Naturally Luminous Moisturizing Trio

The Pretty Amazing Lip Collection offers up four lovely shades of rich liquid lipstick, in universally flattering shades.

Golden Touch Brushes offers up all the brushes you need to apply your makeup look of the day, all in pretty gold.

These Bare Escentuals holiday offerings are available both online, and at a Sephora shop near you.

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As part of my ongoing effort to bring you all that is new and exciting in the world of beauty, I bring you a brand-new series with an old-as-time theme- products that go the distance. When it comes to the lotions, potions and face colors that habitually grace the space of my daily go-to trays, those that are long-lasting have the most real estate. The Bulletproof Beauty series will bring the best and the brightest in the realm of products that last all the live long day.

New to the Bare Escentuals best-selling Prime-Time Line, Primer Shadows are sparkling, shimmering, richly pigmented shades of crème shadow that pull double duty as both base and color. Having put these to the test, I can definitely confirm that everything they say is true. These not only provide oodles of multi-faceted pigment, but they LAST.

Urban Nature

Racing Green

Sundance

Swatched:

Sundance, Bronzed Twig, Gunmetal, Racing Green, Chroma Violet, Urban Nature

The new Bare Escentuals Prime Time Primer Shadows are available both online, and at your local Sephora shop. Come rain, or sun, ocean or pool, these shadows will keep going and going until they are gone.

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Sweet Smile

Sweet Smile is a soft, shimmering taupe, with the most stunning blue sparkle particles throughout. Making this shadow extra special is the fact that every purchase of Sweet Smile Eyecolor helps support Bare Escentuals’ donation to Smile Train. Smile Train is dedicated to helping millions of children around the world who are suffering from cleft lip and palate, and empowers local doctors in developing countries to provide free surgery for children who can’t afford it. Pretty amazing, if I do say so myself.

Pretty Amazing Lipcolor is a high shine, ultra pigmented, liquid lipstick.

Ambition

Ambition

Bravado

Bravado

Sweet Smile Swatched, on Right

Ambition and Bravado Swatches

Anything strike your fancy?

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The Details:

The iconic brand, known for their innovative formulas created from pure ingredients, has created a power packed faux tan that not only delivers a natural and healthy-looking tan but also moisturizes and hydrates the skin with aloe vera and emollients. This summer must-have features a deluxe 16-ounce size and a new Deluxe Tan Brush that makes application seamless and streak-free, with no messy, post-tan clean up!

NEW Bare Escentuals Beautifully Bronzed Deluxe Two-Piece Collection (Approximately $46.50)

What is it? Say “Aloha” to a healthy, natural-looking tan all year round with the Beautifully Bronzed Collection. Within a few hours of application, skin will glow flawlessly golden and last for five to seven days.  Plus, the faux tan contains moisturizing aloe vera and won’t clog pores or irritate sensitive skin.  The revolutionary new Deluxe Tan Brush will allow for quick, easy and clean application of Faux Tan.

Why is it different?

The Deluxe Faux Tan offers 16-ounces of gorgeous, natural, never-orange tan in a bottle. It can be used all over the body and never looks fake or streaky.

The Deluxe Tan Brush buffs on a streak-free tan without getting any product on hands, it has a unique flared handle designed to be held multiple ways.  The brush boasts a super soft, super-sized luxuriously dense brush head for a uniform glow.

How to use?

1. Before applying Faux Tan Sunless Tanner, prep skin first. While showering, exfoliate skin carefully to provide the smoothest surface to glide sunless tanner over.

2. Using the Deluxe Tan Brush, apply Faux Tan Sunless Tanner to dry skin. Use quick strokes to buff all over the body using a cross hatch or circular motion, being sure to smooth away any edges.

3. Because the color is visible during application, don’t worry about any embarrassing goofs like rings around the ankles, elbows and knees. Just be sure to buff more lightly over these crease-prone areas.

Final Tip: Make sure to rinse the brush after each use. This will keep the brush in the best shape for future faux-tanning.

The Bare Escentuals Beautifully Bronzed Deluxe Two-Piece Collection will be available on QVC beginning Thursday, April 21 at Midnight (ET) and on QVC.com, while supplies last.

So, who is tuning in?

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When it comes to packing products that give me smoky, sultry, bedroom eyes in a hot minute, I do consider myself a bit of an expert. Knowing that there will always be situations where I need to go from daytime to playtime in no time at all, I am always on the lookout for special secret weapons that get the job done.

