Shine on the Inside, Not on the Outside.

Philosophy's newest Summer essentials: Never Let Them See You Shine. These three beauties give you a long-lasting clean, so you can hide the shine on your face and focus on what really makes you shine... being you!

Never Let Them See You Shine products moisturize and soothe skin while absorbing and controlling oil every step of the way. They are ideal for anyone with oily, sensitive, blemish-prone skin who wants to get unsightly shine under control.

The products in the line-up:

Never Let Them See You Shine Oil and Shine Control Cleanser ($20) - Start off with the cleanser that leaves your face feeling super-squeaky clean. This cleanser dissolves dirt and oil deep down into pores to provide long-lasting oil and shine control - without ever over drying your skin.

Never Let Them See You Shine Oil and Shine Control Scrub ($20) - To sweep away dead skin cells to leave your skin clean, smooth, refreshed and most importantly oil-free. Use this scrub in conjunction with the cleanser for the ultimate control or on it's own if it control your shine enough for you.

Never Let Them See You Shine Oil and Shine Control Velvet Touch Primer ($20) - The ultimate and must-have product to control and absorb excess oil. This primer also minimizes the appearance of pores to act as a smooth and velvety base. Makeup glides on flawlessly.

This collection of fine products that are a must in your Summer stash are available at philosophy.com, Sephora, sephora.com, Nordstrom and other specialty stores.

Makeup Primers.

I have a strange relationship with makeup primers.

When going for a long day of makeup, I make sure to take the time to do the extra step. But for an everyday, I guess I am lazy.  I think I must not have found the right makeup primer for me.

My mission over the next few months wil be to try and find a primer that I love, on that helps my makeup go on more smoothly and makes my makeup last all day. I will be hunting some down!

 

I did find a nice feature over on Total Beauty where 7 primers were tested. I think I might use that as a guide, at least to begin with! 

Any suggestions?
 

The Sephora Supermodel Kit.

Has Sephora gone and lost their mind? When I saw this beauty I thought wait. I see Smashbox. I see Stila. Why does the page say Sephora? Could it be a misprint?

Then I understood. Sephora put together the ultimate Supermodel Kit with some of the products needed to help make you look like a Supermodel. Well, not quite, but that is what I thought. These products were the actual products that the Sephora makeup artists used for Fashion Week Live. They put them all in a great glittery cosmetic bag too.
 
Wondering what is inside? Only the best, with a value of $145, for just $79, this Supermodel Kit is a must! The kit includes a Stila Lip Glaze in Brown Sugar, Make Up For Ever Diamond Shadow in Diamond Black 307, Smashbox Mini Travel Photo Finish Foundation Primer in Original, Smashbox O-GLOW, Dior Diorshow Mascara in Black 090, and a Sephora Blush Me! Mono in Abricot Plaisir 6.

Perfection!