Tis the end of April, already. Can you believe it? There are so many pretty things blooming around here for Spring. I hope you are enjoying this beautiful season as much as I am. 

Right now though, it is time for the best in beauty with this week's Beauty Duty!

A Touch of Blusher reviews ck Calvin Klein's new mineral-based loose powder.

All About the Pretty is still in love with Tom Ford and his new Neroli Portofino fragrance.

GlamBlush and Rita Hazan share 10 Rules for Being a Brunette.

KRiSTOPHER is loving, hating, and wearing snakeskin accessories.

Have you ever purchased a Sephora Brand product? Lipstick, Powder 'n Paint shares the latest offerings from Sephora that will rock your eyes and make your lips pop.

Makeup Moxie has beauty lust for the new Tarte 4 Day Stay Lash Stain.

Product Girl is giving away 2 pairs of Tweezerman Animal Print Slant Tweezers. Go enter to win!

SugarShock Beauty is feeling flush for spring's flushed-pink cheek trend.

Spring is in the air and lust abounds! The Organic Beauty Expert shares how the ladies can lube it up the natural way!

WE LOVE BEAUTY.com met up with celebrity manicurist, Melissa Bozant to discuss the latest mani & pedi trends.

Enjoy! 

Check me out over on Total Beauty as the featured Blog of the Day!

Thanks guys!

If you have not visited Total Beauty yet, may I ask what you are waiting for?

Total Beauty is probably the most comprehensive beauty site, ever. I even browse through products that I have yet to try. They even have this great feature where you can have specific products recommended to you, based on your profile. Take the time and join and fill out your profile. It takes a few minutes, but so worth it. And it is fun to come together with so many other beauty obsessed!

Visit Total Beauty now! 

I simply cannot believe that it is the 8th of April already. Where have I been and where does the time go? In any case, I find one of the best ways to relax is to keep up with what my other favorite beauty bloggers are posting about. Check them out and I bet you will find it relaxing, while learning something new, too!

A Touch of Blusher continues the feast of vibrant colors.

All About the Pretty has fallen in love with a new red for spring with Dashing Diva Polishes.

Teri from Beautiful Makeup Search got to experience first hand what it is like to live the life of a New York City beauty editor for a day.

KRiSTOPHER says the "eco-friendly" label is affirmative action for fashion.

Lipstick, Powder 'n Paint just cannot get enough of the new Daisy Marc Jacobs for Sephora collection. Checkout some of their favourite daisies...

Makeup Bag deals with damage at the Warren Tricomi Salon in LA.

Makeup Moxie reviews Le 2 de Guerlain mascara.

SugarShock Beauty is crushing on Gwen Stefani's super-cute Harajuku Lovers fragrance dolls.

TheMakeupGirl is crazy for Ojon's Green Beauty Initiative....

WE LOVE BEAUTY.com wants you to VOTE on Look of the Month for March!

Enjoy! 

Soon after arriving to New York City for my Day in the Life of a Glam Beauty Editor, I checked into my trendy room in the new boutique hotel, Hotel East Houston on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. It was a rather small hotel, but full of the finest minimalist furnishings, with dark hardwood floors throughout complimented by a neutral color scheme.
The overall feel was trendy, yet comforting, all the same time. The bathroom was stocked with Bulgari products - oh, they smelled beautiful, and my bed was super comfy and helped me get much needed rest after my two super busy (and late night) days in the city. The service at the Hotel was impeccable. I was a bit afraid to venture out on my own as I had never been to the Lower East Side, but I did make it out for a few blocks to discover some great local bakeries and delicatessens. Yum.

After all my fellow beauty bloggers arrived, we met for a drink and made our way over to the ultra trendy and quite eclectic wd-50 restaurant, home of top chef Wylie Dufresne. We ate dinner in the wine cellar, where we were treated to delicacies of which I have never heard of before. (If you are a foodie who likes to experiment with food, this is the place for you.) The evening was put together by some of the best media specialists in the beauty and skin care industry, those of Rpr Marketing Communications. It was a delight to meet Jamie, of whom I had worked with in the past on some great projects (Neutrogena, RoC, Aveeno, Clean and Clear), Mora, and Cora, founder and president of the firm. I loved getting to know everyone at the table. We shared  our favorite beauty products (which many of us had in common) and discussing where we thought the beauty blogging industry would be in the next year at this time. We also learned of some great beauty, especially anti-aging, innovations that will be out on the market soon.  Thanks Rpr for a wonderful evening, and the beautiful Kenneth Jay Lane Flower Ring. I cannot wait to share all the info on the new products debuting soon.

Around midnight, I got in the car sent for us, with a few of the other girls and made my way back to the hotel to promplty hit the sack. I to wake up and be ready at 8:15 for Day Two. Stay tuned, as this was our jam packed day full of fun, beauty hot spots and beauty products galore. 

Being a beauty editor is hard work.

If you did not know, India-Jewel Jackson is the very talented, glamorous, and generous beauty editor for Glam.com, also writing their official beauty blog, GlamBlush.  India spends most days waking up early in her hometown of New York City, having breakfast appointments and private store tours, spa treatments, salon visits, press lunches, roundtable discussions, writing her articles, and then is off to trendy New York hot spots for dinner with fantastic beauty industry experts and publicists. India is a true pro and takes her lifestyle all in stride. And she does it with such style and grace. I am in awe.

Most of the time I am lucky enough to do my beauty writing and editing from my beauty product haven in my home office. This week, though, I spent the most outrageous 36 hours living a true New York beauty editors life.  Let's just say that my feet are sore with my mind and body exhausted. When making the rounds with India and Susan, the Glam.com Fashion Editor and blogger for GlamChic over the last day and a half, though, I have come to respect and admire not only both India and Susan, I have a new found respect for the industry as a whole.

Stay tuned for all of the juicy details on where I went, who I got to meet, what I saw and more. What a great and fun time it was. I have so much to tell you about this wonderful 36 hours that I got to share with some other beauty blogging greats. And be sure to be check out their accounts of our whirlwind days in New York:
Patrice from Afrobella, Alison from Beauty Snob, Christina from eBeautyDaily, Erin from Make Her Up, Tia from Shake Your Beauty, and Lianne from The Makeup Girl.

photo from the beautiful Afrobella

I need to regroup and get all the photos together and will spill all about the fun with some posts tomorrow and many more days to come. Most of all right now, I need to thank India, Susan and all the great people from Glam that made this possible! *Muah*