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Makeup Monday: Tarte Journey to Natural Beauty 6-piece collection ON SALE TONIGHT!!! Exclusively on QVC!

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Oh Tarte, how I love thee, let me count the ways!
You’re always putting out precious, sweetly packaged products that are as yummy to look at as they are to wear!

This new QVC Exclusive Journey to Natural Beauty Collection is no different. And you can buy it beginning tonight exclusively on QVC tonight at midnight EST!!

Tarte Journey to Natural Beauty 6-piece collection Exclusively on QVC

 

And I love that it’s a kit that actually inspires women to look their naturally beautiful best!

This 6-piece natural beauty-boosting collection is valued at over $165 but you can get it exclusively on QVC for only $59.94!!!!! Wowsers!!

The collection includes the following 6 products – all in a Missoni-reminiscent pink and purple, eco-chic zippered pouch:

NEW Brow Architect Shaper, Liner & Definer (retail price $25): Brows provide structure for your face. Use this 3-in-1 brow perfecter to shape and define brows with ease. First, hide strays and shape the brow using the underscoring concealer, then fill in and define with the universal pencil. For the perfect finish, comb brows to stay in place beautifully! There are 3 shade options: fair-light, medium-tan and deep

NEW Lights, Camera, Flashes Statement Mascara (retail price $23): It’s a gold reptilian tube, I tell you! I swoon. Take your sultry, flashy lashes to the extreme with Tarte’s new mascara! This ultra-black mascara is clincally proven to increase lash volume by 752% for an intensified look.

Airbrush Finish Bamboo Foundation Brush (retail price $32): If you get this set for one reason alone, let this be it. The Missoni-style pink & purple fabric handle made me giggle with glee! Simply put, it’s the secret tool to airbrushing without the air!

Amazonian Clay 12-hour full coverage foundation (retail price $38): Achieve better, longer and truer wear thanks to this skintuitive total-balanding Amazonian clay-powered foundation. With a weightless texture that’s buildable and blend able, everyone can attain skin that looks healthy, natural and beautiful.

Amazonian Clay 12-hour blush (retail price $26): Impart a natural-looking, flirty flush by dusting Tarte’s award-winning Amazonian clay 12-hour blush on the apples of your cheeks. This nicely nutrient-rich and skin-nourishing blush restores harmony for a flawless finish that lasts all day. NEW shade in Fearless (a warm pink).

NEW Amazonian butter lipstick (retail price $24): Drench your lips in moisture with Tarte’s NEW Amazonian butter lipstick. Infused with nutrient-rich cupuacu and murumuru butter, a few swipes of this creamy lipstick will soften and hydrate dry lips. Shade: Plummy Rose.

The journey starts tonight at midnight on QVC and they’ll only be sold while quantities are available so don’t wait!

xoxo,

BF

BF Asks: Are you a Tarte devotee like me? Which products are your favorites? 

 

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In-The-Bag: BeautyFrosting’s Candyland Gorgeous Gift Guide

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The holidays are here at last!! So warm up a cup of eggnog or catch a candy cane and settle in for our favorites this holiday season!

If you, or Santa, have a few more names to check off your list, here are my top picks for this year’s BeautyFrosting’s Gorgeous Holiday Gift-Giving Guide!

This season, it’s a Candyland out there! With candy-colored hues, pastel pretties, and gifts that look and smell good enough to eat, you’re certainly in for a treat this holiday season! All of the deliciousness of dessert with zero calories? Count me in.

1) Fresh Sugar Cheer Set $28: Fresh always delivers its sugar-filled formulas with sweet-smelling and skin-pleasing cheer. And this set is no exception! The best of Fresh in one set, your secret Santa will get a tinted SPF 15 lip treatment in Rose, advanced lip therapy treatment and Brown Sugar Body Cream all in a shiny, festive red clutch. I have gifted Fresh oodles of times over the years, and every time, my gift recipients have been giddy with glee.

