Matte Lips Right through Spring

Rachel McAdams and Scarlett Johansson

You know that matte lip look that won crowds over during the runway shows for Fall/Winter fashion week? Expect the trend to continue well into spring. Now, we're not talking about powdery, dry, chapped looking lips; this is a fresh, modern, approach to pretty lips with a modern edge, and oh so easy to achieve when you have the right product.


Lip Tech shades: Nude (creamy beige-y nude), Peony (rosy pink), Sangria (berry fuschia) and Maple (deep warm nude)

Enter Smashbox Lip Tech. Here's the scoop:
Lip Tech is a new weightless, satin-matte lip color that perfectly contours lips and comes in a mirrored compact with a unique silicone applicator. The formula contains Vitamin E and emollients to protect and provide a soft, cushiony feel. The silicone applicator is key to the application. Because it's not spongy, the product doesn't soak into the tip, allowing the ability to stack or layer lip color directly onto lips.

Spring runways were all about softly stained, satin-matte lips. In the short video above, Smashbox Lead Makeup Artist Lori Taylor shows us how to get this ultra-feminine, romantic look in just a few simple steps using Smashbox Lip Tech.

Great Freebie! Smashbox has a special beauty offer going on now where shoppers receive this gorgeous ready-for-spring Eyeshadow Trio in Glow FREE with your online Smashbox order of $65 or more. Hurry, though, expires 2/15/10.

Enter code: VDAYPNK at checkout

While you're checking out Lip Tech and other fab award-winning Smashbox products on their site, be sure to enter for a chance to win their Share the Love Sweepstakes partnering up with Lucky magazine. Smashbox and Lucky are giving away the ultimate swag bag, a Lucky VIP tote filled with $500 of Smashbox Cosmetics plus other goodies, to one winner and her BFF.

Click HERE to enter the Share the Love Sweepstakes now

Smashbox Lip Tech retails for $24 and is available through Smashbox and other retailers.

Sneak Peek: Smashbox's Newest Summer Products Debuted on QVC Tomorrow!

QVC is a must do tomorrow afternoon! There, you'll be treated to a wonderful spot on Smashbox's hot, new products with tips and showcasing by the uber-talented Holly Mordini.

Here's your unbelievable sneak peek into the event with products and sets you won't be able to resist. Seriously! You really won't. Be able to resist.

Smashbox Features in Focus is a nine-piece collection that includes cult favorite products among beauty enthusiasts, as well as latest product innovations.

Every woman who may love some of her features but would like to "fall in love" with them all will benefit from this kit. And, every woman who wants the benefit of beautiful skin.

This collection introduces you to products that will have you falling head over heels with your new gorgeous eyes, your better-than-ever complexion, and your "you must have naturally blessed" lips.

Begin by using the Halo Hydrating Perfecting powder as your foundation. Simply twist the dial to release the fine, loose powder. Then, apply to your entire complexion using the baby Buki brush.

Using the luminous shade of the waterproof shadow liner duo, apply the color to your lid, from lash to crease and just into the contour area, using it as a radiant shadow.

Next, using the second shade in the duo, swirl brush #30 into the pot and apply under the bottom lashes, smudging from corner to corner to create a soft smoldering effect. This is not intended to deliver a crisp edge or a fine line. Follow this same method along the top lashes, beginning in the outer corner of the eye and working inward. Follow with a generous coat of Lash DNA mascara.

Using your finger or the unique silicon applicator, apply Lip Tech to both lips, pressing in the pigment. Use a lip liner if you wish to create a more defined pout. Wear Lip Tech alone for a more satin finish, or generously layer the lip enhancing gloss over Lip Tech.

Always leave blush for last so you won't run the risk of over-applying. Begin at the apple of the cheek, swirl brush in a circular motion, moving along the cheekbone.

Apply the Soft Lights powder to the bridge of your nose, above your brows, and along the top of your cheekbones. Use this skin-softening powder as an allover illuminator. Love it up on your shoulders and decollete.

