At $12.99CAD regular retail price, CoverGirl and Olay's collaborative concealer from the Simply Ageless line is not the cheapest option you'll come across in the drugstore. It is intended for those pesky undereye circles, and comes in a pot that you can easily use with any tool of your choosing. You may be sceptical about drugstore makeup or CoverGirl in general, but why rule something out before giving it a fair shake?

I chose to try this concealer based on a few factors: CoverGirl makes some paler than average complexion makeup, it was on sale, and Olay makes some damn sexy skincare. Worst case scenario? I saved the receipt and could take it back! I scooped it up and scrambled home to put the pale paste to work.

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All three polishes are from China Glaze's Up & Away collection. Re-Fresh Mint, Light As Air and Lemon Fizz if I am recollecting their names properly. Thoughts?

BAM! Hi all. My hair mutated, and my eyebrows went along for the ride. This is a quick and dirty look using my newest goodies from MAC's Art Supplies collection.

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Let's get scrubby with it! Today I've got Firefly on dvd playing while I write this, but you probably aren't concerned about that. Can I just say that I frigging love that show and most of its cast? Srsly, though. On the other hand, I have this product from Peter Lamas to poke at. It's meant for your face! To make it smoother! Check it out:

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As if the Liberty of London packaging on this compact of MAC's Summer Rose beauty party weren't enough to sell me on it, the purple tones would do me in. We first saw this shade last spring with the A Rose Romance collection, except it was awkwardly sculpted to look like a "rose"; as a rose, she was pretty in the pan, but super tricky to get colour from! This time?

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Today for your viewing pleasure, I present: GOSH's X-Ceptional Wear foundation. As you can see, it claims to be long wearing and light reflecting. Around these parts, GOSH is a pricier brand found in the drug store, and this particular product will set you back around $20 (or less if you get it on sale like I did!). When some brands cite a shade as Porcelain in the drugstore, my general experience is that they're what porcelain would look like if you buried it in your pot plant's dirt for a while. Not so here! As such, I thought I'd give it a whirl.

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Oh, man, post time! I only have a few pigments to show you today because Black apparently is a huge jerk that won't upload properly right now. No clue what's going on, but I'll put on my Nerd Hat later and figure it out (note: I don't have a literal Nerd Hat, but I think it would be pretty cool to have one!). Instead, you get to look at Marine Ultra, Hi-Def Cyan, Universal Mix and Rich Life.

A semi-chunky golden white shimmery pigment. Nothing spectacular, but pretty enough on the lid.

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She-zam! Alright, so, this isn't the most exciting return, but I'm at work trying not to cough on people, and I've got these pictures already online to go with my words... I love pictures! Let's do it up and talk about some lip glossing action from Bobbi Brown, shall we?

I have Bobbi's Crystal gloss and the Sheer Tint SPF 15 gloss in Bare Shimmer. Oooh, look at 'em! Look familiar? I did post a lip swatch of Bare Shimmer approximately fifty trillion years ago, and that can be found here. These glosses represent two different formulae; want to know my thoughts on each?

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I vanished. I've been unwell, and it's something that I finally just needed to take some time to recuperate. I've had a good chunk of downtime from most of the world in general, and I'll be gearing back up again. I do apologize for running away.

YOU AREN'T RID OF ME YET.

Sometimes my skin gets a touch thirsty below the neck, yo. Especially my lower legs and elbows. Yeesh! So, why not butter them up?

Say hello to the body shop's body butter in Satsuma. She and I have been buds lately.

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