My Current Crush: Bobbi Brown Nude Glow Collection

So who – or – what’s my latest crush? Well, here are a few hints.

It’s sexy. It glows. It lights me all up. And it’s nude.

What - or who - is nude and making me all flushed and glowing?

Wait, WHAT was that I said?
Yep, My Current Crush is the Nude Glow collection from Bobbi Brown. This collection includes three sets of products taylor made to your skin tone to give you that gorgeous glow that Bobbi Brown has become famous for.

My Current Crush: The Bobbi Brown Nude Glow Collection (from $15 - $52)

 

I’ve personally tried the eye palettes (and am wearing the Bronze today) and they are sublime. They have the Crystal (which is a silver-gray-hued palette with a bit of soft petal pink which is perfect for fairer skin tones)…

Bobbi Brown Nude Glow Collection Crystal Eye Palette ($50)

the Nude eye palette (which has putty, mocha and true nude shades for medium skin tones)…

Bobbi Brown Nude Glow Collection Nude Eye Palette ($50)

and the Bronze (which I’m wearing today – filled with golds, bronzes and coppers which is perfect for medium to deeper skin tones).

Bobbi Brown Nude Glow Collection Bronze Eye Palette ($50)

A gorgeous mix of flat and shimmering shades, anyone can wear these.

"Dawning" My Current Crush: Bobbi Brown Nude Glow Collection's Bronze Eye Palette ($50)

And they also have some really fun sheer lipcolors in the collection. I love em! They’re creamy, sheer and a welcome vacation from heavy winter colors! They come in Pink Flush, Pink Rose and Pink Gold. Perfect for a pink-lover like me or anyone who craves a more natural, sweet, understated, kissable lip to go with that gorgeous, glowing complexion.

Bobbi Brown Nude Glow Collection Sheer Lip Colors in (L to R): Pink Gold, Pink Rose and Pink Flush (all $25)

And some swatches of course:

From top to bottom: Bobbi Brown Sheer Lip Color in Pink Rose, Pink Flush and Pink Gold (all $25)

 

 

xoxo,
BF

BF Asks: What makes you glow? 

 

Foodie Friday: Paleta & Sonya Dakar Get Glowing! Beauty Detox

I almost couldn’t decide on a title for this blog! Is it Fitness Friday or Foodie Friday? Well, it’s really both. You see, as much as I may hate to admit it, I am indeed a girl-on-the-go.

On-the-go for a 6 am call-time in Burbank with my Paleta & Sonya Dakar Get Glowing! Detox breakfast

And if I don’t watch it, this can wreak havoc on my body, health and skin. When protein bars and Starbucks lattes just won’t keep you satisfied, fulfilled or nourished, it’s time to look for another option, Los Angeles.

Lucky for me, I am an avid devotee of Paleta meal delivery.

My favorite Paleta treat - the magic milkshake being enjoyed by my painting of Audrey Hepburn by Jo Almeida

 

So, I was one of the first to hear about the beautiful new program Paleta has going with complexion powerhouse, Sonya Dakar – the Get Glowing! Beauty Detox ($229).

 

Paleta & Sonya Dakar Get Glowing! Beauty Detox ($229)

 

For $229, you get a two-day beauty & body overhaul thanks to the women who know beauty, body and bounty best. This two-day detox has everything you need to get you feeling your beautiful best fast!

 

A day in the life of Paleta & Sonya Dakar Get Glowing! Beauty Detox

 

Delivered straight to your door each morning,

On my doorstep: Paleta & Sonya Dakar Get Glowing! Beauty Detox

 

you’ll open your Paleta bag (complemented by a cheerful, sweet, seasonal gerber daisy) to find farm-to-table-fresh cold-pressed juices, veggie smoothies, one energy bar per day, Paleta’s signature (and my favorite) Magic Milkshakes, end-of-the-day bath salts to flush out those pesky toxins and Sonya Dakar’s signatue skincare regimen with age-fighting vitamins and antioxidants.

