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Snob Steals and Deals: Too Faced Decade of Glamour

By Beauty Snob Christy on November 20, 2009 6:00 AM | Leave Comment

Now isn't this the cutest little make up kit you've ever seen? Too Faced celebrated its 10 year anniversary with the Too Faced Decade of Glamour Beauty Wardrobe Makeup Collection. It comes with its most popular products for the past 10 years. This is a great try me kit for Too Faced, or I'm thinking of giving it as gifts to the younger ones in my family. It's cute just to display on their dresser, and I love the silhouette of the girl in the bronzer/blush. The products are all deluxe sample size but for $19.50 for a $195 value who can go wrong? It's got a variety of color and product so this is great for the experimenting beginner or the beauty lover like us!

Get it at Sephora for $19.50.

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Guerlain 'Meteorites Voyage' Pressed Powder

By Beauty Snob Christy on November 19, 2009 12:02 PM | 2 Comments

I had been given the Guerlain 'Meteorites Voyage' Pressed Powder as a gift from one of my managers, and instantly fell in love with it. I love everything about Guerlain. It all just seems so luxurious to me. And this compact is no exception. It has that beautiful classic design on the top and is made of heavy metal. The powder inside is refillable so you don't always have to keep investing in the whole product. It's translucent, and I like to put it on just a bare face on lazy days. It helps just make my skin look perfect and natural. The secret is in the color spheres: Mauve attracts light, green tones down redness, pink imparts a healthy glow, gold and pearl create highlights, and white brightens. She also gave me this beautiful matching retractable brush, where the bristles are dyed to match the meteorites, but I don't think they sell it anymore. You can get it at Nordstroms for $160, and that's with the compact and the powder. The Guerlain Meteorites Compact Refills
are $55.

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New UK Line: Illamasqua

By Beauty Snob Sharon on November 19, 2009 6:00 AM | 1 Comment

I'm not the biggest MAC fan. I love that they have really strong vibrant eye colors, but every so often the skin around my eyes will become red and a bit swollen. My skin seems to be too sensitive for their heavy makeup and it's too bad of course, because MAC has some of the richest colors. To that end, I was getting ready to go out at my friend's apartment a few weeks ago and saw that she was applying a bright pink shadow (she's an actress so she likes that dramatic flair!), and I was surprised that the shade she was applying wasn't one from MAC. The brand she was using was Illamasqua and they're a UK line that just launched in the US. The line has a HUGE range of products and they include some of the most vibrant shades I've ever seen - bold, bright, neon heaven! That said, they also have an endless array of more traditional shades (no matter the shade though everything is very richly pigmented). More after the jump!

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Cle de Peau Gentle Cleansing Foam

By Beauty Snob Tina on November 17, 2009 12:00 PM | Leave Comment

When the weather goes from 78 to 35 over night, it's time to pull out my most gentle and face saving products. I save Cle de Peau's Gentle Cleansing Foam for the extreme days (hot or cold) because it really helps my skin retain moisture. And yes, it's kind of pricey but so worth it cuz the tube lasts forever. I love how it foams up, it's a soft and rich texture yet removes all traces of face make up (I do have to remove mascara with my Almay eye make up remover pads but that's cuz I layer so many coats). As gentle as it is, it really does some serious deep cleaning, especially around the T-zone area.

You're supposed to use a make up remover before this but I don't wear much powder or foundation so this is all I need at night. I also use it on my T-zone in the mornings to remove that shiny greasy residue I get when I wake up each morning.

Remember to only use a tiny drop, it's all you need to make lots of foam! $60 at Neiman Marcus.

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Estee Lauder Opulent Shimmer Powder

By Beauty Snob Sharon on November 17, 2009 6:00 AM | Leave Comment

I previewed Estee Lauder's Opulent Shimmer Powder ($32) a few months back at a Holiday Preview that Estee Lauder hosted and have been dying to write about it ever since. Finally it's out! I've been applying matte foundation and then sweeping my face with this powder -- saying it creates luminous skin is an understatement. My friend Flavia had an all-girls dinner party the other night and so many of my girlfriends wanted to know what I had on my face. Even when blemished this powder makes your skin look healthy with a natural shine. It's a bargain at $32 because you really just need two quick swoops on your face (I use it lightly all over my face, but it works as a highlighter as well). A few of my friends have picked this up after seeing me wear it and it works on variety of skin tones (finally a one-shade-fits-all that delivers!).

