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CoverGirl’s New Online Conversion Tool

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Chris Benz Designer Bag Free With Purchase at Beauty.com

For a limited time you can get this very cute Chris Benz designer makeup bag filled with beauty items free with any $100 purchase at Beauty.com

The kit includes:

FULL SIZE Laura Geller Powder Eyeliner (Cinnamon or Midnight Blue)
FULL SIZE Urban Decay Pocket Rocket Lip Gloss, Doug (Medium Pink)
skyn ICELAND® The ANTIDOTE Quenching Daily Lotion
Origins Clear Improvement® Active Charcoal Mask
Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer

PHYTO Phytocitrus Restructuring Mask, Color-Treated Hair
NUXE Reve de Miel Hand and Nail Cream
Nick Chavez® Beverly Hills Flocker
Murad® Intensive Wrinkle Reducer for Eyes
Exuviance® Evening Restorative Complex

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Paul & Joe Cosmetics Limited Edition Alice in Wonderland Set

Paul & Joe is a French cosmetics brand. For a limited time, they have this adorable Disney Alice in Wonderland cosmetic set available: Paul & Joe Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Collection 2010 (Spring Edition). You can get it at COSME-DE.COM, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite online beauty stores because of the large number of hard to find and unique products that they carry, along with some great sale prices on top name items.

Paul & Joe Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland Collection 2010 (Spring Edition) by Paul & Joe includes:

Lip Treatment Stock 0.11oz / 3.2g
Blotting Paper (with mirror) 100 sheets
Blotting Paper Refill 100sheets

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Marc Jacobs Cucmber Splash Coupon Code 30% Off

I love Marc Jacobs Cucumber Splash (Here is my previous review: Cucumber Splash). In fact, I love it so much that I added it to my Open Sky Shop.

Now through March 9, 2010, you can get Marc Jacobs Cucumber Splash at 30% off on OpenSky, and it was already priced well there to begin with! Want it? Click here to go to my OpenSky Cucumber Splash product page and use coupon code 30jacobs at checkout.

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L’Oreal Deep Set Wrinkle Repair Eye Cream

L’Oreal Revitalift Deep-Set Wrinkle Repair Eye Cream comes in a double sided tube. One side for night and the other for day. As far as eye creams go, it is pretty standard, but a decent enough choice for a product with Retinol at around $20.

The day creme is really a light lotion that includes SPF 15 and moisturizers for basic conditioning and protection. It absorbs well, feels fine, and I really can’t find anything to complain about other than it doesn’t really stand out either. It basically is a just a good everyday basic eye cream.

The night creme is slightly thicker (but not much) and includes Retinol for anti-aging and wrinkle treatment. Retinol is pretty much the ingredient of choice for night treatment and L’Oreal’s cream feels good and absorbs well. However, without knowing the concentration of Retinol, it might not be the best choice available. If you are not sensitive to Retinol, look for an eye cream that includes the full amount allowed over the counter, such as ROC. I have my doubts that L’Oreal includes it to that concentration. Also, keep in mind that this cream, or any eye cream for that matter, regardless of the amount of Retinol, is not going to repair your deep set wrinkles. They might help with the appearance some, or better yet, prevent worsening, but no cream is a cure. Sorry.

Overall, L’Oreal’s eye cream duo is pretty standard. It has an OK price point for its ingredients, but mostly I just like the combo of a day and night cream in one package and I think it is particularly nice for travel.

Note: this review was based on a product given to me by a representative of the company. For more, see my disclosure page.

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Tarina Tarantino Pearl Glow Makeup Primer

Sephora has a new line of makeup from accessory designer Tarina Tarantino. As would be expected from Tarantino, the packaging for this makeup primer is quite nice. I haven’t tried any of the Tarantino cosmetics yet, but I did buy a Tarina Tarantino Pearl Glow Makeup Primer to try.

Tarina Tarantino Pearl Glow Primer is a lotion type of makeup primer. I tend to prefer silicon based makeup primers because they fill fine lines and leave a wonderfully smooth skin surface for makeup, while lotion primers tend to fell like standard moisturizing lotion to me (no surprise there I guess). Anyway, that doesn’t mean lotion-like makeup primers are bad, but they are not my preference.

Here is the interesting thing about the Tarntino makeup primer though—it adds a pretty nice luminizer to the mix. Plenty of primers do this, but they can get overly shiny in appearance. Tarina Tarantio makeup primer did a pretty good job at not going overboard, so it leaves the skin looking dewy and luminous. If you remember Prescriptives magic lotion back when it first came out, Tarina Tarantino Pearl Glow Primer really reminds me of that.

Now, as soon as a primer become more of a luminizer, I tend to hate to use it as a true makeup primer. If you put anything but the sheerest of foundation over it, the luminosity is lost. So, I prefer to use Tarintino Pearl Glow primer, not as a makeup primer, but as a bit of a highlighter or sorts. I also tried mixing it with my foundation, which resulted in a fairly nice sheer tinted moisturizer type of mix.

Tarina Tarntino Pearl Glow primer is quite moisturizing and, although it absorbs pretty well, I felt that I was often still aware of it on my skin. Since I have oily skin and am acne prone, that worried a bit, but I haven’t seem to have gotten any breakouts from it. Still, those with oily skin might want to try to test it in store before buying.

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Lush Solid Shampoo Bar

LUSH Cosmetics came to the rescue for me with their solid shampoo bar. I have color treated hair, but my scalp tends to get oily, while the ends remain dry. Most shampoos formulated for color tend to also be too moisturizing for me—making my scalp oily again by the end of the day. So I was searching for a product that would not strip color, but would also take care of the oil. Then I could use a regular smoothing conditioner on the ends.

I was having a hard time finding anything that wasn’t too harsh until I was introduced to Lush Solid Shampoo Bars. Because the bars are solid, they can be made without preservatives, and with natural ingredients. The first bar I tried was this Lush Stimulating and Reviving Mint Bar which was sent to me by Lush.

The Mint Bar does a great job with oily hair and stimulates the scalp. But I thought it was just a bit to drying on my ends, so I dropped in a Lush boutique at Macy’s and picked up a Lush Godiva Solid Shampoo Bar instead.

Godiva Solid Shampoo has cocoa and shea butters as moisturizers but, unlike my problems with regular moisturizing shampoos, the Godiva Bar took care of my scalp oil, without leaving my ends overly dry. Finally, I was back to where I could wash my hair every other day without getting oily and my ends were nice and smooth. I pair the Lush bars with a light smoothing conditioner on the ends of my hair.

A Lush Solid Shampoo Bars run around $7-$10 depending on the bar. To use the bars, you can either rub it on your hair, or lather it up in your hands and apply it. I tend to just rub it along my scalp and underneath the back of the hair. The bars are not very big, but they last quite well.

One item I highly recommend getting if you order one is a Lush Shampoo Bar Tin. The bars tend to leave a colored soap like film if you just leave them lying around. Plus, if they get wet, they will melt away over time like soap. A tin prevents those issues. It also makes the bars portable. At $2.95 for a reusable tin, it won’t break the bank and will save you some housecleaning headaches.