OK, I promise: This shall be my final pre-Halloween beauty post.
(Mostly because Halloween starts in about a half hour.)
First of all, I’m loving the new Sephora Halloween Kit -it’s only $19, and gives all sorts of fabulously Halloween-appropriate looks, all in one box.
The kit has anything you may need to create the look of a doll, fairy, and angel, including: False Eyelashes, Round a Pot in Beach Ball, Glitter Spray in Silver, Slim Eyeliner in Black, Slim Eyeliner in White, and Luminous Glow.
Why is this great? Well, if you are still looking for tips right now, you probably still have …read more

As promised!
A few months ago, I met Lauren Luke at her Sephora launch event, and LOVE her. So, when I saw she had updated her YouTube with some fabulous new tips for Halloween makeup, I had to share them here!
For those who don’t know, Lauren is the beauty-blog-queen of of the UK. Her YouTube channel has over 300,000 subscribers…just to watch her play with makeup. (Geez. Why didn’t I think of that?)
Her ideas are great, though. Check out some below.
Gothic Vampire Look
Lauren used the Twilight Ash eyeshadow from her My Smokey Classics makeup kit to help create this vampy look.
Angel …read more

Are you readying your Halloween beauty look? It’s sometimes a little hard to find the cosmetic component that compliments your costume and hair decisions.
A little guidance is always a good thing! Here are some fab tips from celeb makeup artist Brett Freedman:
Perfect Cat Eyes
Give a silver dusting to the whole lid from lash line to brow line and into the tear duct. Add a sweep of a purple-gray hue to the crease of the eyelid to add depth. Then use a felt tip liquid eyeliner (Brett loves Sephora’s version) and lightly dot on the lid, staying as close as …read more

Right after Fashion Week, I came down with the flu – and the back-to-back abuse to my system had me looking a mess.
Because of that, I was super grateful when New Jersey’s fabulous Melina James, owner of Blu Salon invited me out for a day of recoup (and beauty!).
Melina is the sweetest person ever, and her entire staff clearly likes each other. I told her how rare that is – I’m used to NYC salons where the guy cutting your hair likely last night had a drunken one-nighter with the girl who colored your hair, and now everyone is …read more

Another Bobbi Brown release I’m getting increasingly excited about is their new Chrome Collection.
“Chrome is cool and icy. It’s a very modern, but still pretty way to illuminate the skin,” Bobbi says.
The Chrome Palette is a very cool way of looking at holiday beauty  – especially for those of us who just aren’t feeling the red and jolly.
It’s very icy and shimmering and  10 eye shadows, 4 lip shades, a Mini Eye Shadow Brush and a Mini Lip Brush.
Chrome lips are part of the collection as well, and include Port Lip Color, Chrome Metallic Lip Color and Plum Pearl …read more

I am so excited.
As you probably can tell from my trials of new ones every few weeks, I am a mascara ho. And while I have my absolute favorite of all time (MAC Zoom Lash, I heart you!) – I am super-excited to try new ones that seem to kick things up a notch.
Because, let’s face it, the eyes do have. And sexy eyes can make a BIG difference when trying to play seductress.
I just learned this morning that coming in November – which is, but days away – Bobbi Brown is launching Extreme Party Mascara.
Bobbi Brown says it’ll be …read more

As I was saying – about ten minutes ago – I love gifts with purchase. Even cooler…gifts with no purchase.
The next time you’re browsing through Sephora inside JCPenney at the mall, be sure to take this printable coupon with you.
With the coupon, you get a free sample of your choice of either LORAC TANtalizer Baked Bronzer, or a Mini Couture Shine Liquid Lipstick in Glam. I pretty much think you can’t go wrong – so I say, just, go back twice.

You know how I feel about my coupons for free stuff!
Well, right now at Elizabeth Arden, with coupon code BEAUTY25, we score a FREE 4 piece Deluxe Beauty Box.
The box is pretty cool, it includes a Double Density Maximum Volume Mascara, an Eyeshadow Quad, Mediterranean Eau de Parfum Spray, and a Ceramide Plump Perfect Eye Moisture Cream SPF 15.
As these are all items I’m a fan of anyway, it’s a doubly good deal – especially if you were going shopping there regardless!

This is SUPER-exciting.

The Fairest, the newest private sale site – that focuses exclusively on hot beauty deals – is giving an exclusive discount for MY READERS ONLY!
Visit the site and you’ll score 20% off $50 or more with the code TFEBD20!

For the longest time, I lived under the illusion that cleansing and using a good moisturizer was all my skin needed to look good.
As I grew closer to 30, I realized that was very far from the truth.
Exfoliation is very important. “When you have a layer of thick dead cells, also known as the stratum corneum, what ever you put on in the way of creams and serums has a difficult time penetrating,” says Denise Debois, owner of Complexions Spa For Beauty & Wellness in Albany, NY.
Denise ecommends using a gentle alpha hydroxy acid like lactic acid to gently loosen …read more