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 @ nordstrom.com. 

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

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How many times have you lolligaggled in front of the lipstick section in the drugstore or gone from kiosk to kiosk in Sephora trying to find the perfect pink or perfect red?  It’s just so hard to tell if you are wearing the right one for your skin tone. MAKE UP FOR EVER to the rescue! The line has given us a tool and a line of lipsticks that help take the guess work out. First the lipsticks - Rouge Artist Intense Lipsticks ($19 only @ makeupforever.com) are formulated with 50% more pigment than the traditional lipstick and come in three different finishes – matte, pearl and satin. Choose from 50 shades in all!

So how do you find your colors? The below is the tool that is displayed at the brand’s kiosk in Sephora stores. Simply spin the wheel to your skin tone color and you will see suggestions for reds, pinks and nudes.

I’m really picky when it comes to mascaras and one I recently discovered for definition is BARE ESCENTUALS’ bareMinerals Flawless Definition Mascara. I think the mascara wand is super important when it comes to helping you get a good application and I’m so glad companies are really going all out and creating them. The spooley in this one has short stubby straight bristles on the tip and it really makes getting at the small hairs really easy.

And this one is free of a lot of the bad stuff like parabens, synthetic fragrance, Phthalates and more. All in all, it’s worth the price tag of $18. Get it in Black or Espresso and it’s also in waterproof @ nordstrom.com.

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I really didn’t want to take off this manicure but it was time and oi, was I excited to try ORLY’s new Nail Lacquer Cosmic FX Fall 2010 collection! Each one looks just so exciting. Each polish combines natural rock minerals, crystals and glass to give nails an optical effect. Unlike most polishes, because this has particles inside it, the formula is a little bit on the sheer side so you’ll probably find the color looks best with at least three coats.

 

From L to R in picture top row:

Lunar Eclipse – blue w/pink purple Fx
Out of this World – purple w/pink silver Fx
Space Cadet – green w/purple gold Fx
Galaxy Girl – purple w/blue green Fx
Halley’s Comet – turquoise w/green yellow Fx
It’s Not Rocket Science – green w/gold blue Fx

One of the cool aspects of this collection is that a color can look one way and appear another. I’ve been wearing Halley’s Comet quite a bit and inside, it looks like Christmas tree ornament green but go outside into the sun and the color looks teal.

$10 @ orlybeauty.com jcpenney.com. Two really big painted thumbs up for this collection!

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This NATUROPATHICA line is really growing on me. This one rocked and now I’m onto their Sweet Cherry Brightening Enzyme Peel ($56/1.7oz @ naturopathica.com). The process of putting it on is kind of fun too. I use a foundation applying brush to apply a thin coat and you only leave it on for only 3 to 5 minutes and rinse. The main ingredient in this one is sweet cherry puree and then lactic acid (Alpha Hydroxy Acid), wine extract and salicylic acid (Beta Hydroxy Acid) to exfoliate, brighten and infused skin with vitamins and nutrients. The only down fall from an almost A+ product is the preservative used in it.

This product has Sodium Metabisulfite in it, which is seen by some as an ingredient of concern. Read more here. 

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What It Is: We took out the razzle, kept the dazzle, and added a hint of glee! Thirteen colours to astonish, awe and electrify the lippiest critic. A limited-edition collection that makes boredom and predictability a thing of the past. What modern lips do best: Digi-Dazzle. Do you compute?

Wanna see the picks? Click after the pic!

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Remember this feature from last year with the new trend for the long-lasting manicure? Well CND’s version, called Shellac Hybrid Nail Color, is upon us. It's the same base coat, color, top coat then cure with a UV light type of process and the formula is 3-Free (no formaldehyde, tolune or DBP) like the other company I tried last year but did this Shellac live up to the hype? Click after the jump to see!

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The more lip glosses I try the more I realize how kind of amazing these are at staying on lips. So of course I have to wonder what took me so long to discover their, L’OREAL PARIS, Infallible Never Fail Lipcolour Compact. Uh-maze-ing! Not only does the color stay on for hours but it doesn’t flake or smear off. I think we’ve all tried something like this by now and most seem to stay for a little while but eventually come off and usually by flaking dryly off. These did make my lips a little on the dry but that’s after I took it off after wearing it for 8 or so hours, so that was ok in my book!

If you’re not familiar with how these work, one side is the color and it’s like a paint and not thick and waxy at all like a lipstick. The other tube in the duo is a clear chapstick-type of glosser, they call a conditioning topcoat. So when the color needs to be refreshed, just reapply the topcoat, not the color again.

Dare I say that I think they are better than these? I think they just might be!

And the container acts like a mirror. Nice added bonus!

They just came out with their Stars Never Fail Lipcolour Compact Collection ($11.99 @ walgreens.com or drugstores nationwide) and I’ve got a set to giveaway to one lucky reader. The colors are: Beyoncé (Beyoncé’s Red), Andie MacDowell (Andie’s Rose), Diane Keaton (Diane’s Tuberose), Eva Longoria Parker (Eva’s Caramel), Kate del Castillo (Kate’s Plum) and Linda Evangelista (Linda’s Beige).