With time, your lips lose their natural fullness. LipFusionXL, which you can pick up at your local Sephora or ULTA is a micro injected collagen advanced lip plumping therapy. The difference between this product and other antiaging products is that it takes what you already have and brings it out. With this products formula, the water molecules in your lips increase in size, therefore giving you fuller and more delictable pout. It is no longer necessary to pay large amounts of money to have lip injections. This product will produce very pleasing results, and leave you wanting more. The cost is also very affordable, at a mere fifty dollars. It is definitely worth the money, and lives up to its titles as one of the best and most afforadble lip plumpers on the market.

Another upside is that it does without the harsh tingling that accompanys most lip plumpers. There is no burning, tingle or any other unpleasant feeling, just the subtle shine promising fuller lips. You can apply it at night before bed and wake up with luscious lips, or wear it over a lip gloss or lipstick. Fuller lips will be yours in no time!

The main reason for my excitement is that I was looking for an “all natural” alternative, and this is the only brand I know that is a 90% natural, 97.4 to be exact.

When I made my first purchase I picked up 2 different shades, not knowing which one would suite my skin tone the best.

Unfortunately when I put it on I was rather disappointed… it is an extremely sheer product that offers no coverage whatsoever. It feels light, but at the same time greasy and wet.

I don’t know anyone who likes their foundation to smear to the touch; it is almost as if it never dries up. I was expecting and actually looking for a light foundation, but this is not the right product for me or my skin type…

Pure Blends is more of a tinted moisturizer than it is a foundation. If you are looking for barely-there, ultra sheer and minimum coverage then you would love this product!

The shades are nice, and varied enough for you to find the right match, and they come pretty small, at 1fl. Oz which isn’t bad if you want to try it out.

What’s great about this foundation is it’s light as a feather. It doesn’t feel chalked on or pasty like many cosmetics do. It feels light and natural, blending in smoothly to the naturalness of my skin. A kabuki brush works best for application, allowing you to get into the cracks and corners of your skin with more precision. When applied, the makeup works well to diminish age lines and face blemishes. Plus, with the naturally healing properties of the makeup that act as a sunscreen, it will protect the youth of your skin longer, not only hiding the lines but actually preventing them from developing with the strains of time.

Afterglow cosmetics also feature a spectacular line of Mineral Eye Shadow in every dashing color of the rainbow. It helps when a girl has a little selection, giving her more variety and creativity, allowing her to choose different moods to go with a particular outfit or an occasion. Whether emerald green or turquoise, there’s a shade to bring out every side of yourself, plenty of variety to suit your mood.

With the Mineral Foundation and the Mineral Eye Shadow, you enjoy not only great skin protection and an enhanced smoothness; you also get eyes that shine and glow for every option in your wardrobe. The two make a good combination, perfect whether you’re going out dancing, have an important business meeting, or just going shopping and want to look good. The choice is yours.

Winter has been on too long, and the excitement of spring is the perfect excuse to get excited about makeup. When the weather is warm and the sun is bright, it’ s more natural to want to go out looking your best, glowing with a shine that’s as happy as spring itself. There’s a hint of love, romance and excitement in the air. What better way to celebrate it than with a cosmetic line designed for spring’s colors in mind? Be bold, sexy and dashing with these new colors of spring.

Start by applying Flirt Cosmetics Dreamy Eyes Eye Shadow in gold envy with an applicator, carefully reaching between the lash line and the brow bone. Then apply Act Natural Light and Sheer Foundation SPF 15 that’s perfectly in your shade across your face. Cheeks can then be tinted with the Big Deal Lip & Cheek Tint for a dewy, springtime look. Squeeze Me Super Shiny Lip Gloss in passion potion will make you simply irresistible.

Spring is a perfect reason to celebrate in cosmetics. Love is in the air, in the flowers and in the sunlight. It’s only natural to celebrate beauty with beauty. Open spring like a potion and step out on the town. You deserve to look bright and dashing, as beautifully striking as the trees and blossoms boldly in bloom like the creation of new love.

Curiosity killed the cat. When I first heard of the collaboration between Mac Cosmetics and Hello Kitty, I just had to give it a try.

Combining the stylish youthfulness of the Hello Kitty world with the colorful sophistication of Mac makeup, the Hello Kitty Collection is a high-end line of brightly colored cosmetics that’s more fun to collect than a girl’s night out.

Really, this is a cosmetics line that gets a girl noticed. The Hello Kitty Collection introduces a new blend of youth to the cosmetics world, a fun-seeking spirit that’s carefree and open to possibilities.

This line of Mac Cosmetics features two collections, Hello Kitty Colour Collection and the higher end Hello Kitty Couture. Both bring a hip element of youthful style to the world of makeup, imaginative yet adventurous and creative at the same time.

The Hello Kitty Mild collection features eye shadows, eye liner and lipstick in a more subdued color line that subtly suggests innocence with an openness to fun. It’s a purrfect line for that innocent look that’s so good at being bad.

Every good girl needs her thrill, a dance with temptation that’s innocent and wild at the same time. The subtle colors don’t speak too loudly, but their message is clear. For a mild style that still not afraid to get what it wants, the Hello Kitty Mild collection brings out your subtle side while still maintaining that sense of stylish fun.

Of course, there are nights when subtlety goes right out the window. Sometimes you want to hit the club scene boldly and turn heads. If you like being the burning center of a party, it might be a night that calls for a dash of the Hello Kitty Wild collection, which features brighter colors for when you want to reach out of your skin.

Adored by women throughout the world for its wild sense of style, the Hello Kitty Wild line breaks boldly out of the mold, sleek, luring with a dash of unpredictability.

Just released for this past Valentine’s Day, the Hello Kitty makeup line is so fresh, it’s all the cosmetics world can talk about. Since announcing the partnership last November, Mac has created a stir in the cosmetics industry.

Finally the sophistication of Mac makeup and the stylish fashions of the Hello Kitty world have merged, and the results are rather surprising.

