Lipgloss Break: June 2009
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Total Beauty Break

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Your Skin Challenges -- Solved!

Take this quiz to get customized tips on winning your skin battles, from acne and wrinkles to chronic dryness


Does it feel like your skin is conspiring against you, sprouting pimples or fine lines when your back is turned? It may seem impossible but you can overcome any skin challenge and have a flawless complexion -- with the right care. Take this quiz to identify your enemies and get tips on how to conquer them.

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Coffee Break - Zoya Nail Polish in Katy


Sunday morning...Panera Bread...fresh mug of half regular and half hazelnut coffee...and freshly painted nails in Zoya Katy from Ooh -La-La collection...

Zoya's colors are so rich and bold, and go on really smooth. I used a Poshe basecoat before painting which helps from chipping and makes my nails a lot stronger.

Makeup Break - Bobbi Brown Nudes Collection

“Nude makeup never goes out of style- it’s polished, sophisticated and always looks modern.”- Bobbi Brown


This July, Bobbi introduces her newest take on nude makeup with her 2009 Nudes Collection.



“Nude makeup doesn’t mean monochromatic, barely-there makeup. It means makeup that’s right for your skin,” says Bobbi who has created a new, limited-edition eye palette for fall. The Nude Eye Palette ($60) features eye shadow duos in a sophisticated and universally flattering selection of shades and textures. The eye shadow duos come in our customizable 3 Pan Palette, which can be filled with your choice of any Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow or Blush shades.


Bobbi also introduces a new shade to her iconic Shimmer Brick collection- the Nude Shimmer Brick ($40). Featuring five pure pearl pigments in pink, gold, bronze, beige, and caramel, the shades are designed to be blended together to give all skin tones a soft nude, lit from within glow.



In addition the Nudes Collection includes Caviar Ink Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner ($21) our best-selling liner now in a rich, deep brown shade, and four new shades of Bobbi’s popular Creamy Lip Color ($22) that compliment the Nude Eye Palette and Nude Shimmer Brick.



All of these products will be available from www.bobbibrown.com and Bobbi Brown counters July 2009.


Beauty Web Tour!

The Informed Makeup Maven talks and reviews Make Up For Ever's HD primer and Camouflage Palette, and MAC's Moistureblend Foundation.

The Clinique Bamboo Pink Collection Giveaway at An Indian's Makeup Blog - ENTER TODAY !

Check out A Little More Beautiful for great giveaways like a LUSH Sweetie Stack Gift set and BB Dakota Pink Dress-Perfect for Summer!

If you are a blondeyou'll want to check out The Advice Sisters review of Redken's Blonde Glam salon treatments and at-home products they are a must-have for Summer and all year long!

Beauty Anonymous gives you a look into the latest haute couture-inspired makeup collection by Chanel.

addicted to lipstick is having a Mac Honey Collection Giveaway hop on over to enter for you chance to win.

Fabulous Over Forty falls in love with a new Dior Designer Eye Palette.

eye4style loves the long lasting shine of Dashing Diva's new Gelife manicure!

Dao from My Makeup Blog found a good dupe of the coveted MAC 188 brush for cheap!

Glossypink shows you how to get The Hills' star Audrina Patridge's smoldering makeup look!

The girls over at Beauty in Real Life have another fab giveaway this week. Head on over to enter to win Perricone MD's Advanced Face Firming Activator, valued at $120!!!

Visit Lipgloss Break and enter to win Barielle Summer Sugar Rush Nail Polish Collection!

Giveaway Break - Nouriva Repair Moisturizing Cream

Are you suffering from dry skin this summer? Nouriva Repair Moisturizing Cream is the answer. Nouriva Cream is perfect for hard-to treat dry and sensitive skin and does not contain preservatives and is fragrance-free and non-greasy.

With a unique combination of the three lipids that skin needs to stay smooth; ceramide 3, cholesterol and free fatty acids, along with a combined base formula that features glycerin, paraffin, mineral oil and carnauba wax, Nouriva Cream is perfect for every dry part of your body. It features a unique formula of more than twice the amount of petrolatum to water which seals in moisture and keeps hydrating skin for 24 hours.

