Here is something beyond fabulous from Urban Decay, and this week Mythbuster Beauty is giving away two of them!  Urban Essentials contains three Urban Decay must-haves. . . . an exclusive, oversized bottle of the coveted Eyeshadow Primer Potion (60% more!) and TWO full sized Eyeshadows—Midnight Cowboy and Goddess.

Urban Decay’s Eyeshadow Primer Potion is a cult-favorite product that gives you vibrant eye shadow color that lasts all day – without creasing!   It’s brilliant and I couldn’t wear my eyeshadow any other way.  UD’s Primer Potion was a top ten favorite at MBB for 2007:  Top Ten of 2007: Urban Decay’s Eye Primer Potion.

The two full-size eyeshadows are in Goddess (midnight blue w/ lots of electric blue microglitter), and Midnight Cowboy (subtle golden-beige w/ gold glitter).  They look beautiful paired up together and even better when using UD’s Eyeshadow Primer Potion.  The Urban Essentials Set retails for $39.00. 

Official Rules:  To enter this giveaway enter your name and email address in the contest machine box below, and subscribe to Mythbuster Beauty at the sidebar Feedburner link.  One entry per person and the deadline is at 1 am (EST) Thursday, November 27th, 2008.  TWO winners will be chosen at random and will be announced on Mythbuster Beauty, PRIZEY.Fetch, and contacted via email.  MBB will not share your email address with anyone, and only uses your email address to contact you if you are a winner.  This giveaway is open to residents of the USA and Canada only.

The Body Shop recently released a new mineral makeup line called Nature’s Minerals.  The Nature’s Mineral Line is best for those wanting to achieve a healthy, radiant complexion with ultra-fine minerals that blend evenly to protect skin and reduce redness and imperfections.

Nature’s Minerals might be a great match for you if you have: normal to dry skin, sensitive skin, and you are looking for light to medium coverage.  This mineral makeup line contains:

• Kaolin clay and Mediterranean clay that are absorbent minerals that provide long-lasting coverage.
• Mica adds luster that has light-diffusing properties to help disguise fine lines and pores.
• Titanium dioxide and iron oxide protect skin from the sun without clogging pores.
• Dermatologist-tested with no added fillers, preservatives or fragrances.

How would you like to try this new mineral makeup line?  This week Mythbuster Beauty is giving away one set of Nature’s Mineral Makeup including one full size foundation, blush, and eye color of your choice (total retail value of $56!). 

Rules:  To enter this giveaway enter your name and email address in the contest machine box below.  One entry per person and the deadline is at 1 am (EST) Monday, November 17th, 2008.  One winner will be chosen via Random.org and will be announced on Mythbuster Beauty, PRIZEY.Fetch, and contacted via email.  MBB will not share your email address with anyone, and only uses your email address to contact you if you are a winner.  This giveaway is open to residents of the USA and Canada only.

Best wishes to all of you and keep posted for two more giveaways tba soon!

Mythbuster Beauty along with Baby Quasar are enthusiastic to be part of the Total Beauty - Total Cure Campaign.  In search for a cure for Breast Cancer and to promote BCA, for today only you can enter here to get a chance to win a Baby Quasar PowerPack!

What is it?  The Baby Quasar PowerPack (which is both the Baby Quasar and the Baby Blue) are Photo Rejuvenation and Acne Clearing Devices.

 

How does it work?   The Baby Quasar (or BabyQ, as it’s affectionately called) is designed to deliver four light wavelengths that can enhance the skin cells’ circulation, stimulating collagen production and healing. The Baby Blue delivers only blue light and kills the bacteria that causes acne. Both devices have been favorably reviewed and are probably the most coveted photo rejuvenation items on the planet!!!

To read my very positive review of the Baby Quasar and Baby Blue, you can follow this link to: Mythbuster Beauty Review: Baby Quasar and Baby Blue.

Thank you to all who entered!   The giveaway winner is Andrea L. from the great state of Texas!  Congrats Andrea and your Baby Quasar PowerPack is on its way!!!

