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The Makeup Show Orlando Brings Top Celebrity Artists This Weekend!

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Danessa Myricks, Orlando Santiago, James Vincent (Photo Credit: The Makeup SHow)
Danessa Myricks, Tia Dantzler, Orlando Santiago, James Vincent (Photo Credit: The Makeup Show)

The Makeup Show is one of the biggest and best shows that gives beauty professionals a platform to be educated, inspired and opportunities.  Over 75 beauty bands and 30 keynote speakers and seminars with top beauty professionals will be at The Hyatt Regency in Orlando taking the sunshine state by storm on November 15th and 16th.

The Makeup Show is produced by The Powder Group founded by Michael DeVellis and developed by James Vincent.  The focus is to inspire, strengthen and create a global makeup artist community with not only The Makeup Show, but other classes and events throughout the year all over the world.

The show is an opportunity to learn from celebrity artists, see the latest products from the top professional cosmetic brands and network amongst artists from all over.  Artists such as Eugenia Weston, Renny Vasquez, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Orlando Santiago and so many more will speak about how they took their craft into a career as well as teach tricks and give advice to the attendees.

Sunday, November 16th Crown Brush is bringing together Face Off contestants Laura Tyler, Nix Herrera and Erik Garcia to share their experiences offer advice on what artists can do to succeed in any area of the industry.

There is still time to attend The Makeup Show if you are an artist, if not don’t worry I will be sharing tips, tricks, and of course must have’s from the show!

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Bobbi Brown Pretty Pink Ribbon Lip Gloss Collection

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Pretty Pink Ribbon Lip Gloss Collection (Photo Credit: Bobbi Brown)
Pretty Pink Ribbon Lip Gloss Collection (Photo Credit: Bobbi Brown)

Bobbi Brown has released a limited edition lip gloss set; Pretty Pink Ribbon Gloss Collection.  The lipgloss for a cause is a four pack of some of the most popular pink lipglosses made: Pretty Pink Sheer Lip Gloss, Pink Tulle High Shimmer Lip Gloss, Bright Lilac Lip Gloss and Soiree Pink Shimmer Lip Gloss.

For every Pretty Pink Ribbon Gloss Collection set sold Bobbi Brown will donate $12 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  BCRF is a nonprofit organization committed to achieving prevention and a cure for breast cancer.  Founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder, BCRF has invested more than half a billion dollars in lifesaving research and will continue to do so until a cure has been found.

The Pretty Pink Ribbon Gloss collection retails for $60 and can be found online and at Bobbi Brown counters.

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Too Faced 2014 Limited Edition Holiday Collection

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Too Faced has released their limited edition 2014 Holiday Collection: What Pretty Girls Are Made Of. The holiday collection features many of their best sellers packaged together perfect to take on the go and beautifully designed to make the perfect gift for yourself or to give.

(Photo Credit: Too Faced)
(Photo Credit: Too Faced)

Beauty Wishes & Sweet Kisses: $34 USD

Our delicious little palette of our full-face wearable favorites fulfills every last beauty wish. Create decadent eye looks with three antioxidant-rich, cocoa powder infused shadows from our best-selling Chocolate Bar Eye Shadow Collection, our matte Chocolate Soleil Bronzer and our luminous Snow Bunny Bronzer for a fresh glow. Finish the look with a pink glossy pout.

  • White Chocolate Eyeshadow
  • Creme Brulee Eyeshadow
  • Haute Chocoalet Eyeshadow
  • Chocolate Soleil Bronzer
  • Snow Bunny Luminous Bronzer
  • La Crème Lip Gloss in Naked Dolly
(Photo Credit: Too Faced)
(Photo Credit: Too Faced)

La Belle Carousel: $49 USD

This beautiful carousel of eye shadows, blushes, bronzers and our best-selling Better Than Sex Mascara is created from six individual sections that split apart to create on-the-go looks or can be separately gifted to everyone on your list. Too Faced Co-Founder and Creative Director Jerrod Blandino carefully curated the palette, each offering a different way to own your holiday look.

