A lot of new awesome products has hit the shelves this month at Sephora. This weekend if you’re near a Sephora or plan to stay in and do some online shopping check out these new items. Your going to luv them all…happy shopping!

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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.
Recently, 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!





Check out Ilse blog at Livelearnluxeit.com


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 Sexy Mother Pucker Lip Gloss
Rickys NYC- RickyCare No Crease Bow Clips
NARS Sheer Lipstick-Barbarella
Yesterday 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.

Mar 1st, 2016
Posted in Makeup, Makeup Tutorials By Leah Faye Cooper

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
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

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!
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
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?