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In And Out Different Beauty Anti-Aging Products

With three kids, a husband, 4 cats and a Great Dane puppy, I don’t get to splurge on much for myself. But if I were going to, I would treat myself to really good skincare.

Luckily I get to sample lots of different skincare, like this duo from In&Out Different Beauty™. The Anti-Age Collection from this brand contains concentrated plant extracts, vegetable DNA, vitamins, peptides and amino acids that replicate a healthy skin’s lipid barrier and encourage surface cell renewal. The unique formulas of the products below, the Phenomenal Anti-Age Night Repair Cream and the Phenomenal Anti-Age Wrinkle Synergy, will leave skin feeling soft while revealing younger looking skin. In combination, the products provide the ultimate anti-aging experience this winter.

Phenomenal Anti-Age Wrinkle Synergy ($125.00 USD) –Revitalize skin while improving elasticity with this anti-aging elixir that includes a concentrated blend of essential oils sourced exclusively from Switzerland. Just one or two drops of this formula are all that is needed to rejuvenate skin.

Ingredients and Benefits:
Grape Seed Oil, Olive Fruit Oil, Wheat Germ Oil, Ylang Ylang Flower Oil, Clary Sage Oil, Soybean Oil, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil , Matricaria Flower Oil, Carrot Seed Oil – This combination of essential oils deeply moisturizes and mimics the skin’s natural tissue composition to help fight against free radicals.

Phenomenal Anti-Age Night Repair Cream ($300.00 USD) — Keep skin balanced and healthy while you sleep. Packed with a bevy of amino acids, this rich nighttime treatment encourages cell turnover while leaving skin looking radiant.

Ingredients and Benefits:
Vitamins A & E – Antioxidants that help to slow the visible signs of aging
Rosemary, Chamomile, Ylang Ylang – Calming botanicals that help improve skin tone
Squalane – Natural moisturizer that easily penetrates the skin
Argan Oil – A Moroccan oil that intensely hydrates the outer and middle layers of the skin

What I think: This is a luxurious and very moisturizing evening skincare treatment, but definitely not for those with oily skin — especially the Anti-Age Wrinkle Synergy as it is an herbal oil. My favorite of these products is the Night Repair Cream. It is light but extremely hydrating. I apply it to my face and neck and I have noticed that my skin seems brighter, clearer and very smooth. I luckily don’t have a lot of wrinkles, but the ones I do have are less noticeable. I realize that this is very expensive, but if you can splurge, I would recommend the night cream. It is wonderful!

The Phenomenal Anti-Age Night Repair Cream and Phenomenal Anti-Age Wrinkle Synergy are available at www.inoutbeauty.com

Surya Brasil Protects Your Hair Color

Want your hair color to last? The Surya Brasil Color Fixation Collection—comprising six miracle hair products—makes it easy to repair and hydrate battered, thirsty locks at home without spending your entire paycheck. Created with nutrient-and-antioxidant-rich ingredients from the Brazilian Amazon like Buriti Fruit Oil (nourishes and improves elasticity), Cupuaçu Seed Butter (moisturizes) and Essential Oils of Rose Flower, Jasmine, Ylang-ylang and Sandalwood, these 100% vegetarian and paraben/sulfate/artificial fragrance-free products will restore lifeless strands and protect against harmful UV rays. Infuse your hair with the rainforest’s finest ingredients to create a silky head of hair for fall!

For best results, use the Restorative Shampoo and Conditioner together daily and apply the treatment products weekly or on an as-needed basis. The products are:

Restorative Shampoo ($9.99 USD) — Perfect for chemically treated hair. It reconstructs hair fibers and repairs damaged and split ends, while lengthening the vibrancy of color and protecting it from fading away.

Restorative Conditioner ($9.99 USD) — Like the Restorative Shampoo, the Restorative Conditioner reconstructs hair fibers and repairs damaged and split ends, but it doesn’t stop there: this gentle conditioner also increases hair strength and shine, ensuring healthy, lustrous locks.

