Wear Emerald: Pantone’s Color of the Year

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Have you ever been green with envy? Ok, don’t answer that because I bet you’re not proud of that fact.  However, getting several shades emerald green, with Pantone’s color of the year, is a thing of beauty that you can happily flaunt. Eyes Urban Decay – Siren Liner: Create runway worthy eyes with with this [...]

Hyperpigmentation Series: ThisThatBeauty vs. Hyperpigmentation

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Every now & then I like to republish this article for my many followers who deal with hyperpigmentation & inquire about my skin care routine. The blog post is a couple of years old — but my core principles are timeless…. Grab a cup of tea, a big bowl of (ThisThatBeauty’s fav) popcorn, glass of [...]

ThisThatBeauty Reviews: Clinique Bottom Lash Mascara

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The most innovative mascara I’ve tried all year is Clinique Bottom Lash. My video review explains further….in colorful detail with hand gestures and plenty of animated Felicia-isms:

Fall Makeup Trendspotting 2010: Clinique

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Leave it to Clinique to bring bright cheery makeup for Fall. Clinique does not stray from its comfort zone with fresh, girly glamour. The eyes take center stage in this look, while a dewy complexion plays the background. Lashes are richly coated. Eyes are lined with intense shades of plum, coffee or chocolate. Further drama [...]

Fridays with Felicia: Volume 16

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Fridays with Felicia: An intimate look behind the curtain as I share my favorite style/ beauty discoveries and ThisThatBeauty shenanigans from previous week. (I visited HSN last week ======> full deets soon) Let’s kick off “Fridays with Felicia” with you. Yes, YOU! Hey girl! How you doin? How’s your skin? As you all know, I [...]

Innovative SPF Products

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The first time (about 10+ years ago) my dermatologist told me to incorporate sunscreen into my daily skin care regiment, I looked at her like she had two heads. At that time I didn’t understand the importance of sunscreen during non-summer months…and as a beautiful brown woman of color, I definitely did not understand the [...]

Clinique Anti-Blemish Solutions Liquid Makeup

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Can you realistically expect your foundation to clear up your acne? I’ve never been one to promote skin care through cosmetics. For example, I like my sunscreen solo….not in my foundation. If my tinted moisturizer happens to offer an SP15, well that’s just gravy baby. But my “core” SPF protection is a stand alone product. [...]

Spring Trendspotting: Sun-kissed Makeup

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Baby its cold outside but the bitter chill that is characteristic of January never stops the makeup obsessed from looking forward to Spring makeup trends. Like clockwork, every season about this time, Spring collections are launched. This season you will see many emerging color stories and trends. One Spring theme to catch my attention is [...]

Another Great Foundation

Hey gorgeous – Yesterday I wrote about my current foundation obsession, Makeup Forever Invisible Coverage High Definition Foundation. Yes, its High Def Foundation but its also very wearable and amazing for real life. This is truly my current go-to High Def foundation… But boy did I get a lot of flack and feedback from the [...]