Includes:

•0.75 oz Halo Hydrating Perfecting powder

•0.1 oz Lip Tech in Sangria, a deep wine

•0.398 oz Fusion Soft Lights in Gleam, beige and rose shades

•0.2 fl oz lip enhancing gloss in Lavish Lips, a nude pink

•0.1 oz waterproof shadow liner duo in Emphaseyes, a warm cinnamon and soft pink

•0.31 oz Lash DNA mascara in black

•0.07 oz blush in Blushing Pink, a shimmery pink

•Shadow liner brush #30

•Baby Buki brush

The collection is being offered at QVC for the unbelievable introductory price of $77.28 (retails $170) and is available with QVC Easy Pay for 3 payments of $25.76 for a limited time! You choose your foundation shade.

Now here's one of their new products that I'm drooling over. Smashbox Pro Second Skin Concealer is professional level coverage that's customizable, comfortable and weightless on the skin. It's also waterproof for flawless-looking skin all day.

The high performance formula conceals skin imperfections, including rosacea, hyper-pigmentation, freskles, extreme dark circles, tattoos, while the encapsulated pigment technology recreates the radiance of your own skin making it look completely natural. (available in fair, light, medium and dark) Exclusive to QVC.

New! Smashbox Waterproof Powder Eye Shadow Palette is a breakthrough in powder eye shadow. This absolutely amazing waterproof formula glides on smoothly and evenly for beautifully blendable color. includes five gorgeous shades and an application brush.

New! Smashbox Lip and Eye Beam Duo double duty products highlight, brighten and perfect instantly. Eye Beam's double-ended pencil highlightens and brightens eyes in one quick step, while Lip Beam adds fullness and shine to your lips. Includes both pencils - Eye Beam Double-Ended Brightener and Lip Beam Double-Ended Pout Perfector. I'm really excited about this duo as well. It's amazing what a difference an eye highlighting/brightening pencil makes in opening the eye, making you look more aware and rested. Looking forward to trying both of these sure to be faves!

Exclusive to QVC - Waterproof Shadow Liner in Lucky Penny (a beautiful bronzey-copper shade) and Brush #30 Set. This easy-to-apply shadow liner glides on smoothly and evenly and is totally waterproof and crease-resistant, giving you the power to create soft, smoky definition in one quick step. Wear it as a won't budge smudged liner or as a radiant all-over shadow. Apply with Smashbox's specially designed Shadow Liner Brush #30 for flawless application.

Stay tuned for the Smashbox event on QVC, Subday, 6/27/10 at 3 PM and 8 PM EST. You'll also find Smashbox's Limitless Liquid Liner Pen, Naked Beauty Lip Gloss Kit, Complexion Perfection Kit, Naked Beauty Lid Primer and much more. For more information, visit qvc.com.

Smashbox: Rapture - Holiday 2008 Collection

Introducing Smashbox's Holiday Collection for 2008, Rapture. Seas of satin and chiffon mix with champagne bubbly. This sensual beauty collection proves a captivating gift of shimmering hues and pearlescent glosses. If only the holidays lasted forever.

INSIDER SECRET #9: Add extra sparkle to the holidays. To brighten & open up eyes, apply gold or white shimmering shadow to the inner corners for dazzling results.

RAPTURE EYESHADOW AND BRUSH SET LE - $59
Limited Edition! $185 Value

Take a close look, lovelies. You get the whole set, not just one duo and a brush - the whole kit-n-kaboodle. What a fabulous deal as Smashbox eyeshadows are literally among the best and most popular in the industry.

This get-gorgeous set includes 16 luminous shadows and 2 full-size metallic pink brushes for flawless application. The inspiring shades allow you to create an endless array of beautiful eye looks that take you from day to night.

RAPTURE EYE SHADOW & BRUSH KIT - $59 - includes: 8 EYE SHADOW DUOS DEFINER BRUSH #15 SHADOW BRUSH #32

RAPTURE LIPGLOSS SET - $29

Limited Edition! Value $90 Get glam with this party-perfect set of our award-winning, ultra moisturizing lip gloss. Includes three best-selling shades and three holiday exclusives. Wear alone or layer together for instant color and stunning shine.

