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Best Affordable Makeup Series: Best Drugstore Blush
Readers often ask about the best drugstore makeup or affordable cosmetics, and a previous syndicated post on the best drugstore mascara has been rather popular here on the site. So,welcome to the first installment of series on drugstore makeup. Today, I take a look at some of the best drugstore...
CoverGirl’s New Online Conversion Tool
Related posts Drew Barrymore Named Cover Girl Spokeswoman and Model (1) Win The 5 Minute Face from Benefit Cosmetics (2) Win Prizes! Announcing Splendicity, a Network of Style Blogs. (2)...
Chris Benz Designer Bag Free With Purchase at Beauty.com
For a limited time you can get this very cute Chris Benz designer makeup bag filled with beauty items free with any $100 purchase at Beauty.com The kit includes: FULL SIZE Laura Geller Powder Eyeliner (Cinnamon or Midnight Blue) FULL SIZE Urban Decay Pocket Rocket Lip Gloss, Doug (Medium Pink) skyn ICELAND® The...
Paul & Joe Cosmetics Limited Edition Alice in Wonderland Set
Paul & Joe is a French cosmetics brand. For a limited time, they have this adorable Disney Alice in Wonderland cosmetic set available: Paul & Joe Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Collection 2010 (Spring Edition). You can get it at COSME-DE.COM, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite online...
New Marc Jacob Splashes for 2010
Marc Jacob releases a few splash fragrances every year. Often they have are fruit based themes. Not being a huge perfume lover, I tend to look forward to them because they usually are light fresh scents. This year the new Marc Jacobs Splash scents are: Pomegranate, Apple, and Biscotti. Biscotti???? That...
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GCI - Latest Industry News
Naturals Market Maintains Strong Global Growth
Though the natural segment of the personal care market continued to push ahead in 2009, despite the global recession, marketers need to developing an understanding of their target market, including their definitions and expectations of "natural."...
Helen of Troy to Acquire Pert Plus, Sure Brands
Helen of Troy Limited announced its acquisition of brands Pert Plus and Sure from Innovative Brands, LLC, though financial terms have not yet been disclosed....
Shiseido Completes Tender Offer in Bare Escentials Acquisition
Shiseido continues to move ahead in its transaction of Bare Escentials, completing a tender offer of $18.20 per share for all outstanding shares of Bare Escentials common stock....
Colorado Judiciary Votes No to Safe Products Act
On March 1, 2010, Colorado's House Committee on Judiciary voted to indefinitely postpone House Bill 10-1248 (HB 1248), or the Colorado Safe Personal Care Products Act....
iPhone app allows consumers to search brand's nail color offerings and match skin tone and apparel....
Cosmoprof Announces Private Label Session
Panel to explore how to build a successful private label brand....
Beauty and Skin Care by Healthtrition.com
Beauty Tips for Applying Lip Color and Lip Gloss
Are you Looking for a way to give that instant facelift without a lot of time? Knowing how to pick the right lip color or lip-gloss and how to apply it makes your time in front of the mirror a lot faster. Here are a few tips....
There seems to be a host of beauty advice when you want to find the most important secrets to your beauty arsenal, but the best advice is to keep those beauty tips simple....
Here are a few beauty tips with cosmetics a few that my friends and I have used over the years. Some of course will work better for certain people, but read through and see if you find something that will help you!...
Applying Face Powder - Tips and Tricks
One of the most commonly used products, face powder is used because it is the quickest and easiest way to cover up blemishes. Here are some tips for face powders and blushers....
Perhaps like myself you have seen the mineral makeup commercials. I must admit that I was a skeptic at first. Here is my experience and some tips for applying mineral make-up....
If you're dreaming to have oil-free skin, you have to know what causes oily skin and act on them accordingly. Iit is also important to know what the specific remedies are in maintaining an oil-free skin. Here are some......
Splendora Blog
Splendora Oscar Predictions 2010
Best Picture "The Hurt Locker" Best Actor Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart" Best Actress Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side" Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz,... ...
With Greece's current economic crisis, it's becoming a whole lot easier to own a piece of it. We're talking your own private island. Imagine that. Some price tags are very similiar to houses on the... ...
