iMakeupIdeas expands coverage on beauty, fashion, skin care, blogging, social networking.

BOULDER - August 25 - iMakeupModel (http://imakeupmodel.com) expands coverage on beauty, fashion, skin care, blogging, social networking.
Topics include:
- Daily Makeup Model Photos
- Daily iDeas
- Makeup Artisans
- Fashion Designers
- Skincare
- Hot Models
- Magazines
and other topics, noted Tom Cross CEO.
There are already more than 20 top bloggers, 30 different shopping sites, 20 MakeupArtisans and adding more site links daily.
The website is http://imakeupmodel.com

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iMakeupModel develops iPhone4 beauty apps such as iCompactMirror and iMakeupMirror (http://www.icompactmirror.com and http://imakeupmirror.com). Designed for the "girl on the go," the iCompactMirror App turns your phone into a lighted mirror with zoom. With the iCompactMirror, the always "in hand" iPhone4 eliminates handbag clutter and can be used anywhere you go! iCompactMirror, available on the new iPhone4 brings the portability of a makeup mirror to your phone.

Users echo the same sentiment, “this cool app makes touch up easy," Lauren.
"I’m always on the go and iCompactMirror puts a mirror in my hand anytime," Erin - triathlete.
"At night, in bars, in the restroom, on the plane . . ., I can touch up my face anywhere," Leslie.
"The iCompactMirror lighting options makes checking makeup easy so I can always look my best!"
“It’s the only mirror that lets you see yourself as you really are, as glass mirrors reverse the image.”
"I can't live without it, let's me see me and spy on the boys around me with my iMakeupMirror,"
"So cool, so fast, so in your face."
"F-- this is an exciting app," this just-in about the new iMakeupMirror app for the iPhone4.
“iMakeupMirror is the quintessential makeupmirror."
"I'm always checking my makeup and the iMakeupMirror app is always in my hand."

Starting at $.99 cents, the iCompactMirror or iMakeupMirror is the best investment a girl can make to keep that fresh appearance all day and night. iCompactMirror and iMakeupMirror are available on the new iPhone4 today.

Click here to buy: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imakeupmirror/id379186264?mt=8

Daily makeup photos and ideas can be found at http://www.imakeupmirror.com.

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From BeautyDebutante -- Skincare Review: Lily Organics Skincare

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Skincare Review: Lily Organics Skincare

by Joey on August 23, 2010

Lily Morgan has made farming (she’s a seventh-generation farmer!) and eco-friendly skincare her life’s work. Lily Organics, Morgan’s skincare company, was started in 1986 and is the only skincare company in the country that grows its own ingredients on a USDA-certified organic farm and makes its products fresh evert week on an on-site, FDA-inspected laboratory. Impressive, no? The entire line aims to be as unobtrusive on the environment as possible while providing customers with potent products that work without adding synthetic, chemical ingredients.

After reading about Lily Morgan, her farm, and her skincare line, I was eager to try her products. Lily Organics skincare products are separated into three categories: Sensitive Skin Type/Unscented, Dry/Mature Skin Type, and Normal/Oily Skin Type. I received three products from the Normal/Oily Skin Type, plus one additional product:

Seaweed Balancing Facial Cleanser – Lily Organics describes this cleanser as one that tones, detoxifies, balances, and cleanses the skin. It contains water, seaweed, almond oil soap, essential oils (lavender, rosemary, sage, tea tree), vitamin E, lemon juice, and citrus seed extract. I thought this was a nice, basic cleanser. It didn’t really remove my eye makeup, but it didn’t dry out my skin. However, it wasn’t terribly moisturizing either. I preferred to use this during the day, as my morning face wash. I will note, though, that this cleanser has an incredibly strong scent – it smells exactly like Vicks Vapor Rub! This retails for $20.79 for the 3.4 fl.oz bottle, $7.39 for the 1 oz. bottle, and $4.39 for the 1/2 oz. trial sized bottle.



Seaweed Balancing Facial Toner – The toner is described as helping to nourish and tone the skin. I actually found the toner to be more moisturizing than the facial cleanser, which was interesting. It softened my skin wonderfully, and helped clear off excess oils and grime without drying out my skin. My face glowed after I used this! This toner contains purified water, aloe, witch hazel, lily flower, glycerin, essential oils (sage and lavender) and a huge assortment of certified organic plants and flowers, including elderberries and chamomile. This retails for $16.79 for the 3.4 fl.oz bottle, $7.39 for the 1 oz. bottle, and $4.39 for the 1/2 oz. trial sized bottle.