I’ve found the colors enticingly subtle, the sort of tender boldness that’s not too over the top. There’s enough variety in the blends to fit any type of mood, whether calm and subdued or more daring and dashing. It’s a youthful cosmetics line that’s creative and fun, perfect for when you want to get out on the town and just be free.

I don’t know about you, but when I travel I like to have everything I am going to need available in my carry on.  What I don’t like is to have to check my bag and waste time retrieving it when I arrive to my destionation. But we all know that is going to happen due to the strict security meassures the airports have. Fortunatelly, we don’t have to compromise beauty thanks to all the options available out there, just think smaller!

1_The portable refresher spray: this cooling spritz will refresh you and wake you up, even when you are in desperate need of caffeine. (Dove Go Fresh Body Mist, $3.79 in drug stores)

2_The spill-proof scent: This adorable limited edition ring flips open to reveal a solid dab-on floral fragrance. (Daisy Mark Jacobs Solid Fragrance Ring, $30, Sephora.com)

3_The easy breath freshener: Whip out one of these babies after lunch and everyone will want a packet. They’re tiny, so you can carry enough to share this mint flavored floss. (Crest Glide Deep Clean Floss to Go, $3.99 drugstores)

4_The Get-Glossy Hair Conditioner: Finally-the cult favorite in a travel size. It deep-conditions hair without weighing it down. (Terax Crema Ultra Moisturizing Conditioner, $9, beauty.com)

5_The SPF Foundation: No matter how much you sweat, this pure mineral makeup won’t clog your pores. An extra benefit: The zinc oxide and titanium dioxide it’s made with are natural sunblocks. (Susan Posnik ColorFlo Mineral Foundation, $64, beauty.com)

6_The Mega-Moisturizing Body Wash: These body washes and in-shower moisturizers leave your skin so ridiculously soft, there is no need for body lotion-just sunscreen. (Ted Gibson Body Series Travel Kit. $42, sephora.com)

7_The Serious Style Smoother: Whether you need to tame frizz, glossify your waves or add a few curls, this teeny hot iron can make it happen. (Metropolis Technology L-ion Mini Wireless Iron, $149.95, metropolistechnology.com)

8_The Sun Protector: You’ll breeze through security with these one-ounce tubes of Coola SPF. (Coola SPF 30 Face and Total Body, $1.99 each, coolasuncare.com)

9_The two-in-one Tooth Brightener: This genius double-sided pen by Tarte contains BriteSmile whitening potion on one end and a just-right red lip gloss on the flip side. (Tarte/BriteSmile Enbrightenmint, $26, Sephora.com)

10_The Emergency Makeup Kit: never leave home without this kit of essentials-eye cream, lip shine, lip and cheek tint, and concealer. (Benefit Justine Case, $30, sephora.com)

Variety is important when you are trying to achieve different looks; for example if you want to go with a really dramatic smokey eye a powder eyeshadow works best. But if you are going for a more natural look, a cream shadow will do. Also a mineral powder eyeshadow will give you a more natural look, since they are not as thick and heavy as other powders.

All different brands offer different things. If you look close in the aisles of a drugstore you will notice that some brands are more “daring” while others stay more on the “conservative” side.  I personally like lots of bright colors, shimmery and even glittery shadows, but even I sometimes feel like keeping it on the classier side!

I have been considering switching some of my eyeshadows to mineral  (I only use mineral foundation) but I found that the colors were very basic and just plain boring! Last week I went to a store and I notice a new product line by Almay, called Pure Blends, they also have Almay Pure Blends Foundation to round off the selection.

My first thought was “great, another boring mineral cosmetic line”.  But as I started looking more closely I was taking aback by the colors. I thought they were beautiful, classic and sophisticated.

It comes in 10 shades and the colors are sheer and luminous, and It contains a blend of antioxidand fruit and flower extracts such as Lotus, Orchid and Acai. The box is also cute and it’s made of 58% recycled materials, a nice eco-friendy touch.

It’s also paraben free and it contains no talc, wich is great if you have a tendency to get dry eyelids after using makeup.

It also notice that it stays on nicely for at least 7 hours without reapplying.  I have to say that I am happy with this product, I have it in 2 colors so far and I think I will be buying more in the not so distant future.

When talking about skin care our mind automatically thinks about the face, but lets not forget that this organ cover our entire body! So we should think about taking care of all of it..body as well as face.  The needs of our skin change with every season: in the summer we have to protect it with sunscreens and sunblock, fall and spring we should moisturize it and protect it as well.

But there is nothing worst than the cold harsh winters for the health or our skin.  The weather conditions alone play a huge role on the drying and flaking, not to mention the dry heat from air conditioners.  Let’s face it, in this time of the year we are all going to experience dryness, and sometime even itchiness (I know I do) but there are things that can be done to minimize the damage and try to retain moisture as much as possible.

I just live by this two simple steps: exfoliate and moisturize, you can never go wrong! There is a variety of exfoliating scrubs, but I recently discovered one that works either on wet or dry skin: Green Tea Reviltalize Renewing Body Scrub by Elizabeth Arden .  I use it on the shower followed by Neutrogena  Sheer Body Oil, wich helps to retain moisture.

After towel drying I moisturize with my favorite body lotion, but since we all have different skin types and needs I leave the choice up to you.  Keeping our skin soft and fresh takes work, and weather you choose natural skin care products or go with the new market trends, we need all the help we can get!

Are you sick of prissy makeup? Does the color pink remind you of sorority days you wished never crawled out of the wastebasket? Are you tired of the blossoms and butterflies and the typical pretty colors most of the cosmetics brands tote just to get your attention?

Then you need a good dose of Urban Decay. Developed for the alternative girl who values her individuality, this makeup leaves the prissy girl image at the door. When the cosmetics land was first launched in 1996, it featured an ad campaign asking, “Does pink make you puke?” If that isn’t classic enough, the makeup line features such tantalizing colors as Roach, Rust, Acid Rain, Smog and Oil Slick. How cool is that?

Urban Decay cosmetics are feminine, yet not prissy, dangerous, but fun. It’s the ultimate beauty with an edge, perfect with a black pair of boots that look downright sacrilegious, classically sculpted to bring your skater punk, Goth girl, and raver chick all out for a night on the town. This makeup is hip, stylish with a hint of wit, goes great with black and looks even better against a kaleidoscope of tattoos.

