Lipgloss Break

The Fresh Air Fund

The Summer of 2011 is approaching fast! The Fresh Air Fund is in need of loving host families. The Fresh Air Fund is a non-profit agency that has provided summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City children from low-income communities since 1877. Nearly 10,000 New York City children enjoy free Fresh Air Fund programs annually.

In 2010, The Fresh Air Fund's Volunteer Host Family program, called Friendly Town, gave close to 5,000 New York City boys and girls, ages six to 18, free summer experiences in the country and the suburbs. Volunteer host families shared their friendship and homes up to two weeks or more in 13 Northeastern states from Virginia to Maine and Canada.  

Thanks to host families who open up their homes for a few weeks each summer, children growing up in New York City’s toughest neighborhoods have experienced the joys of Fresh Air experiences.

To learn more about becoming a host please go to http://www.freshair.org/host-a-child.aspx or call (800) 367-0003!

Anastasia Master Classes

Want to learn how to master the brow arch? Anastasia Beverly Hills stores, counters and studios have master classes you can sign up for and get a one on one lesson on how to master the perfect arch.

Features and benefits of the class:

Customer receives a customized Brow Shaping and consultation
Learn which brow products and colors work best for you
Learn tips and shortcuts for applying quick brows
Look and feel beautiful with your brow shape!

Check out Anastasia's site for events near you!

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For you local Michigan ladies, check out the event next weekend at Somerset!
Master Class Event May 7th from 10-5pm
Nordstrom Somerset
2850 West Big Beaver Road
Troy, MI 48084
Please call Nordstrom's at (248) 816-5100 and ask for the Anastasia Studio to book your appointment

Beauty App Tuesday

I'm blogging from 10,000 miles high! I'm en route to SFO for work. On flight internet is absolutely amazing!

For those who know me personally, know how much I love my Android phone :) I'm connected to it for work, social networking, texting and of course, apps. There are some fun beauty related apps that I'd love to share...every Tuesday! Beauty App Tuesday kicks off today!

OPI app for iPhone, iPad & iPod touch

OPI has an app that allows you to virtually try on their various nail polish shades. It allows you to change the skin color of your virtual hand so you can get a more realistic view of how the colors will look on you. The only complaint listed is that it's not update with the latest collections....guess you'll have to take your chances with those shades :) It's a free app - download it from iTunes.

Beauty Product Reviews by Total Beauty
Fun, free app from Total Beauty. Browse over 280,000 reviews on over 45,000 beauty products. Beauty products aren't cheap - do your reserach first and see what others are saying! Get this app free from iTunes or the Android Market.

And the Winners Are...

Goody Retro set - garrettsambo
L'Athene Primesse Essential Facial Cleanser - lmariegrimm
EnvyDerm - dawnm90

NARS Summer 2011 Collection

NARS has it's summer line out...now we just need some summer weather!

Available beginning April 15^th at narscosmetics.com, the NARS Summer 2011 collection includes:

CAP FERRAT TRIO EYESHADOW, $45 - Icy sea foam, silver green, and icy turquoise

DOGON DUO EYESHADOW, $33 - Metallic taupe with icy green sheen; charcoal black

EXOTIC DANCE DUO EYESHADOW, $33 - Metallic white with silver sheen; metallic gold

QUEEN SOFT TOUCH SHADOW PENCIL, $24 - Citrus gold glitter

NEW ORDER HIGHLIGHTING BLUSH, $27 - Soft pink with gold and silver shimmer

WONDER LIP GLOSS, $24 - Sheer mandarin orange with pink and gold shimmer

MAYFLOWER LIPSTICK, $24 - Sheer shimmering raspberry

BOLERO VELVET MATTE LIP PENCIL, $24 - Pink cantaloupe

CARTHAGE PURE MATTE LIPSTICK, $25 - Hot pink

KISMET NAIL POLISH, $17 - Metallic sunflower

ÉCUME NAIL POLISH , $17 - Opaque white

Total Beauty Post - Dramatic Hair Color Makeovers

Dramatic Hair Color Makeover

See how one busy working mom got a major boost in confidence with this chic new color

This is a TotalBeauty.com makeover article

With a demanding work life, and an even more demanding 2-year-old at home, Beth needed a cut and color that would help her look more polished and put-together -- without taking a ton of time. So we called in our team of experts at the Warren-Tricomi salon to give her a new low-maintenance 'do.

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Lady Gaga on cover of Harper's Bazaar

Lady Gaga graces Harper's Bazaar's May cover, and in the interview, the provocative pop star opens up about her body, fashion statements, her stand on plastic surgery, and more. Please see attached for the cover and inside photos and full story, and below for a few highlights from the interview.

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For the provocative pop star, all the world’s a stage. Why? Because she was born that way.

“I have never had plastic surgery, and there are many pop singers who have. I think that promoting insecurity in the form of plastic surgery is infinitely more harmful than an artistic expression related to body modification.”

“I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.”

She says that once she had become a household name—after winning Grammys, after wrestling with Madonna on Saturday Night Live, after countless magazine covers—she felt pressured to move to the pop-culture mecca that is Los Angeles. “I had all these number-one records, and I had sold all these albums, and it was sort of this turning point: Am I going to try and embrace Hollywood and assimilate to that culture?” Suffice to say, it didn’t work out. “I put my toe in that water, and it was a Kegel-exercise vaginal reaction where I clenched and had to retract immediately,” she says in a very vivid metaphor. “I ran furiously back to New York, to my old apartment, and I hung out with my friends, and I went to the same bars.”

Gelac Looking Glass swatch

Giving Gelac a second try! Tina did my nails in Looking Glass on Saturday. I already have a 'break' in one of the nails that I'll have to try and file down. Gelac just seems so much thinner than Shellac. Looking Glass, although it's a pretty sheer color, didn't full cover my nails.

MAC Quite Cute Pinball game

M∙A∙C Cosmetics has developed a virtual pinball application for their Facebook Page, to coincide with the launch of their Quite Cute Collection “Quite Cute Pinball” represents the first time a beauty brand has engaged its community through a Facebook pinball game, and it’s one that M∙A∙C’s 1.6 million fans are sure to enjoy.

“Quite Cute Pinball" is a retro-fun pinball game based on Japan’s youthful culture of cute. The game centers on the whimsical pastel shades and offbeat icons of the M∙A∙C Quite Cute collection, and will be housed in a dedicated tab on the M∙A∙C Cosmetics Facebook page. “Quite Cute Pinball” is easy to play, the kind of game anyone can pick up in a snap. There is a main board as well as two bonus levels of cute to unlock, and players can chart their ranking among their friends and the Facebook community as a whole. Players can also invite friends to join in and share their accomplishments via newsfeed, including scores, special pinballs unlocked and bonus gameboards unlocked. All your friends will know when you totally dominate the scoreboard – in the cutest way possible, of course.

To play, visit http://www.facebook.com/MACcosmetics?sk=app_130940390307919 on the M∙A∙C Cosmetics Facebook Page. Have fun!

Total Beauty Post - Best Skin Sloughing Body Scrubs

18 Best Skin Sloughing Body Scrubs

The secret to super-soft skin? A great body scrub. See reviews on Neutrogena products, Clinique and more

This is a TotalBeauty.com body article

Dry skin is a year-round problem, but an amazing body scrub sloughs off flakes, leaving your skin hydrated. Read these reader recommendations to find one that'll work best for you.

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No. 18: Philosophy Hot Salt Tub and Shower Scrub, $25

TotalBeauty.com average member rating: 8.7