Fun in the Sun Beauty

Jun 272009
 

Beauty is not only about looking good, but keeping it that way as well. Featured are beauty products that offer UV-protection.

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Instant Mineral SPF 30 0.32 oz (9 g)
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Get a silky smooth complexion and save your skin!

This finely milled mineral powder gives you a translucent matte finish and SPF 30 sun protection in one convenient applicator.

Price: $30

icontarte 24.7 Lip Sheer SPF 15
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Want budge-proof lip stain with a kiss of color?

tarte Lip Sheers are perfect to slip into your gym or beach bag when you want a hint of color without looking overdone. (Admit it — we’re all that vain.) Bonus: The tube makes application a no-brainer. Try Thursday, a sheer light pink.

Price: $14

iconFrederic Fekkai SunShine Shield (Beauty.com Exclusive) 3.4 oz (98 g)
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Summer style is all about sexy, undone style.  But achieving the perfect “just-off-the-beach” look shouldn’t mean exposing your hair to the damaging effect of the sun, salt water and chlorine.

Product features and benefits: UV Protection with Solarshieldâ„¢ technology, color preservation with antioxidant-rich bioflavonoids which prevent fading, discoloration and brassiness, moisture conservation and replenishment with weightless conditioners and humectants.

Price: $22

iconMD Skincare Powerful Sun Protection SPF 30, Packettes of 60 applications
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On-the-go sun protection.  These packettes make it easy to carry anywhere, in a purse, beach bag, and even to have in the car.

Protects against skin-aging free radicals, UVA/UVB rays. Absorbs quickly with no stickiness or residue.  Provides no-mess portable sun protection.

Price: $42

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iconPaula Dorf Face Tint SPF 15 Tinted Moisturizer, 1.7 fl oz (50 ml)
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Face Tint SPF 15 is a lightweight tinted moisturizer that provides sheer, natural coverage while effectively moisturizing and protecting the skin from environmental damage.

Price: $38

 

iconiconPrescriptives All-Weather Friend Sun Protection SPF 40 1 oz (30 ml)
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For high SPF needs. Skin needs protecting all day, every day–whether it’s sunny, cloudy or hazy outdoors.

All-Weather Friend Daily UVA/UVB Sun Protection SPF 40 is a silky smooth lotion that shields skin from harmful UVA/UVB rays that cause sunburn, skin damage and premature signs of aging. Weightless and fast-absorbing, All-Weather Friend defends skin against free radical damage.

Price: $26.50

iconessie Non Yellowing Topcoat 0.5 fl oz (15 ml)
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Sun protection for your nails!

Protects light nail polish from ultra violet rays and prevents polish from changing color.

Non-Yellowing Topcoat is sun block for your manicure and pedicures.

Price: $8

iconiconKorres Natural Products Yoghurt Cooling Gel 5.07 fl oz (150 ml)
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For cooling after-sun face & body care. The ultra cooling and soothing cream-gel for long-lasting freshness and comfort to the face and body.

Yoghurt, a natural source of lactose, proteins, minerals and vitamins, increases the water content of the top layers of the skin instantly relieving UV-induced redness (erythema) and sensation of burning.  Epilobium angustifolium and Fennel extracts demonstrate exceptional anti-inflammatory and anti-irritant properties, promoting the recovery of sun-harassed skin.

Price: $23.50

For more fun in the sun beauty ideas, check out Beauty.com
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Mother’s Day Eco-Friendly Beauty Gifts

Apr 222009
 
Tarte Tote Set

Tarte Tote Set

This Mother’s Day give a beauty gift that not only would please your mother,  but mother earth as well.  Here are a few suggestions for great eco-friendly Mother’s Day beauty gifts:

Tarte Be Good To Your Mother (Earth) Tote Set

Celebrate this Mother’s Day with this environmentally friendly set featuring a reusable natural cotton tote and three natural lip sheers.  The three lip sheer are packaged in post-consumer recycled aluminum tubes and geniusly named reduce (sheer peach) , reuse (sheer poppy pink), and recycle (sheer pinky beige).  The SPF 15 lip sheers are sulfate-free and paraben-free and come tucked in a the natural cotton tote that can reused as a grocery bag or a fun beach bag.  Price $35

