Get Naked This Winter

photo: Allure

I'm seeing it everywhere! Everyone wants to be naked! Naked eyeshadow palettes, naked lip color and naked nails. I'm a fan of going nude this cold weather season (or anytime) so let's take a look!!

Starting with Nails: Christian Dior Vernis Nude Collection.

Four shades of amazing: Trench, Dune, Grege and Chamelle. *If neutral alone is too boring for you try pairing it with a maroon french tip* 
so chic and unexpected.

photo: zimbo.com

Eyes: Urban Decay Naked is a classic. New this season is Urban Decay Naked2 Both are amazing eyeshadow palettes for everyone.


Two Faced Shadow Bon Bon comes with a full sized mascara and an eye primer.











Lips: Bobby Brown the Queen of neutral pulls it all together with her Bellini Lip and Eye Palette. and Stila All Is Bright Lip Glaze Set has a color for any occasion.


(Click on any blue font and it will link you to that particular product.)

Stay beautiful in the flesh this winter and remember it's only makeup, it's not permanent so have a little fun!

the gorgeous Bettie Page wishing us all a happy, healthy and hot holiday season

travel tip(s) #3

3 fun travel tips:

• Room darkening window clips. Yes they are great...clips you can buy to throw in your bag to clip hotel curtains fully closed. However, the pant and skirt hangers in your hotel room closet work just a well. Plus they are double clipped so you can use 2 hangers for the length of the curtain!

• Re-usable canvas bags. Great for so many things, here are 3:

1. You know everything you are going to need while inflight so why wait until you board to dig through your bags and hold up the boarding process? Put your headphones, ipod, books, magazines, lip balm, hand cream, etc... in your canvas bag while you wait in the terminal for easy access once on the plane.
2. Beach bag! Tote your H2O, sunscreen, mags, wallet, etc.. to the pool and beach.
3. Dirty clothes. Perfect for keeping clean and dirty items separate. 

• Cell phone cameras aren't just for uploading pictures to Facebook. When parking in a long term lot at the airport take a picture of the marker heading for the row in which you parked....Don't want to look like a tourist with a gigantic map? Take a picture of the map with your phone. This also works for subway maps, bus route maps, etc.... Also, take a picture of the address and phone number of your hotel. This comes in handy when you are telling your cab driver your destination. (after a few drinks you might need this information) You can find this info posted on your hotel room landline phone, it's usually located right above the number keys for dialing.

BB Cream

BB huh? I know I didn't get it either. “BB” stands for blemish balm or beauty balm. The cream was originally designed and used by a German surgeon to speed healing after post-peel and laser treatments on his clients. He also designed it to hide redness and help with inflammation.  
The product was picked up by the Koreans, and their celebrities started to attribute their flawless skin to the product. It's also said that the average women's skin care routine in Asia is an astonishing 7 steps. Apparently Asia has been holding out on us girls because this cream is a moisturizer/sunscreen/foundation/concealer all in ONE fantastic tube, with soothing, healing and anti-aging benefits. It's no wonder the craze took off with feverish panic in the Asian community! 7 steps? Yeah, ok, not in our insanely fast paced world.


Now, how and where do you buy it? Looking into this further I found that different companies concentrate on different problems:

• hydration
• anti-aging
• redness
• acne control
• skin lightening (most Asian brands)

Decide what you are after and make sure you read the packaging. 


After reading many blogs, and articles a trend started to appear. Here are the top 5 brands for BB cream in the US as far as I can tell:

1. Garnier Skin Renew ~ You can get it for under 15 bucks at Target
2. Bobby Brown ~ comes in 3 different shades with SPF 35
3. MAC prep + prime bb ~ SPF 35 and sold out online! So go directly to a MAC store
4. Estee Lauder Day Wear BB ~ comes in 2 shades with SPF 35
5. Smashbox Camera Ready BB ~ comes in 5 different shades with SPF 35

Peonies Lips So Summer Sexy

Someone recently asked what's the new lip shade for the upcoming season. Palest coral and soft pinks make the prettiest pouts this spring and summer, just like a fresh bouquet of peonies brightens any room. Of course I have a few suggestions. Click the links for pictures.

• Bare Escentuals Buxom Lip Cream in Creamsicle ~ easy lip gloss type applicator
• Fresh Sugar Coral Tinted Lip Treatment ~ best part is it's SPF 15 
• Benefit Posietint ~ doubles as a cheek stain in a pretty poppy shade
• MAC Tinted Lip Conditioner in Fuchsia Fix ~ don't let the "fuchsia" scare you away. I wear this one all the time. It's perfectly sheer and SPF 15
• Urban Decay Super Saturated High Gloss in Lovechild ~ stain like effect with stay power

All 5 of the products listed above are light, sheer lip colors. Perfect for summer wearing when you don't want to cover too much of anything.

Hot tip: If you are someone that likes a more opaque look you might want to try applying a pale coral or pink lip liner followed by a gloss or translucent lip conditioner on top. This way your color has more punch and hold (lip liner has better wear time than lipstick) but you're keeping that spring/summer moisturized look. *See hot lips below ;)