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Raspberry Banana Split Smoothie

February 11, 2015 25 Comments

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I have a sweet tooth that is borderline out of control. I am always trying to find ways to cut corners and trim down on the not-so-good-for-you stuff and ice cream happens to be on that list and in turn, milkshakes. I was so excited to find out that Müller® now makes Ice Cream Inspired Yogurt which is totally a better-for-you option!! There are a few flavors to choose from but I was inspired by Raspberry Chocolate Chip to make a Raspberry Banana Split Smoothie!

The flavors in the new Ice Cream Inspired line are Raspberry Chocolate Chip, Mint Chocolate Chip and Vanilla Bean. Each one is pretty darn amazing. In the Vanilla Bean flavor you can see the little specs of vanilla beans throughout and in the Mint Chocolate Chip and Raspberry Chocolate Chip you can see small pieces of shaved chocolate suspended throughout. No mixing necessary! YUM!

I actually really enjoy eating them right out of the cup and love how pretty they are. They are perfect for eating on the go snacking or adding them into your breakfast routine.

So let’s get right into the recipe!

Raspberry Banana Split Smoothie

Prep time

1 min

Cook time

1 min

Total time

2 mins

This is a quick and easy smoothie alternative to an ice cream milk shake.

Author: Laura Gallaway

Recipe type: Smoothie

Cuisine: Dessert or Snack

Serves: 1

Ingredients

1 banana
1 handful of raspberries
1 cup of Muller Raspberry Chocolate Chip yogurt
Whip Cream

Instructions

In a blender combine the yogurt and the fruit and blend until combined.
Add whipped cream and garnish with a raspberry and serve.

I really love this smoothie and so does my daughter and I have no guilt in giving it to her. The banana really added the thickness I was looking for and the chocolate and raspberry flavor is already in the yogurt. I liked the punch of tart that the fresh raspberries added, too!

I bought all of these ingredients at my local Walmart when I saw the in-store demo for the new Müller® Ice Cream Inspired Yogurt. I found out that their yogurts are on rollback for $.88. Follow them on Facebook to see new and fun things from them.

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So tell me in the comments: What sort of ice cream treats would you makeover using the Müller® Ice Cream Inspired Yogurts?

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How To: Glam Neutral Lip Look

February 11, 2015 22 Comments

Thank you Burt’s Bees for making this discussion possible.

The Grammy’s was this past Sunday and I LOVED so many of the makeup looks on the beautiful ladies attending the awards show. I did notice one thing in particular though. So many of my favorites were very simplistic and monotone with their makeup looks. All of them had on subtle, neutral eye shadows, muted blushes and a Glam Neutral Lip Look.

When I say Glam Neutral I mean that you KNOW they put something on their lips and even though it looks so natural and neutral it was probably well thought out and/or strategic. I decided that I wanted to show you how to do that yourself at home.

I decided that in order to create a Glam Neutral Lip Look I needed two products. The Burt’s Bees Lip Crayon in Sedona Sands and the Burt’s Bees 100% Natural Lip Gloss in Autumn Haze. They are both beautiful on their own, but together they create something truly special.

I am using the Burt’s Bees Lip Crayon because it has a creamy matte color that looks so pretty on the lips while also being rich in moisture. The gloss I am using has a gorgeous pearlized finish and is also nourishing and softens the lips.

{one} Line the lips with the Burt’s Bees Lip Crayon.

{two} Fill in the lips with Burt’s Bees Lip Crayon.

{three} Dab a touch of gloss in the center of the bottom lip to add dimension and create the illusion of a fuller pout.

These two tips are so simple yet so beautiful. I actually posted a picture on social media of myself wearing this Glam Neutral Lip look yesterday and a few people asked me to share the specifics. I had no issue telling them my secret because the products are great AND 100% natural. So delight up your lips this awards season by wearing lips like the celebrities using Burt’s Bees. Check out Burt’s Bees Lip Tips for inspiration and new ideas, the Lip Color page to find out what all Burt’s Bees has available, and the Lip Shade Finder to answer 4 questions and find out what Burt’s Bees has that is best suited for you!