The newest additions to my smoky eye weaponry arsenal, Bare Escentuals’ Shadow Sticks and Smudger Brush are making my peepers awfully happy. Much like your standard issue creamy gel shadow sticks (say that three times fast!), Buxom’s Shadow Sticks get the job done quickly and easily, and are in it for the long haul. Let’s take a closer look at my newest weapons, shall we?

Nunchucks is a deep, royal blue

Bow and Arrow is a moss green

Ice Pick is a smoked out grey

Two by Four is is a blackened brown

The B.E Smudger Brush is the perfect tool to finishing up a smoky eye. Whether used to apply the shadow sticks, or to blend out the freshly applied cream shadow, this densely pointed brush rocks.

Not quite an essential for a smoky eye, but still rather nice as a companion, is the soft coral lip. Toward that end, the Bare Escentuals Buxom Lip Stick in Monte Carlo is a coral-riffic treat.

Swatches:

Nunchucks, Bow and Arrow, Two by Four, Ice Pick

Monte Carlo Swatched

For smoky eyed, coral lipped, buxom beauties everywhere, Bare Escentual’s newest products offer up some very special secret weapons. Look for these additions, online or at your local Sephora.

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Ladies and Gentlemen,

Guys and gals,

Gather ‘round center stage.

On display,

For you today,

The most precious pups around.

These prized pooches are remarkable sights,

Pretty, proper, and pastel.

Creamy, rich, and ultra long-lasting,

They’ll surely ring all the right bells.

Shimmering and pretty in opalescent, pastel pink, is our little Cocker Spaniel

Frisky and fun in powdery baby blue is our dear little Husky, named Nathaniel

Sparkling in shades of golden Champagne is our gorgeously pampered Collie

Regal and refined with her ice sparkle pearl, our precious little Sheepdog Dolly.

Swatches:

Sheepdog Collie Cocker Spaniel and Husky

Sparkling, shimmering, and as versatile as can be.

Are our Husky, Sheepdog, Cocker Spaniel, and Collie

You don’t have to go all the way to Westchinster to gaze upon these precious puppies. Look for these Bare Escentuals Buxom Stay-There Eye Shadows, online and at your local Sephora.

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Ladies and gents, it’s about that time again. Class is in session, and this time we are looking at Bare Escentuals’ new skincare line, Bare Minerals, and breaking it down to see what it is all about. At a recent event, I got the scoop, which I will now share with all of you.

This month marks Bare Escentuals’ first completely official foray into the realm of skincare, with an entire, comprehensive line of products from prep to finishing, designed to enhance the skin, and work alongside mineral makeup to create the best complexion possible. Mineral makeup lovers can easily warm up to up to this line.

The magical ingredient behind Rare Minerals is a rather simple one, the Rare Minerals Active Soil Complex. The entire skincare line is based on research that affirms that the vital mineral nutrients that we take into our bodies on a daily basis, to maintain general health, are just as essential to our skin. Through a unique extraction process, a pure concentrated mineral powder, chock-full of micro and macronutrients, is derived from the richest soil, densest, most nutrient rich soil around.

The benefits yielded from the Rare Minerals Active Soil Complex include an increased rate of cell turnover, a visible reduction in pore size, and improvements in skin tone, radiance, and texture. Even better, the complex trumps even blueberries in antioxidant concentrations. That means  your skin will be energized, and protected from the harsh environmental factors that cause premature aging.

Certainly not a one size fits all approach to skincare, the full line offers up a few different options for customization, by way of three cleansers (Purifying, Deep Cleansing, and Exfoliating), two moisturizers (a lotion and a cream), a firming eye treatment, and a blemish treatment powder.

The star product of the line is not necessarily a new one, but one that is special just the same. Pure Transformation Night Treatment is the Rare Minerals Active Soil Complex in its most pure, powdered form. Specifically for nighttime use, this tinted powder is available in three shades, including a clear variation. Now, I know what you are thinking, why the tint? The answer is so you feel just as beautiful after you apply your nighttime skincare as you do after applying your mineral foundation every morning.

The Bare Minerals Skincare line is currently available at all Bare Escentuals retail outlets, as well as online. Fans of the mineral makeup take note, this one is for you.

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QVC has led me to discover many amazing brands. Brands that are ever-present in Sephora, and brands that I might have glossed over on my weekly treks to the department stores. Not to mention that watching the talented brand artists has taught me a thing or two as far as makeup applications is concerned. I can ultimately thank QVC for cluing me in on the amazing offerings from the likes of Mally Beauty, Smashbox, Bare Escentuals, and Philosophy.

