Your Festive Face

 During this holiday season, why not sparkle with a twinkle in our eye and and a luminous look to our face? If you are dressing up, don't forget your face! That lit-from-within luminosity gives a youthful glow. Here's how to get it and achieve a festive face.

Liquid Super Loaded Tinted Highlight

Your skin, supercharged. This product not only gives you an instant ethereal glow, it offers long term benefits. I want to try this #cleanbeauty product.

Westman Atelier and Sephora

Dior Forever Couture Luminizer 

It's a limited edition which comes in two highlighting colors. The case itself is worth the price! Pearlescent pigments instantly light up the face!

Dior

Chanel Les Beiges

Sheer Healthy Glow Highlighter

Though I have not used this product yet, I did try it on my tanned hands at the Chanel counter. It was a wow look! The lighter color is new and adds a pinky pearl glow. Wear this over your makeup or mix it with your foundation. Just gorgeous!

Chanel

Dior Liquid Sequins Lipstick

A limited edition made just for this festive season. This product dresses your lips in pigmented color with an ultra glittery finish. It will light up your lips with transfer proof color that will stay on for 12 hours. I'm guessing no kissing allowed. :) It's sold out most places. Saks still has 11 shades, and it is on sale!

Saks Fifth Avenue

Celebrate Glow Face & Eye Palette

It's your Highlight, Blush & Eyeshadow all in one Palette! Save 30% automatically in your cart.

It Cosmetics

Gucci Crystal Holiday False Eyelashes

I think these are so very festive. One would think that they might be more than the $28. Fun!

 Sephora

Victoria Beckham Lid Lusture

"A crystal-infused, fine pressed shadow that delivers ethereal shine and luscious color."  Available in 9 chic colors.

Bergdorf Goodman

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Guerlain Meteorites Setting & Finishing Pearls of Powder
I have used this powder before and really loved it. It gives a very professional finish to your makeup. Choose from three colorways. Gorgeous!

Bergdorf Goodman

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Milk Makeup Grip & Glow

Illuminating Primer

So pretty! This product grips makeup for up to 12 hours. The light reflecting pearls add a warm, luminous glow. Don't wear makup? Use this just to add luminosity to your complexion.

Sephora 

Hourglass Cosmetics Ambient Light Palette

Available in three volumes and colors, these palettes are just the prettiest. They put your face in a light that blurs and finishes your skin with a soft focus. This is volume one, and I love mine.

Hourglass Cosmetics     Sephora

Bobbi Brown Highlighting Powder

This powder gives a true lit from within look. One can achieve a subtle luminosity or a full-on-glow. I have the pale peach in my cosmetic bag now.

Bobbi Brown

Mac Cosmetics Strobe Cream
I always have a tube of this on hand. It's a radiant moisturizer that illuminates the skin with iridescent particles. I use the original color ` pinklight. I like to mix it with my foundation. Now 25% off.

Mac Cosmetics

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Festive Finds For The Season & Beyond

Sun Kissed:: Bronzers That Give You The Look

One of the best ways to give your complexion  warmth and luminosity is with a bronzer.  Remember, you are looking for a sun kissed look, so apply only where the sun would naturally land on your face. Today, I've rounded up some of the best bronzers by luxury beauty brands.

Terracotta Flower Blossom Bronzing Powder 

The iconic healthy glow powder returns in an exquisite new limited edition, designed by artist and painter Laura Gulshani. Guerlain's Bronzing Powders have long been some of my favorites. They last forever! Love that the formula is derived from 96% natural ingredients.

This item is so new and so popular, it appears no one has it yet ! Sorry to do that to you, but it was too pretty not to include. It will be on the shelves soon. OR....head to Bergdorf Goodman and get the Guerlain Terracotta Light Healthy Glow Bronzer, which is almost the same, without the flowers.

Hourglass Cosmetics Ambient Lighting Bronzer

I love this powder bronzer! It fuses an illuminating effect (in the softest of ways) with the dimension of multiple tones in one color.  The powder is sheer. so you won't over do it, but it is also buildable. 

Sephora  and Nordstrom

Manasi 7 Bronzelighter Cream Bronzer

I thought this was the prettiest color, and perfect for those who really want a light touch. This award winning non oily bronzer has been made with wild harvested ingredients. It really is the perfect non-orange golden rose shade.

Saks Fifth Avenue

Hulla Matte Bronzer
This product is award winning and has a cult following, including "Ms. Shop This." It comes in four perfect shades in the cutest mirrored case. Medium priced at $35. 

Benefit Cosmetics and Sephora

Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Cream Bronzer

As you can see, this product delivers an effortless and minimalist glow. It features light reflecting pigments which give you a smooth and natural looking luminosity. It's so good that Chanel is sold out but you can find it at

Saks Fifth Avenue  

Kevin Aucoin Neo Bronzer

Go from naturally sun-kissed to tropically-bronzed with Neo-Bronzers. I love this idea, it is  a bronzer, blush, and highlighter in one palette. Each shade can be used individually or all in one fell sweep of a brush.

Saks Fifth Avenue

Westman Atelier Face Trace

Checkbones in a snap!  Face Trace Contour Sticks ultra-blendable creamy formula makes it easy to sculpt cheekbones, and instantly give definition to sides of nose, jawline and eyelids.  It's a versatile product, and bronzing is the the icing on the cake. #cleanbeauty

Credo Beauty  and  Bergdorf Goodman
  

Tower 28

Bronzino Illuminating Bronzer

Another #cleanbeauty option that is intriguing to me. First of all, the price is good at $20. It will add a healthy glow and subtle shimmer to your complexion. It's a cream and looks magical to me.  Available in five shades. I like the "sun coast."

