Thursday, June 28, 2007

Beauty Insider Alert!

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Be the first to experience Smashbox's Master's Class Expert Eyes Set, a new instructional set packed with everything you need to create this season's hottest eye looks like a pro: 6 shadows, 2 liners, 3 brushes, mascara, plus a how-to DVD. A Sephora exclusive, and Beauty Insiders get it first. Buy it now!

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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Product review: MAC Tendertones

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I admit it, I'm normally a BE fanatic, but lately I've been branching out into other brands, thanks to some of the other beauty blogs I've started reading. One of the latest that I've picked up is the MAC Tendertone in Hush Hush, which is described as Tender pinky peach with gold pearl. I'm not sure if it's really pinky, or more of a pinky brown, but it's very sheer and really quite pretty. Plus, it has an SPF of 12, so that makes it even better!

In fact, I liked it enough that I wanted to run back to Nordstrom's and pick up Deep Sigh and Pucker. Unfortunately, I was headed off to Atlantic City for a weekend of gamblin' and carousin' with a now-card-carrying degenerate gambler, so that wasn't an option.

I'm not sure that I really like the fact that it's in a pot - I either have to apply with my finger (like in AC) or with a lip brush, which isn't very convenient, especially since this requires re-application during the day. Something also to note: if you carry this around in your pocket (like in AC), the gloss becomes rather soft, and you end up with more on your finger when applying it. I found out that I liked this better, though - I missed the easier application when I got home and the gloss got to room temperature.

It is a limited edition, so if you want it, you need to grab it while it's still here!

(picture from http://www.maccosmetics.com/)

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Monday, June 18, 2007

Drugstore finds: Earth Therapeutics - Eye C U, Eye Care Unit

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As a hazard of my job, sometimes I work some late nights dealing with outages. Last night (or very early this morning, depending on how you look at it) was one of those nights. With a whopping 4 hours sleep, and still having to put in a day at work in the morning, I went downstairs and pulled out my Earth Therapeutics - Eye C U, Eye Care Unit (it must be "find things you haven't used in a while week here on team lip gloss).

I store this in the fridge so the pads are chilled when I put them on my face. They smell great, and after 5 minutes, I feel somewhat restored and my eyes feel less droopy, even if my brain is decaffeinated and fuzzy. I definitely need to pull these out more often.

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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Review: Philosophy - The Microdelivery Peel

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My skin has been feeling a bit congested lately (most likely due to stress), so I thought it was high time for one of Philosophy's in-home facial peels. The kit comes in two parts - a crystal scrub and a gel activator.

The crystal scrub smells delicious - like fresh squeezed oranges, and you put about a teaspoon of it on your skin and lightly massage it in. The scrub contains vitamin C in one of its stable formulas (magnesium ascorbyl phosphate for you geeks out there), and the sugar-like crystals buff away at the top layer of skin during the massage.

Next, you put on the gel activator, which turns the stable vitamin C into a form that allows it deliver all that vitamin-y antioxidant goodness into your (freshly prepared!) skin. As a nice side effect, the combination causes an exothermic reaction, pleasantly warming up on contact.

My skin felt so soft and smooth after this, I kept touching my face all night. I can't believe I let this great product get hidden in the medicine cabinet!

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