August 2012 BeautyBar.com/Allure Sample Society Shipment

Allure Magazine has partnered with BeautyBar.com in launching a beauty sampling program.  Each monthly shipment costs $15 dollars and contains 5 deluxe samples as well as a $15 gift code for a future purchase of $50 or more, and a booklet of tips.  If you end up using the code, the box pays for itself.

The August 2012 shipment contained the following:

• Arcona - Cranberry Toner (1 oz/28 g; full size 3.2 oz/$32) - Achieve the healthy, vibrant glow you long for; Cranberry Toner makes it simple. This three-in-one formula tones and hydrates, while also infusing skin with protective antioxidants to leave your complexion looking and feeling refreshed. Antimicrobial cranberry, containing vitamins, phyto-nutrients and essential fatty acids, clarifies and protects.
  • Removes dirt, oil and makeup
  • Cleanses and clarifies
  • Refreshes skin
  • Protects against free radical damage
  Arcona knows that lasting beauty comes from within, and that what you put on your skin goes into your body. With both things in mind, Arcona has created a comprehensive line of skin care products made from the finest, all natural ingredients. The result is glowing, healthy skin at any age brought about by effective products and treatments youÆll feel good about using.
  Especially Suited for: All skin types
  Essential Elements: Vitamin E tocopherols and tocotrienols neutralize free radicals. Rice milk and omegas 3, 6 and 9 nourish and heal.
  Free of: Petrochemicals, chemical stabilizers, parabens, sodium lauryl sulphates, perfumes, dyes, binders and fillers
  For Best Effect: Use Cranberry Toner anytime to cleanse and tone or to remove makeup.
  
  

  

• Deborah Lippman - Nail Lacquer - Private Dancer (full size 0.5 oz $18) - Looking for a standout color that infuses you with pop star quirk? Deborah Lippmann, manicurist to the stars, started out as a songstress and, as a result, many of her nail colors are named after major pop icons, song titles and other pop culture figures. Try one of her nail lacquers if you're looking to play star for a day.
  • Long-lasting nail lacquer created by celebrity manicurist to the stars
  • A variety of colors inspired by pop music
  • Fortified with biotin, okoume, and green tea
  Especially Suited For: All skin types
  Essential Elements: Lippmann Collection's long-lasting polishes are fortified with biotin, okoume and green tea. Size: 0.5 oz.
  Free of: Toluene, formaldehyde, DBP, animal testing
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  2 coats on an artificial nail with no base/top coat

• Elemental Herbology - Facial Detox Purifying Mask (0.5 fl oz/15 ml sample; full size 2.5 oz/$46) - Take a deep-cleaning approach to skin maintenance with Elemental Herbology Facial Detox Purifying Facial Mask.
• Balances sebum production for clear skin
• Resolves breakouts and blocked pores
• Eliminates toxins from skin's surface
• Gently exfoliates for soft, supple skin
• Fights against damaging free radicals

Get skin that's calm, humidified and glowing with this amazing mask, which is rich in detoxifying minerals and healthy botanicals.

Especially Suited For: All skin types, and especially those with irritated complexions or skin eruptions
Essential Elements: Oat flour and white Amazonian Clay gently exfoliate and eliminate toxins from the surface of the skin. Aloe, Manuka honey and Calendula soothe and comfort. Essential oils of Cedarwood, Lavender and Eucalyptus regulate sebum production.
For Best Effect: Apply a thin layer over a cleansed face. Wash off with warm water after ten minutes. Follow with Elemental Herbology's Cell Food.

• Jane Iredale - Longest Lash Mascara - Black Ice (3 g/.1 oz sample; Full size 0.42 oz/4 g/$33) -  Command your lashes to go from subtle to "look at me." Get come-hither eyes with Jane Iredale Longest Lash Mascara featuring a dual-purpose formula that conditions lashes while coating them for a look that is glamorous, rich and full. An extra large, tapered brush makes application easy, separating lashes with ease.
• Dual-purpose mascara
• Conditions and coats the lashes
• Comes with a large, tapered brush
• Especially Suited For: All skin types
• Essential Elements: Longest Lash Mascara contains sea minerals to condition lashes while thousands of cellulose fibers coat the lashes without clumping or flaking.
• For Best Effect: Rock the mascara wand at the base of your lashes first, then brush out to the tips.