Bare Escentuals Siren of the Sea Collection

Bare Escentuals Siren of the Sea Collection

Bare Escentuals Siren of the Sea Hydrating and Brightening Collection

This seven-piece collection is named siren of the sea, referring to the mermaid of course, to reflect the cool and hydrating effects of the ocean.  This collection features a blush and powder with water-encapsulated technology, making skin look hydrated while provide natural color.  This seven-piece Bare Escentuals kit comes with; Natural Lip Gloss in Chiffon (nude sand), Mermaid (dark blue-green) eye color, hydrating coral blush, hydrating mineral veil, High Shine in Sand Dune, double-ended brush with bamboo handle, and a straw clutch. Price $49

LAVANILA The Healthy Candel

LAVANILA The Healthy Candle

LAVANILA The Healthy Candle

For the mother who always wants a candle, The Healthy Candle from LAVANILA is made of pure beeswax and pure essential oils.  Inspired by their signature fragrances, LAVANILA The Healthy Candle with give the home a beautiful and inviting scent.  Pure beeswax, which burns 90% cleaner and last 50% longer than paraffin candles, burn clean to create a safer and less polluted indoor environment.  These three wicked candles come in a keepsake tin and are available in the following fragrances: Pure Vanilla, Vanilla Grapefruit, Vanilla Coconut, and Vanilla Spice.  Price $32

Josie Maran Earth Day Essentials

Josie Maran Earth Day Essentials

Josie Maran Earth Day Essentials Green-On-The-Go Kit

This kit features Josie Maran’s best-selling and award-winning products that are eco-chic and a great way to start with a healthy and natural makeup routine.  This kit comes with five products; 100% organic Argan Oil to be used on the face, pluming lip gloss in Daring (sheer rosy nude), cream blush in Sunrise (soft pink), mascara and eye liner both in black.  Josie Maran products are paraben-free and sulfate-free, and made without any synthetic fragrances, petro-chemicals, or phthalates.  Price $48

Juice Beauty Organics To Go

Juice Beauty Organics To Go

Juice Beauty Organics To Go Starter Kit

Finally, beauty would not be complete without having the foundation of great skin.  This six-piece organic skincare starter set provides all anti-aging needs for day and night.  The set contains a bamboo washcloth to be use with the Cleansing Milk, Green Apple Peel for Sensitive skin, Antioxidant Serum, Hydrating Mist, and Nutrient Moisturizer.  Price $29

Dogeared Jewels and Gifts

Apr 122009
 
Photo courtesy of (mint)

Photo courtesy of (mint)

Dogeared Jewels and Gifts is a fun jewelry line that is meant to be gifted.  It has  great packaging with the positive message and meaning  printed on the box.  The range of necklaces, bracelets, and earrings offered is vast and you are sure to find something for everyone.  Best of all is the price range the jewelry is offered at is affordable, between $20 to $100′s, and is sure to meet anyone’s budget.  Here are some of jewelry offered by Dogeared Jewels and Gifts which can be found on Amazon.com or Dogeared.com:

KARMA COLLECTION

Sterling Silver Karma Bracelet on Tobacco Irish Linen

Karma Bracelet

What goes around, comes around! is the tag line of this karma collection.This popular collection is a great way to remind those to keep things positive because what you give out, will come back!

This 1/2″ sterling silver karma ring is attached to 7″ of tobacco Irish linen with a bead closure. $44

The card message states:

what goes around, comes around… wear your bracelet as a reminder to keep their circle positive, peaceful, and loving

MAKE-A-WISH ORIGINALS

Make-A-Wish Originals

Make-A-Wish Originals

The best known product of Dogeared is the Make-A-Wish necklace.  The concept of Make-A-Wish is simple.  The person who receives this necklace makes-a-wish when you put the necklace on, and when the necklace wears off (when the string breaks), the wish is ready to come true.  Makes a great gift for birthdays, graduations, and Mother’s Day.  They only thing is you have to make sure the wearer doesn’t try to break the string on purpose to speed things up!

