MAC Trend F/W 2009

The shapes and steely colours in this collection are an expression of the trend, an ode to the Strength of a Woman, rendered with true architectural precision. The geometry of eyes in graphic, graphite tones of grey with the beguiling blue sheen of an elegant grid of sky-reflecting windows on a stunning concrete skyscraper, Trend F/W ’09 is a living tower of power! Lips are dark or seductively nude. The fragrance? Asphalt Flower, a limited-life scent as bold and urbane as the Modern Metropolis.

Fragrance
Asphalt Flower Glossy violet and iris petals cast an
ebonized sheen over dark clouds of vanilla and patchouli.
Like a shimmering lace veil this scent caresses and
envelops of glamour and drama.
Top Note: Violet, Ylang Mid: Iris, Heliotrope Dry:
Olibanum, Patchouli, Vanilla
Suggested Retail Price $20.00 U.S./$24.00 CDN


Lipstick
Red Full-Stop Bright neon coral (Lustre)
Hipster Burgundy with frost (Frost)
Faultlessly F/W Blackened blue violet (Amplified)
Our Pick Cement taupe grey (Satin)
Suggested Retail Price $14.00 U.S./$16.50 CDN

Lipglass
Runway Fave Grey tone neutral with high pearl (Frost)
New Berry Deep plum (Cream)
So This Season Deep blue violet (Cream)
Suggested Retail Price $14.00 U.S./$16.50 CDN


Eye Shadow x4 – Tone: Grey
Tone: Grey Dirty Grey (Satin)
Walt Dark smoky blue grey (Frost)
A Warmer White Pale green grey (Satin)
The Right Smoke Rich blue with white pearl (Frost)
Suggested Retail Price $36.00 U.S./$43.00 CDN


The shapes and steely colours in this collection are an expression of the trend, an ode to the Strength of a Woman, rendered with true architectural precision. The geometry of eyes in graphic, graphite tones of grey with the beguiling blue sheen of an elegant grid of sky-reflecting windows on a stunning concrete skyscraper, Trend F/W ’09 is a living tower of power! Lips are dark or seductively nude. The fragrance? Asphalt Flower, a limited-life scent as bold and urbane as the Modern Metropolis.

Giveaway Break - David Babaii Styling Products

For her red carpet look during the August 10, 2009 premiere of "Inglourious Basterds", celebrity hairdresser David Babaii created a naturally tousled look for Angelina Jolie's long tresses.




First, David applied Hair Polish to her entire mane followed by spraying Volcanic Ash Root Amplifier to the root area for lift and volume. Next, he parted hair into 3 sections (This is David's "key" signature tip). Beginning at the nape area, he used the David Babaii for WildAid Blow Dryer with the nozzle attachment for direct styling. To achieve her look, David blow dried her hair using a large round brush to smooth tresses straight and shiny. When done drying the entire head, he took large sections and wrapped hair around the same round brush. With the blow dryer and nozzle in hand, blow an additional blast of hot air for 10 seconds and then hit the cool button for a burst of cool air: this sets the shape. Carefully release the section from the brush and continue until you have completed the whole head. To finish, spray Mise en Plis Light Styling Spray.

***Giveaway***

Enter to win all the hair styling products used on Angelina's hair....
Hair Polish
Volcanic Ash Root Amplifier
Mise en Plis Light Styling Spray

Fill out the form 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 & Canada residents. The contest will end on Monday, October 26th. I will randomly select the lucky winner and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!

Total Beauty Break

Top 10 Emmy Awards Looks You Can Wear Now

Not a celebrity? Doesn't matter! We share how to make red carpet hair and makeup looks wearable for every day

Sure, it would be nice to walk the red carpet like Heidi Klum, Kim Kardashian or Drew Barrymore, but most of us will never get the chance. However, that doesn't mean we can't have red carpet-worthy style every day, right? That's why we pulled together easy-to-do tips from celebrity hair and makeup artists for our favorite Emmy Awards looks. See looks

Giveaway Break - IMAN Global Chic Venetian-Style Bracelet

Looking to accessorize for Fall? Get a taste of the glam life from supermodel and fashionista Iman and check out her new Global Chic Collection. She'll be on HSN this Sunday displaying her new collection.

***Giveaway***

Enter to win this beautiful Venetian-Style Multi-faceted stretch bracelet from Iman's Global Chic Collection.

Leave a comment 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 & Canada residents. The contest will end on Thursday, October 1st. I will randomly select the lucky winner and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!

Must-Reads for the Weekend!