RAPTURE LIP GLOSS SET includes:

• LIP GLOSS in ILLUME
• LIP GLOSS in RADIANT
• LIP GLOSS in CANDID
• LIP GLOSS in RAVISHING
• LIP GLOSS in LOVELY
• LIP GLOSS in STUNNING
  

FLAWLESS FINISH PRIMER SET - $39

Limited Edition!Value $52


Get flawless skin at home or on-the-go with this limited-edition set of our best-selling, skin-smoothing PHOTO FINISH FOUNDATION PRIMER in both full and travel sizes. This silky blend of vitamins A & E, grape seed extract and green tea creates a perfect canvas for any makeup application. Worn alone or under foundation to increase its longevity, our award-winning primer helps to reduce the appearance of fine lines and pores for flawless skin with a velvety-smooth finish.

Two-time winner of the Best of Sephora Award for Best Primer, an InStyle Best Beauty Buy, and one of Marie Claire's "25 Products That Will Change Your Life"!

BEST OF SMASHBOX KIT - $19

Limited Edition!Value $42

Smashbox best-sellers for eyes, cheeks and lips in convenient travel sizes - perfect for your holiday clutch or carry-on.

BEST OF SMASHBOX SET includes:

• BIONIC MASCARA in JET BLACK
• TRAVEL SIZE MINI FUSION SOFT LIGHTS in DUSK
• MINI LIP ENHANCING GLOSS in AURA

RAPTURE TRAVEL BURSH SET - $49

Limited Edition!Value $134

Perfect for beauty on-the-go, this limited-edition collection features 5 metallic pink travel sized brushes in a take-along quilted pouch that protects brushes and keeps them clean.

RAPTURE TRAVEL BRUSH KIT includes:

• TRAVEL FACE BRUSH
• TRAVEL SHADOW BRUSH
• TRAVEL ANGLED BLENDING BRUSH
• TRAVEL SMUDGER BRUSH
• TRAVEL CONTOUR & LINER BRUSH

For more information on Smashbox's Holiday Collection 2008 - Rapture, please visit Smashbox.

MINTBOX: Smashbox on Sale + Cash Back!

Celebrate the July 4th weekend with a grand little spree from Smashbox!  This weekend and until 7/4 only enjoy up to 25% off your favorite Smashbox items, including their new products.  You have to be a Mintbox member to take advantage of the deal, so be sure to accept your invitation (link at bottom of post) to access the Smashbox offer and many, many others.

Roxy's Picks

Second Skin Concealer - This is my personal concealer of choice right now.  I've been using it for about six months and am enjoying the fact that I apply it once in the morning and it stays put all day.  Great feature (and unique when it really works) for a concealer.  Professional-level coverage that’s customizable, comfortable and weightless. This high-performance formula conceals stubborn imperfections (even tattoos), while keeping complexions natural-looking with encapsulated pigment technology that re-creates the radiance of your own skin. Plus, it’s waterproof for a flawless look all day. Available in four easy to blend shades and retails for $29 a tube.

Full Exposure Mascara - Inspired by the on-set technique of layering a lengthening fiber mascara over a volumizing formula, the new studio-tested mascara exposes your longest, fullest lashes. No clumps, no flakes. Just maximum-impact, scene-stealing lashes. $19

• 104% increase in lash volume

• 32% increase in lash length

• 34-degree increase in lash curl

Video: Watch Pro Makeup Artist Lori Taylor bring this sexy mascara to life

Limitless Lip Stain & Color Seal Balm - It’s a lip revelation! On one side of this innovative, two-in-one product: a feather-resistant stain that won’t budge for 8 hours. On the other: a very emollient balm that can be worn alone or over the stain for a lustrous touch. The vibrant tint of color is designed to mimic the look of photo gels on set in the famous Smashbox studios.  $23

Video: Watch Pro Lead Artist Lori Taylor create a thoroughly modern look highlighted by a bright coral lip

Enjoying the eye candy?  See these and more great Smashbox delicacies via Mintbox this weekend for great value and cash back.  You must be a Mintbox member to shop their great deals so let this be a 4th of July little gift to yourself (don't worry membership is free!).

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HAUTELOOK: Smashbox on SALE Today!

One of my absolute favorite cosmetics brands has come to HauteLook today to spoil you rotten!

Long before Smashbox Cosmetics was created, its founders, Dean & Davis Factor, were becoming legends as the ambassadors of style in Los Angeles.



