Product of the Week!

Although tis the season to be on the drier side, sometimes you just can't get away from using a tad of powder...it may be to set your concealer, or to add that last bit of coverage around your nose, or to help lock whatever make up you have on your face...IN. The search for the perfect powder is always in motion, I like to actually not see make up on the skin, I like to see well just...perfectly even skin. However with that being said what you see and what you get can be two different things. The better your skin is- the less foundation, concealer, powder...you need. In real life, you use only what you need. In photography, you use a bit more "coverage"...in a wedding, you have to mix both worlds. Since so much of our work is weddings, we are always on the hunt for the best of the best and we stay LOYAL to them. Getting me to try something new is never a problem on say me or one of my friends, but I have to say, I stick to what I KNOW when working with one of my Brides! I have been a big fan of 2 powders for a while now...Laura Mercier's Translucent Powder and T Le Clerc's powders...love love them!

Enter a new fav....drumroll, pluuuuuleaze!

Make Up Forever HD Microfinishing Powder! I have used this before and remember liking it alot, and I was reintroduced a few weeks back and all the memories came flooding back...just kidding, it wasn't that emotional, but close. I used their loose powder and rocked it over an already made face with a velour puff...ahhh, it looked like the skin of Miss Hathaway. Oh la la...perfection. Keep this in mind as we creep into the spring and summer months...it's addictive and don't say I didn't warn you!!

Product of the Week!

Tried a new product this weekend and loved it...Cosmedicine's Medi Matte ROCKS! It is a mister spray of a mattifying solution that will lock in your make up and leave a velvety, matte finish to your face! Perfect for all you oily peeps out there, and for normal skin types, in hot and humid weather! It is such a fine mist with a huge range, that you barely feel it going on, but it works and gets my vote! They carry this fabulous line in several places, I found this in our local Ulta. Check it out...and PS, they have a fantastic matte tinted moisturizer with SPF!!! Have that in your bag of tricks for the summer time!

Muwah!

With Product of the Week in mind and Valentine's Day right around the corner...I HAD to post this fab product made by Sephora! It is a great lip collaboration of several fav lip glosses and lip sticks...all ranging in shades of pink and red! I am a lip gloss JUNKIE and I love minis... this way I get the best of both worlds! I especially love the Korres mini! This is the perfect gift for any favorite girlie in your life...SFAM, Sister, Mother, BFF. Warning: They will want to steal yours, so you might as well buy another for that some special!

Give Me a Kiss!!

Product of the Week

I am always looking for products that will prolong the wear of any product...primers and bases are good, but rarely hold up to their promise. Until I found this one by Benefit!

Stay, Don't Stray...Use just a small drop all around (and under) the eye area for a concealer and eye shadow base. It works!! Perfect as we roll into warmer more humid weather. We seem to be switching seasons already and I plan to give this the test as soon as the weather hits 75degrees (which it did today)...plus it smooths out any sign of a wrinkle-which hey...that's worth it's weight in gold if ya ask me.

Try it out and tell me what YOU think!

I think it's going to be a must have for spring and summer weddings!

Lash Out!

Okay, so it's not a newsflash that I am ADDICTED to mascara...especially these days! I am always on the hunt for the latest and greatest and will TRY just about anything. I have my favorites and my tried and true-and have even been known to use more than one mascara at a time. This weekend I used 3 of Maybelline's newest mascaries, their XXL PRO line and loved loved them-especially their XXL Waterproof CURLING mascara. It's double ended wand is fabulous, but the curling end is crazy!! It was shaped in the letter "C"-how is that for some arch? My Bride this weekend swore she actually felt her lashes curling as I was putting her mascara on (the other girls thought we had put fake lashes on her!). It was redunkulous really how gorgeous she was, and her lashes looked sooooo lush. Take your pick and decide which one is going to be your new flava fav!

Happy New Year...Natura Bisse'

Whoa Nelly...it's been 2 weeks since we did Product of the Week! We missed ya out there, but hope everyone had a fab time ringing in the new year!

After the stress of the holidays and the brutal cold and dry air-we think our skin needs a break! Boy, oh, boy did I find the vacation for our pores...I was lucky enough to be able to indulge in the luxurious skin care line Natura Bisse' lately and fell in love! I have tried alot of skin care in my past, some pricey-some not so pricey. Some work their magic, some...not so much. This line is like putting a little bit of heaven on your face-the down side, it is on the pricey side. I really like their Oxygen and Diamond Extreme line...a good way to test drive what you might like is to ask for free samples! Pick and choose your battles and maybe scrimp in some other area this month...trust me, you will LOVE their products!

