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  AVON is the brand I’ve vowed to get to know better this year and so far it’s been great!  For starters the price is good and secondly it’s available online, no need to be scared of being accosted by sales ladies.  Ok, on to the products…

You’re bushing! You radiate health and beauty, everywhere you go your Golden Glow is with you. AVON’s smooth mineral blush is a perfect make up bag item because it’s perfect for day as a light neutral look and gorgeous with smokey eyes and/or luscious lippies.  Smooth Mineral blush is available at a low sale price of $5.99! 

And talking about smokey eyes, try AVON’s smooth mineral eyeshadows.  They come in a little pot and can go on super light or you can layer on more for more drama.  I’ve been wearing a lot of Breeze, which is a stunning blue shimmer shadow but since I’m more of a green person I keep it really light.  I’m also terrified of looking like MIMI from Drew Carrey show which is another reason to tread lightly through blue shadow waters.  Each shimmer shadow is on sale for $4.99!

The most versatile and staple item of this crop in my opinion is the personal match smooth mineral makeup powder.  It’s a loose powder which is portioned small enough to manage in my purse.  The powder can be worn alone but it is so light you may do better to have your foundation on so the powder has a good base to hold onto.  The best part is the personal match is formulated with 100% pure, micronized pigments.  No talc, oil, fragrance or other irritants that can irritate your skin!  This is a great bang for your buck, sale price is only $7.99!

Check out www.avon.com for a special offer if you spend $15!

Lash Out against cosmetics companies

Some people around me have told me in the past not to lash out, but I just couldn’t help myself in this case. NO, I didn’t snap, it’s just that I’ve been in my little rut of mascaras, I tried something last month, but what can I say, sometimes new information comes out and you just have to act on it.  For the past few days I’ve been using a new mascara that gives me pretty long lashes effectively AND safe!

Pure Soul Mascara creates luscious lashes that are soft and flexible, no rock hard lashes here!  The application is very light, perfect for every day use but at the same time this is not your everyday mineral cosmetics line. I learned that from the super-cute afterglow vegan kabuki brush I use every day - it’s holding up beautifully by the way.

Back to the Pure Soul Mascara, I even went without taking it off to sleep with no problem.  It didn’t irritate my contact lensed eyes at all.  No smudges on my face or pillow and absolutely no clumps.  A pure joy to wear and I’m even happier to report a company that cares about women’s health.  I used to blindly trust that what is out on the market has been tested and deemed safe but that is def NOT the case.

Organic cosmetics are all the rage right now, there are a lot of choices out there, but like everything else - you get what you pay for.  As a prestige brand, afterglow not only chooses the most natural and safe cosmetics available, they carefully select the source of those ingredients.  Certified Organic Ingredients are used whenever possible. 

Check your makeUP bags please…

Have you ever thought about the chemicals that are in your cosmetics?  are they safe, any side effects, we’ve all heard the loooong disclaimers on the medications advertised on tv, but that is not true with cosmetics.  Just some pretty women modeling the product with very little actual information about the manufacturing process or chemicals used to make the cosmetics.  I for one don’t want them to get away with that anymore, I love that afterglow lists out the ingredients used to make each product!  Speaking of ingredients…

If you’ve got your make up bag handy, does your current mascara contain Thimerosal?  If so it is a mercury-containing organic compound that has been banned around the world but NOT in the US!! Minnesota is the only state so far to ban intentionally added mercury in cosmetics.  “Mercury does cause neurological damage to people even in tiny quantities” said Sen. John Marty.  So check your cosmetics labels, and be sure to replace with something that is safe like pure soul.

Visit afterglow cosmetics  for the best all natural cosmetics, get pretty with safe cosmetics.  Pure Soul Mascara is available in two shades, mink (brown) and onyx (black).  Get glow-ing!

afterglow cosmetics are:

gluten-free, alcohol-free, paraben-free, synthetic dye-free, perfume-free, mercury-free, petrochemical-free, phthalate-free, mineral oil-free, and tar-free! 

natural   beautiful  organic

If you truly want to create art you need good brushes.  Afterglow uses the highest quality taklon (a man-made fiber) so your brush is cruelty free!   Get the best results when applying mineral makeup with Afterglow’s quality brushes with no shedding - I can’t stand when the hairs of brushes come off and are all over my face!  The taklon fibers pick up the color better than a cheap brush and feels so good on my skin.

Wash brushes regularly with mild shampoo to get excess makeup and dust out.  Afterglow has paired the adorable little Kabuki brush with a sweet, silver, key ringed bag to keep the excess powder out of your iPod and other purse paraphenalia while on the go.  

Afterglow makes vegan products, never tested on animals and is free of many harmful ingredients. 

More Afterglow coming up, till then…

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