I know what your thinking……multigrain makeup??  Yes people, multi-grain.  Formulated with a wholesome blend of oats, grains and antioxidants, Origins Multi-Grain™ Makeup SPF 14 is Fortified with oats, vitamins and minerals provides good-for-you buildable coverage while naturally boosting skin’s health. Say goodbye to discolorations and imperfections as this first-of-its-kind grains foundation leaves skin soothed, perfected and naturally radiant.  This makeup is good for your skin which is a huge change and shift in the right direction as far as I’m concerned.

Organic Oatmeal is known to soothe, moisturize and help protect dry skin and can help to absorb excess dirt and …read more

I love dual purpose products, and my latest favorite is from Smashbox, I just tried this the other day and I am in lurve. Their HALO Hydrating Perfecting Powder is the first anti-aging powder with the science of skin care built in. It’s advanced formulation of pure gold, 48 minerals, 11 amino acids and a powerful peptide deliver powerful anti-aging benefits while the patented hydration system continuously revitalizes skin and provides a hydrated look that won’t accentuate lines and wrinkles. The built-in shaver allows for the convenience of a pressed powder combined with the radiant finish of a loose …read more

Looking for a foundation that feels light but has amazing coverage? Giorgio Armani Beauty’s Lasting Silk Foundation with UV SPF 20 is the ticket. “Starlight proof, spotlight proof, in a new liquid silk texture.” This is Armani’s answer to the HDTV foundation world.  It is a high resistance make-up that gives a luminous semi-matte finish that is super long lasting (up to 20 hours!).   So you will get long lasting weightless feeling coverage without that heavy foundation feel….fabulous!
The secret lies in a special high-tech Microfil™ fine milling process that combines water essence, micronised optical effect particles, high tech fitting …read more

Cover Girl and Olay have teamed up to create a line of beauty products for aging fabulously. Their goal was to develop products that would have the benefit of a serum built into the color.
This breakthrough formula with Olay Regenerist Serum and SPF 22 is intended to stay suspended over fine lines and wrinkles, like a mineral powder that sits on the surface on your skin so not to clog your pores.  Combining CoverGirl’s color cosmetics with Olay’s Regenerist serum, the formulation boasts a new solid emulsion technology that creates a veil like finish over the skin’s imperfections, meaning …read more

Have you tried this newest powder from smashbox? A powder that reduces fine lines & wrinkles in 10 minutes? It’s the first anti-aging powder that has built in ingredients to care for your skin as well. Halo Hydrating Perfecting Powder uses an advanced formulation of pure gold, 48 minerals, 11 amino acids, and a powerful peptide to deliver powerful anti-aging benefits to your skin. The patented hydration system continuously revitalizes the skin for a brighter, more radiant complexion.
Clinical studies show that after just 10 minutes there is a 33% decrease in the appearance of wrinkles around the eyes. After six …read more

I was on my way to a shoot and needed something a little more sheer than the creams I usually use in my palette. I decided since I was a little pressed for time that I would run into Target. Lately they have started to added quite an array of beauty lines, so I thought why not.
After spending way too much time checking out the latest beauty additions from Celebrity Artists I’ve never heard of, and none of which were very impressive, I landed in front of the Revlon display and found this little gem, Age Defying Spa Foundation. Of …read more

Looking for a fabulous way to make use of beauty products you haven’t been using, but can’t seem to part with? Why not add a little gel bronzer, or shimmer to a pale foundation and give yourself and instant glow. Shake well to blend all colors and apply with a sponge or foundation brush for a beautiful natural color.
I am famous for mixing things together. I do it whenever I am working and on myself as well. My newest combination is one squirt CoverFX foundation, one of the best for amazing coverage.

One squirt moisturizer (at the moment my Avon Anew …read more

Radiant and restored. Though it is hard to feel like it every day, you can look the part, with some help. I need to preface this with the fact that I am skeptical about certain makeup products, especially ones that promise “certain” wonders.
Enter Covergirl’s Advanced Radiance Restorative Cream Foundation. The premise of this foundation is to not only provide coverage for what we want to hide, but to enhance and hydrate as well. In the end, to give the skin the luminous look of a full nights sleep. This foundation contains more complexion enhancing ingredients then I can fathom. But …read more

We don’t always wear foundation, so why choose a foundation for your daily dose of sun protection? Instead look for a moisturizer instead. And while I’m on the topic, think for a moment. Do you apply as much foundation to your skin as you would a moisturizer. You want the best protection, so choose a moisturizer and it should have an SPF factor of no less than twenty-five. In the years to come, this number could easily increase.

And you might have looked just gorgeous without foundation a few years ago, but as we get older, our skin tones seem to take on a mind of their own. You might not be able to put your finger on it, but you have started to notice that something just isn’t right.
What has happened is that with time, the skin tones have become uneven and your one time smooth complextion, suddenly needs a little help. The answer might be as simple as a sheer foundation. If you need help picking the right product, a quick trip to the …read more