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These babies will give you softer, clearer skin in a flash |
 Forget the pricey dermatologist, TotalBeauty.com readers say you can get the same microdermabrasion results at home -- if you use these products. Don't believe us? Then check out their reviews for proof, they claim these products gave them less breakouts, wrinkles and more! See products |
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No. 10: Physicians Formula Derm@Home Mineral MicroDermabrasion System, $30.99 |
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TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.4 |
 "Gives results like you just had a facial …" |
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No. 9: Estee lauder Idealist Micro-D, $49.50 |
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TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.4 |
 Readers actually describe this product as "so fun" and "the best beauty product ever invented …" |
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No. 8: Neutrogena Advanced Solutions At Home Microdermabrasion System, $44.99 |
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TotalBeauty.com average reader rating: 8.5 |
 "My skin positively glows after each use. I've noticed a definite improvement in allover skin tone …" |
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Not your Mother's beauty blog. Or is it?
A mother-daughter duo provides brains on beauty.
Developed with a focus on an educational and healthy approach to beauty, Mother Blogger and The Working Girl track and test beauty products without any ulterior motives and without regard to brand influences.
To learn more than you ever wanted to know about the beauty intelligentsia, click here. You may contact us at GWBBBlog at gmail dot com.
Established in October of 2006
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10 Beauty Tips Found In Your Kitchen
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Top 10 Tips for Beauty on a Budget |
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Short on cash? You'll still look great with this advice |
 Instead of pining over pricey Chanel or Lancome products, why not try some at-home beauty goodies that'll do the same job for mere pennies? It may sound too good to be true, but it is! You can have beautiful skin and hair using products found in your kitchen. The Working Girl has been making her own sugar scrub for over a year, and Mother Blogger uses a baking soda clarifying rinse (and then a heavy conditioner) on the night before her hair color appointment.
Check it out here! See tips |
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Beauty Bloggers' Ultimate Gifts
One of our favorite bloggers Jamie, Queen of the Quarter Life Crisis, asked a few of us Total Beauty bloggers what would be the ultimate beauty gift to give -- or receive.
We answered the Jo Malone Pamper Kit ($245). Yes, pricey, but ultimate luxury.
Beautiful packaging and thoughtful presentation are synonymous with Jo Malone. AND from the first moment you receive the iconic Jo Malone gift bag with signature bow, your sensorial journey begins. You'll discover chic cream boxes embraced with black ribbon that are delicately nestled within soft black tissue. Inside a lovely box is the little black dress -- well, little red dress of fragrances: Pomegranate Noir Bath Oil, Body Creme and Body Powder.
A sophisticated scent inspired by a red silk dress and the intriguing character of pomegranate. Combining the sweet fruity notes of raspberry, plum, pink pepper and pomegranate with patchouli, frankincense and spicy woods creates a scent that's sensual, totally sophisticated and utterly compelling.
A Jo Malone gift is the perfect pleasure to give or receive, as well as a luxurious way to create a lasting memory for the special recipient --or yourself.
To see other ultimate gifts as chosen by Total Beauty bloggers, click here
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Tricks to Coloring Your Hair at Home
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21 Tips for Perfect At-Home Hair Color |
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Don't be afraid of the box -- with these tips it's a snap to color your hair |
 Mother Blogger pays big bucks for her natural hair color and has been known to leave the salon chair and go directly to a drugstore to buy more hair color when she thought her strands needed a little more oomph. The Pregnant Working Girl has been on hiatus with her love of color until after the baby is born but is looking forward to returning to her natural blonde color. Yes, both mom and daughter have found coloring your hair can be very, very tricky, but discovered these tips should help get you through the process drama-free and with fabulous results. See tricks |
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Holiday Gifts that Reduce Stress
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Beauty Recipes that Reduce Stress -- and Make Great Gifts |
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Need to relax or have a gift recipient who does? Make it easier with these homemade beauty products. Maybe use one today before your guests arrive. |
 We're loving these simple beauty recipes for several reasons. One, they're so easy to make, all they use are ingredients you already have in your kitchen, no pricey trip to the store necessary. Two, they're all specifically tailored to relax and de-stress you -- and who couldn't use that this time of year? Three, there are quite a few that you could package up and give as gifts, it's an inexpensive but thoughtful present your friends and family are sure to love! See recipes |
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How to Get the Longest, Thickest Lashes Ever
Discover how makeup artist tricks get the longest, thickest lashes ever!!!
