Loving the Capri Style-In Conditioner by Borghese

I'm always up for trying out new leave in conditioners. My hair gets so dry between highlighting and well water shampoo, that I need to use deep conditioning treatments, leave in conditioners, and serums almost every day to help smooth it out.

I recently got to try Borghese's new Capri Style-In Conditioner, and I'm giving it an A+. This spray on conditioner made my hair shiny, soft and smooth. It smoothed out my frizzy ends and made the rest of my hair shine.

I applied about 5-6 squirts to my wet hair, and combed through it before drying. I didn't even feel the need to add oil before or after drying because my hair came out so smooth. The smell is very mild, and has a hint of lemon scent like their lotions. My hair still smelled like the conditioner after blow drying and styling.

I also got to test out the Borghese Siena Finishing Spray which has a great hold to it. Lasted all day at work!

The Borghese Hair Care Line has been out since this January at retailers nationwide (including CVS and Walgreens, very affordable). The new line of Italian-inspired products features a range of professional grade, botanical enriched shampoos, conditioners and styling products.

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Thakoon for NARS Nail Collection

Thakoon for NARS nail polish line, inspired by the designer’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection. I want the pink, purple and blue for my toes!

Stila on HauteLook

Stila on HauteLook today - these are always the best!

Bath & Body Works Fragrance Event on April 14th

Bath & Body Works is having a Fragrance Event this Saturday. Gather your girlfriends and discover the new fragrances, get a personalized fragrance makeover, and FREE gifts for you! 

                     

WHO:                    Bath & Body Works

WHAT:                  Spring Fragrance Party

WHEN:                 Saturday, April 14, 10am - 4pm

WHERE:                Select Bath & Body Works stores nationwide

They will also be offering:

• ONE-ON-ONE FRAGRANCE MAKEOVER CONSULTATION: Ever wonder if your daily fragrance ritual is right for you? Now’s your chance to work with one of Bath and Body's fragrance experts to customize your scent experience. 

• TAKE THE SIGNATURE FRAGRANCE CHALLENGE:  Show what you know about America’s favorite fragrances by taking our “Blind Fragrance Test”.  Playing the game enters you to win a Signature Fine Fragrance Mist of your choice!

• FREE GIFT FROM BATH & BODY WORKS: When you make any full-size Signature Collection purchase, you can choose a full-size Signature Shower Gel in Japanese Cherry Blossom, Paris Amour, Sweet Pea, Moonlight Path or Twilight Woods and a travel size Body Lotion from the new Signature Wild Garden Collection.  Be one of the first 20 customers at the register with your purchase to receive a full size Signature Fine Fragrance Mist!   

Visit the Event Page at Facebook.com/BathandBodyWorks or go to BathandBodyWorks.com/Event for details. Let me know what you buy if you go!

NARS Summer 2012 Collection

NARS Summer 2012 Collection - My eye is on the nail polish, looks super summery! 

Salon Perfect Blooming with Color nail polish

Fun new colors from Salon Perfect Blooming with Color nail polish line: 

• Perfectly Peach – Delicate peach
• Lemon Zing – Sunny yellow
• Kiwi Lime – Vibrant green
• Blue Mint – Cheerful mint
• Berry Blue – Classic periwinkle
• Purple Sorbet – Dark lilac
• Lavender Icing – Soft lilac
• Spicy Tomato – Juicy red
• Tangy Tangerine – Tart orange
• Sour Apples – True blue-green
• Blue Raspberry – Vivid azure
• Plum Sorbet – Magenta with purple shimmer
• Berry Pink – Bold flamingo pink
• Bubblegum – Honeysuckle pink 

The collection will be available in approximately 1,700 Walmart locations nationwide during the month of May for $2.98.

About Salon Perfect:

Salon Perfect is a collection of professional-quality lash, brow and nail products. Available exclusively at Walmart stores nationwide, Salon Perfect offers premium faux lashes in an assortment of styles.

National Donate Your Hair Day

Pantene and Seventeen Magazine have teamed up to host the first-ever National Donate Your Hair Day on April 27, benefiting the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program. This will be the first annual day of giving where people nationwide are encouraged to cut and donate their hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths.

Created in 2006, Pantene Beautiful Lengths inspires people to grow, cut and donate their healthy hair to create free, real-hair wigs for women who have lost their hair due to cancer treatments.  To date, Pantene Beautiful Lengths has received more than 311,000 hair donations from generous men, women, and children and more than 18,000 real-hair wigs have been provided to female cancer patients.  

In celebration of the inaugural National Donate Your Hair Day, Pantene and Seventeen Magazine will host an event on April 27 at the Rita Hazan Salon in New York City. Pantene Celebrity Hair Stylist Danilo will also be at the salon to support the hair donors and lend his voice to the program. 

