Summer makeup trend for 2008

Summer makeup trend 2008: what to do with all that product choice in the stores.
Each season a cosmetic line puts out a “color story” which is the season colors that accompanies the fashion trends. What we see on the cat walk runways rarely translates into an everyday look, though with some help and inspiration, here’s what to do with all that product!
Bright colors! Neon too! Viva Las Vegas –or Laughlin if you are low on gas money.
The summer makeup trend for 2008 is al about bold, bright, neon colors.

The color is worn on the eye, especially as eyeliner whether it is a pencil or eye shadow applied with a small damp brush in a smudgy smokey pattern. The bold color can also be worn on the lips. Sure, try it on your cheeks, though it doesn’t translate well on that part of the face.

Try bold purples, lilacs, turquoise blues, and fresh baby blues too. Use the color to rim the eyelid in a smudgy streak, no need for precision here unless you are using a liquid liner which looks best drawn in a precise manner and is great for making a true cat eye pattern in eyeliner.
I suggest looking at brands like Sephora’s store brand slim pencil in Violet 71 or Lagoon. Try Pop beauty Lid Neon compact for really bold colors that work as a liner or shadow. When you are wearing this bold of eye color as an eye liner, balance the eye with a sheer shimmer shadow and strong eyebrow.
You could wear a two tone eye shadow pattern that is also strong in color for a take on 60’s Mod style eye makeup, though it’s great for parties and not jobs at the bank.
Finish the eye with lots of flirty lashes in mascara colors. Try Max Factor Vivid Impact or Urban Decay Big Fatty; both have lots of choices in color and are good on the lash for length, thickness and wears without smudging or flaking.
If you haven’t tried false eyelashes yet, why not now? When would now be a good time! I love them and wear them often. There are many video sites and beauty blogs that offer a video “how to” of applying them. A set of false lashes make maximum impact and are striking to look at when combine with a bright colored eyeliner.
Lips that make a person look twice and ask themselves “what is it about that woman?” start with a good liner and finish with the summer’s bold color.
Try a classic bold color such as Chanel’s Coco Pink. It is a true fuchsia pink and I love it! Or try Tarte cosmetics lipstick in Shock for a strong purple lip. Duwop makes an amazing product called a Reversible Liner that is a clear stick that shapes and defines the mouth while holding in lip products. I recommend this or a very nude lip matching lipstick to accompany the strong colors. If you like to match your lip liner to your lipstick, be sure and test the two together first so you don’t end up with a dark ring around your mouth when your lipstick is eaten off by your lunch.
Perhaps you are more of a lip gloss person like me? Yes, I too have seen the negative report that the dermatologist association gave lip gloss saying that the shine makes the sun’s rays penetrate deeper and can cause mouth freckling and lip cancer. Well, just apply a brand with spf like the Neutrogena Moisture Shine Lip soothers with spf 20 in bold sheers like Gleam, Sheen or Shine.
Lips colored like these may only need a large pair of dark sunglasses to accompany them this summer.
Finally, if all this talk about bold, bright, colors are complete bunk and nonsense for you-then stick to the tried and true summer classic face:
1. A coat of self tanner and sunscreen all over your face
2. Light dusting of bronzer all over especially on the peaks
3. Mascara applied to your taste and preference
4. Sheer gloss on lips in nude to pink shades
Either way you wear your summer makeup trend of 2008, your love, generosity, humor and wit are what truly make you beautiful!
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Product review: Canyon Ranch Spa "Your Transformation" anti-aging skin care

Product review: Canyon Ranch “Your Transformation” anti-aging skin care.

Now, I call it “anti-aging” because of the repair and restore skin properties.
In the desert, you need all the sun damage repair and restoration of skin elasticity you can get!
Below are facts and the three top activating ingredients in the products that I have tested.
Though, as usual, I have my experience test and review to report on plus the company’s side.

I tested three products, 2 in the skin care line and one in the body care:
• Age Transforming Concentrate Serum
• Restore Intensive Moisture for the face and neck
• Elasticity Body Balm

The treatment goes first. So on my clean face; I pumped out two pumps of the Age Transforming Concentrate Serum. It has a light, silky texture, with good spread ability that absorbed quickly into my skin. I used to pumps because I always slather everything down my neck in upward strokes and on the front of my chest which has severe sun damage from decades of the beach with no sunscreen!

