HIP To It

Loreal's High Intensity Pigments (HIP) line is HOT! I especially love the eyeshadow pots they have in an assortment of 25 high-flying combos. The prices of the collection also offer a low impact to the budget. I've seen these marked regularly at $6.99 to a sale price as low as $4.25! What a great alternative to the department store brands with almost the same quality of pigment.

On A Blunt Note

I was surfing the net as usual and came across some cards that pretty much says all you will need for them to say. They are accurate, straight to the point, and they are definitely pushing the envelope! See for yourself at prettybitter.com. Their best sellers include douchebag, suck it, and hot mess (pictured). They have many more vulgar phrases you can choose from but my mother reads this blog from time to time, so um..yeah-you get my drift. Here's to getting your point across.

Bronze Beautiful

Coppers, golds, & shimmers are a definite this summer and cosmetic lines are getting our attention with some of these earthy collections:

Lancome Brazilian Earth Colors

Color Fever Lipstick in Beige Caracaï, $26.00
Color Fever Gloss in Nude Prainha, $24.00
Color Design Eye Shadow Quad in Carnet de Velours, $45.00




MAC Future Earth


SOLAR BITS PIGMENTS (gold pearl finish)

Sunpower Light Metallic Tan
Black Ore Rich Black
Bronzescape Clean Yellow Brown
Scatterrays Soft Metallic Peach

BRONZING POWDER
Refined Golden (spun golden w/ soft pearl finish)
Solar Riche (mid-tone deep orange brown w/pearl finish)

BRUSHES
239 Eye Shader Brush
168 Angled Contour Brush, Large

Bronze It Girl!

Fresh Suga!

Summer is just around the corner. What better way to exfoliate than with brand name Fresh and their Brown Sugar Body Polish. Deliciously packaged, it smells so great and leaves your temple feeling as suave as a baby's butt! Make sure you don't make the mistake of putting this into your kitchen cabinets..you may just find yourself stirring your morning tea with it-HA! Enjoy~

Rescue Me!

Hadn't heard of rescuebeauty.com until I was at a Girl's Night Slumber Party and one of the ladies came across this line of nail polish featured in the latest Style Magazine-love that publication! They have so many lovely matte colors available just in time for the perfect summer pedicure! The color that I instantly fell in love with is Concrete Jungle pictured to the left.

Science Fiction Summer

I'm so loving the new MAC Neo Sci Fi Collection that's bound to hit stores soon. Check out the site to view the collection in its entirety. My favorite pick is the yellow polish that's sure to be a hot summer hit! I can't wait~

Drug Store Driven!

Ok ya'll (my southern draw is coming out)! The following is being brought to you by none other than one of my best homegirls who is totally a drugstore junkie...Deirdre!! And after reading her deals & steals, you can't blame her and don't fault yourself if you begin to have tendancies of being one too!! Here's to Wal-Mart, Rite-Aid, CVS, Walgreens, Target, and all that you can't leave behind! Happy Holidays! xoxo

Dear Drug Store Diva: I have gotten such good advice from you and was wondering if you have any personal favorites when it comes to creating Drug Store Divine-ness. If we looked in your purse, what is in your beauty bag?

A: Well, diva I'm so glad you asked...I have a lot of personal favorites both old and new..My first stop on a search for fabulosity begins at your local Walmart or Target supercenter:

Iman
Their foundations are amazing..They come in an array of colors from nutmeg to warm brown for Sisters of all hues, Clay, Earth and Sand...I use Clay 1

Lipsticks
Sheer Gold is my daywear lipstick Luxury Lip shine: in Glitzy...I use this amazing lip gloss for shimmer on hot nites, when I want to punch my lip color up a notch..Use alone or over another warm gold matte lipgloss for amazing shine

Cleansing Products
Garnier Nutrisse are the new products that I am addicted to. I use the cleansing towelettes for a 1 minute cleansing. No wetting or rinsing required; just sweep off your makeup (including eye gunk) and toss in the receptacle. Then I follow with the Deep pore oil free cleanser. It is fantastic, and is thick not greasy and heavy-duty enough to even remove stage makeup (for any divas out there who have a (ahem) "night job")..ok I'm leaving that alone...lol Last but not least, during the summer months I use the daily regenerating serum...during the winter months my skin becomes drier so I need that extra moisture and umph...I use the Regenerating night cream...and my skin feels as soft as a baby's bottom...
http://www.nutritionist.garnier.ca/en/product.asp?pid=1

Black Radiance
How many of you had an older sister that used Black Radiance and Zuri products back in the day? Well I had older cousins that used these products when they were some of the first products made specifically for African American folks...you know back when Earth, Wind and Fire had just put out "Reasons"...ok thanks for that trip down memory lane..but alas, these old school favorites have re-invented themselves and they are hot, hot, hot...brand new packaging and I encourage you to check out the black radiance line of lip glosses..yum!

Queen Latifah's "Queen collection" by Covergirl
The foundations are all amazing. I use Spicy Brown..and the price? Very little "cha-ching"!

Wet n Wild
Lip Glosses and the new liquid Eyeliners in different hues are affordable and give you a bang for your buck as they will wow you...

Rimmel products
Love, love, love their colored mascaras for hot nights...

Maybelline
The old favorite Great lash is still my old stand by!!

More to come divas. Until then..Stay fabulous! Your drug store diva, Deirdre

Keep Your Eye On The Prize

I've just started wearing eyeliner on both the top and bottom lids. Normally, I wear it on the top lid only; however, I have found that wearing on both lids with a neutral lip color & topping it off with some gloss to get that luscious shine is just darling for the cold winter months. I was freelancing with M.A.C. last night and was so inspired by their mechanical eye pencils. They are waterproof and lasted the whole evening. Oh, and it goes on like a dream! Here are my faves to try:

M.A.C. Technakohl Liners (just ask for the mechanical eye liners)

• Graphblack
• Jade Way (Green)
• Auto-de-blu (navy blue)
• Brownborder

Hope you like them as much as I do...Line It Girl!