The Best Beauty News on the Web! (The Beauty Blog Coalition Weekly Roundup 11-22-13)

Mama Fashionista: Find out why the HSN exclusive, Carol's Daughter Gardenia Collection is not your ordinary floral!

Painted Ladies: Painted Ladies is celebrating 20,000 Facebook followers with a huge giveaway, open world wide!

Lola's Secret Beauty Blog: Looking for a great gel eyeliner? Then get back to basics with the wonderful Bobbi Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Eyeliner!

My Newest Addiction Beauty Blog: Laura reviews an i-Rave Mica Eyeshadow and hosts a giveaway for Cosmetic Cosmos!

TheFabZilla: What's your go-to concealer? TheFabZilla reviews Cover Fx Cream Concealer with Before/After Photos.

Essence of Beauty Shea Indulgence Collection

Essence of Beauty is a collection of bath and body products that feature advanced formulations and luxurious scents {expertly crafted by master perfumers} - all at affordable prices and available exclusively at CVS/pharmacy. {Product sent for consideration}

Hue In The City Question of the Week: What To Pair With a Bold Lip...

This week's question is:

Do you struggle with pairing an eye look with a bold lip?

Not really! Once upon a time, if you were going to rock a bold lip, that meant going easy on the eyes. But I don't think that is such a hard and fast rule any more. I ALWAYS wear cat or winged eyeliner, and from time to time {more often lately than I used to} I love to wear bold, matte lipstick {mainly MAC's RiRiWoo and Heaux}. As long as the eyeshadows that I choose to wear don't clash with the shade of my lipstick, I go as bold and bright on my eyes as I please. For example, this past weekend, this was my makeup look:

Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipstick (Swatches)

So I'm a bad beauty blogger, in the sense that I hate to take pictures of myself and I don't wear makeup everyday, but I'm making a conscientious effort to do better. So here's a bit of a first step, it's not pictures of me wearing the lipsticks {though I may get the courage to add those at some point later on}, but here are some swatches of the GORGEOUS Rimmel London Moisture Renew Lipsticks. I was sent 6 of the 20 shades and they are so absolutely beautiful, I will be buying more!

Protect Your Color (and Curls) with L'Occitane!

{Product was sent by PR for review consideration}

We all know that L'Occitane carries a wide and wonderful selection of fragrance, skin care, and bath and body goods-but did you know they offer hair care as well? It's just as luxurious as the skin care I've been raving about lately {hello, Divine Lotion and Iris Angelica Sublime Essence}! Here's an overview of my favorite hair care line from the French luxury brand, the Aromachologie Radiance and Color Care Collection!

For the Discerning Friend Who Has Everything-Give the Gift of Maestro Dobel Tequila!

photo source: Maestro Dobel

Everyone has at least one person in their lives that is IMPOSSIBLE to shop for. For me, it's my hubby and my dad: they both have caviar taste and I'm generally on a tuna fish budget. It makes it uber frustrated when it's time to buy gifts-I want to be able to impress them while thinking out of the box and not breaking the bank. That's a really hard combination! I know that I'm not alone in this conundrum though. Perhaps there's a man in your life with a taste for the finer things, or one that seemingly has everything. What can you possibly buy him that he will really appreciate? Obviously something with as much taste and understated elegance as them, yet something they do not yet possess: Maestro Dobel Tequila. {Product provided for consideration}