Leave-In Cream Conditioner ($7.99 USD) — Keep color vibrant and protect it from fading, while simultaneously hydrating and detangling stubborn strands. This leave-in beauty also adds shine and strengthens hair while softening.

Restorative Serum ($7.99 USD) — Repair split ends and reconstruct broken hair fibers for an easily manicured mane with this little miracle. It lays frizz to rest and, in the process, gives extra shine to your newly smooth hair.

Single Application Intensive Treatment ($3.99 USD) — This 5-minute treatment breathes life into washed out color by closing cuticles and restoring shine. Add a single drop to hair after washing or mix with your favorite conditioner.

Maximum Hair Treatment Mask ($8.99 USD) — Enriched with rice protein and 15 hair-centric herbs extracted from India and the Amazon Rainforest, this mask hydrates and renews. Use once a week to help color last longer!

What I think: I really like the shampoo and conditioner, but it is very moisturizing and thus not good for oily hair. I also really love the serum. A little goes a long way and makes hair very shiny. The intensive treatment turns very dry hair soft. The only product I didn’t care for was the Leave-In conditioner. It didn’t make much of a difference in my hair.

Find Surya Brasil products at Whole Foods nationwide or on www.SuryaBrasilProducts.com

Create a Flawless Canvas With Palladio Primers and Foundation

I love the herbal and vitamin infused Palladio products. They give good coverage and are good for you — at an affordable price! Below, I review the new herbal primers and foundation.

Eye Primer ($8.00) — Meet the new industry standard in eyeshadow primers—one that retails for LESS THAN HALF the cost of department store brands! Enhanced with 5 different herbal extracts as well as Vitamins A, C and E, this sheer, silicone-based formula glides on like silk and then vanishes instantly. It’s the ultimate makeup kit accessory, that eliminates creasing and ensures maximum shadow vibrancy all-day long.

Face Primer ($12.00) — Our unique silicon formula creates a velvety seal that literally treats the skin by delivering active ingredients such as Gingko Biloba (which promotes blood circulation) and Aloe Vera (which contains soothing properties). Also enriched with several key herbs and vitamins that combat elasticity breakdown, this foundation base smoothes fine lines and imperfections by filling pores, allowing a flawless foundation application. (Suitable for all skin types.)

Herbal Liquid Foundation Tubes ($10.00) — This unique, oil-free formula contains light-reflecting pigments which diffuse and bend to create a natural, matte appearance. Vitamins A and E, as well as Ginseng and Gingko extracts, aid in reducing the look of fine lines, large pores and other imperfections. Enrichments like Cucumber, Aloe Vera and Chamomile extracts sooth and moisturize the skin while evening its complexion. Designed with convenience in mind, this all day, sheer-to-medium coverage comes in an easy-to-squeeze tube that ensures no product (or money) goes to waste. (Suitable for all skin types.)

What I think: I love that all three of these products are so great for my skin. Although skeptical at first, I use eye primers every day. They make the eyelids smooth and help shadows last all day and do not crease. The face primer makes my skin so soft and had a great slip that makes my concealer and foundation slide right on. The foundation is the perfect touch to balance my color, gets rid of my read cheeks and makes my pores look smaller. Beautiful!

Visit www.palladiobeauty.com to learn more, and you can purchase at Ulta. Enjoy!

Last Minute Sephora Gift Ideas

As a true beauty junkie, sephora is one of my favorite stores. It’s so fun to go in and look around and try all sorts of fun makeup, lotions and perfumes. But if you are more into going right in and picking out the perfect gift — well they have tons to choose from. A (very) few of my favorites for this holiday season are:

Tokidoki Robbery Palette ($39.00, $140 Value) — A keepsake tin that includes 3 eye shadow and blush palettes that can be taken from the tin. Made with eye-popping pigments that won’t fade, these Cromatico eyeshadows and cheek highlighters complete a total tokidoki look.

