Thursday, April 29, 2010

Brand Name Beauty on a Budget! All Cosmetics Wholesale

We love a penny pinching, pretty purchase! Thus NYX (www.nyxcosmetics.com) , ELF (www.eyelipsface.com), www.cherryculture.com, and others are all the rage! 

Many makeup mavens claim that low-cost lines of makeup pack the same punch as brands like Urban Decay (www.urbandecay.com), Smashbox (www.smashbox.com) and yes MAC (www.maccosmetics.com).  That's true....sometimes.  But you have to admit, there are others when bargain beauty looks as cheap as its price tag and lasts about as long. 

Of course, we artists and enthusiasts can "make it work" (which explains the skyrocketing sales of Urban Decay Primer Potion and NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk).  But sometimes Coca Cola and Marvin Gaye have it right - "Aint Nothin Like The Real Thing" baby!

Enter All Cosmetics Wholesale (www.allcosmeticswholesale.com) According to the website, they specialize in providing discount, high end cosmetics that are brand new, fresh and AUTHENTIC, at wholesale & below wholesale pricing. As well as rare and hard to find items - brands such as Mac, Bobbi Brown, Estee Lauder, Bare Escentuals, Smashbox, Clinique and more. I've heard rave reviews from all but one person who said she received a faux product.

You know I can't resist a pretty place so....here's the verdict.  I scored some great  Smashbox and Stila that I loved and shipping is fast as lighting! Overall, prices don't beat most of my pro-discounts but this place is pretty paradise if you're a makeup maniac without a discount or live where brands aren't accessible.

 If you think it pretty, you heard it here first...and if not, you didn't hear it from me!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Day in the Life of a Professional Makeup Artist www.crystaljmakeup.com


Join me for a behind the scenes look at a fashion photoshoot!  I'm working with one of Elite Model Management's New Faces (www.elitemodel.com).  I acheived the looks with Nars (www.narscosmetics.com), FACE atelier (www.faceatelier.com), my adesign makeup brushes (www.adesignbrushes.com) and MAC blot powder saved me from having to do tons of touching up (www.maccosmetics.com).

Have fun... I did!

China Glaze, Nail Polish for a Purpose!


China Glaze, one of my favorite brands for nail color, has just become prettier!
China Glaze is releasing the Rainbow of Hope Collection in May 2010!

When you reach for these beautiful colors you're helping to reach for a cure. China Glaze commits 18% of Rainbow of Hope display sales to cancer research organizations hand picked by members of the China Glaze brand family. Extend the uplifting power of color to those impacted by a cancer diagnosis, including their families, friends, and co-workers.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

"Pretty" Please - Team up with TARTE COSMETICS

Here's one of the prettiest things you can do while you pretty your pout - Help heal a child's smile!

Tarte Cosmetics, Operation Smile and Elle Fowler team up to accomplish something beautiful!
Tarte will contribute $.50 to Operation Smile for every person that signs up for the giveaway (up to $1,000)
Sign up for Elle's lip stain giveaway and you’ll be entered to win one of the 10 LipSurgence™ natural lip stains ($24 value) http://tartecosmetics.com/contest.php?id=17.

At Operation Smile, they measure themselves by the joy they see on children's faces. More than a charity, they're a mobilized force of medical professionals and caring hearts who provide safe, effective reconstructive surgery for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate. With your help, how many lives can be changed tomorrow?

At CrysnMakeup that's real beauty!