Makeup Break - Jelly Pong Pong
"Jelly Pong Pong places an ardent emphasis on creating products which evoke the dreamer in you & which clearly defines what it means to be passionate about cosmetics. With such pride in our creation comes a focus on product integrity & efficacy. Great-quality products that work." - - (Jelly Pong Pong website) All Jelly Pong Pong products are made in Italy , using bespoke ingredients and under the care of our experienced formulator. Their manufacturing plants are environmentally-conscious and cruelty free. They are totally against animal testing.
OMNIBRONZE
The Omnibronze is a universal bronzer that compliments all skin tones. It contains no
shimmer, which helps to make the bronze look more real. It's silky in texture and goes on smooth with a matte finish. I usually wear a tinted moisturizer and bronzer every day, so I'm always excited to try a new bronzer. The Omnibronze looked so natural, and didn't look orange upon application. Aside from it being an awesome bronzer, the packaging is genius. It comes in a congac colored compact, with a small brush included. The compact comes in a faux leather pouch, which I refuse to do without!LO LI POP
This isn't just a tinted a gloss, it has solid color to it. I tried Lo Li Pop in Cherry Surprise and loved it. Not only does it smell delicious, but it lasts long and has the perfect amount of shimmer in it. Lo Li Pop is available in 6 shades: Strawberry Slush, Cherry Surprise, Raspberry Parfait, Butterscotch Fudge, Grape Sherbet, Rum Raisin.
SUPERMODEL STAIN
The Supermodel Stain is a deeply pigmented cream color for lips and
cheeks. It contains castor seed oil & beeswax which helps it to go on smoothly. It comes in a sexy hot pink compact with a mirror for convenience. The Supermodel Stain comes in No Cupcake, Cupcake Pout, Slenderella, Nymphette and Giggle & Pout.LIP CUSHION
I tried Lip Cushion in 'Crush' and fell in love with the taste and smell of this gloss! Crush has a raspberry colored tint and taste to it.
The gloss is a bit sticky, so I have been applying it with my contractible lip brush. Lip Cushion is made with evening primrose oil, beeswax & aloe vera which helps to heal lips and improve suppleness. Added bonus: The box this comes in is adorable. It has a pop up butterfly on top and I'm tempted to keep it for decor!FAIRY LASHES
This is Jelly Pong Pong's first ever mascara. Fairy Lashes is water-resistant, and makes lashes appear thicker and curvier, and is light in texture. I would say this mascara is comparable to Benefit Bad Gal. It gave my lashes the same length and fullness as Bad Gal does. It's formulated with cotton seed extract which contains oligosaccharides which restructures eyelashes while rendering them flexible and hydrated.
Check out Jelly Pong Pong online or look for their locations in the US, Europe and Asia!
Freebie Break - Dove Shampoo & Conditioner
Thanks to Bionic-Beauty for finding this freebie! Dove is giving away a sample of their Heat Defense Therapy or Intense Damage Therapy hair care lines. You'll get a sample of the shampoo and condition of your choice! Hurry, it's while supplies last!
And the Winners are...
Pat & Jackie - Congratulations! You both won a set of Marina Cosmetics lip products. I emailed you both already at the email address you provided in the giveaway. Please email me your mailing address and I'll send you your prize!
Total Beauty Web Tour!
Beauty Anonymous brings you Anna Sui Summer 2009 Makeup Collection.
Is your smile in need of a pick-me-up? Head over to Bare Budget Beauty for your chance to win one of two new sets of Crest Whitestrips Advanced Seal and say hello to whiter teeth in 14 days!
Alison of the Advice Sistersreviews Chanel's Spring collection that features a lovely, "boho" vibe --channel your inner "Gypsy Queen!"
Beauty Secrets Revealed tells you whether Acai Berry Really Helps You Lose Weight.
Girl-Woman-Beauty-Brains-Blog is giving away a H2PRO ceramic flat iron valued at $195. Enter now!
Steal The Informed Makeup Maven's looks and checkout this week's reviews. . Steal her look now!
Fabulous Over Forty has a new Beauty on a Budget find that is a great look and value.
The Makeup Divas is giving away some fabulous Chella anti-aging skin care products valued at $175.00! So hurry on over and enter today!
Viva Woman shows you how to customize your own lipstick color the cheap and easy way!
Beauty Junkies Unite is giving away a stimulus package fit for any Beauty Junkie! Enter to win over 50 beauty products valued at over $1000 in the Beauty Stimulus Package Giveaway!
Anti Hair Slave shows you how to work hair treatments into your daily schedule without taking making you a "slave" to your hair.
Amber at Beauty Blogging Junkie lists all you need for a fakecation.
I Heart Heels has a super-hot handbag giveaway as seen on Miley Cyrus at the Oscars - click here to enter!
