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07.20.10

Get Glowing at Sephora makeup, reviews, shopping, skin care | Comments Off on Get Glowing at Sephora
Everyone knows the sun and tanning beds are seriously b-a-d for your skin, but you don’t need to go in the sun to achieve a gorgeous glow. With Sephora’s collection of sunscreen, bronzers, blushes and self-tanners you can achieve a healthy golden glow, without the sun! Check out some of Sephora’s top rated products: Peter Thomas Roth Bronze Instant Mineral SPF 30 - Turn the dial on this convenient new brush applicator mixing SPF 30 protection mineral powder with SPF 30 bronzer for a youthful and radiant complexion. Price: $35.00 Sephora Collection Harmony Trio Bronzer - Shed a little light on your ...

Tagged: blush, bronzer, lipgloss, makeup, mineral makeup, Peter Thomas Roth, product reviews, reviews, self tanner, sephora, shopping, skin care, skin products, St. Tropez, sunscreen
05.13.10

bareMinerals Buzzworthy Collection makeup, reality TV, reviews | (4)
Yesterday, I hung out at the W Hotel in Westwood with the cast of The Hills. Well, kinda. In actuality, I was there to meet up with the girls from bareMinerals and talk makeup. The Hills just happened to be shooting poolside as well. (Sidenote: they're still shooting this season?) Unfortunately, I didn't get to see Heidi's "enhancements" in person, but I did get to see her sister and her mom. (Holly looked gorgeous and normal IRL.) On my way out, I walked by them having lunch and they were totally talking about Heidi! Or, maybe they were rehearsing lines... ...

Tagged: Amber Blasco, Bare Escentuals, bareMinerals, blush, concealer, eyeshadow, Heidi Montag, Holly Montag, lipgloss, lipstick, makeup, makeup artist, mineral makeup, product reviews, reality TV, reviews, The Hills, W Hotel
03.27.10

Sue Devitt Microquatic Blue Anti-Aging Primer makeup, reviews, skin care | Comments Off on Sue Devitt Microquatic Blue Anti-Aging Primer
Sue Devitt Microquatic Blue Anti-Aging SPF 30 Protection Primer is one of those products that does a bunch of great things in one little bottle. Upfront it provides protection against harmful UVA/UVB rays with SPF 30. It also contains soothing blue algae extract to combat redness and anti-irritant crystals to sooth upset skin. It also works to stimulate skin's natural collagen production and repairs sun damage with anti-aging ingredients like Ceramides 2 and Matrixyl. I was eagar to try this stuff because I'd read some fantastic online reviews. Plus, everthing I've used from Sue Devitt I've fallen in love with. I ...

Tagged: bronzer, lipgloss, makeup, primer, reviews, skin care, skin products, Sue Devitt, sunscreen
03.02.10

Buxom Balm in Copacabana makeup, reviews | Comments Off on Buxom Balm in Copacabana
The Buxom Balms are all named after beach retreats, and I sampled Copacabana, a glowy nude shade. The Balms also come in Bora Bora, a red cherry, Portofino, a plum wine, St. Barth, a lilac sheen and Waikiki, a bright berry pink. Buxom Balm is super emolient and hydrating. It's suppose to give lips a boost of plumping action, but honestly I've never noticed any significant plumping from any lip plumping product. However, when you use a shiny gloss, your lips immediatly look fuller. So they work/they don't work, you know? This balm is super glossy, shiny, and smells great. It's ...

Tagged: Buxom, lip balm, lipgloss, makeup, reviews
01.14.10

Vapour: Lips & Face makeup, reviews | Comments Off on Vapour: Lips & Face
I've been using various Vapour Organic Beauty for a while now. When I review makeup, sometimes I stick with it afterward and sometimes I don't. Vapour is one of those produc lines that I've truly fallen in love with. When I was in Chicago over the holidays, Vapour Elixir Lip Gloss was the only gloss I brought with me. I usually have a million glosses with me, but I packed light in the gloss department this time! Vapour Elixir in Hush was the perfect choice; it's super moisturizing and provides a gorgeous shine and milky pink color. I love this gloss ...

Tagged: foundation, lipgloss, lipstick, makeup, organic, reviews, Vapour, Vapour Organic Beauty
12.14.09

CARGO Guide: Surviving the Holidays how to, makeup | Comments Off on CARGO Guide: Surviving the Holidays
It’s that time of year again. Long workdays turn into nights on the town with friends, holiday parties and an all-around packed social calendar. So what tips, tricks and beauty products do you need right now to help you out, no matter what’s on your schedule day or night? The make-up artists at CARGO Cosmetics have narrowed it down to five easy steps for women to look, feel and be fabulous this holiday season: Step 1: Mattifier, Concealer, Powder For a sheer, natural-looking base, use CARGO’s blu_ray High Definition Mattifier to refine pores, minimize lines and mattify in one simple step--while keeping ...

Tagged: blush, bronzer, CARGO, concealer, Holidays, how to, lipgloss, makeup, makeup kits, mattifier, powder, Whitney Port
12.12.09

Vapour Organic Beauty makeup, reviews | Comments Off on Vapour Organic Beauty
More people than ever are trying to eat healthy and organic and with this comes a clearer understanding that what you put on your skin affects your insides too. In recent research by Bionsen, a natural deodorant company, found that during the average woman's daily grooming and make-up routine she "hosts" a staggering 515 different synthetic chemicals on her body every single day! Clearly, most of us would like to cut down on that number, but oftentimes organic beauty lines don't deliver the same great quality and results that non-organic lines do... And who wants to choose between the two? That's ...

Tagged: blush, eye cream, eye shadow, lipgloss, lipstick, makeup, organic, reviews, Vapour Organic Beauty