Nothing Beats Your Full Potential! xx
Who said Hollywood’s Celebs don’t kiss and tell? Well, judging from the All Star line up of A-listers puckering up to tell us all about their favourite shade of Clinique Full Potential Lips Plump and Shine, I wouldn’t bet on it. 10 Hollywood vixens have virtually planted one here, on this very Blog, to reveal their favourite shade of Clinique’s newest range of colourful lip plumpers to enter into the Clinique lip gloss family. These lovely ladies are here to tell you all about the multi-purpose, high shine, non-irritating Full Potential Lips Plump and Shine!
Teen queens Amy Smart and Rachel Bilson keep it sweet choosing Sugar Plump as their favourite shade. Whilst Nicky Hilton, Rosario Dawson and Garcelle Beavais-Nilon choose Cherry Bomb as their handbag favourite.
Ginny Goodwin chooses Peach Plump as her must have on the set of House, as she prefers a more fruity lip fill.
Luscious Lilac is a favourite of Grey’s Anatomy’s Kate Walsh. While the inquisitive Kristen Bell, the star of Veronica Mars, chooses Play-full Plump.
It is no surprise that glamourous Desperate Housewife Marcia Cross chooses Glamourfull as her favourite shade and gorgeous teen star Michelle Tratchenburg prefers a deeper colour, selecting Voluptuous Violet as her Full Potential Lip shade of choice.
Clinique Full Potential Lips Plump and Shine is on counter now and available online in Blackberry Bloom, Cherry Bomb, Play-full Plump, Luscious Lilac, Pure Plump, Mimosa Blossom, Peach Plump, Sugar Plump, Voluptuous Violet, and Glamourfull.
BM!xx
Another Great Beauty Question.
As emailed to Beauty Marked!…
I seem to be plagued with persistent under eye circles. They are not bags per se, but just dark shadows. I have used under eye concealer before, but they just seem too heavy and crease. What would you suggest I do? I want to disappear these circles, but I can’t seem to find a good concealer that will cover my circles, but not crease and highlight the fine lines under my eyes. I am a Malaysian-Indian woman and I would love to wear make-up, but I just can’t seem to get it right. Any ideas?
Ah, those blessed under eye circles. So many women I know have just thrown in the towel and have forgone all makeup out of that very frustration. I suppose it can look a bit funny with immaculate makeup on, elsewhere, and those pesky circles beaming out at you. I certainly can understand your predicament.
There are a few tips that may help in your situation. Firstly, try mixing a small dab of eye cream in with your concealer and apply the mixture to the under eye area and around the entire eye area using a concealer brush. The eye cream will act as it does to hydrate the eye area and plump up those fine lines with the added benefit, when mixed with concealer, of giving coverage to the area and subtly masking dark circles. With your under eye circles concealed, your total makeup look will appear flawless.
Another thing to keep in mind too, when buying concealer, is that if you are a yellow under toned person, as many woman of Indian heritage are, you might like to stick with concealers that are also yellow based. It is often suggested that one purchase a concealer a few shades lighter than your facial colouring, but, as a woman of colour, I would suggest that you go only one shade lighter, not a few.
Lastly, a very light dusting of a non talc based powder to the area may help to set the concealer. Don’t be afraid to use a different powder on specific areas of your face, as required. An example of a non talc based product is Jurlique Silk Dust for starters. Visit Jurlique for more info. This product is talc free and is based on corn and rice starch. Not only do these type products help your concealer stay put, but will absorb much of the excess oil on your face, when used on problem areas like the T zone. Also fixing your makeup with a fine misting of water works a treat to set all of your good work too.
Always feel free to contact me at Beauty Marked! or post a comment here for more beauty tips specific to your colouring and beauty needs. Yes, that does go for all of you lovely lasses, as well. It would be a pleasure!
Saturday Morning Sampler.
