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Ariana Grandes new makeup line,r.e.m.
beauty,is based on nothing less than the very concept of space.
Its a timely theme.
Its important to remember that space didnt ask for any of this.
Its possible, I suppose, that r.e.m.
Perhaps in this way, r.e.m.
beauty is quietly radical.
But wecanbuy a little lipstick in the shape of an astronauts helmet.
A few weeks ago, I asked for and(eventually) received some r.e.m.
website were actually achievable with r.e.m.
beauty products and without the help of a professional makeup artist.
.Look 1: Swoopy Black Eyeliner and Other Mysteries of the Universe
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I decided to keep things simple for my first r.e.m.
night out or what I believed would be simple in my unrelenting naivete.
It looked easy enough, so I set out to re-create it with her at the borderline eyeliner marker.
U tried, so good job, she wrote.
But that, too, was an authentic astronaut experience, as space is famously dark.
We set out on the town: karaoke, followed by a 12:30 a.m. taco-truck quesadilla.
Throughout several renditions of Celine Dion classics, my eyeliner stayed exactly where I had put it.
But similar to a moon colony, it sort of crumbles and erases itself if you push too hard.
I checked the reviews on the r.e.m.
Took around 30 minutes to get the other eye down because of how it is to work with.
I wanted to blame myself.
Instead, I sat underneath a cool lamp for photos back at Dan and Chanans apartment.
I suddenly began to feel deeply envious of r.e.m.
I used my own lip stuff this time, since the r.e.m.
I decided to own it: I was keeping an eye out for hurtling asteroids.
This final look was the closest I came to achieving True Ariana, the apex of my r.e.m.
beauty trial weekend, a real communal achievement.
She had also taught me that I could pull off one gigantic eyelash in the club.
