Fabulous Over Forty – Where Beauty Is Ageless

20% off Lancome products starting Sat. August 1st – August 8th.  Lancome is offering a Friends and Family discount to you!   All products must be purchased at the Lancome Boutique stores only, not at department stores or online.   Check here for locations www.lancomeboutique.com 

In order to get your discount, you must bring a copy of this coupon above.   I’ve set it so if you click it on, you will get an enlarged image that you can print off and bring in.  

Just think of all the things you can save on:  BiFacils eye makeup remover, Definicils mascara, La Laque Fever, Le Rouge Absolu, High Resolution Collaser 5x, the new Fall Collection Declaring Indigo…

Oh how I wish we had a boutique store where I am living!   Happy shopping ladies!

Remember my post on Zoya Truth or Dare and about how excited I was to see the new Zoya Collection ?   Well here it is!   And it’s just as lovely in person as I had hoped.  

The Truth shades are warmer shades with varying degrees of shimmer.   I think Salma and Isla are my favorite in this group.   L-R Penny, Kalmia, Salma, Isla, Anaka, Drew

The Dare shades are deeper, cooler shades and all are gorgeous!  L-R Demi, Vanessa, Ciara, Pinta, Envy, Ibiza.

Now some of them might be difficult for us “Over 40″ gals, but hey, there’s nothing wrong with putting it on your toes if you aren’t willing to be daring.   I put on the shade Vanessa today and got compliments from co-workers.  It might just be my favorite shade of the collection.  

What do you think of these shades – I’d love to hear.

And, if you are on twitter – be sure to follow Zoya on Twitter to get the latest and up to the minute info on their polish fairies!  Zoya wants 5,000 followers by August 3rd, and if they get there- you get a code for free polishes.   Follow on Twitter to see if they get there!

Do you get oily skin in the summer time or any time?  I get it in the summer time for sure.  But, I still need a moisturizer.  As Dr. Day told me, my skin is actually probably dehydrating from the sun and warmth, leaving oil not moisture, on the the top of my skin.   And resulting in many breakouts this summer.  Ugh.

Welcome to Exuviance Sheer Refining Fluid.   It contains a broad spectrum SPF, and packed with important vitamins and nutrients that your skin needs.   But, this is for oily skin – keeping it moisturized  without a heavy creamy feel, perfect for summer.  And the plus is that it doesn’t make your skin feel oily either.

If you have oily skin, give this moisturizer consideration to your regimen.

This past Spring, while in New York I had a little free time so I made a dash for Sephora.  It’s right down the street from where I stay when in NYC – dangerous.  It’s a larger store than the ones we have here in Minneapolis, so more product to oooh and aaah over.

I’ve been hearing rave reviews about the Josie Maran products and I hit the jackpot with this Sephora.  One of the products I’ve been hearing so much about was the Argan Oil.  At $48, I wasn’t willing to spend that much on a product that I wasn’t really sure how or what I’d use it for.   But the lipsticks, well I can ALWAYS use another one!  

I’d heard great things about these lipsticks as well – her products are all organic too.  I tried on a few different shades that I debated on getting because when you put these lipsticks on, they seriously are super soft and moisturizing.   Amazingly so.  I settled on the color Mysterious. 

Um wait,  about 1/2 hour later and my lips were seriously dry.   What the heck was going on?   How could something so soft and wonderful turn my lips so dry?   I used this lipstick for about 3 days and had the same result every time.   So I set it in my makeup bag giving myself a break.   Well about 4 weeks later I thought – I love this shade, I must give it a try again.   Only now the lipstick was like it was deteriorating and had broken in the tube when I hadn’t touched it for several weeks!   It was getting all cracked and gross.   But not one to give up, I tried it again after “repairing” the lipstick in the tube, and I had the same exact results.   Super soft at first, and then very drying.

OK I surrender.   It’s not all what it’s cracked up to be.

Aerin Lauder has created a third fragrance in her collection of Estée Lauder Private Collection fragrances.  Jasmine White Moss is joining Tuberose Gardenia and Amber Ylang Ylang (my 2008 Fabulous Fragrance). 

Again the packaging is stunningly beautiful.  This parfume cap design is influenced by her grandmother Estee’s love of blue, using natural semi-precious gems of White Jade, dark and light Lapis, Sodalite, Black Agate, Mother of Pearl and Blue Lace Agate Stones.

Here’s how Estée Lauder describes the fragrance:

It makes a beautiful addition to the collection.

Yesterday I spent the day moving.   No, I wasn’t personally moving, but working for an interior design firm we have what we call “install” days.   It’s when all that we’ve been working on for the last several months and sometimes longer, we FINALLY get to install the client’s new things into their home.  

Even though it’s a LOT of work, it’s also a lot of fun!   It gets you away from the daily grind and lets face it, it’s a happy occasion – who wouldn’t want to come home and have everything (or most all) new in their home!  

But, after a long day of moving and standing on hardwood and tiled floors stocking foot (no shoes allowed while installing) it is killer on your feet and legs (and back too).   I couldn’t wait to get home and soak in the tub.   I was out of all my fancy shmancy soaks and scrubs and perfumed salts so I reached for the next best thing.   Epsom salts. 

Granted, it doesn’t come in the most luxurious container, but oh does it do the job.   They sooth and relax sore, tired muscles.   For $2.99 for a 4 lb box, the value can’t be beat.

Here’s my trick for making them look more “pretty”.   I bought a glass jar with a lid, similar to these and filled it with the salts.  Put a cute little metal scooper inside and set it on the tub deck.   Now you have a good looking display of Epsoms salts that look like you spent a fortune.   It will only be our little secret.