Beauty Under $10

Written by tiana in Make Up, Beauty, Bargins

Glam.com’s Top Ten Lip Balms Under $10

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I love lip gloss.  It’s the perfect touch to a natural look.  I wear lip gloss when I do laundry, I put it on before bed.  I’ve even been known to apply lip gloss before I get into the shower. I love it sooo much.  I haven’t found a “boyfriend” friendly lip gloss as of yet.  I get the constant complaining about how its to sticky, or tastes sweet or whatever, but I was on one of my most Favorite websites www.glam.com and they released their list of top ten lip balms under $10.  Fortunately, I have all ten of these lip balms and can give a solid and truthful review of them all.  Below are the top ten lip balms (in no particular order), prices and the online stores where you can purchase them.

1.) Bigelow Mentha Lip Shine / Breath Freshener $7.50 at bigelowchemists.com 

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I love Bigelow Mentha Lip Shine.  The mint gives your lips an extra kick its almost like an alarm clock for your mouth and feels cool and smooth on your lips.  I love to apply this in the morning, plus if you lick your lips it freshens your breath as well :-). You can also find this balm at your local Bath & Body Works store.

2.) Bliss Superbalm Lip Conditioner, SPF 15 $10 at beauty.com 

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I apply Bliss in the summer.  I am a Beach Bum and water baby by nature and on any given day in the summer I’ll sit on the Beach in Atlantic City or Sea Side all day and my lips and my skin take a beating, but Bliss really protects my lips from sunburn (Yes! lips get sun burn too) and chaffing because of the SPF 15 infused in the balm.  Plus its loaded with moisture glide which makes for less applications and it has mango and cocoa butters in it as well, so it smells really good.

3.) The Body Shop Almond Lip Butter $6 at thebodyshop.com 

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Lip Butters serve the same purpose as body butters.  Its a nice second coat on top of your lips which makes it an intensive moisturizer which prevents dryness and chap lips.  I apply this often and I always have a tub in the bottom of my “every day” hand bag.

4.) Rosebud Perfume Co. Smith’s Rosebud Salve $5.50 at beauty.com 

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I LOVE ROSES!  Rosebud lip balm is considered to be the elite of lip balms under $10.  Considered spa treatment for the lips….and I’d have to agree.

5.) Bare Escentuals Buzz Latte Lip Balm $8 at sephora.com 

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I’m usually not a fan of anything coffee flavored, but Buzz Latte is the exception.  This balm also gives your lips a rush and a kick of excitement and I usually apply this before I go out on the town with friends or in the dance club.  It has 17% shea butter and green coffee extract.  You can never be disappointed with natural products.

6.) philosophy Kiss Me $10 at sephora.com 

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Kiss Me…Please Kiss Me.  I love this lip balm.  Everytime I apply it I look for my boyfriend so I can plant one on him.  It makes your lips so soft and smooth and once you apply it your lips feel so good you want to kiss someone so they can feel how good your lips feel too.  Kiss Me is such an appropriate name for this balm.  It protects and soothes with vitamin E and also helps repair damaged chapped lips.

7.) Sephora SuperStars - Super Shield Lip Saver SPF 15 $5 at sephora.com 

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What can I say about Sephora?  They always have something I MUST HAVE.  Sephora Super Shield is much like Bliss where it protects your lips from the sun winter or summer.  Its a great switch up between Bliss and Super Shield.  This balm is a must have.

8.) Neutrogena Lip Moisturizer SPF 15 $3.29 at drugstore.com 

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Like all Neutrogena products this balm does exactly what it says.  It repairs damaged lips, it protects from the sun, it prevents chaffing and its much better than regular chapstick.  Its very simple and very light and can be applied whenever.

9.) H2O+ Lip Mender $10 at h2oplus.com 

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This is a SERIOUS lip quencher.  Have you ever been working out and about 10 minutes into it you need some water but don’t have any around, so instead you opt to continue working out for an hour and drink the water fountain afterwards.  Your body feels quenched, refreshed and rejuvenated.  That’s what H2O does to your lips.  It reduces fine lines and prevents chaffing.  Your lips haven’t felt a good lip balm until you’ve had H2O.

10.) Kiehl’s Since 1851 Lip Balm #1 Tube $5.50 at saks.com

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The perfect winter lip balm.  This balm protects your lips from the drying effects of wind and cold weather.  It repairs and protects damage chapped or cracked lips.  If you haven’t applied lip balm in a while I would recommend starting with Kiehl’s Lip Balm to recharge and nurse your lips back to health.

You should check out each of these balms and purchase one, more or all of them.  They are all worth the money and very affordable.  Your lips will thank you.

Tiana

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Has Fashion Gone To Far…

Written by tiana in Assessories, Beauty, International Fashion, Fashion for Body Type

WHAT IS THIS!?!?!

