It’s not easy living your dreams! It’s even harder — indulging in your creative passions! For me, I wear many stylish hats — with writing, photography, graphic/design and PR — all dwelling within! But what truly allows me to float on cloud 9 — is the fashion, beauty, health, travel (lifeSTYLE) worlds! Bliss has become my latest addiction! I apply it to everything I do! I find pleasure in the simplest things…trying to weed out the negatives — and accentuate the positives!
To help me to stay in the game, while keeping you all chic and in the know — I’ve launched Fashionation Fridays — which is a roundup of the best in beauty, fashion & lifeSTYLE…including the latest deals, news and unique finds! So sit back, relax — and get ready to get your bliss on 
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Beauty News
Magic & Mayhem
It’s holiday time lovelies — and magic soars threw the brisk air! Visions of sugarplums — dancing through our heads, as we gear up for all of the fabness — is fashion, beauty and lifestyle! Have any of you heard of Nakeah Cosmetics? Well, I’m a beauty blogger and I haven’t…however, this unique beauty brand has recently launched their newest collection for the holiday season — “The Magical Collection” on November 21st!
They boost flawless all natural foundations… as well as exquisite eye palettes that enhances your natural beauty. With royal purples, pinks, and gold’s while wearing hypnotizing lip shades of creamy nudes, sparkly pinks, and luxurious purples, there’s always a magical beauty moment.
This Holiday “The Magical Collection” will have you looking and feeling your best. In fact, the collection will make a magical appearance at the Magic & Mayhem holiday event today…November 30th, 2012 at Nakeah Cosmetics & Beauty Lounge located at 7471 Melrose Ave., Suite 22, Los Angeles, CA 90046 or visit www.nakeahcosmetics.com, as you’re magical moment awaits you!
Nakeah Cosmetics is an environmental conscious company that does not contain chemicals such as sulfates, parabens, and phthalates. Their products are not tested on animals and were created with women of all ethnicity — and various skin types in mind.
A Chic Holiday Beautygasm by Total Beauty
Indulge yourself in a special little gift — just for YOU! You have to check out the latest deluxe beauty sample collection a la Total Beauty. The BEAUTYGASM COLLECTION from Total Beauty.com, adorns great beauty products for the season, including a special gift — the Trojan Vibrations Interchange 5.3 (a $79 value) for only $29.99. Yes, spice up your holidays while steaming up your bedroom (bliss…remember? 
. Here’s a beautiful bonus…get exclusive access to an additional 10% off now through Dec 1st with promo code: SPICE
Every month, TotalBeauty.com offers beauty junkies The Total Beauty Collection, a package of deluxe beauty samples hand-picked by their editors for gals to try at home. For December, they’re spicing it up a bit and inspiring women to indulge in themselves during this holiday season!”
New Facial Exfoliant Set to Shake Up Your Skincare Regimen
I am loaded with chic, new and innovated ways to put your best face forward — literally . I can’t stress enough — how vital exfoliation is to the skin’s wellbeing and overall health. There’s a new patent pending process — which focuses on the “rolling action” — which removes dead skin…without stripping away your skin’s healthy tissues! It’s called POWDERWorks. This unique and new approach — is a powder-based facial exfoliant — which maintains it’s powder form, even after it is massaged onto your face. It leaves you with a clean feel, minus the icky residue build up — which can clog pores. This allows you to get full strength treatment — with exceptional performance! Did I mention that it is also all natural, and made with non-toxic ingredients? Or that it is formulated with a patent-pending one-of-the-kind rolling action technology, which is conveniently packaged in a shaker? What a chic alternative to those harsh scrubs, and facial peels. It exfoliates your face and neck without irritation!
It is infused with natural oils to polish and soften your skin as it literally rolls away the dead skin without harming the healthy layers. It is created for all skin types, and in particular for sensitive skin. This beauty product stands out from others: It utilizes a patent-pending mechanical process that results in zero irritation for all skin types.
