Beauty Sale At Neiman Marcus - 20% off!

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Surprise! Coming to you on a Monday with a special post. This girl's playground has always been the beauty aisles at Neiman Marcus on Michigan Avenue. I am like a kid in a candy store there. Shopping beauty online is also fun, and I do it often. Neiman's has upped the fun factor by offering 20% off most of their beauty and fragrance products.  This special sale runs through October 24th. I say it is time to stock up or try something new. With free shipping and returns, what's to lose?  Here's a glam glance at some of the Best in Beauty at Neiman Marcus!



~ Beauty Award Winners ~

Oribe Haircare
Over 13 of their products are award winners. Bigger, better, full-on glamorous hair. The Dry Texturizing Spray has been something I have wanted to try. This invisible dry hair spay builds in incredible volume and sexy texture. Patented polymers absorb oil at the roots. I know someone that uses it, and her hair is
 always lovely!

Diorshow Mascara

Winner, Glamour magazine's "Best Mascara" Beauty Award (2016) 2017 InStyle Award Winner. I have used the waterproof Diorshow for years. It's all about the brush.  I just love it.

Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation
Named "Hall of Fame Foundation" in Elle magazine's "Hall of Fame" (October 2010) and Allure Beauty Award Winner in 2017. It's oil free and just a beautiful product.

Smith & Cult Nail Lacquer
An Allure Beauty Award winner. Besides the fabulous colors, this polish is without all of the bad chemicals that are in so many polishes like Formaldehyde. Be sure to check out the shade Rose Gold.

Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizers
A great product that for some, can replace your foundation. It's coverage is buildable. There are so many colors to chose from, that you are bound to find the perfect shade. The oil free tinted moisturizer is an InStyle award winner.

~ Tom Ford ~

Tom Ford Private Shadow
How gorgeous is this color? The shade is called Breathless. His line features 30 shades with different finishes from above to matte. All gorgeous. I have this shade in my cart.

Tom Ford Lip Color Lipstick
With 50 shades, I know that you can find the perfect hue for you! Here are a few of my favorites...Top Left: Devour Bottom Left: Spanish Pink  Right: Naked Ambition. And that case is super elegant.

~ Clean Beauty ~

I applaud Neiman Marcus for carrying beauty products that are organic and actually good for us. Personally I am slowly moving to all natural skincare. After all, our skin is our largest organ, why not treat it to the best products there are....meaning chemical free.

Juice Beauty
"Today, Juice Beauty offers award winning  
( InStyle, ELLE, Allure, Glamour, EWG ) skincare and makeup products that meet rigorous USA organic regulations supported by solid eco-values. I happen to love how their products smell....clean and juicy!

Tata Harper Skincare
Tata Harper founded her namesake brand to give the skincare industry a fresh start with highly effective and luxurious antiaging beauty products free of synthetic and chemical ingredients. Made in small batches at laboratories in Vermont, Harper's products contribute to health, well-being, and 
peace of mind.

Jane Iredale
Committed to revealing and enhancing your natural beauty. Jane offers pure mineral makeup in rich colors and soothing skin care products that nurture your skin. The make up is beautiful.

~ Home Fragrance & Gifts ~

Nest Fragrances
This line is so beautiful and also very giftable. Interesting to know that the gift shop of the Peninsula Hotel in Chicago only sells Nest Candles.   Click above to shop and save on their full range of home fragrances. 

Jo Malone London Candles
Just so very luxe and lovely. With scents like Lime Basil & Mandarin, Wood Sage & Sea Salt, Sweet Almond & Macaroon and more, these candles make a beautiful gift.

Diptique
This home collection blends classic with modern. The candle scents actually have a cult status. 

~ Fragrance ~

Armani Prive

Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb

Jo Malone London

~ Other Beauty Brands ~

You'll also find the Lancome, Clinique, Estee Lauder, La Mer,  Bobbi Brown,  Lipstick Queen and many more.

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Pamper Mom With Pretty Presents

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The 2nd edition of the " Shop This " Mother's Day Gift Guide features pretty presents for all of the sleepless nights, stressful days, and general headaches we gave our Moms. It's payback time. Mom deserves our undying thanks and a little pampering. This post features a carefully selected collection of special ways to say, I'm sorry, I love you, you're the best! 