The Serum is concentrated, so a wee bit will go along way as I found out after I pumped out two squirts and had ample left over for the backs of my hands after finishing, face, neck and chest.
This product contains the highest percentage (5%) of the ProNAD which is a bioactive vitamin B3 to do the most stimulation and strengthening of the epidermal layer of the skin.

The 1 oz. air tight packaging is recyclable, retails for $150.00 at the Canyon Ranch Spa properties, online at www.saksfifthavenue.com and your local Saks stores. (Like the Biltmore here in Phoenix!)

I followed with the moisturizer, though there is a second step available called the Hydramist, which I think is one of the beauty items you need to have on hand for freshening your face at the office, spritzing before moisturizer to help the skin absorb, you have recently been boating or at the beach, or if you have had too many martinis and you know your skin is going to pay for it.

The moisturizer is a rich, emollient textured, botanical smelling tub of goodness. It’s 1.7 oz, and retails for $95.00. I like that I experienced a “picking” up of my skin after patting and tapping the product on and then massaging in. Nothing says satisfaction with a product like seeing a quick return on application. My skin felt good, looked plump, and had a smoother texture to it.

The moisturizer has a 3% concentration of ProNAD the most active ingredient. This combined with the age transforming serum and I’m up to 8% of anti-aging skin repairing and restoring action. That’s more than my investment account return.

I also tried a 5 oz. tube of the Elasticity Body Balm which retails for $55. I put this on everyone who came in my path in the past 24 hours. The five ladies and one man who tried it all had the same general comments:
“Smells great, not sticky, absorbed right into my skin, I can see the difference between which arm is wearing it and which isn’t”. And about an hour later I asked one of the ladies to compare her arms again, and the one with the Elasticity Body Balm was notably smoother and hydrated looking.
The Body Balm also has 3% ProNAD in it along with Ceraplex, Antiox03, Shea Butter, Borage Oil, Camellia Oil, Almond Oil and Sunflower Oil.
My overall experience of the Canyon Ranch Your Transformation skin care is positive and I recommend it for ladies who are looking to see a noticeable difference in their skin, quickly. If you have skin that is past the legal drinking age, you live in a dry climate, travel on an airplane a lot, or have damage from smoking and drinking, I would recommend this as a solution for you to a smoother textured and plumper dewy skin.

**Now, before I get to the facts of the product as stated by the Canyon Ranch Company about their product, I want to offer you a chance to win a Mother’s Day basket sampling the Canyon Ranch Your Transformation skin care products.

ENTER FOR CANYON RANCH YOUR TRANSFORMATION SKIN CARE BASKET IN TIME FOR MOTHER’S DAY!From May 2nd-9th 2008, as a tribute to honor, respect and love on Mom, enter your answers to these questions along with current contact information which will only be used to contact the winner. No spam here or telemarketing calls either. The winner will be randomly drawn on May 10th out of all the entries received. One entry per person please. Good luck!

1. Name a Canyon Ranch Spa property location?
2. What CR YT product has the highest concentration of anti-aging ProNAD?
3. Where can you purchase your new choice in skin care, Canyon Ranch Your Transformation?
Please provide the following information:
Name:
Age:
Phone:
Email:
Mailing Address:
Where did you read this:
Email answers to: makeupbycherelynn at yahoo dot com by May 9th, 2008 12:00 a.m. Arizona mst

Now, here are the facts as stated by the company:
Canyon Ranch Your Transformation™ is a clinically proven collection of luxury skincare products from the health and wellness specialists at Canyon Ranch. The line incorporates the integrative wellness approach and preventive practices of Canyon Ranch with state-of-the-art technology to deliver sustaining results, transforming skin from the inside out.

