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100% Pure cosmetics

Reasons why to love Natural cosmetic brands? Because they use natural and earth-friendly (not to mention skin-friendly) ingredients. Try narrowing down those type of cosmetic brands.... Not much, right? I recently crossed by 100% Pure cosmetics' website, and found it interesting & exciting! If you're not familiar with 100% Pure cosmetics, they have tons of natural products, from cosmetics to body lotions, body washes AND they just launched their own skin care line. And it's all with natural ingredients. And not only that, but they use Fruit pigments! If you read some of my previous & early posts back when I began the blog, you'll know that I tend not to use so much products when it comes to skin care. I always go with the natural home remedies & quick fixes like drying lotion. But since it's 100% natural, I think I might give it a try sometime.

Like I mentioned above they sell natural cosmetics. Well for one, my everyday makeup are the basics: mineral powder (or tinted moisturizer), mascara, & gloss. And that's it. Sometimes I would add eyeshadow, eyeliner, etc. But in short, that is my basic makeup set. So far I've been sticking with the same basic makeup products. But now, I just HAVE to share my new top 3 faves!

Since I have very fair skin, I always go for a more tan-ish type of tone in Tinted Moisturizers, a tone that's just a tad bit stronger than mine. Or else, I'll look like the vampires from Twilight. We all know It's tough finding a good foundation these days. One that blends well, has the right skin tone, good coverage, and doesn't cause any break outs. 100% Pure tinted moisturizer has that flawless blending that I'm always looking for. It correctly blends in with my skin tone, and the best part is that it doesn't have that "thick layer of ew" that makes you look all cakey & fake, or even oily. Remember to spread it out so it can be absorbed into the skin. It has a great coverage and when applied it gives off a beautiful natural glow. It has a good level of moisture, and it's not scented. But If I did have to describe the scent, I would say it's a very light scent of sunscreen, probably the Zinc. It reminds me of beaches! ha! Don't all sunscreens do?

It lasts all day and I can barely feel it on my face. According to the ingredients, this product contains 100% natural ingredients. Below I included the list of the ingredients & pigments included in this Tinted Moisturizer:

Active Ingredients:

15% Titanium Dioxide

10% Zinc Oxide

Other Ingredients:

May contain all or some of the follow ingredients: Peach, Apricot, Carrot, Pomegranate, Cocoa Bean, Goji berry and Tomato, White Tea, Cucumber juice, Aloe juice, Acai oil, Pomegranate oil, Vitamin E (a-tocopherol), Vitamin C (ascorbyl palmitate), Rice Starch, Candelilla Wax, Extracts of Rosemary, Oregano, Thyme, Grapefruit seed, Japanese Honeysuckle, Goldenseal and Cinamon.

This tube is the size of a hand. From your tallest finger's tip, to right above the wrist. A lot of product in it. It's about $32, and worth it! They offer sheer to medium coverage. And you have many different tones to choose from.

This is a MUST-HAVE. I have concealers everywhere with me. It is, and will forever be, a must-have for me. This is perfect for quick fixes or whenever you need to cover up a small blemish, or a red spot, even a scar. Concealers are life savers at times. 100% pure Fruit Pigmented brightening Concealer with SPF 20  offers a good matte coverage. It blends in nicely without leaving an oily or cakey trail, and it goes well with foundation. It's good at covering up simple blemishes such as red spots, small scars, and dark circles. If you need to cover up big blemishes, I suggest applying a fair coat of tinted moisturizer/foundation first, and then apply the concealer. It lasts all day, you can barely feel it, and it's made with natural ingredients like all their products. It doesn't clog up pores as much as other brand-name concealers. They offer a good variety tones to choose from, has a good amount of product, $16. Overall, it's a very good concealer, great to keep in hand!

Like always, I save the best for last. So far, I've been through TONS of mascaras. More than you can imagine, from drugstore to brand-name mascaras. A lot of them clump the lashes, and since I have straight lashes, all I obviously care about is getting that curl and length all day without having to deal with clumpy lashes. One that's easy to remove. This is the Fruit pigmented black tea mascara. I use about 2-3 coats, and that's all it takes to get good results. It's really easy to apply and avoid clumping the lashes with the wand. It adds a nice length & volume to the lashes, as well as the curl. The curl does wear off a bit during the day, but you still have great lashes. 

