NEW From Smashbox: Halo Hydrating Perfecting Bronzer

Introducing the newest addition to the Smashbox Halo family, the Halo Hydrating Perfecting Bronzer. This bronzing powder adds a gorgeous glow to any skintone while also working to diminish signs of aging (fine lines and wrinkles). The silky, hydrating formula maintains a healthy complexion without drying out the skin, and combines minerals, a peptide, and shimmering gold powder.

Clinical studies have demonstrated that 10 minutes after applying the product to the skin there is a 33% decrease in wrinkles around the eye contour region. In addition, it has been shown that after using the bronzer for 6 weeks, there is a 67% noticeable reduction in fine lines and wrinkles.

The Halo bronzer is available in one shade, a matte golden bronze, and it retails for $39 at Sephora stores, the Sephora website, www.smashbox.com, and other locations where Smashbox Cosmetics are sold.

Have you tried any of the products from the Halo line? I haven't yet, but I'm very interested to try out this new bronzer! What do you think?

Smashbox Friends and Family Sale Starts Today!

For all of you Smashbox fans out there (and for newbies as well!), I wanted to let you know that from now until December 1 you will receive a discount of 20% on your orders made at the Smashbox website. Simply enter the code SBFF9 to redeem the offer.

Happy shopping!

Get Ready For A Night On The Town With The After Hours Beauty Collection From Smashbox

This hot little number has just crept up onto the scene on the Smashbox website. The After Hours Beauty Collection includes everything you might need to create the perfect "going out on the town" look. A smoky eyeshadow quad, a variety of cream liners in some eye-popping shades, a deep black mascara for dramatic lashes, and a wine colored lip gloss to give you that perfectly juicy pout, are a few of the products you will find nestled within a super cute burgundy clutch.

The After Hours Beauty Collection includes:

Lash DNA Mascara in Jet Black

Lip Enhancing Gloss in Velvet Rope (deep berry)

Eye Shadow Quad in VIP (shimmery white, bronze, pewter, deep navy gray)

Baked Blush & Loose Shimmer Pot in Candelit (blush: soft rose pink; loose powder: sheer golden pink)

After Hours Cream Eye Liner Palette (black shimmer, metallic taupe, teal, bright navy blue, gold, royal purple, copper, slate gray, bronze, matte brown)

Double-Ended Definer & Precision Liner Brush

Rich Burgundy Zip Up Clutch

This set retails for $59, and is estimated to ship out on 9/11 from the Smashbox site. How you feeling? HOT, HOT, HOT!

Smashbox Reign Collection For Fall 2009

I think it is safe to say that I'm in trouble with the new Smashbox product offerings - I want them all! Smashbox Fall 2009 Reign Collection is enticing with its color palette. Inspired by the English Tudors, hues evoking "scandal, indulgence, desire, and decadence" abound. I can't resist these deep shades for the cooler months. Going to be so fierce!

Here are the collection details:

Reign Eyeshadow Palette ($42 each): These compacts each feature six baked shadows in both matte and shimmery finishes.

Majesty - matte champagne/shimmery champagne, matte cabernet/shimmery cabernet, matte black/shimmery black

Monarch - matte soft gold/shimmery soft gold, matter copper/shimmery copper, matte deep brown/shimmery deep brown



Reign Jet Set Palette ($48): This palette contains four metallic shades of Smashbox's cult favorite budge-proof gel eye liner - matte black, matte deep brown, matte deep gold, metallic bronze. Also included is a bent liner brush for easy application.



Reign Lash DNA Mascara in Plum ($19): This mascara is formulated to lengthen, strengthen, and define lashes, while decking them out in gorgeous color.



Reign Doubletake Lip Color ($22 each): Each of these double-ended lip pencils features a long-wear lip liner and a smooth lip color.

Amaretto - nude pink lip liner/creamy peachy pink lip color

Currant - deep wine lip liner/deep berry red lip color



Reign Lip Gloss in Crowned ($19): This gloss offers ultra-moisturizing creamy color and shine, and in this soft peachy-pink shade it offers the perfect complement to a smoky eye.



Reign Fusion Blush in Regal ($32): This compact features a gorgeous dual-toned blush which offers both matte and shimmery peachy nude shades.

After all of that description, I can only imagine how anxious you all are to check out the product images!

