Beauty Brands Dedicate Special Editions Products to Look Good Feel Better

National charity, Look Good Feel Better (LGFB) offers free confidence-boosting skincare and make-up workshops - at 73 UK hospitals and cancer support centres - to help women combat the visible side effects of their cancer treatment and, in turn, boost self esteem and wellbeing.
During October 2013, the following top brands are donating funds from sales of specially selected products to help LGFB continue its valuable work.

OPI has launched a Pink of Hearts collection of nail polish, featuring the classic sheer pink shade Pink-ing of You and the new sparkle-packed hue More than a Glimmer. The duo pack cost £18 with £2 coming to LGFB.  

http://trade.lenawhite.co.uk/store/retail/pink-of-hearts-2013

bareMinerals has created a new limited-edition Marvelous Moxie™ Lipgloss called Survivor' (£16), a flattering carnation pink shade. For every purchase of this lipgloss, bareMinerals will donate £5 to our charity. Its luscious colour will leave lips looking fuller, smooth and more voluptuous.    

 http://www.bareminerals.co.uk/Marvelous-Moxie-Lipgloss-in-Survivor/UK67040,default,pd.html

Mama Mio 'Boob Tube' Bust and Neck Firmer: £1 will come to LGFB for every product sold. This shea buttercream helps smooth and firm the décolletage and neck area with every application. Its evening primrose oil, sweet almond oil and milk thistle formula also helps iron out lines.      

http://www.mamamio.com/uk/boob-tube-bust-and-neck-firmer.html

. and something else from Look Good Feel Better

The Look Good Feel Better Confidence Kit: To ensure that every woman with cancer in the UK has access to LGFB's unique support, the Look Good Feel Better Confidence Kit is an informative and detailed 'self-help' DVD and 48 page booklet featuring experts across skincare, beauty and wig styling. Presented by Beauty Industry experts including top make-up artist Caroline Barnes, international hairstylist Charles Worthington and UK's most sought after nail technician, Marilyn Newman - there's also a section on scarf tying and head coverings. For £2.50 p&p costs, plus a donation so that LGBF can carry on its valuable work, simply visit  www.lgfb.co.uk

Pretty Amazing Lip Colour by Bare Minerals

They’re helping you to achieve healthy looking and flawless skin with their bareMinerals SPF15 foundation and their new skincare products. Now they’ve turned their attention on to your lips.

Colour- Ambition

Suffering from dry lips, I feel like Goldilocks when it comes to lipstick, I struggle to find the right one. The long lasting and matt lipsticks are way too dry and lip glosses are far too sticky with not enough colour. The gloss lipsticks are almost just right but the colours don’t seem to last two minutes.

 So I am always eager to try out new lipsticks.

BareMinerals Pretty Amazing Lipcolor says ‘it combines the coverage of a lipstick with the high shine of a gloss to deliver full-bodied, velveteen colour with a comfortable longwearing finish.’

Colour - Bravado

So what’s the verdict?

First Appearances: From the package, it looks like a lip gloss and you apply like a lip gloss, but I’m happy to say that the consistency is more of a lipstick, creamier and thicker.

Initial application - I was shocked at the thickness, so I’d recommend that you go easy on the application, blot or smooth over with your fingers afterwards. It felt dry and the more neutral colours such as Free Will seem to accentuate the lines on my lips which was not a look I was hoping for. Luckily I restrained from wiping it off straight away and allowed it to settle for the lasting impression.

Lasting Impression: It only took a few minutes for the initial look to change to a more even and smoother look, and for my lips to feel moisturised.

 So only a little hiccup at first before turning in to a Pretty Amazing Lipstick.

Colour - Strength

And the Colours?

The names of the colours were chosen to help empower women for different situations. For example: if you had a presentation to give and felt a little nervous, then apply some ‘Courage’; or you may want to apply ‘Charisma’ to have them eating out of your hands.  

Just thinking of what you wanted to achieve and then choosing the lipstick by name brought a smile to my face and a positive attitude. Although I did consider cheating at the press day when asked to choose the lipstick by name and match it with how I wanted to feel that day.  Even if I needed strength to keep me going through the busy schedule of press events ahead, and although the vibrant bright red colour was gorgeous, it just doesn’t suit my complexion. But when they gave me the whole range of colours to play with and encouraged me to mix the colours, I was feeling Free Will with a touch of Strength was what I needed to get me through the day.