There are 4 categories of skincare products:

Cleanse
• VITALITY cleansing cream
• RADIANCE facial scrub

Treat
• AGE TRANSFORMING concentrate serum
• AGE TRANSFORMING hydramist

Moisturize
• BALANCE light-weight moisture
• PROTECT UVA/UVB SPF 30 facial moisturizer
• BRIGHTNESS eye cream
• RESTORE intensive moisture

Body
• ELASTICITY body balm


WHO IS IT FOR: Canyon Ranch Your Transformation products are for women and men with visible signs of aging and sun damage, and for those desiring healthier skin with improved skin tone, texture and firmness.


With proven science incorporated into pure healthy bases, Canyon Ranch Your Transformation™ products focus on providing skin with 3 key ingredients:
• ProNAD™ Niacin (Bioactive Vitamin B3) to generate healthier skin cells from the inside-out
• Ceraplex™ to strengthen skin from outside-in and improve skin hydration
• Antiox-3™ to provide antioxidant protection inside and outside

Additionally, each product features luxurious textures and secondary ingredients to firm, protect, nourish and brighten skin throughout all layers of skin.


KEY
INGREDIENT: ProNAD™ is a unique, multi-patented molecule that enables a bio-active form of Niacin (Vitamin B3) to be delivered deep into the layers of skin, rebuilding and reconditioning it from the inside out. ProNAD™ helps stimulate DNA repair by encouraging the skin’s natural healing process, strengthening and protecting skin against further damage. Because of its strengthening properties, this miraculous molecule was selected by the National Cancer Institute for study as a potential skin cancer prevention agent. ProNAD™ holds 19 Patents, 34 pending.



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Product review: Aquafina Advanced Hydration...or, what else is available at Walmart besides equate

Product review: Aquafina Advanced Hydration RX: Intensive Targeted Renewal & Restoration Treatment with Qusomes
I try a lot of products, and review them all for you to help make an informed decision.
This brand is part Pepsi Co. brand, part water drinking song commercial for Aquafina water and now a skin care line readily available at your local large discount retailers such as Target and Wal-Mart.
The tube is 1 oz, and retails for on average under $10.00, or you may even find it on sale.
The product is light weight, silky in texture, has good slip and blends well. It may feel a bit tacky at first on the skin, though absorbs within a few minutes.
This product is a moisturizing treatment designed to compliment a moisturizer. If used alone, it is not enough moisture on the skin, though I suspect if you have very oily skin, this may be an option for you.
Because it does not contain a sunscreen, it is recommended for use at bedtime, though I would use it twice a day including the morning time in the summer because of the intense dehydration that happens in hot weather to the skin. Simply add a sunscreen filled moisturizer on over it.
I liked the light scent; it doesn’t have a heavy fragrance, but a light clean smell. I tried it on under my daily moisturizer and it added a boost of smoothness to my skin.
After spending a morning outside in the hot sun, I re-applied the product without the use of a moisturizer and had a temporary, soothing effect on the skin. It is cool to the touch.
The thin consistency of the Aquafina Advanced Hydration RX allows for use on and around the eyes. There is a full line of skin care products under the Aquafina brand, consisting of cleanser, toner, moisturizer, treatment and heavy creams.
The line is retailing in the ten dollar range per product, coupons can be found on the products homepage and in general, I think this was a fair product for the price range and ease of accessing.
For the record, a Qusome is technology which is touted as good for absorption.


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Recession proof beauty: the power of the lipstick

Recession proof beauty: the power of the lipstick
The country has been in a recession for a long time now. The mass media and politicians, plus our President are just now beginning to admit it and say it out loud.
Obviously, if the government had time to plan and enacted an “economy stimulus package” better known as the “tax rebate”, then they knew about the sagging state of the economy and sluggish performance of the dollar mixed with rising inflation way before the tax due date of April 15th.

As a single mom shopping week to week in my local grocery store, I can tell you that prices have steadily increased for basic food items for the past six months and continue upward. Things such as bread, milk, eggs and yogurt! Coffee creamer even!
The extra sixty cents to a dollar more per item may not seem like a lot, but put that on twenty items multiplied by four times a month and that’s an extra hundred dollars.
Now, let’s factor that addition in to the rising cost of gas, which I am personally convinced is a conspiracy.