Credo Beauty  and   Sephora

Filmstar Bronze & Glow

Contour & Highlighting palette for light to medium skin tones. The bronzer side features a blend of pearl and pigments. The Glow side has a golden base that will flatter any skin tone. I would really use this palette.

Charlotte Tilbury

Laguna Bronzing Cream vs Laguna Bronzing Powder

Two ways to bronze: Cream or silky powder. The powder is talc free They both provide instant warmth.

Nars Cosmetics  and Neiman Marcus

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Made You Blush!

 

All The Pretty Palettes

'Tis the season when we may be dressing up and going out a little more. Both require putting your best face forward. A pretty palette can effortlessly help you create unique looks for different occasions.  I played in the makeup aisles to find the best products for you.

Day & Light Eye Shadow Palette

I happen to own this limited edition palette. I wear every one of these colors. It is a marvelous mix of metallics and matte neutral shades. It actually is one of the best palettes I have ever owned. Highly recommended. Only $39.

Bobbi Brown  

Laura Geller Party in a Palette Set of 4 Full Face Palettes

Laura's baked powders are really great and finely milled. This has to be the best value of the season. You actually get four palettes. Each one is different. All of the blushes are matte. Add the glow from the highlighters in each palette. The shadows really last. Bonus is that this set is one of Oprah's Favorite Things for 2022. Keep one for yourself and gift the other three sets.

QVC (best price)   or  Amazon

Beauté Des Yeux Gorgeous Flora Eyeshadow Palette

The ultimate makeup accessory! A limited edition of fine eye shadow powders in satin, matte, and metallic shades. 

Saks.  or Gucci

Trish McEvoy Power Of Makeup Planner

In my opinion, the ultimate in palettes. It's a bit expensive, but you get everything you see in the center of the photo. I use two of her products daily, the Instant Eye Lift and Eye Base. They are both included here. It's all so good and perfect for travel.

Trish McEvoy  or   Saks

The Pillow Talk Eye & Blush Duo

Pillow Talk is iconic in Charlotte's beauty line up. This set is really gorgeous. You get all you need for eyes, lips, and face.

Charlotte Tilbury

Tarte Clay Play Face Shaping Palette 

If you are into clean beauty (we all should be) this palette is for you! It will sculpt, define, and highlight your complexion. It is a real multi-tasker for low key or high key looks.

Sephora

Hourglass Cosmetics Ambient Lighting  - Universe

New for the holiday season, this palette features all you need to put your face in the best light. Included are the prettiest shades of blush, bronzer, and highlighter.

Hourglass Cosmetics

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

Have hazel or brown eyes? You will love these shadows. It's the best of basic and less than $30.

Sephora

Dior Limited Edition All-in-One Face, Lip & Eye Makeup Palette

Presented in a couture case designed by Pietro Ruffo. This palette gives you looks for day and night.

Neiman Marcus

 Benefit Cosmetics Brow Zings Pro Palette

Known for their brow products, this palette has everything you need for the best brows ~ waxes, shades of brown, pencils and a brush. Available in two color palettes.

Saks

 

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Where Did You Get That Glow?

We all seemed to have that natural glow when we were young. But that "lit from within" look disappears over time. That's where cosmetic highlighters come into play. For the naysayers that think highlighters emphasize lines and wrinkles, think again. If applied the right way, they actually blur away the imperfections. Every time I use it, "Mr. Shop This," always comments on my skin.  Shhh! Don't tell him my secret.

Westman Atelier Lit Up

I've been intrigued by this minimalist clean beauty brand for quite some time. This translucent gel highlighter features flattering light catching undertones. It also offers skin firming ingredients. Each of the three shades come in mini or full sizes.

Sephora

Les Beiges

Sheer Healthy Glow Highlighting Fluid

This product is so beautiful. I have tried it only on my hand, and I kept adding more. The glow or sheen really added a touch of youth to my hands. It is suggested to add it to your own foundation for both coverage and glow.

Saks

Ambient Lighting Palette

I own this palette and use it daily. It comes in three shades, and I use the lightest or volume 1. The powders can be used alone or layered to add dimension to your complexion. The powders are silky and fine. You will love this.
Hourglass Cosmetics   or  Neiman Marcus

MAC Cosmetics Strobe Cream

It's a liquid highlighter that is always in my makeup bag. It offers the softest glowing and hydrating finish. I like to mix it with my concealer. 

MAC  or  Saks

Glossier's Haloscope

Get a glow that is not glittery with this easy to use and affordable product. The solid oil based inner core keeps your complexion dewy.

Glossier

Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter
Charlotte has created a lot of highlighting products. I am sure that they are all good, as she is one of the most sought after makeup artists in the world. I love anything that gives our face a filter! Take a look at her website. I have linked what she offers here.

Charlotte Tilbury

Surratt Torche Lumiere Highlighter

Pro makeup artist Troy Surratt brings his expertise to the table with this gleaming highlighter from his eponymous collection. The velvety cream formula imparts a rich pigment without being overly shimmery.

Neiman Marcus

Luminous Dewy Skin Mist

Give yourself a mist of hydration and luminosity whenever you need it. A bit of a different type of product that also will give you a healthy glow. Wear it without makeup or over your foundation.

Tatcha

Laura Mercier Rose Glow Highlighter

Finely milled light reflecting pearls add a natural and self adjusting dewy look to your complexion. Above is how it looks on several skin tones. It's a beautiful product.

Laura Mercier

Illamasqua Beyond Powder

Oh how I love this highlighter! I have had the same compact in "Daze" for over a year. It is a very fine powder that offers the most subtle sheen. Several other colors look to have more color and glow, but Daze is perfectly translucent. Now 25% off at..

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