A long over due hello! We’ve been busy with so many changes that include the new look &Â feel of our blog!
And more great news! We just added a HUGE line-up of new eye shadows. We’re proud to present the 3 eye shadow lines by Bare Escentual that are individually unique on their own but work harmoniously with one another.
Eye Shadow Line (Matted Texture): The most opaque eye shadow that has an incredible creamy color with a rich, velvety finish.
Glimpse Shadow Line (Sheen Texture): Satiny soft and sheer with a touch of glow. Wear it dry for whisper effects, or wet for a more opaque sheen.
Glimmer Shadow Line (Glimmer Texture): High intensity shimmer that can worn softer and more translucent when worn dry. For the highest intensity shimmer, wear it wet and watch your glimmer shadow become an opaque wash of high sheen that we like to call the “foiling-when-worn-wet-look.”
In search of reading the latest haps in our twitter and blogging community, one of our friends recently posted this news, inspired from the Women’s Wear Daily article, that we thought was too good we had to post it here, too!
The Twilight camp has teamed up with an LA beauty firm, the same folks who recently acquired DuWop AND Lola to name names, to launch a make up line, including 2 called Luna Twilight and Volutri Twilight. Our friend, Temptalia, brought up this WWD article to question ask a good point….would you support something so mainstream that has already made millions (possibly billions) of dollars off our our recession suffering nation? OK! Those were more our words and interpretation of her blog post, but it’s that’s what we got out of it.
On the other hand, when times are tough, don’t you think that it is the little things like Volturi make up that bring a smile to our face. It’s so random and fun that we temporarily forget that our economy might be suffering from this financial turmoil for decades more to come. So, why not put on a happy face and sometimes focus on the happy things to help get through those tough times?
We think it’s “worse” when mega Fashion Houses reach out of their realm and step into the make up world and use their established brand to expand industries. Why don’t they, those Mega Fashion Homes, do what they do best and design brilliant clothes, rather than think they can do it all. HA!
Funny I say this as my guilty pleasure lip gloss is made by Chanel. I only say guilty as no matter how strapped I am for cash, I always find a few shiny coins to refill my favorite Chanel Lip Glossimer Gloss (and now they want to introduce more delicious make up delights –
CRÈME GLOSS LUMIÈRE STYLO BRILLIANCE LEVRES BRUSH-ON CRÈME LIP COLOUR). Then, again, those Mega Fashion Houses could do what the House of Louis Vuitton did and re-brand their make up business. Did you know Louis Vuitton owns Sephora?
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Eyes are the window to your soul. Eyes we use to see with. Eyes if accessorized properly can be your entire focus of your make-up regime for the day/eveining (smokey eye looks for the evening or the i-just-woke-up-snow-angel look for all day and night — tips on how to create those look later).
Have you noticed that a good eyeliner paired with the perfect mascara can make your eyes pop that you don’t even need to focus on applying make-up on the rest of your face? I only say this as there are days that I run out of time (or am just having a lazy day) to do make-up and found this less is more approach does work and still looks great. Test it out on a day you know you’ll have a lot of down time and see how comfortable you get with this minimal look. Be sure to let us know what you think, too.
We love all of the make up brush cleaners, conditioners and shampoo’s that we carry and use religiously. But a few of our college student clients have asked us, “How can we save a pretty penny on make up brush cleaners [they are just so darn expensive!]?” So today’s blog post is a tribute to all you college kids out there as we say, “Save that pretty penny to spend on a vacay during your summer out of school!!!!”
What it is: Make up cleaners come in all shapes and sizes to essentially do the same thing of cleaning your make up brushes. You have your spray cleaner that can temporarily clean away your make up (great for when you’re on the go or sharing your brush with a friend in need). There are foamy or gel shampoo types that wash your brush and take a day or so to completely dry out your brush. Then we have the wipes that look like face or baby wipes that work much like the sprays.
Recessionista Substitutes for Make Up Brush Cleaners, Conditioners…
The Wipes: Use what you have! If you like cleaning your make up brushes with make up brush specific wipes, then keep on trucking. Using your facial wipes and/or baby wipes to do the same trick.
The Spray: Honestly, we really don’t know how this stuff actually cleans anything. But a good do-it-yourself (DIY) substitute is adding water in a spray bottle with a sprinkle of Tea Tree oil. The smell will be potent as Tea Trea oil has a very unique smell. But adding it is simply marvelous as Tea Tree oil works as a great antiseptic so it is a great thing to include in your first aid kit, medicine cabinet, cleaning cupboard….