This makeup sets the trend. It’s beauty that’s unusual, slick but hip, styling yet never shy. It’s a cosmetics line for the individual, the girl who wants to stand out and be herself against the crowd, a woman unconcerned with fitting in or looking like everyone else.

Their best selling Midnight Cowboy Heavy Metal Eyeshadow is perfect for finding that partner in crime. It’s ideal for just giving a hint of zany color, or turning up the volume for a full-blown psyched out laser light show.

Their Big Fatty Colored Mascara is perfect for blowing smoke in their eyes like you don’t even care. It’s extra thickening powers make any evening a hazed out wonderland. Turquoise colors give plain eyes a psychedelic jolt, turning any evening out on the town into its own music video.

Urban Decay Makeup

Best of all, the makeup line is entirely cruelty free. You can be beautiful and hip without worrying that some poor bunny rabbit suffered just so you could look good. Plus, for you vegan animal lovers out there, the cosmetics brand features a special vegan line, so you can enjoy makeup resting assured no animals were bothered in the process. Live gently, beautifully and never feel guilty for the animals again!

If you are tired of the same old makeup lines, Urban Decay will make you stand out in a crowd. Makeup should be hip, not prissy. Step out on the town with your individuality intact and downright beautiful.

Using the same technology that’s used for paint and automotive work, air brush makeup gently sprays a layer of makeup on your face, creating a perfectly smooth shine without a single blemish, just like the movie stars or models in fashion magazines.

Digital television shows every detail of the face, so perfection is essential in bringing out that TV star luster. Airbrush cosmetics allow every woman that same essence of perfection, the opportunity to have an absolute, shining complexion, just as if you’ve stepped off a movie or TV show set or walked out of the pages of a fashion magazine.

The makeup is gently applied with a wand or a pen attached to a small air compressor. It’s a technology that was first invented in the late 19th century, but is now enjoying a growing popularity as women everywhere discover how perfect it can make them look.

Since airbrush cosmetics first began being used in movies with the production of Ben Hur in the 1930s, they have been standard on every movie set. We all recognize that perfect Hollywood gleam and dream of attaining it. Airbrush technology puts Hollywood at our fingertips, conveniently contained in an airbrush kit that’s as small as a purse.

Airbrush kits are available in a silicone or water-based form. Silicone units are usually used in the professional sector, for plays, movies and fashion shoots. Water based models offer a similar quality, but are smaller, easier to carry and more affordable, usually meant for consumer use though still offering the same benefits of perfection of the professional version.. and I’d take that!

You’ll be surprised with the results. They give your face a flawless, refined look. Multiple layers of makeup can be used in harmony to create a more dramatic effect. It’s also very long lasting, staying strong and bright for at least 16 hours, and can really go up to 20 hours if it has too, how amazing is that?

This is not only ideal for the stage, but important events like an all-day wedding, a hectic business day when you absolutely have to look your best, or simply the convenience of not having to worry about your makeup application throughout the day.

Airbrush cosmetics technology is becoming ever more affordable as more women discover its benefits. This gives every girl the right to look perfect all day long, rich and shiny and fresh, right from the pages of a glossy magazine.

Airbrush cosmetics, however, can turn us all into movie stars ..Technically innovating and revolutionizing the science of makeup, they allow us to achieve that “airbrushed” look, like we’ve just walked off a movie screen or the pages of a fashion magazine. Using an airbrush to gently spray tiny pixels of water, perfume, alcohol, or polymer, a girl quite literally paints her face, and the resulting glow might as well be a work of art!

Airbrush cosmetics are very hygienic, as there is no skin contact from hands or brushes, so there is no added dirt or debris to blemish your skin, saving you the risk of pimples or breakouts. Because of its natural fullness that flows through the face, airbrushing minimizes the look of aging wrinkles and fine lines, adding youth to your face as you look years younger. Because a lighter amount of makeup can be applied, it feels as if you virtually have no makeup on, and you can enjoy all the glamour of makeup without having that annoying caked-on feel.

It’s perfect for the girl on the go, as it can be applied in half the time as traditional makeup. Plus, many airbrush kits are designed to be conveniently portable, easily fitting into a suitcase or purse for ideal traveling, perfect for business trips or even glamorous vacations. Weighing often 5 pounds and under, airbrush makeup kits enables us to attain that all the perfection of a photo in a magazine on the road, on the go, weighing just as much as a small makeup bag might.

It’s just like the airbrushing in fashion magazines, only that this airbrushing lives and breathes on your skin. Plus it feels perfectly natural. Enjoy perfect complexion without that heavy makeup feel, while your skin virtually feels like it’s lighter than air.

Every time you step out on the town, look like a movie star. Attain that magazine perfection. Smooth blemishes and wrinkles away like they never existed. Look natural, feel great, blossom the perfection you’ve always dreamed with airbrush cosmetics.

Some brands of cosmetics contain synthetic oils, artificial dyes, or petro-chemicals that are harsh and damaging. Others contain multiple ingredients that some are allergic to, causing rashes and breakouts that blemish and threaten the health of the skin. Sometimes, your skin could be having an allergic reaction to your cosmetics and you won’t even know it.

While the world of cosmetics has changed a lot over the years as more as more brands feature organic and hypoallergenic makeup, it hasn’t always been that way. Indeed, some cosmetic brands still perpetuate synthetic ingredients that contain allergens, with no regard for a woman’s health.

In fact, the heaviness and thickness of the cosmetics available in the 1930s are what inspired Fanny May Woititz to develop her line of Almay make up. Tired of cosmetics made from strong pigments and powerful chemicals that irritated her skin, she developed a line of more natural makeup and beauty products, revolutionizing the cosmetics industry with her innovation to bestow the natural.

Since the development of Almay make up, cosmetics have never been the same. Now it’s possible for a girl to completely enjoy the beauty of makeup without harming our health… in fact, many of the ingredients used in Almay cosmetics are beneficial to the health of your skin.