  • 3 Eye Shadow Palettes with a total of 12 shades
  • 2 Blush & Bronzer Palettes that include best-selling Chocolate Soleil Bronzer ans Who’s Your Poppy Blush
  • Better Than Sex Mascara
(Photo Credit: Too Faced)
(Photo Credit: Too Faced)

Under the Mistletoe: $28 USD

Get ready to pucker up under the mistletoe and drench your lips in three shimmer versions of our best-selling Naked Dolly, Marshmallow Bunny and Spice Spice Baby La Crème Color Drenched Lip Creams. Indulge your pout with the luscious, moisturizing formula and pigment-rich, one-swipe color of these exclusive shades. The three sparkling La Cremes come in a pretty to-go glitter bag, just-the-right-size to slip in your Christmas clutch.

  • Naked Dolly
  • Marshmallow Bunny
  • Spice Spice Baby
(Photo Credit: Too Faced)
(Photo Credit: Too Faced)

Melted Kisses: $25 USD

Too Faced Co-Founder and Creative Director Jerrod Blandino had never seen lipstick more beautiful, intense, rich and glossy than when it’s in its melted form in the cosmetic labs. With this inspiration, we created a lipstick liquified so it doesn’t lose its pigment or shine while keeping a comfortable, flexible and cushiony wear. This holiday season, indulge your lips with four clutch-sized tubes of Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick, our stunning new innovation in lip color. Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick gives the high shine of a gloss, the lasting power of a stain and the intense color of a liquid lipstick in one longwear formula. It’s the perfect party companion for mistletoe action.

  • Melted Nude
  • Melted Peony
  • Melted Berry
  • Melted Fuschsia
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Ciate Mini Mani Manor Advent Calendar for the Holidays!

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Ciaté® the UK based nail polish company created by Charlotte Knight are polishes that will transform your nails into an accessory. The nail polish brand has come out with a new limited edition, fairy-tale Mini Mani Manor for the holidays. The 24 piece nail polish advent

(Photo Credit: Ciate)
(Photo Credit: Ciate)

calendar is packed with the pro formula nail polishes in a variety of shade and textures, so that the owner of this fun calendar can create over 145 nail looks. The set contains 17 mini paint pots in an array of Ciaté’s most popular shades from cream, glitter an shimmer finishes, a full size paint pot in the Celestial glitter, 2 mini texture pots with pearls, and 3 mini paint pots in holiday glitter shades. The Mini Mani Manor also includes 1 Fiarisle style nail transfer to finish off any color combination.

(Photo Credit: Ciate)
(Photo Credit: Ciate)

The Ciaté Mini Mani Manor is available online for $59.

Say goodbye to the boring old advent calendars this season and hello to the beauty inspired fun calendar that keeps giving long after the 24 days are over! The perfect gift to give or ask for this holiday season.

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Smashbox Limited Edition BCA Be Legendary Lip Gloss

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(Photo Credit: Smashbox)

Smashbox‘s latest campaign “Giving is Gorgeous!” will be donating $5 from your purchase of the limited edition shade of their Be Legendary Lip Gloss. The proceeds from the sales will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, whose mission is to preventing breast cancer and finding a cure in our lifetime.

The lip gloss is not only a gorgeous shade of pink, but the gloss is a vibrant shade with a glassy finish perfect to finish off a beauty look. The lip gloss can also be added to the center of your lip to create a plumper lip.

BCA Be Legendary is a limited edition product and is $20 USD, which can be found online.

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Birchbox Subscription: A Surprise Every Month

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(Photo Credit: Birchbox)

Anyone that knows me is aware that I LOVE testing out new products, and playing with color stories and ideas.  Which is why I could not say no when I learned about Birchbox.  Every month it is a little treasure in the mail, I feel like it is my birthday!  Each box contains 4-5 products that are customized based on a questionnaire you answer.  The products are high end names you will recognize, Benefit, Oribe, Elizabeth Arden, Smashbox, SuperGoop!, Beauty Protector and many many more.  There are also samples of up and coming products as well.  I have tested out and fell in love with nail polishes, hair products, beauty products and when I found Supergoop!  I started buying products for my whole family.