I keep this cream by my bedstand and use it on my hands at night before bed. I love that it's unscented (the worse is smelling a strong scent before bed) and it lasts throughout the night.

***Giveaway***

Enter to win Nouriva Repair Moisturizing Cream to help with your dry skin this summer!

Sign up below to win! For extra entries, you can sign up for my mailing list, post a link to this giveaway on your blog, follow my blog, or follow me on Twitter, just make sure to list the entries in your comment. Enter up to once a day!

This giveaway is open to US residents only. The contest will end on Wednesday, July 22nd. I will randomly be selecting 2 winners and announcing them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!




Total Beauty Break - Best UpDos for Summer

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Best Casual Updos for Summer

Flip flops, sundresses, self-tanner and these celebrity-inspired hairstyles -- gotta love the warm season


Summer is the perfect time to rock a sexy casual updo. It feels great to get hair up off the neck, and a casual updo says "confident" more than any other. Here are several celebrity-inspired looks to try.

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Lipgloss Break - MAC Euristocrats2

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Total Beauty Break - Do's and Don'ts for Waxing

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The Dos and Don'ts of At-Home Waxing

You must read this hair removal guide before attempting to wax yourself


Once you overlook the temporary pain, at-home waxing is mighty tempting. But before you try that waxing kit you bought, read these essential tips so you wind up with smooth, hair-free skin -- not ingrowns and frustration.

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Contest Break - Win a Years Worth of Shu Uemura


Hey Lipgloss Readers! Check out this Shu Uemura contest!

Grand Prize:
One year’s worth of Shu Uemura Art of Hair products, retail value approximately $1680.00.


HERE’S HOW TO ENTER: www.shuuemuraartofhair-usa.com

This Sweepstakes begins at 12:00:00 AM Eastern Time (“ET”) on June 16, 2009 and ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on June 30th, 2009. To enter, go to
. Existing Shu Uemura Art of Hair registrants and Salon Professionals are not eligible for the sweepstakes. Consumer non–registrants must register by completing their online profile, providing their complete name, birth date, zip code and a valid e-mail address to be entered. Registration is free and you can cancel your membership at any time. All entries must be received by 11:59:59 PM ET on June 30th, 2009. Limit one entry per person/e-mail address. Multiple or duplicate entries received will be disqualified. Entries are the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, or otherwise misdirected entries that are processed late or incorrectly or are lost due to computer or electronic malfunction or other error.


WINNER SELECTION/RANDOM DRAWING: One (1) Grand Prize Winner will be selected in a random drawing from among all eligible entries received. The random drawing will be conducted on or about July 6th, 2009 by Sponsor whose decisions on all matters relating to this Sweepstakes are final and binding in all respects pertaining to this Sweepstakes. Odds of winning a Prize will depend on the number of eligible entries received.



Giveaway Break - Barielle Summer Sugar Rush Collection


For summer 2009, treat nails to the sweetest hues with Sugar Rush, a new nail polish collection from Shades by Barielle. Six pretty candy colored hues to satisfy your mani-pedi cravings with on-trend, fashionable nail color and Barielle's signature healthy "3-free" formulation.



The ultimate in eye candy, Swizzle Stixa robin’s egg blue and Lemondrops—an electric yellow, give nails a taste of brilliant color.



To sprinkle nails with sparkle, Cotton Candy—a vibrant pink sparkle, or Decadence—a sheer metallic turquoise, add glitz to playful hues.



Indulge nails with Sweet Addiction—a minty green, or Grape Escape—a plush purple hue, gives the prettiest treat to hands and feet.



Professional Tip: Celebrity Manicurist Elle says, "We were inspired to create Shades by Barielle’s Sugar Rush nail polish collection straight from the runway—spring/summer 2009 collections were all injected with a shot of high-voltage sugar colors."



Formulated to provide nails with safe, healthy and long-lasting glossy color coverage, Shades by Barielle is free of formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl-phthalate. Women can also safely use Barielle products throughout pregnancy.