Meadowsweet, known through folklore for being the “queen of the meadows,” belongs to the rose family and actually helps to exfoliate the skin, massaging it with a soothing essence that returns its health.

Other ingredients include the essence of cucumber that has long been used in skin- care for its cooling and beautifying properties because it is rich in water and Vitamin E. Other natural ingredients in Almay cosmetics include aloe, which naturally uses vitamins, minerals, protein and enzymes to naturally heal your complexion and restore its health.

Natural ingredients blended into Almay cosmetics actually help to slow the rate of aging, keeping your skin fresher and healthier as time goes by. Many of Almay’s skin care products contain blended particles of the Moringa Tree.

Known in northern India as “the miracle tree,” Moringa blooms with the benefits of nature, containing an abundance of potassium, iron, Vitamin A and other nutrients. It has been used for centuries to help heal and rejuvenate. It actually detoxifies the body, which will help to prolong and enhance the beauty of your skin.

The use of cosmetics should be beneficial to our health. We use make up to look beautiful. The more healthy our bodies  can become, the more of a natural beauty we will acquire. The essence that we search for can be found naturally through organic means that actually care for our body, keeping us beautiful for years and decades to come!

With short  days ahead, there’s less ultraviolet light in the air, and it can be easy to get depressed. Although the daylight may be pale, that doesn’t mean we have to be!

Fortunately, a girl can raise her spirits by beautifying her complexion. Winter may be gray, but if a girl splashes and dabs a few colors on her face, she’ll perk right up and begin enjoying life again.. bright colors are the perfect antidote for depression, whether it be a brighter mascara, a shining lip gloss, or an eye shadow that adds color and light to your eyes.

NYX make up features blends of amazing colors, perfect for brightening every day of your life. You’ll feel special, ravishing and excited to start life again.. no matter the weather.

NYX make up features a tropical eye shadow color, perfect for brightening the shades of your eyes for a luscious and happy appearance again. Or if you’re feeling sexy, a hot pink eye shadow will turn up the mood as if spring can’t be that far away when love is in the air.

NYX cosmetic’s Black Label lipstick features several bright colors that will be a perfect lift for your mood and have you shining again. The extreme red color will brighten any complexion, not to mention chase away those winter blues. “Lily of the Valley,” for example, brings out that sense of flowering nature, perfect for adding a splash of color to even the grayest winter!

It’s only natural for our skin to appear a little duller or grayer over the winter months with less sunlight in the air, but adding color is just the reason why we wear cosmetics. NYX features a range of blushes made from mosaic powder that fuse five luminous shades into one, perfect for adding brightness and life to your face.

Add a splash of “Paradise” to your face that’s sexy as well as uplifting. Their mosaic powdered “Dare” blush is the perfect thing to wear if you want to be bold, if you want to step out on the town with a glow of excitement and sexiness.

Don’t let winter get you down. Let cosmetics lift you up. There’s no reason to be gray, no matter the weather. A splash of color will invigorate your spirits, make you sexier and inspire everyone who gets to bask in the presence of your glow .

Estee Lauder cosmetics have long held a reputation for empowering women, for highlighting our best elements with a sense of style. But aside from looking good, Estee Lauder cosmetics are healthy for us too.  The makeup line features an array of products that not only make us look good, but medicinally heal and sustain our skin as well.

Estee Lauder founded her line of cosmetics in 1946, introducing a line of skin and cream lotions. Over the past 60 years, she’s built a makeup legacy that boasts annual sales in the billions. An empowered women seeking to share her sense of beauty with the world, Estee Lauder has earned significant recognition for her makeup line and business sense, including such honors as a Spirit of Achievement Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, being the only woman listed in Time Magazine’s 1998 list of the 20 most influential business geniuses of the 20th century, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She’s built her business on her own prestige, a legacy that’s become world-renowned.

She shares this prestige with the women of the world so that all women may be beautiful, no matter age or circumstance.  Her high-end beauty line products provide skin treatments for an array of skin types, and are especially useful in enhancing youth and caring for aging skin. The Estee Lauder Resilience line is effective at addressing the redundant signs of aging such as deep wrinkles, sun damage, progressive sagging and age spots. Its key ingredients include an “ExtremeLift Complex” that tightens and protects the skin against the sagging effects of aging. Super-energized nutrients repair damaged skin, restoring it with a more radiant and natural glow

Recent consumer studies of women who use Estee Lauder cosmetics report that 92 percent saw significant results, which is encouraging for those of us who want to preserve our youth and protect against early aging. We want to look our best, especially as we age and progress as women. With proper cosmetic care and treatment, we can all age gracefully. But the older we get, the more care we require to preserve and maintain smoothness. As skin naturally dries and ages, it needs extra enhancements to moisturize and protect against the effects of time.

Take care of your skin. Feel smooth, silky and young again. Look years younger by taking care of yourself every day. Let proper skin care be your fountain of youth.

When hasn’t elegance been good for us? It’s a ceaselessly stressful struggle to balance family and careers, but finding time to live the good life makes us more capable of surviving life’s strife. Treat yourself to elegance, pamper a little indulgence, and you’ll be treating your family and your co-workers as well as yourself! You’ll treat them better and have more energy for life..a little goodness goes along way. Feel good and you’ll feel better about yourself and your responsibilities.

Mor cosmetics offers simple opportunities for elegance, affordable, convenient ways to shed the stress of life. The Mor Cosmetics Chinoiserie Soap Collection is simply gorgeous soap: It creams the skin, making you feel silky, smooth and relaxed. Any bath can become your own spa with this elegant line of soaps that care for your skin.

Even the box it comes in is divine! We all love the special touch, right down to the packaging that lets you know you are handling something that’s truly gorgeous and special. The gorgeous packaging is only a hint of its decadent contents, a smooth silky soap decorated with an elegant design of  a lovely cherry tree, a beautiful bird or other shimmering design. The presentation is simply stunning and breathtaking, and just a hint of the elegance ahead.

