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Talking Makeup had the pleasure to attend the C.O. Bigelow Media Tour at Arizona State University. I met up with the fabulous Melissa from Tractenberg & Co. who gave me a tour around the event and gave me an insight to C.O Bigelow’s history and new products.

The C.O. Bigelow special van.

Melissa from Tractenberg & Co. and Marta at Talking Makeup.

I had so much fun checking out the new C.O. Bigelow collections, such as: Village Perfumer which is their new deliciously scented body washes and lotions, Derma Remedy, Barber Men’s Collection, and Mentha Body Care. I also met the beautiful representatives of Bath & Body Works who further explained the products to me and let me test them out.

The gorgeous Bath & Body Works representative and Marta.

I got the chance to see how C.O Bigelow’s very famous Lemon Body Cream was made. This cream has been a favorite at the C.O Bigelow apothecary since 1870!

And I even got to make my own T-Shirt using C.O Bigelow’s slogan: Honest. Genuine. Trustworthy. I chose Genuine!

I walked out smelling so good after trying C.O Bigelow’s Mentha Body Vitamin Lotion (inspired by C.O. Bigelow’s best-selling Mentha Lip Tint), and C.O Bigelow’s new body lotion in Rosemary Mint. I can’t wait for the weekend so I can get me some!

The new C.O. Bigelow Village Perfumer Collection of Body Lotions and Shower Gels.

C.O. Bigelow will continue it’s Media Tour to the following locations, stop by it’s so much fun!

WHEN: April 26th, 2008. 11am-5pm.
WHERE: Hollywood & Highland Center.

WHEN: May 3rd, 2008. 11am-5pm.
WHERE: Dallas Galleria.

WHEN: May 10th, 2008. 11am-5pm.
WHERE: Atlanta Premiere Mall.

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Jada Pinkett Smith and Mary J. Blige  made an appearance at the Carol’s Daughter store in the Westfield Fox Hills Mall in Culver City, California on Tuesday April 22nd, for a special meet and greet with customers. Here are couple pics of the two together and with Lisa Price, founder of Carol’s Daughter.

Jada Pinkett Smith (left), Lisa Price (center), and (right) Mary J. Blige,
(Photo credit: Kevin Kwan/nubuzzphoto.com).

Jada Pinkett Smith and Mary J. Blige,
(Photo credit: Kevin Kwan/nubuzzphoto.com).

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Mac Skinsheen Leg Spray which will launch in May 2008, is good news for all women who love beautifully smooth and bronzed looking legs. Mac Skinsheen Leg Spray is also perfect if you like wearing summer dresses, skirts, and shorts. Mac Skinsheen Leg Spray can be applied on your arms, shoulders, and decolletage.

This is how Mac Cosmetics describes the new Mac Skinsheen: Legs…bronzed to distraction. Seductive and cruise-worthy. A sprayable lightweight gel that unlike your fancy, never drifts. Brushes lightly and flawlessly over the skin…undetectable. For the ultimate secret application and smoothest sheen, try the 179 Body Buffer Brush. Skinsheen Leg Spray applies like a soft mousse to provide a quick, highly blendable application of colour to legs, arms, shoulders and decolletage.

According to Nick Gavrellis, Executive Director of MAC’s Product Development: It’s good for up to 2 washes. It’s highly water-resistant formula. Special polymers allow for up to 2 washings. The best way to wash is with warm water+soap. The warm water will release the hold the polymers have on the skin.

It’s not transfer-proof, but highly transfer resistant. Provided skin is not overly moisturized underneath, it will stay on and not move. You have to wait for it to dry down completely before coming into contact with clothing. But we heard from models (when we tested it backstage 2 years ago at Rosa Cha and Michael Kors) that it was exceptionally transfer resistant. Works best when put on naked skin, not moisturized skin. The combo of silicons is actually conditioning to the skin!

Skinsheen Leg Spray comes in:
Medium-Sheer soft golden caramel with soft gold nauces (International only).
Medium Dark-Sheer soft bronze with golden tan pearl.
Dark-Golden Bronze.
Deep Dark-Deep warm bronze with reach golden pearl.
Price: $$22.50 U.S/$27.50 CDN.

Brush:
179 Body Buffer, $52 U.S/$62.50 CDN.

The new Mac Skinsheen will be available in May 2008 at all Mac Locations and www.maccosmetics.com . 

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The new Mac Naughty Nauticals Collection which will launch this coming May, is all about cruising by the sea and summer. Expect to see beautiful shades of blue, pinks, corals, and some red. The collection is fresh and breezy.