Mother Blogger is uber lash-challenged and has tried zillions of mascaras in an attempt to create voluminous lashes. Although Lancome Definicils is her holy grail, her lashes were still skimpier than the thongs she doesn't wear anymore. But she learned to amp up the voltage with a few beauty tricks from the experts and is batting a thousand.
See tips
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Total Beauty Web Tour: Week of June 1, 2009
Hi all y'all. Even though we are in the Midwest, we are feeling our Southern roots on this gorg sunny Sunday and have our twang on. So no matter what your roots -- Southern, blonde, gray -- get your beauty on with the Total Beauty Web Tour and get educated by 26 of the best beauty blogs in the blogosphere as to what's haute for summer 2009!
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10 Summer Beauty Must-Haves
Beauty products and tips for great beach hairstyles and glowing skin
New bathing suit? Check. Cute beach tote? Check. Glowing skin from head-to-toe? Ummmm... If you're not quite ready for the sand and swim season, check out this guide to look and feel your best all season long.
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Lip Color Made Easy
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What's Your Ideal Glam Lip Color? |
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Take this quiz to find out which lipstick shade reflects your personal taste |
 Soft on the inside yet bold on the outside, highly pigmented lip colors can speak volumes about your personality -- before you've uttered a word. Find out which shade of the beauty editor- and consumer-favorite MAX Factor Vivid Impact Lipcolor you should be wearing.
(Mother Blogger just took the quiz and the answer was correct (Plus, you gotta love the name of the lippie!):
Your ideal Vivid Impact Lip Color: Ms. Terious
Some might describe you as demure, but if they really knew you, they'd see the fire within. A die-hard romantic, you prefer to express your emotions through your eyes, and on most occasions, a sultry smokey eye. Keep this mauve-y nude shade, one of 20 highly pigmented colors, on hand for muted (yet soft and kissable) lips.
Let us know if you agree with your answer. Smooches! Take the quiz |
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26 Backstage Beauty Tips
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Learn 26 tricks from top hair, makeup and nail pros |
 Total Beauty asked hair, makeup and nail artists for their best kept secrets. Read on to find tips that will help add a little runway glamour to your signature style. Even if you have long hair, you can learn how to have a faux bob! See tips |
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Tantalizing Tuesday Giveaway: Kiss My Face
Tantalize your Tuesday with a Earth Week Giveaway from Kiss My Face.
Just in time for Earth Day, Kiss My Face has re-packaged their existing line and improved eco-friendly packaging elements! As the eco-beauty arena becomes saturated with products – Kiss My Face has stayed true to their roots of producing the best quality of natural beauty products without reducing the quality of ingredients. And we love that!
In their efforts to reduce, Kiss My Face has eliminated paper leaflets in their Potent & Pure organic skincare system. Instead of the traditional “How-to” with leaflets, Kiss My Face created video tutorials on the system with REAL Kiss My Face fans! No actors needed to express their love of the Potent & Pure organic skincare system.
The Kiss My Face Potent & Pure organic skincare system combines the latest scientific research with beneficial botanicals, vitamins, extracts and minerals that are time tested and true. The line can be tailored to meet the needs of all skin types, including aging and acne prone skin. Kiss My Face has uploaded a chart with specific products for skin needs.
One of our lucky readers will win the Potent & Pure Organic Face Care system which includes products to cleanse, treat & moisturize skin, and the line's packaging is comprised of 65% post consumer corrugate & produced in a facility that utilizes wind power and water soluble inks.
Entry Rules:
Giveaway expires on midnight EST on May 5, 2009. You may enter one email address per day. One winner will be picked randomly by Contest Machine and will be notified by email. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the email. If there is no response, Contest Machine will randomly pick another winner.
