Fabulous Over Forty – Where Beauty Is Ageless

Girl-Woman-Beauty-Brains-Blog reviews and gives away a big bag of e.l.f. beauty booty.

Beauty Junkies Unite shows us how to eliminate muffin-top and be comfortable at the same time. Slimpressions makes a favorable impression!

Beauty411 shares her finds for the Best Winter Hand Creams. If your hands need relief, don’t miss it!

Advice Sister’s Alison Blackman Dunham is sharing Fashion Week’s “must-haves” because it’s always the little things that make life easier, more successful, and more fun!.

Head on over to The Makeup Divas and enter to win 2 tubes of Covergirl’s Lashblast Luxe Mascara. While you are there, check out the other giveaways I have.

Boutique Flair experiences oneness with chocolate thanks to Coco-Zen.

Kyl at The Beauty Couch shares some tips on how to stretch your beauty budget.

Butterflydiary has an amazing Fashion Week themed giveaway! Patrick McMullan sent “Fashion Week” survival kits to his celeb friends. Win ONE of these luxury kits hereuse grapeseed oil underneath your moisturizer because it contains more antioxidant power than vitamins C & E!

Viva Woman recommends you to use grapeseed oil underneath your moisturizer because it contains more antioxidant power than vitamins C & E!

Monique at Beauty Girl Musings has discovered, and fallen in love with, a foundation that makes skin look flawless and stays in place all day. Read about it here!

Dina at eye4style takes it all off with Paul & Joe’s Makeup Remover. Check out her review here!check it out and leave a comment

Watch Marta’s interview with Natalie Portman’s Oscar Look for Less

Addicted To Lipstick shows us swatches and gives us her review of the Mac Hello Kitty Collection. You can see the pics here Mac Hello Kitty Review

Image and Style News is having a AVEENO Hair Care Collection GIVEAWAY click here to enter Victoria’s Secret PINK Body line at MissWhoever You Are

Blaq Vixen Beauty shares her thoughts on the AHA Souffle she’s been using for the last 5 months!

The contest hosted by More Than a Pretty Face to win one of three Mood Lighting Shimmer Cremes from 3 Custom Color Specialists closes March 7. Enter now!

Beauty Anonymous reviews Dior 5 Colour Eyeshadow from Dior spring 2009 collection.

Find out The Secret to Supple Winter Skin at Makeup Bag.

Enter Indian Girl’s GIVEAWAY to win one of five Skin Prep FX Face Primers from Cover FX

StyleBell talks to celebrity stylist, David Babaii, on how you can create Angelina Jolie’s award winning Oscar half up half down hair style!

The girls over at Beauty in Real Life are having a giveaway. They have 5 boxes of the new Crest Whitestrips up for grabs. Hurry, the contest ends Saturday!!! Check out the details here.

Time for a new giveaway on Beauty Blvd.! Enter to win a tube of Maybelline’s Lash Stiletto! Enter here!

makeup loves me shows you how to get one of the most talked about looks of mercedes benz fashion week, the glossy black eye seen at chris benz. plus, vote on how well she rocks the look!

Lipstick Addict makes a review on Garnier Roll-on Eye Brightenercheck out the wonderful product!

 As I sit here with a snowstorm going on outside, I am dreaming of warm, summery days.   Oh to see green grass, my flowers in the garden and warmth in the air.  Instead, I’ll just dream about this new Estée Lauder collection called Vivid Garden.

The jewel, or shall I say, the rose of this garden party is the Vivid Garden Illuminating Powder.   It has three luminous, floral-inspired shades that are lightly dusted with gold in a summery floral pattern.   Dust it wherever you want to have a warm, luminous glow – cheeks, face, décolletage.

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If you are a fan of Project Runway, like I am – you will never forget the very talented Chrstian Siriano. Fierce. Here is his first NY Fashion Week show – sans being attached to Project Runway. The styles are very wearable and the hair as well – not some space age, what are they thinking hair style.
See below to see how the Aveda team created the hairstyle for his show – it’s lovely.

The name Chastity was drawn by an office co-worker.   Congrats!

Today is national Spa Day USA – enter your chance to win a pair of Lounge Socks.   Oh how I wish I were at a spa right now – it truly is my luxury, being pampered at a spa.  But, like I said, it’s a luxury, and one luxury many of us can’t justify spending money on in this economy.

KN Karen Neuburger has just the perfect idea – do an at home spa instead!  Why not pamper and treat yourself today and any other day?  I say go for it!

Take this KN Kimono Robe for example – it’s made from lightweight, soft pima cotton blend – perfect for post-bath or any time before or after a spa-like soak in the tub.   This retails for $78 and comes in pink, white, sage and light blue.

Or try this KN Treatment Wrap.  

Talk about the perfect spa wrap – so much better, bigger and functional than wrapping yourself in a towel.   This is made of baby terry cloth with simple straps and low neckline – perfect for being able to apply that luxury lotion all over yourself after your soak in the tub.  This retails for $46 as is available in white, light pink, sage, and light blue.

And last, but not least, give these KN Lounge Socks a try. 

I use mine nearly every night.  I slather on a great foot moisturizing lotion and slip these over my feet.  My feet are like new after using these!    Comfy, cozy and chenille.  $15 and are available in light pink, sage and chocolate.    I have given these as gifts before because I have loved mine so much.

And now, you have a chance to win a pair!   Just enter your name in the comments and you’ve entered your chance to win.     Contest ends at 12:00 noon CST on Thursday, Feb. 26th. 

Good luck, and go relax and have a spa day.

Congratulations to LISA G on winning the Oscar Worthy Package! 

If you are looking to make one Spring Collection purchase, I highly recommend this Laura Mercier First Blush Palette.  $55.  In one word – BEAUTIFUL.

I should have taken my photo before I used it once, but oh well – it will have many, many more uses this spring and into summer. 

The shades are perfect in color for many skin tones making this a very wearable palette for women over 40.   There are three eye shadows, three lip colors and two blushes.

Eye Shadows are:

• Buff - really as the color describes, in a matte finish
• Tawny apricot – a beautiful shimmer shade that is not too peach and not too tan, but a perfect combo of the two.
• Granite - a dark greyed shade of brown.   Not too much black.

Lip Glaze Colors are:

• Natural - nude with a hint towards a light terra cota shade.
• Naked - a sheer nude with a little bit of golden tone
• Flushed – a perfect pinkish/terra cota/deep nude shade without being dark.

Blush Colors are:

• Blushing Peach – a warm peach, but light enough to be used as a highlighter, with a teeny bit of shimmer.
• Blushing Pink – a soft pink to add a pop of color on the cheeks, again with a teeny bit of shimmer.

This palette is the perfect mix of pinks and peaches and that is what I think makes it so wearable for all skin types.  The shades are also not intense colors, making this wearable for a long time, and at any age. 

I see it’s already sold out at Nordstrom online, so check it out quickly before they are all gone.