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Hi beauty blogging friend,

I am trying desparately to keep myself from blabbing out this secret.  I am horrible at keeping secrets (my sister will verify this).  But I feel like I would be unkind if I did not give you a heads up about a giveaway that is going to be held here on Friday, October 17th.   This giveaway will be held for one day only.  If you don’t enter on the day of Friday, October 17th you will miss out, and believe me, you will be one very sad individual if you did.

I am going to give you three clues: 

1.  In July I wrote up a very positive review about this “mystery” giveaway item.  
2.  It isn’t makeup, it isn’t a hair care product, and it isn’t even in a jar.
3.  Three words:  infantile extragalactic object

You can also read my review at:  MYSTERY GIVEAWAY ITEMS!

Okay, so I pretty much gave it away.  Then without a doubt you will be back on Friday, October 17th to enter!   And please pass it on!  This giveaway is to promote the Total Beauty - Total Cure Campaign and Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Pink Ribbon Alert!

Did you know that if you add the Total Beauty - Total Cure MySpace Page as a friend that you will be automatically entered in a giveaway sponsored by Tarte Cosmetics!?  One grand prize winner will receive a product gift set valued at $253!  The set includes:

-clean slate primer
-sunburst bronzing moisturizer
-lights, camera, lashes! 4-in-1 mascara
-picture perfect eyelash curler
-emphasEYES high definition eye pencil
-lock & roll creaseless eyeshadow duo
-tzone travel
-double dose berry boost & gloss
-cheek stain
-rest assured brightening wand
-rejuvelash declumping lash exhilarator
-fRxtion

AND, Twenty runners-up will win the ready-to-wear/prêt-à-porter palette!

Right now you can also receive 30% off your entire order at tarte cosmetics.  Just type in “luckybreaks7″ at checkout, this code is good until 11/30/08.   Thank you tarte!

At the Marini Lash Giveaway post Lyttle asked, “Can you post before and after pics?”

I aim to please Lyttle, I aim to please!

Top Photo:  Picture of my right eye without makeup and before using Marini Lash.  Marilyn, your lashes could not possibly be as sparse as mine are in this picture!  You would think with my super thick wavy hair my lashes would also be thick.  Life is not fair!

Middle Photo:  Picture of my right eye with no eyeliner or mascara after using Marini Lash for 2 weeks.  I can already tell that my lashes look much healthier and thicker.

Bottom Photo:  Picture of my right eye after using Marini Lash for 2 weeks with mascara and liner. 

I will continue posting my eyelash progress over the next three weeks.   Hope this helps! 

One thing is certain, you people love your summer berries! 

The response to this month’s tarte Berry Couture Cheek and Lip Stain Giveaway was incredible.  I simply treasured reading everyone’s entries.  Not only did people write about their favorite berry, they wrote up about nostalgic childhood memories, how berries are healthy, and their favorite ways to eat them!   It was amazing!

The favorite berries were tallied along with some of my favorite comments:

#1 Favorite Berry, Strawberries:  125

“Strawberries, they just so bring summer to mind. Where I grew up we used to be able to go to local farms and pick them ourselves, and thus get them much FRESHER and much cheaper than at the grocery store, we would come home with 10’s of lbs. We would freeze them to make strawberry shortcakes, etc year round. That was the most fun, picking them yourself and just eating a ton when you got home “- Rebecca C

# 2 Favorite Berry, Blueberries:  71

“My favorite summer berry is the blueberry. Not because I like to eat them because I could actually care less for the taste, but because of the time I spend with my son collecting them. Every summer during picking season we go out a couple days a week to pick blueberries. We pack a lunch and sometimes our fishing poles. We make a day filled with memories. Most of the time we give the berries away sharing the joy with others.”- Denise 

“I really don’t know if I can pick! Strawberries are the family “summer picking” tradition, but my mom still claims my eyes are so blue because of all the blueberries I ate as a child! “- Laney