Oil-Free Skin Conditioning Serum – This product was very interesting, I thought. Lily Organics describes it as a serum that conditions and firms the skin while healing and moisturizing, with the added benefit of stimulating cell proliferation. However, it wasn’t very moisturizing. In fact, it felt almost dry on the skin. I attribute this to the aloe vera gel base. The product feels sticky when it’s pumped out onto the hand, and it is cooling on the skin. The serum is absorbed or dries quickly, leaving a dry, matte texture to the skin. There’s none of that plump, soft feeling you get from a normal moisturizer. It does, though, keep my skin from peeling – and it makes a great base for my makeup since it sinks in so quickly. I’m enjoying this more than I expected to. This retails for $31.19 for the 2 fl.oz. bottle.

Organic Moisture Mist – This was actually my favorite product! Similar to MAC’s Fix +, this is a facial spray designed to deliver moisture to the skin and refresh makeup. I love its small, portable size (I tried the 1 oz. bottle) and I love the glow it gives me even more! This might possible replace Fix + for me, which is impressive! This product contains purfied water, vegetable glycerin, and a large assortment of certified organic plants and flowers (like chamomile, calendula, etc.). This retails for $17.79 for the 3.4 fl.oz bottle, and $5.79 for the 1 oz. bottle.

I’m pleased with everything I tried, and I look forward to trying other products from Lily Organics. What are you interested in trying?

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Daily Website Updates on iMakeupMirror – iCompactMirror New iPhone4 Beauty Application

iMakeupMirror.com (http://imakeupmirror.com) Website Has Daily iMakeup Photos & iDeas - iMakeupMirror is an iPhone4 personal beauty compact mirror to always keep you looking your very best and help you apply make up to enhance your natural beauty!

BOULDER - August 22 - iMakeupIdeas announces new iPhone4 Application called iCompactMirror and iMakeupMirror (http://www.icompactmirror.com and http://imakeupmirror.com). Designed for the "girl on the go," the iCompactMirror App turns your phone into a lighted mirror with zoom. With the iCompactMirror, the always "in hand" iPhone4 eliminates handbag clutter and can be used anywhere you go! iCompactMirror, available on the new iPhone4 brings the portability of a makeup mirror to your phone.

Users echo the same sentiment, “this cool app makes touch up easy," Lauren.

"I’m always on the go and iCompactMirror puts a mirror in my hand anytime," Erin - triathlete.

"At night, in bars, in the restroom, on the plane . . ., I can touch up my face anywhere," Leslie.

"The iCompactMirror lighting options makes checking makeup easy so I can always look my best!"

“It’s the only mirror that lets you see yourself as you really are, as glass mirrors reverse the image.”

"I can't live without it, let's me see me and spy on the boys around me with my iMakeupMirror,"

"So cool, so fast, so in your face."

"F-- this is an exciting app," this just-in about the new iMakeupMirror app for the iPhone4.

“iMakeupMirror is the quintessential makeupmirror."

"I'm always checking my makeup and the iMakeupMirror app is always in my hand."

Starting at $.99 cents, the iCompactMirror or iMakeupMirror is the best investment a girl can make to keep that fresh appearance all day and night. iCompactMirror and iMakeupMirror are available on the new iPhone4 today.

Click here to buy: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imakeupmirror/id379186264?mt=8

Daily makeup photos and ideas can be found at http://www.imakeupmirror.com.

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From BeautyDebutante - Motives 2010 Summer Trend Eyeshadow Palette: Social Butterfly

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Hello again! It’s Ivy from Jeweled Thumb. I was recently sent a few items from Motives Cosmetics Summer 2010 Collection and today I’ll be reviewing the Social Butterfly Trend Kit. All of these eyeshadows are shades in Motives Cosmetics regular line of shades, which generally retail in individual compacts for $12 – but for summer, Motives Cosmetics is offering 3 different trend palettes containing 5 eyeshadows and a bottle of their Mine Eau de Parfum for $49.95.



image from Motives Cosmetics

I had never heard of the Motives Cosmetics line before so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was very impressed with the quality of the eyeshadows.

Social Butterfly contains “earth-tones and glamorous gold with just enough sparkle” according to the Motives website and features the following shades: Bronze Beauty, Green Tea, Sunkissed, Hazelnut, Goddess. Personally, the only thing missing from this palette for me was a highlight shade (since I’m quite pale and cool-toned, I can’t get away with using any sort of golds on the brow bone).

The Social Butterfly palette contains 2 Pearlized (Bronze Beauty, Sunkissed), 2 Shimmer (Green Tea, Hazelnut) and 1 Glitter (Goddess) shade as described on the Motives Cosmetics website. I found most of the colors easy to work with especially Bronze Beauty (copper) and Sunkissed (peachy gold) which went on like butter and were super pigmented and metallic. Green Tea (goldish khaki) and Hazelnut (brown infused with gold shimmer) were not quite as soft but were easily built up and I’d say of medium pigment and slightly less metallic than the Pearlized shades. The only one I wasn’t a fan of was Goddess, aptly named as a glitter shade, was basically gold glitter in a very light gold base.

individual pans and empty palette

The palette also contains 2 double-ended sponge tip applicators and a wide mirror for travel (I personally used my own brushes for application). I like the Motives logo on the outside of the palette and a window to view the shades.

outside of the filled palette

I tested the shadows out and they lasted through my 9+ hour work day and out in the Maryland humidity with a primer. Here’s a quick eye of the day that I did using Sunkissed and Hazelnut. The shadows blended easily and retained their pigment and metallic quality throughout the day.

