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Basically, L’Oreal commissioned a usage survey, asking 4,000 women in the US and in 4 European nations about what they used and why.

The results are very interesting! Essentially, women have changed the shades they usually purchase – the look now is more “natural,” but are still using their favorite products.

Here’s some other results:

– Half of women think wearing makeup at work makes them appear more in control, and in result, gives them an advantage
– 40% of women are wearing more neutral shades now than they wore before the recession started

This is where the lipstick index allusion comes in – many women wear makeup because it makes them feel more self-confident and it also improves their self-image (this is over 80%!), and 90% have not changed their makeup usage despite the economic situation!

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Estee Lauder Cosmetics

Here’s some of what you will find in this new collection:

Powder for Eyes, Cheeks, Face in Pink Shimmer
Signature Eyeshadow Quad in Rose Gold
Signature Lipstick in Cinnamon
Signature Lipstick in Plum Terracotta
Pure Color Multi-Shimmer Gloss in Rose Gold
Pure Color Nail Lacquer in Rose Gold

Signature Eyeshadow Quad in Amethyst
Signature Lipstick in Rose Amethyst
Signature Lipstick in Plum Amethyst

Pure Color Multi-Shimmer Gloss in Rose Amethyst
Pure Color Nail Lacquer in Black Amethyst

Golds, pinks and purples are huge all over the style palette this Fall, so there’s no surprise it’s appearing in beauty as well!

I should have my samples in the coming weeks – will post again as soon as I try it out and see how it looks!

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Twilight is launching its own make-up range, and yep, we’re talking about the film! It’s already been used on the next installment The Twilight Saga: New Moon – which has just finished shooting – and will hopefully be on sale by the end of this year. Made by the quirky DuWop, the cult US brand that bought us Lip Venom, we hear they’ll be making a special Twilight version which will be separated so that one half of the lip plumper will look like blood.

I am excited about this, for sure! But as I know nothing of the movie outside of Robert Pattinson being hot, and an awesome jacket by my fave designer BB Dakota being featured in the movie at some point, by some character, who I do not actually know the story behind. (My friend Amber of Beauty Blogging Junkie, who is a big Twilight/Robert Pattinson fan and knows this movie about as backward and forward as I know Buffy has promised a viewing – I may have to ask her for remedial instruction instead!)

For those even less in the know than me, Twilight is a romanticized vampire book/movie series (Yes, like Buffy! So I almost have to dig it), and that would explain the whole venom-tastic blood limp plumper. I say all girls need at least one great red, and if it ends up ALSO being a cool tie-in to the movie everyone else but me has seen, bloody fantastic! (To sound like Spike, who is not in this movie, but WAS in Buffy…which is actually all I know about anything.)

Image: Zuma Press

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Dr. Nicholas Perricone’s cosmeceutical skin care line

PerriconeMD’s Lynda Berkowitz, VP of Sales, tells WWD the reason for making these changes to the aesthetic of the system: “It used to be that she relied on the recommendation of her dermatologist or aesthetician. Now she has the confidence to make her own decision.”  Good for you!

The line now is divided into color coded categories (which I think is a GREAT change for the better):  Age Prevent for youthful skin, Age Correct for fine lines, Age Less to plump deep lines and sagging skin, Skin Clear to treat and prevent acne and Targeted care for specific needs.

I love Perricone’s products, but one of my biggest beefs with them was that there were so many products in little brown jars that it was really hard to pick and choose what you needed.  This should solve that.  My other beef is that all those little jars are crazy expensive.  But hopefully now that I know what I need via the color codes I won’t waste money trying to discern all those little jars now. 

via WWD (check out a preview image of the product line here)

And check out Dr. Perricone’s latest book, Ageless Face, Ageless Mind at Amazon.

Image:  Amazon.com

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So Jack is ill and everyone is crying – tick tock – whats the story? He is a doll, I hope he isn’t too sick.

