Avon makeup roundup: your back to school must haves are here

10 Grocery Shopping Tips from Slim Women

Want to keep off the weight this fall? Here are the tips you need to stay slim for good

This is a TotalBeauty.com weight loss diets article The grocery store can be even the healthiest gal’s worst enemy. Fifty percent off your favorite double chocolate chunk cookies? Your diet doesn’t stand a chance. Or does it? Follow these 10 tips slim women use when they’re food shopping. Their secrets on how to maneuver each food aisle will help you shop smart.  Get slim tips

Hello Gorgeous!
 Quick note to share the video below where I show you some of the new and best Avon color story products and some from the Avon Jillian Dempsey line too! Enjoy the video!


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Vote for your favorite look: Urban Cowgirl vs. MUD

Is Your Lifestyle Making You Age Faster?

See if your habits are aging you and then find out how to minimize those fine lines and wrinkles

This is a TotalBeauty.com anti-aging skin care article Take this quiz to determine if your lifestyle is causing your wrinkles and then learn some ways to reverse the signs of aging. Take quiz

Hi! Thanks for staying tuned and playing with the "voting" features on the blog today. By the way: Happy Friday! Some say that Friday the 13th is unlucky, I say poppycock! It's very lucky because this is the day that the Lord has made! Let's rejoice and be glad in it! Oh and also vote on which look should I wear to the One Love For Chi concert on Saturday August 14th.

For more info on Chi Cheng & the concert visit http://www.oneloveforchi.com

This look is created entirely with an Urban Cowgirl beauty bag containing:
Concealer-that's all I have on, no foundation or powder
Bronzer-one of my fave products
Mascara-basic black mini size
Eye shadow trio color in Slate for brows/shadow/liner

...and the best part in my opinion: Whipstick in Luscious which is a highly pigmented lipgloss.
Compare this look with the MUD look (Makeup Designory) on yesterdays post, then comment on which look to wear! Thanks!

Intestingly enough...I am not wearing any foundation in the photo, it's just Sebamed moisturizer and the concealer in the Urban Cowgirl bag called Cafe 'ole spread through the center of my face using clean fingers.

Now, here's the next video!

P.S. I think this look is kind of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's and not quite cowgirlish? I was thinking Debra Winger from Urban Cowboy with John Travolta and got something else? Enjoy!

P.S.S. This officially makes 950 posts...meaning I am 50 wee posts away from 1000! Ahh! Comment with your ideas of how to celebrate the milestone!

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Bronzer for $2.99? You betcha!

Copy-Worthy Natural Celebrity Hair and Makeup Looks

Natural hairstyles and makeup looks are trendy and sexy because they play up your god-given beauty

This is a TotalBeauty.com makeup article Follow these step-by-step how-tos to enhance your best features -- naturally. See looks

WEE! It's time for bronzer and if you are tight on budget, try this easy to use, pretty darn blendable product from Wet'n'Wild. Which as you may know, is a super affordable drugstore brand that you can find almost anywhere! There are two shades, a light and a dark and version and it has a small fleck of gold in it. I've tried it over my foundation and on bare skin and both looks worked; though the no makeup just bronzed looked was very casual. Meaning I had to double up on mascara.

Remember, powder bronzer can be used on the face and body, you just need to switch to a large puff or a very large brush if you are going to use the bronzer to color up your shoulders or legs. Enjoy the savings and the new makeup for your bag and vacations!

How to get your face on in 5 minutes

Your Go-To Five-Minute Makeup Routine

How to look fabulous even when you’re pressed for time

Just because you only have five minutes to get ready in the morning doesn’t mean you should run out the door looking like it. (Unless you’re going for the bedhead, just-woke-up look. In that case, heave ho!) This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to get a gorgeous makeup look in under five minutes. See tutorial

Hello gorgeous! Thanks for stopping by today! Before you click through the beauty bubble today for a "how to" on the five minute face, may I share mine with you?
1. All quick makeup is based upon great skin. So the first secret to getting ready fast is taking the time to prepare your skin with a daily cleansing and moisturizing routine.  Always wearing a sunscreen helps the anti-aging fight so make sure it's in your moisturizer and foundation. With that out of the way, first makeup step is to put foundation on all over, whether you prefer minerals, compacts, cremes or liquids but make sure to get it through the center of your face primarily and leave it thinner on the outer edges. ( this makes for less chance of a jawline streak since you are in a hurry to begin with)

2. Stain lips and cheeks! I'm so into Bloom Cosmetics right now with their lip marker in Cinnamon

3. Light toned bronzer all over the face in the places you get a sunburn, and include your eyelids!

4. Put a highlighter on the brow bone: creme or powder just add a light shimmer

5. Thick full swoop of mascara, like the new LashFood conditioning mascara

6. Finish with a Bloom lipbutter, or a Burt's Bees tinted stick, or Neutrogena Lip Sheers in spf 20
Since you stained your lips, now it's about adding moisture.

Enjoy your beautiful self on this glorious day! Now go peek at the beauty bubble and see what they say!
Remember: you are beautiful!
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