Get that Golden Glow with COVERGIRL

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COVERGIRL Queen Collection Brand Ambassador, Actress, Paula Patton, demonstrates how-to "Get that Golden Glow" with the help of Celebrity Makeup Artist, Ashunta Sheriff, and their favorite COVERGIRL products.

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Whitney

Note: I am not associated with Covergirl. I just thought you would enjoy this short video!

YBF Luminous Love Illuminating Creme

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Highlight your face with beauty and grace...along with a touch of glam. Let your radiance shine through with this lightweight, long-lasting, silky-smooth creme. It comes in a beautiful black and white, clear compact with encrusted glass crystals in a heart shape. Use the creme day or evening to help soften and accentuate all of your favorite features, from face to shoulders.

What You Get:

~.25 oz. Illuminating Creme in compact

~Black velvet drawstring bag

What It Does:

Gives a subtle softening effect to the appearance of your makeup. Helps give rich, natural-looking color that lasts for hours.

Benefits:

~Works perfectly on your cheekbones, down the front of your nose, or on your decollete and shoulders.

~Paraben-free.

~Enriched with YBF's Smart Active Complex and extracts from the earth.

This product retails for $24.80, and is available at HSN.com!

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Whitney

Note: YBF sent me this product to try and feature on my blog. I am not associated with the company, nor are they paying me to feature their product. As always, my reviews and opinions are 100% my own!

Brave "Families Legend" Trailer

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This is another trailer for the new movie Brave! I am really looking forward to this movie, and definitely plan on seeing it!

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Whitney

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Nail Polish Strips

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Sally Hansen knows nails, and now they've made it easier than ever to get salon results any time, any place with their new Sally Hansen Salon Effect Nail Polish Strips. These strips wear like nail polish because they are nail polish. There's no dry time, so you’re ready to go as soon as you put them on. Each box contains everything you need for a perfect, at-home manicure including: 16 nail polish strips, cuticle stick, mini file and buffer!

Benefits:

~Lasts up to 10 days

~Removes easily with nail polish remover

~40 fashion-forward styles 

Application Tip: 

Because Salon Effects is made from real nail polish, be sure to use all strips immediately upon opening, otherwise they will dry out. 

How to Apply Video:

  

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Whitney 

Note: Sally Hansen sent me these products to try and feature on my blog. I am not associated with the company, nor are they paying me to feature their products. As always, my reviews and opinions are 100% my own! Nail Strips shown above in order from left to right: Animal Instinct, Glitz Blitz, Girl Flower, Metal Head, Spring Fever, and Laced Up!

Bath & Body Works Mother's Day Party on May 5th!

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Come join Bath & Body Works as we shower moms with love and fabulous fragrances at our Mother’s Day Party on Saturday, May 5^th from 1pm-5pm! Whether she’s a fragrance devotee, a candle connoisseur, or a germ-conscious mom, this event will help you find the ultimate gift to celebrate every mom on your list. Honor the one you love during this fun, fragrance filled event:

WHO:   Bath & Body Works

WHAT: Mother’s Day Party

WHEN: Saturday, May 5th, 2012 1pm – 5pm

WHERE:  At select Bath & Body Works stores    

~WIN OUR EXCLUSIVE MOTHER’S DAY TOTE: Enter to win an exclusive VIP Wild Garden Mother’s Day Tote before it is officially available for sale!  Valued at over $100, this pampering perk is filled with must-haves from Signature Collection Wild Garden, Anti-Bacterial Wild Fusions and Home Fragrance Bloom collection.

~PERSONALIZED SHOPPING WITH BBW GIFT GURU:  Are you shopping for the mom who has everything or just don’t know how to express your gratitude with fragrance?  Let our Gift Gurus help you take some of the guess work out of creating a gift that she is sure to love.  Complimentary gift wrapping will be provided for those who make a purchase.

~FREE MOTHER’S DAY TOTE:  And for celebrating your special lady with us, you can get a limited edition Wild Garden Mother’s Day Tote Bag that includes a full sized Malibu Heat Body Lotion FREE with any full size Signature Collection purchase made during the event!  Pick one up while supplies last.

Visit the Event Page at Facebook.com/BathandBodyWorks or go to BathandBodyWorks.com/Event for details.

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Whitney

Note: Information provided by PR.