We love this sexy boatneck tee from t by Alexander Wang. It's an excellent layering option that will transition seamlessly to summer. It's made with lightweight jersey that drapes deliciously over... ...
Gina's Five Things, Friday 3.05.10
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Splendora Travel Essentials 2010
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FunAdvice Recent Questions
So I have curly hair right, and I was wondering what are some ways to make it more wavy? like to loosen the curls a bit. Other than using relaxers, straightening irons, hair blowers or anything that I need to do in the saloon. I just need something easy and...
What should I do about this guy who has my sim card?
I lost my sim card. And one of my aunts texted my dad saying that my number asked for load from her. She knew that I lost my sim. So she got worried. And I called my old sim and some guy answered it. And I asked him if he...
Where can I download Human After All by Twin Atlantic?
I've spent most of my day today downloading music but when I got to downloading some songs of Twin Atlantic's I found there weren't NEARLY as many plausible sites as for other artists. I've downloaded all but one of the songs that I was looking for and the only one...
what is the cost of rolls royce?
tell me the average cost of rolls royce?what more detail you want from me.this much detail is only enough....
How is this true on our sins? Is it true that we can absolve our sins without confession?...
why does it have to be my genes with big boobs?
some boobs are to big.I will hate to have big boobs I would like to be a d when im older.Thats it....
Purse Blog
Spotted at Bal Harbour during lunch hour....
Real Housewives of New York City: “Subtle like a train crash.”
This episode of Real Housewives of New York opened with Ramona putting ice cubes in her white wine. Ice cubes. In her. White. Wine. Funny, because I thought that only Kim Zolciak was allowed to do that, but I suppose…...
Alexander Wang Brady Football Clutch
A couple of weeks before the Super Bowl, I went on an intense internet hunt for this exact clutch. All I wanted to do was photograph it in front of the Super Bowl sign on Fort Lauderdale Beach.…...
Video shows the incredible detail of McQueen’s last collection
If you just can’t stop looking at the haunting pictures of Alexander McQueen’s final collection, I’ve got a little Friday treat for you. Originally posted by the crew at Fashionista, the video shows details of not only…...
Marc Jacobs The Firebird Rio Studded Leather Satchel
I am really happy to see Bloomingdale’s expand their online handbag inventory. It’s something they’ve been working on and now that their inventory keeps growing we are seeing more and more great bags. And not just any handbags, but…...
Looking through the pictures of an Hermes runway show can be almost anticlimactic – we know that Jean Paul Gaultier is going to do something brilliant and that Hermes only uses the absolute best in luxury materials and finishes.…...
Makeup Minute
Elizabeth Arden Celebrates 100 Years
To commemorate 100 years of beauty, Elizabeth Arden is celebrating with the launch of a new Limited Edition Anniversary Lipstick. A universally flattering, sheer lipstick, the Red Door Red hue is designed to represent strength and femininity. In honor of Miss Arden’s belief in the importance of total beauty, Elizabeth Arden will donate...
Get the Look: Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett
Actress Kristen Stewart is best known, of course, for her role as Bella in the Twilight film series. But she’s about to break free of the good girl-gone-awkward image, taking on the role of perennial bad girl Joan Jett in the upcoming Runaways flick. In the film, she rocks a...
Smooch-worthy! Maybelline Shine Sensational
By now, it’s probably pretty obvious that a LOT of beauty products cross my desk on a weekly basis. And while there are a lot that I eyeball and then dump into the pass-along pile, lip gloss never, ever falls into that category. I simply can’t get enough. And it’s...
Here at Makeup Minute, we frequently discuss my love of multiple use beauty products. Thankfully, LORAC founder Carol Shaw has made double duty a brand tenet, and it’s in fine form with the new Double Feature Concealer/Highlighter ($24). This dual ended product includes a full coverage, long wearing Concealer, an illuminating liquid...
L.A. Event Alert: The Makeup Show
The Makeup Show is one of my long standing event favorites and this year, for the second time, the show hits Los Angeles. If you’re on the West Coast, mark your calendar and check it out on February 28 & March 1, 2010 at downtown’s California Market Center, located at...