• Phyto - Phytonectar Oil (0.33 fl oz/10 ml sample; full size 1.7 oz/$30) - Phytonectar Pre-Shampoo Ultra Nourishing Oil Treatment easily penetrates deeply into each strand bringing damaged, dehydrated hair back to life. The formula, rich in proteins, lipids, and vitamins from egg yolk, restructures ultra-dry hair while preventing oxidation with sunflower extract. Hair feels immediately replenished and its original softness and shine are restored.
• A moisturizing, pre-cleansing oil treatment
• Formula is rich in proteins, lipids and vitamins from egg yolk
• Replenishes and restructures ultra-dry hair to its original softness and shine

Especially Suited For: Ultra Dry Hair
Essential Elements: Pre-Shampoo Ultra Nourishing Oil Treatment contains egg yolk oil, soybean and sunflower extract to nourish hair, restructure the hair fiber, neutralize free radicals and prevent oxidation.
Free of: Parabens, Sulfates, Synthetic Dyes, Petrochemicals, Phthalates
For Best Effect: Apply from roots to ends, massaging to facilitate penetration. Leave on for a minimum of 15 minutes. Rinse thoroughly. Shampoo with Phytonectar. Use Phytonectar oil once-to-twice a week for five consecutive weeks. Do not use for one week after color process.


• Bonus Item: Malin + Goetz - Vitamin E Face Moisturizer (.04 fl oz/1.2 g sample; full size: 8.5 fl oz/250 ml; $82) - Take care of your skin and enhance its beauty with this special formula, Malin + Goetz Vitamin E Face Moisturizer. A superb mixture of antioxidants, absorbent fatty acids and soothing chamomile and a great foundation for make-up application, it's a must have moisturizer in your daily skin care kit.
  • Hypoallergenic and non-comedogenic
  • Nourishes and hydrates
  • Absorbs for immediate make-up application
  • Pump makes it non-messy and non-spilling
  Being oil-free and with a pH balance near neutral, it hydrates and soothes irritated skin. It absorbs into your skin effortlessly without leaving any residue or clogging pores.
  
  

  

  
  
  
  Just For You: All skin types 
  
  A Closer Look: Malin + Goetz Vitamin E Face Moisturizer contains glycerin and sodium pca to hydrate, hyaluronic acid and Vitamins B5 and E for nourishing and providing antioxidant properties while chamomile, allantoin and milk provide soothing and calming effects to skin. 
  
  You Won't Find: Parabens, oil, silicones, synthetic dyes, waxes, harsh detergents, dyes, synthetic perfumes. 
  
  Get Started: After cleansing, apply a small quantity of this absorbent moisturizer onto face. Avoid over-moisturizing excessively oily areas. 

August's tips:

1. 3 Ways to Make Dry Hair Shine
2. Metallic Manicure 101
3. One Wand, Four Lash Looks
4. Skin Tricks for Plane Travel
5. How to Do a Home Facial

Overall rating: Booyah! This month's shipment contained items that are suitable for my hair and skin type and who doesn't love Deborah Lippmann nail polish?  A full size costs more than the cost of this monthly subscription. Guess what I'll be using my $15 gift code towards?

Membership is limited so if you get the chance to join the Sample Society, I highly recommend it.

June 2012 BeautyBar.com/Allure Sample Society Shipment

I have had a busy summer playing catch up and trying all my beauty sampling products.  In my excitement, I noticed I have been remiss in posting updates on my shipments as I receive them.  Here's information on the June 2012 BeautyBar.com Sample Society with Allure Magazine shipment ($15 a month).

