Luxe

I'm a mascara fiend constantly searching for a better product, and I think I've finally found my match. Cover Girl's Lash Blast is amazing. I used to use other brands' waterproof mascaras, but then had to switch to regular, due to broken and missing eyelashes. It wasn't pretty. Since I had to switch to regular, I never thought I'd be able to find a mascara that held like a waterproof, but didn't rip my eyelashes from my lids when removing. Little did I know that Lash Blast was calling my name from the Target shelves. I first started with the Orange Tube (regular Lash Blast), but when I went to pickup a refill tube last week, I encountered a Pink Tube (Last Blast Luxe). There are four shades of Luxe, each with subtle shimmers - Black Platinum, Black Cabernet, Black Royale and Black Emerald. I chose Black Platinum and love it! Thanks, Cover Girl, for helping me overcome my resistance to non-waterproof mascara!

Back to MAC

For all you MAC Cosmetics lovers, get rewarded for recycling! The Back 2 MAC program gives you one free lipstick, lip gloss or eye shadow for every six used MAC products you recycle. The bonus for me was the recent addition of a free lip gloss or eye shadow to the recycle program! It used to be that you could only exchange for a tube of lipstick. For years, I used to recycle my products and give the lipsticks to my Mom, because I wanted someone to take advantage of the free goods. But now, I can choose my favorite lip glosses and eye shadows, which I go through regularly.

Just make sure that the items you recycle are still in fairly good condition and are of primary plastic MAC packaging (i.e. lipstick/lip gloss tubes, foundation cases, eye shadow palettes, lotion bottles, etc.).

The only exception is that you can't redeem your recycled packaging for Viva Glam products, since 100% of the proceeds goes to charity.

Hey, if you're going to recycle, might as well get something out of it to glam you up!