It began when these brothers - two very unique entrepreneurs and the great-grandsons of makeup legend Max Factor - combined their talent & heritage to create Smashbox Photo Studios in 1991. With a slew of starlets passing through the Studios daily, Dean & Davis were frequently asked to create a makeup line that met the perfecting needs of a photo shoot. Dean & Davis decided to combine their skills - Dean, a business guru with an MBA, and Davis, a leading celebrity and fashion photographer - and in 1996 created Smashbox Cosmetics.



Today, Smashbox's state-of the-art facility is inundated with the most sought after artists, celebrities, models & photographers, and is also home to the celeb-studded Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Los Angeles. From Drew to Charlize, Gisele, Madonna & more, they’ve seen them all, and more importantly, swapped tips with their makeup artists. This means that they’re privy to insider beauty secrets & trends straight from the experts. And best of all? They share. At Smashbox, they believe that knowledge truly is a beautiful thing, and theirs is just too good to keep to themselves. From finding beauty solutions & quick fixes to demystifying makeup application, they're inspired daily to create innovative beauty products for women everywhere.

The sale begins Tuesday, 6/15/10 @ 10 AM CT

50% off makeup palettes and more!

Click HERE to shop the Smashbox Cosmetics SALE now!

Smashbox: New! Long Wearing Makeup Must-Haves

New! Smashbox Long Wearing Makeup ...

Smashbox's new long wearing nonstop shades for eyes and lips are said to be totally crease-proof, smudge-proof and budge-proof.

WATERPROOF SHADOW LINER DUO
A waterproof and crease-resistant cream shadow and liner duo.
Smashbox Waterproof Shadow Liner Duo creates a smoldering smoky eye with a versatile cream-to-powder shadow liner. The cream-shadow formula glides on smoothly and evenly—and is totally waterproof and crease-resistant—giving you the power to create soft, smoky definition in one quick step. Whether you choose to wear it as a won't-budge smudged liner or a radiant all-over shadow, this product is sure to make your eyes pop.

Both shades are housed in a portable, mirrored compact for touch-ups on the go. Available in Cashmere (champagne shimmer/ bronze shimmer), Goddess (silver taupe shimmer/ deep purple shimmer), Slate (light gray shimmer/ deep slate) and Smolder (pewter shimmer/ black). $25 each


LIMITLESS LONG WEARING LIP GLOSS
Their new long-wearing lip gloss gives you nonstop gorgeous color and shine for up to 6 hours, while SPF 15 protects your pout. The luxurious formula with vitamins A, C & E and sea kale revitalizes and nourishes lips for a silky-smooth texture that’s never tacky or dry. Specially contoured velour wand gives you a precise and comfortable one-coat application.

Available in six shades: Infinite (soft, pinkish nude), Forever (barely there pink), Boundless (juicy melon), Endless (sheer plum), Nonstop (cool raspberry) and Eternity (shimmery bronze). $21 each


BIONIC MASCARA in INDIGO INK
The first industry ionic mascara for longer, stronger and more voluminous super-power lashes now comes in gorgeous, eye enhancing indigo! The specially engineered no-clump brush gently coats lashes with our revolutionary long-wearing, water-resistant formula for a high impact lash in just one sweep. Aloe, wheat protein, silk and olive oil strengthen and condition. The jet black shade intensifies and defines for ultra-lush, look-at-me lashes. Also available in jet black. $19


For more information on these gorgeous, technologically advanced long wearing products, please visit Smashbox online today. Take advantage of current Smashbox deals and offers by checking our updated beauty offers regularly. As always, enjoy free standard shipping and jumbo deluxe samples with every online order!

REVIEW: Smashbox Halo Hydrating Perfecting Face Powder Compact

Smashbox is introducing a new concept in skin-perfecting powder. Their Halo Hydrating Perfecting Face Powder is loaded with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, but that's not the new concept. Its anti-aging formula is packed with Goji berry for antioxidant protection, plus amino acids, 48 of nature's nutrients - here's the twist - and powerful peptide and hydrogel technology. It's a powder that acts as a skincare product. Want more? The unique packaging yields the convenience of a pressed powder (no messy spilling) with the radiant finish of a loose powder. You simply twist the built-in shaver in the compact and the powder loosens to apply.

It's a cooling, fresh, matte powder finish. This is not going to yield shimmer, yet is does give the face a healthy glow. The powder is available in Fair, Light, Medium and Dark. The shades are really very forgiving. I got Medium and it's way darker in the compact than I'd ordinarily choose, yet can still blend well into my skintone when applied lightly. As it is darker, I can also use it to contour my cheekbones - bonus!

