There’s nothing glamorous about a greasy complextion.  Avoid an oil spill with these face savers! 

TREAT IT! Take a proactive stance by adding an oil absorber to your routine.

Try T-zone targeting astringent like Origins, Zero Oil Instant MAtte Finish for Shiny Places.

When everyday hassles like heat, humidity, or stress send already overzealous oil glands into overdrive, skin faces a surplus of shine, looks dingy, feels totally tacky. Breakouts are apt to blossom. Nature’s master-mattifiers, including oil-foiling Silicates, astringent Winterbloom, plus calming Chinese Camphor, instantly zero in skin-spoiling oil and blot up greasy shine without overdrying. Creates a smooth, invisible finish that stays matte all day. There are no streaks on cheeks. And forehead, chin and nose show positively no glow.

HOW TO USE: Shake well. Apply under or over makeup.

$11.00 - BUY IT HERE!

CONCEAL IT! Don’t let shine spoil your day.  Stay on top of it with a mattifying touch up!

Try skin-calming absorbent loose powder like Jurlique’s Citrus Finishing Powder!

A silky translucent facial powder that refines the complexion and helps absorb excess facial oil to reduce shine. Leaves the skin fresh and radiant. Ideal for rebalancing oiliness.

$36.00 - BUY IT HERE!

BONUS: Expert Tips!

• Do opt for powder blush and foundation instead of liquids or creams.
• Don’t use a heavy moisturizer with shea or silicone, says dermatologist Fredric Brandt.  Gel-based formulas are best.
• Do prevent shine by washing with a salicylic acid-based cleanser and using an astringent.

New from Korres, Mediterranean Sun Color Collection Kit!

How fun does this kit look!  When I saw it this morning, I decided I’m going to have to get it.  I love these special edition kits, this one would be perfect for those summer bbq’s and beach trips!

This is a fun, new four-piece summer color collection from Korres.

The Korres Mediterranean Sun Color Collection brings the season’s best beauty essentials together in one cool kit. Brush on a sexy bronzing powder, slick lips with a fuchsia gloss and glide on an eye-defining mascara for a summer beauty look that won’t quit.

The set includes a Illuminating Bronzing Powder (0.39 oz), a Deep Colour Mascara in Black (0.30 oz), and a Cherry Full Colour Lip Gloss in Fuchsia (0.20 oz ), in a reusable makeup bag.

$35.00 - BUY IT HERE!

One of the most trusted skincare lines in Japan, Yu-Be has been used by Japanese families for over 50 years. Founded by pharmacist Yoshikiyo Nowatari in 1957, Yu-Be is based on one simple concept: creating products for the whole body that meet the entire family’s skincare needs. From cracked heels to diaper rash and parched lips to ragged cuticles, Yu-Be’s Moisturizing Skin Cream is the top selling medicated, vitamin-enriched skincare cream in Japan today. Its gentle, glycerin-based formula is enriched with vitamin E, vitamin B2, and camphor to soothe even the driest, most irritated skins. The secret to this magical salve is in its high glycerin content and quick absorbability (achieved through a special manufacturing process in Japan), making this cult favorite Japanese import your go-to moisturizer for all your skincare needs. Now available in the United States, get ready to say sayonara to dry skin and hello to Yu-Be beautiful skin.

Moisturizing Skin Cream

What it is:
A concentrated glycerin moisturizing cream.

$15.00-24.00 Yu-Be Moisturizing Skin Cream

Lip Therapy
What it is:
A hydrating, glycerin-based lip balm.

What it is formulated to do:
Yu-Be Lip Therapy is an all-natural lip balm used to protect and treat normal, dry, or severely chapped lips. The ingredients are based on the original, 50-year old Japanese Yu-Be Moisturizing Skin Cream formula which includes glycerin, vitamin E, and camphor. It soothes, moisturizes, and protects dry, painful, chapped lips and replenishes lost moisture from exposure to heat, cold, and wind.

