Stepping into Summer: 5 Must Trys

Sorry beauty gals for the delay in blogging but we are back and excited!! We have so many products to share!  Here are 5 things I have added to my beauty arsenal and have been using religiously! These Are PERFECT for the upcoming summer months! 

1.  I got to try the European Waxing Center and for trying them out I got a free Brazilian yeah me! They use hard wax which I love, spares you from using the words OUCH as much. Also, I don't have to worry so much about making an appointment with my esthetician as they are way more flexible.  After my waxing I decided to try their Ingrown Hair Serum cleverly called "Dump the Bump" Gotta love the marketing group but this product promises to prevent ingrown hairs, bumps and breakout well ladies....IT WORKS! Grab a bottle of this ASAP before you plan to hit the beach or take up space pool side this is a summer must have. Check them out online and see if one is located near you! P.S. the serum contains Vitaberry Tropical Blend of Antioxidants, and Vitamin E, Lavender Oil, Tea Tree Oil. 


2. Origin's Brighter By Nature Peel: It's almost summer I wanted something that would deliver the benefits of a scrub without the process of scrubbing. I was thumbing through the beauty aisles at Nordstroms and saw that Origin's had this new little peel in a pad! Nothing is easier than swiping a pad across my face before bed. So I decided to give it a whirl! These Skin brightening peel pads rival the instant smoothness and radiance restoring benefits of a professional 30% glycolic peel without the redness. Plus they help restore clarity and improve evenness of skin tone. LOVES IT!!! Your skin will love it too!

3. Victoria's Secret: Secret Moments: These scents are sooo fun, flirty, light and inviting! I LOVE them and I am usually not a Bath and Body scent buying girl at all. But after taking a whiff of "Girl's Night'" at the counter while stocking up on panties I couldn't resist and made a beeline for the beauty  section. My absolute favorite  scent from this collection is "Girl's Night!" Slip into your heels and get ready to dance all night in this fun, fruity scent. The scent contains notes of Electric with pink peony and waterlily. 


P.S. It's great for all occassions not just those with the gals!

4. Bobbi Brown Beach Line: I stock up on this each and every summer!!!! Who doesn't want to smell like the beach all the time! I love it! It's such a great summer scent. I love the oil especially the oil with SPF! Definitely a must try if you are not already hooked! 

5. Frederic Fekkai Salon Glaze Clear Shine Rinse: Give your hair a boost and some shine with this quick easy cheaper than going to the salon hair glaze. I love using these quick glazes they really bring life to your hair. It's great if you don't have color but if you do have color it really boosts color and adds silky shine to hair.Frederic Fekkai Salon Glaze is a clear shine rinse inspired by professional salon glazing services. The rinse-off treatment binds shine, recharges color, and adds silkiness to the hair. This non-chemical formula contains a unique blend of conditioning and lightweight silicones that coat the cuticle to shine and condition the hair shaft. With its lightweight formula, Salon Glaze won't weigh your hair down like traditional shine serums. It works on all hair colors and types, and both non-colored and color-treated hair. Get Your Shine on this Summer!!!!

Have you tried any of these???? We want to know Comment!!!! 

Healthy Glowing Skin From Benefit's One Hot Minute

Benefit’s One Hot Minute is a life savor. After some late nights at home in Louisiana, the Superbowl, followed by Mardi Gras then Valentine's Day, I was sallow and just plain sad and dried out looking. The Hurricanes, food and late nights took its toll on my body and when it was time to go back to reality I needed some help looking healthy. Benefit One Hot Minute stepped up to the challenge. 

The rosy gold powder was just what I needed to help combat dried out look I was suffering from. In literally a minute, I watched my face transform before my eyes, it like gave me a face-lift and woke up my face.  And even though I am not partying as hard I still find myself still reaching for the One Hot Minute every morning. Sometimes you forget just how much you love certain products! Thanks Benefit! LOVES IT!!!!!! 

Tarte LipSurgence Natural Lip Stains

Okay so I think you guys already know how obsessed I am with Tarte’s gel cheek stains and now I have something new to love from the brand. Tarte finally introduced their new LipSurgence Natural Lip Stains and they are all the rage with me right now. They have permanently moved into my makeup bag and I’m not sharing these with anyone, except you guys . These new stains come in 6 super cute just in time for spring shades:

• Moody – deep berry
• Amused – bright pink
• Lust – red
• Enchanted – rose
• Charmed – light pink
• Joy – peach

I picked up Amused, Enchanted and Lust but I think another trip to Sephora is in order for Joy and Moody. I'm just so addicted to all these stains I cannot get enough of them stains on my cheeks, lips where else! Ok I must calm down. 

