Welcome to Missing Utopia!

by Jen on April 8, 2011

This site is devoted to all things beauty, especially color cosmetics and makeup. I’m a Bare Escentuals addict and an all-around makeup junkie, and I’ve grown increasingly frustrated by how hard it is to find information related to my beauty “habit.” I’ve signed up for all of the mailing lists, subscribed to all the blogs, [...]

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PSA: New Best of Mally Set on QVC Today

by Jen on May 11, 2013

If you’re a beauty nut, then you already know that today is All Access Beauty day on QVC. Many of the top brands are on air today, including Clarisonic (the TSV is the Mia 2 with Peter Thomas Roth), It Cosmetics, philosophy, and Mally. If you’ve been eyeing that new Best of Mally Color Collection [...]

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Laura Geller on QVC December 27, 2012

December 27, 2012

Laura Geller is on QVC  Friday, December 27 presenting her latest TSV, the Beauty Off the Vine Collection. She also has several new products that will be presented during this visit; here’s the scoop: A229541 Beauty Off the Vine Collection ($54.96)–I detailed the contents in an earlier post; also available on autodelivery. A229665 Set-n-Stay Makeup [...]

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Upcoming Beauty TSVs on QVC – Mally and Laura Geller

November 30, 2012

There are two beauty TSVs coming soon on QVC, one from Mally and one from Laura Geller. The Mally kit will be presented on Tuesday, December 11, and seems to be geared toward holiday gifting. I don’t have the full details yet, but according to photos posted on QVC’s Beauty Banter forum, it will include: [...]

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Photos: Tarte Miracle of Maracuja TSV AD #3

November 16, 2012

Here’s some information about the third kit in Tarte’s Miracle of Maracuja autodelivery series from QVC, plus a few photos. The kit includes the following: Pure Maracuja Oil–large 1.7 ounce glass bottle with dropper Maracuja Creaseless Concealer– in your choice of shade Beauty & the Box Amazonian Clay Eye Shadow Quad in Through the Grapevine–individual [...]

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BE on QVC: November 2012 Show Times & Product List

November 12, 2012

Leslie is back for another round of visits on QVC on Friday, November 16th and she’s pulling out all the stops–there are a lot of great items on this list! This post will be updated as more information is available, but I already see several items that I would like to squeeze into this month’s [...]

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Photos: BE November 2012 TSV Beautifully Brilliant

October 17, 2012

It certainly pays to be a QVC Insider, especially around the holidays. The November issue includes several tantalizing TSVs, but I only had eyes for one: the bareMinerals Beautifully Brilliant kit, which will be presented on November 16th. The kit sells for $49.98 and includes eight pieces as follows: READY Eyeshadow Quad in The Possibilities–Promise [...]

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Review: READY 8.0 The Finer Things

September 19, 2012

The latest READY 8.0 palette is called The Finer Things. This cool-toned palette was a late addition to last week’s preview lineup in bareMinerals boutiques and online, and will be widely available next month. Like the other 8.0 palettes, this one contains eight colors in a shiny silver compact and includes a double ended eyeshadow [...]

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New BE at Ulta: READY Luminizer, Main Attraction Kit

August 30, 2012

Ulta has some brand new BE products listed this morning! In addition to the READY foundation launch in twenty shades, there are two other new options. The first (and most exciting) is the introduction of the READY Luminizer in your choice of Shining Moment with Pearl (for warmer complexions) and Love Affair with Pearl (for [...]

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Photos & First Impressions: bareMinerals READY SPF 20 Foundation

August 27, 2012

After waiting months (actually years!) for a solid mineral foundation product from Bare Escentuals, it’s finally here. Today I was thrilled to receive the READY SPF 20 Foundation and Precision Face Brush that I ordered from QVC a couple of weeks ago. I selected the Fair shade since I typically wear Fair in BE original [...]

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Who Knew? Military Makeup Will Protect Soldiers from Bomb-Blast Burns | The Verge

August 27, 2012

I stumbled across this article this morning and just had to share it. Most of us already know how much better makeup can make us feel, and that a good SPF 30 moisturizer can help protect us from sunburn and premature aging, but who knew that it could also protect from serious injury? Military makeup [...]

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