Motives Eyeshadow on



All in all, I was quite impressed with the shades I tested, and would recommend the Motives palette for those with a warm complexion!

Motives Cosmetics eyeshadows are Gluten Free, Paraben Free, fragrance and oil free and are not tested on animals. The full range, including the Summer Trend Kits can be purchased at the Motives Cosmetics website.

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From BeautyDebutante - Nail of the Day: Essie Berry Hard

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Essie Berry Hard is a deep brown toned red which I didn’t think would look good with my skin tone, but it works. I also have no idea why I decided to wear this in the summer, it’s definitely more of a fall/winter color. You could get away with three coats, but I used four. I had no problems with the formula and can’t wait for fall to use it again!

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From BeautyDebutante - Holographic Nail of the Day: Color Club Revvvolution

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Ahhh….Holographic goodness! I’m not a huge fan of colored holos, but for some reason I LOVE black and silver holos. Color Club Revvvolution makes me want to do crazy things when I have it on and the sun is shining. This was two coats with no top coat. Top coat tends to make holographic polish duller…and who wants that?

Buy Color Club’s Revvvolution as part of their Color Club Femme Fatale Nail Lacquer Polish Collection 7pc- 6 Polishes + Free Milky White Base Coat-!

From Denim Debutante - Sample Sale Alert for August 16

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Put the fact that this is Kmart out of your mind, because some of these products are extremely intriguing visually.



The Fall 2010 Apparel collection is based on the latest trends, pulling from current styles in the fashion world like the Military-inspired Sgt. Pepper Jacket with shoulder embellishments, a Rocker Chic Bomber Jacket and Distressed Skinny Denim. Fall wardrobe basics like the skinny cargo pant complement bolder looks like the high-waisted peplum military jacket. Where Kmart really stands out is in the details. Fine stitching, fully lined jackets, and streamlined silhouettes.





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From Denim Debutante - SOLD Design Lab is a new brand

SOLD Design Lab is a new brand that features extra-stretchy denim made without a zipper to avoid that uncomfortable (and definitely unsightly!) bulge underneath tunics. It’s a fun hybrid between the super legging-y denim and straight jeans.

They’re fairly trendy, but still have some great, flattering fits that you’ll love. See if you can guess who’s behind this line!

It’s the creators of Lei Denim! This is definitely a higher end line (at around a $100 price point), so I’m not sure how much in common these brands have with each other beyond the same designers.

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Just in from Beauty Debutante - Skincare Review – High Sierra Botanicals

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Skincare Review – High Sierra Botanicals
by Joey on August 17, 2010

Holly Beatie is a former competitive athlete from the Sierra Foothills who, after her retirement in 1997, decided to take a journey of self-discovery and healing. Her reevaluation of her life lead her to the study of flowers, herbs, and the development of all natural products for the body and skin – High Sierra Botanicals was born. Using either wild-crafted or organically-grown products, Beatie handmakes her own products from scratch. Her products all contain pure therapeutic essential oils, organic herbs, healing/nutritional oils and butters, and flower essences. I was sent five products from her line.



A summary of my thoughts: These products are effective but highly moisturizing, so much so that the majority of them aren’t appropriate for the humid, muggy NYC summer. My dry skin will love them come the fall/winter, though. The packaging isn’t the most aesthetically-pleasing, but the products that they contain work, and work well.

Glisten Up: Glisten Up is a toner/cleanser that comes in a bottle that requires you to shake it onto a cotton pad. The smell is pleasant. I was surprised at how moisturizing this toner was; it didn’t dry out my skin, but actually added a layer of moisture to it while still giving it a clean, fresh feeling. My skin was not red after using it, which usually indicates minor irritation (my skin is very dry and sensitive). I found that I could only use this product at night, though – NYC summer is very humid and muggy, so despite my dry skin, I have to use very little moisturizer. Using this product at night ensured that I would wake up with soft, glowy skin. Once the weather cools down, I can use this twice a day. This retails for $11 (2 fl. oz).

Ingredients: Rose hydrosol, Witch Hazel, Elder Flower & White Grape Extracts, Apple Cider Vinegar, Polysorbate 20; Avocado, Olive, and Jojoba oils; Essential oils of Lavender, Grapefruit, Geranium, Rosemary, Thyme; 6 Flower Essences.

