Winter Weather Skin Care

This winter has got to be the "Coldest Winter Ever"! I'm convinced. The cold, frigid air and brisk winds usually require a heightened level of skin care.

The other day, I lotioned up as I normally do, got dressed for work and headed to the car. By the time I got in the car, my hands were ashy! Ugh. So unlady-like. My normal application of Jergens Cherry Almond Scent or Warm Vanilla Sugar Bath & Body Works Body Butter didnt seem to be standing up to Jack Frost. There are other products I use in times like these (like good old fashioned, Palmer's Coco Butter), but I decided to ask my followers on twitter to see what works best for them.
Around noon, I asked my followers to do an ash check :) by lifting up a pants leg or sleeve to check for dry skin. Those who weren't covered in scales, I asked to submit their favorite/most effective skin care and lip products for combating winter weather.

Here are Twitter's top submissions:
For Skin and Body
* Aveeno Skin Relief Body Wash and Moisturizing Lotion
* creamy petroleum jelly
* Dove's cocoa butter lotion
* old faithful...vaseline
* 100% coco butter
* creamy baby oil or baby oil gel
* Eucerin
* Shea essentials or natural raw Shea butter
* Vaseline coco butter gel
* Aquaphor
* Dove face moisturizer w/spf 15
* Aveda moisturizer/hand relief


For Lips:
* Burts Bees Chapstick
* CO Bigelow for lips
* medicated Chapstick
* medicated Blistex






My recommendations:
* Treat yourself to a paraffin hand dip along with your manicure
* Keep it cute and try Kissable Couture's Shea butter infused lip gloss
* Sleep in moisture gloves and socks (either infused with moisturizing agents or apply Vaseline or coco butter and use)
* Bathe using a loofah to get rid of dry skin


I hope these products and tips have helped someone.

Feel free to comment and share your winter weather skin care tips and products. We want to hear from you.

Scott Barnes- About Face

Just ordered this one for my collection!
Scott Barnes, celebrity Makeup Artist, cosmetics innovator and creator of Body Bling releases his new book: About Face: Amazing Transformations Using the Secrets of the Top Celebrity Makeup Artist.
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Beauty Quote of the Day

Eyebrows are the single, most
important, underestimated feature on the face. They change everything. - Damone Roberts "The Brow King"

Fashionably-Funky, Eco-Friendly...Earrings!

Man! I am so excited about this post and about this artist. I believe she truly lives by her motto "don't be a copycat. always be original." Her work is truly original...

Some time ago, I began receiving emails from Yvette Crocker promoting her artwork and subsequently attended the grand opening for her studio. I became a HUGE fan. When I got wind of her latest project, I had to do a post.
Yvette has designed a line of fashionably-funky, eco-friendly, recycled paper earrings! (Talk about original!) Oh, I can't forget AFFORDABLE-- they are only $12 bucks a pair! The earrings are extremely lightweight, yet sturdy (they are laminated), made with surgical steel posts (or clip-ons)and are ONE-OF-A-KIND. Her designs depict images from fashion magazines and from her own original artwork.
Here are a few samples of her earrings...





You can check out more of her earrings and artwork here OR here

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Broccoli City Presents: Iwi Fresh

Happy New Year!
For my first post of the year I wanted to share with my readers something new and fresh. So fresh, you need a refrigerator to store it (literally).

What is it? Broccoli City's newest client, iwi fresh: an all-natural line of products for the body, face, feet and hair that are all-fresh, gourmet, natural, pure, and simple. Each product is hand made from scratch with real fresh organic fruits and vegetables, natural preservatives and no chemicals.
Founder, Yolanda Owens embraces the environment, by using ingredients straight from the earth & kitchen. Her passion is to empower and educate the community on connecting wellness and beauty. Owens believes that “Without wellness there can not be beauty.”

Simply Stated, the iwi fresh Motto is ‘natural.gourmet.skin.love’
Explore a world of fresh food for the skin with iwi fresh. www.iwifresh.com Follow on twitter at www.twitter.com/iwifresh (@iwifresh)

Pop Sugar Network's Bella TV

The Pop Sugar Network recently launched Bella TV-- the video channel for beauty junkies.

Bella TV features a lineup of original shows that cover the world of beauty, including the latest hair, makeup, skin, and nail trends, celebrity how-tos, tips and tricks, and more!

Watch Celebrity MUA, Barbara Guillaume's video on Tools for the best brows

World AIDS Day: Know Your Status & Support Prevention

Today is December 1, 2009, WORLD AIDS DAY. We shouldn't need a day to remind us of the importance of AIDS prevention and fighting the disease, but it sure as heck doesn't hurt.
At the end of 2007, the CDC estimates that 468,578 people were living with AIDS in America, around 20,000 more than 2006. AND IT'S NEARLY 2010. The disease is also spreading rapidly throughout other parts of the world, including Africa. Many Americans have never been tested for the disease and it is affected our family and friends at an alarming rate.

How can you help?
Get tested & take your partner with you.
Protect yourself. Do not depend on your partner to supply condoms.
Be aware of and avoid means of transmission:
• Sex without a condom with someone living with HIV
• Sharing infected needles, syringes or other injecting drug equipment
• From an HIV-positive mother (to her child) during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding (but with effective treatment and care the risk of transmission can be greatly reduced)
Educate yourself and those around you.
visit http://www.worldaidsday.org/

Support prevention by purchasing these RED beauty products.
Every cent made from MAC VIVA Glam is donated to the MAC AIDS Fund.



OCC NSFW Nail Lacquer proceeds are donated to National AIDS Education & Services for Minorities, Inc.







Kiehl's Hand Care for Cure donates profits to amFAR (AIDS research charity)