The winner will receive one Clean for a Day Creamy Face Cleanser ($15), one Underage ($21), and one Breakout ($19). United States and Canadian residents only. Please see our site’s Terms and Conditions of Use for a complete list of our Contest and Giveaway Rules. This promotion is void where prohibited by law. Fulfillment provided by sponsor.
Discover insider tips and more about the Pure and Organic skincare system.
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Total Beauty Web Tour for week of April 13, 2009
Total Beauty Web Tour: Get smart beauty tips from Total Beauty beauty bloggers who have seen it all and tested it all!
Beauty-up now!
Beauty411 loves the new Guerlain Summer Splash Makeup Collection! Get all the fabulous details here!
Nur @ I Love Looking Good found a good alternative for NARS Orgasm’s fan particularly for beauty addicts in Singapore. MAC Springsheen for NARS Orgasm.
Check out Upcoming and Current Cosmetic Collections here at A Little More Beautiful
Looking for the hottest looks of summer? Image and Style News gives us the hottest hairstyles to wear for summer 2009.
Addicted To Lipstick gives us the hottest 2009 spring and summer makeup trends.
Giveaway Alert! Beauty Blvd. is giving away 2 copies of Mrs. Meyer’s Brand New Book! The book gives great beauty related cleaning tips like how to remove mascara from clothes and MORE!
The rainbow is yours! Boutique Flair brings you the most popular nail colors of the season!
eye4style travels in style with Lisa Hoffman. Check out her review here!
The girls over at Beauty in Real Life are having another giveaway!!! Enter to win a copy of both Bobbi Brown’s Living Beauty and Charla Krupp’s How Not to Look Old. Click here to enter!!!
The Shades Of U shares swatches and her review of MAC’s A Rose Romance, the new romantic, dreamy collection of the season.
Beauty Junkies Unite is having a Baby Boomer Beauty Book Giveaway! 5 readers will win copies of Bobbi Brown’s Living Beauty and How Not To Look Old By Charla Krupp!
Girl-Woman-Beauty-Brains-Blog is hosting a giveaway from one of their favorite shopping sites - ChickDowntown.com. Enter now to win a Tolani scarf valued at $85.
Meredith at Daily Dose of Coffee has been getting a lot of compliments on her glowing complexion lately! Read more to find out what she’s using. PS: it’s recession-beauty friendly!
Beauty Blogging Junkie gets a shout-out from Lauren Conrad herself. Check it out here.
Melissa from The Makeup Divas finds another and thinks you will love it to! While you are there, check out all of her giveaways, and enter them today !
Beauty Anonymous brings you Givenchy Summer 2009 Makeup Collection.
Indian Girl brings to you Bollywood’s Beauty Secret and the recipe for an at home DIY Face Mask.
Makeup Files teaches you how to use colored mascara in many different ways!
Monique at Beauty Girl Musings is having a fabulous giveaway sponsored by Simplicity Bath and Body! Click here and get all the details to enter!
Makeup Loves Me gets you ready for summer travel with Sonia Kashuk’s hidden treasures target line!
Enter to win FLOWERBYKENZO Spring Fragrance Limited Edition at Lipgloss Break!
More Than a Pretty Face is hosting giveaway of the complete collection of Lip Tars from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics. This collection of intense colors was introduced at The Makeup Show in LA only last month. OCC sold out of Lip Tar at the event. Enter to win all nine shades from the newly launched Lip Tar collection!
LA Pretty is GIVING away a bottle of Jean Paul Gaultier’s new fragrance, Ma Dame Eau Fraîche.
Enter to Win a Anastasia Brow Definer at Face Candy.
Win a CARGO blu_ray High Definition Lip Gloss in Halifax at Talking Makeup!
Glossypink tells you how to get the shiniest and best-smelling hair of your life!
Spoiled Pretty is hosting three amazing giveaways this week. Yes, THREE! Enter the Logics Color DNA System giveaway, Proactiv giveaway, and ZannClip giveaway to triple your chance of walking away a winner. Good luck!
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20 Best Hair Products: Heat-Styling Creams, Mousses, and Sprays
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Don't use a blow-dryer or flatiron before applying one of the 20 best heat-styling creams, mousses, and sprays on your hair! |
 Are you as addicted as we are to the shiny hair that results from the use of a flatiron?