It’s such a beautifully elegant soap, you almost don’t want to get it wet! You just want to put it on a pedestal like all the glamour of a museum, preserve it like it’s a work of art.. but then you are only experiencing its beauty on the surface, without feeling its smooth richness on your skin or its moisturizing softness that naturally enhances and returns beauty to your entire being. Go ahead. Get it wet. Smooth it on your body. Indulge!

For the lady who has a secret weakness for a peony flower, this soap has all the indulgence of fantasy. Mor’s Peony Flower Chinoiserie Soap is like taking a bath in flower petals. The triple-milled soap bar is enhanced with shea butter that moisturizes and protects the skin. Added plant extracts of Peony, Jasmine and Cherry.. a rich botanical quality, bringing out natural flower smells, making the typical bath become an intimate dream of relaxation and comfort.

Indulging ourselves is easy. As we balance hectic schedules of careers, family and friends, we don’t just deserve a little pampering.. We require it!  Take some time off from the world with an elegant bath of Mor’s line of specialized soap. Your family and your career will thank you for it. You deserve it just as much as they do.

Life is a roller coaster ride, dance party and glamour show all rolled into one, and a girl has got to look her best. Nars is a makeup wardrobe for the woman who wants to be modern, thrive in the cutting trends of fashion and design.

The line was developed by François Nars, a fashion photographer who took New York City by storm in the 1980s. While working with the world’s premier fashion models, Nars discovered that it was his passion to help women look beautiful and feel empowered. Nars realized that women find their identities through experimenting and having fun with makeup. There are no rules when it comes to beauty. Whatever makes you look good and feel great is right for you.

Whether Nars is a stylish accessory to truly bring the glamour to a night on the town, a guilty pleasure for when you need to feel glamorous or a makeup standby you just can’t live without, the power of Nars Cosmetics is hard to deny. It’s more than just makeup. It’s a state of mind, a sense of independent being, a class of cosmetics that goes beyond the ordinary.

Besides what it does to your skin, Nars cosmetics features packaging that’s truly special. Using rubberized materials that are nice and sensual to the touch, Nars cosmetics feels special right off of the shelf. That’s what makes it such a great gift item. From the moment it’s unwrapped, Nars brings a feeling of special wonder that’s beyond words. It’s luscious, but modern, classy yet versatile. Nars packaging has created trends in the industry, being both functional and eye catching, stylish and chic.

They have a complete line of powders, lip glosses, lip sticks, foundations and eye shadows. It’s skin care line is especially enhancing, utilizing the best vitamins, minerals and botanicals to truly care for and treat your skin. The more we care for our skin, the younger it becomes and the healthier it feels. As we naturally age, however, we must pay special attention to our skin’s more demanding needs, treating and enhancing our skin to retain its vitality.

We wear makeup to set the trend, to live on the cusp of fashion in glamour and glitter. Nars’ line of makeup has a world reputation for setting those trends, for setting the bar for what makeup can become. Be modern in the world of makeup. The world is yours now, ready for you to make it your own.

Hey, we all love trying new makeup brands with our friends. The beauty of Jafra Cosmetics is they do business with your friends. You don’t have to loiter through idle department stores sniffing this brand or that, nor do you have to wade through an ocean of cosmetic Internet sites when you can find everything you need under one roof. If you love that personal touch, that experience of trying on a new makeup in the company of your own friends, spending an afternoon making yourselves beautiful because, why not, you deserve to.

And so do the people you love to spend time with. A career with Jafra cosmetics is like throwing one dress up party after another. You remember those long lost days of tea parties and dressing up. A cosmetics party with Jafra isn’t much different, only this time it’s cosmetics and spa treatments and the good life. Since many women choose to sell them out of their home, inviting friends over for makeup makeover parties, Jafra cosmetics presents an ideal way to both have a beauty parlor party and get together and just be with the girls.

Truth be told around the powder room, Jafra Cosmetics is one of the best kept secrets in the world of makeup. Use it a few months, and you’ll look and feel years younger. It instills moisture in your face that enhances and returns beauty to the skin, absorbing and protecting against sagging aging agents.

Jafra cosmetics features an impressive ray of products like the Royal Jelly Line, Vitamin C Peel Kit, Royal Almond Collection, Time Corrector Nighttime Firming Moisturizer, Time Protector Daily Defense Cream, Eau d’ Arômes revitalizing fragrance spray for women, Adorisse, Tender Moments, the baby brand, Eau de Parfum for women, and JF9 Black cologne for men.

Perfume scents, smooth skin cream to make you years younger, and body spa products bringing waves of elegance into your own bathroom, any one Jafra cosmetic will enhance your life with beauty and youth. Not only that, but the makeup line also presents many unique employment opportunities, the very kind that can transform womens’ lives and give them the financial integrity and professional success to ride the crest of their dreams.

For the girl who likes to throw a party and share her love of makeup with friends, Jafra cosmetics presents an opportunity for you to share your passion for cosmetics. With a flexible schedule where the opportunities are up to you, Jafra cosmetics can be sold out of your home, at the office, to your neighbors or even your friends in your tea, garden or book club.

Jafra cosmetics offers a world of makeup to share with your friends. Whether selling and earning a steady profit with a vantage of opportunity, or simply seeing what new product a friend might b interested in, you’ll find Jafra cosmetics to be a stylish way to spend an afternoon getting beautiful.

Featuring a high quality, easy to use cosmetic line, Paula Dorf cosmetics are known to last. They don’t fade, blemish or sweat throughout the day, maintaining your beauty from the moment you first put it on in the mirror in the morning until your washing your face before bed. These are colors that stick with you consistently and reliably, bright and sustainable.

Many makeup products simply didn’t exist before Paula Dorf created them. Many of these innovations she developed working in Hollywood film, music videos and fashion magazines during the 1980s when she worked on studio sets. In fact, she started crafting brushes from art supply stores, which led her to develop the award winning Foundation Brush, Eye Transformer Brush and Cheek Cream Brush. These were such innovative designs that they earned her patents, inventions that are often poorly imitated in other lesser name cosmetic lines. In the world of cosmetics, there are many imitations and phonies. None have Paula’s natural touch.