The June 2012 shipment contained 5 deluxe samples as well as a $15 gift code for a future purchase, not to mention their usual booklet of tips as follows (descriptions courtesy of BeautyBar.com):

• Jane Iredale - Just Kissed Lip Plumper - Madrid (Sample; full size $25) - Make your lips full and kissable with Jane Iredale Just Kissed Lip Plumper. Special peptides give moisture and visible plumping that lasts. One single sweep of this tinted cool mint and ginger lip plumper and your lips will be transformed with sheer natural color and a refreshing feeling you can't top.
  • Refreshing lip plumper that makes lips full and kissable
  • Delivers a sheer natural color
  • Special peptides moisturize and plump lips
  Especially Suited For: All skin types
  Essential Elements: Just Kissed Lip Plumper features spearmint and peppermint oils, in combination with ginger root extract, to stimulate blood circulation making lips fuller faster without pain. Shea butter, sunflower oil and aloe vera soften and hydrate lips, while the essential oils of lemon and tangerine help to exfoliate dead skin cells
  For Best Effect: To moisturize, condition and plump your lips while adding just a kiss of color, sweep on Just Kissed Lip Plumper straight from the tube or with your Lip Brush.

• Oscar De La Renta - Live in Love (Sample; full size $58) - 
Inspired by Oscar de la Renta's passion for life, Live in Love Eau de Parfum Spray is a reflection of the woman who lives each day filled with joy and beauty. A green floral bouquet, with a sparkling heart and sensuous dry down. A classic scent in its richness and beauty, but with an updated more contemporary feeling.
• Women's fragrance inspired by her passion for life
• A green floral bouquet
• A classic, yet contemporary scent

• Alterna - Boho Waves Texture Mist (Sample; full size $22) - 
Alterna's breakthrough Bamboo Style Boho Waves Texture Mist combines strengthening organic bamboo extract and nourishing blue yucca root in a weightless texturizing spray that instantly gives you natural, tousled, "just-back-from-the-beach" waves. Sport them at the office, at the wine bar, on the beach - these waves are meant to be seen in.
• Adds texture, volume and shine
• Creates natural-looking, shore-sexy hair
• Weightless spray won't weigh hair down
Especially Suited For: All hair types
Essential Elements: Made with Certified Organic ingredients.
For Best Effect: Spray on damp or dry hair from roots to ends, and shape with fingers for loose, tousled style.
Free Of: Sulfates, sodium chloride, parabens, gluten, TEA, phthalates.

• Caudalie - Premier Cru Eye Cream (Sample; full size $95) - Caudalie Premier Cru The Eye Cream is the ultimate anti-aging eye cream for immediate and long-lasting visible results. It targets all the visible signs of aging around the eyes: wrinkles, loss of elasticity, dehydration, dark circles, puffiness, dark spots and loss of radiance. Premier Cru The Eye Cream immediately brightens and correct dark circles thanks to silvery, coppery and iridescent pearlizers.
  • Anti-aging cream
  • Targets visible signs of aging around the eyes
  • Eliminates dark circles
  Especially Suited For: All skin types
  Essential Elements: Caudalie Premier Cru The Eye Cream comes in a 0.5-ounce bottle.
  For Best Effect: Put a small amount of The Eye Cream on the tip of your finger and then delicately apply with a gentle tapping motion working around the eye from the inside out. Then, lightly smooth the area, beginning with the undereye, then moving out towards the temples and up to the eyelid. Repeat 3 times.

• Murad - Clarifying Cleanser (Sample; full size $26) - 
Use Murad Clarifying Cleanser that helps eliminate 99.9% of surface bacteria and clears blemishes. This cleanser prepares your skin to allow maximum penetration of ingredients and prevents new breakouts. It is especially designed for those with blemish-prone skin.
• Helps clear blemishes
• Prevents new breakouts
• Prepares the skin to maximize penetration of ingredients
• Suitable for blemish-prone skin
It contains various organic and pharmaceutical ingredients that releases acne treatment for hours even after rinsing.

Just For You: Blemish-prone skin 

A Closer Look: Murad Clarifying Cleanser contains various organic and pharmaceutical ingredients that cools and calms inflamed skin. It also can provide powerful antibacterial protection to inhibit blemish formation. 

Get Started: Massage a small amount over damp face and neck. Rinse with warm water and pat dry.

• June's tips:

1. Make Your Lips Look Plumper
2. How to Wear Fragrance Politely
3. Getting the Sexiest Beachy Waves
4. Eye Anti-Aging 101
5. Clear Skin Made Simple

Overall rating: Booyah!

Membership is limited so if you get the chance to join the Sample Society, I highly recommend it.