Last week my friend gave me a small votive candle from Slatkin and Co. in Coconut Rice. I've been burning it practically every night since then and I still have 1/4 of the candle left. Burning this candle peaked my curiosity for the rest of the Slatkin and Co. line considering how it burned so evenly and the yummy scent filled my living room. Luckily, I didn't have to go very far, Slatkin and Co. just released their spring ...
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Clinique is launching their Summer 2008 collection in April and it has some interesting products in it. The collection is called Long-Last Bronze and the products in it are all meant to meant to help you get as much wear as possible during the day. As they say "from the beach to a BBQ".
The stars in this collection are the Shimmering Tones Powder Quad (limited edition) in Golden Bronze, Brush-On Cream Liner in Bronze (also limited edition), the introduction ...
My friend knows that I love Creative Scentualization's Perfect Veil perfume so she gave me a few perfumes she'd thought I'd like. What she gave me was actually a few notes from their Perfumers Palette series of perfumes, Soft Musk and Clean Musk.
Creative Scentualization's Perfumers Palette is a series of perfumes you can mix and match to create your own custom scent. When I was younger, I use to visit Garden Botanika and make a custom ...
The other recent release from MAC is their Strobe collection. That came out this past Thursday. I've been looking forward to this one. As a lover of all things highlighting, the new version of Strobe Cream had me excited.
This collection features the infamous Strobe Cream, the new Strobe Liquid (a lighter version of Strobe Cream) and five new Tinted Lip Conditioners with SPF 15. This whole collection is about playing with light on skin.
I use to be active ...
MAC Cosmetics have given us something new to play with in the last few weeks. They recently introduced their Beauty Powder Blush collection that features 8 new limited edition blushes.
These blushes are gorgeous on the skin and they are highly pigmented so you don't want to be heavy handed with them. Annie at Blogdorf Goodman recently mentioned using her 187 brush to apply this blush and that's a great tip! That's not to say that you can't ...
For the first time, Prescriptives is giving us a Friends and Family discount of 25% off and free shipping. To take advantage of this offer, all you need to do is enter in code FFSP8 at check out. You have to hurry though, this is only available online and the offer ends Friday night at midnight Eastern time.
I think I may go get color printed and then come back and try their new AnyWear Multi-Purpose Makeup ...
This year's CEW Beauty Award finalists have been announced and we're happy to see some of the products we've enjoyed using in the past year make the list! Tons of the products we've all been blogging about have made this year's list. I always like checking out this list of products, it makes a pretty good shopping list. I always end up buying and trying new things off of it. You can find a complete list of ...
New York Magazine has a cool new feature that lets you window shop online. Their new lipstick Shop-o-Matic lets you browse through over 100 lipsticks, all categorized by price, formula and shade.
Isn't this cool? There are also other Shop-o-Matics including handbags and sneakers. Someone told me I need to learn how to window shop and save some money, this could be a start.
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We've been talking so much about skincare and other body products lately that I'm excited to talk about makeup again. I couldn't think of a better way to get back in the makeup swing of things than Bobbi Brown's new Nude collection. For those of us who love neutral, everyday wear friendly shades this collection is fabulous. It features a new limited edition palette with four lipsticks and four eyeshadows and four new limited edition Glitter Gloss ...
I got this in my inbox this morning and thought I'd pass it along, Smashbox is having a sale on their "Curtain Call" products.
You can check out what's for sale here and keep checking back as they'll be adding new items daily.
Anything tickle your fancy? I'm thinking about the Artificial Light Luminizing Lotion.
Starting March 1st, you can experience a scent that's inspired by "the first smell of spring in New York" as Andy Warhol once said. Bond No.9's Andy Warhol Union Square is a floral scent with top notes of lily of the valley and green stems, middle notes of blue freesia and white birchwood then base notes of mellow amber and musk.
Individually the scent retails for $195 for 100ml and $135 for 50ml but Bond No.9 is introducing their limited ...
For this spring season, Essie is releasing 6 new shades that are fun, feminine and flirty. These shades are a great way to transition your nails from winter to spring. Say goodbye to your dark shades and play with these fresh new shades.
From right to left, here are the shades in this new collection:
- Hi Maintenance: a sheer pale pink.
- Great Expectations: a sheer gray with a hint of glimmer.
- Body Language: a neutral mix of gray and pink.
- Secret Affair: an ...
Is it possible to get MAC'd out? I don't think so. I could eat, drink and play with MAC and still want more. With that in mind, it's a good thing that a new collection hit stores today. The new N collection is features color and face products.
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Oooohh... and I've only seen the product shots so far but I'm just as excited about this collection as I am about the Originals. ...
The MAC Cosmetics's Originals collection was highly anticipated by MAC lovers all around the world. And the reason why? It brought back many beloved MAC shades including the infamous Parrot eyeshadow... the one that drove people to pay as much as $80 on eBay for it. Now you can own Parrot and new spins on old classics that are a part of this collection.
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Not only do I now own Parrot but I really ...
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