Paint brushes from an artist’s studio? Does it get more classic than that? Paula’s signature phrase is that every woman should become her own makeup artist, so it makes sense that it began literally from an artist’s supply store. Paula Dorf makeup empowers women with their own creativity, pushing them to discover new looks that bring out the natural beauty inherent within.

Her products are 100 percent hypoallergenic, which is good news for those with sensitive skin. You can use these products and not risk breaking out into hives, rashes or other allergic reactions. The best part is that her makeup is never tested on animals, so you can rest assured your health didn’t come at the expense of the health or comfort of a harmless animal.

Plus, her makeup line features a guarantee. If you are not satisfied 100 percent with your purchase, you get a complete refund, no questions asked!

It’s easy to see why its one of the leading cosmetic brands in the industry, bringing innovative beauty products to the homes of so many women. Paula Dorf may be good enough for the movies, but it’s her passion to make every woman look great…thanks Paula!

Collaborating with a scientific chemist for the first time in makeup history, Elizabeth Arden unleashed Venetian Cream Amoretta, revolutionizing cosmetics by bringing science to the powder room. The daughter of Canadian tenant farmers who led a makeup revolution, Arden was the first to match makeup creams to skin tone, introduce the benefits of science and chemistry to her cosmetic line, and even invented the concept of a makeover, earning her the reign of queen in the modern cosmetics industry.

Elizabeth Arden makeup continues to inspire innovative blends of skin cream, especially with its Elizabeth Arden Visible Difference, a refining moisture cream complex that keeps skin youthful through a rich, emollient layer of moisture that cushions dry skin. The cream not only prevents moisture loss, but returns a feel of softness to your face, making it youthful and fresh again!

The cream is pleasant to use, refreshing, and adds a soft shine to your skin that makes it smooth and silky. It helps protect against wrinkles and unnatural drying, enhancing your skins smoothness and shine by sealing in the moisture.

It’s dermatologist, allergy and clinically tested, so you can trust that its healthy for your skin. Elizabeth Arden has a long reputation of bringing the best scientific and chemical concepts to the world of cosmetics, creating products that are not only beneficially healthy, but scientifically sound. Elizabeth Arden makes the most out of beauty.

The product also works well with Elizabeth Arden’s Ceramide Plump Perfect Firming Body Soufflé, a luxury body treatment moisturizer that protects the skin with an advanced anti-aging formula. It also ideally complements Elizabeth Arden’s Ceramide Time Complex Moisture Cream, which also works to minimize the visual appearance of aging. These products protect the beauty of your skin, keeping it soft, supple and shiny like it was when you were young.

It’s no wonder Elizabeth Arden is considered one of the world’s most exclusive cosmetic brands, boasting fans throughout history that include the likes of Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth II, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Wallis Simpson, and Maime Eisenhower. Her innovation has enriched all our lives as women as we continue to enjoy the benefits of her cosmetics.

The private Italian cosmetics label sells numerous brands of cosmetics to major department stores, earning a reputation of elegance and legacy that goes back all the way to the French Revolution.

Prince Lorenzo shares ancestry with not only the cosmetics icon Princess Marcella Borghese, but also Napoleon’s sister. Pauline Bonaparte Borghese legacy still lives as a famous statue by Antoino Canova, residing in the Borghese Gallery in what is referred to by tourists as the Borghese Gardens.

Prince Lorenzo’s family legacy traverses more than just the world of Borghese cosmetics. The family line has had an enormous influence on the world’s most precious Italian art, beautifying Rome in the 1600s, as well as helping to finish the construction of St. Peter’s Basilica. To honor Pope Paul V’s accomplishment of constructing the magnificent tower, the Latin form of the Borghese family name, as well as the family’s crest, can be found on its famous façade.

Prince’s Lorenzo’s family ancestry owned some of the largest property and collections of art in the world, including a third of the land south of Rome at the time of Pope V. At their height, the family owned 1,300 square miles.

The Borghese Gallery, one of Rome’s largest museums, is home to the family’s prestigious art collection, including the above mentioned statue of Napoleon’s sister. The family’s palace, Palazzo Borghese, still stands on the Via Borghese, a street in Rome named for the legendary family. The palace dates to 1560. It is a palace immaculately fit for a prince, as much a legend as it is a fairy tale.

And like any fairy tale prince, Prince Lorenzo lives up to the job. In addition to running the prestigious Borghese cosmetics line, Prince Lorenzo is the founder and president of the Royal Treatment Italian Pet Spa, a high end bath, body and skin care line for pets made from the finest natural Italian cosmetics. But the prince doesn’t let it all goes to his head, because he has such a big heart. Long known to be an advocate for the animals, Prince Lorenzo works with numerous animal shelters throughout the United States, protecting and nurturing the animals he loves.

So you can wear the beauty of Borghese cosmetics knowing they literally came from Royalty, from princes who not only have the gene pool of ancestry, but hearts of shining gold like the days when armor glinted in the bright sunshine for many a maiden

Many lip glosses claim they are long lasting, but the proof is in the cake. I can’t tell you how often I’ve tried those shiny brands that claim they’ll last all day, only to be left with a stiff, flaky lip half-way through lunch.

We all know those opaque lip glosses that start out right, but always go weird, turning our lips into the surface of Mars. But finally, they’ve developed one every girl can rely on. Maybelline makeup features a reliable lip gloss that remains sheer, slick and long wearing. Your lips feel healthy and supple, bright and sexy.

Apply a layer and it dries in two minutes, but then it stop drying, leaving your lips flexible and supple. It doesn’t dry them out like a desert. Top it off with a clear gloss, and it’s a suppleness that lasts, healthy, comfortable and luring. Get the lips of a rose, fresh off the vine, not dead on the ground.

All it takes is one reapplication later in the day to distill the consistency. You can eat, drink whatever you want, and the supple gloss continues. The best part is it doesn’t smear, smudge or leave stains.

