Sweet Stuff: What I Want!

With the summer coming to an end all I can think about are boots, jackets, cool weather, sweaters, and obviously new makeup and nailpolish!

Let's start with a sweet deal, the Kat Von D eyeshadow palettes available through Sephora are on sale from $34 to $24 (all but the newest palette). If you remember I reviewed Metal Orchestra a few months ago, which I think would be great for the fall and winter but I also think True Love and Ludwig would be good palettes that are mixed with neutral colors.

OPI's Swiss Collection is already in stores and I cannot wait to check it out! You can take a peak here on Amazon but I'd really suggest checking the colors out in person. The collection is full of metallics, beautiful shades of red, and even some greens and plums thrown in. I think there is definitely something for everyone in this OPI collection.

Now you know we are huge Nars blush fans, but have you guys ever tried their eyeshadows? They are gorgeous and they come out with different shades pretty often. The Fall 2010 collection can be found here. The purple eyeshadow Daphne is to die for. It is such a beautiful and vibrant shade that would go great with brown eyes. I am also very into the Palladium Soft Touch Shadow Pencil from Nars. The metallic blue would be a great pop of color lining the lids.

Ladies who love mascara, this is a deal you can't miss. Ten deluxe sample-size bottles of mascara for $27 from Sephora. The LashStash Mascara Deluxe Sampler has Urban Decay, Korres, and Tarte mascaras to name a few.

Hope you all have a great holiday weekend!

-M

Sweet Deals and Summer Essentials

Hey sweet ladies and a special hello to all of our new readers/followers! It has been a while since we did our Sweet Deals post so I’m gonna hook you all up with some cool finds. I also want to share a few things in particular that I am dying to get soon! We also thought it would be nice to do a quick Summer Essentials post, provide some links to old reviews for a few things you might want to take with you on your beach trips this weekend and for the next 3 months!



Of course the number 1 essential for all of us (and it isn’t eyeliner!) is definitely sunscreen. I don’t need to tell you how important it is to protect your skin from damaging UV rays so I’m not going to. But I will tell you that I think you are crazy if you don’t at least use a daily moisturizer with a minimum of SPF 15. A favorite moisturizer is the Aveeno Ultra-Calming Daily Moisturizer that comes in SPF 15 and SPF 30. If you are like me and get freckles when you are out in the sun for 5 minutes go for the 30! One of the best sunscreens hands down is the Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunblock which comes in many different levels of SPF protection. I’ve been using this for years and you can definitely use it in place of a daily moisturizer if you plan to spend the day out in the sun.



Here is where one of the products I’m lusting for comes in. Sephora’s Sun Safety Kit is a bundle of products that are all designed to protect your skin from the sun. This kit is packed with lotions, sunscreens, powders, and primers in small sample sizes that will be great to travel with. It is all packaged nicely in a hot pink carrying case. The best part about this is that all proceeds of this $25 kit go to The Skin Cancer Foundation. Thank you Sephora for making us pretty and making donations.

So we have the protecting our skin part covered, but what about having a little bit of a glow? I’ve worn a dress to work two days in a row and I’m pretty sure I’ve blinded all of my coworkers with my pale-as-milk legs so I need a little color! I’ve tried some self tanners or those lotions that are supposed to gradually build a glow with a hint of color but I literally am either too lazy or feel like you need a base tan for these things to work. After doing a little research I found that the Olay Body Touch of Sun Daily Body Lotion has some pretty decent reviews. I think I’m going to pick some up either at a store or through Amazon. Have you guys had any luck with any of these kinds of lotions? I’d love some suggestions!

Speaking of glowing let’s talk about bronzer. This beautiful bronzer from MAC’s To the Beach collection is really lovely including the compact it comes in.

From the same collection I would not mind having any of these lipsticks especially Beachbound and Thrills.

An essential for me when I go to the pool or beach is this detangler. I use Johnson’s No More Tangles detangler spray, which is for kids but works find on adults too! You can also pick up any generic kid’s detangler spray because I know they work the same. This kind of thing only costs about $4-5 at the most so it is definitely worth having around.

Now here is a sweet deal! 30% your entire purchase by Tarte cosmetics on their site, just enter the promo code GGAD at the end of your purchase. This is a great deal, I have reviewed a bunch of Tarte products before so you know I’m loyal! I am dying to try their natural lipstain LipSurgence.


Don't forget your sunglasses!!

Have a great holiday weekend! And stay tuned because we have an exciting giveaway coming soon to celebrate a blog landmark for Tori and I! Follow us and have a chance to find out what this giveaway is, I promise it’ll be worth it!

-M

Sweet Stuff

Hey guys we have some cool newz! We created a Facebook fan page for everyone who can't get enough of the blog already--or we hope...lol. Check out the Sweet Glow Beauty Page on Facebook!

(Click here and it will take you to the page!)
On our Facebook fan page we are planning on having discussions, links to some cool makeup products we find, promotion codes, and we really want to get to know our readers better! For anyone who is comment shy on the blog, the Facebook page might be a better place for you guys to tell us about some products you have tried or things you want us to try. We keep hearing our friends tell us about product they have bought that we reviewed in the past or products their friends have bought since we gave them positive reviews, so we want to know your experiences (and, yes, we are enablers).

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Another somethin new: Sometimes it is hard to take a photo of us wearing the makeup we are reviewing that day. Trust me, taking pictures of your eyelids can be really hard. So every once in a while when we are having a particularly good makeup day with some products we have previously reviewed, we are going to post some pictures. For example:


Products I'm wearing: Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion, Tarte eyeshadow (not from this palette), MAC Penultimate Eye Liner, Benefit A Litte Bit BADgal Lash Mascara, and you can hardly see it here but I have Nars Deep Throat Blush on as well.


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And because you read this whoooole thing, here is a really sweet deal that you probably shouldn't pass up! Ulta.com is offering 40% Revlon, Almay, Maybelline, and Ulta cosmetics here! You also get 3 free samples with all orders and not to mention $3.50 off any purchase of $10 or more by using the code: 40140. Yeah here we go again, enabling.

-M & T