“I am really excited that POWDERWorks facial exfoliant is now available to consumers women, men and teens. We are confident that this will become very popular. So far, the response has been overwhelming. My two teenage daughters and I all have very sensitive skin and we have tried a variety of facial exfoliants and were not satisfied and experienced side effects, such as irritation, says Leslie Granberry, Founder, POWDERWorks facial exfoliant. I was in search of an effective treatment and could not find one, so I decided to create my own skincare facial product. My husband and I teamed up and consulted with industry and skincare experts and after two years of R&D, POWDERWorks facial exfoliant has launched. What we created is an exceptional and high quality facial exfoliant that is very different.
How to Use — Easy as 1-2-3. First, lightly dampen your clean face with water. Secondly, shake desired amount of the powder onto your moist fingertips. Thirdly, massage onto face in circular motion & thoroughly rinse your face with water and pat dry. After one use, your skin will feel smoother and look brighter, renewed and glowing. The results are instant. Recommended use is twice a week for all skin types. It has been clinically tested to safely and gently exfoliate the facial skin (even neck) without any side effects, such as burning/itching/flaking. Many exfoliants – referred to as scrubs or peels – contain acid and harsh ingredients and often times strip and damage the healthy skin on the face leaving it red, flaky, burning and irritated. According to Granberry, exfoliation is the first step to beautiful skin. It is a technique that removes dead skin cells from the outermost layer of your skin, and, as a result the healthy living cells are revealed.
It is also safe enough to use around the sensitive eye and lip area and to use on the back of hands. Beautifully packaged (100% recyclable) in a 2 oz./60 ml shaker, it retails for $39.00 and consumers can purchase online at thepowderworks.com.
Get Fun, Festive & Flawless Holiday Hair With John Freida
Nothing says seasonal style like gorgeous curls. The Spiral Curls heat styler from John Frieda® — delivers healthy, beautiful, holiday curls, that are easy to attain without the heat damage or hassle of other irons. What’s their secret? Well, it’s thanks to the cutting-edge clamp-free barrel — which ensures a kink-free curl.
Made with a Ceramic Titanium Coating and Superior Ionic Technology, the Spiral Curls curling iron from John Frieda has a tapered barrel, measuring ¾” at the tip and 1 ¼” at the base.Beauty Fixx: For face-framing modern curls, be sure to roll sections inward. Want a retro-fifties look? Roll sections outwards and tousle with fingertips.
Let Fake Bake Prep Your Holiday Glam
It’s practically December — and that means Holiday parties, travel, overeating and stress…oohh my. Thank goodness — Fake Bake has a whole line of products dedicated to combating all of the above.
When there is no time to work out, fall back on Lipo Bronze! When there is no time to get a spray tan but you¹re too pale for that party dress, lean on our 60 Minute Tan! When you need a quick fix for one night only Golden Faux Glow is the answer!”
Lipo Bronze is a self-tanner that is also clinically proven to help diminish cellulite! Lipo Bronze creates a measurable smoother skin texture and a golden glow J.
Golden Faux Glo is a tan without the commitment. Golden Faux Glo is a wash-off self-tanner that goes on smoothly and washes off in the shower and won¹t rub off on your clothes. I recommend the ³shimmer² version!
60 Minute Tan is our new, express daily tanner that develops into a beautiful, natural looking tan in 60 Minutes. Its pretty amazing and so easy to apply.
‘E’ by Evelyn Cosmetics Extends Cyber Monday
This chic cosmetic line of pro shadow palettes, brush sets and skincare — will continue their coveted 40% off sale — through December 5th.
The cosmetics line is formulated for every shade of today’s woman and features an array of professional shadow palettes and glamorous pigments that will show off your sassy side.”
PALETTES
· Smoke It Out – Perfect for the woman who wants to create a dynamic array of colorful smokey eye looks. This palette contains thirty-six highly pigmented shades.