Tell me in the comments below: What was your favorite kinds of looks from the Grammy’s! Do you already Delight Up Your Lips with Burt’s Bees?

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Burt’s Bees. The opinions and text are all mine.

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Charlotte Tilbury | Filmstars On The Go and Beach Stick

February 5, 2015 26 Comments

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If you have been a reader of mine for any amount of time you probably notice that I have an affinity for gorgeous things. Today I am happy to share with you some beautiful items I recently tried from Charlotte Tilbury Makeup. The Filmstars On The Go palette and Beach Stick have me drooling.

But let’s just savor the packaging for a moment. I am a sucker for gold. Yellow gold, rose gold, white gold… and if there is any sort of design element added into it then I am even more intrigued.

Just look at all the pretty! The starburst effect on the compact is just so pretty. And honestly really reminds me of old Hollywood glamor. Like the look in a lot of the Great Gatsby movie promo photos.

The Filmstars On The Go palette in Some Like It Hot (found here) is KINDA breathtaking. During the winter I prefer rosey tones, but this peachy coral will get all the love from me in the winter when I am a little more golden.

Some Like It Hot is a 70’s inspired, sizzling combination of gilded green-brown eye shadow and a punchy peach pout – a perfect sunshine wardrobe update for Bombshells and year-round Golden Goddesses! Suits all skin tones, looks best on brown-eyed beauties Joan Smalls, Sofia Vergara, Eva Mendes or Selena Gomez.

The Beach Stick in Moon Beach (found here) is kind of amazing. It is an irridescent peach that, again, will look fabulous on warmer skin tones. I am neutral in tone but during the winter I go very pale throwing myself slightly more pink toned. I can already see myself rocking this shade during the warm months!

Cheat your way to a look of endless summer, all year round with Beach Sticks, part of my Easy Makeup in a Minute range. I have bottled your holiday summer glow – the happy, healthy, rested, youthful glow, that only a week at the beach can give you. Simply apply Beach Sticks to your lips and cheeks for a pop of dewy, youthful color in one effortless stroke of these easy, twist-up color sticks. The five shades are inspired by the unique lighting, golden sands & bronzed goddesses of Ibiza. Moon Beach is a luminous, rose-gold, 70’s inspired iridescent peach, inspired by the mesmerising light of Moon Beach.

Left To Right: Beach Stick in Moon Beach, Cream Eyeshadow from Some Like It Hot, Cream Blush from Some Like It Hot. Gorgeous, right?

I actually used these products in a recent video. I created a Sultry Date Night Makeup Look in collaboration with my good friend Eugenia (she is linked in the video). I used the cream eyeshadow in the look as well as the beach stick on the cheeks. I really love both.

I know you are probably just as curious as I am with these two exciting Charlotte Tilbury products so check them out for yourself!

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NARS Makeup Video

January 31, 2015 2 Comments

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Hello ladies and gents! I filmed a video and uploaded it to YouTube. It is a video featuring a lot of my favorite things from NARS including the new All Day Luminous Weightless Foundation. I didn’t know what I was going to be filming before I sat down and did it so it was literally me just playing with my makeup! Everyday is another makeup adventure! HAHA

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Smoky Taupe

January 25, 2015 8 Comments

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It has been a good long while since I actually did a makeup post so I wanted to show you an eye look that I have been wearing nonstop lately. It involves two of my favorite things: taupe eyeshadow and smokey eyes. Granted, I waited until the end of the day to actually take these photos and you can see the redness peeking out of all the corners of my eyes so I apologize for that. But you can see just how well the eyeshadow held up and I will credit that to using amazing products. Follow along and will show you how to create this Smoky Taupe eyeshadow look.