Win It! A Hard Candy Beauty Bag
The return of Hard Candy last year was welcome – and as a Wal-Mart exclusive, the low, low prices made it even more tempting! I hope by now that you’ve had a chance to try out some of the amazing new products but if you haven’t (or heck, even if you...
beauty parler
beautyreport by beautyparler on Polyvore.com Although I post more positive beauty reviews than I post negative ones, its not for a lack of dislike. Over the years I've tested out quite a few products that according to beauty insiders, fashion/beauty magazines, and online beauty forums have rated quite positive. However, once I've purchased...
Noir is the new Black {Noir Cosmetics}
If every gal needs a Little Black Dress than surely every gal needs a good black eyeliner! Its the #1 staple in every makeup kit, one you can't go without. Canadian company Noir Cosmetics is betting it all on black! Montrealer Caroline Cohen was fed up with trying to find...
final masterpieces {Alexander McQueen 2010 Fall/Winter Collection}
This past Tuesday in Paris there was a private showing of the late Alexander McQueen's Fall/Winter 2010 Collection. McQueen had completed 16 pieces at 80% complete before his passing. His inspirations, the Dark Ages; What McQueen was preparing had a poetic, medieval beauty that dealt with religious iconography while recapturing memories...
getting ready for Spring time with help from Mango
Earlier today I posted a few Fall/Winter 2010 looks but now its time to Spring forward...my boyfriend says that I don't wear enough skirts and dresses so I surfed the net and found a few at one of my favourite stores, Mango. I see a pattern here...jean & blue. Have...
a little too early for Fall/Winter 2010 or is it? {Plutocracy Collection}
I'm aware that Spring/Summer hasn't officially arrived but when I got a sneak preview of the Fall/Winter 2010 collection from PLUTOCRACY I had to post. I'm in love with this collection, for its 1940's suit inspired looks with a modern twist. Behind the PLUTOCRACY label is Anitra Michelle, her inpsiration for...
Stronger, fuller, thicker looking lashes! {L'Oréal Lash Boosting Serum giveaway}
Who doesn't want stronger, fuller, and thicker lashes? Not you than no need to enter but if you said yes enter my L'Oréal Lash Boosting Serum giveaway. I received a couple to giveaway to my friends and since I consider you all my friends I decided to give ONE away...
Christina Loves...
Britney Spears at the Grammy Awards
Copyright © 2010 Christina. Visit the original article at http://www.christinaloves.com/2010/02/01/britney-spears-at-the-grammy-awards/. Britney, girl, WHERE IS YOUR STYLIST? Did you fire her? Do you think you have taste enough to go it on your own? I love you, but, no. Your makeup looks like its been put on by a first grader, the fishnet...
Copyright © 2010 Christina. Visit the original article at http://www.christinaloves.com/2010/01/29/project-runway-season-7/. Are you still watching Project Runway like you used to? I admit, they lost me last season, with the move to Lifetime and to Los Angeles. I started watching at the beginning of the season, but am sad to say,...
“Lead and arsenic, among other metals, make beautiful color pigments”
Copyright © 2010 Christina. Visit the original article at http://www.christinaloves.com/2010/01/27/lead-and-arsenic-among-other-metals-make-beautiful-color-pigments/. Science junkies like me might not want to miss this totally interesting article from last week in the New York Times regarding ancient Egyptian makeup that has been preserved at The Louvre and recently analyzed by researchers. As it turns...
Save The Children, Buy Some Silver LiLo Leggings
Copyright © 2010 Christina. Visit the original article at http://www.christinaloves.com/2010/01/27/save-the-children-buy-some-silver-lilo-leggings/. If you have been waiting for an appropriate occasion to come around where you might need to wear a silver metallic Lindsay Lohan 6126 legging, no need to wait a minute longer. Lindsay will be donating 100% of the profits...
Copyright © 2010 Christina. Visit the original article at http://www.christinaloves.com/2010/01/26/about-face-by-scott-barnes/. I love big, gorgeous coffee table books about beauty and fashion, and the new one from Scott Barnes, About Face, does not disappoint. Barnes is best known as Jennifer Lopez’s makeup artist, and he has compiled a beautiful book of...
Madonna for Dolce & Gabbana – Hello!
