Maybelline’s Great Lash Mascara is a cult favorite and with good reason – it’s a great mascara at an even better price. The brand is now launching Great Lash BIG, a new mascara with the same amazing formula but a BIGGER brush that hits every lash.
To create the commercial for Great Lash Big, Maybelline took a unique approach! BIG, the Great Lash Big mascot, trekked the streets of NYC to find charismatic, aspiring women to make a big impression (and appear in the Great Lash Big Gig)! Take a look at the some behind-the-scenes footage here, along with the final advert:
If you’re …read more

I’m an equal opportunity lover of all things beauty. So when I discover a drugstore line that delivers high-end results, I get a little excited.  The perfect example is Sally Hansen, whose stellar nail polishes are a staple in my stash.
This month, Sally Hansen is introducing HD Hi-Definition Nail Color, a totally new nail color experience. This unique, patented formula with real liquid crystals translates the clarity of High Definition into an unprecedented nail lacquer.

HD Nail Color offers eight spectacular shades with pure, vivid pigments, multi-dimensional color and extraordinary brilliance. And of course, like all other Sally Hansen polishes, …read more

I’m late, dear readers. Very late announcing the fifteen LUCKY winners of Makeup Minute’s BeautyFix 2 giveaway.
 Thanks in advance for forgiving me and with no further adieu, random.org has selected the following commenters as winners:

2 – What’s Haute
32 – A. Ozair
9 – Christine R
38 – Jacinda
63 – Laddie
13 – Carla
49 – Jenna
10 – Cherie Anne
3 – Dawn
23 – Halifax
15 – Felicity
52 – Rochelle K.
5 – Khristal
34 – Sarah
35 – Melissa
I’ll be contacting everyone later today to get their mailing address, so if you didn’t enable your email on the original post, please leave a comment with your email address enabled …read more

These days, even those of us who LOVE to splurge (who, me?) are in a more recession-friendly state of mind.  That said, there are just a few brands that I can think of that deliver prestige-level quality at a wallet-friendly price – and one is N.Y.C., also known as New York Color. 
From eye shadow to blush or lipstick, this brand has got you covered. My personal favorite from the collection is the Browser Brush-on Brow Powder with Grooming Wax and Tweezers – at just $3.99 SRP, it has everything you need for perfect brows on the go. Love it!
But it’s not …read more

Oh, I just came across this great contest Three Custom Color is having–you could win $150 worth of your fav Three Custom Color products (maybe you want the Mood Lighting Shimmer Cremes?) AND $150 Gift Certificate for a friend! How fab is that? Read below and click over to enter to win!

While traveling in Russia recently, Chad Hayduk, makeup artist and Co-Founder of Three Custom Color Specialists, was captivated by the exquisite architecture, the glow of White Nights and the mesmerizing landscape. He was so taken by the culture – rich in history and art – that he decided to create a makeup look that captures Russia’s magnificence.

Three Custom Color Specialists have partnered with me here at Makeup Minute and over at A Girl’s Gotta Spa! to give away 5 complete collections of Czarina, their Russian-inspired makeup. The collection includes: Russian Blue Eye Shadow, Gilded Eye Shadow and Ballet Russe Lipstick. …read more

Today I was bombarded with work and a little distracted…my 8 year old asked if he could use a marker–markers are forbidden in my household–I said no. 10 minutes later my 3 year old comes downstairs with “self-made tatoos” with black being the color of choice. I look at said 8 year old, who admitted he defied me and used a marker anyway, then left it on the table where said 3 year old got ahold of it.
I go upstairs to find some black “murals” drawn all over my walls, my 5 year old’s artist table and their TV. My …read more

Fellow moms,
I’m holding a contest specifically for you on A Girl’s Gotta Spa!
Click on the button below to read all the fabulous details–and please spread the word to all the moms you know!