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Physicians Formula Organic Wear 100% Natural Origin Makeup Removers in NEW Soft Packs

Makeup remover wipes are one of my favorite things because when I am tired at night, I sometimes don’t want to have to wash and rinse my face. Lazy, I know. But an easy towelette that is good for my skin makes me feel good about my laziness!

One that is good for your skin and is affordable is Physicians Formula® Organic Wear® 100% Natural Origin Makeup Removers! Now, both the popular towelettes and eye makeup remover pads ($6.95 USD each) are available in new soft packs that are travel-friendly, user-friendly and convenient for soothing, on-the-go makeup removal. Originally introduced in eco-friendly recyclable aluminum jars, they’re now ready to hit the road (or the gym or just about anywhere) thanks to the new flexible, lightweight packaging.

These wipes are formulated with Eco-Aroma Therapy™ to condition and soothe: OrganiSoy® to moisturize and help nourish skin & lashes; Eco-Olive®, a natural antioxidant, to help shield skin & lashes from harsh environmental aggressors; Organic Orange Water to help nourish and restore delicate skin’s moisture balance; Organic Lavender Essential Oil, a sweet, natural scent for a calming effect.

What I think: These wipes smell good and don’t sting my eyes, which is so important since I have sensitive eyes. They also are very effective in removing my eye makeup, even waterproof mascara.

Purchase these at mass market retailers near you. Enjoy!

Sephora Beauty in a Box: tarte bronze smoky eye

Be bronzed and beautiful with this Sephora exclusive kit packed with best-sellers and brand new products featured in new shades; all of which are waterproof or water-resistant for a look that will last morning ’til night! From lids to lips, each longwearing must-have perfectly complements each other for an overall bronze glow topped off with a modern take on an old favorite: the bronze smoky eye. Unlike the traditional charcoal smoky eye, this look is flattering on a wide variety of skin tones and can easily be worn day to night.

Sephora exclusive kit includes:
full size lock & roll 12-hour eyeshadow, burnt bronze
full size emphasEYES™ waterproof clay shadow/liner, plum
full size rise & shine lip gloss and stain, nude
full size clean slate natural face primer
deluxe mineral powder bronzer, park ave princess
deluxe lights, camera, splashes! natural waterproof mascara

skinvigorating™ ingredients:
rice bran wax: natural wax that helps lengthen lashes
carnauba wax: emollient, natural wax ensures smooth application
provitamin B5: vitamin B derivative that treats and thickens lashes
vitamin C: antioxidant that fights free radical damage and prevents oxidative stress and premature signs of aging
mineral pigments : colors and dyes derived from natural minerals

What I think: This is a beautiful way to keep your bronzed look going strong through Fall. It is a more sophisticated bronzed look with the smoky bronze eyeshadow and the plum liner. The lip gloss and shine is versatile. The stain is a darker nude and the gloss is a pretty light nude, use them together or separately. And the park avenue princess bronzer is my favorite because it is a light shade of bronze which looks great with my skin tone. I think this kit is a great value!

Sephora’s Beauty in a Box: tarte’s bronze smoky eye ($45) is available August-October 2010 at Sephora stores and sephora.com.

Colorescience Pro — Makeup that is Good for your Skin

Want to splurge on a luxury foundation? Colorescience Pro foundations provide the customizable coverage you need to even out your skin tone and enhance features. These lightweight, highly pigmented foundations provide beautiful color that can be blended and layered for a flawless finish that lasts all day.

Sheer Creme Foundation ($45.00 USD) — This one is rich in Vitamins A, C, and E and nourishes as it blends uneven skin tone and other imperfections. It is designed to fuse with powders to create a flawless finish.

What I think: This foundation is quite lovely. The texture is a silky mousse that once applied reminds me of a primer that is perfectly tinted for my skin tone, and it is so nice to be able to skip the primer step in my makeup routine! It also gives my skin a beautiful glow. For even more coverage, I layer the Loose Mineral Foundation over the creme.