This set contains:
– Royal Pride Palette: 4 x 0.02 oz Eyeshadows in Lion Pappa, Savana, Ercolini, Bulletto and a 0.16 oz Bronzer in Royal Pride
– Arlecchino Palette: 4 x 0.02 oz Eyeshadows in Soya, Candy Cane, Ninja Dog, Meteo and a 0.16 oz Blush in Momobella
– Rapina Palette: 4 x 0.02 oz Eyeshadows in Liberty, Bullets, LA Gun, Adios and a 0.16 oz Blush in Polpettina
– Collectible Robbery Print tin that can be reused to house tokidoki treasures
– Large (3.5 x 5.5″) removable tokidoki logo magnet

Kat Von D Painted Love Lipstick Set ($28.00, $60 Value) — This set six miniature lipsticks is the perfect kit for pulling off a rockin’ lip color for any occasion. These rich, long-lasting miniature lipsticks include two new colors to form a wide range of shades—from the perfect bold red to a stunning understated neutral pink.

This set contains:
– 6 x 0.042 oz Lipsticks in Rosary, Underage Red, Cathedral, Hellbent, Lolita, Celebutard

Sephora Collection Endless Color Blockbuster ($48.00, $435 Value) — This limited-edition palette lets you create virtually any look. Its high-quality formulas are divided into two categories for easy application: warm tones on the right and cool tones on the left. In celebration of the fifth anniversary of Sephora’s Blockbuster launch, 13 new products have been added making this the biggest collection yet.

This set contains:
– 98 x original, iridescent effect eyeshadows
– 70 x shiny lip glosses
– 6 x cream eyeliners
– 2 x lip liners
– 3 x eyeliners
– Mascara
– 4 x applicators

Encased in a signature design that pays tribute to the iconic Sephora bag, this palette features sliding trays that allow for easy storage and a silver ticket that automatically enters you in the SEPHORA COLLECTION Silver Ticket Sweepstakes*. Visit Sephora.com on January 1, 2011 to see if you have the winning silver ticket. The grand prize winner will receive a $1,000 Sephora shopping spree, a one-year supply of SEPHORA COLLECTION products, and more.

*No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win. Purchase will not increase chances of winning. To receive a ticket without purchase, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Silver Ticket Request, Sephora USA, Inc., 525 Market St., 32nd Fl., SF, CA 94105 to be received by 12/15/10 (VT and Canadian residents may omit return postage). Odds of winning depend on number of tickets distributed/requested. See here for more details, including eligibility requirements, prize descriptions and official rules.

You can stop by Sephora to purchase these and much more. If you order online by December 18, 2010, you can get your gifts by the 24th. Enjoy!

L’Oreal Paris Age Perfect Hydra-Nutrition Day/Night Cream

My skin is getting drier as the weather gets colder. I usually have to amp up my hydration during the winter months, and L’Oréal Paris’ Age Perfect Hydra-Nutrition is the perfect nourishing day/night cream to help skin stay soft.

Specifically designed for mature skin and perfect for women who don’t have time to follow an extensive skincare regime (day treatment, day lotion, night treatment, night cream, etc.), Age Perfect Hydra-Nutrition treats skin to deep hydration and intense nutrition in one step and can be used both morning and night. The cream combines a unique Nutrient Complex enriched with calcium,and it envelopes skin to effectively nourish parched, sagging skin and leave it supple, fortified and resilient. Plus, the always classy Diane Keaton is the face of the product.

What I think: I love the texture of this product. It is almost like a balm, so thick. But it melts right into the skin and doesn’t leave it greasy, just really soft. I even use it in the morning before applying makeup. It keeps me hydrated all day long and my skin looks so smooth.

Price: $16.59, Available at www.lorealparis.com and chain drug, food and mass market retailers. Enjoy your younger looking skin!