While the recession looms large and tax rebates are being deposited as I write, the Starbuck lattes and Sam Adams beers are being sacrificed, but not the lipstick. Oh no, this mighty two inch tube triumphs amidst adversity.
Sales are up in the lip beauty area, booming in fact if you are a beauty product for the mouth under ten dollars and sold at a major discount retailer.

Why? Why the sales increase when everything else is shrinking and being cut back?
Because the lipstick is an inexpensive luxury that has a powerful impact and ability to alter the mood of the wearer and the person viewing the person wearing it.
I hear you saying-“drugs and alcohol alter moods too”-yes, this is true, though the lipstick is a touch stone of emotions, of better times gone by and the hope of a better tomorrow.

First dates, proms, weddings, graduations, first jobs and promotions, even rock concerts are all hallmarked in emotions and by a shade of lipstick.
Whether you are the one wearing it or sharing the moment with a lady in a striking color of lipstick!
The lipstick has survived empires crumbling, markets crashing, wars, rumors of wars, trips to the moon and now a recession in 2008.
Let’s hear three cheers for the recession proof lipstick! Hip hip hooray!

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Prom time!

Prom: peace, purity and beauty too.
The prom season is raging among hormones and the recession.
The average prom night-yes-night, as in one time event of the year can cost about $790.00.
Before I give you the beauty look, tips and hottest products, let me start with what is really beautiful.

What makes a prom girl really beautiful is purity. I mean this kind:
4That each one of you should know how to [c]possess (control, manage) his own [d]body in consecration (purity, separated from things profane) and honor,
5Not [to be used] in the passion of lust like the heathen, who are ignorant of the true God and have no knowledge of His will,
6That no man transgress and overreach his brother and defraud him in this matter or defraud his brother in business. For the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we have already warned you solemnly and [e]told you plainly.
7For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity].
8Therefore whoever disregards (sets aside and rejects this) disregards not man but God, Whose [very] Spirit [Whom] He gives to you is holy (chaste, pure).
9But concerning brotherly love [for all other Christians], you have no need to have anyone write you, for you yourselves have been [personally] taught by God to love one another.

Words like chaste, chastity, and virginal should come to mind after reading the above passage. Because nobody wants pre-chewed gum, worn underwear or used toilet paper, so why would your mate for life want a “used” partner?
Sex was made for marriage not the local Holiday Inn or back seat of a stretch Hummer limousine.

When I think of prom beauty, I think purity and the peace of mind for young girls self and her parents that a firm, decisive commitment to purity not peer pressure can bring to the night.

So with the prom purity in mind, I recommend picking a hair and makeup theme to compliment your dress and dance theme.

Lately, I’ve really bee n into retro 1940’s style looks. This means false eyelashes and matte red lipstick with a powder dusted skin. Hair would be up in curls and omelet fold styles secured with bobby pins and accented with a flower.
For your fake lashes: get Ardell in a medium length from your local drugstore, line your eyes first and then apply the lashes.

My favorite matte red is Explore by Lorac. It was created by Lorac owner and artist Carol Shaw for Nicole Kidman’s character Satine in the movie Moulin Rouge. It’s gorgeous and wears very well in color and slip on the mouth.

Or, if classic glamour isn’t for you, try a fresh pixie dewy look by using the Physicians Formula Organic line. Use an eye shadow brush to apply the bulk of the shimmer shadows in the center of the eye blending the color thinner in the corners, only line the bottom in a bold color of purple or green, and carry over the dusting of the glitter to your arms and shoulders.

Some new products to try: mark HookUps gel blush, the Secret Hawaiian scented anti-persperants for staying dry and odor free, Clinique almost there lipstick for moist lips that are barely colored, and the eye glosses by Jane Iredale.

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A short note of what not to do: try to look like the super glam Pam seen on the cover of Playboy magazine. Remember, Jenna Jameson is not a role model.

A young man wants to introduce a lady who is honorable and respectful to his parents and peers.

As for Miley Cyrus and the Vanity Fair photos, let’s forgive her and move on. Prayer and forgiveness covers a multitude of sins.
Enjoy your pure, peace filled prom night!


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