Beauty, beauty, beauty, all year long.  With so many products we shared and so many products that we couldn’t live without, we thought why not do a 2008 beauty round-up and recap all of our favorite beauty goodies.

10. 2009 Beauty Forcast -Top 10 Ingredients list. Although this list is meant for the coming year, it was posted on Aging Fabulous in 2008. It is a list of ingredients that will be making their way into most beauty products next year. Some are already key elements in skin care lines right now. My favorite, the Acai Berry, is known as the “Fountain of Youth” berry for it high counts of anti-oxidants, amino’s, and omega’s. So, so, good for you!

9. The Pedi-Relax Line. Great foot creams for anyone who is on their feet as much as I am. Oh my gosh from the second I started using these creams my feet have been feeling so soft and smooth. No other cream has ever worked as well as these. Love them!

8. No one does a shimmer brick better than Bobbi Brown. I loved them from the first time she pulled her own sample out to show me, and still continue to use them whenever I work. They are so much fun to use and the Copper Diamond Shimmer Brick which is a limited-edition, rocks!!! I live for this one especially, so of course I had to stock up like a good little make-up artist would:) Big Kiss Bobbi!

7. One of my very favorite gift sets for the holidays. The Happy Thoughts PDA set from Clinique. I would have purchased just for the absolutely darling sleek, silver case. This was a big hit for a few of my BFF’s. So sorry I didn’t get a few more. Oh well will have to wait until next year.

6. NeilGeorge Everyday Cleanse and Conditioner. These products are, as my son would say “off the hook“. I have been loving my hair ever since I started using these two “must have” hair care essentials. They have a list of celebrities who swear by these products and I have to say they are on point. Simple, chic packaging, amazing smell, fantastic products!

5. Smashbox Halo Hydrating Perfecting Powder. I went out and bought this the same day I wrote my post about it, and all I can say is “where have you been all my life?” This is some powder. It is so fine and gives your skin a flawless finish. I just love the brush it comes with too! Smashbox is really on the cutting edge when it comes to cosmetics.

4. My list wouldn’t be complete without mentioning my absolute favorite Eyebrow Stencils from Anastasia. Why spend the extra time filling in your brows stroke by stroke, when you can achieve perfection using these stencils from Anastasia. They are for sure the best stencils and the easiest to use. Lots of kits to choose from and all very affordable.

3. Shu-Uemura Rich Black Mascara. Still my first love and the one I still have after so many years. Yes, I have others that I love too, but this Shu is just the best.

2. SPF Cream from Somme Institute. I have just run out of this fabulous cream and I am scraping the last bit of it with a brush to get the last drop. The smell alone is worth checking out. I have the entire line of products, and love them all. Their latest is a neck cream which I have just started using.

1. The last beauty product to make my Top 10 List for 2008 is Duwop’s Doubleglow7. This is one product I just can’t live without. I use it everyday and on almost every shoot. It looks amazing worn alone, or as a primer underneath foundation. This is the beauty bomb in a very good way!

So there you have it. I hope you enjoy checking each one out! I wish everyone the most amazing new year and the very best in 2009! As always thank you for keeping Aging Fabulous on your beauty radar.

Kisses,

Beth

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As Anastasia is the queen of eyebrows, she knows a thing or two about tweezers. Her slant tipped tweezers easily grasp each hair and make eyebrow shaping a cinch.

For Breast Cancer Awareness month, these tweezers are pretty in pink, and the net proceeds from the sale of these tweezers benefit the Women’s Cancer Research Fund.

Anastasia’s tweezers can be purchased for $28 wherever her products are sold, including her website and Sephora.

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Well, that would be me trying to pluck my eyebrows on an almost daily basis. Sometimes the light is just not right, and time is of the essence.

Sephora must have read my mind when they decided to launch these Illuminating Tweezers.

You see, these stainless steel slanted tip tweezers not only grasp even the tiniest of eyebrow hairs, the very bright, white light illuminates the small area to be plucked. They even come in a durable case with mirror.

Genius!

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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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For instance, I have a very thick, wiry hair growing out on my collarbone. Strange. I am afraid to pluck it or wax it, so I am just keeping it short by trimming it a few times a week. Then there are the strangely long hairs growing in my eyebrows almost overnight. And plucking these babies hurt. They really hurt. And the long ones are thicker and darker than the normal eyebrow hairs. And the gray hair – these are popping up everywhere – you know what I mean?

What can I do about it? Nothing. Yup – nothing. It is part of growing old and entering into pre-menopause the good doc tells me.

I will say it again. It sucks. I am so not looking forward to full blown menopause.

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