Update Your Beauty Fall Wardrobe With Pixi’s Ultimate Beauty Kit And Endless Silky Eye Pen Taster Trio

Pixi is such a fun little cosmetics company! Well, actually not so little – you can buy their line at Target. I got to try out a few of the new holiday offerings that are luckily available right now. The Ultimate Beauty Kit and Endless Silky Eye Pen Taster Trio are a perfect way to update [...]

Get Glowing With Beauty For Real’s Cheek Tint And Luminizer

Although I get a little bit of color in the summer, the effect is usually a bit uneven and I still wear powder to even things out. Once the powder is on, any natural glow gets masked, so I add a light wash of blush. I think Beauty For Real had this same idea in [...]

I New Way To Love L’Occitane: Makeup!

I’m not sure if L’Occitane had a global presence the first time I traveled to France. All I know is that I was in love with the little shops that could be found in most French towns, selling hand creams and lovely smelling soaps. Years later, when I saw one state-side, I was excited to [...]

Look Great All Week Long With Pixi Beauty’s Week of Makeup Kit

I’ve always loved those makeup kits full of eyeshadows, blushes and lipsticks in every color under the sun. I used to reserve my allowance for these when I was younger to get the most makeup bang out of my buck. Unfortunately they were often cheaply made and the majority of the colors unwearable. It’s been [...]

High- and Low-Rated Lip and Cheek Stains

See which makeup has Total Beauty readers looking all flushed and rosy-lipped and which ones are big disappointments This is a TotalBeauty.com make up tips article Our readers weigh in on which lip and cheek stains are the best and which ones are the worst in their makeup bags. See products The Worst: No. 3: [...]

Jump Into Spring Color With New Le Prisme From Givenchy

Not all that long ago, cosmetics companies started offering compacts with many colors intended to be swirled together. This introduction made for colors that looked more realistic in powder and blush colors and gave depth to eyeshadows. Not only do these make for great colors to wear, but some of the compacts are just too [...]

Drugstore Beauty Naturally: Sally Hansen Natural Beauty

Sally Hansen’s Natural Beauty line was created with the help of makeup artist Carmindy (you know her from What Not To Wear). I tried a few products from the line this past spring (see my review here). Recently I got some new samples to test out: Luminizing Pace Primer Sheerest Cream Blush Sunrise Natural Powder [...]