HERE: 14 Pretty Picks For Mom

Next By Nest Gift Subscription
Scent and feather Mom's nest with a gift that keeps on giving for 3 - 6 months. Thoughtfully curated, Next by Nest is a subscription service that will deliver a perfectly tailored mood for the home each month. Click the link and then look in the "gift" section for details.
Nest Fragrances

Coco Mademoiselle Set
I just love how the French say "Mademoiselle." Not to toot my own horn, but I am often complimented on my fragrance, especially by men. This is it. I have worn it for years. Nothing else I have tried has garnered more compliments. This set is perfection. A bottle for home and a travel bottle to go. 
Nordstrom

Essence To Remember Kit
Shower Power: For the girl who loves her showers. A limited edition collection featuring 9 exhilarating shower oils. The scents all sound divine: Patchouli Lavender Vanilla, Vanilla, Ginger. 
Sabon NYC 

KILIAN
Good Girl Gone Bad
For the sophisticated Mom with a sense of style and humor! Two gifts in one, a couture clutch and fabulous fragrance. This floral scent begins with roses, and will last much longer than the real thing.
Sephora

Sigma Beauty

Complete Look Copper Brush Set

How gorgeous are these brushes? I can speak from experience, the foundation brush (first brush from the left) is the finest brush that I have ever used. It's a makeup game changer. Any Mom who loves a long walk down the makeup aisle, will adore this gift! Sold exclusively at....

Neiman Marcus

Receive a Free Beauty Bag & Samples with your $125 Beauty & Fragrance Purchase

Perfume Experience
Give Mom the gift of fragrance that she creates herself, or you can do it for her. Find perfume experiences in a town near Mom like Chicago, Berkley, Brooklyn, New York, or Hollywood, Fl. This is a beauty of a gift, and ever so unique!
IfOnly

Illuminated Compact Portable Charger for Apple Devices
Beauty and brains! Samantha Taylor's beauty bank is the perfect purse accessory, and makes it easy to stay pretty and powered.  
Amazon

Truly Aesthetic Bath Affirmations
Give Mom some "me time" in the tub. Holistic living meets luxury spa. Only the finest essential oils, high end organic and wild harvested ingredients to open the mind and soothe the spirit. Choose from eight beautiful experiences like, Repose Thyme Lavender Bath, Enliven Coconut Basil and more.
AHAlife

Goop Beauty Book

A must read for the Mom (Like Me), who tries to live a healthy lifestyle. It's the bible for the very best clean (i.e. entirely nontoxic and safe) beauty essentials, from sunscreen and shampoo to mascara, and Mom will get all Goop's favorite tips for looking naturally healthy and gorgeous—without compromises.  Hint, Hint!
Goop

Beauty Box Subscription
Glossy Box is one of the very best beauty subscription boxes out there. For $21 a month, Mom will get a beautifully wrapped box full of beauty treats, every month that you subscribe for, from one month - to 12 months. I would be so thrilled with this gift. 
Click for the beautiful details.
GLOSSYBOX

20% off your one month GLOSSYBOX subscription with Code: JET20 until 5/30

Balmain Paris Hair Couture Rose Gold 
Hair Set
For fancy moms. This lovely set for her locks is the epitome of luxe. Included is a travel-sized mirror, a handmade rose gold-plated brush, and the fabulous silk spray for the hair.
Net-A-Porter

Vilhelm Parfumerie
From a niche fragrance house in NYC. Each Vilhelm scent has an elaborate founding story. From a memory of childhood summers in a seaside cabin to a conception of early 1900s. The packaging and fragrance titles are so very clever. "Room Service" is Greta Garbo inspired. Imagine Greta or your Mom, alone in their hotel room, attired in a drift of satin, scent and poignant allure, keeping the world at bay. There's a story and a fragrance for every Mom.
Saks Fifth Avenue

Femmes Fleurs Pouch
From the French The House of Fragonard, four flower-women for four natural eaux de toilettes from the feminine range. Charming traveling sprays in a colorful pouch. It's the perfect way for mom to try out a new fragrance, without a big commitment.

Beauty Habit

The Beauty Chef

With The Beauty Chef, every meal mom eats, be it breakfast, dinner or a tempting dessert, will leave her feeling and looking better inside and out. This is an ideal gift for someone who loves to cook and wants to begin a healthy lifestyle. 

Amazon

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Saturdays At Shop This: It's About Summer Beauty

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Since today is National Lipst*ck Day, I thought we would talk beauty this Saturday. And no, that isn't a typo. There's something strange happening in the cyber world of my blog. I can't type the word Lipst*ck without an issue. TMI but I did want to be au courant with this silly little day.  The photo above is borrowed from a fabulous write up at Vogue on Ayurvedic practitioner and herbalist Kari Jansen's, treatment space in Los Angeles.  Scroll down for more beauty news.