Lip gloss should feel good, not be a chore to wear. It should not only make you gorgeous, it should make you feel comfortable, natural and sexy. The best brings out the essence of your natural color, highlighting the life and beauty of your lips. The lip gloss lives up to  the slogan, “Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s Maybelline,” by enhancing a lady’s natural beauty, bringing out a sexy, healthy shine that’s already there, blooming below the surface.

I’ve found Maybelline makeup consistently marked down on-line, carried through a wide selection of sites willing to make a deal. On-line, you’ll pay a fraction of what you’d pay in a department store. Find the deals. You’ll save yourself money without limiting your selection.

Maybelline makeup is a cosmetic brand with a reputation for quality and innovation, as well as a key sense of fashion and style. Its lip gloss works well at continually enhancing the health of the lips, leading to a supple, full beauty that light up a room the moment they smile.

Sometimes, a particular mascara goes perfect with that blue evening dress, or a certain eye liner highlights the shoes that coincide with a particular blouse. Or maybe you just feel a certain way, whether sexy or sensual, exotic or contemporary. Face it.. sometimes, you don’t know what you want to look like until you sit down in front of the mirror, contemplating the features of your face like an artist might stare at an easel.

That’s why versatile cosmetics kits are so important. Keep every mood you’ll ever need in a handy, portable container, perfect for matching your style on the go. Since we’re all different, ladies, no two makeup bags are the same. Each woman’s makeup is her own, and it says something individual about her unique styles and tastes.

That’s why cosmetics kits need so much variety. There are just so many sides to you. If you are going to express every style, nuance and mood that makes up who you are, you’ll need a wide selection of cosmetics, carrying virtually every style and mood under the sun! From eyeliners to mascara, to lip gloss and nail polish..you don’t just need a few different shades to get you by. You need everything! a virtual arsenal of makeup products at your disposal.

That’s a lot of demands on a girl. In today’s complicated world of careers and family, however, sometimes meeting all your fashionable makeup needs just gets put off to the end of the list. Who’s got time for the Avon Lady when we’re never home to answer the door?

Luckily, there’s a wide selection of makeup available on the web. With countless sites selling countless varieties linked together for your convenience, choosing your makeup wardrobe is easier than browsing a magazine! There’s plenty of opportunity for imagination and selection, with a particular cosmetic for every special occasion, mood, or feel-good whim.

Don’t discount yourself in your makeup selection. Make the most of your choices by having a wide variety to choose from, all wrapped up in a single makeup kit that encompasses your every desire and fancy. Because when you need a particular shade of cosmetics, you need it right now, within arm’s and cheek’s reach, ready to beautify every craving you may have, satisfy every desire.

The only way to really know if a vegan makeup brand is for real is to read its label. Even some of the vegan brands may make some non-vegan products, and they might not say so on the label. Vegan makeup explicitly indicates its nature.

Further confusing the dilemma of living a healthy lifestyle that has minimal impact on animals, some vegan cosmetic brands simply don’t work very well. On top of being more expensive, the makeup may be less effective. You are literally throwing your money away on a product that doesn’t work as well.

But fortunately for the discerning makeup consumer, a vegan lifestyle can still include makeup brands just as effective as those that contain animal products. Products like Jason Natural Cosmetics, Kiss My Face, and Beauty Without Cruelty successfully practice the vegan lifestyle, using no animal products whatsoever. ABBA and Giovanni both make both quality vegan conditioners and shampoos. Nature’s Gate makes a quality vegan moisturizer, perfect for dry skin in the cold weather.

Beauty Without Cruelty also specializes in a quality line of lip glosses, concealors, power, blush, eyeliner, eye shadow and mascara. Yves Rocher also produces a waterproof mascara, so you don’t have to worry about getting caught in the rain. It’s very inexpensive, so your wallet doesn’t have to suffer for the makeup either.

Getting to know the variety of quality vegan products out there is easy with the right website, and is helpful at discerning real vegan products from products that may merely just be cruelty free. There are many available on the web, often including reviews from consumers themselves.

A vegan lifestyle and a passion for cosmetics don’t have to contradict each other. There are plenty of healthy products out there that contain no animal products whatsoever. There’s no need to compromise your ideals just to look ideal. Be beautiful, live a beautiful life, and continue to contribute to the beauty in the world. Live vegan and look great with a quality selection of vegan cosmetics.

With quick drying properties, these cosmetics glimmer in an instant brilliance, capturing your skin’s luminous glow through a series of precious metal tones that reflect and hold in the light. The metallic combinations of this new line of NYC Makeup goes beyond the traditional pink blush and blue eye shadow, literally adding a shiny quality to your skin as it glitters like a well polished jewel.

The Chroma Face Glow has rich metallic pigments, gliding on for a smooth finish brightly shining of the glint of your skin. It literally washes away age, replacing it with metallic properties that add a youthful shine to your face! now how wonderful is that!? It’s ideal for highlighting cheeks and brows, adding a shine to your edges that radiate through your smile.

It’s a line that offers a shine right down to your eyes. Sparklers Loose Eye Powder gleams in your eyes through an instant shine, reflected through a rich metallic powder that is safe and beneficial to the eye. Depending on how much power is applied, the sparkle of your eyes adds a warmth of light and intelligence, either through bold color selections or more subtle approaches in synch with your own skin tone.

NYC’s Metallic Nail Gloss brings out a midnight richness in your fingernails, glowing in a metallic shine like starlight. Not only fashionable, its Pro-Vitamin B-5 Formula actually heals and enhances the health of your nails through natural vitamin supplementation. It’s ideal if you want perfect nails for the night..when you might want people noticing that fat diamond on the end of your finger 😉

Ulta Makeup makes cosmetics easy. Find a wide selection of the unique brands you need, including the top of the line cosmetics at rock bottom prices. It’s more than a makeup line,  it’s a one-stop beauty store, offering all the indulgence of the big city beauty salons without the high prices.

For once, elegance is on sale! With over 1,200 products and 400 brands available, the selection is up to you. With such a cosmetics resource available on-line from the comforts of your own home, there’s never been a better time to look good. Beauty couldn’t be any more affordable. A girl doesn’t have to break her pocketbook for a little indulgence in life. With prices that average a third as what you’d pay in a beauty store, pampering yourself is an affordable luxury.