Give A New Fragrance This Christmas

Do you need a fragrance for a unique lady who doesn’t want to smell like everyone else? Try a fragrance from one of the companies below and the lady will love being different! Try:

Rosie Jane Leila Lou Holiday Gift Set ($52.00) includes 2 oz. Body Lotion, 12 Hour Candle and 5ml fragrance oil. Made with 100 percent essential oils and certified organic ingredients, the Leila Lou Body Lotion offers an easy-to-wear fragrance with hints of fresh cut grass and notes of tangerine and pear. The scent became a cult-classic with the 2009 launch of Leila Lou’s Roller Ball Oil Fragrance – a favorite of celebrities including Jennifer Garner, Rachel Bilson and Vanessa Hudgens. Available at www.rosiejanecosmetics.com

Krigler Extraordinaire Camelia ²09 (100ml: $265; 50ml: $185) — Created in 2009 to celebrate Krigler’s 105th Anniversary, Extraordinaire Camelia ²09 gathers two sorts of Camellias flowers, corsican lemon, pink peppercorn from florida, indian cardamom, Bourbon Vanilla, Musc de Baur, Cedar, Chinese Tea. In the flower’s language, Camellia symbolises excellence, pride, abnegation and modesty. To offer Extraordinaire Camelia ²09 means to declare the perfect love, to recognize an ideal relationship. Visit www.krigler.com to purchase.

Alvarez Gomez Madrid is synonymous with tradition, distinction, fine quality, unique style and the authenticity of the Spanish perfume industry. Family owned and 100% Spanish the company has reigned Spain’s number one perfume house since 1899. A pioneering brand harnessing the benefits of essential plant oils and floral essences, clean and natural combining Mediterranean plants, flowers and fruits. Agua De Colonia Concentrada ($28.00 100ml) — Their signature perfume combining extracts of Lemon, Spanish Lavender, Geranium and Eucalyptus with essential oils of Rosemary, Thyme, English Lavender and Bergamot. The line is expanded into a full line of bath and body from soaps to deodorants. https://minnewyork.com/manufacturer/alvarez-gomez-madrid

Enjoy your new scent!

Pamper Her With Last Minute Beauty Gift Ideas

Still looking for the perfect gift for the beauty lover on your list? Below I have listed products from Kate Somerville, Beautyblender and Macadamia Natural Oil. All of them are great items to help the recipients get smooth skin and hair. They are:

Kate Somerville Celebrate ExfoliKate — The Ultimate ExfoliKate Kit ($162.00 USD $240.00 Value). This holiday season, give the gift of great skin with this limited-edition kit, featuring ExfoliKate for the face and ExfoliKate Body. These treatments use fruit enzymes to eliminate dead skin cells instantly, revealing healthy, glowing skin after just one use. This set contains:
– 5 oz ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliating Treatment
– 5 oz ExfoliKate Body Intensive Exfoliating

Both products polish skin, revealing a smooth, glowing complexion. Highly effective in combating acne, including stubborn blackheads, these products also help fade discoloration while promoting healthy skin, a healthy glow, and a healthy you.

This is my favorite exfoliator ever because it makes skin glow and pores appear smaller! I use this twice a week and it really makes my skin clearer and smoother. I know that it is pricey, but it is so worth it. Exfoliation is so important to youthful skin, so go ahead and splurge! Visit www.katesomerville.com to learn more and purchase.

The Beautyblender Holiday Set ($30.00 USD) — This ultimate make up sponge applicator has been created by celebrity makeup artist Rea Ann Silva who specializes in HD-Ready makeup for her stars. Beautyblender’s patent-pending elliptical shape makes application foolproof by allowing you to access hard-to-reach areas with stunning ease. Its suede texture is sensual to the touch and its unique curves fit the contours of your face, leaving your makeup stunning and undetectable – it’s no wonder why makeup artists and celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Brandy, Kat DeLuna, Cassie, Erin Andrews, Kirsty Alley, Wanda Sykes and Tiffany Evans love it! Not to mention, the Beautyblender Holiday Set comes complete with the Blendercleanser, a lightly lavender-scented cleanser that’s free of dyes and skin irritants, to keep your new favorite makeup tool fresh and clean. Visit www.beautyblender.net to purchase this fab set in a pretty red pouch.

