Michael Todd Mineral Collection

Make Up Artist Michael Todd has revolutionized the cosmetics industry with the introduction of a wide assortment of products for the face and body that are high end without the high end price tag. Michael Todd Cosmetics is the most exclusive cosmetics line in the industry with the greatest range of shades and formulas. Michael Todd has invested resources not only in his cosmetics line but has taken his passion for excellence and expanded it to his Mineral Cosmetics line as well.

Unlike other well known mineral makeup lines such as Bare Escentuals (Bare I.D.), Pur, or Sheer Cover that have some natural ingredients, Michael Todd has raised the bar with his bare mineral formulations creating a wider range of shades for all skin tones and undertones. All bare mineral products have been tested and proven to be better and more beneficial for your skin than the synthetic ingredients, parabens, and additives found in other products.

Michael Todd offers his clientele functional and personalized compacts and palette options. On the Michael Todd website, clients can build their own palettes and compacts with eye shadow, lipstick, blush, and eye liner. He also offers packaging options for different products such as lipstick, foundation, and lip gloss. Michael Todd provides colors for the conservative as well as the makeup savvy with more color choices of any other company including Bobbi Brown, Laura Mercier, Christian Dior, MAC, Yves Saint Laurent and Lancôme.

Michael Todd’s Mineral Collection also offers a wide range of color options for all skin types and shades along with over twenty Mineral Eye Shadow choices. Michael Todd utilizes the latest technology in manufacturing his products and tests his ingredients to make sure they are the best quality. Michael Todd Cosmetics strives to be the leading manufacturer in the cosmetics industry.

Michael Todd’s Mineral Foundation Powder is finely milled so it feels like nothing on the skin.
• Michael Todd offers Liquid Mineral Foundation in 4 formulas.
• Michael Todd has created 21 Mineral Eye Shadow Shades.
• Michael Todd developed his version of the Touche Eclat taking it up a notch incorporating Minerals into his Scintillant Mineral which is beneficial and gentle to your skin.
• Mineral Todd’s Mineral Blush complements every skin tone and shade.

Mario Badescu Acne products pics

Mario Badescu Drying Cream:

Mario Badescu Drying lotion:



Mario Badescu Buffering lotion:



Why i post up these 3? Because i use them **together** at night. Dont come here and bash me for doing that. I found out its really the best way to maximize their effects. I have very persistent severe acne, and i am on accutane. And i cant put on benzoyl peroxide, so this combo is perfect for me...since it does not dry out my skin, and it calms like heaven. My pimples/cysts truly get better when i do this. Also i have less post-inflammatory hyper-pigmentation. These 3 products combined, do the effect.

Healing: Check
Reducing inflammation: Check
Shrinking pustules/papules: check
Not overly drying: Check
Reduces hyper-pigmentation due to acne: Check
Calms/soothes: Check

^^It may sting abit the first minute, but thats perfectly fine^^

My tips: First apply Buffering lotion and let it dry. Next apply with a q-tip (and never shake the bottle!) the drying lotion and let it dry. It will form like a shell over the pimple, and it will be white in the area where there is the active acne or open acne due to touching. Next, apply the drying cream. And go sleeeep! Wake up and wash your face, and enjoy less painful acne :-)

Michael Todd Eye Makeup

Make Up Artist Michael Todd has revolutionized the cosmetics industry with the introduction of a wide assortment of eye makeup that is high quality without the high end price tag. Michael Todd Cosmetics is the most exclusive cosmetics line in the industry with the greatest range of eye makeup shades and formulas, including eyshadow, eye liner, concealer, and mascara.

Michael Todd has invested resources not only in his skin care line but has taken his passion for excellence and expanded it to his eye makeup line as well. Unlike Laura Mercier, Bobbi Brown, or Christian Dior, who only offer neutral or common shades, Michael Todd has unleashed his creativity and developed a vast array of eye make up shades to compliment every skin tone and allows the client to create any look she desires comparable to MAC. Most would compare Michael Todd to high society companies such as Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel but with a price comparable to Laura Mercier and Bobbi Brown.

Michael Todd offers his clientele functional and personalized compacts and palette options. On the Michael Todd website, clients can build their own palettes and compacts with eye shadow, eye concealer, mascara, and eye liner. He also offers packaging options for different products such as lipstick, foundation, and blush. Michael Todd provides eye colors for the conservative as well as the makeup savvy with more color choices of any other company including Bobbi Brown, Laura Mercier, Christian Dior, MAC, Yves Saint Laurent and Lancôme.

Michael Todd’s Mineral Collection also offers a wide range of color options for all skin types and shades along with more than twenty Mineral Eye Shadow choices. Michael Todd utilizes the latest technology in manufacturing his products and tests his ingredients to make sure they are of the utmost quality. Michael Todd Cosmetics strives to be the leading manufacturer in the industry.

My picks for eco-friendly paraben-free make up for a humid summer

My picks, for you folks who preffer natural products, or atleast paraben free products, while maintaining a perfect look under the sun and humid summer conditions.