The liner on my waterline is going 6-7 hours strong in these shots. I am really impressed with how long it lasted. Even though its fading and wearing off in these pictures, just remember how long it lasted. It held up beautiful when most stuff is gone in minutes.

What I wore:

Mehron Eye Primer

Tarte Tartelette Matte Eyeshadow Palette

Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Colour in Moonlight (metallic champagne beige)

MAC Nylon

IT Cosmetics Gel Eyeliner Pencil in Black

Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara

MAC Mystery used as brow powder

I first applied a layer of the Mehron Eye Primer. It is silky smooth and allows for anything on top to blend beautifully.

I then took the Tarte Tartelette palette and applied ‘Force of Nature’ as the blending shade in the crease. I further defined the crease by using ‘Dreamer’.

I then took Laura Mercier Moonlight Caviar stick and applied a thin layer onto the lid. I smoothed it out using the warmth of my finger.

I then took the shade ‘Multi-Tasker’ from the Tartelette palette and deepened up the outer-v.

I used MAC Nylon to highlight the inner corner.

I then applied the IT Cosmetics Gel liner onto the waterline and set it with ‘Fashionista’ from the Tartelette palette. I find that if you have problems with keeping liner to stay just set it with a like colored eyeshadow. It may not make it last forever but it will at least double the wear time.

I then defined my brows using MAC Mystery and applied a couple coats of mascara.

This is my Smoky Taupe! So tell me in the comments below: What is your favorite eyeshadow to create a smoky eye with?

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Intel Pocket Avatars Tutorial

January 2, 2015 13 Comments

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Christmas is finally over and we are now into the New Year. I don’t know about you but my family and I have had a lot of down time lately and it is so nice. The hustle and bustle is over, FINALLY! So, what do I do with all this extra free time? I have been playing with this Pocket Avatar app for a week or so. It is actually really cool. It is an app that has a ton of avatars to choose from that mimics your facial movements and records your voice. So basically, you become animated!

With this app you can make fun animated videos to send via text message to your BFF or spouse. I even made one and tweeted it! I have a feeling that before you know it I will own all of the free avatars! Just because I like to play and Raegan sees something on the screen and calls it by name. When I was scrolling through all of the free avatars she saw the dolphin and elatedly screamed, “FISSSSHHYYY!” while jumping and pointing. Had to get it, right? I also bought a unicorn for that very same reason.

I am going to show you how to use it, ready? It is as simple as 1, 2, 3…

{one} Download the Pocket Avatar App for iPhone or Android.

{two} Scroll through the avatars and pick the one you want. When you download it you will see the action on the below left. There are tons of free ones to choose from!

{three} Go into “My Avatars” and choose the one you want to play with!

Yep, it is that simple.

Wanna see it do all sorts of cool things? Just play around with it. When I stick my tongue out, so does he! When I turn my head, so does he! When I wink, SO DOES HE! Amazing!

This app is so easy to use that even my daughter enjoyed it, and she is only 19 months old. She probably can figure more out about this app than I can, to be honest. How do kids just know all the things these days?

Like I said before, you will probably see me using the Pocket Avatar app on Twitter and Facebook and NO DOUBT I will be texting and emailing my avatar videos to all of my friends. I dare you to tweet me to with your avatar! See ya there!

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Marsala Makeup Look + Giveaway

December 23, 2014 10 Comments

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Marsala is the color of the year for 2015 according to Pantone and I have created a fun look using some beautiful products from the Aveda Romantic Grandeur collection. You can see in the video that I opened all of them up for the first time and I had no idea what I was getting into, so it was literally a first impressions kind of thing. That being said, I tried to really draw inspiration from the photo included with the products.

I will first start with the eye products.

Aveda Mosscara in Earth is a brown mascara. It does a good job at coating the lashes but it is a more natural mascara.

petal essence™ single eye color in Allspice is a reddish brown sheen.

petal essence™ single eye color in Ivory Lotus is a warm ivory sheen.

petal essence™ single eye color in Golden Cypress is a pure golden sheen. I would argue that this one has a hint of green/mossiness.

