October 2008 Archives

You can define your brows easily by coloring them in with an eyebrow pencil or powder. Using light strokes, fill in the sparse areas of the brow with the pencil or a brow brush. Make the brows look natural by combing through them to distribute the color evenly.

Anastasia All About Brows Kit contains everything you need to create your perfect face-framing brows. This set includes Tweezers, Brow Powder Duo, four Brow Stencils, Duo Angle/Spooley Brush, Brow Gel, and an Eye Lights highlighting pencil. Everything in this kit works wonderfully, and the instructions are so easy to follow. Not sure which color to choose? We find the Medium Ash works on all skintones. $75, sephora.com

Some of us here battle acne, and find that we will do anything tho keep it at bay. Most of our efforts work, however, there is always that pesky little blemish that comes up when we least expect it. So what do we do? We zap it with our new Zeno Mini!

Perfect for your pocket or purse, Zeno Mini works just like the original to help most pimples improve in 24 to 48 hours. It works by applying precisely controlled low-level heat to a pimple, causing the bacteria within the pimple to self-destruct (take that zits!). Each treatment takes just two and a half minutes, and most pimples clear up within just two to three treatments. The installed Treatment Tip Cartridge contains 45 treatment cycles and is easily replaced once you've used them all. $89, drugstore.com  

Cosmedicine MegaDose is an amazing product that will not only keep your skin feeling smooth, but will treat your skin with healthy antioxidants to fight off all of the yucky free radicals our skin has to deal with each day. It also helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and hyperpigmentation.

While the price scared us a bit at first, we find that a little portion of this serum goes a long way -  we are really getting our money's worth - what a great thing!

1 fl oz, $80, sephora.com 

No matter how busy we might be, every morning we go through our beauty routine, and it involves many products, brushes, sponges and such. Our advice? Save precious minutes with the latest packaging trend: time-saving roll-on products.

Sue Devitt E-Z Eye Rollerball contains highly pigmented eyeshadow that glides on perfectly to give your eyes a beautiful sheen of color to make them pop! You can even keep it in your purse to for easy day-to-night makeup transitions. Available in 9 shades. $18, amazon.com 

By Terry VIP Skin-Expert Peace & Glow is formulated with active ingredients that instantly give your skin a boost of circulation so you look refreshed and relaxed. $65, barneys.com

Joey Pure Pores Roll-On Blemish Fix is an all-natural way to treat the acne you may have on-the-go. Apply the clear liquid throughout the day to help rid yourself of those blemishes even more quickly. $22, beauty.com

Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Puff Eye Roller helps relieve under-eye puffiness and treats dark circles to give the appearance of brighter, more radiant eyes. Pro-Vitamin B5 refreshes and hydrates the delicate eye area. $12.99, walgreens.com

Lorac Double Feature delivers correction to give your the even look you desire. Cover undereye circles and hide blemishes with this oil-free, long-wearing concealer stick, then blend in with the blender ball. $24, sephora.com 

Tarte Lock & Roll Creaseless Eyeshadow Duo gives a new "twist" on the makeup artist trick of layering a loose shadow over a cream shadow. The roller ball contians a loose powder and glides easily over cream shadow to lock color in and add luminosity so color lasts all day! $17, sephora.com

Vera Wang Princess Perfect Pair is two products in one! On one end, Vera's best-selling Princess fragrance in a rollerball dispenser, and on the other a pretty pink lipgloss that will leave you lips feeling moisuturized and looking perfectly glossy. $25, sephora.com

Philosophy Amazing Grace Concentrated Perfume Oil is the ultimate must-have item for all Grace devotees! Now you can roll-on the amazing clean and infinitely feminine scent of Philosophy's best-selling fragrance. Perfect for the girl on the go, this roll-on fragrance makes it easier than ever to take Grace wherever you go. $25, sephora.com

If we ever have to choose a fragrance that makes us feel feminine and glamorous at the same time, it will be Givenchy Very Irresistible. With notes of roses including Centifolia Rose, Peony Rose and Fantasia Rose, we couldn't help but feel love at first smell when we were introduced to this amazing fragrance. It also has a spicy quality that perfectly complements the floral notes, making this a very modern, more grown-up floral.

from $19, sephora.com

What are the hottest colors to add to your wardrobe this season? Purples and plums! And makeup companies have considered this when creating the"newest, hottest, latest" in their product lines. They've looked at the popular trend, and are offering their mascaras in this eyecolor-enhancing hue. We are excited to see some of our favorite mascaras available in this gorgeous new shade, and urge you to try them out for yourself this season.

Dior Diorshow in Plum is exclusive to Sephora, in stores and online, and still offers the same show-stopping drama to your lashes! This best-selling mascara formula volumizes, lengthens, defines and doesn't clump or flake. $24, sephora.com

L'Oreal Panoramic Curl Extreme Curl & Separating Mascara in Plum Plum offers users the benefit of curling and separating lashes to create the ultimate eye-opening results. Removes easily with soap and water, and is suitable for sensitive eyes and contact lens wearers. $8.95, drugstore.com

Borghese Superiore Mascara in Prima Plum promises to give nourishment and moisture to lashes while it creates superior thickness. Features built-in silk-powder foundation for long wearing results. $19 beauty.com

Awake Stardom Escalate Lash Mascara in Plum Escalation features a curved wand to enhance your lash curl, while the formula works to give natural-looking volume.  $23, beauty.com

Benefit BADgal Plum Mascara is the newest in the BADgal family, and offers its users the opportunity to experience the fullest, knock 'em dead lashes with this eye enhancing shade! $19, sephora.com

Lancome Fatale Mascara in Amethyste Envoutante is a new mascara that claims to boost spectacular performance with a patented 3D comb that gives exceptional filling power from first application. The super coating formula delivers a fine, strong mesh on lash to plump it up. $27, strawberrynet.com

Jane Iredale Longest Lash Mascara in Ripe Plum was designed for the risk-taking woman. Formulated with Algae Extract and Beeswax to condition the lashes and keep them healthy. The formula creates amazing length and thickness in addition to adding s a certain allure and drama to your eyes. skinbotanica.com

Check out two products from the line that we are loving right now.

PlantLove Eye Liner glides on so smoothly we were amazed this was a pencil liner. It blended well, lasted all day and didn't smudge. It comes in six amazing shades, but we find ourselves loving (other than Black and Dark Brown) Bronze and Midnight Blue. $16, sephora.com

PlantLove Eye Shadows are highly pigmented and long-wearing. We love the variety of colors and blendable shades. It's unbelievable that these are "green" products, but we're convinced they're fabulous! $20, sephora.com

So, if you're looking to add more natural products to add to your makeup bag, we think you should check out PlantLove!