Get nails in ship-shape form for spring with a selection of classic Barielle treatment products designed to prime, condition, seal and dry the nail plate. Base coats include Fortifying Nail Builder, Hydrating Ridge Filler, Nail Brightener, Nail Rebuilding Protein, Natural Nail Camouflage and Instant Liquid Nail Hardener. Top coats include Clearly Noticeable Nail Thickener, Ultra Speed Dry Manicure Extender and No Chip Speed Dry.



Key Features: Contains no formaldehyde, toluene and dibutyl-phthalate.


***Giveaway***



Enter to win Barielle's Summer Sugar Rush Collection!

To enter the contest, fill out the form below. For extra entries, you leave me a comment. sign up for my mailing list, post a link to this giveaway on your blog, follow my blog, or follow me on Twitter, just make sure to list the entries in your comment. Enter up to once a day!

This giveaway is open to US residents only. The contest will end on Friday, July 17th. I will randomly select a winner and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!





Shopping Break - Too Faced Summer Sale


Sizzling Summer Sale at Too Faced! 20% off all orders - Enter SIZZLE at checkout! 4 days only, June 25 - 28!

Lipgloss Break - ChapStick True Shimmers


ChapStick True Shimmers offers a tasty alternative to regular balm. It contains moisturizing ingredients and shimmering highlights for sparkling lips. It's the perfect tropical treat for your lips this summer!

It retails for $2.79 and is an affordable alternative to a higher end lipgloss with shimmer. The only downside, it doesn't contain SPF.

I'm in love with the Tropical flavor. It also comes in Botanical Berry, and new Peppermint Rush and Blended Fruit Sherbet will be available in August 2009.

And the Winners are...

lepullyard, michael.capp, Pitagirl91, cardshark42, iluvsweeps...Congrats! You won the KISS Nail giveaway.

Didn't win? Don't fret - enter these great giveaways up to once a day!


Total Beauty Break - Gorgeous Celebrities Over 40

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Most Gorgeous Celebrities Over 40

Can you believe Jennifer Aniston is 40?! Her and all of these ladies make 40-plus look like 30


They say 40 is the new 30. Whatever it is, all of these women make being in your 40s look amazing. Jennifer Aniston is new to the 40-plus club, but the rest of these women (Salma Hayek, Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Lane, the list goes on...) show that she's in great company.

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Contest Break - Per-fekt Products Giveaway!

Win the ENTIRE collection of Per-fekt products! Valued at over $175!

Join their Facebook Fan page and you're automatically entered to win a basket of every Per-fekt product, plus a Per-fekt tank top - all customized to your skin tone!

They will choose a random winner on July 15th from all of their Facebook fans, and notify them via Facebook to find out which shade they need and where to send.

Good luck!



Total Beauty Weekend WebTour


The Informed Makeup Maven discovers Votre Vu and Terra Firma Cosmetics, talks summer faves and hosts MAC, Stila and Maybelline giveaways.


Beauty Anonymous shares a preview of Jill Stuart's upcoming 5th Anniversary Collection for fall 2009!


Boutique Flair is offering 2 chances to win some swag. Enter here and here by 06/21/09!

The Beauty Couch shares some ideas for getting that http://beautycouch.blogspot.com/2009/06/past-present-future-star-trek-inspired.html sexy 60's Star Trek-inspired look.


Meilily talks Fitness Shoe Skepticism: Are FitFlops & MBTs Just Glorified Platform Shoes?


Neon Bible experiments with Japanese nail art

A Little More Beautiful is giving away 1 LUSH Sweetie Stack Gift Set which includes 3 of their most popular soaps.


eye4style keeps her tootsies in tip top shape with THIS Farmhouse Fresh product.


Dao from My Makeup Blog has a gorgeous makeup tutorialfor nighttime and clubbing.



The Makeup Divas reviews Philosophy Beach Party.

Beauty Banter gives you the secret beauty tips and products of Parisian ladies... straight from 2 gorgeous frenchies!

Beautiful With Brains reviews Clynol Play With Me Powder Punch.