When I first tried these new lip stains, I was surprised by how moisturizing they are. I did not expect them to feel so good on my lips, they didn’t feel like a lip stain at all and that makes me love them even more. Instead, they feel more like a tinted lip balm that you can build layers of color with. Don’t be alarmed by the color you see in the tube though, I was weary of trying Amused at first but it looks super great on!  It goes on lightly and like I said, you can build on it if you want a more intense stain on your lips.

Tarte’s lip stains also give your lips a glossy finish. I don’t know about you but when I wear a stain, I usually add a lip balm or a clear/sheer gloss on top for a little shine because sometimes your lips have a tendency to look dried out. I love that I can eliminate this step and keep the color on my lips for longer and the color doesn’t disappear once the moisture does.  With that said, the color doesn’t last all day…but it lasts long enough that I can get away with less touch ups, just keep it in your purse gals! 

When you consider the wear and consider the formula, which for me is a plus in comparison to some sticky, bitter tasting formulas, I’m completely OK with the wear given how moisturizing these stains are. What about you? Have you tried these stains? What do you think and which shades have you tried? Let us know all about it in the comments. LOVES IT!!!!!!! 

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Bobbi Brown's NEW Color Strips Collection

Bobbi Brown's New Color Strips Collection

Can't figure out your shades? Bobbi Brown has you covered and colored.

Now taking the stage Bobbi Brown’s Color Strips Collection: a complete spring eye, lip and cheek wardrobe designed by Bobbi. She takes the guesswork out of curating a collection of shades, Bobbi has put together three palettes ($60 each) with pops of colors—plus the perfect neutral that makes them work for everyone. Each of the three palettes has five Eye Shadows and three shades of Pot Rouge designed to work in harmony.
Bobbi Brown's Color Strips Collection hits stores March 2009.

LOVES IT!!!!!!

8 Ways to Achieve Flawless Looking Skin: No Lie!

You see that girl with no make-up on or she has just a tinted moisturizer and we are like I want her skin is it genetics, partly but most are daily habits we need to pick up to have the same flawless look!!!!!! 

1. Practicing yoga two to three times a week. "Unlike my intense cardio workout, which leaves my face red and sweaty, yoga gives my skin a dewy, post-sex glow." I agree after only 2 sessions of Hot yoga my friends and I can all attest to a certain glow that left our skin looking positively fresh and fabulous! 

2. When I was in high school my friend's mom used to say Always always remove your make-up before you go to bed if not it will add 40 years to your face! Okay so perhaps that was extreme but it made me listen. An effective way to prevent zits and premature aging is to remove makeup before bed. No matter how tired you are keep your pores clear using a face wash or makeup remover wipe before passing out. Besides not doing so will leave your pillow looking YU-CKY! 

3. This is what I am starting to do more of and taking supplements and things like hot yoga will cause you to DRINK MORE WATER!!!!! One of the biggest common denominators among flawless-skinned women is drinking two to three liters of water a day. I Never leave home without my red water bottle! 


4. YOUR DIET!!!! You are what you eat! A fiber-rich diet keeps skin looking radiant. Eat fruits and veggies with every meal that is my motto!!! Not only will your skin thank you but the rest of your body will too!!!!! 


5. This one is a no brainer you should always always be wearing SPF protection on your face!!!!! UVA rays you be aging and UVB rays you be Burning!!!!! Whether it's mixed in with your moisturizer, foundation, or applied separately SPF is essential in maintaing a wrinkle free face!!!! 

6. This one is the hardest one!!!!! To prevent redness and scarring, take a hands-off approach abiding by two no-nos; no picking, no rubbing. If a blemish occurs, rather than picking it -- which can leave a scar -- uses a formula with salicylic acid to dry out the problem, Like Origin's Spot Remover . After washing up, dab, not rub, your face dry with a towel.

7. Use a Mask at least once a week!!!! Depending on the situation break-out dryness etc.. I sometimes can use up to 2 different masks on my face at one time. What I Love Origin's Out of Trouble mask and Jurlique's Intense Recovery Mask. 