Here we go:

For primer, i like Smashbox Photofinish Light, its paraben free and fragance free. Suits very sensitive skin types, and controls oil production. It feels soft on the touch, but doesnt contain sillicones:


For foundation, on summer, i would pick a tinted moisturizer, but not the sheerest one, so my pick is on Tarte Smooth operator. Again, paraben free, and suited for sensitive skins. Comes in a very wide range of shades and undertones, something not typical with tinted moisturizers:



For concealer, i did pick Amazing cosmetics concealer. Its waterproof, and paraben free:



The powder i did like, was the new Bare Escentuals bare minerals SPF 30 sunscreen mineral powder. It acts as your sunscreen and setting powder, so its very good. And actually you can apply it every 1-2 hrs, since it comes with a brush, and it wont alter your make up. Not like applying cream sunscreen on top of your make up. This will keep shine at bay, while giving you the much needed spf in summer:




For bronzer/highlighter/blush, i picked a multitasking product. Depending on your skin tone, i have a recommendation or another. For normal to tan skin, i recommend Smashbox fusion soft lights, for fair skin tones, i do recommend Cargo Plant love Baked illuminator:






You will ofcourse, need some blotting powders, if you have very oily skin, so i did choose an eco friendly and relatively cheap ($10) Boscia blotting linens:

And oh my gosh....how could i forget....Mascara!!! I picked my all time favorit, but in a waterproof version. As you know, this is paraben free, and many other things free lol. Tarte, Lights, Camera, Splashes waterproof mascara:




And finally...for lips. I was a bit undecided on this one, but finally i went for something thats a hybrid between a lip balm, an spf and a lip tint. And i found it! Juice beauty lip balm spf 8, its actually a lip tint, moisturizing and spf!!! comes in a variety of colors, and Juice beauty is known for its organic eco friendly products!, so now you can have nice lips even on the pool!:

Silk Naturals Mineral Makeup pics

RECOMMENDED
Samples: ~ $1.25
Full Size Products: ~ $3.75 - $8.99
Shipping: First Class USPS - "Shipping starts at $2.75, and the most you will ever pay for shipping is $6.50."
Product Quality: 5/5
Turn Around Time: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Overall: 5/5

I received my sample order from Silk Naturals a few days ago and just can't say enough good things about the website or the owner, Karen. The products are outstanding and the samples are generous. I am thrilled that the shipping is based on weight. The shipping for my 3 blush samples and my lipstick was $2.00. Can you believe it?! The prices for full size products is also very reasonable.

The website has a line of popular clones; MAC, Bobbie Brown, Nars, etc. I immediately ordered a full size of their 'Climax' (Nars Orgasm) after receiving my sample. There is a forum on the website where you can speak with the owners and other Silk Naturals fans. You can even make requests for clone products that you want added to the inventory. THAT'S listening to the customers!

VitaCost Mini Haul - Jason Hair and Burt's Bees

Received a mini haul in today from Vitacost.com. I picked up some more Jason organic shampoo and conditioner. I tried Henna this time. There were a lot of good comments about it. I also picked up a couple more of the Desert Essence Coconut lotion (not pictured) and a Burt's Bees Repair Serum.

The Repair Serum has great reviews across the web and is extending what I currently use on my face. I use straight Jojoba oil on my face under my makeup and before I go to bed. I just double what I put on my face in the morning. This serum adds Rosehip oil which is a touted ingredient in most organic anti-aging products.

It comes in a healthy 1 ounce glass container that has a small opening so you only get a drop at a time. I just put some on my hand to test and it has a strong lavender smell that is cut by the other oils. You can really smell each oil that is in this. Fingers cross this is a good product for my skin. Fingers are crossed!

Ingredients: Rosehip seed oil, jojoba oil, lavender oil, tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E), evening primrose oil, borage seed oil, wheat germ oil, hazelnut oil, neroli oil, rose oil, calendula extract, green tea extract, beta carotene, tocopherol, ascorbyl palmitate (Vitamin C), retinyl palmitate (Vitamin A).

Aubrey Organics Makeup pics

I was over at Aubrey Organics looking at their perfume and saw they now offer a new line of cosmetics. The prices on certain items are a bit much - like the $21.95 natural hair makeup brush. But, they have fairly reasonable lip gloss. I would recommend buying these in store, the base shipping is Fed-Ex and starts at $9.33.




Silken Earth Translucent Base - Porcelain 21g
Price: $23.95, 6 Colors
INGREDIENTS: Silk powder, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax, organic tapioca starch, lauroyl lysine, organic cinnamomum zeylanicum bark powder, organic aloe barbadensis leaf, oryza sativa (rice) starch, tocopherol (vitamin E), iron oxides, silica.







Silken Earth Powder Blush - 3 grams
Price: $11.95, 6 colors
Ingredients: Silk powder, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) wax, organic tapioca starch, lauroyl lysine, mica, iron oxides. May contain: Beta vulgaris (beet) powder, carmine, raphanus sativus (radish) powder, titanium dioxide, silica.






