Thursday Beauty News

• Smashbox has a program where you can get a free gift with purchase if you buy between 9 am - 2 pm Pacific (12 noon to 5 pm for us Eastern gals) on Thursdays! Today's gift with purchase is an eye shadow duo in Heroine. PLUS, there's free shipping for any order!
• Bobbi Brown is going to be on QVC tonight at 7 pm Eastern, 4 pm Pacific - get a sneak peek here.
• Get a free sample of BVLGARI's Green Tea refreshing towelette with any beauty.com purchase.
• Save 15% at skinstore.com - use promo code TRAVEL15 - good until July 30th.

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Sephora Beauty Insider - Benefit 24K Sexy Gold Lipstick

	Calling all makeup trendsetters! Be the first to show off Benefit's new gilt-y lips: 24k Sexy Gold Lipstick. The sheer metallic color grants a golden glow that's stunning on its own or layered under your fave lipcolor.   A Sephora exclusive, and Beauty Insiders get it first. $20. Buy it now!

I'm not sure I'm actually going to try this - it really seems more of a gimmick than everything, and I'm positive I can spend $20 on something I'd use a lot more.  I'll definitely check it out when it hits stores, though.

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Review: BeneFit Cosmetics - Love your look - creaseless creamshadow/liner & silky finish lipstick

When I walked into Sephora a couple months ago, I saw the new Love your Look line by Benefit cosmetics. I've always been intrigued by Benefit, especially after I tried their Realness Of Concealness some time back. I was very intrigued by the Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner ($18 USD), and kept dithering about buying them or not. I finally gave in when April bought one in RSVP (color on top right of swatches below left), and of course I had to keep up with the Joneses! I picked up Birthday suit (pictured in the jar at left), and I really like it - it goes on smooth (even smoother than the Nars shadows I have) and lasts all day.

In fact, I had to stop myself from running out the next day and buying Carte Blanche, Flatter Me, Skinny Jeans and Busy Signal - this is definitely a winner!

I also ended up grabbing two shades of the Silky-Finish Lipstick ($16 USD ea) that Carmindy recommended in her promotion of her 5 minute face book: hug it out (left) and sugar rush (2 from bottom right in swatches)

Again, this is also a winner - the hug it out shade is a bit more browny-pink than the pink pink shown here, but I love it. I showed incredible restraint by not running out and picking up swoonderful and sugar cookie as well.

(photos courtesy of benefit.com)

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