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Too Cool for School Milk Tint in Milky Lavender

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This is, what, the third purple lip color I've reviewed in the last month? Oh, well. I don't think it's possible to be a lipstick-loving k-pop fan without developing a curiosity about Korean lip tints. I'd had my eye out for a tint since last year, but most of the tints available in the US seemed to come in very bright colors (orange and pink being the most popular) and watery, ultra-staining formulas that I knew would dry the hell out of my lips. By the time I visited oo35mm , a deceptively tiny store in New York's Chinatown with an impressive selection of Asian (mostly Korean and Japanese) beauty products, I'd pretty much given up on finding a relatively non-drying lip tint in my preferred purply color family. I was actually at oo35mm for skincare: I wanted a Salux exfoliating body washcloth, which I'd read about in this Into the Gloss post (see, I do like ITG sometimes), as well as some sheet masks from brands I hadn't yet tried. But when I saw the T...

Low-Buy Progress Report #4: April

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I'm told that it's May, though you wouldn't know it from the weather, which has been utterly miserable for over a week and promises to carry on being utterly miserable for another week to come. Every day is the same: between 45 and 60 degrees, completely overcast, raining on and off, humidity around 90%. After one glorious week in mid-April, I thought I could settle into the certainty of not having to wear pants again until my UK visit in June. Then nature said "lol j/k" and I found myself fumbling in my closet for my down coat and pulling MAC Eugenie out of retirement. (I really have been loving Eugenie recently, as a complement to my leather jacket and end-of-semester scowl.) But the calendar proceeds apace even if the weather doesn't, and it's time again for my monthly roundup of beauty purchases! New Makeup/Polish: NYX Liquid Suede in Amethyst : $5.50 (with CVS coupon) Formula X Lively : $11 Too Cool for School Milk Tint in Milky Lavender: $8 Glossier...