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Get Your Best Lashes and Lips

Readers and Bloggers share their favorite tricks for playing up our flirtiest features


Oh, those eyes! Those lips! Keep all eyes fixed on your gorgeous face with these alluring tips and tricks from TotalBeauty.com's glam-savvy readers and bloggers.

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Freebie Friday!

Start your weekend off right - sign up for some free beauty samples! It only takes a few minutes, and it's totally worth the surprise you'll get in the mail in a few weeks!

Caress Skinwear Collection
Degree Women Fine Fragrance Collection
Pond's Rejuveness

Giveaway Break – Rhassoul Core 5-Piece All-Natural Skin Care System


Rhassoul Core 5-Piece All-Natural Skin Care System by Daybreak Lavender Farms polishes your complexion naturally. A unique 2-layer lather system, exfoliates and remineralizes to eliminate dry skin, blackheads, whiteheads, enlarged pores and acne scars, oily skin, uneven texture and discolorations due to sun damage.

This System contains everything you need to get off to great start with Rhassoul:


Rhassoul Original Complexion Polish: This bar will last 12 months when chunked into six pieces (and not given away to friends in your excitement!!


Prairie Oat Mint Complexion Bar: Cut into 4 pieces, this bar will last you six months.

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Almond Cream Bar Soap: Cut into 4 pieces, this bar will last you six months.


Face Feed: Feeds your skin, replenishing lost vitamins, trace minerals and other nutrients. Also Contains Essential Oil Of Frankincense, known to be helpful with wrinkles.


Pore Seal & Protect: You can mix this in with your foundation for beautiful, moisturizing sheer coverage.


Rose Petal Toner


*Face Feed and Pore Seal contain emu oil. 100% Pure Plant Formulas, Biodegradable, All Natural

The system cost is $127.95. Shop online at Daybreak Lavender Farms.



***Giveaway***

Enter to win the entire Rhassoul Core 5-Piece All-Natural collection. Make sure to sign up, below, for your chance to win!

You can enter up to once a da
y. For extra entries, you can sign up for my mailing list, post a link to this giveaway on your blog, follow my blog, or follow me on Twitter. Make sure to include the number of extra entries you have in the entry form.

This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents. This
contest will end on Monday, May 18. I will announce the winner on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!





Nail Polish Break - Zoya MATTEVELVET Collection

After working with hundreds of matte formulations and color options, the ZOYA color experts are happy to announce three perfect LIMITED EDITION, exclusive MATTEVELVET* shades for Fall 2009...



Loredana (ZP498) - gunmetal gray matte shimmer



Dovima (ZP499) - black matte shimmer



Posh (ZP500) - wine matte shimmer



Designed to appeal to a multitude of matte color trend lovers; including every metro mod, vintage stylista, retro pin-up, goth beauty, glam rocker, street chic fashionista and color junkie out there, ZOYA MATTEVELVET* shades deliver the new color of fashion. Get all of the color, none of shine with MATTEVELVET*, Zoya’s exclusive blend of matte base and subtle shimmer resulting in utterly wearable and truly stylish nail polish.



ZOYA nail lacquers are free of harmful industrial chemicals like toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate (DBP) that are known to cause cancer and birth defects.



Find ZOYA MATTEVELVET* as well as over 300 other ultra high-fashion ZOYA shades at www.zoya.com. As always, each and every ZOYA color is made for women so we name them after women.



*MATTEVELVET nail color by ZOYA is not intended to be worn with a base coat, top coat or speed dryer of any kind. Due to the unique matte formulation, color is not as long-wearing as traditional nail color. A completely clean, dry nail surface yields the best results for matte nail color wear. For best results make sure to always prepare nail with ZOYA Remove + (3-in-1 nail polish remover, nail plate cleaner and new color prep.) prior to applying color.



MATTEVELVET by ZOYA available July 1, 2009.
Sug. Retail $6.00 per 0.5 oz bottle.



Check out the Zoya blog at ZoyaNailPolish.blogspot.com.



Total Beauty Break - Skincare Addicts Beware!

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14 Products That Won't Keep Your Skin Young

Skincare addicts beware: These eye creams and moisturizers won't likely smooth away your wrinkles and age spots -- so save your money


With proper skincare habits, a little product can go a long way to help reduce signs of aging over time. But before you invest, make sure you're getting your money's worth: Avoid these overhyped, overpriced disappointments.

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Pampering Break - Free Origins Get-Glowing Mini Facial


Make your appointment! You're about to be pampered with a free "Get Glowing" mini-facial from Origins. Choose from a menu of skin-perfecting treatments customized for your specific concern. And take home a FREE customized sample of one of Origins skincare experts.

Offer is good from May 11 - 31st in stores. Find the Origins store nearest you to book your appointment!

Shopping Break - Cargo's 7 in 7 Kit

On Mom’s morning checklist, “getting gorgeous” is hardly at the top of the list. Between making school lunches, dressing the kids and a million other tasks, who has time to think of make-up?


This Mother’s Day, CARGO Cosmetics introduces the ultimate beauty solution for busy Moms everywhere. CARGO’s 7 in 7™ kit gives every woman the tools to become a make-up expert.


Not only will you save time, but also CARGO’s 7 in 7™ kit is an incredible value. With a retail value of $170, 7 in 7™ is priced at only $59!


CARGO’s new 7 in 7™ kit includes the seven tried-and-true must-haves to get Mom out the door in no time flat, whether she is dropping the kids off at school or dashing off to work.



