Top 10 Lip Balms for Colder Weather.

With the colder weather already brewing up here in New England, my lips are starting to feel more dry when I wake up in the morning. That is a reminder that I need to get back into the routine of applying a lip balm as the last step in my skin care routine right before bed. A lip balm is the perfect way to give lips that extra bit of hydration and lock in the moisture that they need. No matter what type of lip balm you use - sticks, pots, sphere or jelly - as long as you have a good formula, it will do the job.

The trick is finding the perfect lip balm with what seems like hundreds of lip balm formulas available. That's where I've come in and have done the work for you! I have put a lot of different lip balms to the test and have broken down the top 10 best for you.

1. Fresh Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Treatment
This lip treatment takes the original to the next level. This one contains anti-aging ingredients proven to repair as it conditions. Buy Fresh Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Treatment at Sephora, Nordstrom or fresh.com for $25.

2. First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Lip Therapy
This soothing lip repair hydrates, soothes and protects lips as it treats the dryness. Buy Ultra Repair Lip Therapy at Sephora for $12.

3. Aquaphor Lip Repair
This silky feeling gel provides long-lasting relief for even the driest of lips. Doctors tend to recommend this more than any other lip treatment product. Buy Aquaphor Lip Repair at your favorite drugstore or mass retailer for about $4.99.

4. EOS Lip Balm Sphere
These flavored lip balm spheres are 100% natural and keep lips moist, soft, and super smooth. This one is especially great under lipstick. Buy EOS Lip Balm at your favorite drugstore or mass retailer for about $4.50.

5. Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm
This super conditioning lip balm protects from all the elements like wind and sun with both UVA and UVB protection. It is super thick and works wonders overnight. Buy Intense Therapy Lip Balm for $7.50 from getjackblack.com, Sephora, Nordstrom and Ulta.

6. Clinique Repairwear Intensive Lip Treatment
This smooth, gel-based lip treatment not only hydrated lips, it helps to repair the look of wrinkles on and around lips too. Buy Intensive Lip Treatment for $28 at clinique.com, Sephora, Nordstrom, Macy's or other department store counters.

7. Smith's Rosebud Salve Minted Rose Lip Balm
This cult favorite gently conditions lips with its pot of great tasting soothing balm like no other has since 1892. Buy Minted Rose Lip Balm for $7 at Sephora, Ulta and drugstore.com.

8. MAC Lip Conditioner
This vanilla scented and flavored lip conditioner hydrates and nourishes lips all day. Buy MAC Lip Conditioner for $16 at maccosmetics.com, Nordstrom and Macy's.

9. bliss Fabulips Softening Lip Balm
This softening lip balm stick leaves lips nourished, supple, and sealed in locked with moisture all day or night. Buy Fabulips for $16 at blissworld.com and Sephora.

10. Korres Lip Butter
This rich, buttery lip balm melts on lips as it hydrates and smooths them. It offers a beautiful shine and soft tint too. Buy Korres Lip Butter for $12 at Sephora.

The Ultimate Makeup Palette: NARSPro Palette.

I'm all about customization when it comes to makeup, especially when it comes to palettes. There always seems to be one or two shades in any palette that get little or no use. Wouldn't it be great to create your own makeup palette? Well, now you can with NARS. NARS has come out with a NARSPro Palette. Created with the professional in mind, this is fantastic for us makeup girls who have the urge to customize their products too.

What I love about the NARSPro Palette is that you can mix and match any of the NARS 64 refill shades (or depot you own shades if you wish) and pop them into the large or small magnetized palette.

Want an all blush palette like I created? All you have to do is create it from any of the 18 NARS blush shades and you can even add one of the three highlighting blush shades like I did.

In the palette above:
Deep Throat Blush
Torrid Blush
Amour Blush
Miss Liberty Blush
Albatross Highlighting Blush
Angelika Blush
Sex Appeal Blush
Orgasm Blush
Luster Blush

You can also add bronzers to the palette, powder refills, contour blush, duo eyeshadow or eyeshadows and mix and match them as you please. Beside the blush palette that I created, I also created another small palette with a few of my favorite NARS products, making it perfect for travel. In this palette I have a blush, bronzer, highlighter and a few eyeshadows.