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Shu Uemura Nobara Cream Cover Stick

By Beauty Snob Tina on November 6, 2009 12:00 PM | Leave Comment

I am one of those people who hoard things in their car (I could never live in Taipei or New York again because where would I put all my STUFF?). Open my console and you'll find a make up bag with a spare set of my can't live without items for times I need freshening up. My problem is the heat in Texas melts everything so I only keep lip gloss, handcream and sunscreen in there during the summertime. Now that it's cooler, I can stash up again-- with items like this Nobara Cream Cover Stick Foundation from Shu Uemura. This is a stick version of the cult favorite featuring a new formulation that's supposed to make it more flawless-- it looks the same to me though I do like the convenience of a stick foundation. I played with this at Shu Uemura and loved how easily it glides on! It comes in 13 shades which confused me, I actually need two different colors to make the perfect shade but then it'd cost almost $100 so I just walked away and will wait until I'm out of my current stick foundation. You should try this if you're looking for a stick foundation-- $42.00 at Shu Uemura.com

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Jane Iredale Liquid Minerals

By Beauty Snob Sharon on November 5, 2009 6:00 AM | Leave Comment

I went to the Eco-Luxe Expo a few weeks ago and stumbled across Jane Iredale. I mean how could I not be intrigued by this liquid mineral foundation!? Priced at $46 it comes in 18 shades and the beads you see suspended in the packaging are liposomes entrapping liposomes (basically small bubbles that contain active ingredients to treat skin). So in addition to imparting color to your face, the foundation helps minimize the size of pores and helps diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles (think Freeze 24-7). The spheres are suspended in a gel of aloe vera, lavender flower water, and vegetable glyucerin. The whole thing looks pretty sci-fi, but it applies just like regular foundation and the formulation is surprisingly lightweight and soothing (maybe it's the lavender...). Jane Iredale is pretty widely available, so I would suggest heading to a store and playing around with this foundation to find your perfect color -- with 18 colors to choose from odds are you can definitely hit the nail on the head and match your complexion.

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The Cure Serum from Natura Bisse and September Giveaway!

By Beauty Snob Tina on November 4, 2009 1:00 PM | 109 Comments

CONGRATS to Teresa W. of Portland, Oregon for winning this give away! Enjoy your products!!!

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Snob or Scam? Lancôme Oscillation Power Foundation

By Beauty Snob Tina on November 3, 2009 12:00 PM | 2 Comments

Ôscillation Power foundation, Lancôme's latest vibrating makeup, is self touted do-it-all foundation. I bought into the vibrating mascara last year but realized after 3 uses that the vibration actually made the mascara dry. Granted, this has SPF 21-- among the highest on the market but does a vibrating applicator make it a smoother more natural finish?

The applicator delivers 7,000 micro-oscillations per minute, which is said to help spread the powder evenly across your skin and buff it down to a matte finish. I will have to try this out to see if it delivers as promised. Have you tried this? What do you think? Lancome 'Oscillation Powerfoundation' Micro-Vibrating. Polishing. Mineral Make-up. SPF 21 here. $48

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Frugal Snob: Uni K. Wax

By Beauty Snob Sharon on November 3, 2009 6:00 AM | Leave Comment

I don't think I've ever spent less than $50 for a bikini wax, so I was a very wary about Uni.K.Wax Centers and their $19 full bikini wax. Would the room be clean? Do they double-dip? How in the world is it under $20!? Well -- there is NO double dipping and every customer has their own individual canister of wax. The wax is made in-house which helps keep costs down and it's specially formulated to be all-natural and elastic so it acts as the strip itself. The wax is also applied at your body temperature, so there is no chance you will get burned which brings me back to my initial question - how do they keep their prices so low? Volume! The Midtown NYC salon waxes about 600 people A DAY!!! It's super-clean and the woman who waxed me had 10 years experience. As long as you don't mind elastic wax (versus strips), there's no difference between this spot and Completely Bare, Bliss or any of the comparable spas. If you're still not convinced to try this frugal wax, the fact that Beyonce and Cameron Diaz are fans might sway you:-)

There are 20 Uni.K.Wax Centers locations including ones in New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and all parts of Florida including the Miami/Fort Lauderdale area, Palm Beach County, Tampa, Orlando and Gainesville.

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