The bristles are perfect. They don't carry any clumps of mascara whatsoever and it separates the lashes while combing and curling them. As well as leaving the nice dark pigment. It's easy to remove, doesn't dry or smudge, and it doesn't stain your under eyes. The thing I hate the most is staining my under eyes with mascara! It's sooo hard to remove. But that's why makeup removers exist.. 

Before trying this, I was using Great Lash by Maybelline -in blackest black- and well it is good with pigment. It doesn't do a very good job at keeping the the curl or length. More like it sticks straight out, like llama lashes. It stains my under eyes, and you've GOT to be careful around this mascara. It could stain anything. So personally when comparing this 'famous' brand-name mascara to 100% pure black tea mascara, which one do you think is worth it? Sure you can probably find Great Lash for $5-$6 at a drugstore, but 100% pure beats the quality. It has more product than Great Lash, offers good quality, and on top of that it's natural. I'd rather buy Black Tea mascara than to stick with $6 llama lashes.

P.S. They also have mini mascaras! Perfect size for travel. Now that, is a must-have for a travel bag. ; ) 

Disclosure: I received a sample of each product. There was no monetary compensation at all. All thoughts & opinions are 100% mine. I am affiliated with this company.

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My Latest Lip obsession!

Okay...I just can't choose between these two. But these are my latest Lip Obsessions! 

Soft lips (in strawberry) is the everyday chapstick I wear. I would either have dry or chapped lips so I always carry this around with me... but only in strawberry! Since it's my favorite flavor. And these chapsticks are just $1 at any CVS or Walgreens, they even offer three packs with 3 different flavors. It's smooth and easy to apply, not that messy or sticky, it's long wear as well. Which is my first priority when choosing Lip products! If it is not long wear, then it's not that good in quality. And what I also like about this chapstick, is that I can wear a different lip product over it. If it's lipstick, the lipstick would go on first, then the chapstick. Because if you apply the chapstick first, then it will be all gooey and messy if you try applying lipstick over it. If it's lipgloss, then I would apply the chapstick first, then top it off with the lipgloss.

Which brings me to my second lip product obsession. NARS lipgloss in Turkish Delight. Before going into this product, I just have to mention that I love pink-to-nude lip shades. Which is why it makes this lipgloss one of my obsessions. It just gives a really sweet, natural, and creamy-pink look to the lips. If you pair this lip gloss with a neutral or smokey eye makeup on, it makes a really good match. I wear this probably every other day, whenever I have to go out or run errands outside of the house. If it's not at my local ULTA, then I buy it online at Beauty.com. It's around $20, which can be a lot for a lipgloss! But it does last a good 1 to 2 months, depending on how much you use from it. The wear is good, you might have to re-apply after you eat, depending if it's a big or small meal. But besides that, it's a really good lipgloss. 

P.S. Soft Lips' also have tinted chapsticks! How cool is that? I'll write about it soon..













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Color my nails update!

Hi everyone,

Wondering what nail colors are in? Keep reading, plus learn some helpful tips along the way ;)

Ok so not long ago, I made a post talking about different subjects in beauty, like updates in makeup, and I also mentioned the summer colors 2010. Here is a new update:

So we are in the mid-summer and soon (SOON, not tomorrow.) going into Fall (Around Mid-September).

And we've got some amazing colors for Summer-Fall 2010! Talk about neutral, quiet baby blues, some coral colors, smooth pink, specific metallic colors, and a whole mess of colors!

