I just love Amy, she is a terribly interesting person with her finger in all kinds of pies.  This is a blurb from her profile on b5media.com:

I work at Richmond’s City Hall by day.

I’m a grad student @ VCU (Master of Urban Planning) at night.

On TheScentedLife, I discuss fragrances and offer recommendations for scents that will enhance your life.  I find scent to be one of the senses that I enjoy most.  Many people spend lots of money redecorating their homes, on music and movies to delight the eyes and ears, fluffy towels and high-thread count sheets.  In my world, you’re not really living unless you’re tuned in to the scents around you as well.  This can be as simple as opening a window to enjoy a fresh breeze, or stopping to enjoy the scent of a vine-ripened tomato.   How many times has a scent taken you back in time – a perfume that your grandmother used to wear, or burying your head in your lover’s shirt while he is away on business?   It’s the little things that make our lives special and memorable.

Along with all those other goings on in her life (and read her profile, there is a lot more!), Amy is a perfumer, and you can join her chronicling her perfumery journeys over at her blog, Modern Atelier. 

Amy has a fresh and interesting question up at The Scented Life this morning:  What brands of facial skincare have fragrances you love?  Any repeat offenders that are too highly perfumed?  For me, I am not that sensitive to smells.  Im not crazy about heavily fragranced skin care though at all.  Some of the luxe brands have really heavy “old lady” scents, while not enough to keep me from buying (ha), really aren’t my preference.  How about you?  Don’t answer me, go talk to Amy, she is the pro. 

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Ahhhh, summertime! The most magical and intoxicating time of the year. The sights, the smells…the beauty!

Here at the Beauty & Style channel, this month we’re all about everything summer is made of – and our bloggers have shared the very best sights and smells of the season with you. There’s just nothing better.

And while we’re on the topic of scents, be sure to visit our July Blog of the Month, The Scented Life. Written by the fabulous Amy George, you’ll get daily bytes of all things scent-sual – everything in fragrance for your home, your body, your life.

Join us in celebrating all the glories of summer by checking out our links below and subscribing to our feed.

Enjoy!!

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Our Blog of the Month, The Scented Life is celebrating by giving away one bottle of perfume each week in July. This week’s selection? Badgley Mischka’s Fleurs de Nuit, a $90 value! Enter to win today!

Aging Fabulous is surrounding herself in a beautiful new Summer Scent that is making Teri feel like she is in a tropical paradise.

Find some great beach wear with CelebLOOK as they take a look at Gossip Girls’ Blake Lively on the beach.

Style It Less found a sexy “diamond” string bikini on sale for only $12 that’s available in sizes S, M, and L.

Style Tots suggests a cool and edgy summer hairstyle for boys while school is out.

She Knows Best found some patchwork cargo swim shorts to continue the madras plaid trend for the beach.

Shopaholics Daily wants you to know that the next few months are all about stretching out and enjoying the best of what the summer has to offer. And that means spritzing with a gorgeous summery scent, but did you know that there are the superstitions that go along with those scents? I have listed a few of my favorites, but if you know of one that is not on this list, be sure to leave me a comment. I’m just sure that there are more and I would love to know about them!

Shoe Blitz talks about these fun summer sandals that are cute, comfortable and affordable too.

Glamour Gift Guide features the Citrus Spa Gift Basket, which is a terrific gift for someone who loves the scent of oranges, lemons and other summer citrus.

Banging Bags says: It’s the time of year where blushing brides are everywhere! To help ease some of the tremendous work that bride’s have in getting ready for that special day, I have found the perfect bridal gift favors. They are scented sachet purses that can be used as bridal gifts for her bridesmaids. They are tiny, scent-filled pockets of wonder! A cute gift really for any occasion.

Gleaming Things loves the sweetly scented life – especially when you can smell like these adorable cupcakes!

Her Accessories has an odd confession to make – one of her favorite smells is leather, especially new leather handbags!

Snarkstress shares a perennial summer sight with you: A hot celeb bod in a bikini. This time, it’s Lisa Rinna, and she is something to aspire to, for sure!

Teen Style Lounge invites you to score the best summer sight of all: Gorgeous Skin! Enter to win a tube of Clean & Clear In-Shower Facial and you’re on your way to skin greatness!

eBeauty Daily keeps your peepers looking summer-iffic with a fabulous no-smudge mascara tip.

Chic by Nature took a chic break from eco-fashion to fall in love with Sage perfume oils. They’re totally natural and smell pretty.

You can almost smell the beach when you look at the mesh swimsuit found over at Indie Style File. Retro, demure and sexy all in one.

Makeup Minute found a way that you can brighten your smile this summer and moisturize your lips at the same time…with tarte cosmetics and BriteSmile’s enbrightenmint of course!

From Manscaping a few good reads for guys and, believe it or not, a manscaping music video.

