Today, I’m easing into the week with a couple of pretty (and fabulously priced) items. From Neutrogena.
Healthy Skin Custom Glow™ Blush & Bronzer
Blurb: Perfectly coordinated blush and bronzer duos that blend effortlessly to deliver a healthy, sun-kissed glow anytime. Patented blend of antioxidants helps enhance skin's healthy look over time Lightweight, velvety texture. Mirror and brush included. Available in 6 shade duos.Healthy Skin Custom Glow™ Bronzer
Blurb: Get a healthy, sun-kissed glow anytime of the year. The lightweight, velvety bronzer with light reflecting pearls blends effortlessly for a naturally radiant look. Formulated with a patented blend of antioxidants, it helps enhance skin's healthy look over time. Mirror and brush included.Ever since I reviewed a compact; I’ve had a new respect and curiosity for this line. I love the idea of effective beauty products that are good for my skin, and also reasonably priced. Both of these items have kept the respect going.
The Blush/Bronzer duo is perfect for summer. I tried the “Berry Glow” palette, and loved the sweet, pretty color of the blush. The bronzer is lovely and shimmery, complimented the blush, and worked well as both a bronzer as well as a contour color. Both are highly pigmented and have excellent staying power. The solo Bronzer is also excellent. The color goes from light to darker, so I was able to get exactly the right shade. I also used some from the darker side on my shoulders and collar area for a nice sun-kissed glow.
Check out website, and visit the special offers page. Neutrogena is sold in grocery stores, drugstores, and online at drugstore.com.
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Sometimes while meditating I think about Andy, my Yogalates instructor…doing the Cobra Pose…on top of me. Clearly, I lack enlightenment…inner illumination is overrated anyway! Besides, with Urbanglow Cream Highlight, I fake the radiance that comes with a spiritual awakening, and now so can you!
After posting about the event, I decided to make an appointment. It turns out Dell was going to be at my local 
Blurb: A breakthrough from YSL Beauté Research. Drawing on sugar technology, this hydra-repleneshing moisturizer supports the skin's natural hydration mechanisms. Upon application, the skin is bathed with freshness. A refreshing, creamy gel that gives comfort to normal to combination skin.
Blurb: Extremely fine and silky, this complete eye contour treatment features a selection of high-performance active ingredients to regenerate, energize and enhance the eye area. Upon application, the eyes light up. The eye contour is smoothed and refreshed. Day after day, dark circles and puffiness fade away.
Blurb: A unique pore refining skincare brush for combination skin prone to imperfections. This targeted skincare product instantly reduces the look of enlarged pores and mattifies shine, making skin appear visibly smoother and more even. Skin quality is improved and ready for a flawless make-up application.
Blurb: Guarantees unfailing wear and radiance for up to 14 hours. The luminous, transfer-resistant formula forms perfectly to the skin for a soft and seamless result. Pigments are specially coated for a color-true effect and the formula absorbs excess oil through the day, for a complexion which always looks and feels fresh.
Blurb: Light, luminosity, radiance. The award winning, must-have, take anywhere instant highlighter that banishes shadows, erases signs of fatigue and leaves your skin looking radiant. Touche Éclat is 8 hours of sleep in a pen - the one item no woman can be without.
Blurb: Ombre Solo shades the eyelids with a matt, satiny or iridescent veil of endlessly adjustable and long-lasting colour. The exceptional smoothing effect reveals the radiance of the colours for a wonderfully luminous makeup.
Blurb: Updated with a new formula, with highly pigmented colour for a deep impact and long-lasting finish. The texture glides onto the skin effortlessly, and Jojoba Oil makes the finish on the skin smooth and comfortable. A wax adhesive acts as a fixing agent to reinforce the intensity of the pigment for hours.
Blurb: The ultimate luxurious mascara for a false lash effect in our deepest black colour ever, for a dangerously glamourous look. NOIR RADICAL takes our must-have industry leading mascara, Volume Effet Faux Cils Luxurious Mascara, to a new depth with mineral pigments more intense than traditional iron oxide black pigments, to achieve the blackest black, deep and powerful.
Blurb: A true beauty accessory, a makeup concept that transforms blush application into a moment of pure pleasure. The ingenious packaging is associated with an ultra-fine powder to provide a luminous and natural makeup result.
Blurb: A high precision and richly textured lip pencil to outline, re-define and colour the lips.
Blurb: This shiny lipstick with exceptional gliding properties illuminates the lips with sparkling, transparent colours. The exclusive long golden cap opens in a "click" to reveal a delightful, hydrating texture that reshapes the lips while ensuring comfort and protection.