2) Haute Hostess Glam It Up Luxe Apron in Rosalynn ($350): Haute Hostess Aprons are on my wish list every year. When I finally received one as a gift, I swooned. Every time I see one of these luxe frocks in someone’s home, I get as giddy as a 13-year-old girl. The go-to glamorous gift for your favorite hostess with the mostest, the wearer will feel like a queen in the kitchen or a princess at the party. These coquettish confections bring out the beautiful best in every woman! And not only are they fun to wear, but they are beautiful conversation pieces in the home. The ultimate in kitchen couture, any girl will feel lucky to receive her Haute Hostess Apron just in time for the holidays.

3) Bobbi Brown Tube Tint Trio ($38): I’ve been getting these seasonal, sweet, sheer glosses as stocking stuffers for as long as I can remember. With just the perfect hint of color, they are ideal for lip-gloss lovers, teens, and anyone who likes her glam a bit more on the natural side. This year’s shades include Glitter Lip Gloss in Grape, Pink Violet Lip Gloss, and Shimmer Lip Gloss in Pink Mist. All give you a hint of color without making you feel all made up! Now, isn’t that sweet?

4) Trish McEvoy Voyager Collection Glamorous Beauty ($85): This wallet-sized pink planner packs a pretty punch! Stuffed with Trish’s favorite colors and tools, this is the perfect glamazon’s glamour-emergency kit. Inside are six mini versions of Trish’s iconic brushes; a double-decker palette of multi-textured eye, face and lip colors; plus two shades of concealer to bring out the polished pretty in each of us. It is a MUST for the glamorous girl in your life!

5) Trish McEvoy Wild Blueberry Vanilla Scented Candle ($20): The most delicious thing you’ve ever smelled. Don’t bake? People will think you do when you light this believable, buttery Blueberry Vanilla candle. It genuinely makes your home smell like freshly baked blueberry muffins. And it never fails to make me smile. Perfect for kitchen-centered holiday hangs. I’m getting hungry just thinking about it!

6) B & E Soap and Scrub Co. Vanilla Oatmeal Brown Sugar Scrub ($15): Who doesn’t want to be glowing for the holidays? A new favorite of mine, this scrub leaves your skin soft, supple, and smelling delicious— like a homemade oatmeal molasses cookie! It leaves virtually no trace of oil on you or sediment in the tub. Hallelujah! You’re sloughed and smell great! What more could you want? Oh, how about a great price? At $15 for an 18-ounce tub, you can buy one for you and all of those on your “Nice” list. Even Santa would appreciate this cookie-scented scrub!

7) Butter London Holiday Glitter Trio Set ($36): You can’t go wrong with nail polish as a stocking stuffer, as it is the perfect little holiday happy for your best girlfriends. And with this glittery trio from Butter, your friends are sure to be delighted! The holidays are a perfect time to don glitter and make a statement. And with these shimmering shades – Rosie Lee, a full-coverage, light rosy pink glitter in a clear base; Fairy Cake, a silvery, multi-color iridescent glitter in a light gray base; and the Black Knight, a pink, blue, and silver glitter in a black jelly base – your favorite recipient is sure to make a few stunning statements and turn a few heads this season.

8) Tarte Holiday Collection 2012 (price varies per set): Feeding into our signature sweet tooth is Tarte’s never-fail holiday collection. Give the gifts as a whole set or – do what I do – split them up between stockings. For those of us on a budget, I love getting Tarte’s holiday collections and making multiple gifts out of them! Personalizing each gift to each person’s personality and skin tone makes these gifts pretty, one-of-a-kind, and pocketbook friendly! I feel like Santa!

Now, I just need to find the perfect peppermint pastille-pretty paper to wrap these delicious gifts in for all of my little elves!

Merry, merry & happy, happy to you & yours!

I hope the gifts are tasty and the memories are even more delicious!

xoxo,

BF

Be sure to check out more columns like this from me on Giuliana Rancic’s FabFitFun!

Friday FunDay: Who dat?!

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Happy Friday, beauties!
I’m in New Orleans today for my best friend’s wedding this weekend!