Vodka & Caviar!

OPI never let's me down with their luscious shades or their perfectly quirky names! This shade has been one of my favs since the Russian Collection came out and I forgot how much I loved it until one of my girlfriends had it on the other night...Vodka and Caviar! I usually splash some on my piggies but for this time a year it is the perfect holiday red...love love! They have a great Holiday Collection, that is all sparkle and glitz (pretty)...but may be a bit too much for us savvy more uhmmmm, middle aged chics. This one is so pretty, sexy, and sophisticated...I promise it won't disappoint.

All the other little elves will be jealous!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow...

Well, here at the beach we have to fake it...but I can't think of a better way of faking it then with this yummy Philosophy Product- Snow!

It is the perfect stocking stuffer, perfect hostess gift, perfect price point! Coming in at $25.00, this is an awesome holiday giftie! You get 3 delicious products and they all have the freshest hint of the first fallen snow. Clean, crisp, delish!

Go get your SNOW ON......brrrrrrrrrr, never felt so good!

Commander in Chic!

Okay, I KNOW...all these brilliant, gorgeous, shimmery winter colors and I go pick a matte grey product of the week....that's me- a bit against the grain at times. I couldn't resist though, I was a bit over the reds, burgandy's, blues, and browns and as soon as I found this shade of nail polish I GRAB it and ran to the register.

It is called Commander In Chic #370 from Sally Hansen's Complete Salon Manicure line. The brush is awesome, a bit tapered more than the usual and the shade is more neutral than you would think...perfect to wear with anything! The price is right up there with Essie and OPI, about $7.99...but worth it! I picked mine up at a local CVS, so try your local Targets, Ulta, and neighborhood drug stores. I love this suede shade and hope you love it too..now go get your grey on!

This photos was grabbed (no other pics were found) off of a site called http://www.stephscloset.com/

Very cool site and very detailed on anything about beauty and fashion...a woman after my own heart!

Double Mini...double WOW!

Okay, so I was trolling my favorite sites looking for a personal replacement brush set and found this...love Love, LOVE this from Laura Mercier! They are super compact, super easy to travel with, and super easy to use. I love that you get so many brushes for LESS than $100.00! My favorite is her smudge brush, with her flat liner brush coming in a tight second. Go directly to her site, saks, or bergdorf goodmans to grab yours before the holiday robbers, I mean shoppers get theirs!!

Red Red Red!!!

It's that time folks...Holiday time which mean RED lipstick time!

A red lip is a classic staple that will never go out of style. The trick is finding the right one for YOU and wear it with confidence! Keep everything else on the face bare or minimal and rock the red! I have picked a few goodies that I think will be fun for the festivities...one is a creamy true red, one a warmer sheerer red, and one deep, textured and matte! Drum roll........

Kat Von D,

Make Up Forever,

and Nars tops my list of fabulous red carpet worthy reds!

Love these...after brushing your teeth, run your toothbrush over your lips (exfoliate), place a lip primer or even Aquafor, leave on for 5 minutes then blot, run the lip color over your lips using the tube or even your hands...SKIP the liner (circa 1995)...

Be brave, not afraid of a red lip...

Go for it and watch heads turn!

Magical Mini"s

I love the brand Philosophy for many reasons, but mainly because they are a top notch company, delivering a top notch quality product. You know their ingredients are natural and the results you get are super natural (even better)!

Here in our neck of the woods, the weather is swinging from 55 degrees to 80 degrees...our skin doesn't know what to acclimate to...we found the perfect skin care solution...

Magical Mini's by Philosophy

Included is a cleanser, night time repair, daily moisturizer with and without SPF, eye cream, and a micro peel-whahoooooo! Spa Day en su casa for us!

Perfect for this time a year, when the weather can't make up it's mind and your skin is not far behind it...great for all skin types!

On my Santa's Short List!

You better watch out, you better not cry...well, with these... you CAN actually cry!

I love the brand Make Up Forever, love love!

Now, I love a great waterproof eye pencil and these are hands down my ultimate fav!

These Aqua Eyes are creamy and easy to smudge, but once they go on-they don't budge! I think the colors are bold , brilliant, and fabulous...and this gift box comes with 26 pencils, so the hardest thing about this set is deciding which ones you want to use first!

Hurry and write Santa, tell him to put a rush order on this perfect holiday gift set.

