The Beauty Bunny

Following Kim Kardashian this closely makes me feel like the paparazzi, but as long as she keeps providing such useful and coveted makeup tips, I don’t really have a choice.

Kim recently posted the first video in a 4-part series on how to apply smoky eye makeup. Now the second part is available on her blog, and it offers a lot more in the way of eye makeup application tips than the first. I can’t wait to see what other celebrity makeup tips Kim has in store for us! Here are some highlights:

Continue reading Kim Kardashian Smoky Eye Makeup Tips, Part Deux!

Everyone loves freebies, especially from a heavy hitter like Murad. And one lucky reader will win over $300 in Murad products on The Beauty of Life! Simply enter your name and email address in the entry box on the contest post. Good luck!

The winner will be announced on Friday, August 22. Here’s what Jamie is giving away:

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Though most of the girls at my L’Oreal Feria hair coloring party used a shade very similar to their starting hair color, Feria’s new shimmering formula really made a difference in the intensity and shine of their color. See all five before and after photos below and judge for yourself:

Maribeth used L’Oreal Feria in #40 Espresso, which gave her dark brown locks depth and life.

Continue reading Feria Party Before and After Photos!

Starting today, Prescriptives is offering a Top Picks deluxe 5-piece gift set in your choice of either Warm or Cool shades FREE with any $32.50+ foundation or moisturizer purchase. Simply enter offer code WARM for the Warm Set or COOL for the Cool Set at checkout. This is a limited-time promotion that only happens once a year!

The Top Picks set includes the following goodies:

• Full-size Colorscope Lipcolor in Posh Ginger (warm) or Rose Glow (cool)
• Travel sizes of Colorscope Lip Gloss in Sporty (warm) or Sassy (cool)
• False Eyelashes Plush Mascara in Black
• Super Line Preventor Xtreme
• A luxury cosmetics bag

I’ve hit the big time, girls: to celebrate the release of the new L’Oreal Feria color formula, the good folks over at L’Oreal invited me, my fellow blogger Amber and a couple of my good friends to have a hair coloring party. The results were fantastic! We drank champagne, ate cheesecake, colored our hair and had an unabashedly feminine good time. Here are some of the pictures I got:

Continue reading My L’Oreal Feria Hair Coloring Party!

Another excuse to go shopping for you ladies: Shu Uemura is offering FREE shipping on any order between today, August 11 and Sunday, August 17. Simply enter the code SHU08 on checkout, and mail me a check later for all the moolah I save you beauty addicts. Moochers!

Also - L’Oreal bestowed upon me a Feria hair coloring party this weekend! Check back later today for pictures and video on the whole shebang. (Sorry for not posting them yet - I’ve been recovering from the shenanigans all weekend. In other news, I have several full two-liters of Coke left over, but no champagne. Coincidence?)