Blurb: Pure colour and high shine. YSL's newest lip gloss is everything you need to achieve an ultra-sophisticated every-day look. Based on YSL's top selling lip gloss, Golden Gloss, Gloss Pur delivers a sparkle-free beautiful and glossy sheen to the lips.
The skincare standouts were the Hydra Feel Moisturizer and the Eye Contour. The moisturizer felt hydrating, yet light enough for warm wather. My skin instantly looked refreshed and soft. The Eye Contour was also excellent (Dell said it’s one of the most requested products). The soothing cream absorbed immediately, making the eye area look softer; and the fine reflective particles (mother of pearl) added brightness.
If you’re interested in having an amazing YSL experience of your own, here’s a list of Dell’s remaining scheduled appearances:
Blurb: Enjoy expert application and portable perfection with five essential makeup brushes in a chic design made exclusively for the holidays. These all-natural, cruelty-free brushes are enclosed in a sleek, chocolate brown, quilted cosmetics case, perfect for gift giving! The 5-Piece Lucite Brush Collection includes the Powder Makeup Brush, Blush Makeup Brush, Utility Makeup Brush, Eye Shadow Makeup Brush and Lip Makeup Brush.
Blurb: Hydrating balm for nails, skin & lips. Pür Balm is a quick-fix balm that can be used on all dry skin patches, like those on the lips, elbows and feet. This hydrating balm can also be used on hair to control split ends and on nails to condition cuticles. Containing shea butter, vitamin E, essential oils and rich antioxidants, this multi-tasking balm comes to your skin's rescue. Experience the ultimate solution for keeping skin hydrated and naturally smooth.
Blurb: Long-lasting, luminous mineral eye shadow. Pressed Mineral Eye Shadow is great for even the most sensitive eyes. This velvety-smooth eye shadow glides on easily, giving you a crease-proof, soft-textured look that lasts all day. Infused with the light reflective mineral mica, this mineral eye shadow imparts a youthful finish that women of all ages will love. And as with all of our mineral makeup products, Pressed Mineral Eye Shadow is free of oil, alcohol, talc, fillers, fragrances, preservatives and chemical dyes.
Blurb: Waterproof, smudge-proof eye liner. Using the Mineral Eye Defining Pencil with Smudger could not be easier! These state-of-the-art, self-sharpening, mechanical eye pencils come in several gorgeous, long-lasting colors for maximum wearability. Your eyes will look fresh all day and into the night. The Mineral Eye Defining Pencil comes with the pür-fect smudge-tip applicator for blending and creating a dramatic, smoky eye.
Blurb: Use this Mineral Lip Pencil with Lip Brush to enhance the natural contours of your lips. This mineral lip pencil and lip liner has a silky smooth waterproof formula that magically minimizes the color from bleeding into the fine lines around your mouth. Created in eight different colors to complement our Mineral Shea Butter Lipsticks and Pout Plumping Lip Glosses, these lip pencils contain no additives, fragrance or chemical dyes.
Blurb: A luscious mineral lipstick that hydrates lips. Mineral Shea Butter Lipsticks come in 25 amazing lipstick colors. These mineral lipsticks are loaded with micronized minerals, shea butter, vitamin E, jojoba oil, lycopene extract, aloe vera and a secret blend of essential vitamins to give your lips a luscious treat with each application. Your lips will be soft, supple and fully hydrated.
Blurb: Universal Marble Mineral Powder in Pink is a mineral blush pressed powder that gives skin a rosy glow. This mineral powder illuminates and brightens the skin and evens out skin tone while reducing the appearance of lines and wrinkles. This mineral powder is fantastic for eye brightening, blushing and lip enhancing. A wealth of vitamins and minerals combine with shea butter and vitamin E for light and lovely coverage while conditioning your skin.
Blurb: Moisture-rich cream finish formula that provides smooth, silky color for naturally luminous skin. Delivers long-lasting color with a velvety texture and blends easily for healthy glowing skin. Provides a sheer, flush of color for all skin tones. Enriched with Vitamin E. Rich pigments blend effortlessly.
Blurb: Cellular Radiance Cream Blush enhances skin with a soft, radiant glow in four naturally blushing shades. A cellular nourishing formula that is long-wearing, but nondrying. May be worn over any foundation, with the exception of powder foundations.
