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Davis Factor Reveals Halo The New Mineral Makeup By Smashbox

In my recent trip to LA Fashion Week I interviewed Davis Factor, the founder of Smashbox Cosmetics and the great grandson on Max Factor.

Watch it on MissLush.com: my interview with Davis Factor where he reveals the launch of Halo the new mineral makeup by Smashbox Cosmetics.

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Smashbox Backstage at Crispin & Basilio

I met up with Lori Taylor, lead makeup artist for Smashbox Cosmetics, backstage at the Crispin & Basilio fashion show durng LA Fashion Week.

Lori Taylor gave me a scoop to the makeup look at Crispin & Basilio for the Spring 2009 fashion show. The makeup look for the fashion show was achieved entirely with Smashbox Cosmetics. Watch how in the video blow:

Here is a recap: Donny Barrios, the designer for Crispin & Basilio, took his inspiration for the makeup look created in his spring 2009 fashion show from the New York shows. The makeup is very clean, fresh, and pretty for spring. The look is all about a perfect skin, blush on the cheeks, eyes lined top and bottom, lashes, and lightly stained lips. This soft makeup look created by Smashbox Cosmetics fits Crispin & Basilio’s collection perfectly this season, which is also very soft and pretty.

Some of the products used to achieve the makeup look for the Crispin & Basilio fashion show include:

Smashbox O-Glow Intuitive Cheek Color With Goji Berry-C Complex, $26.
Smashbox O-Gloss Intuitive Lip Gloss With Goji Berry-C Complex, $22.
Smashbox Jet Set Waterproof Eye Liner, $22. 
Smashbox Bionic Mascara, $19.
Smashbox Blush Rush in Chiffon, $24.

How To Update Your Look This Fall With Your Hair

When updating your look this fall, don’t forget about your hair.

Add style and shimmer to the accessory you wear every day- This fall is all about incorporating jewel tones, romantic florals and feminine embellishments into your look-but don’t stop there. The new Féria Multi-Faceted Shimmering Haircolour collection from L’Oréal Paris creates a more complete style update this season by adding beautiful, dynamic, shimmering color to hair.

Watch Joe Lupo, partner of Visual Therapy, a luxury lifestyle consulting company explaining how to update your look this fall with your hair:

“When you’re thinking about your outfit and creating your look this fall, don’t forget to consider updating your hair color because it’s the one thing you wear everyday,” says Joe Lupo, partner of Visual Therapy, a luxury lifestyle consulting company. Whether it is revitalizing a brunette shade with more shimmer, intensifying a blonde hue or making a bold statement with rich auburns or black – Féria hair color shades are right on trend.

How To Create Fall 2008 Must-Have Makeup Looks At Home

L’Oréal Paris and Allure have partnered to bring the runway to reality by recreating the hottest makeup looks seen on the 2008 New York fall fashion runways. From soft, romantic makeup to hints of metallic highlights to bold color, the runways showcased beauty at its best, inspired by the latest in fashion.

Collier Strong, celebrity makeup artist and consultant to L’Oréal Paris, suggests these top makeup trends to update your look for fall. Watch in video below:

Here is a recap:

Fall Romance
Romance is in the air this season with soft, smoky eyes and delicate, pale cheeks. Collier recommends achieving this look by using Bare Naturale Mascara in Black and Bare Naturale Eyeliner in Defining Onyx, two new products that bring attention to the eyes without overpowering the look. Add definition and a sweet kiss of color to cheekbones with a soft pink or peach powder, sweeping upwards.

How To Get Kim Kardashian’s Lips

Watch my video blog for today on how to get Kim Kardashian’s Lips:

Products mentioned in Marta’s Video Blog are:
Nars Lip Gloss in Turkish Delight.
Mac Cosmetics Lipstick in Angel.