The Gel-Type, Foaming-Up Cleaners: This stuff is wonderful if you decide to buy it especially made for cleaning Make Up brushes. However, we ask you this….why can’t you just use a facial cleanser or shampoo? We say, YOU CAN use facial cleanser and/or shampoo and stretch that dollar by not wasting it on Make Up Brush Cleaner!
Make Up Brush Conditioner: Some make up brushes are so delicate that they need conditioner to help preserve their longevity. Our recessionista tip is to just use your own hair conditioner.
VOILA pretty penny saved and mission accomplished (for us that is). Toodles until next time!
Bold in-your-face colors are splashing everywhere: from bright hues of greens & blues eyeshadows on our eyes, yellow painted nails to hot pink kissable lips. Yet, out of them all, PURPLE is the trendiest color of the season.
Putting on purple is a tad intimidating at first, but not to dismay as a little can also go a long way. And why is it so trendy you ask? It’s not only a gorgeous hue of brilliant brightness, but a splash of it on your face can make the barest of skin come alive.
::..Our Purple Power make-up tip of the day..::
Dibble dabble any shade of purple (we like the metallic ones for an extra POP) on the top of your eyelids and don’t be shy to apply from your lash line up to your eye crease. Then for an extra bit of purple pizzaz, dip your finger or favorite eye-brush in that pot of purple eye-shadow and apply on the BOTTOM of your eyelids [YES, we said BOTTOM] from the inner corners to the middle.Â
You COULD apply to the entire bottom ends of your eyes when applying it on the bottom eyelids, but we think that look is more for the evening. And for an even more dramatic evening look, apply the Purple Pizzaz eyeshadow above your crease line (about half way up to your eye brow line). VOILA~Â
Back to School means going up a grade and learning new things for those in school,
Back to School means parent’s will be up earlier driving their kids to school,
Back to School means more traffic on the road for those who don’t have kids. =P
Here at LimeBeauty, we are wrapping up our final preparations for Back to School (the month of Back to School that is).
Much like teachers who redecorate their class rooms for their new students, we’re redecorating LimeBeauty.
LimeBeauty is pleased to introduce the we are GOING GREEN!
We’ll be introducing new GREEN lines of make-up (and much much much more).
Along with our current lines of make-up, we’ll be caring eco-friendly, vegan, 100% natural
As the weather warms up, we dream more frequent dreams of basking in the sun and sporting a delicious golden bronze tan. Where to start? What to do?
First of all, there is no need to replace your foundation for a darker color ? it?s not worth it! Mineral make-up is made to be VERSTILE. The combination of your regular foundation color and Original Mineral Veil might be too light for summer. And updating your summer color chemistry formula can be done in one easy step!
As the days are longer, I’m finding myself being more out and about enjoying these longer days. It’s the next morning that I wake up, and even with a good night’s rest, that I cannot escape those ugly dark circles under my eyes. Ahhh, the days when I was younger and NEVER had to deal with such stressors. BUT thank goodness for eye concealers and good make-up. Many rant and rave over the new eye brightener this or eye concealer this. Honestly, I’ve tried it all and admit I like a lot of products out there. I used to only use a particular brand that worked wonders for ‘eye-brightening’, but I hated how it was a fluid consistency. There are times that after I apply my eye shadow that I want to add just a tad more eye concealer under my eye brow to ‘heighten the depth’ of my day’s make-up.  Then I’d apply the concealer (brightener in this case) and the eye shadow would disappear!! DARN IT!Â
So far, I haven’t had any problems with Bare Minerals WELL RESTED Multi Tasking Mineral. It’s called multi-tasking as it doubles for eye-shadow AND concealer and some even use it as a lipstick base (for longer wearing lipstick). My customers and I love the creamy texture of this powder as it adds an illustrious glowing shine to the areas that you apply. Give it a swirl and tell us what you think!Â
Red, white and blue eye-shadow might a bit much to celebrate our upcoming Nation’s Birthday (July the 4th). But why dress your eyes down for the upcoming festivities? The fireworks in the sky don’t have to be the only shimmering beauty radiating during these festivities.Â
We’re featuring our Best Selling eye-shadow collections that are great for any occasion (even a day at the office or an afternoon at the Farmer’s Market). We love these eye kits as Bare Escentuals has already chosen all the great colors that work together. The only work needed is applying these gorgeous colors.
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The Glimmer Collections:
Glimmers create an incredible shimmering look and can be applied dry (for a subtle highlight) or wet (for an intense-shimmer).
Wearable eye collection are a versatile as each shade was chosen for the right amount of coverage and opacity and wearable for every eye color and skin tone.
Eye Shadow Line (Matted Texture): The most opaque eye shadow that has an incredible creamy color with a rich, velvety finish.
