Here’s a guest look submitted by Ashlee! I’m so lovin’ her lip color!
Eyes: NYC brow filler, MAC Painterly Paint Pot, MAC Firespot with Rushmetal pigment over it, MAC Goldmine with Golden Lemon pigment over it, MAC Shroom, MAC Blacktrack fluidline, and Maybelline Great Lash mascara.
Face: Select SPF15 foundation, Northern Lights mineralize skinfinish, & Lovestone mineralized eyeshadow.
Lips: NYC Pencil & Pout Ruby Duet.
Check out the photos of her look!
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Borghese Superiore State-of-the-Art Mascara
After one use of our thickening mascara, you will understand why it is called “Superiore.” Infused with a built-in, silk-powder foundation for superior wear, delicate lashes are coddled in natural conditioners while providing smudge-proof, flake-proof coverage. Suitable for contact lens wearers and sensitive eyes.
What does it claim to do? Provide extended wear, lengthen, separate, and curl without clumping, moisturize and condition lashes. How to use? Apply from base of lash to tip. Price: $18.50
How It Measures Up | Before & After
Lola products always grab at my heart, because I just love the name of the brand and their packaging is so sultry with their signature red compacts and coloring. Here’s a little peek at their holiday offerings…
Spellbound Color Clutch
Spellbound Color Clutch: This comes in an elegant vintage clutch, black on black, with subtle floral detailing on the outside. You’ll find three lipgloss shades with a hint of mint, two creme blushes, and eighteen shadow shades grouped into complementary trios. Three of these trios are exclusive to this holiday palette. I love how light weight the palette is in its entirety, which makes it a great option for travel. I find that the eyeshadow shades are tame enough to work for most buyers, but there are a few colors there to give others a way to kick it up. I also liked that there was a good variance, and it’s nice to have a group of colors you could use in one look right there for you–less thinking for those early am applications. $38.00
Sephora not only has you covered for nearly every brand imaginable, but they also have their own brand of beauty, and with it, several delectable offerings for your purchase pleasure. One of the most talked about palettes from last holiday was Sephora’s Blockbuster Palette. This year, they do not disappoint with the latest version, which includes a whopping 64 eyeshadows, 32 lip colors, 7 cheek colors, 1 shimmer powder, plus a few applicator tools to help you out ($48.00).
The Scent Sampler has you covered for your fragrance fiends, allowing the receiver to sample ten of the bestselling perfumes (available in “for him” or “for her”), plus a gift certificate of equal value that can be redeemed at any Sephora store for a full size bottle of any one of the samples in the kit ($50.00). Get girly with their Diamond Atomizer ($18.00) to carry your favorite fragrance in style.
For eyeshadow addicts, the Colorful Story Palette includes 16 shadows for an enchanting holiday look ($48.00), and there are two Enchanted Eyeshadow Palettes ($26.00) in either purple or ccopper with eight shades of coordinating color. Don’t forget the lipgloss addict in your life, show them love with the Holiday Harmony Palette ($12.00) with six shades, a lip brush, and a mirror (so compact!).
Need a place to keep all your newly acquired loot? Sephora has you so covered! Pick out a storage-galore traincase in either pink ($98.00), gunmetal ($98.00), or croc ($110.00) or try one of their various bags, pouches, and cases (ranging from $14.00 to $38.00).
What about tools to apply those 64 shadows? Several brush sets are available to choose from! Metallic Pocket Brush Set ($15.00) or Croc Pocket Brush Set ($18.00) for budget beauties. Check out their Deluxe Anti-Bacterial Brush Set ($60.00) with brushes with “germ repelling” fibers (um, we must see this, stat!); Pop-Up Brush Set ($45.00) that’s perfect for a vanity; Smokey Eye Brush Set ($42.00) to uncomplicate the ever-loved smokey eye with five brushes, volume mascara, and instruction manual; and the coveted Prestige Brush Set ($150) with twelve luxurious brushes plus brush storage roll.
Available at Sephora stores and www.sephora.com!
How do you organize all of your beauty products? Do you have a vanity, lots of stackable drawers? Is it in bags upon bags in various corners of your house? Share your organization secrets or woes!
I just showed you how I have newly organized all my makeup products (bath and body ones are in the bathroom closet!) yesterday, so now I want to know how my readers are doing it!
Laura Mercier brings us quite a few holiday specials this season. Try out the Double Pocket Cosmetic Bag, which will contain a few of your holiday goodies ($45.00); or pick up their mini brush set, which comes with a faux leather carrying case and six miniature brushes ($75.00). They have created two eye palettes in Daydream and Nightfall ($25.00 each). To accompany those palettes, take a peek at their Face Palette, which contains both dramatic and neutral tones ($50.00). You can’t forget your lips, and you’ll have three different sets to choose from: Mini Lip Colour Set with four mini-tubes ($40.00); Mini Lip Plumper Set with three lovely shades ($40.00); and their Stickgloss Palette with a mini Patchouli, Maple, Baked Earth, Brown Sugar and Peony Stickgloss ($40.00). Find the collection at www.lauramercier.com or www.sephora.com.