So, why the confession now? Well, a couple of weeks ago I had the AMAZING opportunity to peruse all of QVC’s latest and greatest beauty offerings, all in one lovely little spot. Not only that, but I also has the opportunity to meet the wonderful minds and faces behind some of my favorite brands. At this open house, I learned about many a wonderful QVC-exclusive beauty offering, and now, I am going to share it with all of you.

Right off the bat, I got the party started right. I met Leslie Blodgett, the creator of Bare Escentuals. Leslie and I chatted about everything from the quest for a flawless face, to the new skincare line. In case you haven’t gotten the memo yet, they have a FANTASTIC product duo launching on the 21st of April called the Beautifully Bronzed Deluxe Two-Piece Collection. What you get is a ginormous (that’s big, folks) bottle of the deliciously moisturizing self tanner, and a nifty brush to apply it all!

I also met the gorgeous Poppy King, of Lipstick Queen fame. After I got over how amazing she looked in her chic retro number, we proceeded to discuss the fantastic lip product line that I already know and love.

To say that I got a bit ferklempt when I spotted the flawless Holly Mordini of Smashbox is a vast understatement. Holly and Smashbox have always had a special place in my heart, and I recall watching and learning from her as far back as my late teens. Bright, warm, and incredibly knowledgeable, Holly felt like a kindred spirit. Oh, and can we also discuss how stunning she is?! Holly showed me some of the newest Smashbox QVC exclusives, and I am already in love. Stay tuned for a Smashbox TSV, coming soon.

Mally Roncal of Mally Beauty is an absolute doll, but I knew that already. I have had the incredible pleasure of her company on several occasions, with each one being more special. Mally is like your energetic best friend, warm and caring, with a personality that is so big and bright that you just can’t help but adore her. Her products deserve a place in any self respecting beauty lover’s repertoire, for they are not only genius, but boast the most amazing packaging. Kindness is the new black is Mally’s new slogan, and I am kind of in love with it.

I met Chaz Dean of Wen Haircare, and let me tell you that I am incredibly excited to try his innovative haircare line. My strands have been looking rather lifeless lately, and I can use all of the help I can get.

Other wonderful brands present included Laura Geller Beauty, GoSmile, Dr Dennis Gross Skincare, Peter Thomas Roth Skincare, Bliss, Temptu, Tarte, Living Proof, Kate Somerville, Philosophy Beauty and Skincare, and Perricone Skincare, all of which I will be discussing here sometime in the very near future. So who else out there is obsessed with QVC beauty? Has the shopping channel led you to cosmetic love?

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If you are a fan of Bare Escentuals, chances are that you are already well acquainted with the Buxom line. Designed for the gal-on-the-go, these perfectly pleasing lipglosses and lipsticks provide all the things we crave in a lip product: moisture, pigment, and long-lasting color. With a name like Buxom, images of Jessica Rabbit immediately come to mind.

Contents within:

Mini Big & Healthy Lip Polishes, 4 plump, sparkling, pigmented shades of lipgloss in

Amber- Peach

Brandi- Plum

Denise- Pink

and Michelle- Rose

Mini Big & Healthy Lip Sticks, 4 thin lipcreme pencils with a satin finish and long-lasting wear in

Bombay- poppy rose

Marrakech- beige nude

Fresno- blackberry wine

and Vienna- pink lilac

Rest assured that this holiday gift set is Buxom babe approved. The Bare Escentuals City Slickers Buxom Kit is currently available at Sephora, just in time for the holiday gift season. Lovers of the plump pucker, this kit’s for you.

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The Power of 10, the Bare Escentuals Holiday Charmed Kit

When it comes to demons, warlocks, and other unsavory magical beings, you turn to the magical stylings of the Halliwell sisters: Piper, Pheobe, and Paige.

And when you are looking for mineral makeup magic, you turn to these Charmed items from Bare Escentuals. New for the holiday season, the Charmed Collection packs a pretty punch in a lovely little gift box. From start to finish, you have everything you need for a neutral, but flawless makeup application.

The Cast Members

Original Mineral Veil

Flawless Radiance All-Over Face Color

Charmed Eyecolor

Memoir Eyecolor

Timeless Blush

Full size 100% Natural Lipgloss in 7 Layer Cake

Full Size Big & Bright Eyeliner in Plum

Flawless Definition Volumizing Mascara in Black

Eye Defining Brush

Tapered Blush Brush

All together, these ten pieces do a pretty face make. At a price of $54, it is an affordable introduction into the world of mineral makeup. The Bare Escentuals Charmed Kit is an Ulta Exclusive. It makes a charming gift for the neutral and mineral makeup lovers in your life. No magic required.

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