Congratulations to Anne-Marie T and Nusra! You won by the luck of the draw and will be receiving products from Bare Minerals Skincare! Look out for an email coming your way today.

Thanks to everyone for entering! I’ll be posting the next giveaway for a gift set courtesy of Folica for (1) clipless curling iron, (2) flat iron, and (3) mini travel flat iron (altogether worth $400) as soooon as I get 1,000 likes on BATF’s Facebook page — almost there so invite your friends to join!

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Shy

Bare Escentuals is already pretty much on top of their game when it comes to makeup. Now, their most recent endeavor is Bare Minerals Skincare, a brand new line of cleansers, moisturizers, and skin-beautifying treatments.

It’s claim to fame is their proprietary “miracle” ingredient, RareMinerals ActiveSoil Complex which is said to give you brighter, younger-looking, GLOWING skin and infused in all their products. Check some of them out below:

*PURELY NOURISHING MOISTURIZER (combination skin) – Hydrates and firms, improving elasticity, radiance and skin texture. It includes a powerful blend of antioxidants that help protect against environmental stressors.

*FIRMING EYE TREATMENT – Firms, reduces puffiness.

*PURE TRANSFORMATION NIGHT TREATMENT – They call this the “hero product” in the lineup. Clinically proven to visibly reduce pores, increase firmness and improve elasticity, while revealing remarkably healthier, younger-looking skin. Available In Four Tones: clear, light, medium and tan – a treatment product that instantly diffuses imperfections, while you sleep.

*BLEMISH THERAPY – A powder treatment helps to heal, conceal and prevent future breakouts. Contains acne-healing benefits of natural sulfur; non-irritating, all-in-one treatment also helps to minimize pores, neutralize redness and diffuse imperfections.

Anyone intrigued at all? Let me know if you’d be interested in checking them out for yourself, and check again here tomorrow

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Shy

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Physicians Formula is getting fancccy. The drugstore brand has recently unveiled their new makeup collection to make you happy — literally. Their new Happy Booster is the first makeup line ever to combine mood-enhancing ingredients, color therapy, aromatherapy and texture therapy to make you, well, happy.

The combination is pretty innovative. They formulated a proprietary blend that contain skin-uplifting ingredients, like arctic rose that mimics the effect of endorphins and euphoryl, which is rich in Omega-3, a well-known anti-depressant. Seed butters, like murumuru, provide a silky smooth, luminous finish. There’s even wisdom in the design — they purposely used hearts since it’s linked to be a smile-inducing design.

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Back in August, I was invited to Somme Institute’s offices to learn more about their luxe 5-step skin regimen. Somme bases their products on MDT5 technology — five highly engineered vitamins (A, B3, B5, C, and E) which they say delivers vitamins deep within the skin. It’s backed up by over seven years of research and before and after photos of women captured by UV camera, which showed significant damage-reversal that goes beyond the skin’s surface. The Mandarin Oriental in NYC spa even uses their products for facials.

The benefits? Reduces fine lines and wrinkles; reverses sun damage; evens out discoloration; eliminates moderate to severe acne/rosacea; and improves skin tone.

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Makeup events are my favorite.

I was so excited to be part of CoverGirl’s Master Class with celeb makeup artist Molly Stern to learn some tricks of the trade and get cozy with some of their new releases.

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Serums are generally a lot more potent than creams, and depending on the formulation, may be a little too strong (or too sticky) for the likes of some people. But there’s nothing like a one that actually works, and I finally found one I’m obsessing over: Ole Henriksen’s Truth Serum.

I’ve had people recommend this to me before. One of my friends credits her bright complexion to daily use of the serum. I thought it’d would be clogging to my pores for whatever reason (if I haven’t told you enough times before, my skin can be a little schizo) and never took the bait. Then one day I walked into my apartment and had to stop in my tracks when I saw my roommate. “Your skin is glowing! WHAT are you using??” She told me she got a sample of the same Truth serum from Sephora and it was working for her. We went together the next day to buy the full bottle.

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