Copyright © 2010 Christina. Visit the original article at http://www.christinaloves.com/2010/01/26/madonna-for-dolce-gabbana-hello/.I was flipping through my Vogue last night and behold! Can we all rest easy now knowing that Madonna does dishes like the rest of us? Wearing her little red string? It’s definitely an eye catching picture though – the...
Trendy Nail
Giorno e Notte, Notte e Giorno....eccolo qui!!
Ma quante volte abbiamo visto la pubblicità in televisione??Stavolta ve lo mostro dal vivo e vi spiego come funziona.....per i risultati beh diamo tempo al tempo!!Basta una telefonata a cui risponde una segreteria telefonica si lascia il proprio recapito e richiamano nel giro di pochissimi minuti.Vengono chiesti dall'operatore dati...
Nuovissimi punti vendita Essence e dedicati alla "Be a nail artist"
La collezione Be a nail artist di Essence e' speciale sotto tutti i punti di vista...Non solo si preannuncia la più bella delle Trend Edition per la sua ricchezza e completezza di contenuti a tema nailart...Ma e' anche l'unica fino ad adesso che avrà una distribuzione parallela ai punti...
Essence Fashionista: foto dello stand
Ci sono andata apposta per vedere se era già arrivata...ed ecco qui la fotina dello stand con la nuova limited edition Essence:La FashionistaQui ero all'Oviesse delCentro commerciale Leonardo a Roma...Se volete saperne di più di questa collezione potete leggere qui:Fashionista: la prossima trend edition EssenceAssolutamente coloratissimissima! A presto con gli...
Alla scoperta della Paraffina!!
Non so perchè ma mi incuriosisce tanto!!Innanzitutto cos'è il trattamento alla Paraffina?Serve per la cura di mani e piedi, è usato come trattamento di bellezza perchè rende la pelle levigata e soffice ma è un vero e proprio sistema terapeutico ed è rilassante.Come funziona?Quella che vedete nella foto è la...
Kiko: swatch smalti rosati e beige n° 288, 289, 303
Ormai sapete la mia passione smisurata per tutto ciò che può definirsi smalto...Quindi ovviamente sono rimasta supercatturata anche da questi nuovi bellissimi colori proposti da Kiko con l'aggiornamento di Febbraio...Impossibile resistere a questi punti di rosa...La primavera e' già in casa anche se fuori diluvia...Kiko Rosa Fenicottero n°288 Foto scattata...
Kiko: swatch nuovi smalti blue 294, 298, 299, 300
Come sapete, dopo aver saputo che Kiko ha fatto uscire dei nuovi colori nella linea base dei suoi smalti, non ho resistito e sono andata a fare razzia...Quelli che vedete sono i 4 nuovi blue che ho acquistato.Ci sono ovviamente altre tonalità che spero di mostrarvi presto...Un celeste stupendo...e via...
All About The Pretty
Bobbi Brown Cabana Corals Collection Spring 2010
I wake up everyday praying for warmer weather. I know it's coming, but I'm getting so impatient. All the glorious spring collections are rolling in and I'm getting so excited for strapless dresses, sandals, sitting on the patio of Bistro du Coin, and sipping a good crisp Chardonnay. My face......
Destination Pretty: Miami - A Perfect Winter Escape at The Ritz Carlton South Beach
I don't think I have ever been this excited to finally enter the month of March. It's been a long, hard winter in so many ways. The Washington, DC area has seen so much snow this winter, that I thought "why did I want to live in a place with......
Bonne Anniversaire to the Potion Lady
There will never be another day like today. Today is my mother, the original potion lady's 70th birthday. Yes, 70. She's still teaching English, playing Granny basketball, and living life to the fullest. I wanted to write a special note to the woman who always inspires me, teaches me, loves......
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: Elie Tahari- Fall 2010 - #NYFW
Makeup Artist Wendy Rowe for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics: Tahari’s Fall 2010 collection is all about texture, and the makeup is no exception. Skin is velvety, soft and natural, with a dusting of blush on cheeks. Bronze and gold shadows are layered on eyes, reflecting metallic hues from the collection. Icy,......