Rimmel London Mugshot App

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Are you guilty of gorgeous, lush lashes? Rimmel London’s Volume Flash ScandalEyes Mascara delivers dangerously long lashes, and now, you can show the world just how scandalous your lashes look wearing the luscious formula with the Rimmel London ScandalEyes Mugshot Facebook App. 

Here’s how to take your scandalous mugshot: 

Step 1: “Like” the Rimmel London Facebook page.

Step 2: Click on the “I’m guilty and ready for my mugshot” button.

Step 3: Take a photo or upload an already-existing one from your computer.

Step 4: Choose how to dramatize your scandalous shot. Select from the following filters: Bold Black and White, Obscene Orange, Criminal Contrast or None.

Step 5: Pick your scandalizing background: Jail Bars, Height Marker, Light Effect or None.

Step 6: What are you guilty of? Select from Dangerously Long Lashes, Causing a High Volume Scandal Having Obscene Coverage or Demanding Attention.

Share your Scandalous Mugshot with friends, post it to the Rimmel London photo album or view the Guilty Gallery!

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Whitney

Note: Information provided by PR.

Wild Weekend Streekers!

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Do you want to punch up your hair color, do something outrageous, but still have your natural color back the next day? 

Streekers is temporary, vivid hair color with a difference. From a rainbow of shades, Streekers allows you to change your look in an instant. Each candy-colored highlighting hue is true, temporary hair color. The colors show up vibrantly on blonde or highlighted hair, and as subtle highlights on darker hair.

The Benefits:

~The instant, liquid color uses new, innovative technology to stay put without being flaky or waxy.

~Streekers allows hair to be brushed without dulling color or flaking off, and can be used over styling gel or wax, and followed by hairspray.

~The hot colors make for cool looks for everything from school spirit to prom night to wild weekends.

The Difference: 
Streekers’ amazing technology actually allows the bright color to be brushed and styled, yet washes out of hair the first time it is shampooed. Now, there’s no need for commitment…simply shampoo, rinse,and pick your next Streekers shade.

This unique hair color tool comes in a compact, sleek bottle with a sponge-tip applicator to ensure neat, even application. Streekers is applied on small, dry sections of hair, from roots to ends, and dries in just a few minutes. The blonder your hair color, the brighter the color.

Available in eight dazzling, stay-true shades including: blue, pink, ultraviolet, yellow, orange, red, green and purple.

Streekers Temporary Hair Colors retail for $9.95 each, and are available at select salons and cosmetic specialty stores, ULTA stores or online at www.streekers.com.

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Whitney

Note: Streekers sent me their products to try and feature on my blog. I am not associated with the company, nor are they paying me to feature their products. As always, my reviews and opinions are 100% my own!

Shower Responsibly with Soap & Glory's 2 Minute Rinse and Clean Girls Body Wash

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Earth Day is on April 22! Get ready to do your part to help our planet, by conserving water with Soap & Glory's 2 Minute Rinse!

Soap & Glory sells an awful lot of shower gel. So when a sustainability expert said that we would be facing a water shortage in the not so distant future, Soap & Glory decided it was time to use the shower responsibly (the average shower uses 2.51 gallons of water per minute.) They got out a stopwatch, worked through the kinks, and calculated that you only need 2 minutes of running water to get washed, shampooed, conditioned, and rinsed!

Here's how you do the Soap & Glory 2 Minute Rinse:

-Step 1: Start with 40 seconds of running water to warm up and get wet, then turn off the tap. 

-Step 2: Work shampoo into hair, lather body with shower gel, rinse for another 40 seconds before turning the tap off.

-Step 3: Finally, massage in hair conditioner, scrub your feet with a brush, rinse for the last 40 seconds, turn off the tap and your done! 

Save the earth and have some fun doing Soap & Glory's Clean Girls Body Wash Challenge!  You'll be pampering yourself as this body wash softens and soothes your skin with its natural vanilla fruit, orchid extracts, and built-in moisturizing matrix. Lightly scented with the Mist You Madly fragrance of bergamot, black currant, magnolia, freesia, vanilla, and musk. Its a great start to a new routine!   

Click here to visit Soap & Glory's 2 Minute Rinse Website! 

Click here to visit Soap & Glory's 2 Minute Rinse Facebook Page! 

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Whitney 

Note: Soap & Glory sent me the Body Wash to try and feature on my blog. I am not associated with company, nor are they paying me to feature their products. As always, my reviews and opinions are 100% my own!

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

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This is the trailer for the new Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days movie! This looks like it is going to be a great Summer movie!

