Oh how I love something new – and really love something cool and new.  This new line of cosmetics from super hot designers Rock & Republic fits the bill.
Launching on September 15th is a 116 piece collection of cosmetics that care for your skin – and the super cool packaging doesn’t hurt their cause.  What do I want to try, you might ask (or you might not, but I’m gonna tell you anyway…lol)?
Classic Tinted Primer – I am *oh so* picky about primers.  I have only tried two that I like – Smashbox  and Perfect Teint.  That’s it.   But I …read more

Have you used any freeze 24-7 products yet?  Honestly, I can’t quite decide for myself if I am a huge fan or not.  I have been sporadically using their Instant Smoother and Brightener – I keep using it though, and that says something.  My biggest beef with that product is the packaging, I think.  I struggle to open the dern thing, every time.  They have won tons of beauty awards, so I think they deserve a really good try, for sure. 
For some reason, their new product, Eyecing, is intriguing me.  Maybe it is because I am turning 40 …read more

Ok, I admit it.  Sometimes I get sucked in by great sales pitches on HSN (and QVC, and my alma mater JTV).  Such a thing happened a few days before I left for SXSW.  I was having a sleepless night and watching M. Asam present on HSN.  They have a line of anti-aging face care that really, compared to what I spend on my skin care normally, is quite a reasonable price.  I was doing well resisting until they pulled out the Perfect Teint.  I wish I had a clip of the video, because MAN was it convincing.  What …read more

Oh boy, do I ever love Elizabeth Arden’s Double Density Mascara. It finds and accentuates every lash I have – and in combination with the Lash Optimizer (which is a moisturizing primer), below, it is as close to looking like false lashes without the fiber-y extenders as I have ever used. I swear it found lashes I never knew I had. No more thinking my lashes are sparse and stubby! There is no clumping – the brush is dense and full – and no smudging or flaking at all. And at a reasonable price of …read more

Smashbox has made yet another improvement on their hot-selling (and much loved by all) Photo Finish Primer – they have added sunscreen and a moisturizer. I wonder if it will change the silicone consistancy of the primer to one that is slightly more palatable to me? I don’t know, but I definitely think it is worth a try, and it is definitely going on my Sephora list! You know how I love sunscreen.    I need to take a trip to Houston soon…
Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer SPF 15 With Dermaxyl Complex is available …read more

Cavewoman, at BlogdorfGoodman, has been spending much time reviewing primers of late, and has quite a few on the list now. Here are a few that you might be interested in looking at:

Elizabeth Arden’s Good Morning Serum (not bad)
Nars Primer (not so great)
Clinique Primer (eek!)
Revlon Vital Radiance (pretty good)
Shiseido Brightening Veil (hated it!)

LaPrarie Rose Illusion (primer perfection)

Smashbox Photo Finish (the primer against which all others are compared – the uber primer!)