If you’re a Sephora Beauty Insider, you’ll get an early access chance to buy their Ultimate Blockbuster.  It’s a world of makeup in an all-inclusive, collector’s edition palette, and will provide you with almost everything you need to get out of the house.
Here’s what you’ll get:

90 eye shadows
60 lip glosses
9 eyeliners
6 brow powders
3 blushes
2 lip liners
4 brushes and applicators
1 how-to book

Attractively packaged in a multi-tiered container, you can keep in on your counter at home or in a desk drawer at the office.  Add is some mascara, and you’ll have everything you need.
This $400 dollar value is available to …read more

I love the way Bobbi Brown puts together palettes (eyes, cheeks, shimmer, etc.), combines them with a few other products, and gives you a way to make easy mix and match choices.  And, even better, many of the individual components of the collection can carryover into collections for the next season.  This practical consideration means you get to maximize many of your favorite colors and shades, incorporating them into a new look.
Here are 3 fab collections for fall:

Nude Collection – Polished, sophisticated, always modern and never boring:

creamy lip color is made with shea butter and is good for you as …read more

While travel is my blogging forte, I love writing about beauty and fashion here at Splendicity.  I thought it would be a great way to get in touch with my inner girliness.
It’s been great fun, but I’ve recently learned that it can also be quite expensive.  Here are 10 indulgences that prove my point:

I chose to buy an entire set of new makeup (MAC) to go to Europe, and I justify it by saying it’s research for two blogs.
I bought two different kinds of mascara, again claiming it was research – making comparisons for an upcoming product review.
Sephora has …read more

If you’re like me, when you walk into your bathroom you have a panoply of skincare, hair products, and cosmetic items just an arm’s reach away.  You likely have a dozen or so lipsticks and glasses, a similar number of shadows, a couple tubes of mascara, a few different foundations, and the list goes on.
Did you ever stop to think about what your bare necessities are?  Not all the things you love, but the things you’d have to go out and buy if you lost your cosmetic bag on a weekend away from home.  What are the minimal things …read more