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Whitney

Ni’Kita Wilson “Defining Beauty: What's in Your Skincare Product?”‏

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Who really understands what their favorite beauty products are composed of? YouBeauty Cosmetic Chemistry Expert, Ni’Kita Wilson, breaks down the hows and whys of that long, confusing ingredient list.

1. Humectants: Ingredients that draw in water from their surroundings. Humectants promote hydration because they create a moisture barrier on the surface of the skin. In high humidity areas, humectants draw water from the atmosphere but when the humidity is low, the humectant can pull water from within the skin increasing water loss leading to drier skin.

*Common humectants: glycerin, sorbitol, hyaluronic acid, panthenol, butylene glycol

2. Occlusives: A term for ingredients that form a barrier (like a shield) on the surface of the skin to prevent moisture from escaping (the technical phrase is reducing transepidermal water loss, or TEWL). Essentially they trap water in the skin and work in tandem with humectants to increase improve skin moisturization.

*Common occlusives: petrolatum, dimethicone, cocoa butter, beeswax, mineral oil, lanolin, squalene

3. Antioxidants: A group of ingredients that reduce free radicals and their damage on the skin. These ingredients can be natural or synthetic and work well when used in combination. There are also antioxidants that help protect the ingredients in the product from degrading. These offer no true skin benefits.

*Common antioxidants for skin benefits: superoxide dismustase, tocopherol, glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, resveratrol, grapeseed extract, coenzyme Q10, green tea

4. Anti-inflammatory: Ingredients that reduce inflammation and mitigate the inflammatory responses (redness, swelling, pain, itching).

*Common anti-inflammatories: bisabolol, allantoin, sea whip extract, aloe, dipotassium glycyrrhizinate, Beta glucan, calendula

5. Peptides: Chains of amino acids (less than 50) that help regulate many biological functions by interacting with cells. Synthetic peptides can mimic those naturally occurring in the body to assist with various functions like cell communications and hormone activity. 

*Common peptides: palmitoyl oligopeptide, palmitoyl tetrapeptide-7, hexapeptide-8, acteyl octapeptide-3

 Click here to view the full article!

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Whitney

Note: Information provided by PR.

Bath & Body Works Honey Pocketbacs

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Bee fresh and germ free this Spring, while on the go with the latest and greatest pocketbacs, from Bath & Body Works! These pocket-sized bottles contain natural ingredients and powerful germ killers that leave hands feeling fresh, conditioned, and clean wherever you go.

~Bee Nice: Honey Berry - fresh mixed berries, smooth honey, and a touch of vanilla!

~Bee Well: Lavender Honey - aromatic lavender, a touch of melon, smooth honey, and vanilla!

~Bee Good: Honey Vanilla - fresh coconut, creamy honey, and a touch of vanilla extract!

Price: $1.50 each!

Where to buy: Bath & Body Works Stores and www.bathandbodyworks.com

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Whitney

Note: Bath & Body Works sent me this product to try and feature on my blog. I am not associated with the company, nor are they paying me to feature their products. As always, my reviews and opinions are 100% my own!

Introducing Bath & Body Works Wild Garden Collection!‏

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I am excited to announce the Bath & Body Works Wild Garden Collection, which launches in store this weekend!

This lush, wild, enticing and playful collection brings your shower into full bloom! Capturing the untamed wilderness of spring’s first bloom, the new Wild Garden scents burst with energy and shower you with love. Welcome the season with the enchanting experience of stepping into a Wild Garden—the ultimate refreshment.

~Wild Berry Tulips is a flirtatious blend of red raspberry, cheery honeysuckle and pink tulips.

~Wild Apple Daffodil is a playful blend juicy red apple, flirty daffodils and fresh pomegranate.

~Wild Citrus Sunflower is a sunny blend of sparkling clementine, cheerful sunflowers and luscious white nectarine.

Prices: Shower Gel ($11.00), Body Lotion ($11.00), Fine Fragrance Mist ($14.00), Shimmer Mist ($14.00), Body Cream ($12.50), Glowing Body Scrub ($14.00), Shimmer Body Cream ($12.00), Shimmer Fizz Body Mousse ($12.50)

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Whitney

Note: Picture and information provided by PR.

Let the Pirate Games Begin!

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This is the trailer for The Pirates: Band of Misfits movie! I think this will be such a cute movie!

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Whitney

Mission POREfessional Episode Two with Benefit Cosmetics

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Mission Smooth Operator.

