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I really like to shop online but sometimes what you see on the monitor is not what you get so you have to get used to doing your research on just about every aspect of a product, especially color. What I really like about COVER FX’s new The Big Cover Up 3 Step Essentials ($75 @ sephora.com) s there really isn’t a way to mess it up as all you have to do is choose from four color kits. FOUR!

What it is - a complexion perfection kit and it contains 5 items to help you get it right:

• Skinprep FX – primer and anti-aging serum
• Cover FX – Total Coverage Cream Foundation (3 different shades)
• Setting FX – Translucent Setting Powder
• Their #170 Precision Foundation Brush (this normally sells for $36!)
• How-to Instructional video

You know my love of all-in-ones when it comes to beauty and the compact that houses the cream foundations and setting powder is in one container!

The overall kit really is a novices dream come true and shop with confidence online when it comes to this product.

Disclosure: A sample of this item was provided to Cybelesays.com for review purposes.

There are only a few things in this world that are like nails down a chalkboard for me – nails down a chalkboard (ha!), walking barefoot on dry dirt and the feel of my hair after spraying it with a salt spray. Why? No idea. It just feels so dry but I love the look so I put up with it. The things we do for beauty, right?

With the changing of the season comes the feeling that for an updated look, no? So have you tried one of these beach sprays before? No, you don’t have to use them just in the summer. I recently tried NOT YOUR MOTHER’S Beach Babe Texturizing Sea Salt Spray ($6/8oz @ customnails.com). The sea salt and sea kelp, called Macrocystis Pyrifera Extract in the ingredient list, will give your locks tousled waves that make it look like you didn’t even try! Tré sexy. Use it on wet or dry hair and hopefully the texture isn’t like fingers down a chalkboard to you!

This product contains Benzyl Alcohol, which is seen by some as an ingredient of concern. Read more here. Read my ingredient disclaimer here.

Disclosure: A sample of this item was provided to Cybelesays.com for review purposes.

This Sea Glass Exfoliating Sugar Scrub from the B.WITCHING BATH CO. kinda sounds creepy. I mean, who wants to exfoliate using sea glass? Yikes! Actually, it has to just do with the scent and nothing more. Phew. And it’s a nice clean smell, btw. Inside this one are some nourishing oils like grape seed and sesame as well as Shea Butter and jojoba spheres. And this one is rather on the dry side in that there are no runny oils in it, which makes this a good one for exfoliating before applying a self-tanner. $12.95/8oz @ bwitchingbathco.com.

Disclosure: A sample of this item was provided to Cybelesays.com for review purposes.

Blue Jean…I Just Met a Girl Named Blue Jean . . .  is how the David Bowie song goes and those opening lines are exactly what I think about when I look at this new Pure Color Five Color Eye Shadow Palette in Blue Dahlia from ESTEE LAUDER. I think I’m finally ready to talk about fall (bye summer!!) and the awesome products coming our way and this palette is helping with the transition! It was fashioned by the brand’s Creative Makeup Director Tom Pecheax for Derek Lam’s Autumn/Winter 2010 Fashion Show. And you can file this under another case of the in-person looks better than online! (yes, I took the pic seen here) It has THE perfect teal, beige, black, blue jean and sparkly white for highlighting. Don’t you agree? $42 @ esteelauder.com. 

Wanna see how to wear all five shades at one time? Click below!

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