Each component – the nutrition and the skincare – will deliver dynamic results on their own but, together, they are a powerhouse. The two-week Sonya Dakar skincare system includes a gentle micro scrub, detox face wash, moisturizer, sunblock and an organic omega booster serum to cleanse, nourish, hydrate and plump the skin – leaving it glowing and gorgeous.

Being soothed by the skin-replenishing Sonya Dakar & Paleta

Speaking from personal experience, I felt detoxified,cleansed, rehydrated, energized,  lighter and wasn’t left hungry (an impossible feat in itself!). Bonus? I lost 5 lbs in 2 days after a wild weekend.

 

Best still? My skin was utterly glooooowing.

Glow on, girl...

 

Which was perfect for my appearance on Access Hollywood Live.

 

Feeling glowing, lighter and ready for the runway on Access Hollywood Live

 

Bottom line? I needed to feel my beautiful best and Paleta and Sonya Dakar delivered the goods. And this beautiful Get Glowing! Beauty Detox can help you too.

And just for being a BeautyFrosting reader, you can get 10% off any Paleta first order of Get Glowing! Beauty Detox, meal delivery, cleanses or juice detoxes. Just use the code, BEAUTYFROSTING10.

 

xoxo,
BF

BF Asks: What do you snack on when you’re on the go and trying to stay healthy? 

Discussing my “Game-Changing Miracle Products” on New Beauty Magazine’s TeaTime Chat today!

Hi beauties!

There are a bevy of beauty tips in this 30-minute long hangout! Check it out and get the scoop on 8 (!!) of my favorite beauty products. From glowing skin to defined eyes to a perfectly polished pout, I had a lot to say. And the other beauty experts had some INVALUABLE tips that I’m still reeling from. Like what, you ask? The best way to get Beach Waves!

Check it out here and let me know your thoughts below!

xoxo,
Dawn

Makeup Monday: Josie Maran Argan Illuminizer

I love dewy skin. Why? Because nothing says young and lively more than a glowing, gorgeous complexion.
If you’re on the dry side like me, you try virtually anything and everything to get your skin to glow like it did when you were 20. Thanks to Josie Maran’s Argan Illuminizer, your skin can glow and glow and your age will not be for anyone to know.

Josie Maran Argan Illuminizer ($28)

 

My most common question I get is “how do you get that glow in photos?

 

 

Well, here it is. Josie Maran Argan Illuminizer is my not-so-secret weapon to look glowing and youthful in photos and it leaves me looking candlelit when there’s not a candle to be found. So natural looking, it’s as at home in a candlelit room as it is on a bright, sunny day. This ultra-light, golden skin brightener with a bit of bronze lights me up and, thus, helps me light up a room.

My preferred method so as not to use, or waste, too much is to unscrew the pump out of the jar and dot a small amount on the top of my hand. Warm it up between my index fingers and press on to the tops of my cheekbones as well as right above the bow of my lip. I also love using on my eyelids under eyeshadow for a glistening, glowing, gorgeous eye! And you can’t beat the subtle sheen it gives to your décolletage and legs when mixed with your favorite moisturizer.

Due to the power it packs into a pearl-sized amount, it will last you months and months! So you’ll not only look like a college kid, you’ll spend like one too!

xoxo,
BF

 

*I’m also a big fan of Josie because her products are made without parabens, sulfates or synthetic agents. She is known for her key ingredient of argan oil which has anti-aging properties and is known to help prevent dehydration, inflammation, hyperpigmentation and promote skin regulation. Hallelujah!

 

In-My-Tub-Tuesday: The sweet success of B&E Soap & Scrub Co.’s Vanilla Oatmeal Brown Sugar Body Scrub

Scrub-a-dub-dub, therein lies the rub.

See, I have tried scrub upon scrub upon scrub and while I have found that a few are almost right (great scent or moisturizing or clean-rinsing), I have never found the perfect recipe…until now.

