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Holiday Stocking Stuffers: C.O. Bigelow

Dina Fierro — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:32:27 +0000

While it’s satisfying to wrap up one big present and cross someone off your holiday shopping list, I’ve always found it even more fun to carefully select a bunch of small treats for my family and friend’s Christmas stockings.

This season, I definitely plan to snag several of the seasonal C.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Cordials - they’re the perfect stocking stuffer!

Available in several yummy, seasonal flavors including Hot Buttered Rum, Vanilla Cream Eggnog, Warm Spiced Cider and Triple Hot Chocolate, anyone who has a sweet tooth and loves lip gloss will adore these. They’re minty (yes, they’ll help temper turkey-breath!) hydrating and nicely glossy too.

If you shop now, Bath & Body Works has a great promotion too – buy two and get one free – that takes the $7.50 retail price down to just $5 each.

Shop the collection at www.bathandbodyworks.com.

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Holiday 2009: mally beauty

Dina Fierro — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:24:40 +0000

Black Friday is later this week, which officially kicks off the holiday shopping season. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks here at Makeup Minute sharing some of my favorite holiday collections, but going forward, I’m going to be sharing gift-worthy goodies several times a week. First up is mally beauty’s perfectly giftable Evercolor Starlight 5 pc. Waterproof Mini Eyeliner Set ($30).

Included in this chic, glossy snakeskin print box are five waterproof eyeliner pencils that glide on smoothly and last all day.

When newly sharpened, these can be used to line precisely or try smudged for a softer shadowy line that smolders. Included in the set are:

Midnight (black)
Milk Chocolate (brown)
Caribbean Sea (teal blue)
Royal Plum (a rich purply plum)
Starshine (gorgeous shiny silver)

mally has a complementary set of five Lipgloss Minis ($30) too – there’s a pocket sized tube for every mood and look, including Perfect Pink, Sweet Berry, Shimmering Rosebud, Be a Peach and Pearly Girl. They deliver a solid dose of color in an ultra-smooth formula.

Either of these would make an amazing gift or a generous stocking stuffer for the girlfriend or sister on your shopping list. Shop Mally at QVC.com.

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Leighton Meester’s Red Lip Fave

Dina Fierro — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:28:02 +0000

Last month, I wrote about one of my favorite new lip products,L’Oréal Paris’ Infallible Plumping Lipgloss.

This gloss has it all – it delivers color, plumping and shine with major staying power. Not to mention, I found out just today that one of my fave young actresses, Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl, loves it too! Is it wrong that that makes me love it more?

Leighton said, “L’Oréal Paris’ Infallible Plumping Lipgloss in Plumped Red gives me that extra little color and boost when I really want my lips to pop.”

What do you think of Leighton’s cherry red lip?

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Look Pretty, Feel Pretty: Lipstick Queen

Dina Fierro — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:44:13 +0000

Did you know that for the first time, women own half the businesses in the U.S. and are set to equal men on the nation’s payroll? That’s pretty fab news, isn’t it, ladies?

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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Pink Goodies for a Happy Valentine’s Day!

Liberty Kontranowski — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:41:06 +0000

Happy Valentine’s Day!

The other day, I asked you what you were getting yourself for V-Day and suggested the uber-cute Candy Hearts Lip Duos. But just in case yummy tasting lip gloss isn’t your thing (huh?!?), here are a few other items you can pick up for yourself on the cheap. And, of course, since this is Love Day and all, everything here is a truly fantastic girly pink!

Treat your nails with Black Radiance Bold & Sexy Salon Lacquer in Provocative. This lovely pink hue boasts a long-lasting salon formula which withstands anything your busy life throws at it. The best part? You can snag this polish for only $3.99 at Wal-Mart!

Keep your pout kissable (and pink!) with Tropez Ultra Glaze Lip Gloss in Perfectly Pink. This gloss gives a glassy sheen that keeps lips looking amazing, as the ultra-shiny formula glazes lips with rich creamy color while giving them high-shine. Get this awesome stuff for only $2.99 at www.Walgreens.com.

And finally, if you need somewhere to put all these pink goodies, look no further than the Modella Pretty In Pink 3 Piece Weekender Set. This set is perfect for packing all the essentials for a weekend getaway with your Valentine (or the girls) and can be found for only $12.47 at Wal-Mart!