This necklace is on a 16″ purple silk cord with a sterling silver teeny star charm with a spring ring closure.  $25

The card message states:

make a wish and put on this necklace… when your necklace wears off… your wish should come true… enjoy, trust, believe

Pearls of…

Pearls of... friendship

Pearls of... friendship

The pearls of… collection revolves around the concept of the admiration and timelessness of a woman’s pearls.  Dogeared Jewels and Gifts uses this collection to tie different loving and encouraging messages.  Available on silk tread, sterling silver and gold filled chains with a variety of messages for beauty, friendship, love, happiness, wisdom, and success.

This necklace is on a 16″ sterling silver fine chain with a white freshwater button pearl with a spring ring closure. $34

The card message states:

from humbles beginnings as a rough grain of sand, the pearl slowly grow into an object of beauty and simplicity. symbolic of honesty, integrity, prosperity and wisdom. pearls represent the best within us. let your necklace be a daily reminder of the beauty and simplicity of our friendship! enjoy and believe!

For more on Dogeared Jewels and Gifts, please visit their website.

2009 V-Beauty Guide

Jan 252009
 

This Valentine’s Day spoil yourself! Here are some ideas:

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Geisha Rouge perfume. photo courtesy of Aroma M.

 

 Geisha Rouge perfume from Aroma M.

Details: Geisha Rouge is warm, beckoning, enticing. Its blend of tonka bean, tobacco and vanilla, combined with cinnamon, star of anise, clove, and sandalwood traditional Japanese incense ingredients–give it a mellow yet racy, smoky, appeal, not unlike that of a gentle, irresistible red flame.

Here is one beautiful, feminine fragrance that is not based on flowers, but on seductive spices and woods that convey the meaning of vivacious sensuality held in check but barely so.

Price: $44.00

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photo courtesy of pinupbalm.com

Pin Up Lip Balm – All Natural Lip Care with Glamorous Retro Flair from pinupbalm.com

Details: Pin Up Balms is a sensational treat for the lips and a feast for the eyes. Made with all natural ingredients, these lip balms are a pleasure to use, and the tins are made to be seen! Cruelty free and not tested on animals, these balms are formulated to help soothe tender lip skin, and come in a convenient slide top tin. Available in over 40 fabulous flavors. Made of natural ingredients.

Price: $4.00

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beautyscoop

photo courtesy of BeautyScoop.com

BeautyScoop is a doctor-developed, clinically proven, safe and effective whole body beauty infusion, that boosts the body’s own regenerative power to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, add shine to hair and strengthen nails. In clinical studies, 86% of users reported improvement of their skin, hair and nails – all three areas – within 3 weeks!

As a pure powder for maximum absorption, BeautyScoop can be mixed into any beverage to provide rapid and long-lasting results. It’s easy!Maintain results with as little as one packet every 2-3 days. Beauty is power! Drink it in. For more info and to purchase please visit www.beautyscoop.com

Price: $95.00 (21-day supply)

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More to come! We also have a few other suggestions in our Valentine’s Gift Guide and in our archives under Gifts for Her .

Eco-Friendly Beauty

Nov 082008
 

A handful of exceptional skin care lines has made it easy to be earth-friendly from head to toe by providing organic and natural alternatives for many of the products we use everyday. Here are ready-to-go gift ideas for the health and earth conscience.

Korres Limited-Edition Sugar Plums Set

Korres Limited-Edition Sugar Plums Set

Korres Limited-Edition Sugar Plums Set

This limited-edition nature-inspired kit has all you need for a fresh and flawless look. Korres Sugar Plums Set comes with a lip butter, lip gloss, and a shimmering eyeshadow. The Plum Lip Butter is a mix of Shea Butter and Rice Wax that will melt on the lips and provides a shiny, tinted finish which will hydrate and add softness.  Plum Cherry Lip Gloss is a sheer, high-shine, color lip gloss.  Cherry oil hydrates the lips while vitamins E and C offer antioxidant protection. The Plum Shimmering Eyeshadow is very easy to apply and is infused with sunflower and evening primrose oils to nourish the sensitive eye area.

