{Yves Saint Laurent Muse Two Small metallic python tote}

{Louis Vuitton Alma Monogram Vernis}

{Bottega Venetta Roma Intrecciato Leather Tote}

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You know what, I think I’m starting to get the hang of this FOTD business, and so far, I’m liking it! It’s one day a week I get to shameless camwhore on the blog with little (I hope!) any ramifications. Or at least, I know you’re my peeps and you’re just too nice to say “sweet jeebus, her looks are boring. NEXT!” 😛

Today’s look is brought to you by, what I’d call, one luxe item. Every piece of makeup excluding the blush are drugstore brands. I wanted to create a simple (yeah, simple’s all I can do at this stage, I’m afraid) look using affordable makeup, but with one luxe item for the face to pop.

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A recent article on Independent Fashion Bloggers on posting about “courtesy of” products got me thinking about how we as beauty bloggers write our reviews with products provided for consideration.

As IFB is a blog predominantly for fashion bloggers in the US, the article talked about personal style posts of bloggers wearing clothes provided to them for free by certain clothing brands. The question posed in the article asked the readers of they were bothered with posts of bloggers always featuring a majority of clothes provided courtesy of the companies?

Reading that article got me thinking about beauty blogging, and the posts we write on reviews of products that are provided for consideration. I’d like to follow the tone of the IFB article and make this into an open discussion as well.

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