Frappelattes gives us a mini how-to guide on how to apply false eyelashes, perfect if you're a beginner to this look.
eye4style is giving away DERMAdoctor's new Poetry in Lotion. Enter here to win!
You don't wanna miss out on Indian Girl's The Body Shop Giveaway !
A Little More Beautiful is giving away BOTH amazing books by Nina Garcia, The Little Black Book of Style and The One Hundred: A Guide to the Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own!
Check Out Lipgloss Break's review of SPINLASH and Enter to win Your Own!
Beauty411 reviews The SPF 30 UV Protecting Fluid from LaMer.
ThisThatBeauty shows off NEW!!! Prescriptives U-PICK Refillable Compacts...Check out ThisThatBeauty's chosen compact combo and Felicia's FACE OF THE DAY
Glossypink tells you how to get the look of a Victoria's Secret Angel, AND it's the final week to enter the Elizabeth Arden Pretty Fragrance Set giveaway!
The girls over at Beauty in Real Life are having a giveaway with Shecky's Girls Night Out. Click here to enter to win 2 tickets and 2 goodie bags to a GNO event near you!!!
Monique at Beauty Girl Musings shares how to give yourself a great manicure at home!
Face Candy is introduced to Jouer Cosmetics.
Sephora goes eco-chic with the Pure line and the new Wanderlust Palette. Beauty Beast has the scoop.
Everyone has been talking about Maybelline New York's new mascara, Stiletto Lash. Does it live up to the hype? Daily Dose of Coffee takes it for a test.
Watch Laura Mercier Backstage at Pamella Roland New York Fashion Week Fall 2009-by Talking Makeup!
This week, Spoiled Pretty is partnering with Barry Fletcher for a hair product giveaway. You're gonna love these products...so enter today!
Shopping Break - Bath & Body Works Weekend Sale
Hands Down - Bath & Body Works has the best sales on the weekends! Buy 3 Signature Collection Body Care items and get 3 free! I use these sales for stocking up on gifts. Everyone loves Bath & Body lotion, and they make a great last minute gift, or a great add on to a larger gift.
Shopping Break - Bobbi Brown Free Mauve Lipgloss
Get a free, full size mauve lipgloss with your purchase of $65 on BobbiBrown.com. Enter MGLOSS at purchase.
This cool, neutral hue gives lips instant polish and flatters all complexions. Hurry - offer ends tomorrow, March 14th, or until supplies last!
Giveaway Break - SPINLASH Mascara
***Giveaway***
I will randomly select one lucky winner to win a SPINLASH mascara. Make sure to sign up, below, for your chance to win! You can enter up to once a day. 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. See my review of SPINLASH below.At this time, I'm only able to mail to US & Canada addresses. This contest will end on Thursday, March 19th. I will announce the winner on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!
Mascara Break - SPINLASH Review
It’s not the size of the brush, it’s the motion of the potion. While all the other cosmetics companies rely on new formulas and brushes to improve their mascaras, cosmetics company, Akasha has taken its innovative new mascara, SPINLASH, a step further! Not only does SPINLASH gently rotate to remove clumps, coat and separate with every turn, it also applies a liquid line of eyeliner. It applies mascara, eyeliner, and curls your eyelashes all at the same time!
I recently tried SPINLASH and I have to say, I had my doubts at first. I used it with my Jelly Pong Pong Mascara and was very impressed! It definitely feels weird at first, and I had a bad vision of my eyelashes getting tangled in the rotating brush. It almost kind of tickles a bit. Usually I comb and curl my lashes before I put on mascara, and SPINLASH saves me this step. It not only ensures that my lashes don't clump, but gives them a soft curl and evenly applies the mascara.
I didn't try using it as an eyeliner, but SPINLASH users claim that if you hold the wand at the base of the eyelashes and pause for just a moment, before stroking upwards, and you can get a perfect coating of mascara and a flawless application of eyeliner.
I haven't tried Lancome's Oscillation Macara, but I'm sure the price point can't compare to SPINLASH. For $19.99 you get two brushes and two mascaras. You can purchase the SPINLASH on their site, SpinLash.com.
Stay tuned for my SPINLASH Giveaway!
Lipgloss Break - Three Custom Color Specialists Whisper Gloss
Every season, Three Custom Color Specialists chooses their favorite runway beauty trend. For Spring ’09, they were particularly intrigued by the seductively bronzed cheeks, smoldering eyes and moist, kissable lips at Donna Karan, Milly, Juan Carlos Obando and Carlos Miele. Inspired by this sexy look, the Specialists created WHISPER, a creamy shimmering nude with fine flecks of gold and bronze, which is available in both their award- winning sheer lipstick formula and makeup artist favorite creamy lip gloss. WHISPER works with the natural pink in your lips to create a soft look that is universally flattering.I'm new to this brand and I've got to say, I love this gloss. This is the exact shade I have been looking for: a light bronze shimmer that I can pair with smokey eyes and bronzed cheeks. The gold specks in the gloss sparkle just the right amount when the light hits them. The gloss goes on smooth (some glosses with sparkle can fill a bit grainy on your lips) and is long lasting. Two thumbs up!