The coolest lip color ever: Laneige Two Tone Lipst*ck at Sephora. My favorite duo is the No.7 Cashmere Nude - Neutral Brown Pink. 
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Many of us are trying to be more mindful with our cosmetic, skincare, and suncare choices. My motto is when you know better, you do better. The EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database is very helpful and enlightening. 
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The chicest Shower Cap on the market: The  Shhhowercap.  It's so lovely, it can double as your poolside turban, for those days when you don't want to get your hair wet.
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There's big savings to be had at Fragrancenet this weekend. Save an Extra 30% on already discounted fragrances like Hermes, Gucci, and Creed. They also carry high end skincare such as Erno Laszlo, Lancome, and Clarins. 
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Guest-Room Beauty Essentials at Goop: Stop the need for medicine chest snooping. If you are hosting this Summer, stock the guest quarters with these "clean beauty" products.  Any one of them would be fun for your visitor to try. I plan on trying the Ursa Major Essential Face Wipes. 
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Don't miss the National Lipst*ck Day Bundle just $10 with any purchase at Bare Minerals. It's the cutest Tote with 6 Lip Colors.
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Neiman Marcus Beauty School: Exclusive Q&A's, how-to's, did-you-know's + more from 10 of your favorite names like Tata Harper's small batch skincare. It's an easy quick read.
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Lip Service: Finding the perfect lip color is possible online. Chat with a specialist at Bobbi Brown and save 30% on select shades. You can even upload your photo for real time help. Click Here and scroll down.
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My favorite Summer Beauty Buy has been Coconut Oil.  I use it as a moisturizer, for makeup removal, for dental oil pulling, and as my natural sunscreen.  You might like this article: Coconut Oil: 101 Uses, Benefits, & Why You Should Use it | Wellness Mama
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Don't forget about the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. Lots of great Beauty Deals. Here are my picks, in case you missed that post.
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Don't be afraid to show your true colors this weekend. Enjoy!

XOXOX
Deb
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What's New In My Beauty Bag

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Every once in a while we girls need a maintenance day. You know, a day to clean up our act, polish our toes, cover the roots, shape the brows, powder our noses. I am having one of those days, and have "beauty" on the brain. So today I share five new items in my beauty bag. Each one has become an integral part of my daily routine. What's your new beauty obsession?

Sigma F80 Flat Kabuki Brush
I can't imagine life without this brush. After 3 months of use, I can highly recommend it for foundation. It was the Winner of Allure magazine's 'Best of Beauty' Award for Best Brush for Foundation, 2016. It is the softest brush I have ever known. It is dense, too. What I like most is how it feels on the face and the fact that it does not absorb much of  my foundation product. My old brushes did. I hated to see the waste. I give this brush 5 Stars!
Nordstrom  

BareMinerals Complexion Rescue
It's a tinted hydrating gel cream. In other words, it is a BB Cream, CC Cream and Tinted Moisturizer all in one.  It also won Allure Magazine's "Best Of Beauty" Award for best Mineral Foundation. It's free of parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrances, dye, and petrochemicals. I wear it under my foundation, and it allows me to wear about 50% less foundation. This is what I like to put on in the morning, upon waking, so I don't frighten the world! It has a bit of radiance (not much) but enough to diffuse lines and wrinkles. I love the soft focus that it offers my complexion. The color natural is what I wear for my totally light beige skintone.
Nordstrom

P.S. Nordstrom has a Gift With Purchase Of BareMinerals. Click link above for details

Mally Ultimate Performance See The Light Concealer
I bought mine after reading this article in NY Mag. Concealers are tricky, and now I use two. This is the newest concealer to be added to my regime. The other is Laura Mercier's High Coverage Concealer. You don't hear much about this product but it is fabulous! Mally's though is my favorite. I use it on top of my foundation for "brightening" the under eye. And boy does it ever! A dab will do ya. Please click the following link to watch the video and see how Mally applies this dream cream in an inverted triangle. I wear Fair but plan to change to Light for Summer. Get the set at
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Hourglass Cosmetics Ambient Strobe Lighting Powders
Available in four illuminating shades, and designed to sculpt the face with light. This is my finishing touch to my makeup routine. The powder is so very fine that it instantly becomes invisible. I call it complexion candlelight. Like a candle, it casts a soft focus where you place it. Mr. Shop This, noticed something was different the first time I used it. Score! I use the shade called incandescent, but I plan to try all four shades. Love!
Nordstrom 

Farmacy Beauty Sleep Tight
Called a face lift in a jar (that may be a bit of an exaggeration) but it is a great product. After just one use, you will notice that your skin is firmer, pores are tighter, and the complexion is brighter. I love the fact that it is without parabens, sulfates, and phthalates. It is also free of formaldehyde and artificial coloring, which is so important.  The color and consistency is unique. It is green, naturally, because it is plant based. The scent is green, as well. Very fresh. It is so emollient, almost like a gelee, a tiny amount, like a fingertip, is all I need for my normal not dry skin. Watch a video at
Sephora



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