Loose Mineral Foundation SPF 20 ($60.00 USD) takes the mess out of minerals with a simple, self-dispensing powder brush. Covers, balances skin tone and gives glowing radiance. This lightweight powder formula feels as smooth as a cream and doesn’t dry the skin. Colorescience Pro foundations provide the customizable coverage you need to even out your skin tone and enhance features.

Benefits:

available in 11 shades
recommended by the Skin Cancer Foundation
convenient powder brush for easy application
brush refills available
active ingredients: zinc oxide and titanium dioxide

What I think: I’m not the biggest fan of mineral foundations because I find them drying and they usually settle in my pores. But this one makes my skin even and smooth– it is definitely not drying! The built-in brush also makes it very easy to use and portable. Very much worth the price.

Visit www.colorescience.com to learn more and to purchase these fab foundations.

Boost Your Eyes With CoverGirl Blast Collection

CoverGirl’s Blast line includes a variety of products to make you look bolder. Their eye collection has recently introduced some really great new additions that will really make your eyes pop! They are:

Smoky ShadowBlast ($7.99 USD) — This two-ended creamy shadow stick, can make lots of different looks. The rounded end is the lighter color and can be used all over the lid, or a highlighter. The two different, specially contoured ends of our ShadowBlast stick make it easy to create a bold, colorful, smoky eye.

Liquiline Blast ($7.99 USD) , combines the intensity and staying power of a liquid with the ease and blendability of a waterproof pencil. It is very soft and easy to play with. You can use the liner as-is for intense definition or smoke-it-out with the built-in smudger end for a subtle, smoky look. I like to first line the eyes with the tapered end of the ShadowBlast and then do a sharper line with the Liquiline.

LashBlast Fusion ($9.99 USD) is CoverGirl’s first ever volume + length mascara! The fiberstretch formula and oversized brush claim to make every little lash bigger, fuller, longer -looking and more dramatic. And I have to agree. It separates my lashes while it lengthens and volumizes. I would love it if they made a waterproof version. That would be perfect.

Visit www.covergirl.com to learn more and you can purchase at mass market retailers near you. Have fun!

FusionBeauty IllumiFill Line Filling Luminizer with Amplifat

FusionBeauty has introduced a product that both fills in lines and wrinkles and highlights areas of the face that need a bit of a boost! The product is IllumiFill Line Filling Luminizer with Amplifat™ ($49.00 USD). This roll on cream is described as, “this formula’s light-reflecting particles impart a youthful glow and instantly disguise wrinkles and shadows, especially on the cheeks, nasal-labial lines, and forehead lines. A dose of hyaluronic acid instantly fills out lines and wrinkles. A concentrate of Amplifat™ and No-line™ suspended in calcium-based microspheres helps stimulate the body to produce collagen, promoting increased density and facial volume over 28 days, when applied twice daily.”

What think: The roller application is fantastic, especially in the summer, it feels so cool — almost cold — on my face. I also just roll the applicator under my eyes without the product for the cool feeling it gives. The formula is also fabulous. The glow that you get is so subtle and pretty. I like to apply this to my cheeks, nasal-labial lines, and forehead. It really does give the appearance of youth, because my lines appear smaller. I apply it under my makeup in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon over my makeup. So nice!

You can purchase this at www.sephora.com. Enjoy!

LipFusion Conditioning Stick SPF 15

LipFusion always creates innovative lip plumping products. Their newest one is a tinted lip balm with the added benefit of SPF.

The LipFusion Conditioning Stick SPF 15 ($22.00 USD) is a minty, moisturizing lip balm that claims to plump, hydrate, protect, and imparts a hint of tint. It is available in 5 shades:

Berry (sheer plum)

Bitten (sheer strawberry)

Buff (sheer nude)

Butterscotch (sheer mauve)

Clear (transluscent)

The description of the product is:

