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It’s a Drugstore Jamboree,Cheap Jerseys! Milani Releases New Powder Eyeshadow Palettes, Baked Eyeshadows, Mascaras and Nail Lacquers for Spring 2012

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Looks like someone had fun with their paint brushes,Louis Vuitton Belts,MAC Cosmetics Face of the Day- Hot Pink and Silver,Cheap NFL Jerseys, hello! Milani’s new spring 2012 eyeshadow palettes look like they’ve been splattered by paint.

I like it, and I also like that none of the products pictured here cost more than $10 (actually, depending on the store, none are more than $8.49!).

Here’s a quick look,Cheap Coach Bags, with the official PR breakdown at the bottom of the post. Reviews and swatches coming soon.

Please, please let these be good… They have drugstore awesomeness written all over them.

Powder Eyeshadow Palette in Paint

Powder Eyeshadow Palette in Impressionist

Powder Eyeshadow Palette in Abstract

Runway Eyes Baked Eye Shadows in Primary

Runway Eyes Baked Eye Shadows in Complementary

Runway Lashes Instant Volume Mascara

Total Lash Cover

Base Coat and top Coat

Official PR…

RUNWAY EYE SHADOW (SRP $8.49) We expanded our bestselling eyeshadow palette to include 2 new color combinations: 17 Primary & 18 Complementary. These new shades are available at select Meijer stores now and will be available at select CVS stores at the end of March/beginning of April.
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EYESHADOW PALETTE (SRP $8.49) seven artistic colors in one convenient compact. Buildable,ray ban sunglasses discount, silk-like powder eyeshadow in matte and pearl finish. Use alone or blend together to create your own unique hue of art.? Available in 3 palettes. These are only available at select Walmart stores.
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TOTAL LASH COVER MASCARA with 3 Zone Brush (SRP $4.99) provides multi-performance coverage. Split into 3 zones the brush defines, builds, and curls lashes. This long-lasting,Skin Care on the Cheap- 5 Tips (and a Giveaway!), non-clumping formula feels comfortable for all day wear. Available in 1 shade. Only available at select Walmart stores.
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RUNWAY LASHES Instant Volume Mascara (SRP $4.99) the classic shaped, soft bristle brush gives instant volume, length & curl. The formula is long-lasting, smear-proof and does not clump. Paraben-free. Available in 1 shade. Only available at select Walmart stores.
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BASE & TOP COAT Specialty Nail Treatment (SRP $3.99) protect & seal your manicure. Start with the Base Coat to ensure easy & even color application, and finish with the Top Coat for glossy long-lasting wear. DBP, Toluene & Formaldehyde Free. Both are only available at select Walmart stores.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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According to the Girl Next Door, MAC Put This Look

According to the Girl Next Door, MAC Put This Look in a Box

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What would you do if I told you that MAC put a look in a box? Would you want to set it free?

Before you answer that, what if I also told you that the neutrals in this particular box don’t bite? No, they’re much too sweet for biting. As a matter of fact, the shades in the MAC Look in a Box: Girl Next Door kit ($40) are sugar and spice and everything nice (i.e. charming), like the kind of makeup you’d wear to meet a new beau’s mom for the first time.

The limited edition 2011 travel exclusive boxed set, one of three from the MAC Packed to Go Collection, comes with five products,Cheap Jerseys, a few of them full-size items from the MAC permanent line,How to Look Your BEST in Pictures, and a couple of hard-to-find limited edition shades from previous releases.

• (2) Eyeshadows in Grand Entrance and Smoke & Diamonds: Remember these two from 2009′s Love That Look? Well, the names are the same, but MAC changed the finish. When they came out with Love That Look,Scarpe Gucci Outlet, they sported the limited edition Starflash finish, but these have the MAC Frost finish instead. Frankly, I like both finishes and think the differences between them are subtle. Color-wise, however, I think the new colors are a shade lighter than the originals.
• Iridescent Power in Belightful: This sheer and shimmery peachy gold highlighting powder had its coming out party back in 2008 with the fabulous MAC Fafi Collection. This version’s the spitting image,Coach outlet online store, too, right down to the big chunks of golden glitter.
• Zoom Lash in Zoomblack: Like “Drag Queen Lashes Light,Gucci Italia,” or the mascara a diva would wear to Sunday service, what we have here is a repromote from the MAC permanent line. It subtly thickens while it lengthens to take lashes up a notch or two.
• Cremesheen Glass in Deelight: This creamy neutral rosy pink feels smooth and non-sticky on my lips,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and if you find yourself falling in lurve, it’s also available now on the MAC website.

