New! Laura Mercier Custom Artist Portfolio

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Confession time! I have a girl crush on Laura Mercier. I have no idea what she looks like or anything about her but she’s French I love adore her makeup. I am a neutral lover, but even I like to kick it up a notch with some purple, teal, cobalt, etc. My crush, Laura Mercier knows just [...]

Le Metier de Beaute Northern Lights Collection

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Le Métier de Beauté used the Aurora Borealis (otherwise known as the Northern Lights) for the inspiration for the Spring 2012 Collection. Caused by a collision of naturally charged atomic particles in the atmosphere, the Aurora Borealis turn the sky from green to purple to blue – magnetic color abounds. Beauty becomes a natural extension with [...]

Sneak Peek: Mally Today’s Special Value on QVC

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The amazois Mally is offering a Today’s Special Value on Monday, February 13. The Mally Fierce Face in Five Minutes 7-piece Color Collection  is only $59.96 and includes all this! 1.0-fl-oz Ultimate Performance Liquid Foundation 0.39-fl-oz Volumizing Mascara in Black–Customer Choice Award Winner for Best Mascara 2010 and 2011! 0.75-fl-oz Liquid Face Defender Blush in [...]

Review, Pics and Swatches: Three Custom Color Specialists: Daytime Drama Collection

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  Three Custom Color Specialists has recently released their Daytime Drama Palette ($74), which provides a pretty 5-minute face. Jim DeMarco, Emmy Award Winning-makeup artist on One Life To Live has collaborated with Three Custom Color to create an easy-peasy palette  suitable for everyone.  However, with all cream products, this goof-proof  palette is perfect for us over 40 [...]

Dior Milly Garden Clutch: Review, Pics and Swatches

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Dior’s Garden Party Spring 2012 Collection includes Milly Garden, an exquisite clutch and Nordstrom exclusive. The delicate pale pink clutch features a woven pattern, the Dior logo and two silver-plated rosebud clasps. The clutch is quite substantial with a heft to it. Inside there is a full size mirror, three eye shadows, two lip glosses and a double [...]

Join Jouer and Me for Sunday Brunch!

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One of my greatest pleasures is going to Sunday brunch. Growing up in southern California, my family would often go to Sunday brunch after church. The restaurant was right across the street from Disneyland so it was a real treat—not that I had any E tickets left– mostly A’s & B’s. Anyway, the restaurant (or was it a [...]

Estee Lauder Topaz Spring 2012 Makeup Collection

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Inspired by the warm, sunbleached tones of the desert in Arizona, Estee Lauder‘s spring 2012 collection, Topaz, features a mosaic of sublime bronze, taupe and sand dune shades punctuated by an irreverent twist of citron yellow and an intense pop of teal, evoking the naturally smoky look and romantic glow of a desert sunset. Personally, [...]

Review: Benefit “I’m Glam….therefore I Am”

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Benefit’s I’m Glam…therefore I Am  kit was part of their Holiday 2011 Collection. I purchased it with a gift card I received from Ulta as a Christmas gift. I was surprised and delighted it was still in stock after the holidays. I was originally pretty indecisive about the kit because all the reviews I had read said it [...]

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