What's New: Stila's Jewel Eye Shadow Palette

Ladies, are you tied of using the same old eye shadows and want to glam up your look? Well, take your eye look to a whole new level with Stila's new Jewel Eye Shadow Palette Quad! This Jewel Eye Shadow formula creates a wave of color that glimmers and sparkles across your lids for a brilliant, out-of-this-world, sequin-like reflection. This palette provides buildable, smooth-gliding color and the perfect blend of pigment, transparent talc, and pearl delivers a weightless feel on the eye.

This set contains:
- Rose Quartz (light pink with silver sparkle)
- Amethyst (grey eggplant with champagne sparkle)
- Black Diamond (black with silver sparkle)
- Golden Topaz (champagne shimmer with silver and gold sparkle)

You can purchase this palette for only $32 at Ulta.com.

"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"

Suzanna

Beauty Solutions: Dark Eye Makeup

Contrast is one great way to play up your eye color—no matter what it is. The idea behind this makeup strategy is to provide a "background" for eye color that will help make it stand out. This is a particularly useful way to go about daytime makeup application since it involves using neutral colors, but it can be employed for evening wear as well. It also works great if you want to emphasize another feature, such as your lips.

Dark eye makeup tends to compete with eye color, so to contrast successfully, using a light shade often works better. Those with blue or green eyes may want to use a light brown color as an eyeshadow for contrast, while brown-eyed ladies may want to try a sweep of light green or blue to make eye color pop. Depending on your shade of eye color, some tones may draw out the hue more than others, so a little "trial and error" may be needed as well—you’ll know when you get it right!


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"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"

Suzanna

Heartbreaker - You've Got the Best of Me

Paraben-free mineral makeup always makes my day, any day. This is the reason why I’m presenting to you Heartbreaker Cosmetics.

The shades are really awesome and the quality is unbeatable, but my spotlight goes to their amazing customer service. You can tell they take time to read your emails and answer to the best of their ability. They’re always nice and super fast answering any of your queries and they’re very professional - just the way it always should be.

Because their eyeshadows are silica free, they may seem a bit difficult to work with at first; especially if you’re not accustomed to using mineral makeup. However, because these eyeshadows are so insanely pigmented (in the best possible way, of course), you’ll quickly get used to working with them and they’ll deliver awesome results. All the collections and shade names have the funniest love-related names. Samples are sold at $1. When I received my 21 samples, I first thought there wasn’t much in the little bag. However, due to the pigmentation with most shades, you barely need to touch them to get enough color for both eyes (or cheeks) - so they’ll last you a long time.

Now, onto the good stuff: my favorite shades!

French Kiss is a butter cream shimmery shade that’s the best highlighter ever. It will flatter any eye color, skin color, and makeup shade. A light wash of this eyeshadow, brown, black or navy eyeliner and mascara and you’re out the door if you need to. Use it only in the inner corner and your eyes will look wide and alive.

Intrigue is a color best described as a “soft black/blue/green.” I admire anyone who can describe this color in one word, because I know I can’t. When used dry, it gives a wash of blue green, but when wet, it will appear intensely blue and green. An awesome lid color for a smoky eye with a twist or even a rocker-chick look.

If you have light or hazel eyes you should absolutely never pass on Better Off, a lovely matte shade. Heartbreaker Cosmetics says it’s a plum color and it is; however, I’d describe it as a red based purple that will ransform into a really intriguing and flattering color when applied wet or dry. I love it and it’s an absolute must have.

Seductris is supposed to be a liner but seriously, it’s the prettiest blue eyeshadow ever! The photo doesn’t do it any justice. When used dry, it is a very pretty medium blue with a hint of silver. When used wet it’s the most awesome metallic steel blue. I’m really impressed with this color - not to mention that I received a lot of compliments when I wore it.

Charmers are “glows”, which are highly shimery powders that you use all over. It will most definitely make you look like you're glowing from within. My favorite is Afterglow, which is a pinkish gold that will flatter most skin tones. Use it as a cheekbone highlighter, collar bone highlighter or mixed with your blush.