Macadamia Natural Travel Kit ($29.95 USD) — This fantastic hair care line combines the miracle properties of Macadamia Nut Oil and Argan Seed Oil with special blends of nature’s most nourishing botanicals, providing the ultimate in hair rejuvenation and maintenance for all hair types. Benefits include improving hair strength and manageability, radiant shine, eliminating frizz while reviving hair damaged by heat, wind, oxidation and over-processing. Travel Kit consists of:

Rejuvenating Shampoo: Sulfate free, Paraben free and Color Safe, this coveted shampoo gently cleanses and replenishes moisture.

Moisture Rinse: Everyday conditioner for all hair types that gently nourishes, detangles, moisturizes and protects hair.

Nourishing Leave-In Crème: Tames unruly locks, improves shine and adds texture, while providing an extra dose of nourishment.

Deep Repair Masque: Provides the ideal, intense revitalization for dry, damaged hair, while improving elasticity and shine.

Healing Oil Treatment: This can’t-live-without therapeutic wonder product is ideal for all hair types, providing nourishment, smoothing and a long-lasting, tangle-free, frizz-free finish with intense shine.
Oil Infused Comb: The first-of-its-kind, this revolutionary comb is infused with Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment, dispensing oil (and all of its benefits)on the hair
with each use.

Don’t let hair oil scare you away! Instead of making hair greasy, Macadamia Oil actually makes hair soft and manageable, and very shiny. Available in at professional salons nationwide and Ulta Beauty Stores. For specific salon locations, visit the Macadamia Salon Locator at www.macadamiahair.com.

Fab Beauty Stocking Stuffers Under $10.00 Part 2

Stuff her stocking with really original gifts that are $10.00 and under. Choose natural solid perfumes from Burt’s Bees, a delicious chocolate lotion from Philip B. and new nail polishes from Twilight Beauty — yes, THE Twilight franchise has a high-end makeup line so she can look like her favorite vampire or vampire lover!

Burt’s Bees has recently released solid perfumes ($10.00 USD) in four scents, Naturally Beautiful, Naturally Happy, Naturally Fresh and Naturally Sensual. The descriptions are:

Naturally Beautiful– Feel beautiful with this 100% natural fusion of Peach, Jasmine, Black Tea, Ylang Ylang and Vanilla. A perfect balance of fresh fruits and flower blossoms infuses a solid base of skin-loving natural oils, waxes and butters to provide a pure, lovely fragrance for her.

Naturally Happy — Fill your days with smiles with this 100% natural solid perfume bursting with bold citrus-floral notes from Brazilian Oranges, Florida Grapefruits, Rose Petals and Cedarwood. This solid perfume is formulated with some of the best ingredients found in nature – fragrant botanical oils fused with skin-loving natural oils, waxes and butters.

Naturally Fresh — Fresh and energizing, this 100% natural fragrance sparkles with sunny notes of Lemon and Grapefruit mixed with woodsy Cedar. This vibrant solid perfume is infused with some of the best ingredients found in nature – fragrant botanical oils mixed with skin-loving natural oils, waxes and butters.

Naturally Sensual — Exude feminine sensuality with this 100% natural fusion of Italian Lemon, Sweet Pineapple, Rose-Geranium, Vanilla and woody Patchouli. A perfect blend of fresh fruits, floral and woodsy notes infused a solid base of skin-loving natural oils, waxes and butters to provide a pure, sexy fragrance for her.

Visit www.burtsbees.com to learn more and to purchase.

Philip B. 2oz Chocolate Milk Body Crème ($10.00 USD) A rich, happy smell – the finest Chocolate and Vanilla Extracts are blended in this subtle and sophisticated crème. This very moisturizing product makes a great stocking stuffer for your sister or BFF! Available at www.philipb.com.

