“I love to use all three products together to give lips dimensional color,” says Jillian. “I designed these colors to be perfectly coordinated and take the guesswork out of choosing the right liner and lipstick and gloss.”

To use, first define lips and prevent feathering and bleeding with the liner (I like to fill in my entire lip to create a base), then enhance with a layer of lipstick and top off with gloss for a perfect pucker.

I really love that each product can be used alone or  together to create an appropriate lip look for any occasion or time of day.

Mark your calendars now: the 3-in-1 Pro Lip Wand will be available in July in  10 versatile shades: Berry, Bronze, Coral, Delicate Rose, Frozen Rose, Nude, Nude Pink, Red, Solar Rose and Vamp.

To find an Avon e-representative near you, visit this link.

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mark.’s Hook Up is a collection of mascara, creamy eye shadow, liquid eyeliner and lipgloss that can hook together with a connector, creating convenience when you go searching through your handbag looking to freshen your face. So you can hook two lipglosses together, a body shimmer and eye shadow and so on. The Hook Up Connector has been featured in magazine’s such as Allure, InStyle and Glamour (where have I been?)

The Hook Up lipgloss collection comes in glow baby glow, which is sheer and shiny; glow baby glow luxe, which is super reflective with a mirror-like sparkle; and metalluscious, which is rich in color, has a gleam to it and moisturizes and conditions.

Meg sent me Peek-a-boo and Pink Crush from the glow baby glow set. I believe Meg had no idea what a lipgloss/lipstick fanatic I truly am when she sent this. While the instant manicure was the reason for the package, I pushed it aside to immediately open the lipgloss!

Both colors have a yummy scent that seem to be a mix of Bubble Gum and Cotton Candy. I loved how the Pink Crush seemed to only have a hint more color than my lips and had such a great shine. Peek-a-boo gave my lips a frosted look with shine. I used Peek-a-boo with my no makeup look and I looked marvelous. The gloss seemed to last the usually amount of time, but did a fabulous job of making my pout look perfect.

mark. Hook Up lipgloss: $5
Hook Up Connector is free when you purchase any 2 Hook Up products.
mark. Crystal Shimmer Hook Up Powder is also free (as of this post) when you purchase any 2 Hook Up products.

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At the top of the list would be mascara. I like both AVON’s Super Full mascara and Cover Girl’s LashExact. I have AVON’s in black and Cover Girl in brown. Both are amazing and my lashes would never look so gorgeous without them.

Next would have to be a powder to cover my uneven skin tone and that shine that is the bain of my existence. I haven’t yet found a long lasting powder that can keep shine under control, but I do like Urban Apothecary’s Supernatural Powder.

I also couldn’t live without a fabulous lipstick or lipgloss. Picking my favorite would be hard to do though. Products for my lips are the one thing that overwhelms both my handbag and my makeup bag. I think I have more than the average girl. I love long lasting color products such as Max Factor’s MaxWear Lip Color and SeneGence’s LipSense. I also love Besame’s Chocolate Kiss Enchanted Lipstick and Chocolate Lip Glaze. But then there is also tarte’s double ended lipgloss and e.l.f.’s variety of lipglosses, as well. Can I not forget Lulu Beauty’s Lip Lustre??

What about you? What are some products you absolutely cannot live without?

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Time and again I think the most sought after makeup product is a fantastic mascara. One that does what it claims it does. Am I right?

So I see the commercial for AVON’s newest product, their Super Full Mascara. I’m intrigued as it claims to use a new clean-build brush that will deliver up to 5 times fuller lashes. I’m just about out of my current mascara, so I decide I want to give this one a try.

I put a call into my AVON representative, the lovely Michele Parzych, and ask if she could bring one over to me. She gladly obliges (thank you Michele) and I quickly take a peak to see exactly what a “clean-build” brush looks like. As you can see from the picture above, there are no flimsy bristles, it is just short, flexible, molded plastic. AVON’s description of this brush says it works with an anti-static formula that combs, separates and is flake-proof.

All I can tell you is WOW. Actually, wow doesn’t even come close to describing it. Amazing is a much better word. Without a doubt, I am in love with this new mascara. Not only did it work like a brush and most definitely separate my lashes, their were absolutely 100% no clumps (which is always hard to achieve) and the coverage was amazing. I had lashes I didn’t even know were there! My lashes don’t look overdone, they just look simply amazing. Like the kind of lashes you see in your favorite beauty magazines that you know are photoshopped. My lashes look that good.

I chose black as my color, but AVON also offers this mascara in brown, brown-black and navy. If you are in search of the perfect mascara, I think I found it for you.

Thank you to Michele for being willing to submit this product for review. If you want to pick up this amazing mascara, please consider purchasing it through Michele’s website.

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