Skincare Products To Try Especially For Auto Immune Warriors

Spring is finally upon us, well not 100% up here in Connecticut but I’ll take the little spring we are getting. This year I am hoping for a year of great weather which means a normal life and happy days of being pain free. As you know my life is in the control of the weather, food, stress and exhaustion. So, if I don’t want any lupus flare ups beside those 4 key element and the many meds I take I have to watch what I do to my body as well as put on my body. I’m always looking for the next best thing when it comes to natural skin care.

Beauty Expert IlseRecently, I chatted with Beauty Expert Ilse from Live Learn Luxe  and she shared with me some new natural products to try. As Ilse explained to me it’s not about the words “organic & natural” it’s all about the ingredients found in the products. These words are not friendly to anyone with an auto immune disease; PARABENS, SULFATES, TRICLOSAN, and PHTHALATES. Here are four of Ilse all-star favorite new must have chemical free products I should invest in that would not trigger my lupus.

 

Ilse is not a medical doctor, she’s a friend who gives me guidance when it comes to my skin care needs. As I spring clean my dressing room I’ll be spring cleaning my shelf of old skincare products and bad skincare products. Once I pick up these items, I will have a review for you once I’m done…hang in there my lupus warriors!

What’s In My NARS Beauty Hour Swag Bag

When I attended NARS Beauty Hour event  I was gifted with a beauty swag bag upon leaving. Let’s take a look to see what’s in my swag bag.

Taste Nirvana Coconut Water With Pulp

Soap & Glory Flake Away

The Magic Pads

Soap & Glory Sexy Mother Pucker Lip Gloss

Rickys NYC- RickyCare No Crease Bow Clips

NARS Sheer Lipstick-Barbarella

NARS Shimmer Eyeshadow-Malacca

NARS Eye Paint-Iskandar

NARS Gentle Oil Free Eye Makeup Remover

Calling All Beauty Junkies To Sephora

The Estee Edit.gifYesterday at work the most fabulous packaged arrived to our Sephora store. Inside was a product box with a brand book from Estee Lauder. Estee Edit by Estee Lauder is a new makeup and skincare collection that will be launching in Sephora and on sephora.com March 15th. It is an 82 item collection of mostly makeup with  a few skincare items. The hip packaging will be chrome with cobalt spray paint splatter on the outer packaging for this collection only as Estee Lauder is not veering away from it’s signature blue.

On November 2014, Estee Lauder named Kendall Jenner as the newest face to their brand. Shortly after, Estee Lauder also signed beauty blogger Irene Kim. Lauder increased it’s digital presence by revamping their own website and changed how they will partner with Sephora. Being that Sephora courts a younger consumer as a go to beauty playground for many millennials, its a great way to introduce the Estee Edit to consumers.
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For the social media junkies, there is a Flash Photo Gloss, it’s a blue tinged lip gloss that is suppose to make your teeth look whiter. The collection will be high pigment, with high impact items and include Lip Flip, a canary yellow lipstick that will lighten the lip shades.
For eye shadow lovers, the collection will have Metalishadow Cream + Powder, a cream eye shadow available in three shades. Both Kendal and Irene selected the eye palette as their Guest Editor item on Sephora.com. It’s 14 eye shadow shades including two transformers with black light technology that will glow in the dark under the right lighting.
Kendall and Irene will promote the Estee Edit line on their social media channels and both will make personal appearances at a Manhattan Sephora on March 22nd. Share your fab makeup Estee Edit look by using #beautyattitudies on your social media pages. Here’s the FAB video that was in the product box….CALLING ALL BEAUTY JUNKIES

 

The 7 Makeup Brushes You Actually Need

  Mar 1st, 2016
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This is how things often go when you set out to buy makeup brushes: You arrive at a beauty store intending to purchase one or two brushes. You see that there are hundreds to choose from and say to yourself, “I must need them all!” You proceed to spend a lot of money. Months pass and you’ve yet to use ninety percent of what you bought. Burn. The truth is, unless you’re a professional makeup artist or studying to be one, you can get away owning far fewer brushes than you may think. With this in mind, we tapped Sephora Senior Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis to note the seven makeup brushes you need. She kindly shared her favorite brands, too. Whether you’re opting for a basic look or a glam one, these brushes should have you covered.

Read more: http://dailymakeover.com/makeup-brushes-you-need/#ixzz41kwstq8L

The Best Way To Disguise Dark Circles

Dark Circles is a challenge that many women fight with everyday especially when applying their makeup. For many they get overwhelmed trying to figure out how to disguise their dark circles. Where do they begin, what to use, and how to apply the chosen product. So I put together a cheat sheet to help you get through this. Hopefully you’ll be a pro if you follow my notes correctly.

DARK CIRCLES 101

1.PREP-Massage an eye cream around orbital bone. Let absorb prior to applying color corrector.

2.CORRECT-In light layers, Dip, Dot, Blend your choice of item

3.CONCEAL-Use exact skin tone shade on top of corrector Then use a lighter shade to highlight just below dark area, or on outer cheek/orbital bone.

4.SET-Load tip of bristles with just a touch of product. Use tip and side of brush to set makeup under the eye with a loose finishing powder.

 

PINK cancels dark circles on fair skintones

PEACH cancels dark circles on light to medium skintones

ORANGE cancels dark circles on tan to dark skintones

RED cancels dark circles on deep skintones

 

 

Sephora Senior Artist Share Her Fav New Beauty Items

Sephora Senior Artist Brandy Gomez-Duplessis
Sephora Senior Artist Brandy Gomez-Dulessis

Being around so much makeup and beauty items a girl could just lose her mind. So many new items launching how can one select what to buy. Being a Senior Artist at Sephora I’m just as obsessed with beauty products as the clients that shop there. I luv everything from makeup, skincare, fragrance, and bath & body products. Here are 10 of my favorite must have new items that you can find at Sephora. So what are you waiting for, get to your nearest Sephora before it’s out of stock. Let me know if you tried any of the new items I selected and tell me what you think about it. I’m sure you’ll LUV them all!

My Favorite Professional Makeup Brushes To Beat Your Face With

Now that you done a big makeup haul at Sephora, all of your makeup is laid out across your bed, now what. To get a flawless look, to strobe, to contour and highlight your going to need makeup brushes. But where do you start, brushes can be expensive. Here is a list of some of the best makeup brushes out there. 1. MOTD Cosmetics Makeup Brushes– Luxury makeup brushes

2. Sephora Collection Makeup Brushes– Pro Makeup Brushes

3. MORPHE Brushes– Variety of Luxury Brushes
4. M.A.C.– Professional Quality Brushes
5. Real Techinques Brushes– High Tech Design Makeup Brushes
6. Make Up For Ever Brushes– High Performance Makeup Brushes
7. Sigma Beauty Brushes – Professional Makeup Brushes
8. ARTIS Brushes– Elite Makeup Brushes
9. STILA Makeup Brushes– Pro Artist Makeup Brushes

20 New Beauty Items That I’m Obsessing Over

Us girls love opening up new beauty products, doesn’t matter if we are beauty editors, beauty bloggers, or a beauty lovers. One thing we have in common is the love of new items. Here are 20 new things that I have fallen in love with this month or should I say this week. Let me know what you think, is there anything you obsessing over?