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Our IMATS 2010 Trip

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IMATS Ben NyeIf you follow us on Twitter, you already know that we went to IMATS on Saturday November 6th. (IMATS stands for the International Make-up Artist Trade Show.) Anyone can attend as long as you purchase a ticket – you don’t have to be a makeup artist. Fiona and I aren’t makeup artists, but we went because of our passion for (heh, or addiction to!) beauty products.

At IMATS, there were lots of booths offering huge markdowns on cosmetics from brands like NYX, Ben Nye, Stila, Crown Brushes, and Make Up For Ever. And you could also watch competitions and attend seminars where professional makeup gurus dished some tricks of the trade. (Scroll down in the post for tips we picked up from Koren Zander (aka EnKore). There was a lot to see and do! Continue reading →

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Frankening Nail Polish – We Did It! (Sort of)

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Hola, fellow nail-polish lovers!

Mary and I got together and tried to create our own unique colors. Her goal was to create a green or purple with iridescent purple or green. Mine was a purple with red undertones.

This was the first time we’ve ever frankened polishes. And even though we didn’t achieve exactly what we wanted, we had fun doing it! Continue reading →

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Frankening Nail Polish – It’s Alive & Underway!

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As if you couldn’t already tell, we looooove to review beauty products.

Now we’re taking it to the next level by frankening our own nail polish. That’s right – we’re going to create our own color concoctions, and it’ll be our first time!

We’ve purchased some empty nail polish bottles from a salon and fine glitter from Michaels. Now we’re ready to roll. Continue reading →

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Products We’ll Be Reviewing Soon!

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Hey everyone!

Today we went shopping at Rexall and Shoppers Drug Mart (two Canadian drugstores)! Of course we didn’t leave empty-handed!

Below are some items from our haul as well as products from our beauty collections that we plan to review in the near future.

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We’re Working Hard!

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Hi beauties!

Mary and I are busy creating helpful reviews, putting together color swatches and deciding on a unique design. Stay tuned!

We started Swatch And Learn because we wanted to make shopping for beauty products easier for other makeup fanatics. So if you have any suggestions on what you’d like to see, please feel free to contact us.

Cheers!

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