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Beauty Around the Web: Total Beauty Web Tour Week of May 4, 2009

Friday, May 8th, 2009 | Contests, General, Makeup, Skincare | Comments Off

Happy Mother’s Day Weekend! Treat yourself to Meilily’s Beauty Around the Web, bringing you the latest online happenings from Total Beauty contributors.

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The Informed Makeup Maven raves about Stila’s #5 brush, Covergirl Smoothers Pressed Powder and Bobbi Brown’s Custom Palettes.

Visit The Beauty Couch to enter the Softlips PURE Giveaway for a chance to win one of four Softlips PURE organic lip balms. Contest expires May 12th at 12am EST.

Beauty Anonymous takes a look at Lavshuca’s new Lip Gloss.

Meilily reviews and swatches Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick with 100% natural ingredients.

Monique at Beauty Girl Musings is giving away 15 (yes, fifteen) Beautyfix 2 kits! Click here to enter!

Hurry on over to The Makeup Divas blog and enter to win Barielle Sugar Rush Nail Polish Collection.

Fabulous Over Forty talks with dermatologist Dr. Doris Day about what we really need for skincare.

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Tags: Beauty Around the Web, Beauty Community, Beauty Tips, Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick, Total Beauty Web Tour, TotalBeauty Blogs

New Tarte Cosmetics Summer 2009 Product Launch: Enhance Lashes, Get Toned and Tan

Thursday, May 7th, 2009 | Makeup, Product Launches, Skincare | 1 Comment

Meilily Product Launch News!
This month, tarte cosmetics is launching three new products as part of the tarte summer 09 collection and some new shades. The new tarte summer 09 collection looks to be more of an innovative departure from their previous color-based collections and includes a natural lash enhancer and an anti-cellulite self-tanner! I’m really curious to try the new products and see how they work, especially since I’ve had really good luck with tarte products so far.

multiplEYE natural lash enhancer ($65)
Contains a clinically-proven peptide that gives the appearance of longer, thicker lashes. Apparently 90% of clinical subjects reported an “increase in lash thickness,” while all subjects reported an “increase in overall lash length.” Sounds impressive. Best of all, this lash enhancer is cruelty-free and free of parabens, petro-chemicals, dyes, and other questionable ingredients.

celluFIGHT natural anti-cellulite self-tanner ($40)
A double-duty skin-toning skincare product and self-tanner in one! I don’t normally self-tan because I’m too lazy for that, but this sounds intriguing. Ingredients include natural plant-derived DHA self-tanner, caffeine, algae extract, and natural green tea fragrance that is 70% organic.

eyeQuatic waterproof summer essentials set ($35)
This makeup set includes three new lock & roll eyeshadows (turquoise, citrine, tanzanite), a deluxe lights, camera, splashes! waterproof mascara, and an aquatic-mod headscarf.

tarte summer 2009 launches May 2009 and is available at tarte.com, sephora.com, beauty.com, Henri Bendel, and other boutiques.

Tags: anti-cellulite, gift set, lash enhancers, Makeup, natural beauty, natural ingredients, new products, organic, product images, product launch, Self-Tanner, Skincare, tarte, tarte celluFIGHT, tarte eyeQuatic, tarte multiplEYE

Meilily Spring Wishlist 2009 – Vibrant, Cheeky, Colorful

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 | Nail Polish, Product Picks, Wishlist | Comments Off

Meilily Spring Wishlist 2009: Vibrant, Cheeky, Colorful

Meilily’s Spring Wishlist May 2009
These are a few of Meilily’s favorite things right now…

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Fossil – Rainbow Drops necklace 23″ $75

Anna Sui – Wilcox Dress (at Anthropologie) silk $289.95 (originally $568)

Banana Republic – Orchid Hairclip $12

Sula – Paint and Peel Trend Collection peel-off nail polish $9 each

What’s on your wishlist?

Tags: Anna Sui, Banana Republic, Beauty & Style Favorites, dresses, Fossil, Fossil Rainbow Drops, Hair Accessories, jewelry, nail polish, necklaces, orchid, Paint and Peel, Spring, Sula, Wilcox Dress, Wishlist

Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick – 100% Natural Ingredients

Monday, May 4th, 2009 | Makeup, Product Picks, Swatches | 7 Comments

Meilily Featured Product! Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick

Meilily: Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick Raisin Maple Shimmer

Attention Whole Foods Shoppers! Check out Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick in the beauty aisle for a natural lip treat!

I recently sought out Gabriel Cosmetics products because I had heard good things about their lead-free lipstick, and because I liked their no-animal-testing and natural ingredient philosophy. Hey, we could all use a good natural lipstick these days!

The founder of Gabriel Cosmetics, Gabriel DeSantino, developed the line of natural animal-friendly beauty products based on homeopathic family traditions that incorporated marine-derived botanicals. The products are made from 100% natural ingredients, and according to Gabriel Cosmetics, “No synthetic chemicals or animal by-products are utilized and no testing is ever done on animals.”

Details on Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick, Another Photo, & Swatches

The first thing I noticed when I tried my first Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick was that the texture was extremely smooth and the color (Raisin) was › Continue reading

Tags: Featured Products, Gabriel Cosmetics, Gabriel Cosmetics Lipstick, Gabriel Lipstick, lead-free lipstick, lipstick, natural beauty, natural ingredients, product reviews, safe cosmetics, swatches