First up, CEW (that’s Cosmetics Executive Women, for those not in the trade!) Foundation’s Cancer and Careers (CAC) will be the beneficiary of a percentage of sales from these beautiful goodies:

· Bare Escentuals Believe Eyecolor: Through the BE Cares program, all purchases of this lovely ice-blue shadow in Sept. and Oct. will contribute toward a $25,000 donation to CAC.

· Decléor’s Lip Balm and Cleansing Wipes: Decléor will donate $1,000 of October sales of these gentle, nourishing aromatherapy products.

· DuWop Pink Shimmer Lip Venom: DuWop will donate $2,500 from the October sales of this popular lip plumper.

· Shiseido The Makeup Luminizing Satin Eyecolor in Peony: Shiseido will donate $5 for every October sale of this pale pink creation from Dick Page, Shiseido Artistic Director.

Stay tuned to Makeup Minute for more ways to support breast cancer awareness this October!

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The last lip plumper on my list to review was DuWop’s Venom Gloss. With the luck I had been having with the last 4 plumpers, I was surely hoping this plumper would be different. Besides the fact that you, my lovely readers, voted the most for DuWop as the best plumper in my poll.

The color I used was Wisteria, which is amazingly gorgeous and a color I have deeply fallen in love with. The gloss has a high shine that just lights up my entire face when I wear it.

I began to feel the burning sensation within a minute of applying the gloss and my lips did appear to be slightly plumper than they were prior. Between the color, shine and slight plumpness, I was happy…until I realized that it only lasted for about 15 minutes. The burning then subsided and my lips returned to their normal state. The gloss itself, lasted longer than the plumping action.

I’m determined to find a lip plumper that lasts long, actually works (and not just after 30 days!) and gives me gorgeous amazing color at the same time.

If you have recommendations, be sure to let me know!

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Thanks to Teri at Beautiful Makeup Search, next week will be geared towards reviews of lip plumpers. Hopefully my lips can withstand 5 full days of plumping action.

The 5 plumpers to be reviewed will be:

DuWop Venom Gloss in Wisteria.

Lumene Beauti-full Plumping Lipshine in Smiling.

Bare Escentuals Buxom Lips.

theBalm Plump Your Pucker in Bing my Cherry.

Ramy Rise & Shine Lip Gloss in Lil’ Something Something (which also happens to be a saying I would use when I was in college.)

Maybe you already have a favorite on the list? If so, share your thoughts on which you think will be the best.

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I saw this maybe two weeks ago around 9 or 10pm on QVC. I was just scanning through the channels when the trio eye color caught my attention.

Look at those gorgeous colors. They would look so great with my eye color. Also, I’ve also never tried their Lip Venom, or any lip plumper for that matter, but I hear theirs is the best.

Anyone have this wonderful little kit? It’s called the 5 piece Lip, Cheek and Eye Discovery Kit. Right now it appears it is only available through QVC and there is a waiting list! However, for only $35, it sounds like it might be worth the wait.

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