Regular price: $24.95
Sale price: $14.97
· Neutral Palette – Great for the “E” by Evelyn Lozada consumer who loves creating looks from natural everyday to show stopping sultry. This palette contains twenty-eight highly pigmented shades ranging from nudes to rich browns and everything in between.
Regular price: $26.95
Sale Price: $16.17
· 78 Color Combo Palette – This combo palette is perfect and convenient for the woman who prefers an easy look to create. From highly pigmented matte to shimmer eye shadows this palette contains sixty wide ranges of colors to choose from.
Regular price: $28.95
Sale Price: $17.37
· 88 Color Shimmer Palette – This palette is for the daring and edgy “E” by Evelyn Lozada consumer, containing eighty-eight shimmer shadows that any woman can create endless looks with ease.
Regular price: $29.95
Sale Price: $17.97
Glam up for the holidays for fewer than $30.00 (thirty-dollars) with dramatic pigments that will make you stand out from the rest at your holiday party!
E-COLLECTION
· E-Factor! Collection, E-Drama Collection and E-Reality Collection is a collection of 6 (six) pure mica pigments and cosmetic glitter each individually packaged in their own pod and assembled in a stack. The collection also includes a matte shadow base and a clear lip base.
Regular Price: $49.95
Sale Price: $29.97
E-Reality E-Factor E-Drama
The 7 piece professional brush set, also on sale for $29.97 is constructed with the highest quality bristle for customers to achieve a flawless application and includes the following:
· 1-Pointed Powder – Fantastic for all over powder and also pointed for highlighting
· 1-Angle Blush – The ultimate tool for contouring and shading the cheek
· 1-Dual Foundation – Designed for application of any foundation or concealer
· 1-Pointed Blender – Perfect for blending and shading eye shadow
· 1-Precision Crease – Great for contouring eye shadow
· 1-Chisel Shadow – Excellent for applying your base shadow
· 1-Brow / Lash Groomer – Created to groom and shape your brows and lashes
· 1-7 Slot Folding Case/Stand
“E” by Evelyn Cosmetics is available online at www.EbyEvelynCosmetics.com
Chic & Colorful Stocking Stuffers
You have to check out these amazing little beauties — which are perfect stocking stuffers for the little glam maven — on your shopping list!
Sun Bum SPF 30+ Flavored Lip Balms – $3.99 each at www.TrustTheBum.com
Sun Bum, Cocoa Beach native sunscreen company with a heavy surf following, made so many smile with their original banana flavored SPF Lip Balm that they made more! The new flavors (Pink Guava, Mango, Coconut, Key Lime and Pomegranate) are guaranteed to delight lips – and protect them with Broad Spectrum UVA/UVB Protection.
güd Body Mists – $6.00 each at www.gudHappens.com
From the imagination of Burt’s Bees comes güd, a novel and extrasensory approach to natural beauty created for the of-the-moment girl and woman. The gud Body Mist comes in four scents – Pearanormal Activity, Vanilla Flame, Floral Cherrynova and Orange Petalooza – have guilt-free formulas and make skin say “aaahh”. Just like Burt’s Bees products, güd products contain no parabens, no phthalates, no petrochemicals and are never test on animals – No way!”
Great news lovelies — Media Maven has been nominated for a Wego Health Award! And as an ambassador — this has me floating on cloud 9! Take a moment, and share the love, by voting for your favorite Wellness LifeSTYLE Ambassador today!
Leona Lewis – the British singer and global superstar — is the newest Brand Activist for The Body Shop, helping to raise awareness Against Animal Testing. Seven years ago — the beauty triumphed on the X Factor UK, and with 10 million album sales, a collection of Grammy and BRIT Award nominations – she remains refreshingly grounded and stays true to her beliefs. She is an avid animal lover, long-time vegetarian — who is passionate about beauty! Look out for the newest limited edition collection by Leona Lewis for The Body Shop!