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I consider myself to be artsy/creative as well as being one of the most girliest girls walking the face of the earth, and with those characteristics comes a very well seasoned risk taker when it comes to my style of fashion.  I’ve been known to wear colors that you wouldn’t normally see together.  I’ve been known to where gym attire with a $475 hand bag and 6 inch stilettos.  I’ve been known to wear plaid and pleats even after they were considered “out of fashion”.  I’ve been known to wear an outfit and only match my make-up and shoes.  I’ve even been known to wear white shoes and pants after Labor Day.  With all of that I’m just not getting the idea behind all of this…

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These are all outfits from a selection of designers at London’s fashion week.  London has been named one of the fashion mecca’s of the world, but I find myself questioning that title when I see duds like this :-( .  Fashion has been compared often times to art and  YES!…YES!…YES!  I absolutely agree with that, but the difference between fashion and art is there is a point where Fashion can go way to far.  To the point where  if you find the average civilian who would wear something as shiteous as the outfits above they wouldn’t be able to wear it comfortably for longer than 10 minutes.  I praise the designer that can be creative and remain tasteful.  I have always been a fan of the risk takers in fashion like Jennifer Nicholson people who take chances on different colors, cuts, materials and looks.  People who can create an entire fall line using only the color black and still be creative enough to not look as though they’ve repeated a style.  I love fashion and I as well as my wallet will always be her biggest fan, but lately…Fashion HAS gone to far.

 

Tiana

 

These Photos and more can be found at www.elle.com

 

 

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M.A.C. The Mack Daddy of all Cosmetics

Written by tiana in Make Up, Assessories, Beauty, Chick Chatting

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Max Factor, Maybelline, Revlon, L’Oreal, Lancome and Covergirl…what do you think of when you hear these brand names.  MAKE-UP!  These are the most vocal make-up brands in the world.  We see their faces on the run-way, in magazines and on commercials, but yet a large amount of the women all over the world choose to “M.A.C. it up”.  I have been using M.A.C. Cosmetics (owned by Estée Lauder) since I was 22 and the looks you can achieve with this make-up are astounding.  Now….applying make-up truly is an art form.  M.A.C. keeps their product current often by releasing new products as well as discontinuing products they’ve already released due to the fact that faces change, complexions change and the women/men who wear the make-up change. 

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Barbie Loves M.A.C. is the newest line released by M.A.C. Cosmetics and a stampede of frantically charged women flooded their nearest M.A.C. store and online market to be the first of soon to be millions of women to flaunt the Barbie look.  Barbie loves M.A.C. made its debut on February 13th and on February 13th at 9:45AM a young make-up whore went to her local M.A.C. store (I took an early lunch, the store opens at 9:00am) which is two Philadelphia city blocks from her job; to purchase her Barbie loves M.A.C. personal supply. I’ve built somewhat of a close relationship with one or more of the M.A.C. employees as I buy at least $130 worth of make-up once a week, so when I walked in I was sure they had one of everything set aside for me.  I asked my main helper (let’s call him “Tom” for privacy purposes) for a Barbie loves MAC eye shadow in the “Playful” shade.  I was told that they were sold out and I could be put on the waiting list for that particular eye shadow.  There’s a waiting list for “Playful” eye shadow and if I were to want a shadow in another shade I would have to be put on a separate waiting list for that shadow as well.  Wait…WHAT!!!!  Stop the presses…a waiting list?!?!  I grabbed Tom by the collar and said “Tom, you knew I’d be in why didn’t you set anything aside!” He said, “I know, I tried, but we were just so overwhelmed and people started offering more than the purchase price for the products, so we had to sell what we were holding for you” I gave him a look of disgust and failure.  The make-up whore I thought he once was had been reduced to a mere M.A.C. employee in the matter if 10 seconds.  I dropped my head in sadness and walked out of the store without doing my normal rounds of hellos and goodbyes.  When I returned to my office I got online to see if I could purchase a few “can’t live without” colors from the online store.  I am more than against making purchases online unless it is absolutely necessary and that day it was ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!  I got online and to my dismay, they were sold out as well, in every single color.  What a disappointment. 

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It is now February 28th and Barbie Loves M.A.C. has been on sale for 16 days.  I went to my local store and still no eye shadow in the “Playful” shade.  I looked online again and was greeted by a “SOLD OUT” message next the…you guessed it….the eye shadow in the “Playful” shade.  I’m normally a playful kind of girl, but not today, no today I’m still saddened by the fact that M.A.C. knows they have millions of customers, but didn’t think it was important enough to make more eye shadows to accommodate the people who show up at the store 45 minutes after opening time.  I’ll be a M.A.C. Make-Up whore until my face will no longer accept make-up, but I was let down this week.  I’m sure my mood will change as soon as I get my “Playful” shade of eye shadow, but until that time I’m holding the grudge.

That’s all for today my fellow fashion whores….until next time!

Tiana

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