Find out more about the program and participating salons at: http://beautifullengths.wordpress.com/national-donate-your-hair-day/

Giveaway Break - Stephanie Johnson Cosmetic Bags for Playtex

Playtex Gentle Glide Feminine Care has partnered with cosmetic and jewelry bag designer Stephanie Johnson to create Stephanie Johnson Exclusive Cosmetic Bags for the Playtex Brand. This is a limited edition collection that is being offered to loyal Playtex users via mail in program.

Stephanie Johnson designed these bags with today's modern woman in mind, along with the fun pops of colors on the Playtex Sport and Gentle Glide boxes. These are super cute bags - a must for traveling or for your gym bag!

Stephanie Johnson's colorful and unique collections have become a celebrity favorite, but it's her actions as an empowered woman that really sparked this collaboration. "Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to be in fashion, but my life took me in another direction" says Stephanie. She left her job as a marketing executive to pursue her dream of launching her own fashion company. Says Stephanie, "I couldn't be happier!"

Believe in yourself and in your dreams - powerful women will go far!

Now through August 30th, Playtex Gentle Glide and Playtex Sport brand tampon users who mail in two specially marked packages of Playtex will receive an exclusive Stephanie Johnson cosmetic bag worth $45. This is a ridiculous good deal and I highly suggest taking advantage of it! Or...you can try to win this from Lipgloss Break!

***Giveaway***

Enter to win a Stephanie Johnson Playtex Cosmetic Bag!

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, follow me and retweet on Twitter , follow me on Pinterest or become a fan on Facebook; just make sure to list the entries in your comment. Enter up to once a day!

For an extra entry, tell me about your empowerment moment...the moment you took control of your life and did what you love!

This giveaway is open to US residents only. The contest will end on Thursday, May 10th. I will randomly select one winner and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!

Beautiful Change Challenge #3 - Spring Cleaning

It’s getting warmer out and it’s officially Spring…yay! It’s the time of year for the ‘grand switch.’ This is what I call swapping out Winter clothes and Summer clothes in our drawers and closets. I have a few huge Tupperware containers that I keep all of our off season clothes in, and when the seasons change we swap out what’s in our closets for what was in storage. I store the containers in my basement until the next season.

Here are some ideas for Spring cleaning season:

• If you didn’t wear it last year, you won’t wear it this year.  Donate clothes, shoes and accessories to Purple Heart or the Salvation Army. Make room for new trends in your closet
• Having a bag ready for Purple Heart also encourages (and challenges) me to find other household items I’m not using any longer. I usually leave the bag(s) out for one week before scheduling a pick up.  I’m always finding stuff I can get rid of it and help unclutter my home.
• Find a consignment shop near you for clothes that are ‘like new.’ If you have gently used clothes that you’re not going to wear again, try bringing them to a consignment shop. Consignment shops usually take in season clothes that are only gently warn (no deodorant stains, holes or visible wear). If they take on your items, you get a cut of what they sell for (I think 50% is normal). Extra cash for shopping trips!
•  It’s garage sale season! I’ve never hosted one, but I’ve always gone in on friends’. This year, I’m joining forces with my neighbor to offload some household items we don’t use anymore.

If you find yourself giving a lot of clothes away, maybe because they were last year’s trends, then it’s important to think about this during your next shopping trends. I love joining in on new trends, but if a trend is very extreme (example, neon colors) then you most likely won’t want to wear that the next year. So to cut down on what you get rid of next year, try maybe adding accessory trends to your wardrobe, which are usually less expensive (Forever 21 and H&M are great for this) or pieces that aren’t extreme in trendiness (for example, color blocking with more neutral colors will carry over to other seasons).

What are your Spring cleaning tips? Please do share!

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Country Music Awards Glam

Are you a country music fan? Too Faced Cosmetics is! Learn how to get Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert's Country Music Award looks!

Here's how to get Carrie Underwood's look:  

Eyes: Make smoldering eyes easy with Too Faced Smokey Eye Eyeshadow Collection, $36, TooFaced.com.

Lips: Compliment a smokey eye with pinky-nude Too Faced Glamour Gloss in Barely Legal, $19, TooFaced.com.

Skin: Get a bronze bod without the fake-bake like Carrie with Too Faced Royal Oil Coconut Oil Body Bronzer, $35, TooFaced.com.

Here's how to get Miranda Lambert's look:

Eyes: Accentuate eyes with Too Faced Natural at Night Eye Palette, $36, TooFaced.com. Signature How-To Cards made it simple.

Lips: For subtle shimmer, layer Too Faced Lip of Luxury Lipstick, $20, in Totally Nude with Glamour Gloss in Plush, $19, TooFaced.com.

Face: Highlight cheekbones with Too Faced Candlelight Glow, then add a hint of color with Ultra Flush Blush in  Who’s Your Poppy, $19, TooFaced.com.