Milani Runway Eyes Fashion Shadows
March 8th, 2010
If you’re really into fun packaging, you’ll love Milani’s Runway Eyes Fashion Shadows. The unique looking palette contains 6 coordinating shadows with a pearlescent finish. They are easy to blend, and at around just $8 they are a great buy. To make your look last all day we recommend using concealer or foundation on the lids before using eyeshadow.
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Francois Coty
March 4th, 2010
When you think of Coty, you imagine one of the most successful fragrance houses in the industry. François Coty (1874-1934), while most famous for being a professional French perfumer, was a politician, journalist, millionaire and a descendant of Napoleon Bonaparte. Coty (born Joseph Marie François Spoturno dit Coti) he started out peddling his perfumes to barbers, and broke into the big perfume business of Europe through his merchandising genius. Before him, perfume was a luxury item that only the rich could afford. But Coty marketed his perfume as a luxury necessary for everyone and sold perfume affordable to middle and working class women. His bottles were designed by the great ceramist, Lalique, and represented the first time that perfume bottles were designed to be appealing to the eyes. Impressively, Coty invented the concept of a fragrance set (i.e. perfume and soap identical scents). His first huge perfume success was his Rose Jacqueminot scent in 1904 which launched in a Parisian department store. Coty was able to compete on price in America by avoiding high tariffs – he imported the ingredients to New York and manufactured there. Coty expanded product to cosmetics and skin care, and to Europe, Asia, and Latin America. He gave simple talc powder a makeover with his famous white and orange L’Origan box. By 1925, 36 million women worldwide used Coty face powders. In 1923 he was elected Senator in Corsica, but never actually got to act in his elected position due to accusations of bribery. Coty also started the political paper, L’Ami du Peuple, which had a circulation of almost a million. His wealth was so great that he was also able to loan the French government one hundred million francs for war debt. In 1963, Coty’s wife Yvonne sold Coty Inc. to pharmaceutical gi
ant Pfizer. In 1996 Coty Inc. acquired Rimmel (a cosmetics line with products all priced under $4) in 1996 and in January 2000, the brand was introduced to American consumers. Today, it is owned by the German specialty chemical company Joh. A. Benckiser GmbH and is the world’s leading mass-market fragrance house. Coty now has an remarkable collection of celebrity endorsed perfumes by icons such as Shania Twain and Kimora Lee Simmons.
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L’Oreal Revitalift Radiant Smoothing Wet Cleansing Towlettes
February 26th, 2010
L’Oreal’s Revitalift Radiant Smoothing Wet Cleansing Towlettes are hands down the best face cloths for removing makeup that we’ve ever used. These cloths remove all of your makeup instantly, and we even got great results with waterproof mascara. The cloths also exfoliate your skin and contain nutrients like Vitamin C so your skin is in better condition with every use. This is also a great option if you have sensitive skin and want to remove dead skin but don’t want the irritation that scrubs can leave behind. This is marketed toward women with aging skin, but we recommend this to people of all ages.
Tags: L'Oreal, makeup removing, Radiant Smoothing, Revitalift, Towlettes, Vitamin C, Wet Cleansing
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WetnWild Ultimate Brow Kit
February 24th, 2010
If you like to keep your eyebrows perfect at all times, you’d really like WetnWild’s Ultimate Brow Kit. Its space saving package contains a mirror, a pair of tweezers, a hard angle brush, 2 brow shadows, and a wax for setting your brows. It’s very compact and won’t hog too much space in your makeup bag. For a natural look, we suggest using the darker shade to draw in fine hairs, and then the lighter shade to fill in sparse brows. We especially liked the wax for taming unruly brows.
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CoverGirl Exact Eyelights Eye-Brightening Mascara
February 23rd, 2010
The concept of enhancing what you already have is always appealing. So we tried CoverGirl’s Exact Eyelights Eye-Brightening Mascara. This line of mascara contains light reflecting metallics and a subtle tint that brings out blue, brown, hazel, and green eyes. Although we didn’t see a drastic difference as far as eye color enhancement, we really liked the formula. This mascara has a good balance between lengthening and thickening, and the brush left no clumps behind as promised.
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What is your favorite beauty tip to share?
February 19th, 2010
We all have a favorite beauty tip … maybe it is something passed on from your mom or your best friend. Or, maybe you are a professional makeup artist. Please share your BEST beauty tip with all us beauty-addicts.
Here is our favorite tip this week:
Have product build up but don’t feel like buying a whole new bottle of shampoo? Try rinsing your hair with vinegar. Cheap AND effective!
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Yves Rocher Fatigue Eraser Cleansing Cloths
February 18th, 2010
Cleansing cloths are a great compromise between going to bed with makeup on like you’re not supposed to and going through with the cleanse, tone, and moisturize routine. We really liked Yves Rocher’s Fatigue Eraser Cleansing Cloths because not only did they remove our makeup completely, but they also smoothed are fine lines and parentheses. It has a ‘Botanical Anti-Aging Hormone Complex’ and we’re not sure what the exact ingredients are; but we know that it definitely works.
Tags: anti-aging, Cleansing Cloths, Fatique eraser, hormone, Product Reviews, Yves Rocher
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