Weekend Beauty Reads!

Musicalhouses shows you an awesome Bird of Paradise/sunset inspired eye look using the Sleek Curacao Palette - possibly the brightest eye look ever!


Beauty's Bad Habit shows gorgeous eyeshadow swatches of her first love in indie cosmetics, the fabulous Fyrinnae Cosmetics.


You know that cooling sensation when you bite into a peppermint patty? Well it's the same thing when you use the Chantecaille Aquablush in Charming. The Pink Sith explains.


At theNotice, Rae reviews a Benefit BADgal waterproof liner and decides that if bad girls all have to wear BADgal... she'd rather just be good.


Check out the new Too Faced Matte Eye Shadow Collection from Too Faced. Gouldylox has swatches and details.


Addicted to Beauty is still dreaming about the crazy hair extravaganza that was the L’Oreal Professionnel Colour Trophy 2011 .


Phyrra's Independent Spotlight for the month of July is One Hand Washes the Other.


Check out Smashinbeauty's Return to Paradise review and swatches.


Tracy at Beauty Reflections wishes Tarte For True Blood Natural Cheek Stain was Hellmouth worthy!


The Beauty Spot tested out the new Rimmel Vinyl Max Lipgloss. See how it worked out!


Have you ever considered Juvederm? Read about the experience of Marcia at Beauty Info Zone to learn whether Juvederm is something that would work for you.


Love bright eye shadows for summer? Make sure to keep lips subtle with this fabulous nude lipstick at Makeup, Beauty and More.


Do you need to perk up your under eye area? Pammy Blogs Beauty's Cover-It Concealer Review series continues with a review of this under eye treatment/primer by Per-fekt.


Lisamarie from Beauty Crazed swatches Chanel nail polish to prove that all greys are not created equal!


Read the MAC and Sigma brushes dupe guide at Handmade Reviews.


Take a trip to St-Tropez! Nicole from Lipstick and Luxury swatches this limited-edition luxurious nail polish from Dior.


What type of results REALLY come from having a Brazilian Keratin Treatment? Check out Socialite Dreams for the results of the KeraStraight treatment at Ulta.

Clarisonic Mia

I have to admit when I first heard about the

Clarisonic I laughed and thought anyone 

who shelled out over $100 for a face

washer was nuts. Now that I have one, I stand

corrected. This thing is AMAZING!!!

Now I do still think the price tag is a bit hefty. The Mia which is a smaller

version of the original Clarisonic sells for $149 new. The Clarisonic Classic

 sells for $195 and has two speeds compared to the Mia which has one.

The only reason I bought this was because I got a GREAT deal. 

A friend of mine was selling hers ( minus the brush head of course) for $50

but we ended up doing a trade for some makeup I had and some 

products from my etsy shop.  

The Clarisonic Mia comes in a variety of colors.

Mine is red which is my favorite color!!

Description from the Clarisonic website.

About Clarisonic Mia Sonic Skin Cleansing System

Our smallest Sonic Skin Cleansing System, the one-button, one-speed Mia comes in a variety of colors and fits your active lifestyle – offering beautiful skin at home or on-the-go.

Benefits Beyond Clean Skin

Sonic skin cleansing improves skin tone, reduces the appearance of pore size and helps skin care products work their best.
The Clarisonic Skin Cleansing System uses a patented sonic frequency of more than 300 movements per second to clean, soften and smooth skin. In just 60 seconds, the micro-massage action removes 6X more makeup and 2X more dirt and oil than cleansing with your hands alone. Removing more dirt and oil from your pores also helps products work more effectively.

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I can honestly say that everything the Clarisonic claims to do, it does!!

My face has never looked better!! It is free of blemishes and looks

pretty damn good! My husband notices on a daily basis!!

I personally like using Say Yes To Carrots cream cleanser

with the Clarisonic. So far I have had GREAT results and I totally

recommend the combo to everyone!!

Replacement brush heads are pretty pricey at $25 each.

They come in a variety of types such as sensitive skin, deep pore and

body. Me being the cheap person I am found them on Ebay for only

$11.40 shipped. I bought it here . The store claims they are

actual Clarisonic brush heads, whether they are or not is a mystery to me but

they do fit and work perfectly. I do plan on getting the deep pore and body brush

head soon!!

Do you have a Clarisonic? If so what do you think about it?

What is your favorite cleanser to use with it?

Thanks for reading,

BFTE EOTD

I am trying to use less black liquid eyeliner during the week due to 

some new wrinkles I have on my right eyelid. So annoying!!

I have a spot near the inner eye that the eyeliner pen skips and jumps

when I try to line it. Then when I actually get the liner on it bleeds up

into the wrinkles. It looks fabulous. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So here is my fresh faced Beauty From The Earth EOTD.

