Becca's Latest Goes Straight to Golden Globes, the Beginning of Awards Season.

By Laura Medina

BECCA
Shimmering Skin Perfector™ Pressed in Rose Gold

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This scribe is lucky enough to test-drive Becca's latest soft-focus, glowing shimmers.  Originally, they're meant for the holidays but after test-driving Becca's universal rosy Rose Gold (their answer to Nars Orgasm) and the bronzier Opal, this scribe found out Becca's Shimmering Skin Perfectors are great for the soon-to-be arriving Awards Season in Hollywood.  

Vacationing in Charleston, South Carolina then in Las Vegas, from preppy East Coast to the flashy Wild West, this scribe found out Becca's Rose Gold and Opal Shimmering Skin Perfectors travel well, literally and metaphorically.

A soft-focused flush with contour is appropriate anywhere and the powdery perfector in a rubberized hard compact can take the banging from airport baggage handlers tossing luggage cross-country.

Becca's Rose Gold Shimmering Skin Perfector is an universal glow, giving a healthy flush during the dearth of Winter when you need some color to look alive.

BECCA
Shimmering Skin Perfector™ Pressed in Opal.

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Becca's Opal Shimmering Skin Perfector, as any savvy makeup maven knows, can and does double as a subtly smoky eyeshadow, an all-natural sultriness.  A blush, bronzer,  contour, and eyeshadow in one!

 Left, Shimmering Skin Perfector™ Spotlights & Right, The One Perfecting Brush, Patent Pending

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One item ready for the Golden Globes, Becca's Shimmering Skin Perfector™ Spotlights.  These cute little tubes of pearlescent in Pearl, Opal and Champagne Gold, are the current trend pushing the garish glittery aside of the past years.  What's really impressive Becca does have crushed pearls in their Shimmering Skin Perfector Line, opulent enough for the holidays and the Golden Globes.  Nice to know that what you're wearing for these holidays are good enough to be used during the Golden Globes by professional makeup artists.

|The pearlescent shimmer is a soft-focused light reflector on the skin, great for deflecting the harshness under the glare of the red carpet, very reassuring for nervous attendees. 

The one thing that stands out from Becca's current line, their The One Perfecting Brush.  

This scribe calls it the perfect travel brush.  Believe it or not, the entire wide length of the brush covers the cheekbones for the rosy glow.  The wide edges sculpture the cheekbones.  The short ends covers the whole eyelid in one sweep.

The One Perfect Brush acts more like a buffer than brush, "sponging" foundation, whether it be powder, cream, or liquid foundation, into a suede, soft, matte appearance.

 A true beauty multi-tasker, The One Perfecting Brush takes the guesswork out of brush work. Cuts makeup application in half by replacing these 10 tools: foundation, powder, contour, bronzer, stipple, blush, fan, and concealer brushes, kabuki, and sponge.

COVERAGE: The bristles are packed in a 3.5 inch horizontal design allowing you to effortlessly and evenly cover larger or smaller surface areas. 
PERFECT APPLICATION: The density of the brush creates a smooth, even and airbrushed application every time.
PRECISION: Flat edges fit the linear contours of your face while curved corners allow for targeted, more precise application.
VERSATILITY: Long, flexible bristles make a variety of application techniques possible - like targeted application, stippling, blending, contouring and highlighting.
LONG-LASTING: The bristles are free of dye, ensuring they will not lose shape or softness over time.
CONTROL: The unique shape of the handle and soft-touch finish provide complete control during application allowing you to create your desired look.
The bristles are reinforced with shed-resistant technology. However, the brush may lose strands during use. As with the hair on your head, this is completely natural and will lessen with use and proper care.

Watch this tutorial on how to use The One Perfect Brush,  https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KIo9c37JpUtE0A56j7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTByZWc0dGJtBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDBGdwb3MDMQ--?p=BECCA+The+One+Perfecting+Brush+on+youtube.com&vid=de72326ca9b289689072aa80beea318a&l=3%3A47&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DVN.608050396079392252%26pid%3D15.1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DQD3uBViV7IA&tit=The+One+Perfecting+Brush+Tutorial+by+BECCA&c=0&sigr=11bdn3n8r&sigt=11aon54f3&age=0&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av%2Cm%3Asa&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mozilla&tt=b

This scribe used the entire wide length of The One Perfect Brush for Rose Gold Shimmering Skin Perfector for a healthy Winter flush then dip the short ends into Opal Shimmering Skin Perfector for a simple swipe of a glowing bronze eyeshadow across the eyelids.

What's even more cool, using both Rose Gold and Opal Shimmering Skin Perfectors can be dabbed in the middle of the lips, to plump them with a illuminating glow.

With three simple items, Rose Gold and Opal Shimmering Skin Perfectors and The One Perfect Brush, you got a whole makeup gear you can pack in one simple case yet shimmering enough to be red carpet glam, a great kit for the Golden Globes.

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Little & Big Toys, at Radio Shack, for Big Kids...and Little Kid if you allow them.

