Lip Treatment. I’m not an organic freak but every once in a while I do get conscious about all the chemicals I inhale just to get my lips glossy. My latest find for a more natural lip gloss is KORRES lip butters. Formulated without Petro-Chemicals and Sulfates. Favorite shades: Pomegranate (sheer coral) and Quince (sheer rose).

KORRES Lip Butter the more natural alternative to lip gloss

Help celebrate the new year and 1 year anniversary of The Plaza Beauty with these great products to start the year off looking and feeling fresh!

Reversital: Rejuvenate your skin in the new year with a simple twist of the Reversital MicrodermaStick ($90.00). A multi-purpose stick for your face, throat and décolleté, the MicrodermaStick cleanses, exfoliates and moisturizes to create a flawless finish.

Comfort Zone: Get a fresh start with the Comfort Zone Pearl Cream ($75.00 – 30ml), a multi-benefit moisturizer that balances pigmentation and reduces and aids in the prevention of spots, leaving your skin radiant. Using effective ingredients such as pearl powder, licorice and mulberry, this is one product you definitely want to have to ring in the new year.

Kai Body Butter: A silky whipped soufflé with a moisturizing shea butter base blended with rich ingredients such as safflower seed oil, aloe leaf extract, and apricot kernel oil, this fragrant body butter will leave your skin soft and smooth. Perfect for the colder months, Kai Body Butter ($60.00) seeps into the skin making you feel refreshed and leaving you with skin worthy enough to show off.

Korres Natural Products: A green spice of dazzling freshness with a vibrant lemon zest touch, Korres Basil Lemon Shower Gel ($13.00) revives your skin with every lather. Wheat proteins form a protective film on the skin, maintaining its natural moisture level and Active Aloe, rich in vitamin C, vitamin E, zinc and antioxidant enzymes, enhances the skin’s immune system of the skin.

WHERE TO FIND: The Plaza Beauty by Warren-Tricomi, One West 58th Street at The Plaza Hotel’s Grand

Concourse Level. 212.223.4694.

New Year’s Resolutions:  Get a fresh start this New Year with a head-to-toe detox from KORRES! This 5 step regimen will help you leave your bad skincare habits in 2009 and start 2010 with a clean slate. These products are specially formulated to undo past damage, remove build up and reveal brighter, more radiant skin.

FOR THE FACE:

Step 1: Pomegranate Cleansing Scrub ($19.50): Exfoliate your face with this gentle, invigorating scrub. Fine Olive Stone grains and Pomegranate extract exfoliate to remove dead skin cells and surface impurities without irritating or stripping the skin, revealing a healthy, glowing complexion.

Step 2: Materia Herba Toning Cleansing Foam ($27): This multi-action, soap free foam, washes away dirt and impurities, while protecting skin from dehydration, leaving it clean and soft. It’s enriched with certified organic Hamamelis extract, Centaurea flower-water and a bio-surfactant that purifies to reveal visibly cleaner, smoother skin.

Step 3: Wild Rose Instant Brightening & Illuminating Vitamin C Mask ($27): Apply to the face for a clear, radiant and instantly brighter complexion. Wild Rose Oil and Argan Oil work to repair fine lines and skin marks while Shea Butter, Avocado Butter and Pro-Vitamin B5 target skin discolorations and promote cell renewal for brighter, clearer skin.

Step 4: Sugar Crystal Anti-Oxidant Treatment ($39.50): Revive dull, fatigued and environmentally damaged skin with this multi-vitamin and anti-oxidant treatment. This moisturizer is formulated to quickly improve hyper-pigmentation and texture while providing a non greasy moisture boost. Infused with Ginseng extract, it improves skin tonicity and firmness, revealing a radiant complexion.

FOR THE BODY:

Step 5: Basil Lemon Body Scrub ($17): Exfoliate your body with this refreshing and toning scrub that softens dry skin. The combination of ground Bamboo with Jojoba beads effectively removes dead skin cells and improves microcirculation. The multi-mineral combination of Sodium, Magnesium, Zinc and Manganese works to restore the skin cells’ energy, leaving skin silky-smooth.

Step 6: Mint Showergel ($19.50): Cleanse and refresh your body with the energizing scent of this jumbo-size, hydrating showergel. Each formula is enriched with age-fighting Active Aloe®, Wheat proteins, and Vitamins for long-lasting hydration and protection.

Available at sephora.com

Vera Farmiga was sporting red lips at the Up in the Air LA Premier on Monday, November 30th, 2009, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA. Vera was wearing a dress by Dolce & Gabbana and her makeup look was created by Tina Turnbow, a Natural Makeup Artist.

“Vera’s look was simple glamour: Her dress was ephemeral – a white, almost grecian Dolce & Gabbana, and I wanted her makeup look to shine forth her beautiful features, while keeping that simple, effortless air.”-Tina Turnbow

Face Products: “Vera has a beautiful, fair complexion, so I kept it simple – with a lightweight foundation and finished with a light, rosy blush.

Foundation: Almay Pure Blends Mineral Makeup in Fair – “l love that this foundation is 97.4% natural”

Blush: Revolution Organics Freedom Glow Beauty Balm in Blushed – “It’s a beautiful cream stick that creates very natural-looking rosy cheeks.” Mineral Fusion Blush in
Trace “a soft, baby pink to highlight cheek bones”

Powder: Tarte Provocateur SPF 8 Pressed Mineral Powder & Compact in Fair

Eye Products: “I kept the eyes nude, with a bit of pearly shimmer smudged on the lids and beautiful lush lashes. It was also important that her brows were defined and framed her face.”

Eyeshadow: Jane Iredale Liquid Eyeliner in Silver (smudged on lids)
Lashes: Origins Full Story Lush Lash Mascara
Brows: Clarins Pro Palette Eyebrow Kit. “This all in one kit has everything I need to create the perfect brows – from highlighter to powders to even a holding wax to groom them brows.”

Lip Products:
Lip Prep: Korres Guava Lip Butter to prep lips “offers creamy hydration and is a great primer for lipcolor”
Lipstick: ZUZU Luxe Lipstick in Vino D’amour

Finish: ARCONA Lavender Hydrating Mist “A light mist to set the makeup and give a little finishing glow”

Talking Makeup is excited to share with a special offer from Korres!

Until September 15, get 30% OFF on your online Korres purchase. Just visit their website: www.korresusa.com and use special promotion code: TALKINGMAKEUP

Happy shopping!:)

Korres Natural Products was created by George Korres and his wife, Lena in Athens Greece.  Korres’s main philosophy is to develop products using the most environmentally-friendly and skin compatible ways as possible.  Replacing all these common ingredients like: mineral oil, silicone, propylene glycol, and ethanolamines with naturally occurring extracts and vitamins.

Talking Makeup added these Korres products on it’s hot list: Korres Body Scrub in Watermelon a scented refrshing body scrub with natural exfoliating grains, $17.

Korres Cherry Full Color Gloss rich in cherry and jojoba oils, vitamins C and E for the softest and sexiest lips, $16.