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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Like we just Tweeted — it’s TRUE! Bare Escentuals revamped their Get Started Kits. Yes, we know this is sort of old but new news….but we wanted to give you the low down [again].
The redesigned Kits still include a travel size (mini) of your favorite 2 shades of foundation, 1 mineral veil and warmth. And the redesigned Kits now include a few of their “new” foundation colors. This may be sad news for those who enjoyed the former Fairly Light/Light Kit as that Kit has been replaced by 2 different Kits (Fair Kit: Fair & Fairly Light and Light Kit: Light & Golden Medium foundation colors).
Brushes in the redesigned kits are almost all the same. Instead of a Kabuki Brush, you will get a nice long handle Full Flawless Face Brush. AND last but not least, the Skin Rev-er Upper has been replaced with a handy dandy brush conditioning “shampoo”. Tell us what you think of the new kits. Write us a review or comment on our blog.
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!
As many of our trusty newsletter subscriber’s know, along with our newly designed website we are introducing skin care in the near future. To prepare for our skin care expansion, we have been testing all sorts of products (mostly, if not all, natural products).
O.P.P. (other’s people’s products – HA!): We hate bashing O.P.P. Yet, as we were asked by so many of you to start carrying Philosophy products, we started sniffing and testing the line. Our latest skin care “victim” is Hope in a Jar.
While I love the line, I, along with MOST of us here, do not understand the hype. Yes, it has a nice fluffy marshmallow like consistency that feels light and absorbs quickly into your skin. However, so do a lot of the other brands we’ve tried including, Hauschka, Pangea, Weleda (oops we are divulging too much on the top-secret items we will be introducing soon).Â
Back to the O.P.P. issue at hand: Hope in a Jar! In short, the product was good, not great. And for those of you out there in cyber-space who love skin care products that smell good, stay away from Hope in a Jar. Yes, I repeat, Hope in a Jar smells like straight Funk in a Jar. At first some of us thought it was just the batch we had, but after a few full size jars and various sample sized tubes we concluded that it smells funky fresh (gross!).Â
Had the chemical smell not been so pungent and awful, I would have felt more comfortable applying the cream on my face. And like they say, work is work and you have to pay the bills! Thus, I begrudgingly tested out this product and was satisfied that its smell had nothing to do with the positive moisturizing effects it did on my skin.Â
Pros:Â
-SPF: who doesn’t love SPF in their moisturizer. anything with SPF prevents sun damage that leads to wrinkles, sun spots and you can never have too much!
-fluffy light consistency goes well with make-up, other creams & serums as it absorbs quickly
-weight is great for summer as it has no oily feel/residue and do s not feel heavy on skin
Cons:Â
-chemical smell that lingers on your skin for a good 30 minutes, unless you apply another light light serum on top of it to mask the awful smell. two of the others who tested the product admits she spritzed perfume on her skin and he splashed an extra dose of after spray to subside the smell.
-volume: i forgot to mention earlier, that this stuff is so light and fluffy that this is not the type of cream/moisturizer where a little goes a long way. if i had to use this daily, i don’t think it would last me as long as the others we’ve tested because of the sheer volume you get in a jar.Â
We just tweeted about some new updates on Bare Escentuals id BareMinerals Mineral Veil line — Feather Light Mineral Veil is now known as Illuminating Mineral Veil.
That then begged the question of “SO WHAT?” and “Why are there so many Mineral Veils?”
And now we give you the low down…
Mineral Veil
Also known as: The Original Mineral Veil
Color: Colorless and completely sheer
Benefits and Use: Like all mineral make-up, this versatile one can be worn alone to help control oily skin or to prime other make-up and/or skin-care that you are applying.
Tinted Mineral Veil
Also known as: Tinted Mineral Veil
Color: Almost sheer with a bronze tint (a blend of Warmth all-over face color and the Original Mineral Veil)
Benefits and Use: Adds an extra added level of depth to your skin and can be worn alone (used as foundation) or used to create a fake tan! Perfect to apply when you are in-between foundation colors, too.
Illuminating Mineral Veil:
Also known as: Feather Light Mineral Veil
Color: Colorless and completely sheer with a slight glimmer that leaves your skin with a luminous glow.
Benefits and Use: The ultimate make-up highlighter that goes on very super fine, leaving your skin looking natural with a matte finish and provides long-lasting coverage.
NEW Hydrating Mineral Veil
Also known as: Hydrating Mineral Veil
Color: Colorless and completely sheer.
Benefits and Use: A mineral veil that also hydrates your skin through it’s unique water-based formula. We are not huge fans of this newbie (yet) as we’ve heard mixed reviews about this product. Some love it and some who don’t say it has a weird sticky feeling. Your thoughts?
Summer came and went!
Some of us are still recovering from
our sunburns and sporting that bright red lobster-skin glow.
And the rest of us are trying our best to cover up our darkened sun (a.k.a. AGE) spots.
No matter what you use to cover-up…
(Bare Escentuals multi-tasking concealing minerals in Bisque, Summer Bisque, Honey Bisque, Dark Bisque or Deep Bisque…Foundation)
Never forget to apply it with the best concealer brush known.
It’s the perfect size to fit in your gym bag, purse and/or desk drawer at work (virtually anywhere). And it covers & conceals all things you want covered& concealed.
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!
When something says Dermatologist or Ophthalmologist tested, we still have a doubt in our minds if these doctors are really credible (SORRY! We don’t want to sound like a bunch of skeptics, but we’re sticklers on making sure we provide our customers the BEST line of products that are natural and pure). But the doctor’s seal of approval is not why we love these bareVitamins. Here’s a list of what we love about each:
Here at LimeBeauty Headquarters, the beautiful Fall colors remind us that the Autumn season is upon us. Most fashionistas and beauty expert’s say that we have to wear dark colors in Autumn . We think otherwise!
Brighten up your look! Bring sunshine to your color chemistry! Our customers on the other side of the world (Australia and beyond), know exactly what we’re talking about as they’re getting ready for their beach season!
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.
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!