The girls over at Beauty in Real Life want you to have the perfect at home pedicure. Click here to enter their giveaway with Ms. Pedicure and China Glaze!!

LA Pretty is having two giveaways of new releases from Target beauty lines Pixy by Petra and Napoleon Perdis. Get the details here!

Monique from Beauty Girl Musings http://beautygirlmusings.blogspot.com/2009/06/review-lavaque-tweezers.html>reviews LaVaque Tweezers!

Enter to Win Several of Lipgloss Break Giveaways, including Borghese B Gloss in sold out Fuchsia!

Hot Beauty Health shows you 5 organic hair care products that works and stylish pics of rihanna at Carol's Daughter Spa in NYC.

The Advice Sistershttp://www.advicesisters.net/2009/06/beauty-bonanza-in-box-beauty-fix.html Beauty Fix a season's worth of beauty bargains in a box!.



And the Winner is...

Pauline! Congrats - You won the Pashbu scarf from Dream Sacks!

Didn't win? Don't fret - You can get
15% off at DreamSacks.com by using the code GLOSS15 (valid June 9th - June 23rd).

And don't forget to enter these great giveaways...


Giveaway Break - Aroma-Sothys 3 Step Line

Luxury French skin care company Sothys has introduced a more affordable and relaxing way to experience spa quality products without breaking your budget.

Aroma - Sothys Energizing Bath Essence Tablets - Effervescent, playful and revitalizing bath pebbles that will enrich your bath with their tonic and energizing fragrance.

Aroma - Sothys Energizing Essential Oils Elixir - Magical experience of concentrated essential oils that promises to restore and tone the skin's natural essence.

Aroma - Sothys Massage Elixir - Massage your body with a cocktail of ginger, nutmeg, orange, marula and mandarin essential oils. This elixir is sure to leave your skin with a satin-like gloss and perfume finish.

***Giveaway***

Enter to win Sothys's new Aroma-Sothys three-step line!

To enter the contest, leave me a comment. For extra entries, you can sign up for my mailing list, post a link to this giveaway on your blog, follow my blog, or follow me on Twitter, just make sure to list the entries in your comment. Enter up to once a day!

This giveaway is open to US residents. The contest will end on Thursday, July 9th. I will randomly select a winner and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!



Total Beauty Break - Best & Worst Celebrity Styles

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Best and Worst Celebrity Signature Styles

From Angelina Jolie's cat eye to Anna Wintour's iconic bob -- see the looks we love and loathe


Establishing a signature style can be a great way to make a statement, but it can also turn into a rut. Look to these examples for clues on how long you should stick with your signature style and if it's really right for you.

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Hyper Luxe Weekend Roundup



Affordable Fashion spotlights 3 daytime LBDs for $20 and less.

Beauty Junkies Unites highlights the best Summer fragrances.

BeautySweetSpot has the top Summer eco friendly finds.

BellaLuscious explains ways to banish cellulite.

Blaq Vixen Beauty reviews the most recent foundation from Maybelline - the Dream Matte Liquid Foundation.

Check out the CFDA Awards winners as well as the best and worst dressed celebs, designers, and models at Cult of Couture.

Diary of a Style Addict shows us how to steal Eva the diva's maxed out style.

Can you be preppy and bohemian at the same time? Fab Finds Under $50 says, you bet.

Fab Glance Nashville gives an opinion on sandals for men and wants to know what you think.

Hot Beauty Health shows you 5 organic hair care products that works for healthy hair.

Who doesn't love a giveaway? Lipgloss Break is giving away Borghese B Gloss lip gloss.

MissWhover You Are delivers a budget beauty tip you cannot miss.

Obsessions and Confessions of Glamour and Love takes a look at Sephora Favorites Sample kits.

SparklingPinkGorilla shows us where we can get the best deals on shades.

StyleLuxe uncovers 5 timeless rules for achieving great style.

The Style and Beauty and Doctor explores one of the hottest trends this season: white hot summer denim.

For more information about The HLMN or on becoming an affiliate please visit our website.



