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Beauty Tip Tuesday: Create a Super Surreal Organic Foundation Finish
Anti-aging product worshipers and anyone seeking refuge from a bad skin day will eagerly break out their credit cards for this beauty. Rating high with skin finishes of all brands is the mystical Atmosphere Soft Focus Foundation. VAPOUR Organic Beauty has created the pentacle of all organic foundation formulas with this formula.
Here’s the skinny: Its revolutionary formula includes a light reflective technology, setting it apart from all others who are only similar in classification. It’s a creative collective of 70% organic ingredients and 30% natural mineral pigments and vitamins. In summary, it brightens, nourishes and ensures anti-inflammation.
The finish is better than surreal - not the kind of Salvador Dali surreal that has your face melt into an artistic movement distortion - the kind of surreal that camouflages and makes one look much younger. Application is a smooth process with no more than two pumps to apply by fingertip or favorite eco-friendly brush.
Add this to your cosmetic wardrobe as a try on, although I’m confident it will be more of a glorious relationship with an old friend. Find all ten shades of the multi-award winning formula at vapourbeauty.com
- Mary Winkenwerder

Tue, 24th Apr — 0 notes

Beauty Tip Tuesday: How To Keep Unwanted Hair In Check
The onset of warm weather brings joy to some with thoughts of frolicking in fields of flowers, picnics on the beach and getting into that bikini. HUH? This is one thought that while thinking about has a happy ending, getting from point A to point B can be a treacherous series of painful extractions in various tender places all over the body.
To avoid the mish-mosh of hair removal methods commonly known to cause the slightest pain, there is one that can be used in the privacy of your own home! Safe and effective, the Personal Beauty Groomer from CONAIR® boasts all this and more.
The rechargeable device offers 10 pieces dedicated to pleasant hair removal and comes standard with a full size shaver head, bikini trimmer head, eyebrow trimmer head, 2-position eyebrow comb, 5-position attachment comb, oil, cleaning comb and a storage stand. Use is simple with the slide of a switch and a steady hand. Add this beauty gadget to your personal collection by visiting www.conair.com.
- Mary Winkenwerder

Tue, 17th Apr — 1 note

Beauty Tip Tuesday: How To Self Tan and Protect

Sun shy? Don’t cry! Jergens has your back…and your face, arms and legs. Adding to their amazing lineup of moisturizers and self-tanning products with super moisturizing are two new self-tanning products designed to do this and so much more. JERGENS Natural GLOW & Protect is a self-tanning moisturizer with a healthy touch of SPF 20.

From experience, the texture is surprisingly sheer considering all the super ingredients in its mix. If you’re on-the-go often or practically white as a sheet like me, one application will prove positive in giving your skin a beautiful, healthy glow while protecting it from dangerous rays. The product comes nicely packaged in a 6 fl oz tube and is available in two shades ranging from light skin tones to dark skin tones. Purchase Jergens at drugstores across the nation or simply visit www.jergens.com.

- Mary Winkenwerder

Tue, 10th Apr — 1 note

Beauty Tip Tuesday: The New Red for Summer on Your Lips
Nothing screams sexy like a red lip. But not everyone knows how to sport this classic look since there are so many shades. Seeing the finished product is so much more logical to the immediate eye than actually creating the look. The perils of understanding how to best wear red can be enough to send any pro red-wearing consumer into hour-long frenzies ending in bleeding color and a bruised ego when it does not turn out as expected. What’s a girl to do when she wants to wear red this season?
Often heralded as one of the founders of beauty, Marilyn Miglin has created a reputation on helping women live up to their full beauty potential for nearly three decades that I can recall. In her many beauty solutions is one shade of red that sticks out above all others for the mainstream masses this spring and summer. Lipstick Vitamin C Café du Jour captures the sexy flash of red grounded in the richness of a nutty neutral tone. To make this even more appealing, the formula is created with the pure antioxidant protection of Vitamin C. Ladies, this is one red color that refuses to age your appearance!
Get your red lip look. To create your warm-weather red lip, start with a neutral tone lip lining pencil, and line the exterior of the lips. Take a warmer neutral toned lip lining pencil and line immediately inside the initial line. You should have two lines of neutral tone lining your lips. Apply Café du Jour directly onto lips or with a professional applicator brush. This lip color formula is so rich and does not require any gloss application. It’s that simple!
Now that you have the keys to the red lip creation castle, taking lips to that fantasy look should be a breeze. There’s no bleeding with this red, and it is so affordable that buying just one is not an option. At long last, this frustration is over and the classic red lip is now yours! Vitamin C Café du Jour is the new red! Add this to your beauty arsenal by visiting www.marilynmiglin.com.
- Mary Winkenwerder