This limited edition kit includes seven of CARGO’s full sized workhorse products, best-sellers and double-duty time-savers. The very same products women everywhere have come to love and Hollywood make-up artists can’t do without.



It’s an entire make-up look in a single collection. CARGO’s 7 in 7™ kit is offered in three shade options to complement all skin tones: Light Medium, Warm Medium and Deep Medium. Each set includes the following essentials:



OneBase™:

A double-duty wonder -- concealer and foundation in one! Use it to spot conceal and blend it out like a foundation to match your natural skin tone.


Essential Palette:

The perfect shades for a classic, sculpted, nude eye. This must-have palette contains four graduated neutral shades, each debossed with its function, for ease of application.

Eye liner:

CARGO Eye Liner promises a smooth, even application every time, without skipping.


(NEW!) LashActivator™:


A proven formula that visibly boosts the appearance of thicker, longer looking lashes in only 30 days.


BeachBlush™:


The perfect marriage of blush and bronzer. This double-duty best-seller is a combination of four complementary shades for the perfect blush and bronzer, all in one.


Reverse Lip Liner:


The ONLY lip liner for gloss! Line your lips from the outside in, with this flesh-toned liner. The result: added definition, reduced feathering and a fuller-looking lip.


(NEW!) Classic Gloss with Timestrip® Technlogy:


CARGO’s award-winning, non-sticky lip gloss packaged in a convenient wand with Timestrip® technology that monitors the freshness of your gloss.



CARGO’s 7 in 7™ kit will be available May 2009 in Sephora stores and at Sephora.com.



Hair Break - Antonio Prieto Launches DIY DVD Series

Antonio Prieto has a flair for creating sophisticated yet simple hair styles that have earned him a loyal following. Now, you can take his style secrets home with you.

Prieto’s philosophy is that your hair style doesn’t end when you leave the salon; in fact, it just begins. To help you recreate his signature style at home, he has launched a new collection of DVD’s with easy to follow guides for styling your hair.

The first of this series, “Modern Waves,” is a step-by-step tool to help you create stylish, easy waves without a trip to the salon. It includes a list of the products and tools you will need along with the proper way to utilize them.

Upcoming releases in the DVD series include “The 5-Pin Up-Do” and “The 1 Week Blow-dry.” All DVD’s are available exclusively at Antonio Prieto Salon for $45.

Total Beauty Break - What Hairstyle Do You Like Best?

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Do You Like Short, Medium or Long Hairstyles Best?

When it comes to celebrity hairstyle icons, which length of hair do you prefer? See what women think...


How would you like your style icon served up? With short, medium or long hair? Overwhelmingly, when searching for celebrity hairstyle inspiration, women prefer medium length styles that offer maximum flexibility. Here are some of the most influential celebrity style icons and their most popular hair looks.

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Chanel Unveils the New “N° 5” Film, TRAIN DE NUIT


CHANEL will unveil the highly anticipated short film titled, Train de Nuit starring acclaimed actress Audrey Tautou, directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. This artistic piece will launch May, 5, 2009 at 12:00AM on www.chaneln5.com.

Audrey Tautou incarnates the CHANEL N° 5 woman – seductive and elegant with an irreverent spirit and timeless modernity. “N° 5” the film is a tale of chance and fate – a brief encounter between a man and a woman traveling to Istanbul on the Orient Express night train with an intertwining of two destinies that will be brought together by a scent like no other. In this film, Jean-Pierre Jeunet reveals the intriguing world of CHANEL N° 5 and the power of its seduction. Enchanting and alluring, Audrey Tautou is today’s face of CHANEL N° 5.

“For me, a woman who wears perfume represents the ultimate in femininity,” states Tautou. “When a woman has a pleasant or mysterious scent, it adds a little something to her.”

In this cinematic dialogue, the legend of N° 5 lives on. Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amelie, the 2001 film collaboration between Tautou and Jeunet that marked the beginning of their creative relationship, became a phenomenal success and was recognized with international awards. In 2003 the pair partnered once again for A Very Long Engagement, a film with poignant visual and emotional intensity. “For N° 5, Audrey was the first person who came to mind,” notes Jeunet. “We needed a very expressive actress in very short shots, someone who could act with her eyes alone, and God knows that I know her eyes well.”

Audrey Tautou will join the legendary league of women who have represented CHANEL N° 5. Her elegance and beauty follow in the path of the iconic faces featured in CHANEL fragrance campaigns, including Nicole Kidman, Ali McGraw, Carole Bouquet, Lauren Hutton and Catherine Deneuve. The cinematic partnership between Audrey Tautou and Jean-Pierre Jeunet continues the tradition of CHANEL pairing influential directors and their muses for short films, such as Nicole Kidman and Baz Luhrman, and Keira Knightley and Joe Wright.



The film’s soundtrack, “I’m a Fool to Love You” is performed by legendary soul singer, Billie Holiday. Jeunet selected the song “for its absolute charm, her distinctive voice and the lyrics that evoke the folly of an encounter of love.”

Designed to reflect Coco Chanel’s very modern fashion philosophy, CHANEL N° 5 is a rich modern floral blend of jasmine, rose, patchouli, iris and ylang-ylang with gentle precious woods. The world’s most famous fragrance, made its debut in 1921. Coco Chanel asked the great perfumer, Ernest Beaux, to create a fragrance that reflected her very modern fashion philosophy. N° 5 was her lucky number and it was the fifth submission presented to Mademoiselle Chanel on the fifth day of the fifth month of the year, thus a legend was born with the name CHANEL N° 5.