Use the eyeshadows with a nice creamy base and a super light hand and I’m absolutely sure you’ll love Heartbreaker's products as much as I do. Remember, you can purchase small samples if you'd like try them out first. A kit of 20 eyeshadows will run you $18 which isn't bad considering the quality.

"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"
Micky

Pencil Me In for Beautiful Eyes Contest!!!

'Antioxidant' has become quite a buzzword in the cosmetic world these days - and rightfully so!! The benefits that antioxidants can give your skin are absolutely astounding. Our skin takes a lot of abuse these days; especially from pollution and heavy sun exposure. Antioxidants can help reduce the effects and in some cases reverse the damages. You can get antioxidants in a variety of forms: in food, vitamins, moisturizers and now, even cosmetics!


Created by Linda Eisner, Pencil Me In Cosmetics offers a unique collection of eye pencils that are packed with vitamins and antioxidants that will help improve your skin. No longer do you have to add yet another step to your morning routine. All you have to do is replace your old eye shadows and liners with one of these eye pencils. simultaneously provide your body with some more necessary ingredients to fight all those nasty chemicals out there!


For those of us who need comprehensive cosmetic assistance (believe me, I know how daunting those makeup counters can be!), Pencil Me In makes it so easy to find the perfect color to compliment your personal style. Just pick the category that best fits you. From hair color to skin tone, to preferred look - Pencil Me In Cosmetics will offer you a list of liners that will suit all your beauty needs!


Fortunately, I had the opportunity to try out their eye pencils so I can personally attest to their greatness! The eye pencils have this amazing, creamy consistency which allowed for a smooth application and was perfect for smudging (Picture a brilliant smoky eye look). There's a wide selection of shades to choose from and each one was true to color; a characteristic that I'm really fond of. Each pencil cost $6.99 and came with a pencil sharpener built right into the cap! How perfectly simplistic was that?? Here were three of my favorite colors:



Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz would have loved this green eye pencil that's appropriately named Emerald City. I love how vibrant Emerald City looked against my pale skin. Every redhead should get this color immediately! I sharpened it until it formed a really sharp tip and then swept it across my upper lid for a thick, dramatic line. Then I used my finger to blend it across the rest of my lid, creating a really intense and unique color. I definitely see this as being a show-stopping color this fall!









Next, to get a great daytime look I used Sky. It is a heavily pigmented light, icy blue that will look wonderful during the winter months but also reminded me of a sweet robin's egg; making it a great spring shade as well.

To create a great evening look, I used Lapis. The pencil's creamy texture made it easy to apply and allowed me to get a really thick, even line across my lid. I used my fingers to blend the color across my lid which allowed me to control the intensity of the shade. What I loved most about this look was that it instantly allowed me to glam up my outfit for an evening out.




Thank goodness for this new cosmetic innovation! Finally, we can get a great look and still have peace of mind knowing that we're putting some much needed ingredients back into our bodies!

Fashionwithfifi.com is giving you a chance to win a set of free eye pencils from Pencil Me In Cosmetics!

Simply leave a comment stating why you would like to win and one lucky Fashion Circle Subscriber will win 6 free eye pencils (in Char-kohl, 24 Karat, One Cent, Champagne Sparks, Buff, and Mint Sparks) valued at $41.94.

Official Rules:

1) Contest is open to everyone. First you must be a member of the free to join "Fashion Circle" and be subscribed to Fashionwithfifi.com. Click Here: If you aren't already a free subscriber. Email subscription must be confirmed. There will only be one winner.

2) Next you'll need to leave a comment on this post telling us why you would like to win Pencil Me In's eye pencils.

3) Shipping is Free for all participants in the U.S. Winner from a country outside of the U.S. will have to pay for shipping. Shipping to P.O. Box is fine.

4) Contest runs from now, Tuesday, September 8, 2009 until Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Winner will be announced on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at Fashionwithfifi.com.

5) You must be 18 years or older to enter. Contestants under 18 will need a parent's consent in order to participate.

Be sure to enter and good luck!

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"Fashion Is Foremost Inspiration"

Erin