This week is shaping up to be a crazy one (grading and job applications, and blah blah blah). Though I have a lot of photos squirreled away for reviews, I doubt I will have an open window of time sufficient to write the detailed reviews I have in mind (Revlon Super Lustrous lipsticks, Do I Need This? mascara primer edition, Urban Decay Vice Sheer F-Bomb lipstick, comparisons on blush placements, etc.). But I probably will have a few minutes here and there when I need a break, and one of my favorite ways to use up those minutes is by reading beauty blogs.
So please tell me which blogs you're reading these days! And feel free to plug your own blog, too. Some of my current favorites are: auxiliary beauty; Bad Outfit, Great Lipstick; Lab Muffin; Makeup Withdrawal; My Darling Clementine; Rocaille Writes . . . ummm, and I'm sleepy, so if I haven't mentioned your blog here, it doesn't mean I don't read it and love it. Remind me in the comments!
Non-beauty blog recommendations always welcome, too.
Aww, thanks for the shoutout! I read everything on your list too, and a lot of Canadian blogs. To be honest, I find it hard to find beauty blogs that are thorough and interesting - a lot of them are so same-y! My favourite distraction blogs are actually food blogs. Smitten Kitchen is a longtime favourite. I don't even like cooking, but I like eating, so I just look at things I will never make and drool.
ReplyDeleteI know, it's seems hard to find blogs today that aren't just glossy ads written by people who are Obsessed! With! Everything!
DeleteI like eating too, but food blogs, like food tv shows, just make me crave things I can't have!
Haha, I love Food Network, but it always makes me frustratingly hungry. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment...
DeleteWe read the same beauty blogs, save for two that I discovered just now through you.
ReplyDeleteWhile I enjoy reading about beauty, my ultimate favorite blog is Orangette. It's a food blog by Molly Weizenberg. I love how she writes!
Glad to provide some new suggestions! I think you'll like these.
DeleteMaybe I should try more food blogs. Even if they make me hungry. I love good writing.
I enjoy all of the ones you listed except My Darling Clementine which I hadn't seen, so thank you for the rec! :) One favorite you didn't list is Wondegondigo (dot com), and I recently discovered http://www.lauraloukola.net/blog/ which I am enjoying.
ReplyDeleteNon beauty blog - Ask A Manager is both entertaining and helpful in life.
Oh yes, I am a big fan of Wondegondigo too! But I hadn't seen lauraloukola, so thank you for that.
DeleteOmg, did you see the letter on Ask A Manager this week where someone's boss made her pick him and some other people up at the airport after midnight and then suspended her for not being dressed professionally enough when she got there??
Yes omg. The shitshow letters are my favorite to read!
ReplyDeleteOh goddamnit, I was trying to add My Darling Clementine to my links--and since I adhere to a strict one-in, one-out policy, was also getting rid of a blog that hasn't been updated in ages--and I deleted my whole links list. I cobbled together a new one from these suggestions and the people I rush to read whenever they update (Faux Fuschia, the Non-Blonde, GWP Addict) and now I have a very short blog list featuring everyone mentioned here and the above-mentioned. And Brightest Bulb in the Box, because I keep hoping she'll come back.
ReplyDeleteOh no! I miss Brightest Bulb too. So rare to have science+snark in a beauty blog.
Deletesleep and water, emily loke, laurataina, prettyish dot party, my suhscription addiction, and the style beauty doc are some I have been obsessing over lately.
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