This week BeautySweetSpot's own, Jeannine Morris, was at the Emmy's doing a segment for E!. Get the behind the scenes scoop on the red carpet and celebrity swag suites.

Beauty Junkies Unite has 3 easy ways to plumper, fuller lips.

Best Things in Beauty has a Juice Beauty Giveaway Contest underway, along with information on how gals with straight, wavy, or curly hair can can achieve their coveted look with Ouidad hair care.

Brown Suga Fashion and Beauty Blog breaks down Fall's new face

Fab Glance Nashville guides you through picking the perfect watch for the man in your life.

Fabulous Over Forty has a week long review of mascaras with a giveway at the end of the week.

FerOHHHsh takes on Fall style for Non Barbies.

Gouldylox Reviews asks what makes us jones for the latest and greatest in beauty .

Hot Beauty Health answers a common skin question: How do I get rid of acne scars?

The Informed Makeup Maven heads backstage at the Walter show and gets the scoop on the look for fall with Stila.

Krasey Beauty shows you her favorite outfit and makeup look from New York Fashion Week.

Discover 10 ways to look younger at Prime Beauty.

Looking a little pale going into Fall? Read up on Lipgloss Break's favorite Self Tanning Products and my self tanning application tips!

Marina from Makeup4all reminds you all Collections by MAC cosmetics for 2009th Year.

theNotice takes a look at makeup + chronic pain to come up with a easy five-minute face -- for everyone!

Check out why Ilamasqua is illmatic on SickaThanAverage.com

Fall in love with Su Ferreira's beauty picks.

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Bobbi Brown & Lauren Bush Announce the FEED10 Pouch

When you buy the FEED10 pouch, you provide ten disadvantaged women and their families with food and job training through the United Nations World Food Progam. In partnership with FEED, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics has filled this canvas bag, crafted out of sustainable materials using fair trade labor, with three of her favorite Lip Gloss shades: Petal, Rose Sugar and Aubergine. The World Food Program is an incredible organization that recognizes and answers the dire need among disadvantaged women for the most basic of necessity in life— food.

With the purchase of this bag, you are joining us in a single, kind gesture that will help a woman in need gain her independence and self-esteem and empower her to change her life and that of her family members.

1 in 6 people around the world live in extreme poverty, 70% of them are female. Women are generally the last to eat a meal—after their husband and children—and suffer most from hunger and malnutrition.

WFP’s Food for Work Program enables women to thrive by offering much needed job training and work—and providing food in exchange. This simple exchange allows women to break the poverty cycle by alleviating their daily struggle to secure food for themselves and their families. In return, they are able to invest time and energy in learning new job skills that are important for a sustainable future and hope for their children, their families, and
their communities.

Thank you for supporting the movement to empower women to feed themselves and their families. We hope you enjoy your FEED 10 pouch! With it, you have provided 10 women with hope for a brighter future.

Suggested Retail Price: $50
On Counter: October 2009
Available at: Bloomingdale’s in North America, Harrods in the United Kingdom,
Lane Crawford in Hong Kong, and The Bobbi Brown Aoyama Studio in Japan.
For more information on FEED please visit: www.FEEDprojects.org

L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Makeup Review

I recently tried out L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable makeup. When looking at new foundations and tinted moisturizers, I look for something that lasts a whole work day and doesn't flake off or make my skin oily. Here is a timeline of my day with True Match:

6:30am - Applied Cerave lotion to face, and then applied L'Oreal True Match in Light Ivory. So far, so good. Went on even and feels pretty light. Provided a good initial cover of blemishes and redness on my nose and cheeks. I used Avon minerals bronzer on my cheeks and I was out the door.

10:30am - At work now. Bathroom break. Makeup coverage still looks pretty good. My nose is a little shiny, but nothing that calls for a touch up.

2:00pm - Makeup still looks pretty good. My skin isn't oily and the coverage isn't fading.

6:00pm - End of day, still covered! I could probably use a light blotting powder on my nose and a touch of bronzer, but overall, the makeup is still even on my skin.

Added benefits? It contains SPF 17 and comes in 24 different shades!

Anthony Logistics For Men Supports Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

With September here already, Anthony Logistics For Men announces the launch of an oversized (32 oz) Sea Salt Body Scrub created to support the fight against Prostate Cancer during Prostate Cancer Month in September. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this product will be donated to the Aueron Protocol Study at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC for its Prostate Cancer Research program.

The Sea Salt Body Scrub is an Anthony Logistics favorite – sea salt exfoliates, sea kelp extract nourishes, aloe vera gel soothes, nutmeg oil tones and vitamin C nourishes. Now available in a jumbo-sized 32 oz. bottle, it’s more bang for your buck while giving back to charity all at the same time.

