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Leslie Blodgett Opens Her Perfume Diaries

BellaSugar — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:01:40 -0700

Leslie Blodgett, the CEO of Bare Escentuals, is coming out with her own line of fragrances based on different trips she's taken. The first scent in the Leslie Blodgett Perfume Diaries series, Bare Skin, aims to capture a vacation in Mexico. Esta bueno? Find out when you read more.

11 Top-Rated Shadows For $20 or Less

BellaSugar — Wed, 27 May 2009 10:00:22 -0700

Summer is a great time for a little shadow play. It's a great time of the year to do some experimenting with bolder color choices and shimmery finishes. I've got you covered on a simple tip for applying shadow, and I've provided the basics of choosing the right shades. So now that you're off to a good start, go forth and check out eleven of the most popularly reviewed shadows for $20 or less on the Product Reviews website. Good times. Source

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Eight Bronzers to Brighten Your Day

BellaSugar — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:01:26 -0700

Calling all sun goddesses. You know that I'll never advocate baking yourself in the sun, and that's why I'm such a proponent of SPF. 'Tis the season to get your glow on, so let's practice some safe sunning by means of bronzers. I've scoured the Product Reviews section to find the most popularly reviewed bronzing items. Whether your budget is tight or has a little more wiggle room, here are eight top-rated options. Source

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Buxom Lashes: Not For the Faint of Heart!

Sponsor — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:45:01 -0800

Now, if you grew 300% in an instant, it would be a cause for concern (not to mention Alice in Wonderland flashbacks). Your lashes? A different matter entirely. Many of us can only dream about having thick, voluminous lashes that aren't clumpy, messy or halfway down our cheeks by lunchtime. Enter Buxom Lash Mascara from Bare Escentuals.

Like collagen injections for your lashes, Buxom's hourglass-shaped brush lifts and plumps each lash, leaving you with bodacious fringe and va-va-volume. Unlike collagen treatments, Buxom is painless, needle-free, and formulated lovingly from the mineral-rich ingredients you come to expect from Bare Escentuals to color, protect and moisturize delicate lashes (and it's paraben-free and safe for contact lens wearers).

In celebration of the big debut, the Buxom Burlesque Dancers will be at Sephora Times Square, NYC from 12-6pm this Saturday, February 21st, with makeup artists in tow providing Bare Escentuals' famous "make-unders" and Buxom Lash demos. And here's a special treat for BellaSugar readers! Be one of the first 25 people to leave a comment on this post, and you will receive your very own Buxom Lash Mascara! Want to learn more? Visit BeBuxom.com to get the full scoop on Buxom Lash Mascara!

Reader Review of the Day: Bare Escentuals BareMinerals Well-Rested For Eyes

BellaSugar — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:00:28 -0800

You voted, and the results were clear. The Best Concealer of 2008 was Bare Minerals. So, I decided to check out the ever-expanding Product Reviews page to find out more for myself. While the product overall ranks 3.5 out of 5 stars (not too shabby), reader Ehouse had a mediocre opinion on Bare Escentuals BareMinerals Well-Rested For Eyes ($18), calling it just "an OK pale eye shadow." Check out her review below:

"This is a perfectly OK pale vanilla toned eyeshadow, and works fine as a base color. I didn't find it effective as a concealer. Most of us would have to be careful about using a powder like this under the eye anyway, as it tends to settle in the fine lines. It can be mixed with a moisturizer if you're determined to try to use it as a concealer."

Want to add your own two cents? Check out our product reviews section to share your thoughts.

The Votes Are In: Best Foundation Is Bare Escentuals

BellaSugar — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:01:57 -0800

I am not surprised by the results of Best Foundation of 2008. Whenever Bare Escentuals Foundation ($25) is mentioned on this site, loads and loads of comments come in raving about the brand. I've got to agree. Its foundations do provide great coverage, last for ages, and come in a variety of shades.

Oh, and since so many of you wrote in that you loved the blendability and color selection of L'Oreal True Match Super Blendable Makeup ($9.29), it looks like I'll have to put that on my list of must-try drugstore foundations. As for my pick? I'm going with Prescriptives on this one. With a wide variety of formulations and a custom match, you just can't go wrong with its attention-to-detail kind of service. Want more? Check out the rest of our Best of 2008 coverage throughout the Sugar network right now.

Bella Interview: Leslie Blodgett, Part Two

BellaSugar — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:00:11 -0700

In Part One of my interview with Leslie Blodgett, the founder of Bare Escentuals, we talked about her clients, but in this part, I wanted to know what are her current loves. Read on for her desert island products and to hear about the forthcoming Bare Escentuals skincare products. (This is the first time she's mentioned that an eye cream is on the way. Scoop!).

What are your skin and hair care product staples?

Leslie Blodgett: I started using Pureology on my hair, for color treated hair. We're launching more skincare products, so I'm using an eye cream that's coming out next Fall, and the moisturizer is launching in January. We have a mist coming out next month, it has the Resurrection Plant from South Africa in it, which comes back to life when it's dead. It can reactivate makeup, hydrate you, refresh your makeup. Also you can spray it onto your face when you're cleansing.

