Could This Styling Product Change Your Life? Marie Claire Says Yes!

PANTENE AgeDefy Advanced Thickening Treatment $19. A blend of vitamins + caffeine that battles the 7 signs of hair aging, from  breakage to lackluster color.


Marie Claire featured this one in their Best New Beauty Products 2013 (Hottest Products for Hair and Body list).

We LOVE any styling product that FATTENS each strand of hair. A lot of times hair thickeners or volumizers plump up your mane, but can also leave your hair greasy if you apply too much. Pantene's Age Defy feels lightweight, which is a good thing.

The Pantene website says this about their new thickening treatment:

Thickens existing hair so it's like you have up to 6,500 more hair strands*. Works on the surface of each hair strand for natural-looking hair with fullness that lasts, adding thickness to existing hair fibers.

Plus---- the product claims that you will gain healthier hair with less breakage.

You can buy it at your neighborhood drugstore for $19.99 or online. We found a bottle at Amazon for only $12.99 at Shes Chic.

Amazon buyers gave the Pantene thickener 4 stars out of 5 stars. At least take a look at the customer reviews. That can give you more info before purchasing.

We like Pantene products, but is this treatment worth the $20 splurge? Sometimes, in the name of beauty, it is.

This Ain't Your Grammy's Pond's: New Luminous Line

We like experimenting with cleansers because these facial washes go deep and contain something that soaps often do not, and that is stronger ingredients.

That means you get better exfoliating action, and anti-aging formulations that fight----wrinkles, hyper-pigmentation, sun damage, dryness, and so on.

Pond's has been around for a LONG time. Just ask your grandmother or great-grandmother about the name Pond's. They know all about it as a cold cream.

Pond's has recently launched their Luminous line. And we found a decent cleanser:

Luminous Clean™ Daily Exfoliating Cleanser ($4.69, at Target). This one sounds interesting and effective because it is made with 2 wonderful things

Soft white Kaolin clay - a natural mineral known to act like a magnet to gently draw out deep-dwelling impurities.

Gentle Microbeads - help removing dull, lifeless skin.

 

Winter is really the time to battle away aging, thristy skin. Do yourself a favor and try a facial cleanser that brings back your radiant complexion.

 

The Pond's Luminous line also features a Daily Lotion with SPF 15, Clean Cream Cleanser( with nourishing glycerin), and Clean Wet Cleansing Towelettes.

There is also another Pond's line that you can buy on Ebay, but it is only found in Asia, and this one is a really great skin care cream, if you believe all the hype:

Pond's Age Miracle Cream. Read about it here in an old BeautyTipToday post.

Hot Pink Lips Really Hot For 2013: Here's Pretty Pink Lite

Hot pink lipstick is really, well, HOT for 2013. But maybe you don't want to be too HOT. Maybe you want to tone it down for the office. Maybe you wish to go pink but in a subtle, soft way.

We have the classic pink look for you to copy---step-by-step. And you will need just  3 Revlon items to achieve this gorgeous pout.

We learned this today on People StyleWatch. Celebrity makeup artist Cyndle Komarovski shows you how to get the look and have it last ALL day. Really? Well, we will take her professional word for it.

1. Revlon ColorStay Lipliner in Natural. Put this on lips first to accentuate their shape.

2. Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Stormy Pink. Apply one coat of Stormy Pink and then BLOT. Apply a 2nd coat of Stormy Pink. This will give you 'all day staying power.'

3. Revlon Colorburst Lip Gloss in Pink Ice. For added dimension, put on the Pink Ice over the lipstick.

There---you're done. Beautiful soft pink lips!

To see the demo, click here. The Pink Lips demo comes in at the 1:02 mark.

Would You Try This Cheap Full Coverage Foundation--Getting High Marks

Foundation.

Don't get us started. We believe EVERYONE should wear at least a bit of it, even if you happen to have perfect skin. Foundation is a pain because you need it to match really well, to blend easily, to look natural, and hopefully to last several hours. And not every foundation can perform all those steps.

