I was thinking the other day that I should really invest in some good makeup brushes. Perhaps a brush collection of some sort. Not only would it help appease my burgeoning beauty addiction (yes, coz I need another one, hehe), it would just be so much fun playing around and learning all the tricks and uses each brush provides.

The Kimiko Beauty’s Essential Brush Collection was brought to my attention.

Essential Powder Brush

A multi purpose brush to use when applying powder, blush or bronzer.

It has soft natural hairs for the silkiest touch and precise application. The size is perfect any kit and is made with cruelty-free hair. $60

Essential Shadow Brush

The dual-ended brush is an essential tool in creating an endless eye-enhancing look. It’s angled end is for base color application then when you turn it sideways, it helps apply the crease color perfectly.

For tracing soft powder eyeliner, softening a pencil liner and adding accent colors, use the fine accent brush to do the tasks, respectively. $38

Essential Concealer Brush

This was made specifically for the under eye area and soft concealing. An important tool to create a flawless complexion. It has synthetic fibers designed to work with concealer and lip products.

The under eye end is shaped for easy concealer placement. While the detail concealer brush works double duty in covering discoloration as well as a lip brush if you needed it. $32

Essential Brow and Lash Brush

The dual-ended brush provides clean, finished and natural looking brows. For an accurate brow color application, the eyebrow brush was designed with slightly stiff angled hairs.

And as a finishing touch to comb eyelashes and that soft and natural brows, the brow and lash end will the job. $32.

You can purchase the Kimiko Beauty brushes individually by visiting the Kimiko Beauty website. But for a limited-time only, you can buy the entire Kimiko Beauty Essential Brush Collection for $135 which will be available exclusively on mid-November at the Kimiko Beauty website. Make sure to mark your calendars or keep checking Beauty Gizmo to find out the exact date.

(Images : Kimiko Beauty)

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You can get glamorous in a dimly lit room with no problem at all with the lighted lid and side panel mirror. Lip Lights has a long-lasting battery and an automatic shut off.

This lip gloss is available at Sephora in three sparkling colors - Coral, Indian Summer (a beige shimmer) and Sienna Sunset (light terra cotta brown). Priced at just $28, Lip Lights Ultra Shine Lip Gloss is a great deal.

Photo credit: Sephora

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You can use the multi-tasking sponge to apply foundation, blush, concealer, self-tanner, mineral makeup and powder. To use it, you simply dampen the Beautyblender, dip it in your product and bounce (or stipple as they say) onto the area to deposit and blend your makeup. This video demonstrates how to use the Beautyblender, along with how to clean it after each use. Plus it’s recyclable!

You can purchase the Beautyblender online at Beautyblender.net for $19.95 and at salons and spas worldwide. You can also purchase kits with their cleanser and more.

During the month of October, Beautyblender is giving back 10% of all sales to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. For more information about breast cancer, turn to Pink Ribbon Review, where Karen blogs about raising breast cancer awareness.

Photo credit: Beautyblender

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With this compact beauty center, you can steam your face, exfoliate away dead skin cells, deep clean your pores and use a heated mask to purify your skin.

Included are the beauty box, facial scrub, thermal mud, spatula, brush, mirror, instruction card and more. You will need to get the 4 AAA batteries youself as they aren’t included. Order this facial center right now online from artemiswoman.com.

Artemis Woman offers a variety of great beauty gadgets such as their hand spa, heel smoother, paraffin aromatherapy spa and much more.

Photo credit: Artemis Woman

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I actually tried it a while back and I was surprised it worked so well. It gets rid of dry, cracked skin and calluses, leaving your skin soft and smooth to the touch. It’s great to use at home between your salon pedicures.

With October and Breast Cancer Awareness month right around the corner, TeleBrands, the company behind the PedEgg, came up with the limited edtion pink PedEgg. It’s special because $50,000 of the proceeds with be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

What’s great about the PedEgg is that it’s ergonomically designed to fit in the palm of your hand and it collects the shavings, so there is no mess.

Each Pink PedEgg is just $10 plus shipping and handling of $6.99. Plus, you can get a bonus of a second Pink PedEgg plus a free tube of Soft Silky Soles cream for just an additional $6.99 s/h charge. Visit Pink PedEgg to order yours and support this great cause!