I used Meow, Melon and Red River for this look.

Spellbound by Jynx Giveaway!

The awesome Sara from Spellbound by Jynx sent me a package recently

and she included a bunch of stuff for all you followers!!

If you have not heard of Spellbound by Jynx you can read my original review

here. This is a fairly new company but so far everything coming out from

Spellbound has been great!

Here is a sneak peak at some blush swatches I was sent to test.

So pretty!!!

#4 and #5 are my fave and have became part of my daily makeup!!

I am not sure when blush will be available for purchase

but I had to include the swatches because some of the colors

are just too gorgeous!

Sara also sent me a full size pot of my FAVORITE blue Phoenix and
a couple pots of some neutral browns. Since getting into mineral makeup
I have completely ditched the browns and actually have almost NONE
in my stash of over 200 pigments. Nuts, Huh!!!!
Huge Thanks to Sara!!

Now onto the giveaway!!
There will be two winners chosen!
Sara donated the prizes so of course there will be
extra steps to enter!

One lucky follower will win 7 full size pots
of pigment!

Another lucky follower will win 6 samples baggies

filled with pigment!

How to enter?

You must do ALL of these to enter. 

1. You must be a follower on this blog.
2. Like Spellbound by Jynx on Facebook
3. Browse Spellbound By Jynx artfire shop and tell me what color you like most.
Once you have done all three comment below the color you like most from the shop
to enter.

Enter ONCE. Duplicate entries will be deleted.
Winners will be chosen on 8/4/2011

Thanks for reading!

Benefit Feeling Cheeky Mini Set

I recently picked up this nifty little cheek tint set from Sephora.

I paid $15. 

I had been looking for something to give me that

"flushed" look and almost all of my friends

recommended Benefit benetint.

I sold high beam because I really do not like the

way illuminators make my face look shiny. It irks me.

Opening the bottle surprised me because the applicator looked

like a really cheesy stiff nail polish brush. I tried applying this with the brush

to my cheeks but because this is a stain type tint it sets like uber fast.

So fast you do not really have a chance to blend it out.

I applied some to my fingers and rubbed it in and that seemed to

work a bit better but it stained my fingers.

Overall the best way to apply is with one of those foam

makeup wedges. 

Posietint is a petal-pink stain that plants a kiss

of see-through tint on cheeks and lips. 

I agree with the product description. Posie tint gives a really nice sheer pink color. 

Benefit Benetint is a kiss-proof and waterproof, indelibly sheer tint. It gives an innocent yet provocative glow to keep everyone guessing, "what has she been up to?"

Totally agree with the product description! This gives

the best rose colored flush look! It is a bit

hard to apply because it stains so fast but overall

I really like it. Plus it smells like roses!!

I used benetint on my cheeks and lips here.

I lightly applied Dusty Rose from Antoinette's

Revolution Cosmetics on my eyes.

Overall I really like these tints. While they are a bit of a pain
to apply they are worth the hassle because of the gorgeous
flushed look they achieve.

What is your favorite tint from Benefit?

Thanks for reading,

EOTD - Moi MInerals

Me and my sweetness took the kids to a concert

in the park last Friday.  I wore a green strapless summer

dress so I did a gold and green eye with extra glitter!

I used Cactus, Artic Gold and Frankenstein by Moi Minerals.

I also added some extra gold glitter on top.

Physicians Formula Mood Booster Bronzer on my face and

my lips are Tarte LipSurgence in Peaceful.

Moi Mineral Haul!

If you have been a reader here, you know that I was

chosen as a model for Moi Mineral last month.

I got my swag!!!

A big bag of pigmenty goodness!!!

Here is what was inside!!

Full size pots, lots of samples and some hush hush stuff in the

baggy!!

I went ahead and potted up my samples.

I like all the colors but the real stand outs to me are Lime Lights,

Groovy, Sailors Delight, Monster Mash and Spring.

Swacthes in the sunlight.

If you have not tried Moi Minerals, I highly recommend them.

They are located in Canada so the shipping can be a bit slower than

domestic but well worth the wait.

Right now you can get 5 samples for $5!

Click here to check it out.

Also be sure to "Like" Moi Minerals on Facebook. 

You can share your "Moi" looks, get info on sales

and interact with other makeup lovers!

I will be doing a look with these pigments later today!

Watch for that post!

Want these two samples?

Be the first to comment on this post and they are yours!

If you are the first comment please email me at glittermomto6@aol.com

with your mailing address!!

Once again,
Thanks for reading!

EOTD: Teal for Date Night

Me and my sweetness went out for "Date Night" last week.

