I have no excuse for not shopping Walmart anymore though – the site just launched Health & Beauty products online for home delivery. That means that thousands of  items from your favorite mass brands like Neutrogena, L’Oreal, Pantene and Gillette can now be shipped directly to home. Convenient, right? No running out of razors or sunscreen!

To help celebrate the launch, I’ve partnered with Walmart to create an amazing bag of goodies that ONE Makeup Minute reader will win!

The bag contains:

*Cover Girl Continuous Lip Color in Rose Quartz

*Cover Girl Lashblast Volume Blasting Mascara in Very Black

*Cover Girl Eye Enhancers Trio in Shimmering Sands

*Crest Advanced Seal White Strips

*Olay Regenerist Micro Sculpting Cream with Amino Peptides

*Pantene Pro-V Moisture Renewal Shampoo for Damaged Hair

*Secret Clinical Strength Deodorant

To win, simply enter a comment telling me which product you’d be most excited to try! One winner will be selected at random on Friday, November 6. Good luck!

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If you’re a fan of Heroes, you’ll be psyched to see Cover Girl’s latest face – actress Dania Ramirez (Maya Herrera on the show!)

The beauty will be featured in Cover Girl ads beginning in January 2010.  Of the campaign, Dania said, “Being a COVERGIRL is about recognizing internal and external beauty, regardless of age or background. As a role model, I hope to inspire women to be confident enough to achieve everything they want to achieve.”

Dania joins other famous faces including Ellen DeGeneres, Drew Barrymore, Queen Latifah and Rihanna as the newest face of the brand.

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While I have my brows tweezed regularly (love the precision of tweezing!), I still need a little something to add control and polish to my everyday look, so recently, I began shopping around for a clear brow gel.

I started in the aisles of the drugstore and found nada (Revlon, Cover Girl, Almay, are you listening?). Then I went to beauty Mecca – Sephora.  After cruising the aisles for a few minutes aimlessly, an employee recommended that I try Sephora’s own clear Lash & Eyebrow Mascara.

This cheap thrill (it’s just $8, less expensive than many drugstore mascaras these days) delivers hold without the crunch and adds a little bit of gloss to my brows. It’s the perfect finishing touch!

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“It always seems that inspiration ends up coming from the dress. Last night Amy wore a gorgeous full length Carolina Herrera gown with a charcoal and white pattern speckled with gold beading. So I borrowed from that exquisite color palette. We went for a steel and copper smoky lid, gorgeous full lashes, a peachy cheek and a golden amber lip.”

Face

I first started by prepping her skin with a refreshing spray of Jurlique Rose Water Balancing Mist. And then moisturized her skin with La Mer’s Moisturizing Lotion.

Next I based her skin sparingly with the new Cle de Peau Cream Foundation. Then I warmed up her cheeks with the gorgeous new COVERGIRL Simply Ageless Sculpting Blush in Plush Peach.

Eyes

For her eye, I based the lid with a combination of Shu Uemura’s Cream Eye Shadow in P Taupe, and Vincent Longo’s silky orange liquid eyeshadow.

Over that I blended the new NARS shadow in Brumes.

Under her eye I smudged COVERGIRL Exact Eyelights Eyeliner in Radiant Sapphire in the outer corner and on the inner corner I dabbed a smidge of Shu Uemura pressed eye shadow in NME gold 350.

On her lashes I coated them with COVERGIRL Exact Eyelights Mascara in Black Sapphire.

Lips

To finish off the look I tinted her lips with COVERGIRL Outlast Lipstain in Cinnamon Smile with a dab of YSL golden gloss over top.

I love that Molly used a great mix of high and low products for Amy’s look though I’m not crazy about this lip with her skintone.  What do you think?

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eye4style has the scoop on MAC’s fall collaboration with nail guru Jin Soon.

Beauty Junkies Unite reviews one of my fave gloss lines – Huge Lips, Skinny Hips!

Beauty Maverick has a round-up of bump busters just in time for bikini season.

Makeup Loves Me has a fab video interview with Cover Girl makeup artist Molly Stern.

Tina at Beauty Snob has the recipe (no, LITERALLY) for smooth skin.

Happy Reading!

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Image Courtesy of Cover Girl

Four shades of Lash Blast Luxe are available: Black Platinum, Black Emerald, Black Cabernet and Black Royale.  If you’ve always been tempted by color mascaras but not quite brave enough to take the dive, take a chance.  The shimmer is quite subtle and even appropriate for day time.  I’m a big fan of the Black Royale version -the blue iridescence makes the whites of my eyes appear whiter (making me look more well-rested. Love that.)

If you’ve never tried Lash Blast, you’re in for a treat – the large brush has about twice the amount of bristles of a normal mascara brush and the formula stays put all day.

Check out Lash Blast Luxe at your local drugstore – they retail for about $7.99 each.

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CoverGirl’s newest addition is their Lash Blast. Let me tell you–this is hot stuff. Throughout the internet I keep finding it sold out and at my local CVS there was only a handful left. My fellow beauty bloggers have really been raving about it.

The mascara brush is pretty darn big, but because it has a flexible head and plastic bristles, you don’t really notice. The formula is thin and very lightweight on your lashes–but the volume comes from the delivery method. It does take a few applications, but the mascara brush really separates your lashes giving you a fuller look.

Overall, it’s not bad for the $7 pricetag. Have you tried it?

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Rihanna fans can get a sneak peak of her newest music video, “Umbrella,” before it launches nationally by visiting CoverGirl.com today, April 26th, at 10 AM est! The song has received wide-spread attention as the first single from Rihanna’s eagerly awaited third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, which is set for release on June 5th.

Visitors to CoverGirl.com not only gain access to the world premiere of “Umbrella,” featuring Rihanna and Jay-Z, but also will be able to download the video for free until May 1st!

Get set to see even more of Rihanna in July when her first CoverGirl ads launch for Wetslicks Fruit Spritzers, her favorite product that will be on-shelves in May.

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This afternoon Drew Barrymore was ceremoniously unveiled as the newest face of CoverGirl Cosmetics. The star and filmmaker will not only find herself in front of the camera launching new products for the company, but also behind the camera as a co-creative director of her first TV commercial for the Brand.

“I am honored to be associated with a brand that has been at the forefront of its industry for almost fifty years,” Barrymore said. “CoverGirl has managed to change with the times, yet stay in touch with women of all ages and backgrounds. To be chosen not only as the newest face of CoverGirl, but to be given the opportunity to be a co-creative director of my first TV commercial is truly amazing.”

A beloved actress and gifted filmmaker, Drew emulates the iconic image of the CoverGirl brand with her fresh, natural beauty, and energetic yet authentic spirit. Her carefree, upbeat personality shines through in all that she does.

“Drew is a wonderful addition to the CoverGirl family and her role – both in front of the camera and behind the scenes as co-creative director – is new and different for the cosmetics industry,” said Esi Eggleston Bracey, Vice President and General Manager, CoverGirl Cosmetics in North America. “We wanted to honor Drew’s passions as a filmmaker and are thrilled she is not only lending her beautiful face to CoverGirl but also lending her artistic talents as the co-creative director of the ad campaign.”

Barrymore represents the CoverGirl ideals of both inner and outer beauty. She has been recognized for her sense of style, appearing on top magazine covers and is also an avid volunteer with the United Nations World Food Program.

Barrymore’s national print and TV ad campaigns will break in January 2008. This is the first major beauty contract for the actress. She joins CoverGirl spokesmodels Queen Latifah, Christie Brinkley, Keri Russell, Molly Sims and Rihanna as the newest face of the Brand.

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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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