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Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesday - Bionic Beauty Shares Self Tanning Tips
Filed under: Skin Care, Beauty Tips
It's Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesday! Today we've got Jami from Bionic Beauty, a blog that delivers beauty with a dose of power, merging makeup tutorials and product reviews with weekly features on self-esteem and confidence.
Bionic Beauty's Sunless Tanner Tips
With the sun and hence swimsuit season upon us, let's share tips on sunless tanners. Below are my fail safe tricks to get a natural looking glow sans streaks, blotches or skin nightmares.
* Exfoliate during your shower. This is so very important to getting an even application with sunless tanners. I use a bath pouf or a loofah with my body wash and wash my entire body. Then, I very lightly wash with a non-moisturizing exfoliant or microdermabrasion body wash (like Lancome's Microdermabrasion for body). Your goal is to get an even layer of fresh skin. Without exfoliating, your skin has an uneven "shed" of skin cells causing the skin to absorb the tanner at different rates.
Photo: John M. Heller, Getty Images
* Exfoliate during your shower. This is so very important to getting an even application with sunless tanners. I use a bath pouf or a loofah with my body wash and wash my entire body. Then, I very lightly wash with a non-moisturizing exfoliant or microdermabrasion body wash (like Lancome's Microdermabrasion for body). Your goal is to get an even layer of fresh skin. Without exfoliating, your skin has an uneven "shed" of skin cells causing the skin to absorb the tanner at different rates.
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Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesdays - Nadine Jolie on Spluging and Saving
Filed under: Hair Care, Skin Care
It's Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesday, and we've got Nadine Jolie, a former beauty editor who blogs at Jolie Nadine, and has authored the books Beauty Confidential and Confessions of a Beauty Addict. One of the most frequent questions I get is: "What should I splurge on and how can I save?"
I think only with hair do you really get what you pay for. Splurge on a gorgeous cut and artful highlights and your hair will be easier to style, will grow out more evenly and you'll be more likely to love what you see in the mirror every morning.
Is this a hard and fast rule? No. You can get nice color from a box – although from-a-box highlights truly are dicey – and you can get a good cut from Susie Q at the local salon. The more complex the style and intricate the color, however, the more you'll benefit from a pro. If you have the same color God blessed you with, rarely blowdry your hair because it air dries perfectly, and haven't the foggiest why everybody moans about frizz and damage, then Supercuts and Feria away! For the rest of us – you know, us split-ended, monthly root-touch-up requiring, coarse-stranded, thick-haired gals with cowlicks? You'd better believe we'll see results from a great stylist. ("Great" means, say, $100 - $200 ... not $1000. We are not billionaires here, people.)
Now. As for pretty much everything else ... with the exception of powders (more on that below) ... more expensive does not equal better! Cleanser, face moisturizer/serum, nail polish, intensive conditioner ... you can find genuinely amazing buys for all at the drugstore! Below, my all-time favorites (all of which are currently carving out real estate in my bathroom).
Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesdays - Nadine Jolie on Maybelline Lash Stiletto
Filed under: Cosmetics, Beauty Tips
It's Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesday! And today we've got former beauty editor and present beauty star Nadine Jolie, editor-in-chief of the blog Jolie Nadine, and author of the books Beauty Confidential and Confessions of a Beauty Addict. Here, she gives us the scoop on Maybelline Lash Stiletto mascara.
There's a new mascara on the block: Maybelline Lash Stiletto.
Now, I am beyond skeptical when it comes to Maybelline and mascaras–I know that everybody else in the world seems to hold hands and sing songs and praise Jesus when it comes to the wonders of Maybelline Great Lash, but I, personally, cannot stand it. Lash Stiletto, on the other hand, isn't the best mascara I've ever come across, but it's definitely not the worst ... and, in fact, I think it's pretty darn good for a drugstore offering.
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Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesdays - Nadine Jolie On Star Facialist Sonya Dakar
Filed under: Skin Care, Beauty Tips
It's Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesday! And today we've got former beauty editor and present beauty star Nadine Jolie, editor-in-chief of the blog Jolie Nadine, and author of the books Beauty Confidential and Confessions of a Beauty Addict. Here, she gives us the scoop on Sonya Dakar's killer facials and product line.