Follow SpyGal as she continues her mission to pore-fect the world with the help of the POREfessional, the secret weapon against pores!

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Whitney

Note: I am not associated with Benefit Cosmetics, I just thought you would enjoy this cute video!

Mally Roncal Prom Makeup Tips

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Are you getting ready for prom season? If so, Mally Roncal is offering her Fierce and Fab makeup tips to teens nationwide! Known for her bulletproof formulations, Mally Beauty does not come off until you take it off. Now, you can dance the night away at prom without your makeup melting at the stroke of midnight! 

Mally’s easy and quick tips to match your dream dress:

~Tip 1: Brighten your eyes by using a white shimmer powder in the corners of each eye. Skip eyeliner and use an eyelash curler with tons of black mascara.

~Tip 2: Want a romantic look? Try rosy, dewy cheeks and peachy lip gloss.

~Tip 3: Be bold. Choose a fiery red lip and pair it with sharp black eyeliner…So Fierce!

~Tip 4: You don’t need to use just black and dark grey shades to create a smokey eye. Instead, try a gorgeous plum or green color …with a bit of sparkle.

Tweet a picture of your prom dress to @MallyBeauty to be automatically entered for a chance to win a makeup consultation from Mally, Live on USTREAM.

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Whitney

Note: Information provided by PR.

Mission POREfessional by Benefit Cosmetics

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Ready for your mission?

Meet SpyGal as she takes on top secret missions with the help of the POREfessional, your secret weapon against pores. Stay tuned as SpyGal continues her mission...

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Whitney

Note: I am not associated with Benefit Cosmetics, I just thought you would enjoy this cute video!

It Cosmetics' No Tug Heavenly Luxe Dual Shadow Brush

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It Cosmetics proudly introduces the No Tug Heavenly Dual Shadow Brush. This ultra-addicting, ultra-plush shadow, crease and smudge liner brush delivers flawless, airbrushed application without tugging on your delicate eyelids. The Shadow Brush is 100% cruelty-free, and feels luxurious with its rubberized handle and high bristle count. 

How To Use: Swirl the brush into your favorite pressed or loose eye shadow and softly apply in sweeping motions over your lid. Use the large flat side for all over shadow and lid application. To use as a “no-tug” crease brush, turn the large end sideways, and apply eye shadow with windshield-wiper motions. Use the smaller smudge brush end below your lower lash line for a gorgeous thick or thin airbrushed liner effect.

To find out more about this product visit www.itcosmetics.com!

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Whitney

Note: It Cosmetics sent me this product to try and feature on my blog. I am not associated with the company, nor are they paying me to feature their product. As always, my reviews and opinions are 100% my own!

Bath & Body Works Spring Event

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Flowers are budding, birds are chirping, and Signature Collection fragrances are in full bloom. Celebrate the arrival of spring in style with Bath & Body Works’ Celebration of Fragrance Event, Saturday April 14th.  Gather your friends and head to BBW to discover new fragrances, get a personalized fragrance makeover, and gifts just for you!  Fall in love with fragrance this spring with fun, interactive experiences, only at Bath & Body Works:

WHO:                   Bath & Body Works

WHAT:                 Spring Fragrance Party

WHEN:                 Saturday, April 14th 10am - 4pm

WHERE:               Select Bath & Body Works stores nationwide

~ONE-ON-ONE FRAGRANCE MAKEOVER CONSULTATION: Ever wonder if your daily fragrance ritual is right for you? Now’s your chance to work with one of our fragrance experts to customize your scent experience. You'll learn how to wear fragrance for any and every occasion and walk away with a personalized prescription for a custom fragrance regimen.

~TAKE THE SIGNATURE FRAGRANCE CHALLENGE:  Show what you know about America’s favorite fragrances by taking our “Blind Fragrance Test”.  Playing the game enters you to win a Signature Fine Fragrance Mist of your choice.  A winner will be selected every hour during the event! 

~GIFT FROM BATH & BODY WORKS: When you make any full-size Signature Collection purchase, you can choose a full-size Signature Shower Gel in Japanese Cherry Blossom, Paris Amour, Sweet Pea, Moonlight Path or Twilight Woods and a travel size Body Lotion from the new Signature Wild Garden Collection.  Be one of the first 20 customers at the register with your purchase to receive a full size Signature Fine Fragrance Mist!  

Visit the Event Page at Facebook.com/BathandBodyWorks or go to BathandBodyWorks.com/Event for details.

XoXo,

Whitney