I decided to do a teal look since that is what I feel best in lately.

For this look I used Brad by Madd Style Cosmetics on the inner tear

duct area. To me Brad is a FANTASTIC color. It is a stand out

to me out of all Madd Style colors. I use it anytime

I am doing a blue/teal look as my inner tear duct color.

From Brad I added Do Me ( a matte teal), Live for Today ( a greener

based teal) and Intoxicated ( a bright bold blue) all by Virus Insanity Eyeshadow.

I glammed it up a bit by adding Dazzle Dust by Madd Style all over the whole

eye area. I also used false lashes in the half style and Hard Candy lash tinsel

over my regular mascara.

My necklace is from Razenkids and Korkers.

Marty ( the owner) is a great friend of mine!

My lips are a mix of MAC Viva Glam Gaga 2 and
Tarte LipSurgence in Peaceful.

Korres Mango Lip Butter

On the advice of a beauty buddy I recently picked up some

Lip Butter by Korres. I chose Mango because I am loving

the whole peach/orange lip trend.

This was considered a pretty big splurge as it was $12 

which is pricey for lip balm.

Information from Sephora product listing

Korres Lip Butter gives lips a lovely, shiny finish and offers a natural flush 

when applied to the apples of the cheeks. Its shea-butter infusion conditions

and heals lips and provides a softening touch to the skin.

Overall I really like this lip balm. It has a great

formula that is not too greasy or sticky and 

seems to be extra moisturizing while leaving a hint

of color.

Thumbs up!!

Have you tried Korres Lip Butter?

If so what "flavor" is your favorite?

Thanks for reading,

Blog Sale!!

I just added a blog sale tab above!

Check it out!

Lots of cheap pigments!!

EOTD - Chromalusts by Sugarpill

I have to admit that I have been intimidated by

Sugarpill's Chromalust pigments since they

arrived a few months ago.

I have no idea why but I have shied away from using them.

I decided to get over and play with them more!

Glad I did!!

I love the way this look came out!

I used Lumi, Tipsy, Royal Sugar and Hysteric

Lucky 107 Review, Swatches and a Giveaway!

Rebecca from Lucky 107  recently sent me a package of products to review 

  I tried a pigment from this company last year

and was not too impressed. I had heard she improved her pigments and 

noticed that a lot of people were loving the pigments so I happily agreed to 

do a review!

Rebecca really outdoes herself with packaging!

The products came in a box instead of a bubble mailer

which is nice but what makes this special is that

she hand draws art on each and every box that goes out!!

Now that is dedication!!!

Inside my box ( that sounded dirty, sorry)

The product packaging is awesome!!

Everything looked so cute!!!

Also included was a packing slip, a handwritten note card,

business cards and a brochure that contained product

and company information.

The brochure is a nice professional touch.

My goodies!!

This is a lotion bar that is scented with Red Rose, Thyme and

Vanilla. I have never used a lotion bar before so I can't really

judge if this is a good one or not. The formula was nice and

absorbed well though.

Lip Balm - I thought this lip balm was nice. It had a smooth, light

non greasy or waxy formula.

Lip Balms and Glosses are priced at $4.00 and can be seen here.

 

Pigments

 Iris - MnG in a Jar

Cliffhanger -Backstabber

Top label on the pigment jars.

All the jars were shrinked wrapped but lacked

sifter seals. This was not an issue to me though.

Bottom labeling. 

This labels contains every bit of information you need to know.

Color, whether or not it is lip safe, ingredients, where it was made

and a handy dandy warning! A+ for this label!!

Pigments are $3.75 which is insane cheap. I am not sure if this

is regular price or a sale though. Samples are only $1.50!

Swatches

Swatches in sunlight.

Here is a look I did using MnG in a Jar, Backstabber and
Cliffhanger.

Overall I really liked the pigments. I thought they were easy to apply,

very opaque, blended nicely and had great staying power.

They did not crease or "melt" away.

I was also sent a pot of "Concrete" primer.
I followed the directions and applied it to my eyelids before
my base and pigments. It has a nice formula that was
easy to apply to the eye area. I was pleasantly
surprised by this primer. After 8+ hours of wear I had
no creasing and my makeup still looked great.
I tried finding the product listing so I could link you but
I was unable to.

Overall thoughts?
I am VERY happy with the changes to this company.
The products are great and the packaging
is perfect. The pricing seems to be way below average
which is AWESOME!!
Lucky 107 has a very wide product assortment available
through their Artfire shop.
Check them out!!

Have you tried Lucky 107?
If so, what did you think?


Head on over to my facebook page to get in on
a quick Lucky 107 giveaway!

One lucky follower will win a Spring Collection sample set!

Once again, Thank you so much for reading!