WHISPER SHEER LIPSTICK and WHISPER LIP GLOSS ($18.50 ea.) will be available in March at www.threecustom.com, toll-free at 888.262.7714 and at select boutiques worldwide.
Fundraiser Break - Help Natural Disaster Victims
Buy a T-Shirt by 11 a.m. EST on March 12- Help Natural Disaster Victims!Total Beauty is in a race to raise money for natural disaster victims -- all proceeds fund this amazing program that takes washing machines to families hit by natural disasters. Go here for more details! Or you can just go buy a cute "Loads of Hope" T-shirt here for $20.
Purse Break - ELSPETH Royalton Tote
Women's love affair with handbags will be tempted even further with designs from Elizabeth Phillips, the newest and trend-setting designer on the fashion block. ELSPETH is a premier handbag line that is known for its luxurious materials, vivacious colors and incredible quality. One of ELSPETH Signature Styles is the Royalton Tote. The All-Purpose Bag is a spacious and stylish bag and ideal for the gym, the office or a weekend get-away. Who said you can’t have everything? Made of nylon with distressed shrunken lambskin trim. Retail Cost: $280 www.elspethnyc.com.This is the perfect bag for a summer carry all, making it easy to switch from work and the gym, to a night out. For the summer, I always look for larger bags, specifically to hold a bottle of sunscreen and a bathing suit...you just never know!
Did you say discount?
ELSPETH is offering 20% off with a purchase on their site, ELSPETHNYC.com.
Sweepstakes Break - Setoso
Setoso has heard from so many people that their EyeBalm and SerumBalm save them time because they can carry it with them and use it when they have a free second. So what better time than Daylight Savings (March 8th) to get your hour back by winning a full set of Setoso products. All you have to do is leave a comment on their site about what you’d do with an extra hour and you’re entered.Want a 2nd & 3rd entry into the sweepstakes? Just post this on your Facebook or Twitter page: @setoso Great Giveaway - Daylight Savings “Get Your Hour Back” sweepstakes http://tinyurl.com/ay5jm9 and you’re entered TWO MORE TIMES!
Shopping Break - Celebrate Holi with Thevi Cosmetics
Celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colors, with free shipping through Sunday, March 15, at Thevi Cosmetics!
Holi is a popular Hindu spring festival observed in India, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, the UK and Nepal. Holi is celebrated on the full moon day in the month of Phalugna or Falguna, which usually falls in the later part of February or March. This year, Holi is today, March 11! Click here to read more about Holi.
Wedding Break - The Perfect Bridesmaid Gift
Your friends have made sure that your wedding day is blissfully perfect, so give them a gift that will make their day sweet too!Customize the perfect bridesmaid gift with a LaLicious Travel Clutch fi lled with a complete set of LaLicious’ renowned all natural body care products. A gift that keeps on giving! The chic canvas clutch can be used for a night on the town or a day of shopping.
Match your girlfriends’ personalities with one of seven irresistible scents including: Coconut Cream, Lily Mango, Island Guava, and Tahitian Flower LaLicious
LaLicious products maintain their form from creation to application using natural ingredients. The complete line of body products are paraben and sulfate free. LaLicious exfoliates conditions, moisturizes, and smoothes your skin to perfection.
Travel Clutch $50
Shopping Break - BeautySak
Spring forward with new nail colors from Lippman, OPI and Essie! Get a free Essie Millionails mini basecoat/strengthener with every order at BeautySak.com (while supplies last).
Perfume Break - Kilian Travel Spray
March 2009 launches KILIAN’s latest temptation: A travel spray for men and women. A magnetic object, literally. A monolith engraved with Achilles’ shield, signature of “L’Oeuvre Noire” collection. As always, the travel spray is refillable and available in all scents to travel with your favorite Kilian fragrance anywhere you choose to go and can meet us in the world.These scents are refillable at any Kilian Counter. The travel sprays are small and unique, and they make a great travel accessory since they are airline acceptable!
The travel spray comes in the following scents:
Prelude to Love
Love
Beyond Love
A taste of Heaven
Straight to Heaven
Liaisons Dangereuses
Cruel Intentions
The travel spray with 4 refills .25 fl.oz $ 135
The set of 4 refills .25fl.oz $ 70
Quiz Break - Are you an NY or LA Girl?
I'm an LA Girl! Check out this quiz and let me know, by posting a comment, if you belong in NY or LA. I'll randomly select someone to win a surprise prize on Friday, March 13.
I Belong in LA |
 Forget living in a dirty, cold city - you'll take the beach instead. Celebrity sightings, trendy restaurants, and clubbing all night are more your thing. And who knows? You might become the next beautiful person the paparazzi stalks! |
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