What else should you know?
Ohhhh ... they're after my heart on this one. Smashbox's Halo Hydrating Perfecting Face Powder is oil-free, talc-free and paraben-free. Not yet available via Smashbox or Sephora, you can get yours through QVC now ($59). It's the only place where this new product is available right now, though they will bring it to their regular venues in a few months. Smashbox, as well as reviewers who have posted comments on the QVC website, highly recommend using the new Smashbox Halo Brush to apply the powder. The Halo Face Powder Brush #29 is available for $36 or you can purchase the powder and brush together at an introductory price of $65.94 while that deal lasts.

For more information or to purchase, visit QVC.

Smashbox New High Definition Concealer + Free Gift

Achieve a flawless high definition complextion with Smashbox's High Def line of complexion products. Beauty insiders and addicts alike have gone ga-ga over Smashbox High Definition Healthy FX Foundation (already a Best of Sephora nominee). Their revolutionary new High Definition Liquid Concealer is sure to be a hit as well.



The weightless concealer instantly smoothes skin and makes dark circles and imperfections virtually disappear. The good-for-your-skin formula includes cell-energizing ribose, soy, angelica extract and caffeine to reduce redness, dark circles and under eye puffiness. Soft focus pearls reflect light to minimize the appearance of fine lines and blemishes. The soft touch precision applicator provides the smoothest application for the most delicate skin areas. Provides buildable coverage with a natural finish. High Definition Liquid Concealer comes is five shades and retails for $18 a tube.





Pair the concealer with High Definition Healthy FX Foundation for a perfect complexion. Healthy FX is an oil-free, weightless formula packed with anti-aging, revitalizing, and firming ingredients that work overtime to provide cellular nutrition for skin. UVA/UVB SPF 15 offers sun protection, vitamin C fights free radicals, and new cell-energizing Ribose renews the appearance of skin. Our unique, patented bio-delivery system gives you time-released moisturization and firming benefits that last all day. Skin is refreshed and revitalized for a flawless future. Best of Sephora Award Nominee for Best Foundation. It is available in 13 fabulous shades and retails for $38.

Shop now and enjoy a Free Smashbox Travel Set, which includes Travel Photo Op Under Eye Brightener, Travel Bionic Mascara in Jet Black and a Mini Lip Enhancing Lip Gloss in the shade of Go. Click the image above to shop Smashbox and receive additional jumbo deluxe samples free with your order.

With your $65 order at Smashbox online, enter code: TRAVEL at checkout for the free gift set and free shipping as well. The offer ends 4/12/09.

Smashbox Celebrates New Year's Early With a Free Gift Set For You

Following in the tradition of their absolutely fantastic gift offers and promotions this holiday season, Smashbox has yet another celebratory offer - just for you!

Get their exclusive three piece New Year's Gift Set free with any $75 online order, plus get your order in time for the holiday with FREE 2-Day Shipping. The Gift Set, a $67 value, includes some of their best-sellers:

• Soft Lights Duo in Super/Model
• Waterproof Shadow Liner in Fan Club
• Lip Enhancing Gloss in Aura

To take advantage of this wonderful offer, click the link below and enter promo code: NYE2DAY at checkout.

I want the Smashbox New Year's Gift Set plus Free 2-Day Shipping

Don't forget to enter the code when you checkout. You'll also receive free jumbo samples with each order. I'm always stupendously happy with my Smashbox orders AND my Smashbox products!

New Smashbox One-of-a-Kind Set! But One Day Only.

Yes, that's right, more Smashbox (see post below)! I can't help it, it needs to be shared. The QVC Today's Special Value is an unbelievable set of Smashbox favorites that also happens to include a full-sized Halo Perfecting Powder with "Buki" Brush and new launches to boot.

A 9-piece smashbox collection with cult favorites, plus product innovations sure to achieve mega stardom. You'll get the brand's #1-selling foundation, Halo Hydrating Perfecting Powder; the can't-get-enough Waterproof Shadow Liner Duo; wear-with-everything Blush; a signature must-have, Soft Lights; Lash DNA Mascara; Lip Enhancing Gloss; and--get ready to be obsessed--the newest lip creation, Lip Tech.