Eyeshadows in Grand Entrance (left) and Smoke & Diamonds (right)

Iridescent Powder in Belightful

Cremesheen Glass in Deelight

Swatches from the left with the flash: Eyeshadow in Grand Entrance, Eyeshadow in Smoke & Diamonds, Iridescent Powder in Belightful, Zoomlash Mascara in Zoomblack and Cremesheen Glass in Deelight

Swatches without the flash

Swatches of Smoke & Diamonds with the Frost finish on the left and with the Starflash finish on the right with the flash

Without the flash

Eyeshadow in Grand Entrance, Eyeshadow in Smoke & Diamonds and Zoomlash Mascara in Zoomblack

Cremesheen Glass in Deelight

I really this set, but I wish it was easier to track down. As a travel exclusive, it mostly hangs out at select airports and duty free stores.

I guess that’s (part of) the beauty of these the travel exclusives — the thrill of the chase.

PRICE: about $40
AVAILABILITY: At select airports and duty free stores
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Was your Monday manic or mellow?

Mine was fairly mellow. The relentless rain started to get me down, but dinner with El Hub cheered me up. It was nothing fancy, just this Italian place at the mall… I was craving pasta somethin’ fierce, perhaps because I watched Godfather II last night for the billionth time, and I’m PMS-ing (you know how it is).

The third one you can have,Pixi Turned Target Into a Magic Kingdom With the New Disney Pixi PixiGlow Collection, but I never get tired of the first two…

I hope your week got off to a great start. What was the highlight of your day?

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Beauty Snacks- Sites of the Day, August 8

Beauty Snacks: Sites of the Day, August 8

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BBC – Thread
In true BBC fashion (i.e. quality), BBC – Thread is a monthly online fashion magazine dedicated to eco-fabulous style. It has to be experienced to be fully appreciated, and I can’t do it justice in print. The interface sort of grows organically under your mouse pointer as you explore each month’s different feature articles,Cheap NFL Jerseys, images and videos. Very cool.

BeThree
BeThree hopes to stand out in the growing crowd of online-only women’s social communities/magazines. With sections on beauty, lifestyle & trends, nutrition,Cheap Jerseys, travel, life coaching and more, at first glance it looks like its competitors. So, what sets it apart? Spend two minutes on the site, and I think you’ll agree: there’s much to be said for a basic blog layout — clean, simple,On the Road Again With the Bobbi Brown Rose Shimmer Brick, a Traveling Semi-Exclusive, not overstimulating. Sometimes less IS more.

Benefit Cosmetics
Ever since the trip to the Benefit counter last week, I’ve been enamored with the line. They have so many fun and quirky makeup products with the *cutest* packaging. Did you know they’re based in SF? Bay Area represent!

Amazon.com – Women’s Interest Magazines
Huge savings on magazine subscriptions. I forgot that Amazon.com sold magazine subscriptions, too. They sell everything else,Coach Outlet, LOL! Self for $12/year ($1/issue), InStyle for $23.88/year ($1.84/issue), Vanity Fair for $15/year ($1.25/issue) — some of the best deals in magazine subscriptions I’ve ever seen,Louis Vuitton outlet online,21 Ways to Store Your Makeup, some as much as 80% off the cover price.


5ives
Just bizarre and thought-provoking lists of 5. That’s it — lists. 5 rejected titles for the latest Coldplay record,Discount Coach Purses, 5 “Web 2.0″ ways to break up with your boyfriend, 5 more terrible fake reality TV shows, 5 terrible fake names for villages in England… I. Love. Lists.

I’m at a work lunch in a town called Brisbane today, which is a couple miles south of San Francisco. It’s kinda foggy down here. I’m glad I brought a sweater. I hope you’re having a great Friday so far.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Can I Read Your Hourglass Aura- The Hourglass Aura

Can I Read Your Hourglass Aura? The Hourglass Aura Collection for Spring 2011

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Once upon a time, I had my aura read in a Las Vegas bathroom. I know it sounds a little pervy in a George Michael kinda way, but it was all good,Cheap NFL Jerseys, clean (if not totally random) fun.

I was in town for a wedding and went to the restroom to wash my hands before the reception dinner. There was a woman at the sink next to me, and she was intensely staring at my reflection in the mirror.

I smiled at her while preparing to jet, ’cause, you know, in the movies, nothing good ever happens when strangers stare at you in public bathrooms. And that’s when she said, “Your aura’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen before.”

Um…thank you?

Some people believe that each of us has an aura, a field of radiant,Louis Vuitton outlet, luminous color that surrounds us. These fields,Cheap Christian Louboutin Shoes, which are invisible to all but a few gifted individuals who are able to perceive them, are unique combinations of colors, like pigmented fingerprints, and I can only imagine how beautiful they must look.

