October 31, 2011

Benefit says Watt's Up!

October 31, 2011/

The fun quirky names and adorable packaging of Benefit Cosmetics products get me every time. This season, Benefit says Watt's Up! ($30), and I am intrigued again as Benefit wants to turn up the heat with their newest highlighting product.

Watt's Up! is a beautiful highlighter that comes in stick form. Much different from hard to spread and chunky formulas in the past, this creamy champagne colored cream to powder formula glides on like a breath of fresh air.

Not only does the shade add a touch of glow to cheekbones, where I apply, it does so in a way that it creates a soft focus effect. This means that I am glowing while not showing off any of my finer lines. Watt's Up! blurs my wrinkles as I blend the highlighter in with the special soft glow blender sponge - notice that enclosed beneath the cap on the bottom.

Apply Watt's Up! wherever you want a soft glow. Not only can you apply this to the tops of your cheekbones for a younger, soft glow look, think of using it on your brow bone for eyes that look more awake and glow in perfection.

Pump Up the Volume with Oribe Maximista and Dry Texturizing Spray.

October 31, 2011/

Thick, full, voluminous hair - it's all the rage and until now it is hair that I have only dreamed of. Sure, it may be easy to get your full, but can you keep it that way? After looking in the mirror around lunch time and wondering what happened to my do, my goal is now voluminous hair that lasts.

I think I have found the two products that have done more for my hair than any other combination before. They are both from haircare genius Oribe.

So what am I using?

First, after washing and towel drying my hair, I spray Maximista Thickening Spray ($26) at my roots and comb it through. This great smelling spray delivers both on the thickness and volume. As I blow-dry, I concentrate on lifting hair at the roots where I sprayed the product, and I watch as hair looks much more lifted and stays that way. After my hair is dried, I pump up and texturize my hair with his dry shampoo, Dry Texturizing Spray ($39). This body-building spray uses patented polymers to absorb oil at the roots. This helps hair instantly take on another life, as if adding in another layer or two of hair. There is never any powdery residue and the formula smells amazing.

You know the products are good if Oribe, the man behind the gorgeous locks of Sarah Jessica Parker, and his products are in demand by many and are carried at fine retailers Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. Also, his products are used on the set of Gossip Girl - and you know that cast rocks some seriously gorgeous styles.

Fall Favorites from Ole Henriksen.

October 28, 2011/

Pumpkins are certainly everywhere this season. Have you ever thought where pumpkins fit into beauty products? I found two products that use this naturally beneficial ingredient added into them and these beauties are making the rounds in my shower this Fall. From Ole Henricksen I am hooked on these new Fall favorites.

African Red Tea Foaming Cleanser ($30)
This luxurious facial cleanser, enriched with antioxidant-rich african red tea and Vitamin C, is strong enough to remove makeup, but gentle enough for even the most sensitive skin. Regular use will elevate your skin to new levels of clarity and luminosity. The pumpkin extracts exfoliate and smoothe skin’s texture. Other ingredients include borage seed oil and grapefruit, orange, and tangerine extracts, which moisturize, stimulate collagen synthesis, and brighten with astringent, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and aromatic qualities.

African Red Tea Sugar Glow Face Scrub ($38)
An invigorating scrub that deep cleanses, smoothes and refines skin as it polishes away impurities. Packed with the antioxidant power of African red tea, pomegranate seeds, honey and pumpkin for a smoother, brighter skin tone. The pumpkin extract brightens and exfoliates and refines.

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