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Throb Throb Throb!

Throb.
Sounds awfully naughty doesn’t it?
Its actually the name of the fabulous new Valentines Day Makeup collection by Illamasqua.
And its really quite quite fabulous!

Illamasqua Throb Valentines Day Makeup

Now I don’t actually recommend wearing your makeup like this unless you’re auditioning for Cirque du Soleil,
but look at how fabulous the eye shadow, eye liner, cheeks and lips are! You could pull those off purrfectly for a vixen-like Valentines visage.

Feel your pulse quicken, your heart throbbing in your chest. These are Illamasqua’s latest offerings at the altar of beauty, guaranteed to make you gasp with pleasure.

Bite…
Awaken your mouth’s erotic sensuality with the seductive red of Succubus Intense Lipgloss or enjoy the power of being an unashamedly brazen femme fatale with blood red Sangers Lipstick.

…and Scratch
Throb is a passionate red Nail Varnish, the colour of blood spilled by desperate, rejected lovers. Load is a rich, cream coating for the nails and Scorn’s midnight black matt finish is filled with contempt for the love of convention.
 
Don’t they just have a way with words??

I’ll even give you a list of the products they used for this look
(just because I love their names!)

  • Cream Foundation 100
  • Rich Liquid Foundation 115
  • Powder Foundation 105
  • Powder Blusher in ‘Disobey’
  • Powder Blusher in ‘Intrigue’
  • Pure Pigment in ‘Furore’
  • Powder Eye Shadow in ‘Heroine’ on cheeks and eyes
  • Powder Eye Shadow in ‘Sex’
  • Cream Pigment in ‘Emerge’  (new for SS11 collection) 
  • Eye Liner Cake in ‘Mislead’
  • Sealing Gel for eyebrows
  • PI in ‘Abyss’
  • False Eye Lashes ’021′

 LOOOOVE it!!!

You can find Illamasqua at Sephora stores, or online at Sephora.com

Bet It All On Black

How is this for fabulous???
Just as the staple pieces in our closet are black – our little black dress, killer pair of pants, cashmere sweater, pencil skirt and sky high boots; here is a line that is just the simple yet essential black pieces we cannot live without.
Meet Noir Cosmetics.

Three years ago marketing expert Caroline Cohen was spurred into action after a fruitless search for the perfect black eyeliner in a high end department store.
She went back to her native Montreal, where she gathered a team of long time beauty professionals to develop this amazing line of 12 specialty products.

Noir’s professional-grade selection of eyeliners, mascaras, eyeshadows and brows sidesteps the standard multi-colored palettes, instead sending a simplified message of classic black. Their longwear and waterproof formulas range from smoggy charcoals to deep, dramatic blacks, making everything from the sexy, smoky eye to the fierce and fabulous cat eye both accessible and attainable to every woman.

“Black may be the current trend in fashion, but it never goes out of style, just like your LBD” (little black dress) states the visionary Cohen. “Noir represents the Little Black Dress of the cosmetics world: something no stylish woman should ever be without.”

All of the products in Noir’s line are designed to work together, so that you can easily create a range of versatile eye makeup looks. There are 5 unique formulas and shades of eye pencil, 2 liquid liners and an intensely black gel liner, as well as one perfect black mascara.

The jewel box eyeshadow palette is in
Ivory Pearl, Silver Quartz and Diamond black,
designed to sweep together the entire look.
The products average in price between $14 and $16, with the eye shadow trio at $28

Noir Cosmetics are sold in select locations in the USA, more than 200 specialty boutiques across Italy, and more than 300 locations in Canada.
You can purchase Noir Cosmetic online at www.noircosmetics.com

How To Fix Chapped Lips

No, you didn’t imagine it – your lips really have become more chapped over the winter! As the air’s moisture levels plummet, the water in your skin is drawn out, and as a result you get tiny fissures, or cracks in your lips that can be both painful and hard to heal.

The first step on the road to recovering smooth, healed lips is via lip balm. Lip balm needs to be worn and reapplied all day everyday, and applied before bed each night.

EOS Evolution Of Smooth Lip Balm

Avoid longwear lipsticks, and drying matte formulations, instead choose extra moisturizing lip formulas, or utilize a great lip pencil paired with a quality balm such as Burts Bees.

Look for lip balms with ingredients such as petrolatum, shea butter, dimethicone, and hyaluronic acid to restore moisture.
Preferably choose a formulation that is viscous rather than waxy so that the active ingredients can penetrate the cracks in the lips. (if you’re going to be out in cold weather, waxy formulations can help protect the lips from chapping.)
If you have severely chapped lips look for a formula that contains ceramides, which are proven to help restore the skin’s barrier.

If your lips are sensitive or extra sore, avoid balms that contain known irritants such as lanolin, or those that are scented or flavored (especially cinnamon, which can be extra irritating).

As much as possible avoid licking your lips. It temporarily makes them feel better, but ultimately makes things worse.
Toothpaste can make things worse too. Avoid getting toothpaste on your lips (as much as you can), rinse them off after brushing your teeth, and apply lip balm.

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