Just got back to my hotel from the world-famous Cafe du Monde for a cafe au lait, beignets and a little morning writing…

 

Au Lait!

Now it’s time to primp!

I wouldn’t exactly say I travel light.

Where the magic happens: my makeshift vanity in New Orleans

So what’s on the beauty agenda tonight? For the rehearsal dinner, I think I’m donning YSL burgundy lipstick, Ardell false lashes, Trish McEvoy eyeshdows, powder and mascara, Bobbi Brown spf tinted balm, Tarte blush and Makeup Forever lip liner.

WHO DAT????!!!!

 

Have a beautiful evening, beauties!

 

xoxo,
Dawn

BF Asks: Got any New Orleans places I need to try while I’m here in the cajun capital? 

Mailbox Monday: Dear Dawn – Lip Color fit for a Fall Bride

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Dear Dawn,

I am getting married in 3 weeks and there are lots of events coming up in anticipation of the big day. That sounds great, right? Well, I have one little problem. I need lip color help stat! We have pictures coming up and I have no idea what my lips should wear. I have long dark brown hair, brown eyes and fair skin. Thoughts?

(Meg F)

Hi Meg,
What an exciting time in your life! Congratulations!! And it’s the perfect time to discover your signature lip color. I always say that your wedding day should be you at your beautiful best. You don’t want to try to look like someone else but simply be the best version of yourself. That’s who he fell in love with, after all, isn’t it?

Also, it’s good to establish an everyday shade that makes you feel like the pretty beauty you are and then, if you decide, you can step up the color a bit for the big day. But for engagement parties/showers/rehearsal dinner/photos, etc., I think it’s good to aim for subtle color.

So, on that note, let’s talk shades. From the details you provided, I would suggest trying a blue-based pink, lilac or a sheer-cherry popsicle-fizzy red. Here are a few that you simply cannot go wrong with:

Blue-Based Pinks:

Lipstick Queen Glossy Pencil in Crime ($20)

This true-bridal pink is sure to please for pictures!

Tarte Lipsurgence Natural Lip Tint in Amused ($24)


 

Sheer-Cherry Popsicle-Fizzy Red - by fizzy, I mean shimmering, of course!

Tarte Lipsurgence Lip Luster in Fever ($24)

Tarte Lipsurgence Lip Luster in Fever

Try these shades out over the next few months. When you wear a color that makes you feel both comfortable and pretty and that brings out your best features, you know you’ve found the “right one”. It’s a lot like love that way!

BF Tip: Take pics with your trial lip colors on phone see how you look in varying shades of light. You might find that the color you love to wear everyday (like that bare nude that looks oh-so-natural) might just wash you out in pictures. See what color makes you glow and look like the happy bride-to-be that you truly are!

Enjoy this magical time, Meg! And please send pics of your lovely lip colors along the way!

xoxo,

Dawn

High-Low 4

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This week was one of the most fun – and busiest – weeks of my life!
But I made it through with a myriad of memories and a bunch of new beauty products to tell you about!

Here is my High-Low this week:
HIGHS 

1) After missing Rhett Miller’s show in Hermosa last weekend (due to food poisoning), by big brother took me to Rhett’s show at The Troubadour last Monday. An amazing show and a memorable night!

My big brother & me seeing the amazing Rhett!

Rhett at The Troubadour!

And I ran into some friends there! Fun!

Friends at the show

 

2) I was asked to bake cupcakes for a Puppy Happy Hour that I was attending and came up with this fun recipe: Circus Animal Cookie Cupcakes. Check in on Friday to see the recipe!

BeautyFrosting's Circus Animal Cookie Cupcakes

And they were a hit!! Especially with my little neighbor-friend, Lucy:

Lucy enjoying a Circus Animal Cookie Cupcake

A batch of Circus Animal Cookie Cupcakes

3) Puppy Happy Hour on Hollywood Blvd.