This kit offers product innovations, advanced formulas, and of-the-moment colors. Halo delivers a healthy-looking complexion, while the Liner Duo plays up your eyes. Lip Tech long-wearing color helps you define your lips like a pro. Put it all together with the Mascara, Blush, Lip Gloss, and Soft Lights and you've got a lot to feature!

I'm hoping to have more information soon for you on that new Lip Tech product (You press it into your lips rather than applying it the old-fashioned way). In the meantime, take advantage of this unbelievably fanstastic offer if it appeals to you even in the slightest. You can always return it if you don't like it for a full refund within 30 days (you WON'T want to return it... ) Smashbox Features in Focus 9-Piece Color Collection is selling for $69.94 (retail value is $169!) today only, and only on QVC.

Celebrate July 4th with Smashbox Goodies

Stash your favorite get-gorgeous Smashbox essentials in your beach or travel bag and make the summer hot for good reason - you!

Case in point, this fab little set above Flawless Face-on-the-Go Set is only $29 and includes iconic products that put Smashbox on the map: Photo Finish Foundation Primer, Photo Op Under Eye Brightener, Brow Tech (powders and wax), they're fabulous Cream Eyeliners, and even a clear gloss and souble-ended brush. That price is outrageous for the contents.

There's so much more to love at Smashbox. I could go on and on recommending products to you from their offerings. Click here for previous posts for more information.

But - what you need to know NOW!

Shop Smashbox now for this great offer. It expires 7/6/09. Enjoy ... x

Smashbox Bionic Mascara

Just introduced by Smashbox, this is an 'ionic' mascara (first of its kind, per Smashbox) that coats lashes with a revolutionary long-wearing, water-resistant formula for a high impact lash with a specially designed no-clump brush. The ionic technology involves attraction. The primary ingredient in BIONIC is a chain molecule with a positive charge that when swept across lashes, causes friction and a negative charge. Since opposites attract, the positively charged mascara adheres to the negatively charged lash for a dramatic effect.

Well, certainly is an interesting concept! Wonder if it will beat the dramatic effect we love so much from Lancome Definicils and their new High Definicils? Post a comment if you have experience trying this new Smashbox mascara and let us all know what you think!

You can try this new mascara for $19 at Smashbox.com and grab a little sweet treat as well with the promo above before Valentine's day.

Smashbox Halo - Now in Eye Shadow!

After knocking the industry off its feet with Halo Perfecting Powder with its anti-aging, against product type hydrating factor, Smashbox is about to launch another first of its kind product by bringing us gorgeous eyeshadows (duos nonetheless) in the Halo line. Brilliant!

Smashbox's innovative Halo Hydrating Perfecting Eye Shadow Duo contains two perfectly coordinated, wearable shades for the base and lid. It's your secret to a beautiful, natural eye that looks effortless. A built-in shaver delivers the convenience of a pressed powder and the radiant finish of a loose one. The shaver allows you to get fresh, loose pigment with each use. These shadows deliver the same hydrating, anti-aging benefits to your lids that the perfecting powder does for your face. Yes, in a powder shadow. Amazing.

Pre-order Halo Hydrating Eye Shadow in the shade of your choice now through QVC and you'll enjoy them before the rest of the world gets to try this, and at a special introductory price. The advance order set includes a 0.15 oz Halo Hydrating Perfecting Eye Shadow Duo, a Blending Brush #3, and a Crease Brush #10. Special price - $39.54 (retail value $91)

Shade choice of: Soft Peach/Cocoa (soft peach/warm brown), Pewter/Smoke (platinum/deep slate), Bisque/Almond (warm beige/soft nude), or Petal/Plum(soft pink/heather)

Worldwide launch on August 22, 2009 and exclusive to QVC until November 1, 2009!

Update: You know, I didn't say this last night when I posted the article, but it's waying on my mind and I wanted to add ... indulge me, please. lol But, truly, this kit is worth the price for the Smashbox brushes alone! If you've never tried a Smashbox brush, and you're getting TWO in this kit, you'll find that you'll use these with all your shadow brands to apply to lids. The gray-pewter and purplish options, in particular, are RIGHT ON in terms of colors you'll be seeing in the fall. That price is crazy nuts! Okay, said my peace. xo