Jemma Kidd’s signature collection is sold at luxury boutiques, but this dual ended illuminating cream and stick concealer is a Target exclusive.

While I find both ends useful, the illuminating cream is a particularly nice formula…not too shimmery or glittery, just the perfect bit of light to add to the inner and outer corners of your eye. The concealer is a light, creamy formula that covers nicely, however I needed to layer over a primer to avoid creasing.

The packaging on Mannequin Skin is sleek and pretty, so tuck this one in your purse for a quick  jolt of happy with every touch up.

Snag it for $18 at Target stores and www.target.com.

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A selection of all-over summer bronzing shades for Lips, Cheeks, Eyes, Nails, featuring the innovation of Impassioned, Bronzescape and Scatterrays Solar Bits – sunbursts to unleash the animal in every woman. The collection is exotically packaged in stylized zebra and leopard prints.  

I’m looking forward to testing out the Lustre Drops most of all ($18.50) – a liquid bronzer/highligher hybrid. Do you have your eye on any goodies from MAC Style Warrior?

The collection will be available in store tomorrow – or you can shop online NOW.

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If peach isn’t your color, Touché éclat also comes in three other shades – Luminous Radiance, Ivory or Toffee.  This is a makeup essential for me – I use the little pen daily, to add a bit of radiance to the inside and outside corners of my eye. If you have light under eye circles, this may even pull double duty as a concealer. I have dark circles and it’s not quite powerful enough for me – though it works well layered over concealer too.

Tip – to make sure that your Touché éclat lasts, clean the brush with a bit of rubbing alcohol every few uses.

Visit www.yslbeautyus.com to buy!

Image courtesy of YSL.

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Gilded

Benefit says, “It’s like 24 carat gold in a stick!”

I have to say, I love this little golden pencil. It’s nice and soft, so it glides across your skin as you apply it. I’ve used it across my brown bone, under my lower lids and on my lips under my 24 sexy gold lip gloss.

Gilded gives a nice shimmer without taking over–it merely compliments any other colors and products you are already using.

Have you tried it?

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This pearl colored jar comes in a small hat box-like package. I received mine in Goddess Skin, and from the packaging, I first mistook it to be a skin care product. I was surprised when I opened the jar to find amber colored little balls or “pearls.”

Venus Magical Pearls is a multi-tasker, much like myself. You can use this product to highlight your cheek bones and your eyes simply by swirling your finger among the pearls and swiping your finger across your face. Or you can crush one pearl to reveal a second color and use it as an eyeshadow. Goddess Skin, when crushed, has an aqua-green color inside.

I loved the sparkle the amber color gave to my cheeks and eyelids and then I crushed the pearl to use the aqua along the crease of my eye.

This product really is so cool. It’s a whole new spin on eyeshadow.
Find more products from Jelly Pong Pong.

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I have been sitting on this little gem since the beginning of December. Do you know how hard it was not to write about it? However, I had no choice because it was top secret over at Twisted Fayte and I had to keep this all to myself until its launch.

Thankfully, this product, along with 2 other products I received, launched yesterday. Finally I can tell you how much I love it!

This mineral makeup is a highlighting cream. The one I received was in Radiate, which is a sheer nude pearl. It has more shine and shimmer than this picture gives it justice. I have only used this as an eyeshadow base. However, in writing this post I found that it can be used as a highlighter and even over your entire face.

From the website:

Use these lightweight waterbased creams in conjunction with your moistuizer. Each of the three colors we created is blended with subtle light-reflecting micas, chamomile to soothe your skin, and just a touch of aloe. Just a tiny dap of these either all over your face or just as a highlight on cheek bones gives a color payoff with a hint of an etherial glow. For a little added versatility, the Radiate Creams can be applied lightly on your eye lids as a soft and gentle base for your pigments. Simply use your ring finger to gently press a tiny of amount on to your lids and layer your pigments over them. No creasing, and no heavy feeling on your eyes means you never have to re-touch your eye makeup during the day!

The cream appears thick in the jar, but I found that I only needed to use a small amount to cover my lid and eye area. It didn’t feel heavy and I found that my mineral pigments simply clung to it, making it last longer throughout the day. As the website says, there was no creasing at all.

The cream also provides a light shimmer, so if you apply a matte pigment over it, you will get some shine. It was pretty and not over the top. As I look at her site, I may purchase Enlighten, which is a sheer pearl with a hint of golden copper. My eyes are hazel and copper just seems to make them pop.

Twisted Fayte’s Radiate Creams are $12.

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Moon Beam is a highlighter that is a natural golden pink. While the site says it works best on olive, tan and darker skin tones, it made my pale complexion shimmer. I made X’s at the apple of each cheek as the box recommended and then blended with my finger tips. I believe this is a product you can wear all over your face, but since I am shiny to begin with, I decided I would use other products to tone down the shine on most of my face, but leave Moon Beam on my cheeks.

I also did a little trick they mention, which is making a line down your nose and only blending the product vertically. It said it would give you the appearance of a slimmer nose, and what’s so funny is that it works. I hate my nose, so you can bet that I have been implementing this little trick everyday.

For my pale skin the look wasn’t in your face noticable, but nonetheless, I still liked the less than dramatic glow it gave me. I would be interested to hear from anyone else who has used Moon Beam, especially those with olive, tan or a darker skin tone. What did you think?

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