Your Old Cosmetics Have Something They are DYING to Tell You
Beauty Alert! now has a greeting card that is for sale at Charley + May on Queen Anne! The art is by local illustrator Kendal Tull Esterbrook at lubdubart.
We love her gross and disgusting pink eye and strands of bacteria! Ewwwww!!!!
We just got a review for Beauty Alert! labels and the Beauty Alert! app for iphone on a blog site called Reality Chic. She does great video reviews! We love the slippers and luggage tags. No duds here!
I was recently a guest on To Your Good Health Radio show, talking about bacteria in cosmetics. Below is the podcast; give a listen! I love it that there is a show talking about all these issues, and the interesting thing is that one of the hosts is actually a chiropractor. What an adjustment.
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It turns out, my niece, Corry is a cosmetic savant. Here are her tips for your lips:
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick: Great alternative to a lip stain, stays on almost as well as a lip stain and has the lip stick finish that most prefer. Stays put and doesn’t feather. They have a wide variety of colors.
MAC Viva Glam Gaga 1 & 2: This is a Limited Edition Lipstick and Gloss Line. Gaga 1 is a gorgeous light bubble gum pink that is extremely pigmented, so the full impact of the color shows. Gaga 2 is a beautiful nude that will work on all skin tones without washing you out because it has a cocoa undertone that makes it browner than most nudes (like MAC’s most famous nude, Myth). Each come in a gloss and a lip stick, but they are limited edition. This is a purchase you can feel good about because the money goes to the MAC AIDS Fund.
I always loved it that make-up artist Bobbi Brown says “use your fingers” for putting on foundation. Many companies actually sell foundation brushes. I have one, but rarely use it. I go the finger in the jar way, which isn’t very sanitary. I guess I could use a Q-Tip to scoop out my foundation from the jar, or buy one that has a pump which is less likely to get all germy. If you are looking for a good foundation brush for a decent price (cheap brushes can leave your face covered in tiny brush hairs, they shed like crazy…so don’t go too cheap with brushes) here is a good one
I visited my niece last month, and she is a walking data base for cosmetics. I actually had her help me put together a pitch for an online magazine, and they used her suggestion of MAC wipes for removing eye make-up. I hope to have her as a guest blogger someday soon! The online mag is Type F, and I recommend this kind of beauty site because they actually go to the source to find out what professionals think!
One of the most popular blush colors is by Nars. It is called “Orgasm”. There is also one called “Super Orgasm” This is a great powder blush, which can last longer than a creme blush.
If there is one thing you can do for sparse brows, it is buying the perfect brow powder. Beauty Alert! loves Laura Mercier’s brow powder duos. The deep blonde is popular, it is darker than you think. Using brow powder is much easier than using a pencil, especially with the right brush.
I love these little mini mascaras, since we have to toss them out within three months. It feels less like we are just making more waste in the world. Look at these tiny Christian Dior Show Mascaras! Yay!
Beauty Alert! labels are made to fit in a legal envelope, and ship for a regular first class stamp anywhere in the USA. They are $4.95, and make a great gift for your friends and relatives who keep make-up way past the toss out date.
