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Effective {and affordable} Skincare

February 24, 2016 No Comments

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The best thing in the Bare Minerals store at West Town Mall, besides all the natural makeup, or the candy-like display of eyeshadows; besides the new luxurious skincare line and the friendly staff, the best thing is the photo on the wall of a woman with freckles.

I am instantly put at ease when I see a picture of a woman whose beauty marks haven’t been edited out. It’s real, it’s honest. It’s what most people look like, for cripes sake, so why not leave it!?

Thankfully, their brand is not just a pretty beauty-marked face. They’ve got products that will actually deliver results.

I got to feature their new skincare line on the show this past Tuesday. One thing I didn’t get a chance to really go into detail about, is the fact that your skincare is so very important!

You could by the greatest, most expensive makeup in the world, but if you’re not putting it on good skin it’s not going to deliver the best results.

Five years ago I really started investing in my skincare. I’d like to say that I just wised up about taking care of the largest organ on the body, but really what happened is I broke out. Badly. It was as if I was being punished for all those zit-free teenage years. Seriously, I was a walking ProActive “before” picture.

Once I started investing in good products, my skin calmed down. We’re friends again.

What’s great about BareMinerals new line is that every product is filled with natural ingredients and it’s not something that’s going to blow your beauty budget.

Watch to see what all the benefits are, and the secret ingredient they’ve discovered that will transform your skin!

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Give Your Skin a Tall Glass of Gorgeous

October 6, 2015 No Comments

Hydrated skin is really the end goal. Because when your skin is well hydrated, it’s less wrinkly, more glowy.

Bare Minerals is the way to go when it comes to super hydration. They’ve got all kinds of great oils packed into their products – oils with names that I didn’t want to attempt on live TV. It’s not that they’re complicated, it’s just that it’s 8:30 in the morning and live…so there’s that.

Watch this segment for great product suggestions, then stop by the store in West Town Mall and tell them you watched it for a 15% discount!

A couple things I didn’t get to mention about the lipstick….

I’m wearing it in this piece and it’s awesome (still wearing it actually). The color I’ve got on is Reign On.
This lipstick won an Allure Reader’s Choice award
It feels like no other lipstick I’ve ever worn – I don’t feel that it’s there! Which says to me it really is hydrating and not drying.

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Flawless Radiance Brush

August 21, 2015 No Comments

Honestly, I really enjoyed being pregnant in the summertime. I don’t sweat very easily and am not often hot, so the 90 degree temps never really bothered me. Not to mention the fact that my husband is quite the opposite so I was finally comfortable in our 60 degree home.

What I enjoyed the most was not having to worry about my tan. I felt as if I could get away with being super white since I was pregnant (you can’t judge me I’m pregnant).

The one thing I didn’t give up (and don’t regardless of the season) was putting bronzer on my face. After applying foundation, I always contour my face with some bronzer to add color and dimension back in (I make an “E” starting at my forehead, hitting my cheek bones and finishing along my jaw line). This brush is one I reviewed last year, but it’s still doing an amazing job at applying just the right amount of color…

Boy, does Bare Minerals know how to name their brushes or what? Who can say no to “flawless radiance“? On top of that, I’m going to go ahead and skip to the even better part, it’s only $22.

Now that I’ve got your wallet and your face considering it, let me tell you why it’s so great…

I’ve always been a big advocate for buying good brushes. Because I truly believe a good makeup brush takes your look from “homemade” to “professional” faster than anything else. This is true with any brush you would use on your face, but most recently I learned just how true it is when it comes to a bronzer brush.

I’ve been practicing what I preach by having great eye shadow brushes for years now. But I was getting a failing grade in the bronzer and blush brush category. “Oh any old thing will do,” is what I thought to myself as I picked up my old foundation brush to wipe the bronzer all over my face. Then I would get frustrated with the bronzer for not looking right…and the cycle would continue.

Then I went to Bare Minerals one day to talk about their new foundation. The girl applied it and some bronzer on my face (the very same bronzer I’d been failing with) and it looked fantastic! The difference? The brush.

You can believe I bought up that brush then and there! Gal pals, it makes such a huge difference. I mean HUGE difference in how the bronzer looks on my face. I’m loving how it blends and even how the bristles feel on my skin – it’s become my favorite part of the makeup process for sure.

Don’t waste any more time being frustrated with bad bronzer – get a new brush!!

Will you consider using bronzer all year?