Total Beauty Break - Top Makeup Removers

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Top 14 Makeup Removers

See which products easily stripped off eye makeup (and everything else)


We makeup junkies need a good product to take it all off at the end of the day -- no clogged pores or stained pillowcases for us! The makeup removers on this list left TotalBeauty.com readers with clean skin and without oily residue or dryness.

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Giveaway Break - Listerine Total Care

Listerine Total Care leaves your mouth feeling so fresh and so clean!

It's the only fluoride mouthwash that offers six benefits in one and helps you achieve a cleaner, healthier mouth by:

· Helping prevent cavities


· Restoring enamel


· Strengthening teeth


· Killing bad breath germs


· Freshening breath


· Fighting unsightly plaque above the gum line


And if you want to talk decor, the fun color of this mouthwash looks super cute on my bathroom vanity :)

***Giveaway***

Enter to win a full size bottle of Listerine Total Care!

To enter the contest, leave me a comment. For extra entries, you can sign up for my mailing list, post a link to this giveaway on your blog, follow my blog, or follow me on Twitter, just make sure to list the entries in your comment.

This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents. The contest will end on Monday, July 6. I will randomly select a winner and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!


Father's Day e-cards at Aveda

Did you find the perfect present for Dad yet? At Aveda, you can send him a free Father's Day e-card, and enter to win gift sets from Aveda for you and your favorite father too. Along with the e-card, he'll receive a free Aveda Men sample offer! Visit www.avedathanksman.com today.

Giveaway Break - Amazon Beauty

Amazon Beauty has launched two new exciting ancient hair remedies. Rahua Shampoo and Rahua Conditioner strengthens and lengthens all hair types including color-treated and delicate hair, as well as balances and maintains a healthy scalp.

Made with rainforest grown symbiotic ingredients, this rich and luxurious organic collection pays tribute and respect to the beautiful women of the Amazon Rainforest. A truly natural hair care collection that is harvested in the wild, Amazon Beauty delivers ancient secrets of the amazing women who have inspired and enlightened history with their intelligence, power and strength. These ingredients have been created and used by Amazon native tribal women for thousands of years.

I was lucky enough to try out the Rahua Shampoo and Conditioner and loved the way it made my hair feel. It didn't dull my blond highlights or weight my hair down after styling. There is a very light, earthy smell to these products that doesn't linger after the shower. I also tried the Rahua Leave-In Treatment that helped my hair to remain frizz free on a rainy day.

***Giveaway***

Who wants to try Amazon Beauty Rahua out? Enter to win a full size set of the Rahua Shampoo and Conditioner!

You can enter up to once a da
y. For extra entries, you can sign up for my mailing list, post a link to this giveaway on your blog, follow my blog, or follow me on Twitter.

This giveaway is open to US & Canada residents. This contest will end on Monday, July 5th. I will randomly select 2 winners and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!




Skin Break - Coping with Sunburn

Ann Thariani, President of Gilden Tree, offers the following tips for coping with a sunburn this summer...

Five Top Tips for Coping with Sunburn:



1. Get out of the sun as soon as possible once you realize you're sunburned. If you can't get indoors, get under shade. The longer you stay in the sun, the worse your burn will be, and you run the risk of sunstroke.


2. Get into cool, clean water, either in a shower or a bath, or lay down with wet towels on you. Heat literally radiates off Nourishing Foot Creamsunburned skin, and your body needs help to cool down fast.


3. Moisturize your skin with a high Aloe Vera content cream like Gilden Tree's Nourishing Foot Cream, or Hand, Nail & Cuticle Salve as soon as possible.


Gilden Tree's foot cream and salves combine Certified Organic Aloe Vera with Jojoba Oil and Shea Butter, which helps skin stay moist and comfortable. (Keep Nourishing Foot Cream sample packets in your first aid kit for emergencies.)


Aloe Vera helps reduce swelling and inflammation, but plain Aloe will dry and crack, so you have to keep reapplying.


4. Drink lots of water or a sports drink like Gatorade. Your body is in desperate need of water and dehydration is a real danger.