I tried this scrub out for myself and loved it. It's not an overwhelming 'manly' smell and it made my skin feel soft after using it. My husband was pretty excited to try out a 'man' product and he liked it too! The large size bottle has a convenient pump which makes it easy to use in the shower.

The jumbo size bottle is $15 and can be purchased at www.anthony.com.

Lauren Luke at Sephora!

On September 21^st 2009 millions of Lauren Luke fans will be able to stop by any Sephora store to purchase one of the 5 makeup kits from her new line By Lauren Luke. With 56 million views and 277,000 subscribers in over 70 countries on YouTube via ‘Panacea81’, this savvy, self-taught makeup artist has risen to online fame with home-produced popular makeup tutorials of everyday and celebrity looks.

Lauren is a color-savvy 27-year-old single Mom who has lived a true Cinderella story. Proving the vast entrepreneurial power of today’s trend in social media, Lauren’s 5 new makeup kits maximize usability, affordability and fun and come complete with video tutorials on various looks, plus a sheer pink lip-gloss called My Glossy Lips.

The collection has five distinct, full-face makeup palettes each with three eye shadows, an eye primer, two lipsticks, a blush and, of course, the perfect black eyeliner. Lauren hand-picked all of the color themed palettes to ensure that each offers a full range of versatile looks - from day to night, classic or funky or something a little more sexy to sweet.

Each kit in the collection is a full-face makeup palette with three eye shadows, an eye primer, two lipsticks, a blush and of course, the perfect black eyeliner. Lauren hand-picked all of the colors to ensure that each palette offers a full range of versatile looks - from day to night, classic or funky or something a little more sexy to sweet.

And the success continues. Lauren has recently signed a book deal with Hodder & Stoughton to chronicle on paper the authentic and endearing inspiration Lauren provides to women on camera. It will hit the UK shelves in October. Plus, due to her immense influence and popularity with a younger demographic, Lauren Luke will be featured as an avatar in a virtual makeover video game scheduled to release for the Nintendo DS in late 2009.

Giveaway Break - David Babaii Hair Products

Celebrity hairstylist David Babaii recently coiffed his client Scarlett Johansson for a few summer Red Carpet Events, creating some dramatic variations to her long strawberry blonde locks. Check out her hair and steps to recreate for yourself!

Scarlett Johansson at Comic-Con 2009

To achieve this curly, wavy, sexy look for Scarlett Johansson's appearance at Comic-Con 2009, celebrity hairstylist David Babaii applied his Amplifying Whipped Mousse from roots to ends. This gives just the right amount of volume and hold to her strawberry blonde hair.

Next, he rough dried her tresses by using his hands, moving the hair in various directions. Once dry, he sectioned her hair into 3 different parts: top, sides and back leaving the nape area free. This is one of David's most important styling tips, since you need to have constant control over the hair at all times. To create his famous wavy curls, he used a 1 ½" sized FHI Heat Ceramic Curling Iron.

To style, he took small "V" shaped strands and wrapped them around the inside of the barrel. Then, David allowed each curl to fall naturally. Through selected strands, he ran his fingers up the partially curled strand to achieve added volume. For additional lift at the scalp area, he sprayed Volcanic Ash Root Amplifier on his finger tips and applied to the root area by roughly massaging into the area. This adds added fullness and texture. To complete, he sprayed Mise en Plis Light Styling Spray.

Scarlett Johansson at LA Shorts Fest '09

David Babaii's inspiration for Scarlett Johansson's style was a 40's Marilyn Monroe look with the illusion of a chin length "bob" without cutting any hair!

After drying her locks with Hair Polish applied to damp hair, David divided her tresses into 3 sections: top with a side part, sides and back leaving the nape area free. To create these large barrel sized curls, he took alternating "V" shaped partings to avoid any part lines from showing through. David used a 1 ½ inch FHI Heat Ceramic Curling Iron throughout her entire head. The sides and back curls were pinned into various sized looped curls giving the illusion of a short "bob". On the top, he gently brushed her hair to one side forming soft waves. For added glamour, David brushed back one side and secured with a decorative hair pin. For hold, David used his Mise en Plis Light Styling Spray for a soft long lasting hold.

***Giveaway***

Enter to win all the hair styling products used on Scarlet's hair....
Amplifying Whipped Mousse

Volcanic Ash Root Amplifier

Mise en Plis Light Styling Spray

Hair Polish

Fill out the form 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 & Canada residents. The contest will end on Thursday, October 22th. I will randomly select the lucky winner and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!

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