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: Peter Som - Fall 2010 - #NYFW
Makeup Artist Tom Pecheux: “The look was Uptown girl meets Woodstock, a shimmery golden eye to contradict the deep, dark purple lip .” Eyes: Studio Sculpt Concealer – applied over the eyelid. Set Powder in Invisible – powdered over the eye area to set concealer. Pigment in With Legal –......
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: Band of Outsiders - Fall 2010 - #NYFW
Hair by Sebastian Professional Lead Stylist Thomas Dunkin Inspiration: Woody Allen around the time of 'Sleeper,' an Aspen ski lodge at about the same time, Joan Didion, Supreme Kids, street vendors, and Manhattan submerged after the ultimate snow storm. The Hair Look: For a low-slung ponytail that subtly nods to......
Perfume Posse
Mea culpa. It’s Friday morning. I woke up an hour or so ago. And I’ve just remembered it’s my posse week. Bad boy. The excuse – work, innit? And whilst I’m not going to talk about that, it is really getting in the way. Alongside the start of the planting season,...
A favor, por favor! I have been searching for Santa Maria Novella Eva in the U.S. for months, and it is out of stock and never seems to come back. Anyone in Europe able to check their local SMN supplier and see if they have it? This is my summer...
When I mentioned Inès de la Fressange in my recent berry post, I was talking about the very-hard-to-find 2004 version in the skinny, upright bottle with the pretty gold embossed leaves on it and the acorn cap, not the plain, short, silver-capped original version from 1999 which is still all...
There’s that really great friend that you crawl in bed with one night because it’s late, you’re tired and a little drunk, not to mention it’s just really comfortable being a little snuggly with someone that doesn’t get the blood pounding, and then in the middle of the night, um,...
Unfinished business: first off, regarding yesterday’s post on tattoos: y’all are freaks. And I love you. I knew I could count on you! I knew everyone would be lifting up their shirts and dropping their drawers and offering helpful advice … I live in the D.C. area as some of...
The Nailphile
Good morning, Dear Reader! Today we wrap up the Illamasqua Pastels with Blow, the yellow. For the sake of argument, I'm choosing to believe there's a gap in UK English and US English that made it... ...
Good afternoon, Dear Reader! I swatched Essie's Wedding Collection for you because I wanted to change to a different color than pastel blue for plans tonight. I figured while I was at it, I'd knock... ...
Good morning, Dear Reader! Today I have the third Illamasqua Pastel for you, Caress. This one is a good baby blue, I think it's likely a dupe for Nubar Baby Blue. As with the others, I used... ...
Good morning, Dear Reader! I have, as promised, another of the Illamasqua Pastels for you today, this time Nudge. On Illamasqua's site, Nudge is described as "mint ice cream" with a super pale green... ...
Good afternoon, Dear Reader! I've been out and about running errands this morning, and one of those errands included picking up a package from Illamasqua, which contained their Pastels. I figured... ...
OPI Sugar Cookie Pink from OPI Sweet Pink
Good evening, Dear Reader! I'd shown you OPI's Sweet Pink Collection, the recent Japanese exclusive release, not too long ago, but I was missing Sugar Cookie Pink. Well, I finally got it, and I... ...
BeautyNewsNYC
New York Fashion Week’s Fall/Winter 2010 collections became the perfect send-off for this venue that has become synonymous with fashion over the past 18 years....
CP Style Police: Brava’s and Faux Pas: This Year’s Oscar Fashion
This is about the fashions donned at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards – from haute to heinous!...
CP Giveaway: Happy 100th Anniversary Elizabeth Arden!
Say Happy Anniversary to Elizabeth Arden. They’re celebrating 100 years of making women more beautiful. And what better way to celebrate than with creating a lovely candle?...
Spaaah! Finds That Say Bye Bye to Dry Winterized Skin
Remember not so long ago when we, New Yorkers, practically welcomed the snow?...
Woodley & Bunny: A Brooklyn Sister Act
Ah, my torrid NYC history of stylist-hopping. It’s scandalous, really. Ever since my move to the city ushered a disastrous split between me and my upstate hair stylist....
Healthy and Smart Snacks for Kids
No one can ignore the fact that child obesity is a major crisis in this country. Food is often used as a tranquilizer and mood booster with little care for what's in it....