$5.00 Yu-Be Lip Therapy

My husband is hard to find shop for he doesn’t enjoy a product if it cost too much money and it’s hard to find a product he really loves. I hit the jackpot this Father’s Day with the Every Man Jack Beginner’s Luck Kit. He loved the wood grain design on the box and the products and he actually tried every product yesterday after I give him the kit. (I usually find men’s toiletry kits I have given him in a cupboard unopened months later)

It was nice to finally hit the bulls eye with a gift, he loved the fresh mint scent of all the products and said the after shave lotion is the best he has ever used and demanded I feel how soft his face was. I tried the face wash last night, I love the minty tingle and the fresh scent. One of the best parts of this great kit is the price, only $24.95 even for a girl on a budget it’s a great gift. Keep the Every Man Jack Beginner’s Luck kit in mind for birthdays or maybe a surprise for your significant other!

Beginner’s Luck Kits

Some of us need some help with our grooming regimen, maybe even a little luck. Our Beginner’s Luck kits are perfect for any guy that is new to Every Man Jack. Complete with our Body Wash, Body Bars, Face Wash/Face Scrub, Shave Gel, and Face Lotion. Plus an EMJ toiletry bag. Do you know an Every Man Jack?

Signature Mint – includes Face Wash
Cedarwood/Fragrance Free – includes Face Scrub

$24.95 Every Man Jack Beginner’s Luck Kit (or at your local Target store)

Want to know how to acheive the perfect brows?  Try these 3 simple steps!! (I’ve got it all down except the not plucking above the brow…I always have a few I’ve gotta pluck!) 

• Trace: Use a white eye pencil to outline your ideal brow shape, then plucking hairs outside the line.
• Pluck: Only tweeze beneath and between the brows. (Most pros prefer slant-tip tweezers) Removing hairs above can result in a lower arch.
• Perfect: Use a pencil the shade of your brows to fill in gaps, blen with brow powder two shades lighter and set with.

Pictured: Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester.  How cute is she!?  And what a great lipstick!!

PS: This is my favorite brow liner:

“For sexy eyes, there is nothing better than this drugstore black liner.”

Covergirl Perfect Blend Eyeliner in Basic Black, $4; drugstore.com.

Cheek Venom from DuWop is a hydrating and conditioning blush infused with a special formula that creates a natural-looking flush.

DuWop Cheek Venom is a conditioning blush that contains a carefully balanced blend of silicones and hyaluronic acid to hydrate and condition as well as firm and tighten the skin. It goes on silky smooth and gives a satin finish that’s never greasy.

Cheek Venom contains the same venom blend of essential oils as Lip Venom, to warm the cheeks while bathing the senses in the lightest hint of scent. This process creates a natural flush by stimulating circulation. DuWop has then enhanced this effect with the addition of long-lasting pigments that will leave a trace of color that lasts all day.

$24.00 - BUY IT HERE!

I’d probably be obsessed with it as well, but at $350  a bottle, I’ll never know!

“La Mer Concentrate is the most amazing thing that I’ve ever put on my face.  It feels so soft - it makes my skin feel like a baby’s.”  — Ashlee Simpson

Designed for fragile, post-trauma skin on the face and body, The Concentrate complements skin’s own natural healing process. Miraculously, the appearance of scarring resulting from surgery and burns is noticeably improved. Irritation and redness caused by chemical peels, microdermabrasion and laser treatments are visibly diminished.

This revolutionary treatment infuses skin with an unprecedented concentration of the original Miracle Broth™ found in Crème de la Mer. Immediately, skin’s sensitivities and redness are soothed. La Mer’s exclusive Lime Tea helps protect skin from a wide range of external insults, giving it the ability to focus energy on repair. The most precious and effective marine and plant extracts work in synergy with the Miracle Broth™ for a wealth of extraordinary results. This exclusive blend helps damaged skin renew and rebuild its appearance. Special barrier repair ingredients act as lipid “cellular cement” to help strengthen vulnerable skin. The Miracle Broth™, Lime Tea, marine and plant extracts are suspended together within a breathable barrier to slowly and optimally deliver their vital energies.

Feelings of tight or taut skin, often associated with scars, are miraculously relieved, increasing skin’s flexibility. Suppleness and smoothness are greatly restored. The result is a fresh surface. Huber’s vision is renewed as skin’s appearance takes on a new life. La Mer’s scientists recommend using The Concentrate in tandem with Crème de la Mer to seal in its vital, skin-renewing benefits. Clinical studies have shown visible results after 8 weeks. For external use only. Do not use on fresh or open wounds.

$350.00 - BUY IT HERE!