LAVANILA Three Wishes Healthy Body Trio

LAVANILA Three Wishes Healthy Body Butter Trio

LAVANILA Three Wishes Healthy Body Trio

The trio of 100% pure Shea and cocoa butters are infused with super anti-oxidants Goji Berry and Kakadu Plum, for a healthy dose of 30 essential vitamins & minerals and 19 amino acids to feed the skin.  These naturally formulated and rich body butters deeply nourish and repair the skin. 

The LAVANILA Three Wishes Healthy Body Trio comes with a Pure Vanilla Body Butter, Vanilla Grapefruit Body Butter, and a Vanilla Blossom Body Butter, all in a beautiful signature gift box.

Tsi-La Organic Eau De Parfum Mini Collection

Tsi-La Organic Eau De Parfum Mini Collection

Tsi-La Organic Eau De Parfum Mini Collection

Delicate, sophisticated and 100% organic. Untouched by alcohol, preservatives, artificial fragrances or colorings, the Tsi-La Organic Eau De Parfum Mini Collection uses a moisturizing base of select coconut oil infused with botanical extracts of pink orchid flowers.

The 4 miniature bottles are perfect for travel and come packaged in a black lotus signature box. 

Comes with four fragrances: Fleur Sauvage, Kesu, Ilang Ilang , and Kizes.

Burt’s Bees Men’s Natural Grooming Kit

Burt's Bee Men's Natural Grooming Kit

Burt's Bees Men's Natural Grooming Kit

We didn’t forget the men!  This collection of men’s grooming necessities is the perfect gift for guys on the go. Burt’s Bees Men’s Natural Grooming Kit is all you need to cleanse, moisturize, shave and invigorate your skin with natural botanicals including Sunflower, Coconut, Cyprus and Fir oils, Aloe and Vitamin E. Each kit contains aftershave, shave cream, body wash, bar soap, and a lip balm all in a men’s travel bag.

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Do you have any earth friendly bath & body products you would like to recommend?  Please leave a comment and share any ideas you have.

Global Beauty

Oct 252008
 

Here are three women who have traveled all over the world and have developed beauty products, which make excellent gifts, inspired from the techniques and ingredients women around the world use to enhance their natural beauty.  Each of the gift sets below are influenced by a destination ,so find a place you want to go, and have fun traveling!

India

Boho Exotic Eyes Kit


Transform yourself into a Bollywood siren with Sahlini Vadhera’s BoHo Exotic Eyes Kit Inspired by the Indian world of sultry, exotic eyes – this kit will give you the tools to recreate the seductive eyes Bollywood beauties are known around the world for. Each kit comes with a pair of “Flutter ” lashes, “Maharani Rose/Rajah Brown” Shimmer Shadow, “India Ink” Black Kohl Eye Pencil, “Sapphire Stone” Kohl Eye Pencil, “Chai Tea” Kohl Eye Pencil, and “Sultry Lash” Volumizing Mascara.

Other destinations Sahlini Vadhera takes you to include the following: Shangri-La and Cairo.

Brazil

Lauren Hutton’s Passport to Brazil is everything you need for your face is in one convenient kit! Inspired by Brazil’s colorful culture and natural beauty, infused into the makeup are the ingredients that are indigenous to Brazil’s rich rainforest.  Acai, guava, passion flower seed oil, and brazil nut oil are natural ingredients incorporated to achieve makeup formulas with beauty benefits.  Passport to Brazil comes with 16 makeup products which include some of the following: sheer/spot concealers, flawless finish foundation , tinted lip balm, blush, eyebrow powder, eye shadow, wet/dry eyeliner, bronzer and pressed powder.

Lauren Hutton provides you with two other passports: Africa and the South Pacific.

Milan

Transport yourself to the world of beauty with IMAN’s Global Chic Gold Edition Signature Color Kit.  This day-to-evening collection is inspired by the streets of Milan and comes with coordinating eyeshadows, lip colors, blush and bronzer for a radiant complexion.  Included also is a high gloss and lip plumper to provide a sexy pout.

Iman’s Global Chic Color Kit comes in colors inspired by other destinations: Casablanca and Morocco.

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Tell me how was your beauty destination.  Please leave any comments or suggestions you have about Global Beauty.

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