5. Take a pain reliever and anti-inflammatory like Ibuprofen to help with pain and swelling.


If you feel nauseated, dizzy, have trouble breathing, or have a temperature, you may be suffering heat stroke, which means your body can't regulate its temperature, and you should seek immediate medical care.


Taking quick action will help you feel better faster, and by moisturizing well, you may reduce the pain and peeling of sunburn. And next time, don't forget the sunscreen!



And the Winners are...

Congrats - you all won the White Sands Smudge giveaway!

winit6
the_outsider01
jackievillano
anne_c_taylor
kleimanlaw


Didn't win this time? Don't fret - there are several giveaways still going on. Check back often, I will have at least 2 more posted by the end of this week :)



This Year's Top Beauty Icon

- Press Association

Cheryl Cole has been voted this year's top beauty icon.


The Girls Aloud singer clearly possesses the X Factor, beating Jennifer Aniston, Holly Willoughby, Angelina Jolie and Kate Winslet to top the poll by face mask company, Montagne Jeunesse.



"Cheryl Cole is the nation's sweetheart and it's not hard to see why - she's beautiful and stylish but girly and down to earth at the same time... with immaculate skin and gorgeous hair, it's no wonder she came top of the beauty icons," said Montagne Jeunesse's Kate Johnson.



Cheryl was also chosen as the best celebrity pampering partner by women, followed by Dawn French and Fern Britton, while men picked David Beckham as their favourite.



"David Beckham is one of the ultimate A-list celebs and it's no surprise guys would want him as their pampering partner - he led the trend in male grooming, openly using cosmetics and beauty products and famously wearing that skirt. He's a regular guy but in touch with grooming and looking after himself," Kate said.



Total Beauty Break - Hair Removal Products to Stay Away From

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Our Readers' Least Favorite Hair Removal Products

Save up for laser hair removal would be better than wasting cash on these shaving and waxing products


Unless you're lucky enough to have gotten laser hair removal, you're stuck in a never-ending cycle of shaving and/or waxing. Even with good hair removal products the task is no fun, but when our readers used these products, it was terrible. See which products left them hairy and annoyed.

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No. 10: Schick Intuition, $10.99

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 6.5*


"Good idea, but you waste 3/4 of the product. The only part of the soap bar that gets used is the part right under the blades. The sides and top are wasted..."

No. 9: Gillette Venus Vibrance, $9.99

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 6.3*


"The battery does absolutely nothing to enhance this razor," one reader says. "I was looking for a closer and softer shave [and this] did neither..."

No. 8: no!no!, $250

TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 5.6*


"I devoted so much time to using this for about 10 weeks, and the only difference it made is that it actually made MORE hair appear..."

Want to see what's the worst? Click here!



Shopping Break - Crescent Row from Benefit




Shopping Break - Free Shipping at Gilden Tree


Now, through June 30th, Lipgloss Break readers can receive FREE shipping on their Gilden Tree order of $25 or more. Use code LIPGLOSSGT at checkout to receive the discount.

Gilden Tree has a number of great items in their foot care section -- perfect for at home pedicures and spa treatments. Check out their article about how you can get your feet sandal ready for summer!

Shopping Break - MAC Sumo Big Savings

MAC is having a Sumo Sale! Save 25% when you shop online June 16-18. Use offer code SAVE25. Make sure to pass this along to your friends...share the love! Start shopping - www.MACCosmetics.com.

Total Beauty Weekend Web Tour!

The Informed Makeup Maven talks Kissable Couture, Genie and gives away Diorshow, MAC, Stila and Maybelline!


Beauty Junkies Unite shares an easy guide to sexy summer legs!

Can you lose weight by eating cookies? eye4style invesigates The Cookie Diet. Nom, nom!

Beauty Anonymous reviews Shiseido’s Maquillage Face Creator 3D!

My Makeup Blog answers one reader’s question and gives tips and tricks on monolid eye makeup. Come and take a look!

Makeup Files wants to know: What is your nighttime skincare routine?

Meilily discusses cosmetics ingredients: are they harmful, safe, or who knows?

addicted to lipstick gives us the rundown for the top 2009 Celebrity summer hairstyles.