Just make sure Mrs. Claus doesn't snag it from the bag before the Mister makes it down the chimney!

Striking Gold...well, sorta!

Okay, I LOVE Smashbox products! You always know you are getting a great quality product and they often have wonderful kits, especially around holiday time. A while back, I was lucky enough to come across an amazing Smashbox palette for my kit. It really has everything you could ever want for color in a kit, and I often don't even reach for other things when I am working ...(especially when I need to work fast)...it has cool colors, warm colors, their jet set liners, brow colors, blushes, bronzer, highlighter, and LIPS!!! My only regret was that by the time I wanted one for my regular personal stash...they were GONE baby gone. Well, it's your lucky day folks...I was searching my favorite lines looking for the latest and greatest and tripped on their newest kit and it is raging FABULOUS! And it's all for $59.00 bucks. It is the best $59.00 dollars you will ever spend, well worth every penny. You have to go on the Smashbox site directly (and they will give you free standard shipping!). The PERFECT holiday gift for all the girls in your life (including the one in the mirror)...snag your up asap, I'm sure they will be gone in a flash!

In an attempt to find one more pinkalicious item before the end of the month...I stiletto stumbled over this...now I love just about anything Versace, but I really love this fragrance-Bright Crystal! I wore this back in the spring and it was perfect, bright, crisp, with just enough (but not too much) daytime sexy! I think it would even be super suitable for winter time, especially for daytime or if you like something a bit easier on the ole sniffer. I love the little Pink Ribbon charm it comes with and of course the PINK packaging! Grab yours now because we are nearing the end of the month...boy, I sure am going to miss all the pink!

Shop PINK!

Continuing our search for all products PINK this month...here is the latest and greatest of what we dug up! These products are stellar and give back to an even greater cause. Pull out the green and watch it turn into PINK...

Did we mention we like the color pink?

Go to beauty.com to find your favorite!

BCA...Bring It!

You know what time it is...BCA or Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

I have always been impressed with what the beauty industry has rolled out in honor and support of BCA, but now my ears really perk up! Many people know this, however some don't...but I was diagnosed this past June (June 1st, 12 o'clock noon to be exact) with Breast Cancer at the age of 36. I am currently fighting not only for me and my family, but for the many woman and men out there touched by this horrible disease. So, the next time you are out shopping and see Pink...know that it is the color of our banner we wave so high! Get out there, buy some PINK, and support a fabulous cause! Here are a few goodies I saw this week that are awesome...

look GOOD,do GREAT!!

Cosmetics for a Cause!

Give Me Moore...or Moor!

I love FALL! Love fall clothes, love fall make up, anything with fall colors and textures! Fall rolls around and I like changing up a few things...my digit polish included. I am creature of habit and love my Bubble Bath or Ballet Slippers in the summer, and love my darker colors in the fall and winter, usually Lincoln Park In the Dark or my trusty Vamp. I tend to lean towards the wines, burgandys, and reds...as long as it's DARK! My latest fav is by OPI...I love the dark plumy color and once I flipped over and saw the name-it quickly made it into my little shopping basket (we love marketing!)...

Check out the entire Espana Collection, especially Give Me Moor!

The perfect plum to fall for...give me more!

Her Name Was LOLA...

Now, we LOVE us some Marc Jacobs over here in the land of Moore Make Up! Love his clothes, shoes, bags, glasses, line for LV, and of course his perfumes! His first scent Marc...is one of my all time favorites. It was no surprise that his latest fragrance LOLA-hit the nail on the head! It is sweet and musky, perfect for fall and we love love the sassy bottle it comes in...so MARC!

I would give my right arm to be at one of his shows right now for NYC Fashion Week...I guess spritzing myself with his latest and greatest will have to do!

We're Baaaaaaack!

Summer flew by without even stopping! We are back to doing Product of the Week and are so excited!

We have come across some fabulous goodies and want to share what we have found!

Fall is my absolute favorite time for make up and there are several trends I am loving right now.

One thing I am loving is the textured eye shadows in rich colors...so luxurious! Although matte shadows are "in", I still love the silky, creamier look for shoots and weddings.

It really catches the light and looks purely radiant!

I came across this palette, Shady Lady from The Balm and it is perfect for fall and winter.

Great quality, super pigment, and LOVE the leopard and mud flap girl packaging...the colors are right on!

Pair with a sheer hit of a nude lip, or a tap of something deeper and richer-either way, you can

rock it out!