In the palette above:
Deep Throat Blush
Miss Liberty Blush
Albatross Highlighting Blush
Laguna Bronzer
Orgasm Blush
Barritz Eyeshadow
Abyssinia Eyeshadow
Night Star Eyeshadow
Mekong Eyeshadow

You buy the refills separately from the palettes and they vary in price from $18 - $30. The small empty palette is $14 and the large empty palette is $18. The NARSPro Palettes and refills are available only at NARS boutiques and online at narscosmetics.com.

Paula's Choice: Luxury Skin Care on a Budget.

This post is brought to you by Paula's Choice and PRIMP.

I have been spending so much time on my skin over the past year. I would say during the last few months, I have gotten even more serious about it. Aging is not fun my friends and all of a sudden my skin was showing my age. I get to test so many different skin care products and brands, but finding and sticking to a routine that works for my skin is difficult. I was given the opportunity to test out Paula's Choice and I was super excited about because a lot of my blogging friends had experienced it with fabulous results. Since I was dealing with a lot of issues with dull, uneven skin and fine lines, I have been testing products from the RESIST line to address my concerns.

My regimen includes everything I need for daytime and evening and includes the following and how I use them in my routine.

Daytime

RESIST Optimal Results Hydrating Cleanser
RESIST Replenishing Toner
Skin Perfecting 8% AHA Gel
RESIST Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum
RESIST Cellular Defense Daily Moisturizer SPF 25
RESIST 1% Retinol Booster (I mix this with the moisturizer)
RESIST C15 Super Booster (I mix this with the serum)

Evening

RESIST Optimal Results Hydrating Cleanser
RESIST Replenishing Toner
Skin Perfecting 8% AHA Gel
RESIST Super Antioxidant Concentrate Serum
RESIST Barrier Repair Moisturizer
RESIST 1% Retinol Booster (I mix this with the moisturizer)
RESIST C15 Super Booster (I mix this with the serum)

Weekly

RESIST Weekly Resurfacing Treatment 10% AHA - This is a powerful glycolic treatment that I apply and leave on my skin overnight once a week. It does a fantastic job at turning over skin and getting read of dead skin cells to reveal a brighter, more even skin tone. I swear my age spots are fading already and I have been working on them for a long time.

My favorite products are RESIST Weekly Resurfacing Treatment with 10% Glycolic Acid, the RESIST Retinol Booster and RESIST C15 Super Booster. I add one drop of the C15 Super Booster to my serum and I add two drops of the Retinol Booster to my moisturizer (both daytime and evening) and I swear these are what are giving me such significant results.

I have noticed a huge change in my skin for the better after using the Paula's Choice products for a little over two weeks now. I go for monthly facials with the same girl and I just went for one and she asked me what I had been using because she noticed a significant improvement in the tone and texture in my skin. I knew I noticed a difference but to have her justify it under magnification was a huge testament to how the Paula's Choice regimen was working on me.

There are so many products in the Paula's Choice line with products for everyone and all skin conditions like acne, rosacea, aging or pores. They treat it all. On their website, you can choose from a menu of skincare concerns you’d like to treat. You know how you can be confused as to where to start with skin care? Their website has a full encyclopedia of advice for every type of skin care concern. Paula Begoun, the founder, is all about truth in beauty, skin care, ingredients and proven research.

Paula's Choice is all about helping customers find the perfect products for their skin. In fact, everyone can receive a FREE personal skincare consultation here: 1-800-831-4088. I highly recommend doing that. My consultant guided me through my entire skin care routine. It was such a treat and something you don't typically get at a rushed beauty counter.

Not only am I super impressed with my skin, I am super impressed with everything about the Paula's Choice brand. They offer a 100% Money Back Guarantee (within 60 days) on all of their products. The products don't contain any irritating dyes or fragrances (my nose is so finicky) and they don't test on animals.

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I know you are going to love Paula's Choice just as much as I do. It truly is luxury skin care on a budget. To make it even more affordable, I have partnered with Pretty in My Pocket, PRIMP, where I am a Power Primper to offer you a special 20% off + free shipping with promo code:  PRIMPFALL20  Offer Expires: Dec 31, 2015

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