This is how Naughty Nauticals is described by Mac Cosmetics: The ship is in port and she is out cruising for romance. Here looks: uniformly chic, superbly shipshape through an alluring fleet of pinks, corals, red and bell-bottom blues, and the deepest , bluest, navy nail lacquer seen this side of Marseilles. In style and desire, she is poised, perfect and ready for her evening cruise.

The new Mac Naughty Nauticals Collection includes: 
Lipstick: Buoy-o-Buoy, Port Red, Party Mate, Ahoy, there! Price: $14 U.S./$16.50 CDN.
Lustreglass: Hey Sailor, Love Knot, Bateaux, Ensign. Price: $14 U.S./$16.50 CDN.

Small Eye Shadow: Shore Leave, Illegal Cargo, Meet the Fleet, Pandemonium, Submarine. Price: $14 U.S./$16.50 CDN.
Pigment: Lark About, Mutiny, Bell-Bottom Blue, Lovely Lilly. Price: $19.50 U.S/$23.50 CDN.
Technakohl: Smoothblue, Greyprint. Price: $13.50 U.S./$16.00 CDN.

Pro Lash: Coral Black. Price: $11.00 U.S/$13.00 CDN.
Nail Lacquer: Naughty Nauticals, Shirelle. Price: $$10.00 U.S/$12.00 CDN.

The new MAC Naughty Nauticals Collection will be available in May 2008 at all MAC locations and www.maccosmetics.com . Stop by your local MAC store and check it out for yourself!

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I lost my favorite pair of tweezers when I moved a few years ago and I have until now not been able to find a pair I like as much. I just tried the Perfect Pair kit from Kiss and it truly is perfect, finally tweezers with a sharp enough point to tweeze even the tiniest of brow hairs.

The clippers are great too they even have a little nail catcher so you don’t have to worry about a big mess when you trim your nails. The Perfect Pair comes in a cute pale pink color.

Kiss A Perfect Pair

• Nail clipper with catcher eliminates flyaway clippings.
• Precision coated tweezer for better grip.
• Salon expert design.
• Salon quality.
• Stainless steel.

Features:

* Nail Clipper – Durable stainless steel body with a patented pink catcher to eliminate fly away clippings.
* Slant Tip Tweezer – Pink, durable, double-hardened edges and precise, smooth hand-finished tips never pinch delicate skin.

$5.99 Kiss Red Perfect Pair

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What it is:
A colorful, stacked eyeliner and shadowing pencil from shu uemura made up of three coordinating shades.

What it does:
These unique, connectable three-in-one eye pencils have a soft, creamy texture which adheres extremely well on the skin. The convenience of three beautiful shades in one enables you to draw multiple colors onto your eye area and create looks without boundaries.

What else you need to know:
Use the pencils as a liner, or blend on the entire eyelid as an eyeshadow. They may also be used as an eyeshadow base for a more intense look. The limited-edition pencils come in shades Aqua Flow (cool tones of green and blue) and Energy Flow (warm tones of yellow and peach).

Revitalize your look this Spring with shu uemura’s limited edition Rebirth collection. Inspired by the purity, energy, and innocence of the spring season, Mr. Uemura designed the 126th Mode Makeup collection to celebrate its 40th anniversary by using a combination of soft and vivid hues embellished with a unique and graceful leaf motif to communicate the revitalization of nature occurring at this time of year.

$25.00 – BUY IT HERE!

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GET THE LOOK: “Bright primary colors are so in for clothes right now, but you should diffuse them for your makeup,” advises makeup artist Natalie DiStefano of the Rita Hazan Salon in NYC. “Easter yellow is too full force, distracting and unflattering,” says DiStefano, who recommends hues with shimmer to dilute the shade.

INSIDER TRICK: One word: Cream. “Straight yellow powder can look chalky, so look for a cream shadow you can easily spread and control,” adds DiStefano.

100% pure bareMinerals Eyeshadow provides opaque coverage for all-over lid color and crease contouring. Use them wet or dry and mixed together with other bareMinerals products to customize colors as you desire. Their all natural consistency makes them incredibly easy to apply and blend, flawlessly.

Pickup Butterfly for $13.00 – here!

Pics: Emmy Rossum at the “New Year’s in April: A Fool’s Fête” in New York City, April 16th.

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Christina Ricci has a simple beauty philosophy: “I don’t think you should try to look like you’re not wearing makeup,” she has said. “What’s the point? You might as well put makeup on and have fun with it.” The edgy star has been in the public eye for almost all of her 28 years and isn’t afraid to go from goth to glam and back again.

“Her look is hard rock meets couture,” her hairstylist Richard Marin has said. “One day, she’s super funky; the next, she’s in a gown.” It’s no surprise then that Ricci recently braved a daring new haircut. As makeup artist Beth Katz has observed, “She’s very comfortable with herself.”

Pics: New portraits of Christina by Mario Anzuoni in Long Beach.