Beauty

September 6, 2016

Get That “Kid in a Candy Store” Feeling with e.l.f. for Holiday 2016


	
			[Get Glowing Highlighting Set, $10]

			
			[Pout Out Loud Kit, $10]

			
			[Blended Beauty Kit, $15]

			
			[Little Brow Book, $10]

			
			[Spotlight Ready Kit, $15]

			
			[Defined Eyes Kit, $5]

			
			[Radiant Eyes Kit, $5]

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I love options, and I also like feeling like I’m my own personal beauty dispensary store. With great products at an amazing value, e.l.f. (eyes, lips, face) manages to leave with the feeling of wanting not, which is one that I definitely relish. This holiday season, e.l.f. offers 22 different kits across the categories of eyes, lips, face and tools/nails, ranging from just $5-$20. Not only do they make a great stocking stuffer, but also…a wonderful gift to yourself. Don’t be shy; spread the holiday cheer to yourself as well! See the slideshow above for my top picks across a variety of categories (the Blended Beauty kit is a favorite!). You’ll find these items early to mid-November at Target, Walmart, and online at ElfCosmetics.com.

August 23, 2016

Beauty Tuesday: Loving all Things OGX

by Julia DiNardo

[OGX Beauty’s Bamboo Fiber-Full and O2 products featured above]

A life heavily steeped in natural ingredients is one I certainly want to lead, and I feel good about getting there with a little help from OGX. The brand works hard to omit allergens, colorants, and toxins from its products, while focusing on a transparent and sustainable business model with products easily found at national food and drug stores nationwide at an incredible value ($6.99-$8.99).

Courtesy of the brand, I tested out a wide swath of its products, and although I was super excited about many of its products, these were among the most squeal-inducing:

Bamboo Fiber-Full: For those who hair type is fine, fine, and more fine (like me), this lineup (shampoo, conditioner, thickening root booster, thickening fiber cream) contains actual bamboo fibers and soy proteins to adhere to the hair and add fullness and thickness.

O2: is the end all, be all when it comes to restoring nutrition into your locks. It boasts oxygen liposomes and cloudberries, one of the hottest hair care ingredients, providing vitamins A, C, E and B, calcium, magnesium and a cocktail of other antioxidants. Besides the shampoo and conditioner, the weightless oil & lifting tonic is a godsend, both adding volume and weightless hydration simultaneously, perfect for the aforementioned fine tresses.

Tsubaki Blossom Body Wash & Body Lotion: l’ve been using this set every day for almost a month now, and it’s still a delight to use every single time. The aromatic Japanese Tsubaki oil extract plays nicely with the bamboo extract for a lovely, lingering scent, and the perfect balance of moisturizing and cleansing properties.

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August 17, 2016

Formula X #ColorCurators Makeup By Rose XOXO Edition

by Julia DiNardo

And just as another month rolls around, so does an entirely new trio of shades from the #ColorCurators collaboration. For August, it’s by Rose Siard, makeup blogger and singer at MakeupbyRoseXoXo.com, who has created shades perfect for the move from summer to fall with Puffin, a mink gray, Mahhvelous Rose, a pastel mauve, and Accoustic Dreams, a deep chocolate burgundy. All shades feature FORMULA X’s no compromise formula that combined with The System XCEL, promises up to 10 days of continuous wear with high shine, and great color saturation. At $12.50 each, you can find these limited editon shades for a short period of time at Sephora, SEPHORA inside of J.C.Penney, and online at Sephora.com.

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August 17, 2016

Zoya Urban Grunge Fall 2016 Cream & Metallic Holos Shades

by Julia DiNardo

[Urban Grunge One Coat Creams, from left to right: Wyatt, August, Tara, Mallory, Noah, Courtney]

Although these 12 shades from Zoya ends “nail polish week” here at Fashion Pulse Daily, please let me assure you that there is absolutely nothing to be sad about,for now you’ve got tons of gorgeous shades to buy and try! The Urban Grunge Collection is a deep and vibrant collection, celebrating the best of fall and splits immediately into two distinct camps: “one coat creams” and “metallic holos.” Both options boast fully pigmented, saturated color spanning the spectrum of “Prussian blue” to “liquid pewter.” The creams may quickly become your go-to nail palette for Monday-Friday, while shimmered luster will reside on your digits as your jovial weekend polish hue. As always, Zoya polishes are formulated five-free, containing no formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, dibutyl phthalate or camphor. Each shade retails for $10 each, and is available at fine spas and salons nationwide, as well as online at Zoya.com.

[Urban Grunge Metallic Holos, from left to right: Troy, Merida, Finley, Britta, Ash, and Alicia]