Pretty By Nature is crazy about the smell of vanilla .It’s even better when it comes in the form of a lovely eco-friendly fragrance oil.!

The Daily Tee counts down their 5 favorite t-shirts of summer and invite you to share your faves, too!

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Summertime might as well be renamed “Smudging Time” as far as I’m concerned. It’s a common sight of summer – the heat and humidity can wipe out an entire face full of makeup lickety-split. But if there is one makeup essential I refuse to leave my domain without, it’s mascara. Seriously, my lashes (which are loooong, but sparse) disappear without it. So it is of utmost importance to keep that ’scara on my fringe, agreed?

Now while most of us know to start at the base of the lash and gently work our way from root to tip, what happens when you get to the tip and end up smudging onto your lid? The lid that happens to hold your painstakingly applied concealer and shadow, both base and accent colors. The lid that took you ages to perfect and seconds to destroy? Yeah, that one.

Well, here’s a tip I learned from Woman’s World magazine that I will now use ’til the end of time. Give it a try – it’s as close to miraculous as falsies (lashes, that is. Not boobs.)

Before wanding up, grab a simple Post-It note and apply it to your lid. Swipe on your mascara, allowing any erroneous inkings to end up on the paper and not your flesh, let the mascara dry, and voila! Just don’t forget to remove the paper, or you’ll have bigger problems than ink on your eyelid.

Great tip, eh?

For more tips and ideas on the sites and smells of summer, be sure to tune in to our Beauty & Style Theme Day tomorrow and also stop by our July Blog of the Month – The Scented Life – for a visit.

Happy Summer, Beauties!

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To kick off the month of independent beauty companies here at eBeautyDaily, I want to talk about really my favorite indie beauty designer, Beth Bender Beauty.  I have talked a good bit about Beth’s products over the last year, but once more never hurts, especially when Beth has some fun new things to promote for the summer.  First, a little information about Beth Bender herself.  Beth is formerly a makeup artist for Bobbi Brown, who, while on duty and drawing gorgeous cat eyes on everyone, came up with her great idea of the cat eye stencil (and the cat eye stencil WAS indeed a great idea!).  After some time working on film and television in Los Angeles, she moved to NYC to break in to beauty in the Big Apple.  She has since returned her company to LA, and has expanded her product line into eye shadows, cheek and lip color and more.  Beth blogs about her line and makeup artistry in general at Beth Bender‘s Best of Beauty Blog.  Now, lets get to the goodies!

Starting with my favorite:

Remember the superfantastic Get In Line Eye Kit?  How could you forget my fabulous Cat Eye video (HA!)?  Well, Beth Bender Beauty has a BUNCH of different colors out in that kit coming for summer.  Purples, rich browns, grays – really I thought the first one was absolutely perfect, but each one of these new shades are amazing too.  Must. get. purple.

Also new at Beth Bender:

The Girl on the Go Travel Kit:  One navy liner, 2 shades of blue mineral eye shadows, one blush and a liquid lip glaze in Sky High, a soft pink/beige – $39.

Lip Love:  a twist down type of lip balm/color/glaze with a built in brush, Lip Love contains avocado butter, jojoba gel and oil.  Available in 4 new colors for $14.00 (I can’t find this link yet, hopefully it will be available on the site soon!).  

A new eye color trio is also available, Sexy Eyes Evening – a trio of colors from a deep navy blue to a lighter shimmery silver.  Gorgeous!  $32

This is a fun video from Beth about her smokey and cat eye stencils (which are worth the price alone, without the shadows). 

If you love to support indie companies, like I do, Beth Bender is a wonderful one to support.  She truly has a great product here that is useful for all of us makeup junkies.  I have mentioned before what a doll Beth is, and it is such a pleasure to support her, it really is.  In addition to all of the goodness above, Beth will be donating 15% of her profits through the end of July to the American Red Cross, earmarked to help the China earthquake victims.  I do so love shopping for a cause, don’t you?

***If you love indie designers, don’t miss IndieStyleFile, our blog of the month, right here at the b5media Beauty & Style channel!***

Images:Beth Bender Beauty

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Our inaugural blog of the month is Indie Style File, written by the fabulous Kim Bui.  Kim loves independent designers and spends her free time perusing the world looking for hidden gems in the fashion world.  There are a huge number of indie designers out there, so let Kim help guide you through.  You can check out some of her fabulous finds in:

Shoes | Dresses | Jewelry and Accessories (check out the gorgeous pins she has over there now!) | Lingerie | Outerwear

And there is a ton more.  Indie Style File is about to have her first birthday with us, she started with us in July 2007 and has more than 400 entries for you to explore.  Please stop by and get to know Kim sometime this month – I know you will love her as much as we all do.  Stay tuned, as Independent is our theme of the month, and I will be checking out lots of independent beauty companies this month in honor of IndieStyleFile, and will have a profile on Kim coming up soon as well. 

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