The Boxes are $10 a month and if fall in love with a product you can go to Birchbox shop and get a full size sent to you.  As a member you earn points on boxes, reviews and products, which can be redeemed for products.  A win-win!

Did I mention they also have a men’s subscription box, for $20 a month.  Perfect for a gift!

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Review of Kiehl’s Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado

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(Photo Credit: Kiehl’s)

Finding great skincare products can be perplexing and overwhelming. There are tons of brands and products addressing different concerns. A good eye cream can tackle many problems and help moisturize but, finding one is the trick.

Kiehl’s Since 1851 Creamy Eye Treatment with Avocado is a creamy, moisturizing eye treatment that is to provide hydration while taking in mind the sensitive area. The hydration comes from the beta carotene and shea butter along with the avocado oil that moisturizes and infuses the skin with amino acids, potassium and vitamins. The cream is a light green shade and a very thick consistency in the jar, however, once applied to the delicate under eye area it is quickly absorbed without a greasy feel. If you have dry skin under the eyes it will clear up in a matter of days. It is a luxurious product at a reasonable price.

It is easy to see why it is a customer favorite, between the effectiveness, the quality and price, it is worth testing it out for yourself. The 0.5 fl oz jar is priced at $28.50 USD and the 0.95 fl oz jar is $47 USD, the jars do last as you only need a small amount.

** I received a free product in order to review the eye treatment. My opinions expressed in this post are my own. **

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MAC Cosmetics Celebrates Rocky Horror Picture Show Anniversary with New Collection

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(Photo Credit: MAC Cosmetics)
(Photo Credit: MAC Cosmetics)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year and MAC Cosmetics has decided to celebrate the cult classic with a limited edition collection. Now you can transform yourself into one the iconic characters from an alien from Transylvania, a heroic newlywed, a sex-swapping mad scientist or even the time-warped Riff Raff. The collection will be available before Halloween so start planning now on your wild makeup side.

(Photo Credit: MAC Cosmetics)
(Photo Credit: MAC Cosmetics)

Riff-Raff Eyeshadow Palette: $44.00 USD

Blackberry Muted burgundy-plum brown (Matte) (Permanent)
Carbon Black Intense black (Matte)
Crystal Violet duochrome with pearl (Frost) (Permanent)
Graphic Style Deep silver (Veluxe Pearl) (Repromote)
Heavy, Black and Pendulous Grayish blue with pearl (Frost)
Oh, Rocky!!! Soft muted white with pearl (Frost)

Glitter: $23.00 USD

3D Black Black with silver holographic effect (Permanent)
Gold Sparkling chunky gold (Permanent)

Pigment: $23.00 USD

It’s Not Easy Having a Good Time Sparkling burgundy

Chromagraphic Pencil: $17.50 USD

Basic Red Primary red (Permanent at Pro)
Black Black Black (Permanent at Pro)

Greasepaint Stick: $21.00 USD

B Bright yellow blue
Black Intense Black

Superslick Liquid Eye Liner: $20.00 USD

On the Hunt True Black (Permanent)

Lashes: $18.50 USD

7 Lash (Limited Edition Packaging)

Powder Blush: $24.00 USD

Crazed Imagination Muted Plum with a hint of pink pearl

Sculpt and Shape Powder: $27.50 USD

Bone Beige/Emphasize Palest cream/tan

Lipstick: $17.50 USD

Frank-N-Furter Deep Raspberry Wine (Matte)
Oblivion Vivid Bluish red (Amplified)
Sin Deep Dark blue red (Matte) (Permanent)
Strange Journey Yellowish brick red (Matte)

Lip Pencil: $17.50 USD

Vino Intense Violet Purple (Permanent)

Nail Lacquer: $13.50 USD

Bad Fairy Red with red multi-changing pearl (Limited Edition)
Formidable Teal green with pink multi-changing pearl (Permanent)

Online September 29th, in-stores October 2nd at MAC Stores Only.

