Back to School Beauty: Backpack Essentials.

I would like to think that I know what every back to school beauty wants in her backpack, but after a week of school, I know for sure what my daughter and some friends need in their's. With the help of a few 12 - 17 year old girls, my sons girl friends loved spilling their backpacks to let me see their beauty loot, we have come up with our Backpack Essentials.

The number one and two must-have items are a hair brush and hair spray. Seems no one can get through the day without taming their luscious locks. One girl even carries a flat iron in her backpack, but swears it is only for afterschool touch-ups.

 

The girls love the new Herbal Essences Set Me Up Max Hold Hairspray, and at around $4, it is very afforable to keep in extra can at school.
 

Next up on the list is a fragrance spray. Our favorites are the new Hard Candy Fragrance and SO...? Kiss Me.

Lip gloss and Lip Balm are must-have backpack items too. While my daughter is a MAC girl (yup, she get all the shades I cannot wear), the others are in love with Burt's Bees  - both the lip balms and tinted lip shimmers.

Mascara, Maybelline's Great Lash to be exact, was in five out of the 8 backpacks I got to see, and most of them had a bronzer (or two) in there floating around too. Our favorites are various bronzers from Physicians Formula inlcuding their new Bright Bronzing Powder, and another from Hard Candy.  I found it a little funny that these New England girls love their SoCal Glow Bronzer.

I was surprised that only one gal, the one who toted that flat iron around, had an entire cosmetic case full of makeup in her backpack.  I was never one to carry much makeup around, so it sort of shocked me that a young girl would need so much to get her through a six hour school day.

Back to School Beauty - TESS.

For teens going back to school, it can be stressful. Times of stress in teens shows on their face, by way of breakouts.

It is never too early to get your favorite teen on a great skin care system. TESS, Teen Everday Skincare System is one of the newer systems for tweens and teens. Formulated with all natural ingredients, and the freshest of scents, you can trust that these products will help keep your teens skin balanced, clean, and clear.

 

The set, pictured above, is  available at QVC for just $30, and it is everything teens need to start a perfect skincare routine. Two kits are available: Almost Normal and Skin with Attitude.  Look is what the Almost Normal kit contains:

• 2-oz strawberry/jojoba Rise and Shine facial cleanser
• 2-oz apple Ooh-Refreshing facial toner
• 2-oz lavender oil-free Out and About lotion with SPF 15
• 4-ml peppermint Zip-It blemish stick

My 15 year old loves the Zip-It blemish stick, and uses it just a few times a day on pimples until they disappear. While my 12 year old loves the Ooh-Refreshin toner. She says it makes her face feel awake and ready to go.

 "Why is TESS different: The paraben-free products contain natural ingredients such as lavender oil, aloe vera gel, chamomile, green tea, lemon peel, and apple strawberry. The kit is fun and easy to use, with inspirational and empowering messages on the packaging and bottles. Tess gathered input from moms and teens to create the scents, ingredients, and textures of the products."

My family is so glad to have found this, and your favorite teen will be too.

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Back to School Beauty - Makeup Up Palettes & Kits.

One of the easiest ways to lighten up your makeup routine is by finding a great makeup palette or kit, with products for eyes, cheeks, and lips.

Using a palette or kit will not only simplify your makeup application, it will cut down on the time you spend fishing through your makeup bag to find the perfect products to go with your daily look.  

I have found two perfect solutions. One is a kit, and one is a palette.

 

First there is the all-in-one palette, or as they call it their Quickie Chronicles, from Too Faced Cosmetics.  This Quickie is called The Miss Sixty Girl.

The Miss Sixty Girl Palette includes an eye shadow quad in sunflower yellow, white pearl, shimmering pink, and dark navy;  powder eyeliner duo in black velvet and black with silver glitter;  shimmering peach blush; and four lip glosses in shell pink, cotton candy pink, champagne shimmer, and ruby berry red, plus a removable mini pocket mirror.

Then there is a makeup kit from Bare Escentuals. This kit is appropriately titled Renegade Chic.

The Renegade Chic kit includes a  Lip Gloss in Rose Radiance,  BareMinerals Eye Shadow in Dove,  BareMinerals Eye Shadow in Graphite,  BareMinerals Face Color in Rose Radiance, an Angled Face Brush, and an Eye Defining Brush.

Shop Sephora.com for these and more great makeup palettes and kits. 

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