For more information about breast cancer, turn to Pink Ribbon Review, where Karen blogs about raising breast cancer awareness.

Photo credit: Pink PedEgg

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You can all continue reading my beauty escapades over at Beautynomics.com.

Tata for now!

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FASHION

Move over Serena Van Der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf. Eye4Style revisits the brash and bold style of Gossip Girl’s Chuck Bass . Don’t worry, ladies - there’s enough to go around.

Snarkstress implores you to help her figure out just what in the heck is going on with Brooke Hogan’s feet.

Teen Style Lounge wonders if you’ve seen the creepy pics of the immortal Miley Cyrus.

So what if summer’s halfway over? Find out what the latest summer trend is over at Hot Mama Daily!

STYLEnosh starts a flip-flop debate by asking, Why do men hate flip-flops?

SHOPPING

Aging Fabulous asks if it is a good deal when the sale price of a $1,125 cream is just $900?

The Latest Luxe is stepping things up with the Gucci Babouska Sandal. It’s your golden ticket for showing of that tan this season!

Wardrobe Oxygen offers some tips on how to properly add camisoles to your wardrobe.

BEAUTY

A Touch of Blusher loves gold!

The Fragrance Fanatic recommends two great Estee Lauder sets for Summer.

Philosophy introduces five new ways to experience the cult classic fragrance Amazing Grace - and Beautiful Makeup Search has the exclusive information.

Beauty Banter reviews Make Up Forever’s new HD products… and it’s WELL WORTH THE WAIT!!!

Cybelesays.com is cleaning out the beauty closet and giving away some fantastic beauty products! Don’t you need some new ones?

Beautynomics shares her Singaporean beauty adventure!

15 Minute Beauty Fanatic has the lowdown on the new NARS Fall 2008 Collection!

Steeping Beauty is introduced to Thevi Cometics!

The Scented Life is discussing Organic and Natural Perfumes

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Eyebrows, eyebrows, eyebrows. They start out really bushy during childhood, and they get groomed as one grows up. I’ve found this really neat tutorial over at Youtube to share to you guys as something to check out and learn about as there are indeed different kinds of eyebrows for different face structures. I’d say that I’m lucky because my face is a mixture of heart and oval! I never realized that there were corrective techniques even for the eyebrows, so this should prove useful for everyone who seeks to groom their brows themselves!

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Seems like Sephora is indeed going to complete its professional line of brushes, if not already complete, pretty pretty soon.

First, the in-house professional full-handled brushes, then the really nice brush sets with cases, and now, a brush cleaner, a brush cleaner!

This functions just like the MAC brush cleaner, in such a way that you still need to rinse the brush off. I’m looking for a quick cleaner for in-between model changes for sanitary reasons, like Smashbox’s, but this will do when it’s a weekly or bi-weekly quality time with your brushes, as you give them a bath!

Image Source : http://www.sephora.com

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Over the past few months, my teacher over at makeup school made sure we curled lashes perfectly. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been trying and looking for that perfect technique to achieve such. The lashes are not just curled once - near the roots, they must also be curled mid-way and by the tip, which is quite tricky. But I swear, Artemis Woman Double Curl Heated Eyelash Curler just makes a makeup artist’s life so darn easy now.

Double Curl curls lashes at the base of the eyelid creating a more wide-eyed effect. Then it makes a second curl at the lash tip, creating a bigger, bolder and truly dramatic eyelash result.

I was able to try this and all I could say is WOW. It’s very very easy to use, you just have to turn it on, curl your lashes like you normally will, and the only difference is that there is a blue “second curler” that will curl near the tip of the lashes that will give us the wide-eyed effect. I swear, this is magazine-spread quality curled lashes. My lashes were curled to absolute perfection when I used this, and with it being a heated eyelash curler, it also helps for those who have trouble with their eyelashes staying curled all day ( those with poker straight lashes like me ).

The price is at $24.99 - not really cheap, but definitely definitely worth it. I’m looking at purchasing another unit to use for my clients, because this first unit is definitely MINE for personal use!

The Artemis Woman Double Curl Heated Eyelash Curler is available at Wal-Mart, Amazon and ArtemisWoman.com.

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