If you tend to over-tweeze or just have sparse brows to begin with, the queen of the eyebrows, Anastasia Soare, has created a product designed to help.

This is NuBrow. NuBrow is a clear gel that is formulated with proteins and vitamins to encourage faster hair growth, making brows fuller and thicker. IN as little as 4 – 6 weeks, you can notice the difference.

The non-greasy formula should be applied each day, even with makeup, and soon you will notice that your sparse brows are sparse no more.

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She has the dress and shoes, which match perfectly. She only sports a French manicure, so that’ll work. She just needed some help for her lips.

I came upon a wonderful beauty tip from Ross Burton, National Artistic Director for Lancôme.

To create a dramatic red lip that stays on all night, here’s my best trick: Start by applying concealer with Concealer Brush #8 around the lip area. this defines the lips and gives the color staying power so it doesn’t migrate from the lips as it wears. Then apply the shade of red you are most comfortable with. Also, if you are wearing a strong lip, go for a light eye – this will creative balance and allow the lips to garner the attention they deserve.

I will definitely help her try this. And if she is brave enough, I will post a picture or two of the lovely lady in red.

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It is not too late to leave a comment. Remember, that I will donate $1 for every comment left on this blog until midnight tonight to The National Brain Tumor Foundation. And if you would, please visit my other two blogs I write for, Beautiful Makeup Search and Pretty by Nature, and just copy your comment there as well. It will mean more money for a cure.

I am excited to say that the members of The Beauty Blog Network have all asked our beauty business partners for their support as well, and many of them donated some fabulous goodies that we are auctioning off on ebay later this week. We have over $1000 in products that will be auctioned off with all of the monies going to the American Cancer Society. I will post a link to that as soon as it is live.

So to those of you who have left a comment, I thank you. And for those of you who haven’t, get commenting – please!!! And I thank you in advance.

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• Smashbox Photofinish Primer – I don’t know what took me so long, but I cannot live without this now.
• Tarte Cosmetic’s Lights. Camera, Lashes! Mascara – I think this is my hg mascara find.
• Bare Escentuals Get Started Kit – a great kit to get started with BareMinerals, and I am happy to have finally become a BEliever.
• Lancome Flash Retouche Concealer – I use this daily to cover and brighten my under eye area.
• BourJois Lip Gloss Cell Phone Charm – the cutest and best accessory ever!
• Clinique Brush On Cream Eye liner – so easy to use and blend – and stay on all day!
• Bliss Spiff Upper Lip – I use this twice a day to fill in lines, plump my lips, and stop hair growth.
• DuWop Revolotion Face – a tinted moisturizer that lightens, brightens, and covers.
• ModelCo Tan Airbrush in a Can – the best body self-tanner I have ever tried.
• Philosophy’s Purity Cleanser – I don’t think I will ever use anything else to cleanse and freshen.
• Essie Nail Polishes – too many to name, but they continue to work the best for me.
• Estee Lauder High Gloss Lip Gloss – a lip gloss fave that I have multiples of.

Do we share any of the favorites I have listed?

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Here is a list of what I am reading now:

• Decorating Idea Book
• Dr. Andrew Weil’s Guide to Optimum Health: A Complete Course on How to Feel Better, Live Longer, and Enhance Your Health Naturally
• Landscaping with Stone
• New Complete Guide to Landscaping: Design, Plant, Build
• Bobbi Brown Living Beauty
• Pure Skin: Organic Beauty Basics
• The Tween Years : A Parent’s Guide for Surviving Those Terrific, Turbulent, and Trying Times
• 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List

What is on your reading list?

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“With sandal season upon us, here is one of my favorite secrets from my book, Passport To Beauty, to get your tootsies in tip top shape!

Sugar and Spice Equals Skin So Nice !

Sweeten the deal by exfoliating away rough spots the way of the Greeks-olive oil and sugar. The oil loosens layers of dead skin, while the sugar carries them off.

Greek Sugar Body Scrub
Ingredients:
1/4 cup sugar
3-4 tablespoons of olive oil
Mix ingredients to form a thick paste. Apply liberally in the shower and massage in a circular motion.”

Thanks, Shalini, for the fabulous tip.

Be sure to check out Shalini Vadhera’s book Passport to Beauty. She takes you on a journey all over the world to find out the beauty secrets from different women of different regions and cultures. This book is a must read, especially when sitting by the pool or relaxing at the beach this Summer.

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Nowadays, when I am at the beach, I plop myself down under an umbrella, but what about the years in the past?

I remember sunning myself for hours on end as a teenager. I used Crisco, Baby Oil, and tanning oils with no sunscreen in them. You know all the tings that promised the deepest darkest tan. So un-safe.

Please practice safety in the sun. Every 67 minutes someone dies from melanoma – the deadliest type of skin cancer. We must do something about it, especially now, as May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month.

I was so glad to hear that Olay has teamed up with the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery to bring more awareness to this very serious Cancer. Visit their website to get the facts and set yourself up for a free screening.

First be scared. Here are some frightening statistics that I found on the site:
* One person dies every hour from skin cancer.
* One in five Americans will develop skin cancer.
* Skin cancer in women under 40 has tripled in the past 30 years.
* Five sunburns double a woman’s chance of getting skin cancer.
* UV exposure at tanning salons is just as risky as sunbathing outside.
* People with fair skin that burns rather than tans, people with red hair and people with blue eyes are at greater risk of developing skin cancer.
* People who have many (extensive) freckles on their upper back are at a greater risk of developing skin cancer.
* People who have a history of sunburns, especially during childhood, are at a greater risk.
* The depletion of the ozone layer may be significantly affecting the incidence of melanoma.
* Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and exposure at high altitudes are the most dangerous times to be exposed to the sun.
* Those with an impaired immune system — especially those who have had an organ transplant, leukemia or lymphoma — are at a greater risk of melanoma.
* According to one study, the use of a sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher during the first 18 years of life would cut lifetime risk of melanoma by 78%.

I am urging you…

Be smart. Play it safe. Sun-Safe!

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One of the most important things for those in their 50’s to do is to incorporate exercise into your daily routine.

By exercising, you should be able to keep your blood sugar levels in good control, preventing diabetes and positively affecting your blood pressure and heart rate. Exercise is also very important for healthy bones – osteoporosis prevention, possibly.

An easy thing to do is to incorporate weight bearing/resistance exercises to strengthen your bones. Resistance exercise to help build your bone means that you exercise to the point of exhaustion. Lets say you are lifting a dumbbell, you need to do as many reps in order to exhaust that muscle. And you will know when it is exhausted when you simply can’t do another lift with that muscle. This is the point that the resistance is enough so that you begin building more bone.

The Exercise Data Base has a great selection of resistance exercises for you to follow. Try it and let me know how you feel.

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In the comments, could you please, very briefly, tell me your anti-aging advice or tip. I plan to put a few to the test and will write about their effectiveness and list them all in a post later in the month.

We can all benefit from each others tips and tricks, don’t you think?

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