Miss Elie, my brother and me

Mr. Merlin

Nami, Mr. Merlin & Penny Lane

4)  Fournier PR & Consulting hosted a lovely “Be Parisian for a Day” event at the Sunset Marquis and I got to check out some brands that I was verrrry excited about!
Leonor Greyl, Talika, Patyka, Orlane, Votre Vu and more were there giving us a glimpse into their new and most beloved products. A super fun afternoon well spent!

Talika

Leonor Greyl Haircare

Patyka

 5) Harry Cohn, founder of Columbia Pictures, once said: “If you must get in trouble, do it at the Chateau Marmont.” Well, we didn’t get in trouble. But I did enjoy a fabulous afternoon there on Thursday with my brother, David, and my friend, Meg, of Meg’s Makeup. We were there to see the newest products from Tarte (fabulous, let me tell you!) and I dragged my brother along. He didn’t seem to mind…

"If you must get in trouble..." : My big brother at Chateau Marmont)

6) A new discovery: Tarte Lipsurgence in Spirited. A retro-romantic orangeish-red – perfect for summer. More on that later this week!

Tarte Lipsurgence in Spirited

7) I came up with a new recipe for pie: Avocado pie with Coconut Graham Cracker Crust, Tequila Whipped Cream and Toasted Coconut. Pie-Oh-my!!

A slice of my new pie recipe: Avocado pie with Coconut Graham Cracker Crust, Tequila Whipped Cream and Toasted Coconut

 

7) Backyard bonfire with good neighbor-friends

Backyard Bonfire with good neighbor-friends

LOW

I was feeling a little low one afternoon, last week, and received 2 not-so-nice comments on YouTube. One said “Nobody cares”. I took it a little too much to heart. But if that’s the lowest low of my week, I consider myself grateful!

xoxo,
BF

BF Asks: What was your High-Low this week? 

 

Whatcha’ Wearin’ Wednesday? The Voice of Meagan H.

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This is a little different WWW today.

I know what our WWW girl is wearing because, well, I (BF) picked out the look myself!

Here are the ‘tails:

My neighbor-friend, Sue, told me about her lovely friend, Meagan H., visiting Los Angeles from Fort Scott, Kansas. What brought Meagan all the way out to Hollywood?
Why, the chance for stardom, of course!
See, 18-year-old, high school senior, Meagan H. made the LA audition round on The Voice on NBC. Yaya!!!!

WWW girl:18-year-old, high school senior, Meagan H.

So, what could be better before a big audition than a little primping and pumping up by yours truly.

Meagan H. visiting LA:

She, and her lovely mom, came over to the BeautyFrosting kitchen and here’s what we happened.

BF: “Hi Meagan! Nice to meet you! Are you nervous?”

Meagan: “Not really. I’m more excited!”

BF: “Well, that’s the right spirit! We’re gonna make you feel and look your beautiful best!”

BF (noticing Meagan’s gorgeous, ocean-blue eyes): “Meagan, what I wouldn’t give to have that eye color! We need to lighten up that dark eyeliner a bit. Are you okay with that?”

 Meagan: “I guess. It’s just always what I wear. I like dark.”

BF: “Gotcha. We’ll keep it on the darker side but maybe find a more flattering shade that brings out your eyes rather than hiding that gorgeous blue!”

Meagan H. at her beautiful best:

Those gorgeous ocean-blue eyes I was talking about...

 BF: “I’m gonna use a little bronze cream shadow on your lower lid because it will make your hair color pop!”

Tarte Shimmering Bronze Cream shadow on lower lid

Meagan’s Mom: “I wish she’d go back to her natural hair color. It’s this gorgeous strawberry blonde.”

BF (knowing that this is dangerous territory): “Oooooh, Meagan, you should totally go back to your natural hair color! Your eyes would just shine! Will you please go back to your gorgeous natural shade? Please?”

Meagan: “No promises. But I’ll think about it. I just like darker.”

BF (sensing a theme here): “Hmmm…well, I’m gonna keep you light and glowing today so those beautiful blues, beautiful soul and beautiful voice can shine!!”