In the past, we both have damaged our hair from the overuse of styling tools. We have since learned from our mistakes and protected our hair with many of the top 20 products to which Total Beauty readers give high-fives!
Since we both attempt to wear our hair sleek and straight, we are currently using Aveda Light Elements Smoothing Fluid ($24) and Pureology Nano Glaze ($20). See products |
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Win $5,000 in the Total Beauty Sephora Sweepstakes
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Enter for your chance to win a $5,000 Sephora shopping spree - we're giving away two of 'em! |
 How much stuff could you buy with a $5,000 Sephora Shopping Spree? That's 263 Shu Uemura eyelash curlers. Or 43 T3 hair dryers. Or 50 Go Smile teeth whitening kits. So clearly you'd be winning a glee-inducing pile of beauty loot. So how do you enter to win? It's so easy, just head over to TotalBeauty.com, sign up for the newsletter and/or write a few product reviews. Click on the button for the full details. Good luck! Get the details here |
For more beauty blog giveaways and sweepstakes, click here.
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TFIG Total Beauty Web Tour
TGIF! Hop aboard and join us on the Total Beauty Web Tour and discover beauty tips, beauty reviews, and beauty blog giveaways!
Now, where did that darn cabin boy disappear to again?
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TGIF! Relax and join the Total Beauty Beauty Bloggers for a cup of beauty, a slice of beauty economics, a small side of weight-loss, and a big helping of beauty blog giveaways. Who Are The Most Gorgeous Celebrities Over 40
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Most Gorgeous Celebrities Over 40 |
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Can you believe Jennifer Aniston is 40?! |
 They say 40 is the new 30. Whatever it is, all of these 13 women make being in your 40s look amazing. Jennifer Aniston is new to the 40-plus club, but the rest of these women show that she's in great company. See celebrities |
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Reduce Stress with DIY Beauty Recipes
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Work, home, the economy -- it's all too much! Get stress relief with DIY beauty recipes and treatments. |
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Let's face it: these are pretty stressful times. And since most of us don't have the budget for a spa massage or facial, we need to make do with home remedies. All of these are quick, easy and you can make them with stuff that's already in your kitchen (so they're cheap too!). Take a moment to indulge, you deserve it!
We are adding one more to this list: Use kitty litter to exfoliate your skin. Meow! It leaves your skin with a purr-fect glow.
Do have a recipe you would like to share with us? See recipes |
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HELP! Race to Raise Money for Natural Disaster Victims
Total Beauty is in a race to raise money for natural disaster victims -- all proceeds fund this amazing program that takes washing machines to families hit by natural disasters. Go here for more! Or you can just go buy a cute "Loads of Hope" T-shirt here for $20. The race ends at 11:00 a.m. EST TODAY!
Thank you in advance.
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Celebrity Hairstyle Trend: '60s Inspired 'Dos |
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Grab your teasing comb and copy these voluminous updos and styles |
 Some celebrity hairstyle trends (like stripey highlights) should never be copied, but these retro '60s looks are pretty enough to recreate. The essentials needed to master the looks are hairspray, a teasing comb or brush and bobby pins. Pair the style you choose with black liquid liner and soft pink lipstick and you're good to go. See styles |
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All aboard. Cruise with us on the Total Beauty Web Tour and discover what beauty bloggers discovered new and trendy on the Island of Beauty.8 Worst Concealers Ever
These 8 proclaimed concealers left Total Beauty readers utterly exposed
See if your concealer is on the list, and then come on back and tell us your favorite concealer.
Our favorite concealer: Cle de Peau Beaute
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How to Camouflage Blotchy Skin, Brown Spots, and Rosacea
5 Ways to Conceal Rudolph's Nose
See concealers
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Hot Runway Hairstyles |
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From classic updos to perfectly disheveled waves, here's a sampling of what will be hot for spring 2009! |
 The hair trends for spring are already being determined. Think sleek buns, beachy textured hair extensions, braids and twists. You'll never be bored with your hair if you try these styles. See styles |
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