Just Brilliant And A Bargain To Boot!
If you don’t already know about these gorgeous little glosses, please let me have the honour. Talk about pocket rockets when it comes to amping up the glossiness stakes. Nivea Lip Care Caregloss & Shine not only looks after your lips but does so with such dazzling aplomb. Nivea Lip Care Caregloss & Shine’s non-sticky formula contains finely milled and smoothly textured light reflecting particles that give you a super glossy lip on its own or an exceedingly pretty lip when used to glaze your chosen lip colour du jour. *idea* Nivea Lip Care Caregloss & Shine is chockers with vitamin E, shea butter, grape seed oil and hydramine to ensure your lips stay stellar. There’s Red Glamour, Pink Shimmer, and Pure Natural to choose from. But between you and me, I wouldn’t bother choosing because they are just that fabulous and super affordable that you might as well have all three in your arsenal for days when you just have to shine!
Phew! There’s Still Time…
We consider it our beauty civic duty to let you know that there’s still time to enter for a chance to win all these bits of exquisite gorgeousness, but you’ve got to get cracking!
WHO: M.A.C Cosmetics and Net-A-Porter
WHAT: M.A.C for McQueen online competition - No purchase necessary!
MAC and NET-A-PORTER.COM add magic to your Fall with this bewitching combo: The MAC for McQueen collection plus the Alexander McQueen patent leather, suede-lined, mini box-clutch with crystal-jeweled skull clasp.
Approximate total retail value: $1,500 AUD!
WHEN: October 29 to December 08, 2007
WHERE: www.maccosmetics.com.au/mcqueen
Enough said? Good Luck!
-BM! xx
Love A Long Lasting Lip…Gloss?
Finally a long-wearing lip colour that won’t leave your pout puckered-out, pruned, parched or peeling thanks ever so much to Maybelline New York. So get your diary out ladies and start crossing off the days until the launch of Maybelline New York Superstay Powergloss set for February 1st, 2008. I know it seems like an eternity, but well worth the wait for those who are serious about their love for long lasting lip colour and we couldn’t not give you the heads-up about this little glossed beauty. Maybelline NY Superstay Powergloss is a new generation of stay-on gloss that has been expertly designed to give you amazingly shiny lip colour that lasts and lasts!
Here’s the deal: All you have to do is apply the vibrant, highly pigmented, colour at one end of the dual-ended tube, let set for about a minute, and then apply the uber high sheen gloss from the other end. There you have it… lips that pack a moisturizing, beautifully coloured, and long-lasting punch. The clear brilliantine gloss can be reapplied as desired to ensure a supple, shiny, refreshed, and gorgeously glossed lip. Maybelline NY Superstay Powergloss will be available in 14 delectable shades. Ooh and for those of you always on the lookout for a great warm red gloss… #550 Radiant Ruby is your gal. Just Gawjus!
Mineral Makeup Monday!
I know that many of you are big fans of mineral makeup, but a few may not of had the opportunity to make a foray into minerals as yet, so let’s see if we can inspire those who haven’t with a little challenge. Seeing that we’ve declared today as Mineral Makeup Monday, why not create a face with at least one item of mineral makeup and build your gorgeous look on that? Hey…you may even be able to swing a complete look based on several beaut mineral bits and bobs, if you’re lucky, and really get to experience the true magic of minerals in all their glory. You’ll love it!
…Just a few luxe offerings to get you going:
1. i.d Bare Escentuals Flawless Face Brush 2. ELES Mineral Foundation 3. ELES Super Gloss 4. i.d. BareMinerals Warm Radiance 5. Jane Iredale Cream To Powder Eyeliner 6. Jane Iredale PurePressed® Base 7. ELES Lush Mascara 8. INIKA Mineral Eyeshadows 9. i.d. BareMinerals in Glee.
On Target With Your Saturday Night Special.
I’m thinking eyes that are packing pure, smoked-out, shimmery gorgeousness for the evening’s festivities. What do you think? Maybe a goer for tonight’s makeup look? Here’s a few product suggestions to get you going:
M.A.C. Paint Pot in Blackground to eyelid as a base, M.A.C. Blue Brown Pigment to set and blended fabulously up to the crease. M.A.C. Club pressed eye shadow to crease and outer V. M.A.C. Vex pressed eyeshadow lightly applied as brow highlight and blended impeccably. Black gel or kohl eyeliner to water and tightlines for both upper and lower lash lines. Finish off with the requisite lashings of black mascara on celestially curled lashes.
The what’s next…
Groomed brows, cheeks that are very much a supporting act for those killer eyes and a low maintenance lip that is lightly stained and slicked with a YLBB (your lips but better) nude. C’est tout. Just prepare to slay ‘em!
Getting Your Lip To Stick.
Did you know that lipstick will stay on longer if you push a small bit of foundation onto your lips? Foundation placed on the lips first acts as a primer and works doubly well if you lightly powder it to set. After setting the foundation on your lips, apply lipstick, blot with a single-ply section of tissue, and reapply your lipstick once again. It’s as easy as that.
For extra bulletproof lips, apply lip liner to the entire area of your lips after setting your foundation with the lightest amount of powder and just prior to your first application of the lippie-then-blot number. Blotting with a single-ply of tissue works a treat because it lifts a large majority of the oils from the lipstick leaving only colour pigment. The last coat of lipstick ensures that you finish up with an emollient and moisture-rich base of gorgeous, pigmented colour. What I also love about this technique is that if you’re unable to reapply your lipstick throughout the day, it will tend to wear more evenly than if you just popped your lippie straight on without priming. With this nifty number in mind, give your little magic bullet a shot. Ooh, and let us know how you get on. As always, we’d love to hear from you!
Just A Bit Of Colour…What Do Ya Reckon?
I’m willing to bet that if you were to add just a bit of colour to your day it would not only brighten your nature, but also boost your energy levels as well as those around you. I’m thinking something along the lines of a non-neutral bit of lip colour, vibrantly lined eyes, a flutter or three of coloured mascara caressed lashes, or blushed cheeks that are the hallmark of a true blooming beauty. Whatever you fancy, as just a wee bit of colour to pop is all that’s needed. So what do ya say? Go on…make our day!
