Does Your Diet Help or Harm Your Skin?

Does Your Diet Help or Harm Your Skin?

The answer is in this quiz

Captain obvious here: Eating right is great for our health and our figures. But did you know that your food choices can yield shiny hair and better skin? In this quiz, you’ll find which ingredients will give you a beauty boost. Take quiz

Private Beauty Sales this Week

Bare Escentuals at RueLaLa - Click here for a free private invitation

StriVectin sale at HauteLook - Click here for a free private invitation

Mally Beauty at Gilt Groupe - Click here for a free private invitation

Giveaway Break - Garnier Ultra-Lift Pro

Turn back the clock with Garnier's highly advanced formula that targets the advanced signs of agining - sagging and loss of definition in the facial contours - specifically targeting the problem areas of the neck, cheek and jaw-line for more sculpted and lifted skin.

Pro-Tense Technology - A new patent-pending skin lifting complex that improves skin's density and elasticity
Pro-Xylane from Beech Tree Extract - a patented anti-aging, eco-friendly Green Chemistry molecule that rebuilds skin's structure by plumping from deep within skin's surface layers
Soy Protein - boosts natural collagen production
Vitamin A - helps diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles

Price: $16.99 at drugstores, starting January 15th

***Giveaway***

Enter to win Garnier Ultra-Lift Pro Gravity Defying Cream!

Fill out the form below to win! For extra entries, you can sign up for my mailing list, post a link to this giveaway on your blog, follow my blog, follow me and retweet on Twitter , or become a fan on Facebook; just make sure to list the entries in your comment. Enter up to once a day!

This giveaway is open to US residents only. The contest will end on Friday, April 30th. I will randomly select ten (yes, 10!) lucky winners and announce them on Lipgloss Break, so keep checking to see if you're a winner - Good Luck!

Jessica Daydream Collection for Spring

Anyone else super excited that it's going to be in the 70's this week in Michigan???? I think that deserves a fist pump!

Check out my blurry pic of Jessica Daydream Collection for Spring, in Eyes Wide Open. I'll be posting more previews of this line later this week.

Eyes Wide Open is a bright orange-ish coral color, perfect for spring. I think I'm going to use it for my next pedicure.

IMAAGE Mineral Blush Review

Looking for blush to give you some glow for Spring? IMAAGE Mineral Blush contains skin loving minerals that are good for your skin and IMAAGE's revolutionary technology lasts for up to 16 hours.

I tried IMAAGE Mineral Blush in Sparkling Rose and loved the natural glow it gave me. It went on really smooth and lasted all day while at work. It blended really well and didn't streak. It's hypo-allergenic so you can use it with sensitive skin.

Note: This review includes products that I received as samples, provided by the brand company or a PR rep. Please click here for more information regarding my disclaimer.

Bath and Body Works Summer Vanillas

Bath and Body Works has launched their new Summer Vanilla scents, Berry Vanilla, Coconut Vanilla and Lemon Vanilla...check them out for $1 for the 2 oz size. I smell Summer...

Oprah's Fave Beauty Products, and Budget Swaps

Oprah’s Fave Beauty Products: Our Budget Swaps

Get penny-pinching versions of the beloved daytime diva’s coolest stuff

The beauty products on Oprah’s “Favorite Things” episodes are the dopest, but seriously, who has the dough for them? That’s why we did a round up of discounted alternatives of a few of her fave things. See products

Lancome Bronze Riviera Collection

Lancome is ready for the warm weather with its new summer collection, "Bronze Riviera," a mix of mineral blushes, bronzers and sheer glosses.

Some of the highlights....

Ageless Minérale Blush, $29.50 - Loose mineral blush, available in Sparkling Sand, Brilliant Berryand Luminous Rose

Tropiques Minérale Magic Bronzing Brush, $33 - Portable bronzing, available in Cuivre 01

Tropiques Minérale Bamboo Bronzer, $45 - The oversized bronzer is back, this time inTemptingly Bronze

Juicy Tubes 100% Natural Origin, $18 - These have 100% natural origin ingredients (such as honey), flavors and fragrances. Available in Pink Precious, Blushing Beauty, Rose Pretty andSheerfully Sweet

Le Vernis Nail Polish in Ms. Perfectly Pink, $18 - A chic fuchsia shade ideal for steamy summer days

Beauty Deals at Walmart

For one week only, Marcy 27 through April 2, Walmart.com is offering exclusive, unbeatable beauty deals on items from brands like Olay, Hard Candy, L'Oreal and Neutrogena, free shipping on all Beauty Value Week items (of which there are many!) and a special bonus Hard Candy lip gloss with every order. I absolutely love the Hard Candy line...check out my review.

Walmart will also be sharing special deals on their beauty page starting today.

Favorite Hair Products of the Month

If I don't include a hydrating or protective cream in my hair care routine, I pay for it with extremely dry hair. Because of highlighting and hard water, I have to do Malibu treatments every other week just to keep my blond hair blond. Those with blond hair and hard water know what I'm talking about! Here are some reviews on my latest favorite hair hydrating and smoothing creams, and frizz eliminators.
MOMO Anti-Frizz Protective Fluid
Davines has a collection called MOMO, MOre MOisture, made up of ultra-hydrating hair care. The line is designed specifically to moisturize and revitalize hair. I've been using the Anti-Frizz Protective Fluid before drying my hair and I really like how it makes my hair turn out. It doesn't weigh my hair down, and keeps it full and frizz-less. A little goes a long way. Made from grapefruit seed extract, the scent is sweet like grapefruit, but doesn't last too long after drying. If you're looking for a new hair moisturizer and anti-frizz serum, I would check this one out. It's going to remain a staple for me, especially throughout the Michigan humid summers. Retails at $21. Find a store that carries Davines near you.

MoroccanOil Hydrating Styling Cream
This smells soooo good. The whole line smells good, but the MoroccanOil Hydrating Styling Cream has a similar scent to men's cologne, but not as a strong, and lasts throughout the day. The orange colored cream is fairly thin, and I would use a little more of this than I would the MOMO fluid, maybe a nickel size amount. It provides a soft hold to my hair, without completely weighing it down. After blow drying, my hair is super soft but not weighed down, and still looking full. Retails at about $30 at several different online retailers and salons.

Herbal Essences Touch Me Softly
Kiss frizz away with Touch Me Softly, part of the Tousle Me Softly line of Herbal Essences. I like to use a small amount after blow drying and straightening my hair, to keep frizz away and to separate my ends and give them the 'messy' look. Retails for about $7.

S Factor Smoothing Lusterizer
I've been using this since college! First off, smells great. Second, it works great. This is a terrific straightener that won't weigh your hair down. Lately I have been purchasing my refills on Amazon, for around $11. I would shop around online. If you buy it in a salon, you'll probably pay twice as much.