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Ok, so OMG – I just did a little poking around the internet, and Ill be damned if he doesn’t have…

(this is a spoiler, so I’ll talk more about this after the jump)

MRSA. Unbelievable. Unbelievable how this is touching our lives everywhere we turn. I haven’t rattled on too much about it lately, but my hubby had an MRSA infection in his spinal column 3 years ago, and was on life support for 2 weeks, and in the hospital for a month. Thank God he is doing wonderfully today. And we know from the gossip rags that Jack is doing well too – or sure appears to be having the time of his life – so big hugs to him. Lord only knows what he has been through. I would suspect that he will be leaving the show tonight, with his HIV+ status, and the potential that MRSA has to absolutely bring you down, there is no way he could continue with the stress that competition must put on your body. I sure hope he leaves anyway. And darn it, I just about had him to win. Poor guy.

If you need resources on MRSA, we run (with a great deal of help of a few AMAZING people) a wonderful forum at http://forum.mrsaresources.com, as well as a good many other things to read and pour over at http://www.mrsaresources.com, and my hubbys full story is at http://www.mrsastory.com. Keep your immune system in good health, and wash your hands obsessive/compulsively, for goodness sake. Basic hygiene and a strong body has never been so important as it is these days.

Ok so I am too surprised to go on about PR anymore, but by George, I will be watching – now 45 min and counting! Enjoy!

(Thanks BPR and Gratz for the info!)

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Jan Marini’s Age Intervention Eyelash Conditioner ($160) (a new product made in response to the embargo of the Age Intervention Eyelash last year)

Athena Cosmetics RevitaLash ($150)

PhotoMedex’s MD Lash Factor ($140)

This is the eyelash product that I use on occasion, and the company claims that it is not made from the same product, but the closest I can get to the ingredient is “Eyelash Growth Promoter Complex”:

DermaLash from DermaQuest ($90)

These types of products will most likely not cause permanent change, meaning that you will have to keep using them to keep reaping the benefits, and you should be able to use them on your eyebrows if yours are sparse. I have honestly been too willy-nilly, and too skeptical to keep using them for a long period of time, so I don’t have a great testimony to offer you, but I think I will give my DermaLash a better try now and see what happens.

Now, should you want to try Lumigan itself on your lashes, there is no law barring your doctor from prescribing it to you, as once a prescription drug is approved by the FDA, it can be prescribed for anything. The trick is finding a doctor who will do it. I would love to hear from any of you who are doing this. Is it easy to get doctors to prescribe this for you? Have you found one who won’t? What are their concerns with using Lumigan without glaucoma?

Source: Wall Street Journal

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Dashing Diva is really wonderful nail polish – the colors are beautiful and the polish is great quality – and at $8 a pop, its very reasonably priced. The downside is that you can’t find the colors in the promotion online, they are only in their salons. Hopefully you are lucky enough to have a Dashing Diva salon somewhere near you! Sadly, I am not lucky like that.

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My beloved Project Runway judge, Michael Kors, has manufactured a cutey little makeup bag, with 5% of its $38 price tag going to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. This bag measures 8″ x 6″ x 2.5″, and you have to look to see it, but the zipper pull is a pink metal/enamel breast cancer ribbon.

Im putting up a picture – just so I can get you fired up about Project Runway coming back like I am! Wednesday, November 14th – 10pm – are you ready??????

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Check out Dove’s Campaign For Real Beauty – a campaign that is embraced by so many of us “real people.” And for an extra treat, check out the gorgeous Pascalle at Hot Mama Daily, and her video appraisal of one of Dove’s newest deodorant offerings, Ultimate Clear.

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If you see something great that you think we should know about, please feel free to let me know by leaving a comment, or shooting me an email (christina@b5media.com). There is so much great pink in the world, and so little time to cover it all.

Also, I always do an October donation to Susan G. Komen for the Cure (see our Passionately Pink for the Cure effort from last year) so this month, I will donate $1 for every comment left on eBeautyDaily during this month, so please come out of the woodwork and say hi if you have never done so before, ok? It’s for a great cause – and I do love to hear from you!

If you wish to donate directly to breast cancer research/support causes, you might look into one of these highly rated charities:

Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Cancer and Careers

Living Beyond Breast Cancer

National Breast Cancer Foundation

Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization

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