My most wanted list!

Hey beauties!!!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday! I've been spending most of the week cleaning out our pool. It's taking forever! But I can't wait to get it pretty again! I have many posts I am writing this week, but today I thought I would post about my most wanted beauty items at the moment! There are so many amazing new products out right now, I wish I had them all! 

So on to my list:

Too Faced Summer Eye Collection

Benefit Cosmetics The Pretty Committee

Lancome STAR BRONZER NATURAL MATTE Long Lasting Bronzing Powder

Bare Escentuals Marvelous Moxie Lipgloss

LORAC Lips With Benefits

Buxom Buxom Lip Polish Duo April & Michelle

Benefit Cosmetics Legally Bronze

Laura Mercier Flawless Skin Mega Moisturizer SPF 15 - Normal/Combination Skin

Fresh Sugar Coral Tinted Lip Treatment SPF 15 

Clarisonic Mia 2 Sonic Skin Cleansing System

ghd PURPLE PEACOCK straightener

Cynthia Rowley Ceramic Styler

Bumble & Bumble Thickening Conditioner

T3 Straight Laced SinglePass Styling Set

ClickR Total Acne Face Care Kit

ClickR Daily Dermabrasion Wash

So what do you think? I know this is a big list! There are so many products I want, just wish I was rich enough to get them all! Do you have any of these products? What are your most wanted beauty products at the moment?? Let me know in the comments below! And don't forget to enter my Subbie Appreciation Giveaway here: http://charmedlifelove.blogspot.com/2012/03/subbie-appreciation-giveaway.html

DIY Fresh Margarita Body Cream

DIY -  Fresh Margarita Body Cream




Margarita Body Cream

Ingredients

Water Phase
35 grams Organic Lemon Balm Hydrosol
35 grams Distilled Water
2 grams Glycerin
3 grams Grapefruit Seed Extract*
Oil Phase
12 grams Mango Butter
12 grams Ultra Refined Cocoa Butter
12 grams Peach Kernel Oil
10 grams Emulsifying Wax
2 grams Stearic Acid
1 tablespoon Parsley Powder
Fragrance (Optional)
6 ml Lime Fragrance Oil

Directions

Add Oil Phase ingredients to the double boiler and melt/mix thoroughly.

Place 1 tablespoon of Parsley Powder into a fine mesh tea ball or cheesecloth and drop it into the warming, melted oils.

Allow oils to steep over medium heat for 15 minutes.

Mix Water Phase ingredients together in a heat proof beaker or container. Pyrex works great. Gently warm the water phase in a sauce pan of hot water. (Just below boiling)

Remove both ingredient phases from heat.

Remove the herbs from the warm oils. Strain oil mixture through a cheese cloth, if necessary.

While constantly mixing the Oil Phase, slowly pour the water phase ingredients into the double boiler. Continue to mix the Oil and Water Phases together. The liquid should become opaque and begin to thicken as it cools. To keep your mixture from separating, continue mixing for at least 10 minutes. You can mix this by hand or with a mixer. If you do use a mixer, I would recommend mixing in 3 minute bursts and letting the mixture rest for a few minutes in between each burst. This will help to keep the mixture from increasing its volume too much.

Stir in Fragrance Oil.

Pour into snap cap, disc cap or pump bottles. To make this step easier, pour your lotion into a zip lock bag, cut a small hole in the bottom corner and pipe your lotion into the bottles.

Packaging and Storage

Since this recipe contains water, it is especially fragile and will be prone to spoilage or bacteria growth. The Grapefruit Seed Extracts acts as an anti-microbial, but it is not as effective as chemical preservatives. I highly recommend storing this recipe in small bottles with snap or disc caps. This will encourage the cream to be used quickly, and it will  help to keep the cream safe from contamination. To ensure freshness, use your cream as quickly as possible or within 3 to 6 weeks. This can also be packaged in one or two ounce cream jars, but they will have a much higher risk of becoming contaminated in these containers. If your lotion changes color, odor or texture, it could be a sign that it has expired. Natural products can be unstable so please discard your cream if you suspect it of having turned.

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Subbie appreciation GIVEAWAY!

Hey beauties!!!

I hope everyone is doing great! I am almost at 150 followers on my blog and I thought I would celebrate by having a giveaway for my wonderful subbies!! :-)

I just wanted to thank you all for the amazing experience I've had in the past few months I've been blogging! I've learned so much, and met so many amazing people! I love chatting with everyone on twitter and reading everyone's blogs, and the wonderful comments you all leave me! I love you all!!

Mandatory Rules - Must be a Follower of my blog, and like my facebook page in order to win! So make sure you do those!!

