To celebrate, beauty entrepreneur Poppy King has partnered with Count Me In For Women’s Economic Independence to launch a sheer fire engine red lip gloss – aptly dubbed Fired Up Power Gloss – to help fuel the fires of women who are creating new jobs and leading the nation out of recession.

100 % of the profits from the sale of Fired Up will go to Count Me In, the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources, business education, and community for women entrepreneurs.

“More women than ever are becoming both the primary breadwinners and caretakers in their households,” says Poppy King. “And as women begin to dominate the labor force, I wanted to let women in on a tool I have used for years to help boost my confidence to face my own challenges, the red lip. It’s just a small action women can take everyday to get in the right mindset and get Fired Up to make an impact.”

FIRED UP is available exclusively at www.lipstickqueen.com for $14.

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Shannon did great things with Makeup Minute over the past few years and I know all her readers will miss her. And I’m also sure Liberty Kontranowski, the new blogger, realizes that she has big shoes to fill and is up to the challenge. Liberty isn’t a stranger to the b5media Beauty & Style Channel, she has blogged at Teen Style Lounge and Snarkstress.

Liberty will be starting a Makeup Minute within a week or so. In the mean time, I’m going to fill in for the next few days until she gets started. I’m Kori Ellis, the Channel Editor for the Beauty & Style Channel and Splendicity.com.

Are you looking for a sweet Valentine’s Day gift in the form of makeup?

Whether for yourself or someone else, The Love Set from NARS is a hot choice. Inside the black box, you will find their top-selling Orgasm Blush, Pillow Talk Lip Gloss in azalea-pink, and a Sex Machine Velvet Lip Pencil.

A $73 value, Sephora has the set right now for just $49. I’m a big fan of NARS blush and this pretty pink gift set is definitely worth it!

Photo credit: Sephora

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Lipshine looks like a lipstick, but it’s meant to give the shine of a gloss. I know my friend Teri over at Aging Fabulous recently Twittered that she is all about lipstick lately–I bet she would love this just as much as I would (cause you know I am all about the glossy shine).

As always Prescriptives has the perfect color to match your skin tone, so there is something for everybody. $17.50 at Prescriptives and Holt Renfrew

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The official quote from the folks at YSL:

“Mysterious, sensual, luminous… A cosmetic jewel that turns lips into a spectacular fashion statement.From plum to ebony, it dresses lips in an infinite range of shades, depending on how it is applied – feather light or rich and bold. Transparent yet intense, it plays on the depths of black and the pure shine of a sparkle-free formula.

For fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, black is THE color. And as a make-up artist, lips are THE focus.”

What do you think? Love it or hate it?

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Here’s what I’ve tried:

Color Fever Gloss in Sunray (iridescent) and Seashell (fuchsia): Do not be afraid of Seashell. In the glass tube it appears hot pink, but once applied it is a nice berry color. For me as the time wore on, it had more of a flushed lip color to it. Sunray looks great alone or paired over lipstick.

Color Fever Shine Lipstick in Desert Rose (mauve) and Luminous (iridescent). Wow does Luminous pack some serious sparkle. Not only do you get the shine from the iridescent color, but then you have the mica twinkling on your lips.

These products won’t last long–they are only available through January 2008. You can see all the colors in the collection at www.lancome-usa.com and at a Lancome boutique near you.

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Silky smooth with a satiny finish, this duo looks amazing. Turkish Delight is the perfect hue of pink, which looks great with cool tone colors and that no makeup look. Sayonara is more of a berry brown color for your neutrals and warmer shades. Sayonara is the lip stain with staying power without drying out your lips.

For Spring 2008 they also have the more neutral shades of Stolen Kisses/Pampa, a sparking carmel pink and nutmeg with a touch of shimmer (pictured above on the right).

Have you used Nars’ Lip Gloss/Lip Stain Gloss Duo?

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Moonbeam is based on your ColorPrint (which I totally recommend you have done). They are set up by undertones:

Y/O: Yellow Orange compliments golden undertones.
R/O: Red Orange compliments warm peach undertones.
R: Red compliments cool pink undertones.
B/R: Blue Red compliments cool rose undertones.

Although my undertones are B/R, the Prescriptives makeup artist used R/O in Neutron on me, It is similar to the orangy/peach color you see in the picture above. The color is beautiful and it adds amazing sparkle alone or paired over your lipstick. It’s not thick or tacky and just gives you that extra va va voom!

If you have this product, which shade do you have and do you find that it compliments your undertone?

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Just like Royal Assets, Viva Glamorous comes in a gorgeous antique looking embellished crown case. The cool lips appear to be pink tones in the picture, but the far left color is a matte beige, middle is a coral/red color with a lot of shimmer and on the right you have more of a satin coral/red. Honestly, what I have in front of me as I write this looks nothing like the colors I see in the picture and actually–the colors are much prettier than what you see on their website.

Viva Glamorous is sold out on MAC’s website, however you may still be able to find it at a MAC location near you. Just click on “Find Stores” to obtain the info. of the MAC stores nearest you with contact details.

All profits from Viva Glamorous benefits the MAC Aids Fund.

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I recently discovered MESS New York, a mineral makeup boutique in NY. They use pure Mica in all of their products and I was intrigued by their Lip Varnish, which is supposed to be like a liquid lipstick. I have Murray Hill, which MESS describes as a “Pink Lemonade Glaze with a Fairy Dust Finish.” We all know how I love pink.

The Lip Varnish applicator is like that of a nail polish brush. Even though the Lip Varnish appears to be thicker than a gloss, it doesn’t go on clumpy. The consistency on your lips is not tacky and does provide the coverage that a frost lipstick would give you. MESS’ Lip Varnish also seems to last a bit longer than a typical gloss would last.

MESS New York is also available online and is currently having a sale of up to 60% off. www.messnewyork.com

Have you tried this product? Let me know your opinion on it.

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California Kissin is Benefit’s “fake it” gloss for whiter looking teeth. It’s a clear gloss with lots of blue shimmer. Its minty scent and taste will keep you feeling like you just brushed your teeth (or you just have some Colgate Total action going on).

The mint isn’t a bad thing, just not expected in a gloss. When I think of mint on my lips it’s usually with lip balm. Even though there is so much blue shimmer in the tube that it looks like you will be applying blue gloss to your lips–no worries, it is a clear gloss. The blue shimmer spreads out evenly and will in no way make you feel like you are reliving the 80’s. I actually liked the way the color looked on my lips…but did my teeth look whiter? Maybe a shade, but nothing substantial.

Justine Case contains: California Kissin, Eyecon, Benetint and Some kind of gorgeous.

Have you tried California Kissin? What did you think of it?

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