This lightweight, delectable, luxurious lip essential is made with nourishing oils and creamy butters that provide the perfect level of comforting hydration, along with SPF 15. It works to soothe cracked or chapped lips without being sticky or tacky, and comes in a convenient “retractable bullet” format for on-the-go application. Doses of AmpliFat™ and marine collagen filling spheres help to increase lip fullness, immediately and over time. Paraben free and proven to increase water content of the skin by 6000% in four weeks, this high-payoff treatment suits all skin types. It is dermatologist tested and not tested on animals. What I think: First, the metal bullet tube is one of the most chic lip balm package I have seen. I have the Bitten and Buff and both shades are soft and pretty. Unlike LipFusion’s glosses, you can’t really feel the plumping and it isn’t very noticeable to see. But love the light moisture it gives and the SPF. Also, I have noticed that my lips are less dry than they were when I first began using the conditioning stick.

You can purchase this at www.sephora.com. Enjoy!

Stila Cosmetics Fall 2010 Color Collection

Stila’s bright and fun 2010 Fall Color Collection is not for the shy! These are bright, bold colors that make a statement. They include:

Backstage Eye Shadow Palette ($28.00 USD) — Inspired by textures and trends seen at Fall Fashion Week, the Stila Pro Artistry team has created the Backstage Eye Shadow Palette filled with six new must-have shades of the season. Each jewel-toned shadow incorporates Stila’s award-winning, high-quality formula that can be worn wet or dry.

The palette comes in an embossed paper compact, reflecting the season’s brocade looks, with a screened inspirational quote. Even the packaging is pretty and it won’t crowd your clutch!

Shades include:
– Chiffon – shimmery peach
– Flamingo – shimmery fuchsia
– Pacific – metallic navy blue
– Luster – metallic warm alloy
– Poetic – shimmery mauve
– Coal – cool metallic emerald

What I think: This color provides a wide range of looks, since it contains soft shades as well as bold ones. I am wearing the Chiffon, Luster and Poetic now and plan to add the other colors as eyeliners in the fall. And as always, Stila eye shadows are highly pigmented and are long-lasting.

Long Wear Liquid Lip Color ($22.00 USD) — Bold lips are in this season and Stila has the perfect product for you. Introducing Long Wear Liquid Lip Color. This long-lasting lip color formula glides on lips and stays put, delivering hours of intense moisture and rich, stunning, bold color with a matte, creamy finish. The weightless liquid moves with your lips to prevent color from transferring, feathering or bleeding and create captivatingly kissable lips.

Enriched with ultra-conditioning Vitamin E and avocado oil, Long Wear Liquid Lip Color hydrates and seals in moisture so your lips look and feel irresistibly soft all day.

Shades includes:
– Fiery – the perfect red
– Caprice – hot pink
– Patina – warm nude
– Petal – pale pink
– Coral – shimmery coral
– Muse – natural mauve

What I think: This lip color is indeed long-wearing and for one without a balm, is not too drying. I really love the Coral and the Muse colors, they are soft and pretty. Fiery is a great red, and it is nice to know that it will not bleed and will stay red for hours!

Custom Color Blush ($20.00 USD) Why settle for “almost the right shade” of blush? This perceptive one-shade-fits-all powder blush reacts with your skin’s pH to create a one-of-a-kind, customized shade perfect for you!

The ultra-blendable, velvety soft formula magically smooths the appearance of fine lines, pores and pigmentation, leaving skin with a luminous, flawless flush*. The weightless powder can be layered to achieve just the right amount of color and coverage.

No more guessing or wearing the wrong color blush
Reacts to the wearer’s pH levels to create the perfect shade every time
Harmonizes with your own skin tone to enhance your natural beauty, not overwhelm it

A blush built truly for everyone, a one-of-a-kind customized color is just a brush stroke away.

* The blush contains a spherical silicone elastomer treated powder that provides a soft focus effect and diffuses light. It has a silky that leaves skin feeling soft and smooth. The treated silicone powder fills in fine lines and wrinkles on the skin, making it appear more youthful.

What I think: This looks so bright in the compact, but on me, it was a very soft pink (my skin tone is light). It is not glittery or shimmery, but does impart a nice glow. I think that blush is an important step that should not be skipped, because the right shade will make you look awake and more youthful!

