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Beauty.com free Gift With Purchase Marchesa Ruffled Bag & 17 beauty samples free with $150 purchase

January 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Beauty.com is offering a new gift with purchase offer for January 2011 -a limited edition Marchesa ruffled black bag filled with more than 17 beauty essentials plus a $10 Beauty.com gift card.

This bag includes:

Juice Beauty Reflecting Gloss, Fig
Urban Decay De-Slick in a Tube Mattifying Gel
Fekkai Advanced Brilliant Glossing Shampoo
Nick Chavez Beverly Hills Amazon Infinity Mist
Exuviance Rejuvenating Treatment Masque
Borghese Crema Saponetta Cleansing Face & Body Bar
Origins Checks and Balances Frothy Face Wash
GoSmile Touch Up Smile Perfecting Ampoules, Watermelon Mint
Laura Geller Wonder Wand Eye Brightener
Darphin PREDERMINE Firming Wrinkle Repair Serum
bareMinerals SPF 15 Foundation with brush, Medium Beige
Bliss FatGirlSlim Skin Firming Cream
Dr. Dennis Gross Skincare Alpha-Beta Daily Face Peel
Clean Warm Cotton Eau de Parfum Spray
Jonathan Product Finish Control High Shine Aerosol Hairspray
Phyto Phytocitrus Restructuring Mask, Color-Treated Hair
Beauty.com $10 Gift Card
Alterna Bamboo Smooth Pure Kendi Oil Pure Treatment Oil

Shop Beauty.com to get this Beauty.com free gift with $150 purchase bag & samples

New Product: Laura Mercier Laura’s Secrets Flawless Brightened Eyes Volume 2

January 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Laura Mercier has released an exclusive, limited edition kit to brighten up your peepers. The Laura’s Secrets Flawless Brightened Eyes Volume 2 has everything you need to look well rested and perky. It contains:

0.08 oz Secret Concealer in shade 2
0.14 oz Secret Brightening Powder (for fair to medium skintones)
2 x 0.1 oz Eye Basics in Wheat (light medium beige) and Eyebright (pale brightening blue)
0.05 oz Secret Brightener in 1 (for fair to medium skintones)
Double-Ended Secret Concealer/Camouflage Powder Brush
Cosmetic Bag

I’ve used both of the Eye Basics in this kit and loveÂ both – I wanted every Eye Basics in the collection after trying them. I will say that they would probably work better on a light-toned olive complexion that my Casperian-pale selfÂ – there is just a hint of a tawny hue in each that would be beautifully brightening on olive toned skin.

Find the Laura Mercier Laura’s Secrets Flawless Brightened Eyes Volume 2 exclusively at Sephora.com.

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils 15 Year Anniversary Collection

January 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

I have to say, I’m a little shocked to see the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils 15 Year Anniversary Collection.

Which is not to say it isn’t a fantastic collection, it’s just that if I got this kit, it would be a reminder every morning as I put on my eyeliner that I’ve been out of high school…you guessed it…15 years.

See, when I was a fresh faced 17 year old who didn’t need under eye concealer, a fantastic brand named Urban Decay came on the scene. Thanks to them, freshman year I alternated between pinky-purple (called Asphyxia) and classic red nails (I’m thinking it was called Kiss, but it might have been Trip – I had both), and discovered that shimmery makeup can be a good thing. Oh, and made me smell like Cake Batter with their sparkly Body Powder.

Fast forward 15 years and UD is still a part of my regular makeup routine, indicated by the fact we let you know everytime a new Primer Potion is available…usually with an overabundance of enthusiam…

All year long Urban Decay is going to be rolling out anniversary sets, and the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils 15 Year Anniversary Collection is the first. It comes with 15 pencils, six of which are new shades.

The pencils are:

Stray Dog (shimmering taupe brown)
Corrupt (dark metallic brown with silver glitter)
Bourbon (medium brown with sparkle)
Midnight Cowboy (beige sparkle), Baked (bronze)
Stash (mossy gold-green), Mildew (deep mossy green)
Perversion (blackest carbon black)
Electric (bright blue)
Binge (deep metallic blue)
Ransom (bright purple)
Asphyxia (pinky iridescent purple)
Rockstar (deep reddish purple)
Zero (black)
Uzi (sparkling gunmetal gray)
and a pencil sharpener

Find the fab Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils 15 Year Anniversary Collection at Sephora.com.

Perking up winter skin: Bobbi Brown Pretty Powerful Palette

January 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Does this palette from Bobby Brown make you think of Spring? Me too, but the shades are actually just right for the cold winter days that stand between us and the daffodils.

While heavy, dark makeup can be very tempting, there is the danger of a fabulously deep color looking garish against pale winter skin. A good goal is to brighten and illuminate your face, and then if you want to add a deeper color to one feature (eg dark rimmed eyes), you will still have a warm weather glow.

The pink blush may seem a bit bright in the pan, but on your skin, it will look like you have an inner glow and natural color to your cheeks. What I love about this color blush is that it is universally flattering – whether you look like you haven’t seen the sun in months to you look like you just stepped off the plane from a tropical island, it will work beautifully. Same with the eyeshadows – there is a highlighter, lid and liner color that will work on everyone.

Find the Bobbi Brown Pretty Powerful Palette at Sephora.com.