January 2012 Archives - Glitter.Gloss.Garbage

Yup! It’s Time For Another Beauty Sampling Company!

Jan 312012

Two of the biggest names in beauty – Beauty Bar and Allure magazine – are taking the ever-popular beauty sampling program to a whole new, exclusive level. Luxury online beauty boutique Beauty Bar is collaborating with Allure, the leading journalistic voice in beauty, to introduce Sample Society, their elite, members-only beauty sampling program.

How does Sample Society go above and beyond the competition? In addition to monthly deliveries of carefully-curated, deluxe-sized samples, members also receive a special code for $15 off any $50 purchase on the Beauty Bar website (so long as the purchase includes an item from one of the kit’s featured brands), which means the kit essentially pays for itself! Members also have access to insider information from leading beauty experts, because each monthly delivery includes a mini-magazine compiled by Allure editors as well. As a final bonus, members receive a one-year subscription to Allure

Well…. at least you get a magazine!

Who will be signing up and trying this? Comments are welcome!

New! WEN Fig And Sweet Orange Treatment Oil By Chaz Dean

Bath and Body, Beauty, Hair care 9 Responses »

Jan 312012

Brand- WEN By Chaz Dean

Product-Treatment oil- Fig and Sweet Orange

Price- $20 for 1oz bottle; $65 for 4oz Chazdean.com

Packaging- Dark brown glass bottle with eyedropper

Pros- Beautiful fragrance, easy to use, versatile, nourishing, excellent skin absorption, efficient deep conditioning oil.

Cons- Not for use on oily hair unless you are using as a treatment,

PR Sample Alert! This product was given to me by a public relations company in consideration for review. This in no way affects my thoughts and viewpoints of the product. To understand my review policy take a look here. If you are interested in having a product reviewed, contact me!

Express Nail Lacquer Swatches- Spring 2012

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Jan 302012

I hope these swatches look good since I am using a new camera! My husband bought me a new camera and I might be in love! Don’t’ quote me on that. Now back to these swatches.

Express’s nail lacquers from the 2012 spring collection is a mix a soft and bold in three shades that will go perfectly with this year’s Spring fashion forecast. Soft pink, mint green, and bold blue! Let’s check out the swatches shall we?

SAG Awards 2012 Beauty Superstars

Special Events Beauty 1 Response »

Jan 302012

Sofia Vergara

Octavia Spencer

Kelly Osbourne

Zoe Saldana

Viola Davis

What Was Your Very First Cosmetic Product?

Beauty, Critical Beauty Thinking 3 Responses »

Jan 302012

This is not really critical beauty thinking, but I thought it would be fun to talk about the first beauty product that you ever had!

My very first product was Bonne Bell Lipsmacker Dr. Pepper Lipgloss!

It was slightly tinted and had the wonderful smell of Dr. Pepper! I hated the taste but LOVED the smell! I had to have been in the 3rd or4th grade.

Comment and tell me what was yours?

Beth Ditto Inks Deal With MAC Cosmetics

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Jan 302012

MAC cosmetics has found another star to collaborate with by working with Beth Ditto, the vocalist of the band Gossip. The Gossip singer will bring her unique style to create a limited-edition range of products with M.A.C. The provocative singer has been embraced by many in the fashion industry, with fans including designer Jean Paul Gaultier.

Beth’s collection will be released in June 2012, in the meantime, M.A.C has released a sneak preview of the campaign, which embraces Ditto’s signature look of quirky designs and vivid colors.

If I had to guess, I would say this collection will be lipsticks, lashes, eye shadows and eyeliners. I expect to see bright bold eye shadows and soft pink lips. What do you think?

Comment and let me know!

New! Express Beauty Spring Collection 2012

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Jan 262012

The Express Runway Makeup Palette $10.00, combines pure pigment spring colorings, mixing matte neutrals and soft shimmers, creating the perfect high glam or scene stopping looks. Everything a girl will need from Mossy Green, Smoked Violet, Frosted Cream, Cobalt blue, Smokey Black liner, Sparkling Peach blush and Fresh Pink lip gloss.

Polish off any look with the Express Nail Trio Palette $10.00, including the perfect nail popping enamels Cerulean, Aquamarine, and Cream Pink.

NARS Gaiety Blush Swatches- Spring 2012

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Jan 252012

I have tried the pink blush thing before and it’s not for me. I was talking with my readers like I normally do and we came to the conclusion that warm toned gals just cant pull off cool toned blushes. So warm toned gals look away, this blush aint for you. Yes it appears to be a hot pink, but it’s not!

Cool toned gals welcome to the party! NARS Gaiety is the blush for you! Gaiety is a cool toned, blue based soft pink. In order to achieve the bright vivid pink, you are going to need layer after layer after layer. It is buildable, so that is a good thing.

Gaiety is all matte no shimmer, no sparkle.

NARS Gaiety is available for $28.00 on http://www.narscosmetics.com/

Marchesa™ Creates Exclusive Gift with Purchase for Beauty.com

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Jan 242012

Beauty.com, Inc. welcomes 2012 with a fresh creation from the designers behind the celebrated Marchesa collection. Starting today, the latest installment in the beauty retailer’s designer bag series will be available from www.Beauty.com/marchesa with any Beauty.com purchase of $150 or more.

Each Marchesa gift bag is complete with the 16 prestige beauty samples listed below, as well as a card for $10 toward future purchases at Beauty.com and a voucher for $20 off the purchase of sunglasses from the Sunglass Hut® Store on Beauty.com.

1. bareMinerals® Purely Nourishing Moisturizer: Combination Skin

2. NUXE™ Reve de Miel Ultra Comfortable Face Cream – Day

3. Urban Decay® All Nighter™ Long-Lasting Makeup Setting Spray

4. Boscia® Green Tea Blotting Linens

5. Amika® Obliphica Oil Treatment

6. DDF® Amplifying Elixir

7. dr. brandt® Dark Circles Away

8. Arcona® Night Worker, Repair PM

9. Taylor Swift™ Wonderstruck® Eau de Parfum

10. Jouer® Luminizing Moisture Tint: Pearl, Golden and Bronzed

11. Murad® Acne Clarifying Cleanser

12. Alterna® UV+ Color Protection Fade-Proof Fluide

13. tarte® Amazonian Clay Waterproof Eye Liner: Navy

14. Laura Geller® Spackle Under Makeup Primer: Bronze

15. Braza® Clothing Adhesives

16. bliss® Lemon+Sage Body Butter

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This promotional deal starts in February- will you be making a big purchase to get this bag full of goodies? Let me know!

MAC Fresh Honey Swatch/Review

Blush 9 Responses »

Jan 232012

MAC’s Naturally Collection was full of surprises! Fresh Honey is a soft punchy orange. You could say a muted Apricot but I am leaning more towards a soft orange.

Fresh honey is very light and powdery, expect fallout when applying this blush. Not only will you get fallout on your brush, but it will leave fallout on the inside of the brush container. Not a big deal of course.

While this looks good on my arm, I am too warm for this blush on my face. Sad smile

You can purchase this blush for $20 on maccosmetics.com or visit the site to check the location of stores near you.

I blended at the top and didn’t at the bottom so you could get a better idea of what this looks like blended and unblended. You really have to be the right skin tone to pull this one off. Like… pale, no yellow undertones for this blush.