To read more of the interview, read more.

How involved are you in developing tools and packaging, in addition to the formulations?

Leslie Blodgett: The tools are extremely important. You get completely different effects by whatever brush you're using. You can use the same color foundation with a different brush to get more coverage. A fluffier brush gives you less coverage and a more firmly packed brush will give you the fullest coverage. When you swirl it, it's breaking down the minerals so that it tucks inside the bristles, so that's part of the art of buffing it onto the skin. Products cling more to animal hairbrushes; we offer both. For the new skin care products, I asked the audience [at an event] whether they wanted a pump or a jar for the moisturizer; they wanted a pump. And for the eye cream, I wanted a jar, and we did another test, and they wanted a tube, because it's anti bacterial.

If you could take five products to a desert island, what would you take?

Leslie Blodgett: Foundation. [Bare Escentuals] Warmth. Rare Minerals Night Time Treatment. Um, the new moisturizer. I guess I don't need eye shadow or mascara because I'm alone, right?

I guess it depends, like are you on the island with The Professor and Gilligan, or are you Tom Hanks in Castaway, are you on a reality show...?

Leslie Blodgett: I'll make sure my lips stay full in my old age. I'd bring Buxom Lips in Jessica. It's a nice nude color, like a sandy beach.

Bella Interview: Leslie Blodgett, Part One

BellaSugar — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:00:11 -0700

As promised last week, here's more of my interview with Leslie Blodgett, the founder of Bare Escentuals. In this installment, she imparts her wisdom about what she sees way too much of, how to update your makeup for Fall, and shares her best beauty advice.

What do people ask the most about on your tours?
Leslie Blodgett: The master class is mostly about eye looks. The smokey eye is the number one thing people are so intimidated by, how to make it smoke out without looking like too much. We just launched The Rocker Eye, it's a fun look, too. Even for day, you can do a soft-rock look. Go over the whole lid with a very dark shade. We like a little metallic in there. Then take the pointy part of the brush and go under the eye, as close to the lash line as possible. You could also do the light shade and the contour, but it's easier to just do the lid and blend it out under the eye.

What's the best beauty advice you've ever heard or given?

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Leslie Blodgett: Always take off your mascara. I know so much about lashes now - when they fall out, they take so long to grow back in. You really have to treat them with care. If you sleep and you roll around, they're going to crunch up and fall out. Don't wear waterproof mascara unless you're extremely greasy or you swim. Waterproof is not recommended.

What's the biggest mistake you see people make?
Leslie Blodgett: Too much blush. And I'm a huge fan of blush. I recommend you wear it, but put a little bit, sweep it once. Don't go back a couple times. Especially in bad lighting, it looks hideous. But another mistake is to not wear it at all.

What's the best way to update your makeup for the Fall?
Leslie Blodgett: Lavenders and plums and grey tones on the lids. We have a shade called Soft Black. Lipstick instead of lipgloss. We want more of an opaque mouth. Lots more mascara.

Check back later this week for more of my interview with Leslie!

In NYC? Meet Leslie Blodgett, Founder of Bare Escentuals

BellaSugar — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:00:11 -0700

Tour buses aren't just for rock royalty: Bare Escentuals is running one of their own right now. I caught up with founder Leslie Blodgett recently, who told me she loves meeting with fans of the brand. "I use it for my market research," later adding that she polled a room full of Bare Escentuals enthusiasts about the packaging of the brand's forthcoming moisturizer (they wanted a pump, not a tube). Stay tuned next week for more of my interview with her, including her desert island beauty products, and her new favorite fragrance.

If you're in the New York area, today's appearance will be at the Times Square Sephora from 2-4 p.m.!

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Write Beauty Product Reviews and Win Bare Escentuals Prizes!

PopSugar — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:45:00 -0700

Very exciting news, everyone! We've been hard at work to bring you a new feature of our beauty site, BellaSugar: Beauty Product Reviews! Now you can search more than 50,000 products and 1,000 brands to read (and write!) honest opinions on makeup, hair products, skin care, and more!

To thank you for your input, our friends at Bare Escentuals are bringing you some amazing prizes! For each honest, helpful review you submit, you will get one entry into our daily Bare Escentuals product giveaway. Each winner will be chosen from that day's reviews, so don't forget to come back to enter each day. If that's not enough, we will also have a grand prize drawing - and four of you will receive $500 worth of Bare Escentuals beauty. The more reviews you write, the better your chances are at winning a grand prize. Plus, for every review you create, you'll earn 10 TeamSugar points, and each time another member finds your review helpful, you'll get five more!

Sound good? Then head over to Product Reviews and get started. You must be a TeamSugar member to write reviews, so log in or register for a free account if you don't have one. And don't forget to invite your friends - there are plenty of prizes to go around!