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Mary Kay just released a new product that is terrific! Tinted Lip Balm with SPF 15. Here is a list of why I love this new product:
– Made with Jojoba Oil and Shea Butter moisturizers (oh so good for your lips!)
– Sheer Color in 5 Shades so it’s all you need
– Use it like chapstick and put it in your pocket/purse
– SPF 15, broad spectrum, blocks UVA/UVB rays (your lips need sunscreen too!)
– Ingredient Vitamin A and C (antioxidents)
– Sleek black tube looks great, plus color button on bottom so you know which color it is
– Only $13 and it’s your chapstick, lipstick, and sunscreen all in one (love the multitasking products to save money)
I’ve been using my new Blush color daily and am loving it! Read more about these on my website or by clicking here.
Last weekend I was helping some high school girls play with Mary Kay’s summer looks. It was great to see how much fun they had with the Coastal Colors Eye Palette, and how natural and beautiful they looked after applying the shimmery eye shadows, mineral powder foundation, and a touch of Hawaiian Sunset Gloss!
The girls were telling me how they had been watching One Tree Hill on Monday nights and noticed that the makeup artist was using Mary Kay’s products with all the beautiful ladies on the show!
The program has done a few special segments showing how you can use the same Mary Kay colors and technics to get the looks of Brooke, Peyton, and Haley. You can see these clips online at: http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/marykay. They are quick and helpful to see how to apply products like Island Bronze Eyesicles, Mineral Bronzing Powder, and Lip Liner. I highly recommend watching the three for some tips on a new summer look for you that is quick and easy.
Today I opened my Google Reader and noticed that Beauty Girl Musings had posted a product review on Mary Kay’s Nourishine Lip Glosses! Click here to read her thoughts and review of these moisturizing lip glosses.
If you are of an ivory skin tone like I am, you may also feel extremely white in the winter. Especially in Seattle, with the lack of enough days to catch some vitamin D rays, I am looking pale! Please someone tell me pale can be in! I’m not about to head to the tanning beds for some color and expensive cancer enhancers.
I came across this soft and pretty look. The model’s eyes have Mineral Eye Colors of Precious Pink, Sweet Plum, and Raisin. These colors can do double duty and create bold eyes, but in this case they are applied softly with the Precious Pink, blending them to a glowing look. Cinnamon Stick Blush gives her a rosy glow, along with the Frosted Rose lipstick and Gold Rush gloss to give her a natural and warm tone. Ivory skin tone is saved from a “death warmed over” to a beautiful winter face!
Matte Rich Dark Lips: Use minimal eye makeup and go for a deep rich color on the lips. This look is a favorite in the fall and winter seasons, and was all over the Nordstrom catalogue that recently came to my mailbox. To try this look, start with a great base color followed with MK’s Red, Amber Suede, or Nutmeg or another rich color. This weekend my husband is taking me out on a date and I’m taking my own challenge to try something new by sporting some bold lips. Which, by the way, I NEVER do. I am definitely a natural lips type of girl with more glamour around the eyes. I may write about my experiment if I get an interesting reaction from my husband.
Fresh Face: Focus on getting flawless skin, with a natural soft look, and a touch of color on the lips. MK’s Even Complexion Essence with the TimeWise Miracle Set is a great start to silky smooth skin. Apply your Mineral Powder Foundation, or Sheer Mineral Pressed Powder to even the skin tone with a soft coverage. One of the secrets to this look is to use your bronzer to add contour to your face by applying it not for the summer sun kissed look, but using it to frame your face by applying along your hairline. Use soft eye colors in shades of white and cream. And finally accentuate your lips with a warm lip color. Simply elegant.
It is always helpful to hear what others are saying about a product. In fact I have been known to pour over product reviews on Amazon for way too long, reading what everyone has to say about a particular item. Well, in order to keep you on task today so that you don’t spend too much time reading 40 opinions, here are two simple reviews from customers who tried the MK Lip Gloss. In fact, everyone I know who has treated their lips to this one, has loved them because they are moisturizing, not sticky, and available in beautiful shades. I usually choose my items based on how many people gave a positive review, and for this one 100% of the ratings are 5 stars.
I’m a Chapstick girl through and through! I’ve been known to have 4+ tubes stashed in various places. I almost panicked on my trip to Europe when I’d forgotten to bring even one!! I had stuck in my MK Lip Gloss though. I wasn’t convinced it could stand up to my usual lip routine, but it did! I wore it constantly for two full weeks. My lips were never dry or cracked and never got chapped. I still have several Chapstick tubes lying around, but my MK Lip Gloss gets just as much “wear-time!” (Melissa, Seattle, WA)
I am loving the lip gloss I picked up the other day. It’s been great and helps me feel more pulled together. I’ve never consistently worn anything on my lips, but I really enjoy this gloss! (Emily, Seattle, WA).
Melissa’s favorite gloss is Melon Sorbet and Emily’s is Beach Bronze. See all of the MK Nourishine Lip Gloss shades here.
Finding the perfect lip color can be frustrating and a bit intimidating when you see the unending line of lipstick shades that are available. By the time you’ve tried on 12 different shades you can’t remember what color your lips naturally are, your lips are parched from applying and removing different lipsticks, and you wonder how healthy it is that you just shared a tube of lip color with every other women who stopped at the counter! So you usually end up grabbing the color most like the same color you always buy and run for the door (after paying for it of course). After wearing it for a while you decide the color isn’t what you had hoped and you toss it to the back of the drawer where it rolls around with the 9 other tubes of lipsticks with the same fate. Sound familiar?
Here is a little tip that will send you in a different direction on the quest for the perfect lip color.
The secret to a great color is to first find your base color! Once you do this, you can basically wear almost any color and it will look great on you! Your perfect base lipstick and lip liner should match the inside of your mouth, just inside your lips as you pout.
I have to admit, before I tried this trick myself, I was a bit skeptical. To begin the experiment I first exfoliated and softened my lips with Satin Lips which is always a treat (for myself and my husband who gets to kiss them!) Then I tried my new base color, Sheer Blush, and my new base lip liner, Dusty Pink, by applying them first to my lips. I did this 4 separate times as I tried four colors I wouldn’t normally wear – an outrageous orange, a brown, red, and a berry. It was amazing because they all looked great! My favorite was the orange and berry toned lip color.
The base color can be used underneath any color, or on top of colors that are too intense. You can also wear just your base color as an everyday look for natural looking lips. The great thing is that with just one new lip color, you have yourself hundreds of possibilities that will look great! Finally you can wear all those retired colors rolling around in your drawer.
It does sound awkward to be pulling your lip down trying to match the color of your inside pout, so another secret is that you can also match the color to your fingertips! The color that disappears is your perfect match, just like foundation.
Voila – great looking lips!
If you live in the Seattle area and would like help finding your perfect match with a free lip consultation, contact me via my website and we’ll find your base color for the perfect pout! It’s very fun!
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