Of course, if you prefer the personal sales girl touch, it’s easy to find a store near you. With over 150 stores across the United States, an Ulta Makeup Salon is probably right in your neighborhood. Sample the scent of elegant perfumes on your wrist, or have an expert match you with your perfect shade of foundation. Get the same online selection and discount name brand prices, along with a personable conversation with expert beauticians, ready to share their cosmetic advice for the asking. More than just a product supply store, an Ulta Makeup Salon serves elegance on a platter.

Offering hair and spa-style services, they offer a wide selection of treatments to lift you off your feet. Not only do they have a great cosmetic supply line, but affordable Spa services to indulge your every whim. But if your busy schedule doesn’t allow for an in-store experience, their on-line store will bring top line beauty products right to your door. They offer free shipping on orders $65 or more, saving you a trip to the store. Beauty should be convenient and hassle free.

Why not take advantage of free shipping and let the goods come to you? Look like you’ve walked right out of the salon as soon as you’ve stepped out of the house. End the pointless search for that rare line of beauty products and turn to the source. Buying quality makeup at rock bottom prices has never been easier.

A day at the spa is like a vacation. Sometimes you just have to treat yourself and soak up as much of the good life as possible, but with juggling family and careers, sometimes our hands are just to full to drop everything and head for a weekend get away, a day at the spa or a manicure.

That’s when we need to recreate a day in the beauty spa in our own homes, turn our own living rooms into gateway paradises of relaxation and indulgence. We need to pamper ourselves with a day of cosmetics and fun!

Bringing the finer luxuries into every day homes, beauty control cosmetics have been empowering women to pamper the entire neighborhood, while living exciting and fulfilling careers at the same time.

The brand enables women to share Spa and beauty products and treatments with friends and associates, turning every day lives into afternoons of succulent paradise.

We all deserve to spoil ourselves. When there are beauty treatments and indulgences this good in life, it only makes sense that we share it. From skin control to body care and eye treatments, Beauty Control Cosmetics pamper every part of you that’s beautiful, from spa treatments to cosmetics that make you feel your best. You deserve to look good with trusted brand that’s highlights and celebrates the finer elements of life.

Innovation transforms the field of cosmetic and spa treatments, revolutionizing the way we think about beauty. No longer is the Spa the treat of the elite. Everyone deserves to pamper themselves, and now they can do so without leaving their own home.

After a hard day of juggling careers and family, slipping into a Spa treatment in your own privacy is the perfect way to unwind. You deserve it. You’ll thank yourself and feel so good about the world around you, you’ll find the world thanking you too!

Of course, there’s no reason to keep something this good to yourself. Beauty Control Cosmetics has a line of skin care and fragrance collections designed for men. The man in your life needs to be treated, too. They carry a wide selection of colognes to add style and sophistication to a man’s very being. Treat him to a stocking stuffer, and you’ll also be treating yourself with his own new found sophistication.

Bring indulgence into the home. Every day life can be extraordinary if we just take the time to treat ourselves. Spend a day in your own living room Spa, enjoying  head to toe makeovers and skin treatments in your own home. You are worth every bath bubble, every cosmetic treatment of beauty and style!

Luckily these days, a gal doesn’t have to poison her face to make it pretty. But she should be conscious of the make-up she wears. Not all cosmetics on the market are healthy. Some are terribly oil based, which can ruin your skin and make it old before its time. Others contain harmful dyes, drying talcs and other unnatural ingredients. While they may dazzle a ladies face today, they add years of age over time, leading to unnecessary wrinkles, discoloration, and blemishes. Who want that!?

What’s more beautiful than nature? A girl can look her best and still be natural. In fact, organic makeup sustains your youthful look by keeping the skin naturally healthy. Bare mineral cosmetics have come a long way over the years. The environmental and green movements have created a demand and a market, leading to a variety of natural products that maintain a  healthy look that’s stunningly beautiful. Organic makeup is no longer just for the flower children..as women of all styles and ages enjoy being natural and gorgeous at the same time!

A bare mineral cosmetic is a natural cosmetic, chemical and additive free. Their beauty occurs naturally in minerals that have existed for thousands of years. Natural makeup actually repairs damaged skin, literally adding youth to your face. They also allow a natural, healthy glow to your face, brightening the room like a smile.

For sensitive skin, organic beauty products are ideal. Because they don’t contain poisonous additives like petroleum, they won’t clog your pores, cause flare-ups or other irritations. Ever notice how some make-ups burn your skin? The unnatural oil irritates it , causing clogs and blemishes. Natural beauty products, on the other hand, actually act as a soothing agent to help heal your skin, as well as enrich its beauty, naturally.

Be as beautiful as nature! Look your best for an evening of dinner or a girl’s night out, and still naturally enhance your complexion. There are plenty of natural products on the market that will make you look gorgeous while actually adding to the health of your skin. Beauty needs taken care of, and  Nature cares for healthy skin the best.

Cosmetic Market Trends: Products for Ethnic Consumers

The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that by the year 2040, minorities will be the majority. This means products and services that target these niches will become increasingly more popular.

As minorities in the United States are not a homogenous group, the various niches that cosmetic market trend watchers can target are numerous. Hispanics, Asians, African Americans, are just a few of the ethnic groups who want products and services particular to them.

Digging down even further, within each group, there are differences in hair types and and skin coloring, for example. All of these differences require various products to properly address their needs.

Cosmetic Market Trends: Baby Boomers

Baby Boomers, define as those born in the United States between 1946 and 1964 are one of the most populous groups in America today. As they age, they will require cosmetics that address their particular needs.

For example, products for aging skin like wrinkle eliminators and reducers; moisture creams to prevent dryness; sun protection emollients. Then there’s hair products, eg, products to prevent baldness, make hair appear fuller and even products to regrow hair.

The cosmetic market for Baby Boomers can be particularly lucrative if targeted correctly because this group is inordinately wealthier than any other retiring group in our nation’s history. Hence, they have a lot of disposable income to spend on such luxuries as, cosmetics, for example.