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Purely Cosmetics

Bionic’s Best of Beauty 2009 award winners!

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Want to know what I absolutely ADORED in 2009? I’ve gone through every skin care item, makeup product, trend, and ounce of hair care that I tested, or discovered, over the past year and came up with Bionic’s Second Annual “Best of Beauty” awards. And just for fun, I included some stuff at the end [...]

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Makeup Look: In the woods

Makeup look by the Bionic Beauty blog - brown and green eyeshadows

I created this makeup look after spending Thanksgiving in the mountains of Georgia. Trees, boulders, and autumn colored leaves were everywhere! Playing off the browns and greens in nature, I used two of my favorite Milani eyeshadows- Java Bean (a cool-toned brown) and Clover (a medium true green), to create this mostly-neutral face. The makeup [...]

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Bionic Tip: Mix your own tinted moisturizer

Beauty, makeup and skincare tips from the Bionic Beauty blog

I recently took a trip to a pretty dry climate. I’m one of those rare gals who adores humidity. My skin dries very easily and the humidity helps keep me from getting flaky. Between the humidity decrease and the dry airplane air, I knew I’d need to slather extra moisture on my face. My solution? [...]

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Acne Tips for Teens

Microfiber wash cloths for gentle face washing

First motto… “Oil is not bad”. I can’t say that enough OIL IS NOT BAD. Cosmetics companies have drilled the opposite into us for ages. If you strip all the oil away from your face, your skin will respond by producing excess oil and that leads to more clogged pores and breakouts. And a little [...]

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Off to the Blue Lagoon makeup look

Deep Blue eye makeup look

I recently got a few of the Milani Runway Eyes Wet/Dry eye shadows from CVS and absolutely adore them. They can be applied as a soft wash or deep color. In the package it looks much too glittery for day wear, but once you rub the top layer off, it’s not nearly as shimmery! I [...]

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Bionic Asks: What’s your favorite type of foundation?

Bionic Asks: What

Luckily these days we have many choices when it comes to what type of face makeup we wear. Plain powders, cream to powders, just concealer, loose mineral makeup, liquid minerals, tinted moisturizers, liquid foundation… the list goes on and on. If you’ve been a Bionic Beauty reader for a bit, you’ll know that my favorite [...]

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Congrats! Purely Cosmetics and YBF Skincare winners

Congratulations Bionic Beauty blog giveaway winners!

Congratulations Rachel, Stephanie, Gloria, Christine, Courtney, Rebecca and Jennifer! These ladies were all winners in the recent giveaways here at Bionic Beauty. Rachel has won the “All About the Eyes” makeup giveaway from Purely Cosmetics. And she picked my favorite gel eyeliner, Black Cherry! I hope she loves it as much as I did. Stephanie [...]

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Reminder to enter: Purely Cosmetics makeup giveaway!

Enter the Purely Cosmetics eye makeup giveaway contest at Bionic Beauty

Don’t forget to enter the Purely Cosmetics eye makeup giveaway! The contest ends at tomorrow night, August 8th, at midnight (Eastern Time). It’s open to ALL residents except those of Italy and Mexico! Now’s your chance to win $100 in eye makeup including 3 eye shadows, a full shadow brush kit (with brush protectors!), an [...]

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Bionic Giveaway: All About the Eyes from Purely Cosmetics

All About the Eyes

It’s All About the Eyes with this new giveaway sponsored by one of my all-time favorite indie makeup brands- Purely Cosmetics!! In honor of my 2nd Anniversary, Robyn (the owner and founder of Purely Cosmetics) and I teamed to bring Bionic Beauty readers an amazingly cool gift set that packs everything you need to get [...]

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