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Now isn't this the cutest little make up kit you've ever seen? Too Faced celebrated its 10 year anniversary with the Too Faced Decade of Glamour Beauty Wardrobe Makeup Collection. It comes with its most popular products for the past 10 years. This is a great try me kit for Too Faced, or I'm thinking of giving it as gifts to the younger ones in my family. It's cute just to display on their dresser, and I love the silhouette of the girl in the bronzer/blush. The products are all deluxe sample size but for $19.50 for a $195 value who can go wrong? It's got a variety of color and product so this is great for the experimenting beginner or the beauty lover like us!

Get it at Sephora for $19.50.

Right about now is when my lips and skin start hitting their peak of dryness. I basically have to apply lip balm and L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream every two seconds, and I have to start exfoliating once again -- no fun! Fresh's Sugar Lip Treatment ($22.50) works really well as a lip balm (as does their tinted one), but it's very pricey and I've found that the new Rescue Balm ($5.06) protects and moisturizes my lips just as well (and I can get 4 for the same price as one Fresh Lip Treatment!). The only drawback is that Rescue Balm comes in a little pot, so you have to use your fingertips to apply it. 

"Chrome is cool and icy- it's a very modern, but still pretty way to illuminate the skin." - Bobbi Brown

I flew home last night to a mound of mail and packages (24 days worth of mail and blogger packages is a sight to see!) I opened each and every one of the (10) boxes from cosmetic companies and when I saw what was inside the Bobbi Brown package I got a bit miffed.  Not to be ungrateful and all but hello-- I so could have used this CHROME palette during my trip to Asia! It's a tri-fold compact that has 10 eyeshadow shades, 4 lip shades, plus mini brushes to boot. It would have saved me a lot of room in my luggage! 

I played with the shadows after the hubby and boy went to bed and was surprised how subtle the shadows are on the lids (considering how dark they look in the palette).  I used the "Iron" matte shadow as a base and highlighted the brow bone with "White" matte shadow.  I then put "Charcoal Haze" along the lash line to smoke my liner (may be used as a liner itself) which made for a really pretty daytime look.  To test out an evening look, I lightly dusted "Cyber Grey" and "Storm Cloud" sparkle shadow over the entire the lid-- smokin' hot!  I love playing with make up and can do this all night long!
Bobbi Brown Chrome Palette ($75) here.
 
The collection also has three new limited edition lipsticks: Port Lip Color, Chrome Metallic Lip Color and Plum Pearl Metallic Lip Color.  I did not get any samples of these so will stop by Neiman Marcus later this week to test out.  

The collection also includes Bobbi's holiday Chrome Mini Brush Set- the perfect present for the beauty-junkie in your life (wait, that would be moi!). The set, which comes in a chrome zip-around cases features a Mini Face Blender, Bobbi's new Mini Angle Eye Shadow Brush and a Mini Eye Liner brush.

Also available at Nordstrom. Bobbi Brown Chrome Palette $75, Bobbi Brown Metallic Lip Color $22, Bobbi Brown Chrome Mini Brush Set $55.

Laura Mercier is a great line of cosmetics for a natural look. This Laura Mercier 'Renaissance' Collection is great because it is such a good value. And it's like they compacted everything as well as they can for traveling. They made the concealer brush double ended, so that it's two brushes in one. And they have their fabulous secret concealer in a pot, with the setting powder underneath. It also comes with their Flawless Skin Day Creme with an SPF 15 in a deluxe sample size, a mini Black Thickening and Building Mascara, Pink Champagne Lip Glacé, and an eye color duo, all in cute cosmetic bag. Of course, kits are always a great value, but what's even better is that it's also on sale. So for $167 worth of product you only pay $38.90 for all of it. I mean, when does Laura Mercier really go on sale anyways?

YSL is proud to support the search for the cure. 30% of your purchase of Golden Gloss N° 27 will be contributed to the National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund through the end of October.

Dress your lips in a veil of shimmering gold with Golden Gloss. The gloss forms a mirror-effect on the lips which sparkles with mother-of-pearl. A complex of nourishing oils (Nigelle and Cameline Oils) protects the lips while providing total comfort. The magic and shimmer of gold* captured on the lips!