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A Valentine’s Treat for You: Candy Hearts Lip Duo

Liberty Kontranowski — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:37:34 +0000

So Valentine’s Day is a mere two days away, and I can’t help but wonder: What have you gotten yourself? That’s right, I mean what have you gotten you? Because you totally deserve something wonderful and who loves you more than you, right? Right.

If you haven’t gotten yourself anything yet, may I suggest the fabulous Candy Hearts Lip Duo from Philosophy?

This super fun set comes with two different flavored glosses including Luv U Angel Food Cake Flavored Lip Shine and Smooch Pinkly Bubbly Flavored Lip Shine. Yum! Talk about showing your lips some love!

The formula is smooth and glossy which excels at moisturizing your kisser and provides a sheer sheen. They’re high shine and high flavor – and they’re utterly delicious!

Sounds like a great treat, doesn’t it? And at only $20 a set, you can even snag one for a friend or other lip gloss lover as well.

Enjoy – and Happy Valentine’s Day!

Image: Sephora.com

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Valentine’s Gift Idea: NARS The Love Set

admin — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:02:31 +0000

Guest Post By Kori Ellis

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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Milani Cosmetics Lip Mixer, Mineral Mousse Foundation & Compact

Shannon Nelson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:57:34 +0000

A while back I asked you all what you thought of mousse foundation. So finally I have had the chance to give it a try with Milani Cosmetics Mineral Mousse Foundation (which is oil-free LOVE). I also gave their talc-free Mineral Compact Makeup and Lip Mixer a shot as well. Paired with some of my other favorite brands, I was determined to get that snowbunny-sexy look going on.

Not that I want to see myself all blown up like this, but I think it gives you a truer picture of how well the Mineral Mousse Foundation really gave my skin a flawless look. No shine either! The Mineral Compact Makeup was very light and really was the finishing touch to making my skin look so matte. The Lip Mixer is pretty cool because it has a solid matte color at the bottom of the tube and as you pull the applicator out it glides through the section of shimmer and shine. The color I am wearing is called Lip Stir (#703). The mousse is French Cream and the compact is Creamy Natural.

The best part is that Milani Cosmetics can be found at your local drugstore and is completely affordable! So ladies, now you can go look like a snowbunny too!

Photo Credit: Milani Cosmetics and (c) Shannon Nelson and cannot be used without expressed written permission.

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Product Find: tarte Cosmetics Purse Your Lips

Shannon Nelson — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:13:34 +0000

It’s been so long since I’ve bought any new lipsticks or glosses (because most would agree I have enough for the entire state of Pennsylvania in my handbag right now.) But I came across tarte’s new Purse Your Lips and it was the ingredients in this product that caught my eye. As many people already know, my day job is at Pierce Mattie PR and Pierce and I recently comprised a list of the Top 10 Ingredients in Beauty for 2009. And guess what? tarte’s Purse Your Lips contains 3 of the 10 ingredients–acerola, acai and goji berries. These ingredients are antioxidant rich nutrients and vitamins that have been known to deliver refining, anti-aging and skin-restorative benefits.

Purse Your Lips contains 9 vanilla-scented lip glosses:

* Shimmering near nude
* Shimmering nude-peach
* Gold-tinged plum
* Shimmering brown sugar
* Shimmering deep mauve
* Shimmering deep cranberry
* Sheer crimson
* Sheer pink-nectar
* Shimmering bubblegum pink

So do something healthy AND beautiful for yourself to kick off 2009, pick up glosses like Purse Your Lips to make your pout pretty in more ways than one!

*Photo Credit: tarte Cosmetics

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Unique Way to Store Your Lipstick

Shannon Nelson — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:25:58 +0000

Are you like me? You own more lipsticks and glosses than, say, every woman on your block? Maybe your town? Yeah, that would be me. So I had an interesting idea to store them…sort of makeup train meets skillful hunter–an amo case.

Never thought about that? Just look at the picture. If you look quick enough, didn’t you think you just saw a case of lipstick? It’s perfect for lipgloss too. Store everything upside down so that the label is showing making the color and brand you are looking for easy to find.

Do you have a unique way to store your makeup? Let’s hear it!

*Photo Credit: Outdoor Superstore

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