Camera-Ready BeautyFrosting Beauty Recipe for Meagan H:

Bronze eyes with blue-black liner and pewter highlights, bronzed glow with a pop of pink on the cheeks and a glossy, well-defined nude lip (perfect for her cute cupid’s bow lips!)

Products on Eyes: Tarte Shimmering Bronze Cream Shadow, Becca Jewel Dust in Titania, Bobbi Brown Beach Honey Cream shadow, Bobbi Brown Cobalt Gel Ink Liner, Jane Iredale Lash Conditioner, Bobbi Brown Extreme Party Lash, Laura Mercier Terra Cotta shadow (on brows)

Products on Face: Mally Perfect Prep Primer Glow on face, Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Opal, Stila Illuminating Tinted SPF Shade 1, Tarte Smooth Operator Powder, Tarte Park Ave. Princess Bronzer, Josie Maran Argan Color Stick in Summer Lovin’ with a pop of Lorac Flaunt Blush.

Products on Lips: Revlon Just Bitten Lip Stain in Fate and Lip Fusion La Lip Jolie lip gloss

 BF: “Meagan, you truly look your beautiful best! I hope you feel as beautiful as you look! It’s been my pleasure to get you ready for your big audition! Break a nail, sugar!”

I’m better for knowing Meagan and her mom. And I hope all of you have a chance to be enchanted by this young lady’s beautiful voice one day!

 

xoxo,
BF

BF Asks: What is your best feature? How do you accentuate it?

Mailbox Monday: Dear Dawn – Favorite Beauty Tip?

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Dear Dawn,

What is your favorite beauty trick that we might not know about?

Thanks!

(Britt P.)

 

Dear Britt,

Hmmm…there are a few and I’m always learning more! But here’s my favorite trick that most of my friends and clients don’t know of until we have a little pow-wow about it.

And once they hear about it and try it out, they’re ADDICTED!

Addicted to what?

The 3 step lash.

Step 1) Prime lashes with a mascara primer such as

Tarte MultiplEYE Lash-Enhancing Primer ($22)

Tarte MultiplEYE lash-enhancing primer

OR

Makeup Forever Lash Fibers ($20)

Makeup Forever Lash Fibers

2) Curl Lashes with your favorite Eyelash curler. Hold curl for 20 seconds on each primed eye.

3) Apply your favorite mascara. My favorite mascara, of the moment, is Tarte gifted Amazonian Clay Smart Mascara ($19)!

Tarte Smart Amazonian Clay Mascara ($19)

It increases volume by 121% instantly!! And it really does. 91% of users also saw healthier lashes within 3 weeks. I don’t wear false eyelashes nearly as much as I used to. Love this stuff! And everyone I’ve told about it LOOOOOVES it too!
FYI, Here’s a BEFORE and AFTER using the process above:

BEFORE:

BEFORE 3-step Lash

AFTER:

AFTER 3-Step Lash

 

Hope that helps, Britt!

Please let me know your experience with the 3-step lash! Send me a pic!

Have a great week, beauties!

 xoxo,
BF

BF ASKS: What is your favorite secret beauty tip?

Mailbox Monday: Dear Dawn – Lip Color fit for a Bride

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Dear Dawn,

I am getting married in the Fall and there are lots of events coming up this summer in anticipation of the big day. That sounds great, right? Well, I have one little problem. I need lip color help stat! We have pictures coming up and I have no idea what my lips should wear. I have long dark brown hair, brown eyes and fair skin. Thoughts?

(Meg F)

Hi Meg,
What an exciting time in your life! Congratulations!! And it’s the perfect time to discover your signature lip color. I always say that your wedding day should be you at your beautiful best. You don’t want to try to look like someone else but simply be the best version of yourself. That’s who he fell in love with, after all, isn’t it?

Also, it’s good to establish an everyday shade that makes you feel like the pretty beauty you are and then, if you decide, you can step up the color a bit for the big day. But for engagement parties/showers/rehearsal dinner/photos, etc., I think it’s good to aim for subtle color.

