(Adoption papers still pending.

And to be honest, I had so many questions.

From her must-have makeup and skincare products to Brazil’s best-kept beauty secrets, I needed to know everything.

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Intrigued, I quickly tapped a search into Google and sure enough, she’s completely correct.

Usually, one color becomes popular, and then everyone has to have that color," she says.

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Not only is there more selection abroad, product is also less expensive.

Her favorite: Amazon.

The worst, she says, is when a product melts off your face.

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According to Andrea, makeup is important to women in Brazil, but the result is never obvious.

Plus, there is also a certain degree of comfort in going barefacedblame it on their militant skincare regimens.

“Totally relaxed,” she says.

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Therefore, you probably won’t spot dramatically shaded lips or overly flushed cheekbones.

Though the tube she hands me has slightly different packaging, I suspect it’s virtually the same formula.

When she tells me, I absolutely refuse to believe her.

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“As a kid, I had very sensitive skin, allergies, things like that.

She tells me she always has a bottle in her bag when she heads to the beach.

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