Acces­sory designer Tarina Taran­tino “The Queen of Irrev­er­ent Lux­ury” has delved into the beauty world with her new line of glam­orous makeup and luxe pack­ag­ing. Tarina is a for­mer makeup artist so it was no sur­prise that she would even­tu­ally come up with a makeup line of her own. When I passed by the Sephora store on Madi­son Avenue and saw the huge sign in the win­dow announc­ing that Tarina’s line would be sold exclu­sively at Sephora I walked right in to check it out. The dis­plays inside the store were eye catch­ing and most of the makeup had already been sold out but beauty the prod­uct junkie that I am I still wanted a lit­tle some­thing for myself. I picked up the con­di­tion­ing lip sheen in Cameo because I loved the nude shade and because you can never have enough makeup!

The pack­ag­ing on the prod­ucts is just gor­geous, I espe­cially loved the high inten­sity eye shad­ows, the cases are encrusted with crys­tal gems, purty! I adore the names of her products:

• Spark­lic­ity Pure (a high­lighter for eyes, cheeks and lips)
• Doll­skin Cheeks (High def­i­n­i­tion blush in 5 colors)
• Eye Dream Hyper­liner (shim­mery water­proof eyeliner)
• Spark­lic­ity Shim­mer Dust (hair/body glitter)
• Con­di­tion­ing Lip Sheen Para­mour (medium pig­ment lip color)

These are some of the items that I was able to try out at Sephora and I absolutely loved them. I’d be curi­ous to see if any­one was able to snag a few of her prod­ucts and what they thought of them. I’m a fan of Tarina’s makeup already and I will be com­ing back to pick up a goody of five of her new line. Per­haps I’ll  even have a lit­tle giveaway…

Spark­lic­ity Pure $19

Doll­skin Cheeks $25

Eye Dream Hyper­liner $17

Spark­lic­ity Shim­mer Dust $39

Con­di­tion­ing Lip Sheen Para­mour $22

All items are avail­able exclu­sively at Sephora.

Too Faced present the ladies with their Walk of Shame set which con­tains “Every­thing a girl needs to get her man and still look respectable in the morn­ing” or so the label says. This kit is designed to be a beauty on the go overnight kit built for refresh­ing your­self in the morn­ing after per­haps a long night out . As a mar­ried gal I would not need this kit for that pur­pose but I still thought that it was cute enough to pur­chase when I saw it in Sephora. Per­son­ally I love an all in one kit that you can toss in you bag for an overnight stay or week­end trip. So what does the kit come with? Well all of the con­tents are:

• An adorable pink and satin black makeup bag
• Pink travel toothbrush
• Shadow Insur­ance eye shadow primer
• Mini Primed & Pore­less Skin Smooth­ing Face Primer
• Mir­rored com­pact that con­tains two shad­ows (Totally Toasted & Silk Teddy) and a bronzer (Sun Bunny Light)
• Totally Nude lip color
• “Oral Fix­a­tion” mints

This palette is ideal for cre­at­ing the nat­ural look. The col­ors are very earthy and can work well with most skin tones. The only down­side is that I wished that this set came with some appli­ca­tors — so unfor­tu­nately you will have to sup­ply your own. The col­ors are light enough so that you can look refreshed and not overly done up. For me this would be a per­fect week­end look because it gives me face a sun kissed look and wakes up my face!

Eye Shad­ows: Silk Teddy ®, Totally Toasted (L)

Lip­stick: Totally Nude

This kit can be yours for $38 (val­ued at $95) — this is a total steal.

Shecky’s brings us a won­der­ful event where you can grab your gal pals and enjoy an evening of shop­ping, beauty and cock­tails. Some­times you just need to break away from your daily rou­tine and have a fun night out with the girls and what’s bet­ter than being able to score a sweet steal in the process? At Shecky’s Girls Night Out you will be able to par­take in one of a kind give­aways, sam­ple beauty treat­ments and enjoy dis­counts on cloth­ing jew­elry and acces­sories. Here are just a few sam­ples of the deals that you would be able to enjoy:

Eda & Betty, the Car­men Col­lec­tion by Nikki Mas­sarelli — This is one of a kind jew­elry col­lec­tion fea­tures vin­tage chains from  Milan, cameo pieces and crys­tals. Retail $598, Shecky’s price $129 to $169

Yaelle Designs LLC — Hand­crafted cou­ture hair acces­sories includ­ing hats, head­bands, bar­retts and clips. “Vio­let” vin­tage hat. Retail $90, Shecky’s price $65

Far­thin­gales LA - One of a kind corsets. Fur trimmed corset. Retail $850, Shecky’s price $340

Wait…it get’s even bet­ter! In addi­tion to scor­ing some major swag while enjoy­ing some much needed girl time, you get to gos­sip with you pals over cock­tails and beer. Shecky’s throws an event like no other and you do not want to miss this. The next Girls Night Out is in NYC (Tue.-Fri., Mar. 9th-12th, 2010). Tick­ets can be pur­chased directly on the Shecky’s web­site for $30. The price not only includes admis­sion but enti­tles the ticket holder to the famous Sheckys Goodie Bag which is filled to the brim with loads of beauty products.