So, on that note, let’s talk shades. From the details you provided, I would suggest trying a blue-based pink, lilac or a sheer-cherry popsicle-fizzy red. Here are a few that you simply cannot go wrong with:

Blue-Based Pinks:

Lipstick Queen Glossy Pencil in Crime ($20)

This true-bridal pink is sure to please for pictures!

Tarte Lipsurgence Natural Lip Tint in Amused ($24)


 

Sheer-Cherry Popsicle-Fizzy Red – by fizzy, I mean shimmering, of course!

Tarte Lipsurgence Lip Luster in Fever ($24)

Tarte Lipsurgence Lip Luster in Fever

Try these shades out over the next few months. When you wear a color that makes you feel both comfortable and pretty and that brings out your best features, you know you’ve found the “right one”. It’s a lot like love that way!

BF Tip: Take pics with your trial lip colors on phone see how you look in varying shades of light. You might find that the color you love to wear everyday (like that bare nude that looks oh-so-natural) might just wash you out in pictures. See what color makes you glow and look like the happy bride-to-be that you truly are!

Enjoy this magical time, Meg! And please send pics of your lovely lip colors along the way!

xoxo,

Dawn

p.s. Don’t forget about our amazing Kai giveaway going on through Thursday at 5pm (PST). A winner will be announced on Friday, March 30th! The winner will win $261 products of Kai!

“My Week With Marilyn” Glamorous Giveaway: LIPSTICK ANNOUNCEMENT

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Hi beauties,
As you know, we’re having our BeautyFrosting, Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company-sponsored “My Week With Marilyn” Glamrmous Giveaway this week.
The winner will be announced Friday, 3/23.

So what are we announcing today?
The glamorous, classic red lipstick that the winner will be receiving:
Tarte Revive Vitamin Infused Lipstick!!!

Marilyn-would-love Tarte Vitamin Infused Lipstick in Revive. It even comes in a vintage lipstick case that she would have used!

The first-ever lipstick that nourishes, hydrates and leaves lips smooth and luscious all while protecting against environmental attack. Marilyn would love that!

Tarte Revive Lipstick a la Marilyn Monroe

Just to recap: BeautyFrosting, Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company are offering you, dear beauties, a “My Week With Marilyn” Glamorous Giveaway!!

My Week With Marilyn dvd

To celebrate the DVD release of MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, we are not only giving away a just-released DVD of the celebrated film but also a Marilyn Monroe-would-wear CLASSIC RED LIPSTICK (specifics to be announced on Monday!!).

To enter, comment below with your thoughts

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Like BeautyFrosting on Facebook

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follow BeautyFrosting on Twitter – and write/post the words:

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That’s all beauties!
And one of you will be one very lucky & glamorous winner!
xoxo,
BF
BF asks: Where will you wear your Tarte classic red lipstick?

Miracle on QVC Street: Tarte Miracle of Maracuja TODAY ONLY on QVC for $59.96 (a $207 retail value).

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I. Heart. Tarte.

I do.

You will hear about LOTS OF Tarte products on here.
Namely, one of my favorite all-time mascaras.

But that’s for another day.

For today, on QVC you can score a whole pie of a Tarte.

(That just tickled me!)

As someone who loooooves baked goods but can’t eat them everyday, like I would prefer, having some Tartes on my vanity just makes me happy.

So why don’t you get happy?
Big deal today on QVC. One day only. Limited edition item.

It’s a whole cake of a pie of a Tarte.

Oh, now I’m just trying to hard, darn it.

xoxo,
BF

 

 

TODAY ONLY!!!  $207 value for $59.96, visit Tarte on QVC. I cannot stress “TODAY ONLY” enough.

http://www.qvc.com/qic/qvcapp.aspx/view.2/app.detail/params.item.A220216.desc.tarte-The-Miracle-of-Maracuja-8-pc-Skin-Smart-Collection

BF Asks: What’s your makeup miracle?