Facialistto the stars Sonya Dakar has it in for me.
How else could you explain the three hour-plus skin workout she put me through recently? While I lay helpless on her table, she buffed, extracted, massaged, peeled and pummeled my skin into submission, focusing on my rosacea, dermatitis and irritation, and explaining that skin like mine required a complex combination: "Kiss, punch...kiss, punch," she said in her throaty European accent, fussing over every inch of my face.
It was the most painful facial of my life.
My complexion has never looked better.
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Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesdays - Nadine Jolie On Sevin Nyne Tanning Spray
Filed under: Cosmetics, Skin Care, Beauty Tips
In our humble opinion, there's no better way to get over The Hump (that would be you, dear Wednesday) than by talking incessantly about beauty. So, from now until forever, we're hereby declaring Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesdays. Each hump day, we'll be tapping a different Total Beauty blogger to sound-off on StyleList. Today, we're talking beauty with Nadine Jolie, editor-in-chief of the blog Jolie Nadine, and author of the books Beauty Confidential and Confessions of a Beauty Addict. Sevin Nyne Tanning Spray
Recently, I spent most of the day at a TV shoot hanging out with Lorit Simon, co-creator (with Lindsay Lohan!) of the new self-tanning spray Sevin Nyne. Sevin Nyne has received a ton of press recently–no doubt initially because of the Lindsay connection–but the big shocker here is that the spray not only works, but is fabulous! If you're like me, your biggest complaint about self-tanner is that is smells disgusting. As a self-proclaimed self-tanning expert, I've managed to bypass streaks and orange palms (okay, most of the time!), but the gross-smell thing really trips me up. Sure, I like to be bronzey as much as the next girl, but Eau de Sour Milk is so not my thing, and that's what you get with pretty much everything on the market. Sevin Nyne gets the full Jolie treatment because, hey, it's 2009, and it's high-time we had a caramel-scented tanner that won't go rancid after two hours and–oh, yeah!–actually works.
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Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesdays - The Nail Polish Pendant
Filed under: Cosmetics, Beauty Tips
This week's Guest Beauty Blogger, All Lacquered Up, dishes on her newest discovery - nail polish pendants!
I'm always looking for creative uses for my beauty products. I love discovering new ways to utilize my overwhelming beauty arsenal and Total Beauty found a slew of innovative ways to turn beauty closet staples into multitaskers.
Well, have I got a new one for you. Like infomercial legend, Mike Levy and his crazy sweaters, I have found THE discovery for us nail polish fanatics.
The nail polish pendant! How many times have we described a polish as being jewel-like or having a jewel tone? And I know I can't be the only one who has tried to coordinate polish with my favorite gemstones. I mean, haven't you ever wished your favorite shade was jewelry? Wish no more! My genius pal Tracey from Ginger Kitty Designs has found a way to make that dream a reality. That's right, we're talking nail polish AS jewelry.
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Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesdays - Frankenpolish and the Art of Layering
Filed under: Cosmetics, Beauty Tips
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This week's Guest Beauty Blogger, All Lacquered Up, dishes on customizing your nail polish.
Ask any beauty junkie and we'll admit, no matter how many shades, fragrances or formulations are thrown our way we are still restless for more. Even if we find that perfect product, after a while we'll wish it was a bit more "something". Deeper in color, smoother in feel, slightly more floral, etc. Let's face, it we're just never satisfied.
Unfortunately, in this economy we just can't afford to buy every new shade that comes on the market. I mean how many times have we plunked down our hard earned money, only to end up disappointed with a shade that's too sheer, too dark or just plain wrong? Our wallets can't take that risk now. Of course if that's happened recently, you're obviously not a regular reader of All Lacquered Up and Total Beauty product reviews.
Now before you go pitching that unwanted purchase, consider customizing it to suit your needs. In the world of lacquer when we can't find the color we want we become kids again, mixing colors like we used to with finger paints. It's all about experimenting, letting your imagination go and relying on our childhood art lessons about the color wheel. Say it with me folks, yellow and blue make green.
