A New Level of Precision

 

                           

This new Precision Eyeliner from Face Stockholm is the best liquid eyeliner we have ever tried. The tip is a perfect length and width. It allows for a flawless application every time. The liquid dispenses automatically for consistant color. To apply swipe it lightly across the upper lashline. The tiny tip will apply just the perfect amount of product.

Many brands have tried, but no one has done it quite this well. This is definitely a must-have!

Available for $36 at Face Stockholm.

Weekly Beauty Deals

                                   

 

                                                    

Estee Lauder and Bloomingdale's are hooking it up this week! With any $39.50 Estee Lauder purchase. A gift designed by you, just for you. Exclusively at Bloomingdale's.

Choose your favorite lip and eye shades , warm or cool.
Choose your cleanser.
Choose your moisturizer (brightening, lifting, or protection)
Choose your repair serum (pore minimizing, line correction or past UV damage)
Plus the luminous new fragrance every woman wears her way, Estée Lauder Sensuous,
And this chic sueded cosmetic bag that shines, shines, shines.

A $100 value

While supplies last.

Pretty cool right? Nicciknows recommends picking up some staple Estee items such as a Clear High Gloss ($16) and the new Turbolash All Effects Motion Mascara ($30). All items available at Bloomingdale's.

   
                                       

Bliss and Nordstrom are offering a cute gift with purchase this week. Receive Lemon + Sage Body Butter (2.5 oz.), Lemon + Sage Body Scrub (4 oz.) and Vanilla + Bergamot Shower Gel (2 oz.), all in a Bliss signature tote bag. Yours with any $50 Bliss purchase. Online and in store.

Nicciknows recommends picking up the Triple Oxygen Instant Energizing Mask ($52). We've tried this and its an amazing, quick and easy invigorator for the face! All you do is put it on when you get in the shower and wash it off before getting out. Its foams up and leaving your skin feeling fantastic! All items available at Nordstrom.

   
                                                  

Prescriptives and Dillards have this lovely gift this week. Receive a collection of must-have products as your gift with any Prescriptives foundation or moisturizer purchase of $32.50 or more. As an added bonus, choose between warm and cool color combinations:

Warm Gift includes: Colorscope Lipstick in Posh Ginger, travel-size Colorscope Lip Gloss in Sporty, travel-size False Lashes Mascara in Black, travel-size Super Line Preventor Xtreme and zip-top cosmetics bag

Cool Gift includes: Colorscope Lipstick in Rose Glow, travel-size Colorscope Lip Gloss in Sassy, travel-size False Lashes Mascara in Black, travel-size Super Line Preventor Xtreme and zip-top cosmetics bag

Nicciknows recommends picking up a Good in Bed Moisturizer ($65) for that amazing moisture delivery and just a touch of self tanner for the perfect glow in this cool weather. All items availabe at Dillards.

Nicciknows for Sephora.com

 

Hello Beauty Mavens!  This week, your very own Nicciknows did a two-part guest blog for Sephora's Beauty and the Blog on one of her all time favorite beauty topics....3-Minute Makeup!

Here are the links for your perusing pleasure:

http://blog.sephora.com/2008/10/3-minute-makeup-tricks.html

http://blog.sephora.com/2008/10/3-minute-makeup-picks.html

Enjoy!

A Vintage Fave

 

                                                     

Aveda's first shampoo is still a modern favorite. Made for brunette and honey blonde toned hair, the famous Clove shampoo, is made with organically grown clove. Clove is a detoxifying herb that enhances warm tones and organically grown coffee which enriches brown tones and provides astringent benefits to the scalp. Organic ingredients and coffee are characteristics of the latest technology so its safe to say that this shampoo came long before its time.

The shampoo smells amazing and gives the hair a fresh, clean feel while not stripped of excess moisture. Like a Chanel handbag, this vintage itme is a must have! You can pick it up for $10 at Aveda.com.

The Name is Product

 

                                                

Product is the name of this all natural hair styling aide. It is fabulous and is made with just five organic and plant derived ingredients, all of which we can pronounce; Shea butter, Aloe Vera, Vitamin E, Beeswax and Fragrance. It can be used on damp or dry hair by taking a pea-sized amount, liquefying between fingertips and then running through hair. The result is a de-frizzed, shiny, texturized look that gives a bit of hold but doesn't weigh down the hair.

In this economy, we are all looking for products that are effective, environmentally conscious and not too hard on the pocketbook. At $14, this "Product" meets and exceeds expectations. You can pick some product up at Product's website. Enjoy!

Long Wear for a Short Time

 

                                                 

Get this one while its hot! Available for a limited time only, the Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Eye Palette ($55 at Nordstrom )  is nothing short of a necessity! It comes in two color choices, the Moon Rock and Night Sky Palette  come with two long-wear cream eyeshadows and two long wear gel eyeliners, and a handy two-sided brush for application.

The long wear cream shadows are multi-functional, serving as an eyeshadow base or an eyeshadow and the gel eyeliners can double as as cream eyeshadow when creating a smoky eye. Here's how: take the thicker brush side and apply the gel eyeliner all over the lower lid of the eye as well as underneath the eye. A little goes a long way so start with just a little bit of product and blend well. Next, take a fluffier eyeshadow brush like the #224 from MAC ($28 at Nordstrom)  and blend into the crease, creating a long lasting airbrushed smoky eye.