For Summer colors there are Teals, turquoise, your pinks, corals, then you've got your neutral nail colors. Here are some featured nail polishes that are great for summer:

There we've got four colors that represent each summer nail color category, like I listed above. (China Glaze for audrey (Teal color), China Glaze Shocking Pink, NARS Midnight Express, Essie Tart Deco Nail Polish)

Upcoming Fall 2010 colors will be posted here on Fashion Girlz. Just to give you an idea, calm smooth colors: neutrals, black, reds, baby blue teals (which look GREAT on any skin tone)

•  Do you have brittle nails? the cause is probably from detergents & water (when you wash the dishes). Using gloves will protect the nails from getting more brittle and weak. Same goes for when your using cleaning supplies (especially bleach)
• Too much filing your nails can also be a bad thing. 

 Check for tomorrow's post on "What's your lip color?" 

XOXO

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Jenulence Lip balm & eye shadow review

Hi everyone,

Today I have a review based on a Mineral Makeup cosmetic company "Jenulence" so check it out ;)

Jenulence is a mineral makeup & natural cosmetic company. All their products are environmentally friendly, and do not include any artificial ingredients. And hey! Guess what animal lovers? they are also cruelty free! (They do not test on animals).

They have a whole bunch of products, from Makeup brushes, to tinted lip balms, to body shimmer, to cleansers, toners, blushes & a whole lot more. 

 (Picture from Jenulence.com)

So I got to try out one of their Tinted Lip balms "Alkanet Root DMAE Lip balm" & one of their matte mineral eye shadows "Morning Sky".

Now, what I like about the Alkanet root lip balm, is that, first of all, the scent is not heavy, it's light and nice. It's also very well tinted when you apply it on your lips, it has some sort of nice smooth texture, that let's you apply it easily, just slide apply it on your lips and your good to go. Also in the side information of the lip balm, it contains what ingredients it has, and I am happy to say that they are all natural environmentally friendly ingredients, like: Camellia seed oil, Apricot kernel oil, Aloe vera oil, beeswax, alkanet root, seabuckthorn berry oil, Vitamin E, DMAE, & rose essential oil. 

And in my opinion, it is a very good combination of ingredients to created an awesome Tinted lip balm.

I do also like the color of the Alkanet root lip balm, it's a type of plum/ dark calm rosey-type of color. It would be great for those night-out's when your going to dinner and so.

It is not sticky at all! It lasts very long, actually, for me it lasted on all day, which is great! So two thumbs up for that! 

They also have different lip balms in different colors and "flavors", such as: Vanilla Orange DAME lip balm, Cold Sore healing lip balm, Plumping DMAE lip balm, and a few more.

Now what I like about the Matte mineral eye shadow, is that it is a really good pigmented matte. And when you apply it, it really does have that last-long type of structure, and it's so easy to remove! So you don't have to be rubbing your eyes with warm water to remove the eye shadow. And this is also really good mineral. They also have tons of different colors, a really good variety in eye shadows. Also one of the things that is another good thumbs up, is that it is loose powder, but at the same time it doesn't spread under your eyes. Like you know those eye shadows (even if they are not loose mineral powder eye shadows) they would fall and spread under your eyes, and make it look all badly-applied? well with this one it doesn't happen! I applied it with my ordinary eyeshadow brush, and found no trace of the mineral eyeshadow under my eye.

I also really like this color since it's soothing, it's perfect for day & night! It's like one of those "change it up" eye shadows. You have a nice color during the day, then at night you just re-apply, add some eyeliner, mascara and your good to go! 

Tip: #1 If you have small eyes, it is recommended to use Light shades of eye shadow, the dark shades will just make your eyes seem even smaller.

Tip: #2 If you are looking for shades of eye shadow that really bring out your eyes, you can consider the following. "the trick is, using opposite shades, that are not in the family of your eye color".

• Blue eyes: Earthy colors, bronze shades, neutral eyes or coppers will do the trick
• Green eyes: Plums, violets, burgundy shades.
• Brown eyes: Vibrant blues & navy's are the answer! They will make those eyes stand out and show their true color spirit!

I really liked my experience trying out these two Jenulence products, and I would definitely recommend this to any natural mineral makeup and bath & body lover.

You can check out their site right here: Jenulence 
Oh also they have an Etsy store!! so be sure to check it out

Plus every NEW customer gets a 10% off of their entire order, code: newcustomer

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