Reign Eyeshadow Palette in Monarch

Reign Jet Set Palette

Reign Lash DNA Mascara in Plum

Reign Doubletake Lip Color in Currant

Reign Lip Gloss in Crowned

Reign Fusion Blush in Regal

The Reign Fall 2009 collection is available now at the Smashbox site and in-store and online at Sephora.

What do you think of Smashbox's Fall goods?

Score Smashbox HD Dual Finish Micro Powder For One Day Only!!

Today only, Smashbox has a special offer available! Be the first to test drive their new HD Dual Finish Micro Powder, a great new translucent formula! This product has UVA/UVB SPF 15, and dispenses easily through a brush with a "twist" of the tube. Three finishes can be obtained: click "matte" to absorb oil/shine, "luminous" for a beautiful glow, or "mix" for a combination of both looks. This will be great to carry around in your purse for those necessary touch-ups throughout the day!

This HD powder is available on the Smashbox website for $38 only until the end of the day! Snag yours before it officially launches in stores!

Getting To Know The Beauty Chick: Cosmetics I'm loving right now

So I thought I would use this post to provide a little insight into my current beauty loves. These are products that I have been using lately on an almost daily basis. I hope you enjoy this intro!

Foundation: I have been abolutely LOVING Revlon's Colorstay Foundation. I picked this up about a month or so ago in the shade Ivory (their lightest shade....yes, I'm a pale gal!) and it has been doing a great job of covering up my redness and any blemishes. The coverage seems to be medium to full (it is nicely buildable). I'm moving through this bottle now and I'm glad I have another waiting for me!

Concealer: Lately I have been alternating between MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NW15 and Smashbox High Definition Concealer in Fair for my undereye area. The MAC concealer is nice and creamy. With the Smashbox concealer, a little goes a long way! I have found that the tiniest dab of product is sufficient. The great thing about this HD concealer is that it feels super light on the skin. Both are definitely great products! To cover any redness in my skin (around my nose or cheeks, for example) and blemishes I've been using the MAC Studio Sculpt Concealer in NC15. The slight yellow undertones work well to conceal any blotchiness.
Powder: My powder of choice right now is MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light. I love the way this powder buffs easily into my skin to set my foundation and concealer. I generally apply this with either the MAC 134 (large powder brush) or the MAC 183 (flat-top kabuki brush).

Blush: There are two blushes in my collection now that I seem to be gravitating toward. The first is the Laura Geller Blush n Brighten in Roseberry. This product gives me the prettiest pink glow. It is gorgeous and just a little bit gets the job done! The other item is a recent addition to my makeup stash, a Beauty Powder Blush in On a Mission, which was released with MAC's latest collection, Style Warriors. This is such a beautiful plummy blush color that applies so smoothly and warms up my cheeks wonderfully.

Bronzer: Bronzer is an absolute must for me, especially in the summertime. The Chanel Bronze Universel Makeup Base and NARS Laguna bronzers are terrific to help me warm up my complexion. I sometimes alternate between the two products (the Chanel bronzer has a cream-type consistency and the NARS bronzer is a typical powder formula), and other times I layer the NARS powder over the Chanel bronzing base to set it.

Eyeshadow: Lately I've been keeping my eye looks clean and simple (I love using color, but my poor eyelids are still recovering from an allergic reaction to something in some of my more intense shadows). On a daily basis I have been grabbing for a neutral and slightly shimmery cream shadow to use as an all-over lid wash. The product of choice has been Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liner in R.S.V.P., a light shimmery champagne color. It applies smoothly and stays put (especially when I add a little Urban Decay Primer Potion underneath.....another fave!) R.S.V.P. would also make a nice base for other shadows.

Mascara: My go-to mascara has been Clinique Long Pretty Lashes. It is great for an everyday natural look. I have also been trying some colored mascaras lately. Urban Decay Big Fatty Colored Mascaras in Flipside (teal) and Electric Blue are great for adding a pop of color to the eye area, especially when the rest of the eye is left neutral.

Lip Gloss: I have been making my way fairly quickly through the Korres Cherry Lipgloss in 23 Light Purple. This is a great pinky purple color that is a MLBB shade on my highly pigmented lips. It is natural, too (really...all of Korres' products are natural!)

So there you have it! These are the products that have truly been essentials for me as of late. Everything I've mentioned works great together for a perfect everyday look.

If you want any further information on any of the items I have mentioned, please don't hesitate to leave me a comment! I'd also like to know......what are some of your makeup favorites?