Make Up Beauty Tips

Described as a floral oriental, LAVANILA Vanilla Lavender takes you to an oasis of tranquility. Peaceful and serene, this clean fragrance blends Spanish lavender, rose absolute, violet leaf, and warm Madagascar vanilla. The essence is a masterpiece crafted by perfumers who use only the finest, all-natural ingredients.

LAVANILA carefully infuses pure essential oils with 100 percent active botanicals for natural fragrances that are fresh, clean, and nurturing. With each spray, proprietary natural technology wraps the skin with super-antioxidants goji berry and kakadu plum for a healthy dose of 30 essential vitamins and minerals that pamper the body and soul.



My favorite way to experience the scents and fragrances of LAVANILA is through their body butters. These are exquisite, quite in a category all by themselves. For me, nothing compares to a LAVANILA body butter in healthy moisturization for skin - yes, I'm addicted! No problems admitting it.

Designed to melt instantly, these rich, buttery creams leave skin delicately scented and incredibly smooth with absolutely no greasy feel. They sink into skin, very easily absorbed. The 100% pure Shea and cocoa butters are infused with super anti-oxidants Goji Berry and Kakadu Plum, for a healthy dose of 30 essential vitamins and minerals that deeply nourish and hydrate.



This is an extremely subtle, clean, fresh scent. Unlike others of their fragrances, the Vanilla Lavender is light on the sweetness and focused more on the clean. It reminds me of fresh, crisp linens with just an intrigue of lavender tranquility. It's become my favorite scent to wear to bed. (Um, yes, of course I wear fragrance to bed. You don't?) Having said that, if you've not been a fan of LAVANILA's fragrances in the past because you thought they were a little too sweet or "cloying" (I hate that adjective for a fragrance, it's like the epitome of a turn off, but I have heard some describe previous scents from the brand as this), give LAVANILA another try with this one as it truly is lovely, very peaceful, very clean.

Also take a look at their foray into body deodorants. I love this concept as we've all read those horrifying article about how unhealthy chemical and aluminum based deodorants are reported to be for us. LAVANILA The Healthy Deodorant uses beta-glucan technology to effectively fight odor while soothing, conditioning, and strengthening the skin. It is a clinical strength deodorant that goes on clean, with no sticky wetness, and delivers long-lasting, luxurious results. This dermatologist-recommended, non-irritating, allergy-tested formula contains NO aluminum or mineral oils and is available in the popular scents of Pure Vanilla, Vanilla Coconut, Vanilla Grapefruit and Vanilla Lavender. each stick, 1.7 oz - $18

LAVANILA fragrances, body butters and more are available at Sephora, Beauty.com, Nordstrom and from the brand directly.

To celebrate Earth Month and on this Earth Day, Lavanila has paired up with the Nature Conservancy's Plant a Billion Trees Initiative (plantabillion.org). The Conservancy's initiative is to plant 1 billion trees over the next seven years. For every purchase on Lavanila.com, Lavanila will "plant a tree," making the Conservancy one tree closer to it's goal. The Nature Conservancy and Lavanila are helping to build a healthier world by protecting nature and preserving life.

Now, you already know about my love for Lavanila! (you'll find their body butters in my "favorite things" piece in the right sidebar.) Lavanila Laboratories delivers a new generation of 100% healthy products that are elegant, refined and luxurious in both formulation and design. Every offering—beginning with its breakthrough fragrance collection—features all-natural, vita-rich technology to nurture one’s skin, scents to indulge one’s mood and worry-free formulations to pamper one’s soul. Lavanila is committed to using only safe, 100% natural ingredients.

NO: Petrochemicals, Phthalates, Propylene glycol, Mineral oils, Silicones, Synthetic dyes, Sulfates and Parabens.

This Earth Month, "green" your beauty routine and help plant a tree at lavanila.com!

LAVANILA's pure beeswax candle will naturally lift your spirit and more.

Treat yourself to the newest addition to the LAVANILA family of luxurious, good-for-you products, debuting just in time for the holidays. The Healthy Candle is infused with pure essential oils for an uplifting fragrance and a warm, healthy glow. LAVANILA chooses only the highest quality ingredients and exotic essential oils from around the world to create beautiful home scents inspired by their signature fragrances. All natural, non-allergenic, non-toxic, and eco-friendly, these beeswax-blend candles burn clean to create a safe and healthy environment without releasing harmful smoke, pollutants, toxins, or soot into the air you breathe.

Available at Sephora, the candles run $32 each and are offered in the LAVANILA fragrant scents of Pure Vanilla, Vanilla Grapefruit, Vanilla Coconut and their new scent Vanilla Spice. (I wish they offered it in their Vanilla Blossom scent too).

Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes - Bronze Collection

Want in on some of the best new deals and lemmings of beauty fanatics? Here's a peak at great new products, steals and deals, and just all around fabulous must-have goodies.


DiorKiss Luscious Lip-Plumping Gloss


Cocktails, anyone? Indulge in every one of Dior's succulent lip-plumping "cocktail bar" shades this summer with lip gloss from the new DiorKiss collection. Designed to dazzle with a delicious scent and translucent multi-effect shine plus intense care and lasting wear, it comes in a sleek new tube, with an exclusive curved applicator that fits perfectly in the contours of the lip for ultimate precision. 8 shades/cocktail flavors - $19.50




Hollywood Heat Set ($100 Value)
LORAC's Hollywood Heat kicks off your summer with everything you need to get that sunkissed glow. Turn up the flames and sizzle this summer with the makeup Carol Shaw uses to heat up Hollywood! This special limited-edition, Sephora-exclusive set includes a shimmering 0.35 oz Bronze Bombshell Eye Shadow Trio, a mini 0.12 oz Hot & Spicy Blush/Bronzer Duo, a travel-size 1.52 oz TANtalizer Body Bronzing Luminizer, and a mini 0.185 oz Mocktail Flavored Lip Gloss in Tropical Dream, all packed in a sleek, metallic makeup bag. - $35










TheBalm Read My Lips Lipstick
A vitamin-packed jojoba and olive oil-based lipstick; The Balm Read My Lips Lipstick's creamy formula is infused with hydrating ingredients like vitamins A and E, leaving behind a press-worthy pout; Like your favorite daily paper, Read My Lips tubes are 100% recyclable and the lipsticks are infused with a delicious vanilla- mint scent that will have you hooked. 6 shades - $16









Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes Bronze Collection
A set of five shimmering metallic mini eyeliner pencils; these Aqua Eyes eyeliner pencils highlight the eyes beautifully with unique metallic-flecked shades of color. A waterproof formula ensures long wear that won't rub off until you remove it; this limited-edition set includes #2L Pearly Brown, #10L Copper, #9L Gold, #8L Silver, and #1L Star Black. - $35










Make Up For Ever Camouflage Cream
A moisture-rich concealer in a convenient pot; Looking for a way to make imperfections blend in? Make Up For Ever Camouflage Cream Pots hide every type of blemish while still looking natural on the skin; All Make Up Forever Products are dermatologically-tested; 10 shades including correcting colors - $18










Sephora Zebra Shadow Palette
A perfectly packable, portable eyeshadow palette; the palette contains six travel-ready shades in silver shimmer with silver glitter, pale gold shimmer, opalescent charcoal gray, metallic teal with gold sheen, and vivid bronze gold with gold glitter with a sponge-tip applicator brush - $26









LAVANILA The Healthy Lip Shine
LAVANILA The Healthy Lip Shine uses 100% pure apricot, jojoba, and sunflower oil to give lips a healthy high shine. Powerful antioxidants nourish with essential vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, and 100% pure shea butter locks in moisture and reduces the appearance of fine lines. A sheer wash of color gives lips a youthful, luminous glow; The Healthy Lip Shine is infused with LAVANILA's signature scent for lips that taste as good as they look and feel. It's free of menthol, phenol, camphor, and salicylic acid (common lip balm ingredients rumored to cause damage to the lips). 4 shades/flavors - $14










Laura Mercier Bronzing Duo
Laura Mercier Bronzing Duo is an innovative two-shade bronzer that allows you to custom blend the perfect amount for a healthy, sunkissed look—all without exposing skin to the harmful effects of the sun and environment. The soft golden sheen adds an additional glow to the skin. Oil-free and extremely long-wearing, Bronzing Duo contains color pigment that blends evenly into the skin for a natural bronzed look without changing color or fading throughout the day; comes in two shades - coral and pink - $32


source: Sephora

The newest addition to the LaVanila family:

Each LAVANILA spray feeds the skin with 30 essential vitamins and minerals and 19 amino acids. As gorgeous as these fragrances are to the senses, their body butters are so decadent and hydrating to the skin that you'll find your skin literally drinking in the moisture on contact. I have become so attached to this rich luxury that I keep a tube at home, a tube in my office drawer and another tube in my gym bag. I am completely in love with these luscious butters! Although the Vanilla-Grapefruit is my fave, I adore each one, and, yes, had to have all three original scents... hehe

http://www.lavanila.com/

Contains 100% natural ingredients - no parabens, mineral oils, propylene glycol or silicone and never tested on animals

For more information on purchasing these wonderful products, see Sephora, Nordstrom, Bliss, HSN or Beauty.com