B&E Soap & Scrub Co.’s Vanilla Oatmeal Brown Sugar Body Scrub ($15/ 18-ounce tub)

A Perfect Recipe

This past weekend I took along this sweet little treat to a wedding in New Orleans where I was the maid of honor.

I needed to be soft, moisturized and, darn it, I wanted to glow! Is that too much for a girl to ask?

I tried  B&E Soap & Scrub Co.’s Vanilla Oatmeal Brown Sugar Body Scrub on the night before the rehearsal dinner and was downright giddy about the results! Like, took me awhile to sleep-giddy!
I was thoroughly exfoliated and left with baby soft, glowing, non-greasy, deeply moisturized skin!
The best part? I smelled like a homemade oatmeal molasses cookie and there was virtually no trace of sugar or grease in the tub.

It’s fat free sugar scrub! Yayayayayaya!

With the brown sugar, oatmeal, jojoba, sweet almond, olive oil and shea butter, my skin had no choice but to be gently, deeply and deliciously hydrated.

What a treat, indeed!

Quite honestly, it is the only scrub I have found that both men and woman will go gaga over. Really. I mean, you smell good, you’re soft and there’s no product remnant? Gaga, I tell you.

And while it might smell sinful, it doesn’t leave any inches on your hips. In fact, it’s a deliciously sweet treat that actually leaves you looking better!

Who can say no to that?

“Not I” said the fly.

I am so thankful to my good friend-neighbor, Matty, for introducing me to this delightful treat. Although, I might not be as grateful now that I’m seriously addicted.

But lucky for me, at only $15 per 18-ounce pop, I can indulge in the sweetness and softness almost nightly.

 

xoxo,

BF

BF Asks: What would your dream scent for a body scrub be?

 

 

$15/ 8 oz.

 

BF Loves: Josie Maran Argan Tinted Moisturizer

Perfect for Thirsty Thursday, we’re talking about a seriously quenching product here!
I like to look dewy. And I like to look like I’m not wearing foundation.
I strongly believe that makeup should enhance not hide and disguise.

(Call it my cosmetic conviction, if you will)

Aaaand I like to look polished and smooth but in an effortless way.

Gosh, that sounds exhausting and impossible, doesn’t it?
The great thing about what I do is that I get to try soooo many products.
The bad part, I fall in love with some and have to let some go.

Wanna know one I’ve kept and loved?

Josie Maran Tinted Moisturizer in Linen

I have a routine that works.

And wearing tinted moisturizer is my favorite way of hydrating.

FYI, My skin is dry. And I moisturize like crazy. Crazy, I tell you!

I have my tried-and-true favorites and when I first tried the Josie Maran tinted moisturizer, I thought it looked too perfect.

Too perfect, you ask? Is there such a thing?

BF wearing Josie Maran Argan Tinted Moisturizer
BF wearing Josie Maran Argan Tinted Moisturizer in Linen

Well, I thought it looked too smooth and, heaven forbid, that maybe I had a touch of makeup on.

As though people don’t know.

I was ready to let this one go but then I wore it out on the town.

My pictures looked better than ever! Friends and strangers were asking me what I do to make my skin “so smooth and glowing” (yes, beauties, that really was a quote).

Plus, it’s SPF 30, organic, paraben free, toxin free, cruelty free and chock-full of reparative argan oil.

Wow. So it’s a keeper! A MAJOR keeper!
And it’ll make your skin perfect.

So, perfection, isn’t too much to ask for, after all!

Buy your perfection by clicking here:

Josie Maran Argan Tinted Moisturizer at Sephora.com

 

xoxo,

BF

BF Asks: What spf-tinted moisturizer makes you look perfect? Or are you more of a foundation beauty?

Dear Dawn: How do you get that glow?

Dear Dawn,

I notice that you always have a glow. How do you get that? Can I please get that? I don’t want to mess it up and look like my 80s prom picture.

xoxo,

(Reamy W.)

Dear Reamy W.,

Why, thank you!

