Beauty Balm

                           


                                  ONE  OF THE BEST NEW BEAUTY PRODUCTS




Maybe you've noticed one of the newest beauty products on the market.  It actually crawled in under my radar and onto the shelves without attracting my attention.  A sales person at the Body Shop first introduced me when I said I was looking for a tinted moisturizer. " Try this,"   She held a small tube marked BB. "It's Beauty Balm" I then recalled seeing ads for it but they had failed to pique my interest.   So many products .. so little time.  She must have read my mind.  "Just give it try. It's  a bit different from what else is out there.  
 I smoothed some over my face and checked the mirror. My skin  had that luminous glow I'm forever in search of.  Best of all it didn't look like I was wearing makeup

Beauty Balm, I think originated in Asia . It is a combination of primer, color, moisturizer and  sunscreen.    It is light and impacts a nice healthy look when you chose the right shade (go lighter rather than darker). It's inexpensive.  Maybelline's, which I tried next was under $10.  I then moved on to Cover Girl (also good )and L'Oreal which  is marketed for mature skin and is a little more moisturizing  than the others.  However it didn't impart as much color.

On a trip to Sephora, I found that they too had hopped on the Beauty Balm bandwagon with everyone from Benefit to Dior hawking their versions. I decided to be extravagant and try a high end balm.  After taking a good look at my face the salesperson returned with a jar.  This BB was a water based gel and was one of several from a line I  had never heard of, Dr. Jart.  The product was rather thick and not easy to apply.I was skeptical,but she was convincing and I had a train to catch so I put another  $35plus tax on my credit card and took it home.   If  there was a glow, I couldn't see it and the gel like texture wasn't to my liking.     Back it went no questions asked.  For now I'm sticking with  the drug store brands .
The balm is a great idea for those of us who like to think we really don't need foundation but look much better with it.  Foundation? Me?  Of course not! Just a little BB Balm. 


Cheers,

Barb

Treat Your Skin To Health for the New Year

I know all the products I'm addicted to using on my skin and especially on my eyes enhance my looks but every once in a while I wonder what havoc all those chemicals may be causing. My eyes in particular tend to sting and tear.
I think that's one of the reasons a new four product kit by Tarte ,we wish you health, caught my eye. The attractive purple leather case that it comes packaged in helped too.

A mini clean slate face primer, boasts a silicone based formula that is enriched with avocado, echinacea, rosemary, and hibiscus oils to soothe and moisturize. I've recently started using different oils to moisturize my skin instead of lotions,so this primer has my name on it and does the job.
Mini-lock and roll creaseless eyeshadow duo is a cream shadow in slate, a shade that flatters just about every eye color. The vitamin E enriched cream glides on smoothly. The other end is a powder shadow that contains crushed mica, which adds depth and definition

The mini lights, camera, lashes 4-in 1 mascara lengthens curls and volunmizes and conditions lashes using Provitamin B to thicken lashes and natural olive esters to treat and protect against breakage. As I coated my lashes with this mascara before ballet class I felt as if I was giving them a beauty treatment! It may just end up being my favorite mascara
The inside out vitamin infused lipgloss contains BORBA, acai, greentea, and grape seed extract along with vitamins A, E and C. The shade, Serenity with just a hint of a sparkle glided on and felt great but didn't last through the hour and a half class. Not to worry,
I had the kit with me and was able to reapply.
Give your skin a treat for the New Year by adorning it with cosmetics that actually help make it better!
Cheers,
Barb