I’m thinking of a Saturday Morning Sampler as a bit like a beautiful box of assorted chocolates, whose individual true selves aren’t revealed until you’ve taken a bite. So I’m going to treat today as a cosmetic sampler day. I am going to grab a few makeup items that I never used before or used only once and wasn’t too sure of and give them another go. My aim is, hopefully, to lessen the amount of real estate occupied by barely used or neglected items and see if I can reinvent them. Surely, I can spare a little love for them, right? It might be all they need. Just a wee challenge, but I think I’m up to it. Why not join me?
Talk About Bang On.
How fab does this sound? You can frame your face with the hottest hair accessory this season: A clip-In Fringe (a clip-in bang for our beloved American beauties) made of 100% human hair! I’m am really digging the sound of this. There wouldn’t be too many of us who haven’t been eyeing off the gorgeous full fringes of the season. The Clip-In Fringe from Headlines Hairpieces clips into the front of your hair across the crown at your desired length. The Clip-In Fringe is available in Caramel, Light Blonde and Dark Brown and can, apparently, be colour matched by your colourist to your exact specifications.
“The fringe has been designed specifically for the girl who isn’t sure what she would look like with a fringe and therefore doesn’t want to risk having one cut into her own hair,” says Headlines Hairpieces owner and creator, Barbara Hatten. “Or for women who have never had a straight fringe as they have cowlicks or curls.”
“It’s designed to help women achieve the latest trends without feeling like they have sacrificed their current look, and to eliminate the tedious task of having to grow their fringe out when they are sick of it!”
I’ll be sure to post a review of the Clip-In Fringe as soon as I can to let you know if it’s real goer. Promise!
What’s Old Is New Again.
Early Egyptian civilizations were the first to show a demonstrated commitment to the use of cosmetics. The eye was the main feature chosen by early Egyptians for embellishment. Sounds like a civilization after my own heart, truth be told. The gemstones, Lapis Lazuli and Malachite were often ground up to a powder and used to magically highlight their eyes. It seems like they were amongst the first to be hip to mineral makeup too, by the sounds of it. It’s so very intriguing to bare witness to how beauty of the ancients lives on in the trends of today.
S. O. S…. Subdue Our Strands!
I just had to laugh at myself this morning. I had a strand of hair that was really all about doing its own thing. Since I wasn’t up for sporting wayward flyaways, I went for the Terax Gloss Finishing Serum with concentrated silicone and vitamin E. Terax Gloss did the job of subduing my rogue flyaways with great aplomb in two strokes flat. Yessssss! Not only did my hair simmer down, but was instantly shiny and looked nicely finished. Just how we like it.
?NB: Terax Hair Care - This bottle really does need to be fitted with a little super hero cape. It certainly did come to my hair’s rescue. Thanks Super Terax!
Quiet Achiever.
I thought it would have been remiss of me not to mention this pot of skincare gold: Living Nature Purifying Cleanser. Talk about a quiet achiever! I have been using this cleanser fairly regularly for the last few months and am absolutely certain it has kept my skin in good stead. Living Nature Purifying Cleanser appears as your run of the mill ecologically aware, friend to all product, but on closer inspection it is a whole lot more. Purifying Cleanser by Living Nature, has one of the shortest ingredient lists of any cleanser I’ve seen and that’s a great thing. The ingredient list is free from synthetics, preservatives, and parabens. Kumerahou, to naturally rebalance the skin’s oils and to gently cleanse, and Manuka honey to promote clear skin are the hero ingredients that quietly get on with considerately cleansing the skin and promoting skin clarity. The packaging is not only 100% recyclable but is packed in a positively loaded manner. Being positively loaded means that the bottle opens from the base and is gravity fed as a result. This method of opening protects the product from the effects of air, more specifically oxygen, which can be so degrading and will eventually spoil any skincare product, particularly ones such as Living Nature’s which are preserved without artificial interference. Living Nature is a New Zealand company that is distributed in over 12 countries worldwide. Living Nature Skincare products are proudly made of New Zealand. Purifying Cleanser does, indeed, live up to Living Nature’s aim to protect, nurture and enhance the lives of its users. Absolutely worth a look!