Wrinkle Wrangler: Wrinkle Wrangler is an extremely potent moisturizer, housed in a small screw-top jar. It contains over 50 ingredients, including numerous oils and butters. Beatie describes this as being soothing and luxurious, and she’s right. It’s just too luxurious for the weather right now! I only need the tiniest amount of this moisturizer (at night only!) and my skin is moisturized for hours and hours. I like to really rub it into my skin to help improve circulation, and decrease any inflammation. This moisturizer is good for a year if stored in a cool environment, so I’ll be sure to put this away for the winter, when it’ll be a godsend! I’ve also been using it on my body as well, and it’s great for softening up rough skin. This retails for $12 (for 15 ml) or $33 (for 50 ml).

Ingredients: Oils: Apricot, Hemp, Olive, Coconut, Jojoba, Grapeseed, Wheat Germ, Rosehip; Lanolin; Aloe; Cocoa, Shea, Mango butters; Mimosa wax; Manuka Honey; Raw Silk; Rosewater; Herbal extracts: Angelica seed, Selfheal, St. John’s Wort, Comfrey Leaf, Seaweed, Horsetail, Rosemary; Citric Acid; Essential oils of Elemi, Frankincense, Geranium, Lavender, Myrrh, Neroli, Orange, Fennel, Jasmine, Sandalwood, Cedar, Carrot seed; 14 Flower Essences.

Mudslinger: This is such an appropriate name for this mask. It’s goopy, it’s messy, and it looks exactly like mud. I was turned off initially by the texture and scent of this mask (it smells very herbal), but then I used it. WHOA. Let me describe this first. This mask is so…un-masklike! Most masks are pretty drying for the skin, and leave the skin red or irritated – at least that happens to me a lot. Mudslinger is so comforting for the skin, yet it left my skin looking clearer and cleaner than it was before I used it! This mask contains clay, which helps draw out impurities from the skin. It contains mild exfoliators, which also help draw out impurities but also helps to brighten the skin by removing dead skin cells. Also, it has oils to moisturize. It is a facial in a jar, and I’m glad I gave it a chance despite my very turned-off initial reaction to it. Once a week usage (again, at night) refreshes my skin and leaves me looking as if I had a relaxing vacation! My only gripe about this product is the packaging. This mask is very oily, and it’s contained in a jar – the jar leaks! I think this would be best in a squeeze tube. This retails for $33 (50 fl.oz).

Ingredients: Raw silk, Squalene, Rose hydrosol, Shea Butter, Oils: Avocado, Pumplin seed, Jojoba, Wheat germ, Raspberry seed, Rosehip,Vitamin E; Clays: French Green, Pascalite, Rhassoul, Canadian glacial, Moroccan Red; Aloe, Oats, Lecithin, Manuka honey, Royal jelly, Nettle, Alfalfa, Chlorophyl, Rosehips, Irish Moss, Aloe, Marshmallow, Rosemary, DMAE, MSM, CoQ10, Essential Oils: Geranium, Palmarosa, Ylang Ylang, Carrot; 10 Flower Essences.

Harmoneyes: Interestingly, this was also the one product I was able to use during the day! Beatie describes this as a creamy serum which helps nourish and bind moisture to the eyes, among other benefits. This was more of a slightly gritty, runny cream; despite the texture, it sank right into the skin underneath my eyes. I enjoyed this because it moisturized but created a velvet surface which was perfect for applying makeup onto! At night, I’d prefer something more cushy and oily. This retails for $15 (10ml).

Ingredients: Aloe, Beta Carotene, Rosehip, Raspberry, Evening Primrose Seed Oils, Polysorbate 20, Algae, Cucumber, Green Tea Extracts, Ellagic & Hyaluronic Acids, Raw Silk, Squalene, DMAE, Citric Acid, Essential oils of Chamomile, Carrot Seed; 10 Flower Essences.

X-Zit: This is a roll-on blemish treatment, which I like because I can carry it around whenever a stupid pimple pops up on my face. It is antibiotic and anti-bacterial, and helps to kill blemishes without making my skin red or peel-y. It does take a few days to work, but it does work! This retails for $8 (10ml).

Ingredients: Glycerin, Aloe, Rose Hydrosol, Witch Hazel, Jojoba and Wheat Germ oils, Polysorbate 20, Essential oils of Lavender, Bergamot, Petitegrain, Cypress, Cedar, and others; 5 Flower Essences.

So, bottom line? I really enjoyed the products, but the majority of them aren’t appropriate for my skin at the moment. I will love these more when it gets colder. Also, after reading about the rest of the products, I really want to try Headcase Aura Spray (since I have chronic migraines) and Stressless Tresses Hair Tonic! What are your thoughts?

"Denim Deal of the Day: Paper Denim & Cloth under $25"

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