Top 6 L’Oreal Products

Watch my video blog for today, my top 6 L’Oreal products:

Products mentioned in Marta’s Video Blog for today:

L’oreal Color Vive Shampoo and Conditioner for Color Treated Dry Hair.
L’Oreal Bare Naturale Mascara.
L’oreal Telescopic Eye Liner in Carbon Black.
L’Oreal Skin Genesis Serum and Moisturizer.
L’Oreal Sublime Bronze Pro Perfect Self Tanning Mist.
L’Oreal NEW Feria Multi-Faceted Shimmering Colour.

Top 5 Smashbox Cosmetics Makeup Products

My video blog for today is about my top 5 favorite Smashbox Cosmetics makeup products. Check it out:

Makeup products mentioned in Marta’s video blog for today:

Smashbox Cosmetics Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer, $18.
Smashbox Cosmetics Photo Op Under Eye Brightener, $18.
Smashbox Cosmetics Function5 Self Adjusting Powder Foundation, $36.
Smashbox Cosmetics Lip Enhancing Gloss in Pop, $18.
Smashbox Cosmetics Beyond Beauty Holiday Collection fusion Eye and Cheek Palettes in Endless, $39.

MAC Little Darlings

MAC Little Darlings Glamour Goodies:

 

When bigger isn’t better! An assortment of promotional-sized glamour goodies for experimenting anew with eyes, cheeks, lips…small never looked so sexy! A gifted collection of MAC bestsellers all gathered together for you and your favourite people.

Wrapped in glossy patent paper, Little Darlings delivers 5 Coral, Pink and Neutral Lipglass/Lustreglass, 5 Warm Pigments, 5 Cool Pigments and 5 Softsparkle Eye Pencils. They look sweet as sugar, but Little Darlings know what they’re doing.

The MAC Little Darlings Collection Includes:

Little Darlings: 5 Coral Lipglass/Lustreglass Cylinder case covered in shiny red patent fabric.
Includes 5 mini-Lipglass/Lustreglass

Lipglass Underage, Ola Mango!, Pink Grapefruit
Lustreglass Wonderstruck, Budding
Suggested Retail Price $29.50 U.S./$35.50 CDN

MAC Holiday Collections 2008

MAC heats up the holidays with red hot colours, cases and compacts this season. Give jeweled compacts, stylish brush sets, beautiful lip and eye palettes, or gifts that give back. Here is a brief preview:

MAC “RED” SHE SAID

Passion, heat and danger come together to create this simply sparkling holiday collection. Lips are coloured in lusty shades with shimmering Dazzleglass to add resplendent moisture. Two shades of Mineralize Eye Shadows are zipped together by a strip of silver or gold, while shimmery blushes and silky nail lacquers accentuate a radiant holiday look.

MAC PASSIONS OF RED

Decadent and fiery colours for eyes and lips are housed in brilliant jeweled casings. Beautifully embossed, jeweled compacts create the ultimate gift of glamour. Choose from four Eye Shadow palettes, with shades ranging from warm, cool, classic and smokey. Polish off the look with three luxurious Lip Palettes, complete with two lipsticks, one lipglass and a mini lip brush. Each compact is a treasured gift.

CHANEL Introduces La Beaute Du Voyage

CHANEL Introduces La Beaute Du Voyage Limited Edition.

LA BEAUTÉ DU VOYAGE ESSENTIAL TRAVEL COLLECTION: The accomplished travel companion for every woman’s beauty regimen – from wakeup to makeup – so she looks and feels as rested, relaxed and pampered as if she’s flown first class.

The exclusive collection, with signature CHANEL sleep mask, includes: HYDRAMAX + ACTIVE SÉRUM Active Moisture Boost, SOIN TENDRES LÈVRES Hydra Treatment Lip Care SPF 15, PRO LUMIÈRE CORRECTEUR Professional Finish Concealer in Medium, INIMITABLE Mascara Multi-Dimensionnel in Noir-Black, and a mini LÈVRES SCINTILLANTES Glossimer in Seashell. All, in a signature CHANEL bag with a removable, full-size clear insert that keeps these beauty essentials travel-safe and easy to find. $175.00

Available at select department and specialty stores and on CHANEL.COM: October 2008.