This week's Guest Beauty Blogger, All Lacquered Up, dishes on customizing your nail polish.
Ask any beauty junkie and we'll admit, no matter how many shades, fragrances or formulations are thrown our way we are still restless for more. Even if we find that perfect product, after a while we'll wish it was a bit more "something". Deeper in color, smoother in feel, slightly more floral, etc. Let's face, it we're just never satisfied.
Unfortunately, in this economy we just can't afford to buy every new shade that comes on the market. I mean how many times have we plunked down our hard earned money, only to end up disappointed with a shade that's too sheer, too dark or just plain wrong? Our wallets can't take that risk now. Of course if that's happened recently, you're obviously not a regular reader of All Lacquered Up and Total Beauty product reviews.
Now before you go pitching that unwanted purchase, consider customizing it to suit your needs. In the world of lacquer when we can't find the color we want we become kids again, mixing colors like we used to with finger paints. It's all about experimenting, letting your imagination go and relying on our childhood art lessons about the color wheel. Say it with me folks, yellow and blue make green.
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Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesdays - All Lacquered Up on Healthy Nail Polish
Filed under: Cosmetics, Beauty Tips
In our humble opinion, there's no better way to get over The Hump (that would be you, dear Wednesday) than by talking incessantly about beauty. So, from now until forever, we're hereby declaring Guest Beauty Blogger Wednesdays. Each hump day, we'll be tapping a different Total Beauty blogger to sound-off on StyleList. Today, we're be talking about nail polish tips and trneds with Michelle from All Lacquered Up, one of our favorite nail polish blogs. 
Go Green With Healthier Nail Polish
Big 3 Free. Non-toxic. Chemical-free. Water-based. Pregnancy Safe. Healthy. Eco-conscious.
These are all buzz words that the polish industry throws at us to make their product look healthier, more eco-friendly, safer, etc. but, what does it all mean and who makes what?
If you haven't read my article about Big 3 Free nail polish, I suggest you start there to familiarize yourself with the ingredients the term refers to. I use "healthier" in quotes to describe these lacquers since the jury is still out as to whether traditional formulas are really a health risk.
Go Green With Healthier Nail Polish
Big 3 Free. Non-toxic. Chemical-free. Water-based. Pregnancy Safe. Healthy. Eco-conscious.
These are all buzz words that the polish industry throws at us to make their product look healthier, more eco-friendly, safer, etc. but, what does it all mean and who makes what?
If you haven't read my article about Big 3 Free nail polish, I suggest you start there to familiarize yourself with the ingredients the term refers to. I use "healthier" in quotes to describe these lacquers since the jury is still out as to whether traditional formulas are really a health risk.
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StyleList Giveaway: The Year's Best Fragrances
Filed under: Fragrance, Contests & Giveaways, Beauty Tips
This morning, we twittered live from the Fragrance Foundation FiFi Awards Breakfast. There, they chose the top 5 finalists in 16 categories of scentsations. The ultimate winners will be announced on Wednesday, May 27th at the FiFi Awards Gala.
But in the meantime, YOU can be a winner - The Fragrance Foundation is giving away two gift bags from today's breakfast, chock to the brim with sample- and full-size bottles of the FiFi nominees (see picture I took above). And, one grand prize winner scores scents from the 5 top nominees - in all 16 categories! That's thousands of dollars in fragrances...
To enter, simply become a fan of the FiFi AWARDS on Facebook.
And soon, you could be putting on the spritz!
Tweeting the FiFi Finalists Breakfast
Filed under: Events: On the Scene, Cosmetics, Fragrance, Beauty Tips
Call it the Oscars of the Fragrance World. The annual Fragrance Foundation FiFi Awards honor the best scents in the business -- at right, witness last year's king of the world, Daisy by Marc Jacobs. Just to be nominated is a big deal in the beauty biz, and this morning we'll be attending a breakfast to celebrate 2009's contenders and choose the top five nominees.
And that's not the only surprise: After the breakfast, we'll tell you how you can win the year's best scents, so check back later for all the deets.
Can't stand the suspense? Follow Stylelist on Twitter as we cover it live.
