Erika Valente (right) and daughter Bree

Erika Valente, beauty editor of Makeup Bag , is a 37 year old mother of four and self-professed beauty product junkie. She started this website in August 2006 in an attempt to share her thoughts and views on her favorite beauty products. If she’s not at Sephora, Erika can usually be found cheering her kids on at sporting events or gazing lovingly at her PowerBook G4.

In addition to beauty products, she has an unhealthy love of stationery and Jamoca Almond Fudge ice cream from Baskin Robbins.

Erika lives in Northern Nevada with her husband and children and works full time as a meeting planner.

Bree is a 16-year-old sophomore in High School that contributes weekly to Teen Corner, a special section of Makeup Bag devoted to teenage beauty. (Also, she’s Erika’s daughter and has more beauty products than a girl could ever dream of having—thanks to this column and her beauty-product-paychecks-that-are-worth-so-much-more-than-actual-dollars. Duh.)

Makeup Bag features daily beauty product reviews, industry tips and trends, and gratuitous advice for the beauty obsessed.

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