* contains 0,2% of 24 carats gold $28.00

Left -- bloggers preparing for yoga. I'm in the blue shirt taking a picture with my phone of Didge Project!. Right -- Karen is the one blowing the kiss!

Karen Robinovitz, the creator of Purple Lab, always puts on the most amazing events. She has the BEST taste -- whether in clothing, restaurants, or, naturally, beauty. To celebrate the launch of her brand's new lip gloss color, Goji Berry, she invited a few bloggers to Tribeca for a yoga session in the apartment of Libby Weintraub which was accompanied by an amazing performance by the Didge Project. After some relaxing OMs we had psychic readings by Linda Lauren which were eerily spot-on, munched on raw chocolate (I'm obsessed with raw chocolate now!), and of course drank Goji Berry smoothies! As for the Purple Lab lip glosses, they're appropriately called "Huge Lips, Skinny Hips" since they contain Hoodia to curb hunger as well as lip plumper. Each gloss is named after something dear to Karen's heart (hence Goji Berry, named after Karen's fave drink. The formulation of the gloss is rich in antioxidant, vitamin E and C).

To learn more about Purple Lab's glosses click here and to learn about the process of creating your own beauty brand click here to read about Karen's exciting journey!

So I finally shopped at the Sephora at JCP the other day, I never really found them interesting because there is a regular Sephora just on the other side of the mall. They have probably 1/5th of what the regular one has-- but I guess since it is so much smaller that they change the lines often which means the old lines go on sale. They had a great deal of Stila products on sale from $4-$10! Some of the items I picked up was a Cobalt Smudge Pot, which I always wanted to try and I'm glad I did. This rich, but dark blue goes on so smoothly and dries to smudge resistant in a minute. I also picked up some Eye Shadow Pans. The only drawback of these is that you have to buy the refillable container for it, but for $4 it was still worth it. I also bought a Shine Lip Color like something between a sheer lipstick and a lip balm. At first I thought some of these were being discontinued, but looking on Sephora's site I see that they are still the retail price. So check out your local Sephora or Sephora JCP and see if you can find these great steals!

We continue with our pretty in pink October features with Bobbi Brown.  Bobbi has created a beautiful limited-edition lip set featuring an exclusive new shade, Blush Pink Creamy Lip Color and a limited-edition Pink Crystal Glitter Lip Balm, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Back in college, my favorite pink lipstick was 'Sand Pink Shimmer'-- Bobbi does the soft natural pink shimmer better than anyone!  Not too barbie pink and not too beige-y, just the right amount of color and shimmer.  I will be packing the glitter lip balm with me when I fly to Taiwan-- the 15 hour flight requires lots of lip balm and this one will at least make me look pretty while I hydrate. 

To show their appreciation for your support, this item will ship for free all month!!! At Bobbi Brown Cosmetics here.

I am addicted to dark polish right now.  Have OPI's Black Cherry Chutney on today and I feel very vampire-ish-- really like how it makes my skin look pale and flawless.  Am very excited about the launch of CHANEL's "Noirs Obscurs" this month.  CHANEL does amazing dark polishes (remember Vamp!?!?) and shadow quads but I don't know about the black lipstick.  Ahead of her time as an arbiter of style and color authority, Mademoiselle Chanel recognized and revered the color black as a symbol of luxury, modernity, sophistication and seduction.

Today, Peter Philips creates a tribute to black with an avant-garde collection of trend-defining eye, lip and nail shades, uncovering the many nuances and undertones of this iconic shade. Not many of us can carry off an entire face of rouge noirs, so we suggest choosing one feature to focus on the face to go with the dark nails. All at CHANEL.com (Jump for colors and prices!)

We're kicking off October with lots of pretty in pink products in support of breast cancer research! Purple Lab has partnered with the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation to launch SWAC "SEALED WITH A CURE," a feel good lip gloss equipped with ingredients that boost beauty, health and confidence. SWAC has been delivered to help increase awareness and funds for Triple Negative Breast Cancer research. A portion of the proceeds will go to the foundation. The gloss is: Paraben-free, has health boosting and immune system enhancing ingredients including Mangosteens and Echinacea, in an ultra-moisturizing, non-sticky formula, scented with uplifting Vanilla, has real gold flecks, and enriched with anti-aging peptides. All in one fabulous tube for $18.50 at www.b-glowing.com