It’s soooo easy to get “that glow” when there are so many illuminating/glow-getting products on the market today. People are fearful of looking frosty or ashy, they tell me. That is the shimmer of the past. Today’s shimmer is glowing, dewy, fresh and YOUTHFUL!

Here’s your BeautyFrosting “Glow” Recipe:

Start with moisturized skin. Illuminators will cause parched skin to look downright desert-like. So be sure to press your favorite moisturizer or oil (I’ve been using Creme de La Mer for 16 years) into your skin.

Follow with a tinted sunscreen. I love Bobbi Brown’s Extra SPF 25 Tinted Balm for dry skin, Stila Illuminating Tinted Moisturizer

or Josie Maran Tinted Moisturizer.

 

Then grab your favorite blender brush (I love Armani’s) and one of the following illuminators: Stila All Over Shimmer Liquid Luminizer #3

Stila All Over Shimmer Liquid Luminizer #3 ($22)

or Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector.

Brush on the tops of cheekbones (right below the eye socket) for a youthful dewy glow and on “bow” of lips which makes your lips look fuller and makes the color pop!

You’ll be glowing, effortlessly, in no time!

xoxo,

BF

BF Asks: What is your favorite way to achieve your own personal “glow”?

*This Dear Dawn was originally posted April 9th, 2012.

BF Loves: Josie Maran Argan Tinted Moisturizer

Perfect for Thirsty Thursday, we’re talking about a seriously quenching product here!
I like to look dewy. And I like to look like I’m not wearing foundation.
I strongly believe that makeup should enhance not hide and disguise.

(Call it my cosmetic conviction, if you will)

Aaaand I like to look polished and smooth but in an effortless way.

Gosh, that sounds exhausting and impossible, doesn’t it?
The great thing about what I do is that I get to try soooo many products.
The bad part, I fall in love with some and have to let some go.

Wanna know one I’ve kept and loved?

Josie Maran Tinted Moisturizer in Linen

I have a routine that works.

And wearing tinted moisturizer is my favorite way of hydrating.

FYI, My skin is dry. And I moisturize like crazy. Crazy, I tell you!

I have my tried-and-true favorites and when I first tried the Josie Maran tinted moisturizer, I thought it looked too perfect.

Too perfect, you ask? Is there such a thing?

BF wearing Josie Maran Argan Tinted Moisturizer

BF wearing Josie Maran Argan Tinted Moisturizer in Linen

Well, I thought it looked too smooth and, heaven forbid, that maybe I had a touch of makeup on.

As though people don’t know.

I was ready to let this one go but then I wore it out on the town.

My pictures looked better than ever! Friends and strangers were asking me what I do to make my skin “so smooth and glowing” (yes, beauties, that really was a quote).

Plus, it’s SPF 30, organic, paraben free, toxin free, cruelty free and chock-full of reparative argan oil.

Wow. So it’s a keeper! A MAJOR keeper!
And it’ll make your skin perfect.

So, perfection, isn’t too much to ask for, after all!

Buy your perfection by clicking here:

Josie Maran Argan Tinted Moisturizer at Sephora.com

 

xoxo,

BF

BF Asks: What spf-tinted moisturizer makes you look perfect? Or are you more of a foundation beauty?

Thirsty Thursday: BeautyFrosting’s Green “Beauty Cobbler” Smoothie

Mmm, Mmm, Mmm.

Are y’all in for a treat?

And a treat that’s healthy for you and beautifying, to boot?

Well, here’s a recipe that I make almost every day. And everyone who tries it LOVES IT!
Adults, kids, everyone.

BeautyFrosting's Green "Beauty Cobbler" Smoothie

I gained some extra pounds a few years ago and drinking this little beauty every morning helped me take off about 25 lbs!

I realized I just needed a breakfast that was fast, easy and, most importantly, DELICIOUS!
It totally gave me something to look forward to in the morning.