8. This last one to me very important in order to turn over cells brush away the dead ones so the new ones can shine you must EXFOLIATE!!!!!!! When skin looks blah, exfoliation is necessary to boost radiance. I use mines 2-3 times a week. My favorite: Juice Beauty's Green Apple Peel in full strength I use this one once a week in conjunction with another exfoliator. I like Juice Beauty's because it contains  A powerful hydroxy-acid complex of certified organic apple, lemon, grape juices, raw cane sugar and white willow bark exfoliate for visibly improved skin tone and texture. Vitamin antioxidants and essential nutrients hydrate and nourish fresh skin for a healthy, beautiful complexion. 

The Hot New Nail Color for February 2010

This is a shade a lot of people are talking about this month—but I am almost feeling like it’s more of a March color than one for February, but whatever why not start now!!! However, despite its un-Valentine-liness, i.e. it's not red. 

All hail: Smoky beige as this month’s It nail-polish color. As many of you will recall, this is the same striking claylike neutral that Sandra Bullock wore while gripping her Golden Globe award a couple of weeks ago. (While this rumor was never confirmed to us by Chanel, if we had to guess, we’d say Bullock was wearing Chanel Particuliere.) I like it because it’s neutral and versatile yet also unexpected and eye-catching. No, it won’t brighten up a wintery day like a bright red will, but it’s pleasantly lower-maintenance and a bit warm and soothing. And one could argue that it will make you tres mysterious on a V-Day date—more so than a sweet pink or saucy red might. 

—Adapted by Petra Guglielmetti

If you think you want to test-drive this hue for V-Day, give one of these a go:

Chanel Le Vernis in Particuliere, $23, bloomingdales.com

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Nail Polish in Commander in Chic, $8, ulta.com

Lippmann Collection Nail Lacquer in Satin Doll, $16, dermadoctor.com

NEW! MAC Cosmetics Look in a Box Sets

Okay I am in LOVE with these sets!!!!!  The Goldie Rocks, Indie Girl and Gothette Look In a Box sets feature core products to help you achieve each particular look and most products are full sized. These sets are only available in select duty free shops. Tear right!!!!! I saw them as I was in the airport a few days ago making my way down to Mardi Gras!!!!! 

I love that MAC is doing more of these sets, it’s a great way to introduce MAC to the unconverted. Here’s what is in each set:

MAC Look In a Box: Goldie Rocks

• Eye Shadow: Naked Lunch, Bronze
• Bronzer: Golden
• Pushglass: Fullfilled
• Mini Zoom Lash Mascara: Zoomblack

MAC Look In a Box: Indie Girl

• Paint Pot: Bare Study
• Penultimate Liner: Rapidblack
• Beauty Powder: Softdew
• Lipgloss: Headliner
• Mini Zoom Lash Mascara: Zoomblack

MAC Look In a Box: Gothette

• Eyeshadow: Showstopper, Retrospeck, Greensmoke
• Fluidline: Blacktrack
• Lipstick: Myth
• Mini Zoom Lash Mascara: Zoomblack
• Brush: 209SE

I’m a little torn, I can’t decide which look is my favorite. It’s a tie between Indie Girl or Gothette. The eyeliner on the Indie Girl is just gorgeous, my favorite way to wear eyeliner right now. How about you? Which look would you wear? Tell us about it in the comments. 

Bath and Body Works P.S. I Love You into a Spring Fling

I was in Bath and Body picking up Japanese Bloom for my grandmother when I decided to find something fun and flirty for Valentine's Day for myself you know just a little misting spray of a flirty fun fragrance. 

And I ran across Bath and Body Work’s newest scent P.S. I Love You Spring Fling . A younger, flirtier version of P.S. I Love You, Spring Fling is more rosy, less perfumey (I hate that strong floral perfume smell)  and contains subtle hints of citrus and melon making for a much lighter scent. I picked me up the fragrance mist and shower gel and I bought one for my grandma as well who knows perhaps she wants to feel rosy and flirty too!  

This is just one of those scents that feels so fresh and romantic. P.S. — I loves it!

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer-NEW SHADES

Laura Mercier has added to their tinted moisturizer collection 3 new fabulous shades. I wear my tinted moisturizer in Walnut everyday topped with translucent powder or a quick buff of my Bare Minerals powdered foundation! I love the look it looks natural, clean and with sheer coverage works perfect for me!  A big plus too SPF 20!!! How can you say no! LOVES IT!