Shecky’s Girls Night Out may be com­ing to a town near you. Check out the lineup:

• Boston – Mar. 24th-26th
• Chicago – Apr. 7th-8th
• Wash­ing­ton, DC – Apr. 14th-15th
• Los Ange­les – May 19th-20th
• San Fran­cisco – Jun. 10th
• Atlanta – Nov. 17th-18th

So spoil your­self and a friend or four and treat your­self to a fab­u­lous Girls Night Out. The goodie bag more than jus­ti­fies the price of the ticket. Trust me you won’t be sorry ~ besides every­one needs a lit­tle bit of luxury!

One of the eas­i­est ways to main­tain a pol­ished appear­ance is to keep your nails man­i­cured. It’s one of the least expen­sive beauty rou­tines that you can indulge in to help spruce up your appear­ance. Beau­ti­fully man­i­cured nails are as impor­tant as the clothes that you wear, after all you can’t turn of the TV or open a fash­ion mag­a­zine with­out view­ing a woman with per­fectly man­i­cured fin­ger­nails. Pol­ished nails are like the icing on the cake and bet­ter than ther­apy, they just make you feel good! As women get­ting our nails done has become almost an impor­tant rit­ual for all of the impor­tant things in our lives. Just think for a moment about all the times that we get our nails done ~ for a job inter­view, when we get engaged, on our wed­ding day, girls night out or even as a part of our weekly beauty routine.

I love get­ting my nails done at my favorite nail spa but some­times I like to do my own nails. These are the steps that I take for an at home manicure:

1. Wash and dry your hands

2. Remove nail pol­ish with a non-acetone remover. Even if you don’t have pol­ished nails swip­ing your nails with remover is a good idea to remove the oils on your nails which can cause “bub­bles” under the polish.

3. Trim nails, then file in square (or oval) shape. Try to avoid run­ning that nail file back and forth to avoid weak­en­ing your nails.

4. Rub a lit­tle cuti­cle cream on (I like to use olive oil or vit­a­min e oil) to mois­tur­ize your cuti­cles and push them back with an orange stick (do not cut your cuticles).

5. Smooth your nails with a buffer so that the pol­ish has a smooth sur­face to adhere to. I also like to buff my cuti­cles as well for a smoother appearance.

6. Apply a base coat.

7. Apply two coats of your favorite shade of nail pol­ish. I’m using Essie Mink Muffs in the pic­ture above.

8. Apply a clear top coat for that extra shine and to help your man­i­cure last!

It usu­ally takes my nails about 15 min­utes to dry. I also run cold water my your fin­ger­nails to help dry my nails a tad be quicker so I usu­ally do that after I’ve dried my nails for a few min­utes. Lastly, I apply clear pol­ish every few days to help my man­i­cure last a bit longer and remain chip proof. I’d be curi­ous to see what other ladies do when they give them­selves at home man­i­cures. What are your secrets?

Edi­tors Note: The prod­uct in this review was sent for edi­to­r­ial consideration.

Get ready to embrace the Spring sea­son with a beau­ti­ful new fra­grance from Chloé called Deli­ciously Mis­chie­vous.  Chloé  presents us with a fem­i­nine fra­grance that has sub­tle hints of man­darin orange zest, freesia, water­melon with a touch san­dal­wood and fresh iris. This fra­grance gives a very airy fresh flo­ral scent that is not overly sweet. It’s per­fectly ele­gant but cer­tainly not your moth­ers per­fume! The scent lingers deli­ciously for a long time so you do not need to reap­ply.  The bot­tle is a true lux­ury object adorned with an ivory-colored rib­bon and I love the vin­tage feel­ing that the bot­tle gives.

This is eas­ily going to be one of my new favorite new fra­grances since I can wear any­where. It’s light enough to wear tow work yet sexy enough to wear out at night. Chloé Eau de Toi­lette is avail­able in fine retail stores nation­wide and Chloé bou­tiques. Chloé Eau de Toi­lette 1.7 oz retails for $65 and Chloé Eau de Toi­lette 2.5 oz –retails for $85.

Once  a week I like to treat my skin to facial mask for a lit­tle deep clean­ing. Be fine makes beauty prod­ucts that are Paraben free, Aller­gen Free and made from veg­etable pro­tein. The prod­uct that I tried was Be fine’s Cool­ing Peel Off Mask with Apple, Lemon & Green Tea. This mask cools instantly upon con­tact and felt tingly on my face (it didn’t sting). The apple and lemon have nat­ural occur­ring alpha hydroxy acids to help remove impu­ri­ties and sup­port new skin growth. The green tea which nour­ishes your skin while help­ing to pre­vent free rad­i­cals which age your skin.

It took about 15 min­utes for the mask to dry com­pletely. Even after remov­ing the mask my skin still felt tingly and also incred­i­bly soft and smooth almost like I just exfo­li­ated. My skin didn’t feel tight like I does when I some­times try new facial cleansers. I also liked that the prod­uct con­tains many nat­ural ingre­di­ents and that it’s not tested on ani­mals. One things that I did notice was that my skin my slightly red after I took the mask off but the red­ness toned down after about 10 min­utes — my skin still felt tingly as if I just came from a spa facial. Over­all I loved the results and thought that the mask felt great and was very relaxing.

The mask is sold as a kit with a one use cleanser and retails for $20.

*I did not use the cleanser as part of my facial.