BeautyFrosting's Breakfast: Green "Beauty Cobbler" Smoothie and blogging with my mascot/best friend/boss, Miss Ellie

Now, I drink one every weekday. And my skin glows and the weight goes! It’s magic, I tell you. Or, um, just nutrition.

Love that. Try it for yourself and tell me what you think.

And, NO, you CANNOT taste the spinach. Spinach is the magical ingredient!

BeautyFrosting’s “Beauty Cobbler” Smoothie

1 c. Pineapple Juice

2 ice cubes (more if you like a thicker/icier smoothie)

7 frozen peach slices

7 apple slices (I buy the refrigerated & bagged produce kind)

1 c. Spinach (or more, if you like)

1 scoop Body Factory Protein Powder (it tastes like cake batter! Yum!)

1 tsp (or more if desired) Cinnamon

1 graham cracker or 1 tbsp. graham cracker crumbs (this gives it the “cobbler” taste)

Optional but recommended: 1 tsp flax seeds and 1 Tbsp. Thermogenic Oil

Blend pineapple juice and ice until smooth. Add peaches, apples and spinach.

 

Blend thoroughly.

Add protein powder, cinnamon, oil and flax seeds.

Blend until smooth.

Serve in a lovely glass with an apple wedge and a colorful straw.

That’s the BeautyFrosting way, at least.

BeautyFrosting Green "Beauty Cobbler" Smoothie Ingredients

BeautyFrosting Green "Beauty Cobbler" Smoothie Ingredients - Apples & Peaches

BeautyFrosting Green "Beauty Cobbler" Smoothie Ingredients - Spinach

 Sip away…

 

xoxo,

BF

BF Asks: What’s your favorite smoothie recipe?

 

In-My-Tub-Tuesday: Josie Maran Argan Cleansing Oil

Argan oil is one of the most highly praised oils – and for good reason.

It works wonders!

Hence, I was excited to try Josie Maran Argan Cleansing Oil.

Josie Maran Cleansing Oil ($32)

In My Tub Today Right Now: Josie Maran Cleansing Oil ($32)

My first step into the jolie world of Josie was the perfect choice to try.

She’s a successful model and businesswoman whom I admire, and, of all ingredients on earth she could use, she chose to include Argan in her skincare and makeup products.

I started using it last week and fell in love. With a natural scent that reminds me slightly of Baby Tylenol (I LOOOOVE that smell, by the way), it does what it promises to do.

This 3-in-1 miracle cleanser gently removes makeup, cleans, purifies and moisturizes with its amazing anti-aging properties.

And bonus! It also removes those stubborn impurities that stay with us over time.

Say goodbye to those and hello to clean, glowing, moisturized skin!

Argan Oil is known to restore the natural moisture set-point and pH balance in the skin. How? By nourishing skin cells by replenishing essential fatty acids. I know fatty doesn’t sound beautiful but we LOOOOVE fatty acids!

Aside from Argan oil, this supple oil cleanser is derived from amazing almond, sensuous safflower seed and gorgeous grape seed oil. Additionally, the anti-aging/age-defying antioxidants don’t just cleanse the skin’s surface, but give new life to every layer of the skin.

I know what you’re thinking.
An oil to clean? Won’t I be greasy?

Enter BF’s resounding “NOOOOO!” here.

Quite the contrary, my dear.

The non-greasy texture leaves skin feeling moisturized, never tight or dry.

Just supple, beautiful and GLOWING.
And we loooove to glow!

Another little fact I love about it?

As you rub your hands together, the oil gently “heats up” creating a soothing warmth as you apply it on the skin. You feel it working and you like it!

Well, I like it. No, I LOVE IT!

I like to know my skincare is doing something. And yes, Virginia, even my cleanser.

Josie Maran Cleansing Oil ($32)

Josie Maran Cleansing Oil ($32) at Sephora

As I step out of the tub with my skin feeling pampered like a princess, my face all glowing and gorgeous, I also give myself a little high-5 in the mirror for aging as gracefully as possible just by washing my face.

xoxo,

BF

BF Asks: What’s cleanser are you using right now?