I will be giving away a BH Cosmetics 88 COLOR COOL MATTE EYESHADOW PALETTE!

Mandatory Rules - Must be a Follower of my blog, and like my facebook page in order to win! So make sure you do those!!

DIY - Bath Tub Fairy Dust

DIY -  Bath Tub Fairy Dust

Pink Fairy

• 1 Cup Epsom Salt
• 1 Cup Bolivian Pink Salt, Fine
• 1/2 Teaspoon Silver Sparkle Mica
• 2 Drops Bergamot Essential Oil
• 2 Drops Geranium Essential Oil
• 1 Drop Rose Absolute or 2 Drops Rose Essential Oil
• Blue Fairy
• 1 Cup Epsom Salt
• 1 Cup Dead Sea Salt, Fine
• 1 Pinch Cobalt Mica
• 1/2 Teaspoon Silver Sparkle Mica
• 5 - 6 Drops Lavender Essential Oil 
• Green Fairy 
• 1 Cup Epsom Salt
• 1 Cup Dead Sea Salt, Fine
• 1/2 Teaspoon Silver Sparkle Mica
• 1 - 3 Pinches Avocado Mica
• 2 Drops Petitgrain Essential Oil
• 2 Drops Mandarin Essential Oil
• 2 Drops Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
• White Fairy
• 1 Cup Epsom Salt
• 1 Cup Dead Sea Salt, Fine
• 1/2 Teaspoon Silver Sparkle Mica
• 3 Drops Yuzu Essential Oil
• 3 Drops Vanilla Absolute

Note: To make these Salts a little more affordable, try using Fragrance Oils in place of Essential Oils. 






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Favorite Lip Glosses Part 2

Part 2 :-)

First up we have a picture of the next batch of my favorite lipglosses! I have lots of different brands in this list!

1 - MAC Cosmetics Lustreglass in Flusterose - 

http://www.maccosmetics.com/product/shaded/166/707/Lustreglass/index.tmpl

2 - Nars Lip Gloss in Turkish Delight - 

http://www.narscosmetics.com/color/lips/~/lip-gloss 

3 - Beauty Bakerie Lip Sugar in Spiced Apple - 

http://beautybakerie.bigcartel.com/products 

4 - Bare Minerals Pretty Amazing Lip Color in Rouge

http://www.bareescentuals.com/Pretty-Amazing-Lipcolor/masterprettyamazing,default,pd.html 

5 - Palladio Plump n Shine Lip Gloss in Pink Affair - 

http://www.palladiobeauty.com/collections/lips/products/plump-n-shine-lip-gloss 

6 - Mary Kay Nourish Shine Plus Lip Gloss in Beach Bronze - 

http://www.marykay.com/color/lips/marykaynourishinepluslipgloss/default.aspx 

7 - Nyx Soft Matte Lip Cream in Tokyo -

http://www.nyxcosmetics.com/products/lips/lip-gloss/soft-matte-lip-cream 

So what do you think of my favorite glosses? Do you have any of these colors or brands?? What are your favorites? I'm always wanting to know what others love so give me your opinions in the comments! 


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Favorite Lip Glosses Part 1

Hey beauties!! I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! I thought I would share with you my favorite lip glosses, this is a 2 part post, I didn't want to put too many pics in one post so I thought I would separate them! I love lip glosses, I find I can never have enough. I'm always looking for new colors and brands to try, so if you have a favorite that you recommend let me know!!

First up is my collection of lip glosses, I have them in my top drawer of my makeup collection, I've realized I need to go get a bigger storage box for them since they are now overflowing the top!

Next up we have the first 6 of my favorite lip glosses.

1 - Stila Lip Potion in Varnish -

http://www.stilacosmetics.com

2 - Stila Lip Gloss in Raisin - 

http://www.stilacosmetics.com/product_detail.asp?PMID=235&dept=4&cat=13

3 - Stila Lip Gloss in Bubble Gum - 

http://www.stilacosmetics.com/product_detail.asp?PMID=235&dept=4&cat=13

4 - Milani Lip Gloss in Puttin' On the Glitz - 

http://www.milanicosmetics.com/p-18-glitzy-glamour-gloss.aspx 

5 - Barry M Lip Gloss in Toffee  - 

http://www.barrym.com/lip-gloss-wands 

6 - Nyx Extreme Lip Cream in Strawberry Jam - 

http://www.nyxcosmetics.com/products/lips/lip-gloss/xtreme-lip-cream 

Please excuse my nails, I need to get them redone! 
Up next I have part 2 of my post! :)