#3 Favorite Berry, Red Raspberries:  71

“One of my earliest memories was hunting for blackberries and raspberries with my mom and my sister, we would always go walking down dirt country roads looking along the sides and fence lines and we would come home with baskets full of them. Those were the good ol days, but any way, my favorite berry is blackberries and blueberries, I can’t have just one favorite !!” - Carrie 

 #4 Favorite Berry, Blackberries:  51

“I was just given some of the largest and sweetest blackberries from a friend’s garden. My husband made a blackberry cobbler. Just add vanilla ice cream and it doesn’t get much better than that!”-Cindi

Honorable Mentions:

Mulberries (6), Gooseberries (2), Marionberries (3), Logan Berries (1), Boysenberries (2), Saskatoon Berries (1), Georgia Mountain Blackberries (1), Elderberry (1), Black Currants (1), Olallieberries (1), Yellow Strawberries (1), and Black Raspberries (5).

And then the one berry we cannot forget,

“My favorite summer Barry would be White, Barry White…. There’s something cheesy about listening to a little “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Baby” while driving with the windows rolled down on a hot summer night… Accompanied, of course, with off-key singing and the clicking of bugs hitting the windshield.”- IFW

Congrats Angela!  Angela is not only the official winner of this contest, she is a forty-something mom to two teens, a wife, a theatre junkie, and the author of a fairly new blogsite Opera Lobster!   Congrats Angela, a mom of teens certainly deserves this berry couture set!

Many thanks to tarte cosmetics for their generous contribution to this giveaway, and many thanks to you for participating.  Next week I will be announcing another kick-butt MBB giveaway with 3 amazing prizes!!! Make a note to check back because this next giveaway really deserves the three exclamation points.

Summer is nearly over and now you have the opportunity to win tarte’s Berry Couture All Natural Stain Set at Mythbuster Beauty!  Berrylicious!  No, I am not quoting Strawberry Shortcake, berrylicious is the name of their new limited edition cheek and lip stain shades.

What it is:
Tarte’s new limited-edition, all-natural cheek and lip stain and gloss set.  This set features their exclusive new shade- berryilicious, this item retails for $35.

What Berry Couture stain set can do:
The Tarte Berry Couture All Natural Stain Set lets you achieve a healthy, glowing complexion and naturally enhanced lips featuring two best sellers infused with their proprietary t5 super fruit complex™.  t5 complex is a combination of five of the most active known superfruits:  goji berry, acai berry, marajuja, acerola, and pomegranate.  All of which can soothe, repair, and enhance the skin.

Rules:  Enter to win by submitting a comment at this post on your favorite summer berry.  One entry per person and the deadline is at midnight (PT) Sunday, August 31, 2008.  One winner will be chosen via Random.org and will be announced on Mythbuster Beauty, on PRIZEY.Fetch, and contacted via email.  MBB will not share your email address with anyone, and only use your email address to contact you if you are a winner.

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With much anticipation for the upcoming cosmetic fall releases and products, Mythbuster Beauty will announce a fabulous new giveaway starting on Monday, August 11th, and trust me, you will want to enter!

This contest will be Mythbuster Beauty’s 10th successful giveaway.   Without a doubt, giving great beauty products away to deserving women is the best aspect of beauty blogging, and making friends that share the same passion.  On Sunday, August 31st, MBB will hit its one year anniversary mark!  

What a year it has been!   This little brainchild beauty blog has blossomed into something that I really treasure.  I continue to learn something new everyday.  Hope to see you on Monday.

Beauty Giveaway: Products from Bliss and Farfalla!

Go to The Beauty of Life to enter a fabulous giveaway!   One lucky winner will receive products from Farfalla and Bliss, with a retail value of $88!  What you could win:

Farfalla Frangipani Shower Cream ($20 value)
This 8oz. creamy body wash is scented with a fragrant mix of blossoms and leaves skin feeling soft and silky.

Bliss The Youth As We Know It Group Skincare Kit ($68 value)
Have you been curious about this line but haven’t yet tried it? Well, now’s your chance — because I’m giving away a pouch filled with travel sizes of the entire line.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BY TODAY, AUGUST 1st!  Get over there and enter!!!