Beautè Noire is giving away free Max Factor makeup!

Need to eliminate frizz in your curly hair? StyleBell has the answer with the Redken How-To on Creating Curl Perfection!

Monique at Beauty Girl Musings reviews 3Lab “M” Cream– read what she thinks about it here!

Alison of the Advice Sistershas found a lip gloss (yes! a lip gloss! that can actually help you lose weight!.

Boutique Flair reviews this summer’s must-have fragrance for women. Find out what it is HERE!

Amy at LA Pretty is still glowing from her facial at Arcona in Santa Monica. Now you can get your own glow on as readers have a chance to win an Arcona Travel Kit (valued at $87!) plus a copy of Eco-Beautiful, a guide to natural beauty!

The Makeup Divas are giving away one pair of Current/Elliot The Boyfriend Jean valued at $229! So pop on over and enter today!

Beautiful With Brains celebrates its first birthday! Celebrate with us by entering our birthday giveway!

image and style news gives us the hair report on the summer haircolor trends for 2009 and the hottest haircuts for 2009.

Beauty in Real Life is having another giveaway, this time 3 lucky readers will each receive a Zannclip – and they get to pick the size and color. Enter Face Candy’s MAC Style Warrior Giveaway.

Read why Mineral Makeup is the Best Makeup for Acne at Mineral Makeup Reviews.
Suzanne at RN Guide to Skin Care tells you everything you need to know about Hyaluronic Acid Skin Care.

The Beauty Blog reviews Avon Anew Concealer (also known as Anew Age-Transforming Concealer SPF 15).

Fabulous Over Forty talks to Barneys Beauty Guru for your best makeup looks.

The Beauty Alchemistpreviews the newYSL Fall 09 Makeup

Intense At It Best….Next Level Eye Color Loreal High Intensity Pigments Eyeliner!!.

Paula at Older Girl Beauty Blog gives us her opinion on the new Maybelline Pulse Perfection vibrating mascara.

Hot Beauty Health shows you 10 natural solutions to preserve your youth and beauty.

Butterflydiary has pictures and a full report from herJohnson’s Body Care Cause party.
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Girl-Woman-Beauty-Brains-Blog is giving away a $795 TRIA Hair Removal System. Enter now!




Total Beauty Break - Luxe vs. Less Skin Care

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Luxe vs. Less Skin Care

Find out what products to splurge on and when to save your hard-earned dollars


Luxe vs. Less Skin Care

You don't have to spend half your paycheck on skincare products to stay wrinkle and pimple-free. Dermatologist Dr. Ava Shamban and P&G scientist Mary Begovic Johnson helped us compare products with similar ingredients that are very different in cost to see which are really worth the price. Here's what we found.

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Giveaway Break - Sweet Beauty Organic Chocolate Lip Balm


Got a sweet tooth? Want to fulfill your craving without the calories? Sweet Beauty Spa makes the most delicious chocolate lip balms that will moisturize your lips and put your sweet tooth aside. With flavors like Inspire (mocha) and Indulge (extra dark chocolate), it almost feels sinful to use!


Lisa Francoise, founder and owner of Sweet Beauty Organic Chocolate Spa Treatments, has a philosophy based on three simple statements:

- If you wouldn't eat it, don't wear it on your skin

- Beauty products should be a natural way for you to feel good.

- Almost nothing makes you feel better than chocolate


Lisa uses organic, fair trade chocolate instead of chocolate by-products to formulate her delicious products. You can shop for Sweet Beauty Spa products online, or you can see if there is a Sweet Beauty Spa near you!
***Giveaway***

Lucky you - Enter to win a set of 4 Sweet Beauty Lip Treatments!

To enter the contest, leave me a comment below letting me know what your favorite sweet treat is :) For extra entries, you can sign up for my mailing list, post a link to this giveaway on your blog, follow my blog, or follow me on Twitter, just make sure to list the entries in your comment.
This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents. The contest will end on Wednesday, July 1st. I will randomly select a winner and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!