Guest Post: How To Take Care of Lips

Lip care is so important year round and not many people know how important it really is. I love having soft and smooth lips and here is how to achieve it! 

1. Exfoliate your lips once a week- Exfoliating is super important because it gets all of the dead skin off of your lips. You can buy these at places like Lush and Bath and Body Works. You can also make your own with brown sugar, white sugar, and olive oil.

2. Moisturize after exfoliating- This seems like a no brainer but after you exfoliate your skin is dry so it is essential to moisturize with a good chapstick or lip balm. My favorite is plain old carmex or nivea kiss of smoothness.

3. When you go in the sun use SPF- You use sunscreen on your body so why not use it on your lips? It is important to have a lip balm with SPF because the oil in the lip balm will burn your lips so you need some SPF to counteract the oil.

Follow these rules and you will be on your way to having soft kissable lips soon! Hopefully you learned something new and be sure to check out my blog at http://bloomwithbeauty.blogspot.com/! 

Review: 100% Pure Cosmetics

About the Brand:

100% Pure are the first and only cosmetics colored from antioxidant rich fruit and vegetable pigments. While other color cosmetics are colored with either synthetic dyes or minerals, only 100% Pure Cosmetics are colored with fruit and vegetable pigments (patents pending)! All the antioxidants and vitamins are in the pigments, so you will be applying all the healthy nutrients of the fruits directly on your skin.

 Fruit Pigment Lip & Cheek Stain:

Description From The Website:

100% Natural formula was designed to be used as a cream blush and a lip tint. Pure fruit pigments in a base of skin and lip softening and moisturizing shea and cocoa butters. Highly concentrated with anti-aging vitamins and antioxidants

My Opinion:

I am a huge fan of natural products whether its skin care, hair care or makeup products. And also i am a sucker for cream blushers and i have always loved my cream blushes more then the powder ones because i think they look a lot more natural, These blushes are really nice quality, they give such a natural and dewy glow to my cheeks and as a bonus these are really good for my skin as well because they are packed with all natual antioxidants. The staying power is also great which is a bit hard to find when it comes to cream blushes! I have normal to combination skin and i did't had any problem of getting oily cheeks or clogged pores or breakouts .

On my lips its not as moisturizing as a lipstick but they are not so much drying either, just make sure your lips are properly moisturized before applying this to your lips.

FRUIT PIGMENTED TAHITI SATIN EYE SHADOW:

Description From The Website:

One of our Island Inspired creamy eye shadows that will make your eyes sparkle! Smooth and velvety eye shadows leave your eyelids soft, moisturized and nourished with vitamins, antioxidants and other nutrients that are good

for your skin. 100% Natural formula is free of chemical preservatives, artificial fragrances, synthetic chemicals and are colored with the pigments from antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables.

 My Opinion:

Tahiti is a really pretty shimmery champagne color and it looks quite similar to MAC's bare study paint pot and i adore MAC paint pots in fact i love cream eye shadows! And this particular one is quite unique product because it is also said to be made from fruit and vegetable pigments. It looks great if applied alone or as a base for powder eye shadows. I didn't had any problem of creasing with these. The staying power is pretty descent, they are not as long lasting as a MAC paint pot but they can stay in place for all day if applied over a primer.

Swatches:

Overall Thoughts:

I think the concept of this brand is quite unique and the products have really nice quality so these are are really worth trying.

Ratings:

Texture:★★★★★

Pigmentation:★★★★☆

Packaging:★★★★★

Application:★★★★★

Staying Power:★★★★☆

Affordability: ★★★★☆

Overall Rating: ★★★★☆

Availability:

Both products retails for US$15.OO at 100percentpure.com. 

So has anyone tried anything from this line? Anyone a fan? I hope my review was helpful! Don't forget to leave your comments below :)

XOXO

Press Release: Jessica Lowndes top beauty tips for Isklar Norwegian glacial natural mineral water

·         I always drink lots of water it is probably the best beauty tip that I was given – when I’m in the UK I drink Isklar

·         I love dramatic eyes for my night time look so I always use Laura Mercier cream eye shadow and L’Oreal voluminous mascara to give my lashes lots of volume

·         I like body lotions and perfume that are sweet smelling- anything that smells like cake is a favourite of mine

·         I’ve just been introduced to Bare Minerals makeup on my trip to the UK and it’s great because it doesn’t clog your pores and allows your skin to breathe

·         Whilst in the UK I’ve been introduced to Givenchy lipstick in sweet shine, this is a great lipstick colour that can be worn in daytime or with smoky eyes for night time look

·         For a great glow I like to use Armani cream blush duo- gives a great sun kissed look without being too much

·         It’s really important in summer to keep your skin hydrated so I love to use Dermologica cream on my face

Get the glacial look

• Bare essentials foundation helps skin to breathe whilst giving great coverage. There are several shades to suit all skin types


• Max effect Trio eye shadows have a range of great colours –Precious Metals can create a great look on blondes and brunettes and Over the Ocean is fantastic on those who have olive or black skin types


• L’Oreal voluminous mascara creates thick luscious lashes as seen on Jessica


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Celebrity Make-up artist Francesca Neill used:

• Mac strobe cream mixed in with foundation to get the iridescent dewy base on the models.


• Vanilla pigment from Mac to get the icy effect on the eyes and also on the cheek bones as highlighter.


• White eye liner from Shu Uemura to give the fresh wide eyed look


• Orgasm blush from Nars


• Zoom fast black mascara from Mac

Approved credit which must be used if using the tips:

Jessica Lowndes is Isklar's ambassador for their "Let's do different" campaign