Weekly Beauty Gifts Roundup

                                       

 

                                                 

Nordstrom and Estee Lauder have a cute gift with purchase this week. A gift designed by you, just for you. Choose the Estée Lauder skincare regimen targeted to your personal skin concern—in 14-day sizes. Plus enjoy a fabulous new makeup look including lipstick, gloss and seven eyeshadows.

A $100 value, this customized gift is yours free with any $39.50 Estée Lauder purchase. Available October 15 through November 2, 2008, or while supply lasts.*

Nicciknows recommends picking up the new Turbolash All Effects Motion Mascara in Black ($32). Its an auto-powered, vibrating brush which is very cool and great for length and volume! Also grab a High Gloss Ultra Brilliance Lip Gloss in Clear ($16). All items available at Nordstrom. 

   

                                                    

Bloomingdales and Borghese have an amazing gift with any $45 purchase this week. AND it comes in a perfect black clutch.

GIFT INCLUDES:
- 1oz Fango Delicato
- 1oz Gel Delicato Gentle Makeup Remover
- .5oz Complesso
- .5oz Curaforte Moisture Intensifier
- Mini B Lip Gloss - Tostato
- Black fold over Clutch w/ buckle

While supplies last. Nicciknows recommends picking up the Lumina Hydrating Concealer ($23.50) and the Superiore Mascara ($19), which is fabulous. All items available at Bloomingdales.

   
                                                     

Clarins and Dillards are giving a great skincare gift with purchase this week.

Receive a collection of deluxe skincare products as your gift with the purchase of two full-size Clarins products (at least one must be skincare). As an added bonus, choose a collection to suit your specific skincare needs:

The Restorative Choice Gift includes: 1.7-oz. Cleansing Milk, .53-oz. Super Restorative Day Cream, .53-oz. Super Restorative Night Wear and 1.06-oz. Super Restorative Redefining Body Care

The Firming Choice Gift includes: .53-oz. Extra-Firming Night Cream, .53-oz. Extra-Firming Day Cream, .53-oz. Advanced Extra-Firming Neck Cream and 1.7-oz. Cleansing Milk

The Hydrating Choice Gift includes: .53-oz. Thirst Quenching Hydra-Care Mask, .5-oz. HydraQuench Intensive Serum Bi-Phase, .53-oz. HydraQuench Rich Cream and 1.7-oz. Gentle Foaming Cleanser

The Brightening Choice Gift includes: .35-oz. Firming Brightening Serum, .67-oz. Protective Brightening Day Lotion, .53-oz. Bright Plus HP and 1.7-oz. Gentle Foaming Cleanser

To order your gift, please select one skincare collection from the Item menu along with your qualifying purchase. One gift per person while supplies last.  In order to qualify for this gift, Nicciknows recommends picking up a UV Plus Dayscreen SPF 40 ($40) and Moisture Replenishing Lip Balm ($24). All items available at Dillards.

Prescriptives.com AMAZING Offer for Four Days Only

We couldn't let our readers miss this amazing Friends and Family offer from Prescriptives.com.

Here is the link to start shopping:

Prescriptives.com.

Nicciknows Tip: Pick up your favorite higher-priced items and get more bang for your buck AND free shipping. Prescriptives has a wonderful foundation brush ($30) and we love the Super Line Preventor Xtreme ($48 for 1 oz.), the Magic Liquid Powder in Transluscent ($35) is amazing too!

Feel free to comment and share about your favorite Prescriptives products.

Happy shopping!

 

Heavenly Scents that Make Sense!

                                                   

The LAVANILA Laboratories fragrances are absolutely amazing!  The fragrances all have a base of Rich Madagascar Vanilla, which ultra sexy...and adding notes of grapefruit, coconut to the formula only enhances their yumminess. They infuse pure essential oils with 100% active botanicals to create natural, fresh scents coupled with; get this, anti-oxidant, vitamins, minerals and amino acids!  

One of my favorite products from LAVANILA is the super-convenient Eau de Parfum rollerball in Vanilla Grapefruit. The perfect grab-and-go fragrance, the rollerball delivery system applies the perfect amount of fragrance and can be used anywhere and EVERYWHERE (wink wink).  I recommend picking up the Vanilla Grapefruit rollerball ($18) as well as the Vanilla Blossom fragrance ($56). Available at http://Sephora.com.  

Oily Skin Needs Moisture Too!

 

                                                        

Many people with oilier skin tend to want to avoid night creams and moisturizing creams. I'm here to inform you that even if you have or have had oily skin in the past, your skin can still be dehydrated and moisturizer is highly important if you are trying to combat pre-mature aging. They aren't always easy to find but there are amazingly effective, oil-free moisturizing night creams.

The Seaweed Night Cream from Mario Badescu is one of the most amazing night creams for all skin types, that we have ever tried! It uses Seaweed, Collagen and Hyaluronic Acid to soften, hydrate and nourish. It's also fragrance free and if you are trying to avoid breakouts or prone to roseacia or skin irritation, its a good idea to avoid perfumed creams.

I've been using it now for a few weeks and my skin is noticely more radiant looking and hydrated. It hasn't made me more oily and my skin is super soft! Best of all, its only $20. Pick it up at http://Mario Badescu. You won't be disappointed!