By Laura Medina

While cashing all your credit and debit cards for the little kids in your family, don't you dream you can return to being "a little kid" yourself and tinker with something cool for both grown-up kids and little kids?

Believe it or not, Radio Shack has re-position itself from pure electronics gizmos to some really cool fun...and functional stuff.

Don't you wish you just need a really good zoom lens for your smartphone?

Have no fear! Kodak is alive and well, having re-invent itself as smartphone camera/video accessories with the attachable Kodak PIXPRO SL10 16MP Smart Lens Camera (Black), http://www.radioshack.com/kodak-pixpro-sl10-16mp-smart-lens-camera-black/1602927.html#.VJjAt5CcBg

By a simple clip, it...

Connects to your iOS or Android device via Wi-Fi and NFC (Near Field Communication)

16-megapixel BSi 1/2.3" CMOS sensor captures your world in crisp, lifelike detail, even in low light

10x optical zoom allows you to shoot from greater distances without sacrificing detail

28mm wide-angle lens lets you fit more into every shot

Flip-out grip clips the Smart Lens to your smartphone for easy use

Free app lets you control all functions with your smartphone

Savor your life's memories with 1080p HD video

Optical Image Stabilization keeps shaky hands from ruining the shot

Continuous Shot Burst Mode captures up to 6 frames-per-second, so you never miss a frame

Save photos and video on a microSD card or transfer them to your mobile device for instant sharing

Simply put,  Kodak PIXPRO SL10 16MP Smart Lens Camera turns your smartphone or your tablet into an high-end SLR professional camera.


Wish you revert back to being a kid again and have the dexterity and the burning curiosity of just tinkering and watch stuff happen?

LittleBits, http://littlebits.cc/, are cases of electronic bits that can hook up magnetically then do all sorts of cool stuff, once connected.

This scribe's fave is the Synth Kit, http://littlebits.cc/kits/synth-kit, where from unassuming bits, you have fashioned yourself a mini keyboard that you can compose music and songs, in the palm of hands...Nope, it's not a smartphone but actual electronic components that act as keyboard keys, from easily hooked up and interchange through magnetic connectors.

There are other LittleBits Kits: Base Kits, http://littlebits.cc/kits/base-kit and the Smart Home Kit, http://littlebits.cc/kits/smart-home-kit for the Big Kid Do-It-Yourselfers where you build your own little devices to control your AC from anywhere, automate your curtains to open at sunrise, and make a remote controlled pet feeder.


Big toys for big kids who are little kids at heart or little kids with big brains.

Swatch Let It Shine Fall Winter 2014 Collection, Gateway Drug to Tissou Quartz Rose Gold with Diamonds

By Laura Medina

The Swatch of today isn't the Swatch of Gen-X's junior high past.

Swatch has upped its game without losing it's price point.

Case in point, it's beautiful gateway drug to real adult watches, it's "Let It Shine" 2014 Collection in femme fatale rose-gold finish, http://www.swatch.com/en/collections/let-it-shine

Affordable enough that you can bought several for your daughter, sister, cousin, and yourself.

Wait a minute but for yourself, you've moved on in your education, career, and lifestyles from single to married then back to being single, you deserved the more mature version among the Swatch family, the sexy and fast-paced Tissot T-Race Women's Quartz Rose Gold PVD Case with White Dial and Diamonds Watch, http://us.tissotshop.com/watches/t-sport/t-race/tissot-t-race-women-s-quartz-rose-gold-pvd-case-with-white-dial-and-diamonds-watch.html

Think of her as the "Emma Peel/Bond Woman" of watches, Tissot T-Race Lady series is a combination of color with its roots at the racetrack. Motorbike-racing-inspired elements get edgy, shown here in white with rose gold PVD coating. This sporty timepiece boasts a dramatic design with bike-racing inspired elements. The piece is built with a stainless steel case, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal shielding three chronograph dials and a date indicator. It comes with 9 Top Wesselton Diamonds of 8/8 single cut and 0.0270 carat.

After Christmas shopping, you deserve a Couple of Bordeaux Wines.

By Laura Medina

Are you sick and tired from the stress of Christmas shopping?

Wish whatever you bought for Christmas will stretch into the New Year...and beyond?

You need two, two wines from the Bordeaux Region of France, one sweet and syrupy.  The other light and bubbly.  Either one will help you relax.

Castelnau de Suduiraut, Sauternes 2007 is bursting with ripeness in sunny afternoons then condenses its fructose in foggy mornings then aged and fermented in barrels for 12 months.  Castelnau is a selection of vines that is ripe before the rest of the vineyard.

Another sweet relief is Chateau Haut-Colombier, Cotes de Blaye 2010.  Squeezed then blended with 90% Merlot and 10% Fifty Old Vines Malbec from the hillside and a sunny vineyard, they harvest at night to cool grapes.  A third of the vintage is aged in new French Oak from the best coopers.  The 2010 vintage is concentrated in the notes of mocha and ripened black fruits, deep in color.