Blurb: Semi-gloss transparent glaze which helps restore lip plumpness, keeping the lips looking their fullest. Use alone over lip liner for a natural luminous effect or over lip color for a luxurious and glossy effect.
Blurb: Creamy color defines cheekbones and stays suspended over fine lines and wrinkles for flatteringly flawless coverage. The Olay Regenerist Serum inside is infused with vitamins, skin conditioners and anti-oxidants that actually help improve skin texture to give you an instantly healthy-looking, youthful glow.
Blurb: Baked on terra cotta, this silky-smooth, luminous bronzing powder keeps you looking bronze and beautiful long after the sun has set and the cameras have gone. Swirling sun-kissed shades deliver Red Carpet radiance in an instant. Extend the summer with this all-in-one compact containing a bronzer in the top compartment and a brush and mirror in the lower compartment.
Blurb: LORAC’s Baked Matte Satin Blushes are silky-smooth, long-wearing, highly pigmented and blend easily and evenly for natural, Red Carpet Radiance. Look fresh and fabulous all day with LORAC’s Baked Matte Satin Blushes!
Blurb: Easy to blend and easy to wear, LORAC’s Baked Matte Satin Eye Shadows are richly pigmented, long-wearing, and silky-smooth. Create countless award show looks with these concentrated, pure matte satin shades that can be used wet or dry according to the intensity you desire.
Blurb: Silken Earth may look like mineral makeup, but it's better! Formulated with rich, nourishing powdered silk and natural colors. Made with sustainable and agricultural ingredients. It's made with silk powder and tapioca and rice starches – all natural, all sustainable. Feather-light, loose base powder blends with your own skin tone to even out color, soften imperfections and give your complexion a healthy glow.
Blurb: Silk-based blush and contour powder adds color and contrast where you want it to highlight your best features and brighten your complexion for a soft, natural look. Natural colors made with sustainable and agricultural ingredients.
Blurb: We'll give you something to smile about. Eight sheer, natural shades from cool and sophisticated to light and playful. Sheer lip tint adds gloss and soft, translucent color to your lips and smoothes and conditions with organic shea butter and other rich emollients.
Aubrey Organics products are available on their 
False lashes are a thing of the past! CARGO introduces a safe and effective lash growing formula that performs. Thirty days is all it takes to enhance the appearance of longer, thicker lashes. CARGO innovates yet again with its revolutionary LashActivator™. This nourishing boost for your lashes has been proven to visibly increase the appearance of natural lash length and fullness, while promoting lash vitality and reducing lash loss. In clinical trials, CARGO LashActivatorTM was shown to have a 169% improvement over the natural rate at which lashes grow. Use LashActivator™ alone or under your favorite mascara. Use daily for 30 days for longer, thicker lashes. Finally a safe and effective way to achieve those gorgeous lashes you’ve always dreamed of!
Won’t smudge, run or melt. This mascara acts like a waterproof mascara, but comes off easily with warm water and gentle pressure. Better-than-waterproof™ Mascara’s technologically advanced formula creates small “tubes” that surround and coat each lash. And since this mascara rinses off with warm water and gentle pressure there’s no need for make-up remover. Vitamins F, B, C and E condition the lashes and help protect from sun damage, while protein-rich amino acids repair and nourish.
Whether you’re caught in the rain, vacationing in the tropics or simply enjoying a day at the shore, CARGO’s new Water Resistant Bronzer helps maintain your gorgeous bronze glow. This long-wearing formula, which comes in a universally flattering medium bronze shade, contains a unique silicone-coated talc that provides better adhesion to the skin and withstands water. Micronized light diffusers work to ensure a gorgeously natural, non-shiny glow.
Did you know that lip gloss, like food, has an expiration date? Consequently, the product should be replaced nine months after opening. Beauty innovator CARGO Cosmetics introduces glosses in packaging that incorporates cutting-edge Timestrip® technology. Timestrip® is a tiny strip embedded in the cap of the gloss. It keeps track of how long your lip gloss has been open. Simply insert the strip into the cap of the gloss to activate. The Timestrip® window will start turning red, indicating the passage of time. When the nine months are over and the entire window is red, you know it is time to throw out your gloss.
7 Products that get you gorgeous and ready to go in 7 minutes! Your morning just got a whole lot easier. CARGO’s new 7 in 7™ kit gives you the 7 tried-and-true must-haves to get you out the door in no time flat! This limited edition kit includes seven of CARGO’s workhorse products, best-sellers, and double-duty time-savers. The very same products women everywhere have come to love and Hollywood make-up artists can’t live without.
