The contour and highlighting trends are still alive and well and especially relevant for the holiday season when we take a little extra time to put together our holiday looks. To that end, I’d like to introduce you to Beauty Junkees latest foray into the makeup world. You may remember my post from a few …
Glittery Gifts for Glitter Gals
Thank goodness the holidays came around to justify my obsession with all things glitter. I’ve been this way since I was a little girl, and I guess I’m not going to grow out of it. That’s OK, right? So I have three delightful glittery gifts for your favorite Glitter Gals or yourself if you’re one …
Fashion Flash with Moving Free December 2016
This week’s Fashion Flash is being hosted by the fabulous Mirabai Holland, the editor of Moving Free, the informative and fun website for fitness and exercise targeted to women over 40. This week’s online mini-mag has amazing variety in the posts – everything from exercise to help keep pounds off during the holidays, to staying …
GloMinerals Bold Pursuit Holiday Makeup Collection 2016
GloMinerals is a fabulous maker of mineral makeup, cruelty-free, talc-free makeup that just about everyone can wear! It’s perfect for sensitive skin. The GloMinerals Highlighter in a pale shimmery pink cream is my favorite highlighter. I love its creamy, shimmery, pretty pink goodness. They may have replaced the tube now with a stick illuminator that …
Prime Beauty’s Five Favorites from Bare Minerals: Beauty Spotlight Team
This week’s Beauty Spotlight Team post focuses on Cindy from Prime Beauty Blog and her five favorites from Bare Minerals, a brand so many of us know and love. I remember the original infomercials from Bare Minerals when the brand first launched eons ago. And I remember visiting one of their first stores in San …
Friday Find: Art Naturals Lush Advanced Eyelash and Brow Enhancer
Today, I’m bringing back the Friday Find, a brief post about a product I think you need to know about. As I’ve mentioned before, my eyelashes and brows became sparser over the years, and I realized I needed to do something about it. I’ve tried castor oil, and I had good results from it though the …
Good Earth Beauty: A Shop for Natural and Organic Beauty Products
If you are trying to incorporate more natural and organic beauty products into your stash, this is for you. And me! Good Earth Beauty, a shop for natural, organic and cruelty-free beauty products. I was recently sent a box of beauty products – facial skincare, body care and makeup – from Good Earth Beauty to …
TATCHA Limited Edition 23K Gold Illuminated Sunrise Lipstick: My Ultimate Lipstick
I am a bargain hunter. It’s rare when I buy something at full price or over a certain amount. But occasionally, something comes along that I cannot resist. Such was the case with TATCHA’s Limited Edition 23K Gold Illuminated Sunrise Lipstick that was introduced earlier this year and sold out within weeks. TATCHA, known for …
November 2016 Beauty Empties
November was another good month for empties! I just love when I can recycle full-size empties. Let’s see what I used up. Skincare Always the most empties, I finished up a number of full size skincare products. Bioderma Sensibio: This is my second bottle of Bioderma Micellar Water, but the first bottle of Sensibio. …
Holiday-Oriented Fashion Flash 5 December 2016
This week’s Fashion Flash definitely is in the holiday spirit. Click the link to be transported to Glamour Granny Travels where Inka is hosting this week’s Fashion Flash. The online lifestyle mag is loaded with recommendations for holiday gifts and stocking stuffers as well as other information on how to make the most of the holiday season. …
PUR Cosmetics Elevation and Revolution Sets: Perfect Stocking Stuffers
At this time of year, we all have the search for great gift ideas in the front of our minds and often things we’d like for ourselves in the back of our minds, right? Or maybe it’s vice versa, lol. Today, I want to show you two adorable small sets from PUR Cosmetics that …
News from the Beauty Spotlight Team December 3 2016
Happy Saturday! Hope it’s nice and sunny where you are. What’s on your agenda for the weekend? Holiday shopping? Putting up your tree? Decorating? Whatever you’re up to, hope it’s a good one. Pammy Blogs Beauty has jumped on the Essential Oils bandwagon and she is obsessed! Check out her DIY for her Lemon Sugar …
StriVectin All Smooth for Frizz-Prone Hair: Anti-Frizz Haircare
Several months ago, I told you about StriVectin’s new haircare line for Color-Treated Hair. I got hooked. StriVectin became my go-to shampoo and conditioner. And I used the protective spray this summer to help keep my hair from fading. Unfortunately, I finished up the shampoo for color-treated hair last month, and I was very sad …
Hermes L’Ambre Des Merveilles Eau de Parfum
On rare occasion, a sales associate makes a fragrance recommendation for me that nails it and sometimes they don’t! I remember on my first trip to Paris, a sales associate embarrassed me when I wanted to buy Je Reviens by Worth. She told me in French that it was for grandmothers, and she suggested a …
Holidays 2016: Stocking Stuffer Ideas for Her
The holidays will be here before we know it, and the shopping season is in full swing. If you are looking for some suggestions for beauty stocking stuffers, I have several to offer. Frankly, I could probably go on forever, but I promise I won’t. Stocking Stuffers So stocking stuffers means small, inexpensive or …