We have tried a bunch of foundations and admit that our light olive skin is NOT easy to match. Finally, we settled on Revlon's ColorStay Foundation in nude.

Is the ColorStay a perfect match? Heck no....But it's the closest we've been able to come to a very decent blend.

Today, we are looking at Wet n' Wild's new foundation--Wet n' Wild Coverall Cream Foundation. Try your local drugstore. You can pick up a tube for $5-$6. We haven't tried it yet, but for that price we probably will, just to see if we can find a better match than our ColorStay Nude.

New Coverall Cream Foundation has been receiving high marks from a lot of customer reviews. Check out popular Makeup Alley. So far, buyers have given it 4.8 out of a 5.0 rating.

It's being praised for its buildable coverage and matt finish.

If you're always on the hunt for a flawless foundation finish, it's best to try a lot of them---from high end to drugstore. If the product works for you and it's a cheap one....Who cares? You've just saved a little cash for yourself.

Amen.

Go Blow Pro For Big Full-Blown Hair

Go BIG or go HOME!!

And we're talking about hair in this case. As you know, we are always on the hunt for styling products that do the job.

Here's one by Blow Pro. It's called Ready Set Blow Express Blow Dry Lotion (reg. $21, we found for $13.99, at PandoraBeauty).

Just add to towel-dried locks  and blow-dry section by section. And then get ready!! BIG HAIR ALERT!

Ready Set Blow contains wheat protein for lots of healthy moisture + shine.
and Panthenol for awesome texture + strength.

Shoppers at ULTA adore this Blow Pro product. You can read 50 reviews here. Ulta consumers gave it a 4.1 rating out of 5.

Copy Katie Holmes' Casual Chic With The Cropped Jacket Trend

Cropped jackets/blazers are a HOT trend at the moment, and actress Katie Holmes is showing us all how to get the look!

 

We love how Katie paired a cute blue cropped jacket with a long, ivory silk top and black pants. She recently wore this casual chic style to a Broadway show.

 

And we are giving Katie a standing ovation for this one!

 

You can copy Katie's effortless sophistication with a cropped blazer in blue. This pretty blue blazer comes from DorothyPerkins. It features 3/4 sleeves with cute pockets and great shoulder detailing ($55).

 

 

We also  found this lovely blue one online at Charlotte Russe.

It is a Zippered Pocket Crop Blazer on SALE right now for $25, originally retailing for $39.99. It's a lightweight jacket made of poly/rayon/spandex with 3//4 ruched sleeves.

A great deal!

Beauty Tip By Jennifer Lawrence: Epsom Salts Before Red Carpet

Gotta love actress Jennifer Lawrence. She's certainly not shy about speaking her mind. And this time, the pretty star is sharing her beauty tip for looking super slender on the red carpet. It's a cheap, quick fix that can help anyone squeeeze into a tight-fitting dress before an important event:

Epsom salts.

It gets rid of the bloat in an instant. Okay, so it's only temporary, but still a good beauty tip. Plus, it's so inexpensive. We found a 4 lb. carton at CVS for just $4.59!

No, Jennifer Lawrence doesn't look like she needs to drop any lbs., but she swears by a hot bath in Epsom salts.

 

Her personal trainer,  Dalton Wong,  actually gave her the beauty tip:

 

"Epsom Salts help to get rid of any bloating in the body before slipping into a red carpet dress," he says. "It’s a great trick that anyone can use if they’re working up to wearing a particularly clingy dress."

 

Hmmm. We never knew that, but the bath salts DO make sense. Epsom salts contain magnesium sulfate which helps detox and release trapped fats. But it's basically water weight that you're losing. Still, a lot of athletes who are in competition trying to get down a few pounds before the weigh-in , often take Epsom salt baths.

The other big plus we found in researching this instant weight loss technique is the effect it has on dimpled fat.

Bathing in Epsom salts reduces the appearance of cellulite by possibly stimulating the lymphatic system to  encourage toxin release.

Next time you're trying to squeeze into a curve-fitting ensemble, try a 10 minute Epsom salts bath. You have nothing to lose but a few unwanted pounds for the night.