brands...like Stila, Smashbox, and Lorac.The eye shadow mosaic...

our first giveaway!

What's that you say?Feeling left out of our sampling frenzy?Well...not to worry dahlings... for we are having our first giveaway!If you read the earlier review on the new Dove Go Fresh line of products...you might have noticed that we said we receive...

real women of beauty...jill scott

Welcome to one of our new features here at Beauty in Real Life. For our Real Women of Beauty, we will be delivering women of all ages, shapes, sizes and colors.Women whose style we see as inspiration.Who better to kick off our first-ever Real Women o...

rimmel london eyeshadow

It took me until about 6 months ago to buy my first Rimmel product. Why I waited so long, I have no idea. I am really impressed with their line of eyeshadows.I purchased a Colour Rush Duo Eyeshadow that is slightly different than the one pictured her...

search for the ultimate hand creme: burt's bees almond milk beeswax hand creme

For this week's hand creme, I decided to go with a natural one...Burt's Bee's Almond Milk Beeswax Hand Creme($8).The great thing about the Burt's Bees product line, is that they are widely accessible. I picked up mine at my local grocery store.The ot...

search for the ultimate hand creme: nivea smooth indulgance hand cream

This is another great hand cream that I've tried recently.So far, this one and the Vaseline are my favorite.I love how this one moisturizes enough, so that I don't have to keep reapplying after washing my hands all the time. It does not contain any A...

smashbox kits

I was recently flipping through the latest Ulta ad that came in the mail and stopped at the Smashbox ad. They have a kit exclusive to Ulta, called Double Take Color Kit .The next day, I was at my dear friend, Jennifer's house, flipping through her la...

smith's rosebud salve

For years now I have seen Smith's Rosebud Salve in magazine after magazine. It was never a product I felt I had to have, it was more of a product where if I saw it in a store I would probably buy it. I have found it once in a store before - I think I...

this just in...bye bye flat iron

According to the new issue of Bazaar, flat irons are so yesterday.Waves are now.Grab your large barreled curling iron and make like Manabu Unno at the Garren hair salon.Unno uses this two-inch Hot Tools Professional Curling iron ($34.95 from folica.c...

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