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Review of Younique Moodstruck 3D Fiber Lashes

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(Photo Credit: Younique)

Many women will agree that they were not blessed with amazing lashes. Thus begins the quest for finding a mascara that can give you the length, fullness and gorgeous lashes. There are a ton of mascara’s on the market, however, I have found that finding a great one that combines both length, fullness and does not smudge is not an easy task. My clients ask me all the time if there is an alternative to wear false eyelashes so I know I am not alone in my search.

I recently have been hearing the name Younique from many and hearing about there Moodstruck 3D Fiber Lashes. The three step process uses the Transplanting Gel and Natural Fibers, to help create the appearance of thickness and volume to your existing lashes. I was fortunate to be given a set of the Moodstruck to test out on my lashes. The pair of wands are packaged in a gorgeous case which makes it easy to keep the two products together in your makeup bag, as one can not be used without the other. First you apply the Transplanting Gel which is dark in color and will remind you of a mascara, in texture. Apply the gel to the top of the lashes and then underneath so as to keep your lashes curled. Next apply the natural fibers to the lashes, which must be done immediately after the gel so that the fibers will stick. Once both eyes have the two steps applied to them it is time for the third and final step, which is actually going over the lashes with the Transplanting Gel. By doing the third step it will set the fibers into place and maintain the gorgeous length and volume. It may take one or two times of applying to get the technique in application down, while it is easy, it is different than using regular mascara.

So, is it worth it? YES! The difference that the 3D Fiber Lashes make to your own lashes is very easy to see, it really does everything. It will give you the look of false eyelashes without the glue and hassle. It is very noticeable without having to use a mirror to see it and if you were taking photographs, your eyes will pop. The 3D Fiber Lashes do come off with makeup remover and are in fact water resistant so you can wear them out in the humidity or cry and they will not smudge.

The set is $29 USD and will last you three months, which is about the time that you should replace mascara in your makeup bag as to keep your products clean and bacteria free. The bottles are generous in size and product so I am sure that it will last and keep giving you those amazing lashes that you have always wanted but were not born with.

* I received the Younique Moodstruck 3D Fiber Lashes to test. My opinions expressed in this post are my own. *

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MAC Cosmetics Marge Simpson Limited Edition Collection

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(Photo Credit: MAC Cosmetics)
(Photo Credit: MAC Cosmetics)

If you ever wondered what Marge Simpson‘s beauty bag looked like then this new MAC Cosmetics collection is perfect for you. MAC Cosmetics is celebrating The Simpsons 25th anniversary by creating a 10 item collection in honor of the famous cartoon mom. The collection is a playful line that gives some fun colorful ideas to add into your kit. The 10 items include: two 4 piece eyeshadow palettes, blush, lipglass and false lashes. The colors are in shades of pink, purple, black and of course blue like her famous beehive hair with names like: Itchy & Scratchy & Sexy, Nacho Cheese Explosion and That Trillion Dollar Look. The packaging alone is worth showcasing the items in your beauty bag.

While you may not want to have a complete Marge makeover, one suggestion would be to add one of the fun colors to your look for a pop of fun color. As well as using a Marge Simpson lipglass shade on top of your neutral lip pencil to create a new color.

Those that attended Comic-Con in San Diego this past were the first to preview the makeup line before it hits the stores. The lines outside the MAC store were wrapped around the block, proving that this iconic character may not be Marilyn Monroe, or Barbie, but she has a huge following all her own. The attendees also were able to get Marge makeovers and see the Marge models, come to life as their favorite animated character.

The Marge Simpson makeup collection is available online on and in stores on September 4. It is a limited edition collection and will sell out fast both online and in stores.

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