Now, treat yourself kindly with these two magnificent Bordeaux wines because you earned them.



Light-Weight & Classic, Gerard Cosmetics

By Laura Medina

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Love the multi-benefits of a BB Cream but can't stand the thickness of it?

Gerard Cosmetics built its foundation...pun intended...on a lightweight, breatheable BB Cream that can be worn during sweaty Summer.

It imparts a golden shimmer, giving a warm radiance during Winter and perfectly ideal for Summer.

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Gerard Cosmetics returns a retro shade, that happens to be the Color of 2015, then made it a classic.

Not only a classic in color but a classic in texture and formula, Gerard Cosmetics' 1995 Lipstick is a throwback to the year when Grunge and deep neutrals were hot.  It also represents the Color of the upcoming, new year of 2015, Marsala.  A muted version of Chanel's Vamp yet edgier than Bobbi Brown's neutral, milky browns, think of 1995 as a grown-up state of the punky burgundy.

Since 1995 Lipstick gently hint the new "classic," replacing the standard red, it's also classic in texture and formula.  You can re-purpose it as a dab and blur cream blush, the way they used to do it when makeup was in its infancy.

The Nineties, with its subtle neutrals of gray, slate, black, and muted burgundy, Gerard Cosmetics' 1995 Lipstick is one of many version of 2015's Marsala and the new classic for the 2010s.

Hyper-Real Skin, High-Definition Makeup, Miracle Skin Transformer & Urban Decay's Naked on the Run Travel Palette

By Laura Medina

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Wanna look hot yet "all-natural" while on an holiday, say this time or you're traveling and working for a photo shoot or a TV shoot for an holiday special, and packing hundred pounds of hundred beauty products isn't your idea of fun and relaxation?

Miracle Skin Transformer is here to help.

This unsung hero magically "transforms" your skin beyond camouflaging bad habits, zit pits, and environmental damage.

Packed with healing and nourishing Camapu Plant, Marine collagen, Manuka Honey, Japanese Licorice Root Extract, Blue Mountain Sage Oil,Vitamin C + Ergothioneine, Edelwiess, SmartSal10, Pomegranate, and Sunflower Extract, Miracle Skin Transformer Face 20 is a Swiss Blade Knife that tackles wrinkles and zits, tackles age/sun spot damages, and soothes and heals blemishes.  The Manuka Honey replaces the oil for hydration.

 In six different shades, even Translucent for the ultimate "all-natural" Photoshop Blur (ideal for acne-scarred men or kids too young for makeup), Miracle Skin Transforrmer Face SPF 20 turns your mug into a smooth, velvety, suede canvas for makeup.

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If you're hyper conscientious or been really naughty with picking at your pimples and blemishes, or the years have caught up with you in the forms of under-eye bags, broken capillaries, and "cold/flu" redness, Miracle Skin Transformer Treat & Conceal is that extra dab and spot for those and "environmental damage spots and dots" for that extra-smooth appearance.

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Working and traveling or really want to impress frenemies and family during the holidays and want it all in one little snap?

The highly coveted Urban Decay's Naked on the Run Palette is the Cliff Notes of their wide array of their hyper-natural and hyper-popular Naked Line.

The chocolatey/rose eyeshadows, matte bronzer/contour and poppy strawberry blush, champagne highlighter, rose suede lipgloss, purple eyeliner, and mascara enhances your natural features and adds a rosy radiance to your eyes, cheeks, and lips for that "Magic Hour" Dawn to Dusk look.

Add that on top of the Miracle Skin Transformer base, you'll get that Photoshop "Hyper-Real" face, ready for a last-minute photo shoot and red carpet or just make everyone envious while you shop and bop from mall to holiday party. 

Urban Decay makes sure you can simply slide their Naked on the Run Palette  through TSA's scanners.

All this, you can pack in your zip-lock plastic bag.

Naked Brit Men for Christmas...Well Into the New Year, Warwick Rowers Calendar

By Laura Medina

On the first rainy night in West Hollywood, one of the Warwick Rowers commented how a night like this, would be considered normal back home in England.

Then, this scribe joked how grateful Los Angeles is, for bringing the weather with them on their American tour, in this parched city.

The Warwick Rowers, from Warwick University, are on tour, promoting their Warwick Rowers Calendar.

Following in the footsteps of the current trend in England of posing nude in calendars to raise funds, the Warwick Rowers are no different.  They needed money to finance their sport and can't think of anything better.

Asked what their families thought of this, they said it was their moms who first bought the calendar.

Brits have a cheeky sense of humor about posing nude while fundraising.  These men aren't above making fun of themselves.

 

They just don't know how hot they are, until they hit the States.

It has been a media blitz since they set foot in Hollywood, even though one of them did get lost while they went jogging up in the Hills.

But, he has since found his footing for that night's event at the Sofitel Hotel's Riveria Restaurant.

If you want to keep them afloat, buy their Warwick Rowers Calendar for the New Year, http://www.warwickrowers.org/