Natural Lips Sheer Tint - 7 grams
Price: $7.50
Ingredients: Ricinus communis (organic castor) seed oil, brassica campestris / aleurites fordi oil, cocos nucifera (organic coconut) oil, tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E), carmine, helianthus annuus (organic sunflower) seed oil, oryza sativa (rice) bran wax, glycerin, butyrospermum parkii (organic shea butter), hydrogenated jojoba oil, fragaria vesca (organic strawberry) flavor oil, citrus grandis (grapefruit) seed extract, alcohol denat. (38b, organic lavender), hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, ascorbic acid, glycine soja (soybean) oil, daucus carota sativa (carrot) root extract, beta-carotene. OUCH!

Glitz & Glamour Boutique

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I've discovered a new online boutique that sells accessories galore! I found some items that I thought were interesting & cute. The following pictures are a sampling of what's available.

The leopard bag is on-trend right now, because it gives a nod to 2 trends, animal print & patent leather. I also love the cute plaid bag & the croc skin look of the black bag.

I'm seeing headscarves all over lately, very cute.

Metallics are on-trend, & I can't get enough of polka-dots!

Smashbox Heartbreaker Collection

Smashbox Heartbreaker Collection. Just in time for Valentine's Day Smashbox brings us the Heartbreaker collection, because ever girl wants to break hearts on Valentine's day :). Also for those of you that don't know Smashbox is having a sale right now with some items going for 25-50% off. So you might want to check it out if you get some time. The collection is now in stores if you're interested in getting it before v-day to create soft and girly looks.

Eyeshadow Palette

* Hot Date Creme brulee, shimmering chestnut, champagne, shimmering azure, mint, and warm taupe
* Kiss ‘n Tell Ballet pink, hot pink, icy white, deep violet, charcoal, and peony

Fusion Soft Lights

* Baked Starlight White gold, bright pink, warm bronze, rosy pink, and ballet pink

Lip Shine

* Berry Hot
* Melon-Drama

Roller Gloss

* Pink Sugar

Liquid Liner Pen

An ultra-fine liquid eyeliner pen that can take you from sweet and sassy to ultra-seductive in just one sweep.

Ice princess pictures

I absolutely love this series! Dont you? :))

Photography: Apple C
Styling and DI: Apple C
Makeup and hair: Lynette P

Bobbi Brown Chrome Collection

“Chrome is cool and icy- it’s a very modern, but still pretty way to illuminate the skin.” – Bobbi Brown

Bobbi Brown presents her cool and icy Chrome Palette this November. It features icy shimmering accents for eyes and lips. Perfect shades for all of you cool toned gals to wear. This chrome fold-out palette includes everything you need to create countless party-read looks including: 10 eye shadows, 4 lip shades, a Mini Eye Shadow Brush and a Mini Lip Brush.






Suggested Retail Price: $75
On Counter: November 2009
Available at all Bobbi Brown Counters
and at www.bobbibrown.com


A quick and easy way to look
party-perfect: new shades of
Metallic Lip Color and Lip Color
in chic custom cases.

Suggested Retail Price: $22
On Counter: November 2009
Available at all Bobbi Brown Counters
and at www.bobbibrown.com

When space is premium, downsize with
the Chrome Mini Brush Set. Offers three
of Bobbi’s must have brushes—Mini Face
Blender, our new Mini Angle Eye Shadow
Brush, and Mini Eye Liner—in palm-of-yourhand
sizes. A chrome faux-leather zip-around
case protects brushes for years of use.

Suggested Retail Price: $55
On Counter: November 2009
Available at all Bobbi Brown Counters

Old school glamour pictures

I would kill to have Jerilyn's full luscious lips. Her eyes are pretty small, but that adds to the charm. She has a very unique look which I like.


Photography: Benny Tan
Styling: Cheryl C
Hair: Andy Razali
Makeup: Lynette P

Anna- Beauty Potraits pictures

1st look: Minimal, fresh and natural. Anna has naturally good skin, so I used only a bit of liquid foundation- Clinique Superfit and set it with a mineral veil loose powder.

2nd look:

Shimmery brown and taupe shades on her eyes, natural pink-nude blush, nude lips and black liquid eyeliner give her a more sophisticated look.

3rd look:

Emo doll. Very dramatic faux eyelashes and eyeliner, lots of bright pink blush, a Barbie pink lip gloss completes the look.

Photography by Chester Tan.


I love CHI Silk Infusion and Jose Eber curling iron. Together they create the most luscious and bouncy curls.

Some behind-the-scenes photos:

I had to cut Anna's fringe as it was too long and was covering her eyes..

Dont worry I am a makeup artist, and have no experience cutting hair whatsoever...but I am sure its going to be just fine.

You can see the fear in Anna's eyes. Haha.

Oh.My.God.


It turned out okay! Its funny how I can cut other people's fringe but I cant cut my own. Meh.