While I was in New York for my FIDM Beauty Study Tour, I made a stop at HBA Expo on my free afternoon. Unfortunately, I was only there for a few short hours, so I only got to visit with a few brands. I was really impressed with all of the upcoming brands in their [...]
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Small Businesses Make a Splash at HBA Expo New York 2012
June 30th, 2012 
Olivia Frescura 
Posted in Bloggers, Events, Fragrance, Makeup, Nails, Personal, Reviews, Skincare, Travel 
Tags: eyedoll chatter, furlesse, grand central beauty, hba expo, karuna, lola barcelona, me and the girls, naked princess, overview, recap, sheet masks, sumita beauty, trade shows, ziba beauty 
2 Comments »IMATS LA 2012 Recap and Haul
June 29th, 2012 Olivia Frescura This year was my 4th time at LA IMATS and it is always a lot of fun,although it’s changed a lot through the years. I was able to hang out and meet a lot of fun people as well as snag some goodies at a discount. This was my first year with a press pass [...]
Posted in Bloggers, Events, Makeup, Nails, Personal, Travel Tags: 2012, bdellium, coastal scents, haul, imats, la, lime crime, limecrime, los angeles, obsessive compulsive cosmetics, press pass, review, royal and langnickel, shany cosmetics, too faced 2 Comments »Fragrance Friday: Taylor Swift Wonderstruck Enchanted
June 29th, 2012 Olivia Frescura Taylor Swift is going to be launching a new perfume, a flanker to her Wonderstruck scent, titled Wonderstruck Enchanted. I was hoping she would come out with another fragrance, so I’m excited to see what it will be like. Unfortunately, all I have is the photo…but I can’t wait to hear what notes it has! [...]
Posted in Celebrities, Fragrance Tags: enchanted, fragrance, perfume, taylor swift, wonderstruck 1 Comment »Travel: NYC FIDM Beauty Study Tour Recap
June 28th, 2012 Olivia Frescura Long time, no blog! The posts from the past few weeks have been ones that I pre-wrote, so I feel like I haven’t blogged in ages. But boy, have I been busy! One day after graduation, June 17th, I jet-setted to New York with 6 other girls for 5 days of visiting beauty brands. Why, [...]
Posted in Bloggers, Events, Personal, Travel Tags: arcade marketing, Beauty Industry Merchandising and Marketing, bollare pr, brands, bumble and bumble, cew, company, corporate, cosmetics, coty, east coast, FIDM, fragrance, givaudan, headquarters, Inglot, makeup, New York Beauty Study Tour, shiseido, tarte, temptu, women's wear daily 2 Comments »Tangerine Tuesday #5: Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lipstick-No. 12 (Kate Moss Collection)
June 26th, 2012 Olivia Frescura As you may have already heard, Rimmel London collaborated with model Kate Moss to create a line of lipsticks. I decided to pick up #12 because it looked promising on swatches I had seen on other blogs. I’ve got to say, it didn’t exactly live up to the hype for me personally, but I know [...]