Tue, 3rd Apr — 0 notes

Beauty Tip Tuesday: A Constellation of Seasonal Colors in One Palette
As if gazing at the stars was not enjoyable enough; LA Colors has taken the best of warm and fiery pinks, cool and vibrant purples and one dazzling shade of pearl and created a one-stop shadow solution for eyes. Star Gaze is a 16-color eye shadow palette that will entice any inner diva to come out and play. Each richly pigmented hue offers micro-shimmer for visual dimension and a buttery smooth texture for optimal blend-ability. From beginners to professionals, Star Gaze will help you create a masterpiece.
My first encounter with this ode to multi-colored star gazing was fun and enjoyable. Each of the colors are deeply pigmented to serve multiple functions: liner and shadow. The micro-shimmers amp up each color and enhancement your features. When looking to capture some of the warm season’s best color stories for eyes, Star Gaze Admire offers glorious couture constellations.
- Mary Winkenwerder
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Tue, 20th Mar — 0 notes

Beauty Tip Tuesday: Fancy a New Fragrance? Fancy This…
What’s in a name? While you’re trying to figure this out, here’s one name you’ll want to remember. This one is an ingredient orchestra of more than six power fragrances to capture the essence of its famous creator. Trish is the signature scent from the stylish and talented cosmetic entrepreneur, Trish McEvoy. Exotic almond, blue lotus flowers, warm amber, sensuous musk, Tonka beans and Indian sandalwood hit all of your pulse points while taking root for long wear.
Stylishly packaged and wonderfully scented, Trish evokes confidence and sass. If you’re looking to give a fragrance as a gift, heavily consider Trish. While you’re at it, be sure to get one for yourself - this one’s hard to let go! Gift Trish or add to your own fragrance arsenal by visiting www.trishmcevoy.com.
-Mary Winkenwerder

Tue, 13th Mar — 0 notes

Beauty Tip Tuesday: Guys Will Enjoy Shine-Free Skin
Does shiny skin have you on the run from extended public exposure? It doesn’t have to! Enjoy shine-free skin with one of Clarins’ great skin care solutions for men. ClarinsMen Shine-Free Gel is a solution that not only reduces shine but also hydrates the skin and works to control blemishes. Other reasons to love this product? It soothes razor burn and protects skin against free radicals. Enjoy this 1.7 oz. skin bliss in a tube for $29.50 at www.clarinsusa.com.
- Mary Winkenwerder
Photo credit: Clarins

Tue, 6th Mar — 0 notes

Beauty Tip Tuesday: Keratin Hair Treatment In A Flash
If you’re like me, you want quality beauty in as little time possible. Beautynistas and stylish men alike will enjoy the simplicity of this keratin treatment. Each tiny spray bottle holds the solution for making the most manageable hair known to mankind! Simply Smooth Touch of Keratin is a great go-to source for immediate keratin therapy.
Don’t let the sheer liquid texture fool you. This lighter-than-normal keratin treatment produces incredible softness and great manageability for every mane. Spray the lavender-colored solution into damp hair and comb through. Apply heat, and style hair as desired. The first time I experienced this keratin genius, my hair felt as soft as cashmere. The product is great for vanity, gym or travel use at 2 fl. oz. Add it to your beauty arsenal for good hair days by visiting www.americanculturehair.com.
- Mary Winkenwerder

Tue, 28th Feb — 0 notes

Beauty Tip Tuesday:Turn Up the Heat
When the term ‘hot tools’ comes to mind, the mind usually drifts to a place where hair dryers, flat irons and curling wands reign. It has been the norm to think that a hot tool would not address any part of the body other than hair on the head until now. Taking its place among the ranks of hot tools in the beauty world is the Heated Eyelash Curler.
When this heat-in-an-instant lash wand turns on, it has the capability to curl any length lash in minutes. Turn on your Heated Eyelash Curler, and while it heats up, apply a single coat of your favorite mascara. When heated, apply the wand head between lashes and pull upward; then pause. While pausing, the concentrated heat from the wand works its magic to transform straight, ornery lashes into shapely works of art.
From experience, this useful addition to a beautynista’s hot tools arsenal is so simple to use. And fear not; there is no danger in applying heat to lashes, and it will not turn lashes into a tarry mess. The whole process is simple, clean and surprisingly fun once you get the hang of it. Change your thinking of what traditional lash-curling is, and invest in this new hot tool - available in pink or black - by visiting www.japonesque.com.
- Mary Winkenwerder

Tue, 7th Feb — 4 notes

Beauty Tip Tuesday: Champagne Lips In Your Caviar Dreams
Topping off the best in lip therapies in 2012 has to be the one with the bubbliest personality. Until now, lip therapies lacked the taste of everyone’s favorite celebratory spirit. Champagne Kisses is the combination of five powerful ingredients (castor, coconut oil, beeswax, shea butter and sweet almond oil) guaranteed to transform lips to perfectly plump and kissable works of art in about five minutes.
Application of the hypnotically scented solution in a stick is simple. The twist packaging makes for instant therapy gratification — and, of course, kisses are much sweeter with a taste of champagne. Don’t you agree? Add this to your list of smooth move props for Valentine’s Day by visiting www.VotreVu.com, and don’t forget the caviar!
- Mary Winkenwerder

Tue, 31st Jan — 1 note