There are few cosmetic lines that make me drop everything and just order whatever new product has been released, but fresh has always had that effect on me. While browsing the Sephora website a couple of weeks ago, I noticed new fresh Sugar Plum Lip Treatment SPF 15. Sure enough...I could not resist. Add to basket. Click. Purchase.
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Diorskin Nude Skin Perfecting Hydrating Concealer may just get my vote for Best. Concealer. Ever. Seriously! This concealer has the performance--and the ingredients--to not only hide imperfections, but to actually improve them over time.
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Few people can get me fired up to try a product like Lucky magazine's Jean Godfrey-June. Her column is the first one I turn to every month when my Lucky magazine arrives. Recently she talked about her love of Philip B Russian Amber Shampoo. I was curious, even intrigued about Russian Amber Shampoo, but quickly dismissed it as something I was not going to get the chance to experience.
Then out of nowhere, I received a sample of Philip B Russian Amber Shampoo and couldn't wait to try it. Would it be as life-changing as Jean Godfrey-June suggested?
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Touche Eclat Radiant Touch Luminizer is a makeup product I've wanted to try forever, but was always a little intimidated by it. I have no idea why; I think mostly because I could never figure out what shade to order. No more! I have the Touche Eclat Radiant Touch Luminizer in Luminous Ivory and love it. Now I know why it's achieved a cult following--everyone from supermodels to celebrities to beauty editors raves about Touche Éclat.
Touche Eclat is a luminizing cream that is dispensed from a pen applicator. By applying it wherever you have shadows, you bring forward the light. It's not magic, it's actually the same concept artists use. The consistency of Touche Eclat is amazing--smooth, creamy and blendable. It doesn't settle into fine lines. What is does do is make the shadows on your face disappear, which results in a more luminous look.
I'm using Touche Eclat daily in the dark inner corners of my eyes, along either side of my nose and the "parentheses" area/nasolabial folds. I apply it right over foundation. There are a total of four shades available; the Luminous Radiance #1 is best for those with fair/pink undertones; Luminous Ivory #2 works for light to medium peachy undertones; Light Peach #3 is for med/olive complexions and Luminous Toffee #4 is for deep olive to dark complexions.
YSL Touche Eclat Radiant Touch Highlighter retails at $40 and is available at department stores and online stores including NORDSTROM.com, Sephora.com
, QVC and the YSL website, where a video on application technique is also available.
Giorgio Armani Beauty has introduced another breakthrough foundation, Giorgio Armani Lasting Silk UV Foundation SPF 20. Armani has invented and continues to define foundations as "cosmetic textiles" and the term is right on. Let me say right off the bat that the Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation is my "go-to" holy grail foundation; I've worn it since it came out. So I couldn't wait to get my hands on this new one to see what the differences were. I wasn't disappointed!
Giorgio Armani Lasting Silk UV Foundation SPF 20 has a different feel and weight than Luminous Silk. Lasting Silk Foundation has several enhancements. It offers all-day lasting wear, medium to full coverage, a luminous semi-matte finish -- and it's weightless. In fact, when you first pump a drop onto your skin, you can watch the foundation change color as it "warms".
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