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May 24, 2013

Favorite Thing Friday: Motives Pressed Bronzer

As a tan skinned Latina, I have lived my life with a few misconceptions. The biggest one would have to be that darker skinned people do not need to wear sunblock. I was never the type of person to sit out and bake in the sunlight so I figured I was safe from harmful rays.

I learned a few years ago that NO ONE is safe from the sun.

On a less serious note, I have always been a fan of blush and I really enjoyed using different brushes and applying using varied angles of my face to create different looks. For along time, I didn’t realize that bronzer works much in the same way. But back then, I assumed it was for fair skin girls seeking a more sunkissed look.

Guess who was wrong again?

I tried and quickly fell in love with Motives by Loren Ridinger’s bronzer in Miami Glow. Bronzer works in just the same way as blush as it highlighst the beautiful features of your face. Plus the beautiful shimmer effects and the warm shade makes you look (and feel!) like you just left the beach….sans the sun damage.

Something else that I really loved about this product is the pretty packaging. The case looks like it came from a high end brand when you really know you got a bargain! So whether you live down South all year round or you want to look like you do, grab Miami Glow right now.

Click here for the details!!

Sofia Vergara becomes new spokesperson for CoverGirl

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any better (remember my biggest girl crush Eva Mendes was named Pantene’s new celebrity ambassador?), Modern Family star Sofia Vergara has just earned the honor of being Covergirl’s newest spokesperson!

She just tweeted the following via her Twitter account along with her first behind the scenes photo of the campaign!!

My BIG news!! So happy to be the new @covergirl !!!

Sofia was discovered while walking on a beach in her native Colombia and has been paving the way for Latina’s ever since. My memories of her take me back to the mid to late 90′s when she had a show based out of Miami called “Fuera de Serie” where she traveled to some of the most fabulous places in the world.

Since then, she has integrated into mainstream media and earned countless award nominations including the coveted Emmy and Screen Actor’s Guild Awards for her role as Gloria Pritchett on the ABC hit comedy.

Congrats to Sofia and to Covergirl for adding a new superstar to their roster!

Enter to win 44 lipsticks from CoverGirl!

Leave it to the folks at Covergirl to offer up AccidentalSexiness.com readers with such an amazing contest! Last week I participated in a seven day challenge to see if their new LipPerfection™ Lipcolor gives you gorgeous color instantly, and soft, smooth, beautiful lips in just 7 days. (they really do!)

As a thank you, they have generously offered to award one of my readers with all forty four shades in the LipPerfection Collection!! Each lipstick has a retail value of $6.50, but for one lucky reader, you will score this beautiful set of colors for the total cost of zero.

You can be stylish like Covergirl Taylor Swift or sexy like Covergirl Dania Ramirez. You can even be powerful like Covergirl Queen Latifah!

So what do you have to do to win?

Directions:
1. Follow @covergirl on Twitter then send them a tweet and let them know you heard about the contest on this site. For example, @covergirl I’m in the running to win forty four LipPerfection lipsticks from @asexiness http://bit.ly/mLii1S
Feel free to follow us too if you have not already done so!
2. “Like” the Covergirl Facebook page and leave a message saying, I’m in the running to win 44 LipPerfection Lipsticks from AccidentalSexiness.com You can tag AccidentalSexiness.com by “Liking” us here.

4. Finally, leave us a message in the comments and tell us you are participating so I can look out for your Tweets and Facebook messages!

Look at all the shades that are included!!

Contest ends on May 16th, 2011. Good luck!!

Results: Covergirl LipPerfection 7 Day Challenge

When the folks from Covergirl reached out to me to try out their newest line of lipsticks, I was excited to be able to sample various shades in the collection. Don’t you hate going to the store and seeing a plethora of colors and not knowing how any of the shades will look on your skin tone?

Covergirl’s LipPerfection collection has forty four shades to choose from and I was sent five to try as part of my challenge. Sadly only one of the colors in my package resembled anything I would ever wear. I am not very adventurous when it comes to make-up. I tend to wear more natural colors even when I meet up with my friends for a night on the town.

At least this would be the perfect opportunity to see how the other side lives!

What makes LipPerfection different is that its enriched with silk moisturizing complex and contain a formula that helps sustain moisture levels and helps create soft, smooth, beautiful lips in just 7 days. Could a product really repair my normally chapped lips in such a short about of time?

Here are my results:

Pro’s:
*Covergirl LipPerfection Lipsticks come in forty four shades. I may not have received colors as part of the challenge that I would normally use, but with such a wide variety, I’m sure I could find more than a handful that would rock.

*Coming from someone who normally puts Chapstick on before applying lipstick, I didn’t feel like I needed to take this extra step when using LipPerfection.

*Since I had to walk around wearing these colors on my lips, I decided to take the lightest shade in the bunch and mix it with the others. The result was fantastic!! #255 is like a light beige and worked well as a base for the others. After using this one first, all the others looked much better on me.

Con’s:
*I had to reapply the colors in order to keep the look fresh and to keep the moisture going. This holds true for most lipsticks regardless unless they are marketed as Long Lasting.

Overall, I loved taking the challenge and stepping outside of my comfort zone with make-up. Since I’m always on the go, I also really liked eliminating the extra step and extra product by not having to moisturize first.

You can find the entire collection of LipPerfection shades at your favorite stores including Target, Walmart, CVS, Walgreens and so many others! Try out the 7 day LipPerfection Challenge and let me know if you agree with my outcome!


Photo Cred: Rosy for AccidentalSexiness.com

Eva Mendes named Pantene’s new spokesperson!

Just when I thought today could not get any better, my biggest celebrity girl crush is back in the spotlight! My RSS feed almost lit on fire when E! News Online announced my girl Eva Mendes and Naomi Watts have just signed on to become the newest celebrity ambassadors for Pantene!

“With their undeniable beauty and confidence that women admire, Eva and Naomi are wonderful additions to the Pantene family,” Pantene spokeswoman Julie Marchant-Houle tells E! News.

If you will recall all her sexy Calvin Klein ads, you can just imagine what they will look like for a product that requires her to step into the shower! Muy caliente!

With her gorgeous, flowy locks, it’s natural that Mendes would be representing the “Breakage to Strength” line from the Medium/Thick collection, in stores now!

Congrats chicas!

(sorry for all the exclamation points but I”m seriously excited!!)

Get Kristen Stewart’s “Water for Elephants” Covergirl Look!

She may not have walked the red carpet at the Water for Elephants premiere last night, but Kristen Stewart’s appearance did not go ignored! There to support her man Robert Pattinson, the twenty one year old starlet looked beautiful in a dress by J. Mendel and make-up by Covergirl.

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Royal Wedding Fever! Celebrity stylist Carlos Vera shows you how to get Kate Middleton’s waves!

As April 29th, 2011 inches closer, Royal Wedding fever continues to grow at an exponential rate! I’ve seen Prince William and fiance Kate Middleton emblazoned on everything from coins to iPhone cases.

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