Visit www.stilacosmetics.com to learn more and to purchase these products.

Benefit The POREfessional

Looking for an under makeup primer that reduces the appearance of pores while making your face look smoother and your makeup last longer? That is the claim of Benefit’s the POREfessional.

The POREfessional ($28.00 USD) —

What it is:
A PRO balm that minimizes the appearance of pores.

What it does:
The POREfessional quickly minimizes the appearance of pores. Apply this silky, lightweight balm to achieve translucent pore coverage and smoother-than-smooth skin. Pores…now you see ’em, now you don’t!

What do I think: This is a very good primer. It is oil free, which is perfect and smooths on the skin so easily.
Oil-free. Instructions included.

www.benefitcosmetics.com

FACE Stockholm 2010 Fall Collection

Want a sneak peek at a fall look that pairs classic beauty with cutting edge colors and products? FACE Stockholm has the following coming this Autumn:

FACE Stockholm’s look for Autumn 2010 pays homage to its sister season with the enduring warm, bronzy tones of summer still radiating. Worn with confidence, grace and wit, by Swedish pop sensation September, the eyes sparkle with joy and light and the lips dazzle and entice with an insightful eloquence that leaves us eagerly awaiting the release of September’s song. “Wearing makeup is more than just making myself look pretty,” says the pop chanteuse. “It’s about art. It’s a way of expressing myself and creating my own fashion.”

This autumn, hear the call of September’s song! Start with a clean base of the right Liquid Foundation and priming products, plus false eyelashes for some dramatic extra volume and then work in the following key elements to achieve the perfect glowing look for the season:

Mineral Powder Foundation – Borgholm
Myrrah Brow Shadow
Ebony and Platina Matte Eye Shadows
#9 Pearl Eye Shadow
Details Eye Dust
Mystery Gel Eyeliner
Splendid Blush
Karin Lip Pencil
Seduction Lipstick

All products available at all FACE Stockholm locations and www.facestockholm.com.

Glam Up Your Eyes With Jane Iredale

Let’s get something straight, I love makeup but am NOT a makeup artist. No siree. But I so like playing with makeup. In all my years as a makeup maven, I haven’t really experimented with false eyelashes, and I have never used clusters of individual false lashes before now.

I tried the Jane Iredale Professional Faux Lashes ($24.00 USD). This kit includes professional quality, individual faux lashes in two different lengths with latex-free adhesive.
I love that these are made up of natural lashes and adhesive allow even the most sensitive eyes to enjoy instant glamour. To apply follow these instructions:

• Begin by applying PureLash Extender & Conditioner and Longest Lash Mascara to natural lashes.
• Unscrew the cap of the adhesive to remove the wand.
• Using clean, dry tweezers, gently lift an individual lash cluster of the appropriate length from the tray.
• Hold the lash with tweezers and touch the knotted end of the faux lash to the adhesive on the wand.
• Starting at the outer corner of the lash line, place the lash on top of natural lashes with the knotted end close to, but not touching the eyelid.
• Hold the lash in place for about 5 -10 seconds until the adhesive sets.
• Moving from the outside corner of the eye to the insider corner, apply the remaining lashes until the desired effect is achieved.
• Reapply jane iredale mascara until both natural and faux lashes are covered and blended.

This took a few minutes to maneuver correctly, and I lost a few faux lashes, but I did eventually achieve a good look with the lashes. I placed about 4 clusters on each eye and it dramatically enhanced my puny lashes without looking fake. I kept them on only for about an hour, but they stayed the whole time. I think this would be perfect for a night out!

What to wear to show off your long, flirty lashes? Why, Jane Iredale’s Perfectly Nude Eye Shadow Kit ($52.00 USD) of course. This palette features five shades touted to draw attention to your eyes, instead of your makeup. The shades are Cream, Foxy, Cappuccino, Antique Gold and Copper. These are really pretty neutrals that will look great with any eye color. They are also very well pigmented and can be used for a soft look, or layer them for more drama.

Visit www.shop.janeiredale.com to learn more and to find out where to purchase these fun products.