I got to chatting with the woman in the restroom, who as luck would have it turned out not to be a serial killer (BIG relief). She was a kind of mystic and insisted on giving me a quick reading right there at the sink. She described my aura as an unusually bright mix of beautiful yellow and orange.

How intriguing! Perhaps almost as intriguing as the Hourglass Aura Collection for lips and cheeks.

This spring the luxury indie line is introducing six new permanent products to improve your aura in a few quick clicks. For the record,Cheap Jerseys,Two Ways to Win a $50 eGift Card from Sephora!_11111, I’m pretty sure they’re referring to a different kind of aura than the one I heard about in the restroom, LOL!

Hourglass, a relatively new line known for their foundations and powders, loves elegant packaging,The Bronze Goddess Is Back- Estee Lauder Summer 2010, smooth textures and wearable colors. They remind me a lot of Becca.

Their products are on the expensive side, but the few I’ve tried perform well, especially the Extreme Sheen lipglosses, which I lurve.

Spring’s Aura Sheer Lip Stains ($26) and Aura Sheer Cheek Stains ($45) promise to boost your aura by gracing your lips and cheeks with lovely sheer washes of color.

These liquidy gel stains, with colors Hourglass interestingly describes as halfway between a stain and a tint (hmm!), come with convenient twist-up pens and sponge-tip applicators. They sound like good picks for busy days when I don’t want to bother with brushes.

Hourglass claims they based the concept on ’70s California fashion — easy, relaxed, subtle, ethereal, natural looking and transparent.

The lip stains are coming in three shades — deep berry Scarlet, pinkish coral Flush and pinkish beige Petal — dry to a semi-matte finish, while the cheek stains, which dry to a similar semi-matte finish,coach outlet online, are coming in the same Flush and Petal shades, as well as a third shade called Rouge (a rose).

Aura Lip Stains from left: Petal and Scarlet. Not pictured: Flush.

Aura Cheek Stains from left: Petal and Rouge. Not pictured: Flush

All of the new products are supposed to layer well for when you want more punch from your colors.

They are expensive, for sure, and that’s no fun, but I’m curious. I wonder what my aura will think?

Look for them at Sephora (in stores and online) and Barneys New York this spring.

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I really need to stop watching food shows before bed…

I know I’m many years late to this party, but I’ve just started watching Top Chef, and now I’m totally hooked.

I’m working (and eating) my way through the Las Vegas season, watching episodes on my laptop in bed. Consequently, I’ve been waking up a lot hungrier than usual.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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Mother’s Day Gorgeous Gift Ideas- Roger

Mother’s Day Gorgeous Gift Ideas: Roger & Gallet Bois d’Orange Fresh Fragrant Water,Cheap NFL Jerseys

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Mark your calendars! Here in the States, May 13 is Mother’s Day (click here to find out when it falls in your country). Want to get Mom something special this year? Looking for gift ideas? Check back over the next few days for a different Mother’s Day gorgeous gift idea (a new special something with which to spoil Mom).

My mom is the only person I know who makes a sour face whenever she drinks orange juice. She scrunches up her nose and knits her brow, as if she’s just bitten into the sourest lemon on planet earth.

To this day, whenever I see a carton of orange juice, I think of my mom standing in front of the fridge at home with a glass of juice in her hand. “It has vitamin C,Cheap Jerseys,” she’d say,Discount Coach Handbags, and then slam it down and make that funny face. “Very good for you,Coach Factory Outlet Online!”

LOL!

Okay, so she may not be crazy about orange juice, but she absolutely adores citrus scents. If your mom does, too,Christian Louboutin Replica Shoes, she just might love Bois d’Orange Emperor Fresh Fragrant Water, a limited edition fragrance from Roger & Gallet, a 150-year-old French fragrance line.

Moms who appreciate hard-to-find luxury brands might like that it isn’t carried in every store. It can be hard to find here in the U.S. This particular bottle, one of three new pieces in the limited edition Emperor collection, is currently available online at Shop Londons (you can also find permanent Roger & Gallet fragrance,MAC To The Beach- A Bit of Blue for a Rainy Spring Day, body and bath items online at Dermstore).

A few spritzes of this light and fresh citrus scent last about three hours on me, like a body splash, and here’s a fun fact: The tall, thin bottle is flat along one side…just like the fragrance bottles favored by Napoleon I.

His soldiers liked bottles shape liked that because it made them easier to slip into a boot.

This post is part of series called Mother’s Day Gorgeous Gift Ideas. For more ideas, check out…

• La Petite Patisserie Trio From Laura Mercier
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• Roger & Gallet Bois d’Orange

Bois d’Orange is a very bright, fresh fragrance — not overly girly — and almost gender neural, so don’t be surprised if Dad tries to bogart a spritz for himself here and there.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, July 18,

Karen

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