Colour - Bravado

 Here’s the full colour range:

AMBITION – fuchsia.  A hot hot pink, Great for those with high contrast colouring or dark cool skins.

BRAVADO –brick rose. A smooth rich rosy brown. Great for those with warm complexions, especially you redheads.

STRENGTH – vibrant red.  The glamorous Hollywood look for those with high contrast colouring or dark cool skins

MOXIE – bright petal pink. This bubblegum pink is light and flirty.  Great for those with bright and cool complexions –pale or dark

COURAGE – warm strawberry.  A warm strawberry with a hint of brown. More veering towards the warmer complexions, pale or dark, but it is a good neutral for the evening for any complexion.

FREE WILL – pink nude- Neutral with a hint of brown so a good neutral for the warmer complexions

CHARISMA – coral pink -Neutral with a hint of pink, so a good neutral for the cooler complexions.

FEARLESS – rosy mauve. A mauve pink, a good neutral for the darker complexions and a great statement lipstick for the paler complexions.

Colour - Ambition

Pretty Amazing will be available in the UK around June time and you will be able to buy them singly or in a presentation pack. Just think of the presentation pack as an artist’s palette and start creating your lipstick picture for the day.

For stockists details go to www.bareescentuals.co.uk

Bare Escentuals dig up the dirt for their new skincare range

Bare Escentuals have decided to dig up dirt for their new skincare range.

 Well to be more exact, they’ve extracted macro and micro minerals from the soil to create a revolutionary ingredient they’ve named ‘Rare Minerals Active Soil Complex’ And it’s not just any old soil, but mineral abundant virgin soil (i.e. hasn’t been tilled) from around different parts of the US to make sure they find the right concentrates of minerals . These are extracted through a unique method which allows them to yield a densely rich concentrate capable of transformational skin-renewing benefits.

They believe Rare Minerals Active Soil Complex to be so revolutionary in the beauty world that they have patented it.  Its unique electrolyte delivery system optimises the skin’s ability to absorb and retain moisture, resulting in smoother and healthier looking skin. And this key ingredient is found in all of their new skincare products which are formulated without synthetic fragrances, artificial oils or parabens. 

The hero of the new range is The Pure Transformation Night Treatment.

This is like make up for bedtime!!!

 I know the most important part is the revolutionary active ingredient it has ,but being  able to even out your skin tone at night by buffing up your skins in a choice of 4 shades (clear, light, medium and tan) is revolutionary in itself. We are told it doesn’t clog up the pores (in fact it has been proven to visibly reduce them) and does not smudge on to your pillow.

This is that gap filled between cosmetics and skin care– it’s a night time treatment to replenish your skin by reducing pores, increasing firmness and improving elasticity over a period of time, plus the added bonus of acting like a light foundation and smoothing out your blemishes.

Now you may think why would you want to put on foundation for bed? Who wouldn’t want to go to bed with a radiant glow and be able to wake up the next morning, peer in to the bathroom mirror and still see that glow?  

Other products in the range include:

A choice of two facial cleansers:

Purifying Facial Cleanser, a light creamy lather to remove make-up and dissolve impurities. This is gentle enough to use for eye make-up removal.

Deep Cleansing Foam, a richer foamy cleanser to deep clean pores and lift away impurities. As the name suggests, this is a deep cleanser so avoid the eye area.

A choice of two moisturisers:

Purely Nourishing Moisturizer for combination skin. This includes the South African resurrection plant known for its skin renewing properties.  

Purely Nourishing Cream for dry skin.  This cream is not your normal clinical white colour, but more of a natural ecru colour which instantly says natural ingredients. The hydrating ingredients include the avocado oil, and for skin conditioning ingredients there is jojoba, pomegranate oil and starfruit to name a few.

A Firming Eye Treatment includes the Masterwort Leaf cultivated in the Swiss Alps where it is known as the Queen of the plants for its transformative benefits. Here it is used for both depuffing (along with caffeine) and skin-conditioning.

Bare Escentuals are really excited about their new ground breaking ingredient and are hoping that you will be too.