Nox Twilight nail polish ($6.99 USD) is the newest edition of products from Twilight Beauty. Inspired by the powerful Cullen coven, this line of professional quality nail polish prominently features the enduring Cullen crest on the center of each bottle. Buy your favorite shades or splurge on the Ultimate Collection of all 12 shades at a TwilightBeauty.com exclusive price of $65 $40 (a $84 value).

To reflect each unique member of this clan, Nox Twilight provides a wide array of shades:

Red Velvet – Classic cherry red
Chiffon – Soft delicate pink
Debutante – Fresh peachy-pink
Sugar Plum – Plummy iridescent
Disco Darling – Glimmer shimmer
Wine & Dine – Sparkling champagne
Talon – Forbidding navy
Sangria – Vampy bordeaux
Black Tie – Best-dressed black
Poseidon – Sky blue
Crush – Sassy hot pink
Citrus – Energizing bright orange

Right now I am loving Sugar Plum. It is bright and shiny, which is perfect for the holiday season. Afterwards, I can see my self wearing Sangria or Talon for the rest of the winter. This is very good quality polish, but I suggest wearing a top coat to keep color chip-free for longer. I wore it without a top coat and it didn’t chip for about 3 days, which is pretty good! Visit www.twilightbeauty.com to purchase.

Add Glamour To Your Look With FACE Stockholm Holiday 2010

This beautiful look from FACE Stockhom is perfect for all of the holiday parties (New Years!) that you might be attending. Plus its super easy to achieve. It’s a basic smoky eye, up with glitter — try their Galaxy Glitter in Sex ( beautiful blue and black combo) over their matte eye shadows Blabar (a purpley blue) and Thunder (charcoal gray). Top it of with their Eyeliner in Black and Volumizing Mascara in Black. Easy Glamour!

With all of the eye drama going on, keep the rest of the face cheeks and lips soft. Picture Perfect Foundation is a high-pigmented cream that comes in a whopping 20 shades! You can also use the Magic Wand for concealing dark circles (NOT party pretty) and blemishes. Shy Blush (light pinky-peach) and Mystic Highlighter (white pearl) gives soft color and glow. Top the look off with Lipstick in Modesty (very light nude) and lip gloss in #28 (light coral pink).

Visit www.facestockholm.com to learn more and to purchase.

Give The Gift Of Beauty With Stila, Smashbox and Laura Mercier

Makeup palettes are the perfect gift for makeup lovers. Stila, Smashbox and Laura Mercier all have fabulous sets for all of the beauty junkies on your list!

Stila’s Eye for Color Palette($18.00 USD, $130 value) features 13 new, ultra wearable eye shadow shades for countless, easy-to-create looks! Great gift for that Stila lover on your shopping list! Shades include: Petal Pink, Burgundy, Bronze, Coffee, Moss, Green, Blue Green, Navy, Lilac, Orchid, Porcelain, Bisque and Black. Visit www.stilacosmetics.com or www.ulta.com to purchase.

Smashbox Wish For The Perfect Palette ($59.00 USD, $260.00 ) No wonder this mega palette sells out every year! It’s the biggest, boldest gift you could give any beauty junkie, with nearly 80 shades for endless color combinations of eyes, cheeks and lips. You’ll even get a FREE step-by-step guide to create a festive holiday look. A portion of proceeds benefits the Children’s Miracle Network.

Includes:
49 eye shadows
10 cream eye liners
6 brow powders
1 brow wax
8 lip glosses
2 blush
1 bronzer
1 highlighter
4 mini brushes (eye shadow, eye liner, angled brow and lip)

You can purchase this at www.smashbox.com.

Laura Mercier Eye Colour Sampler ($48.00 USD) Mix, match and be merry with this amazing selection of fun and festive Laura Mercier Eye Colours – packaged in a portable case with a double-ended Eye Colour/Smudge brush for on-the-go application. Shades Include: Sparkling Dew, Chocolate, Latte, Pink Tulip, Ultra Violet, Pink Copper, Mica and Black Ice. Available for a limited time at www.lauramercier.com.