And the lip products… Let me just say, they are EVERYTHING.

nourish-mint™ lip liner in Fire Maple is a cool, vibrant red.

nourish-mint™ smoothing lip color in Gogi Berry is a vibrant, true red.

nourish-mint™ rehydrating lip glaze in Mangosteen is a deep red-violet. It is probably my single most favorite item out of all of the things included.

I had a few people ask me today what I thought about the products and I have to say that I think that every single thing is great. The mascara is my least favorite, but I honestly think it is because I prefer a super dark black mascara and I always have. Probably always will.

Marsala is such a big deal and I think that this look really plays with the red brown tones and does it well. The eye and the lip aren’t something I would normally put together, but the look I was emanating was one that was more “editorial” so I felt like it was fun to play. After it was all said and done I actually ended up enjoying the look. I just kept everything else about my face toned down.

I hope you enjoyed hearing about these products and liked watching the video. If you actually click through to the video it is a giveaway. Enter to win a set of these products yourself by becoming a subscriber, liking and commenting on the video with what product you are looking forward to trying most. This giveaway will end on January 1st, 2015! Good luck!

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Brow Basics with The BrowGal

December 15, 2014 20 Comments

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Brows are the backbone and MOST important step in my makeup routine. I have said that so many times here but I really do feel the need to stress it. Without “putting my brows on” my face would look unfinished and, well… unstructured. My brows are not identical and they are gapped. I have blank spots in random areas of my brow as well as places that don’t have hair that grow anymore because of waxing when I was in my teens. I am going to show you some Brow Basics by using The BrowGal products that you can find at Gloss48!

The three products I am showing you are the Skinny Eye Brow Pencil, Eyebrow Gel, and Concealer/Highlighter duo! The Skinny Eye Brow Pencil I am showing here is the one in the Taupe shade. One side of the brow pencil is a one-turn sharpener to create a sharp lead for precision creation of hair like strokes. The other side is a spoolie brush to brush through your brows once filled in and to find their natural shape. The Eye Brow Gel is super nice for those who rely on a brow pencil to shade or darken their eyebrows, the eyebrow gel is a clear gel that will go over the filler and hold the shape and color of your brow. The gel is water and sweat resistant for the everyday person on the move. The double ended concealer/highlighter is the icing on the cake for The BrowGal!

Perfect brows are so easy to create with his line!

{one} Fill in the brows with the pencil.

{two} Brush through brows with the spoolie side of the pencil. This smoothes out the hairs and get them under control as wel as diffuses product for a more natural look.

{three} Apply brow gel to keep those hairs in place and lock in product.

{four} Clean up the area around the brows with concealer and highlight under the brow!

The steps for this easy, perfected brow sound so simple but so many people have never really done anything with their brows. Back when I worked at a Bare Minerals boutique I would make sure to do everyone’s brows. It gave me so much happiness to get people’s reactions to their own brows. Definitely check out The BrowGal at Gloss48! Great stuff!

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Quick and Easy Blowout

December 11, 2014 Leave a Comment

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Conair. The opinions and text are all mine.

There really is nothing quite like a proper blowout. I know that if I don’t use a blow dryer on my hair while it is still damp I end up with a frizzy, wavy, hot mess of a do and there is nothing I can do to it (short of putting it in a bun) that will tame it! Blowouts usually take 15+ minutes to complete and that is with my fine, medium length hair. It probably takes about half an hour for someone that has thick, luscious locks. With the new Conair Infiniti Pro 3Q Brushless Motor dryer I can get do a full blowout in about 5 minutes. That is pretty special!

The Conair Infiniti Pro 3Q Brushless Motor hair dryer is pretty special. For starters, 3Q stands for Quick, Quiet, and Quality! I can verify that all of those things are true!

Quick – This hair dryer significantly reduces drying time with lower temperature and a faster airflow which, in turn, minimizes damage to the hair follicle.

Quiet – It is quieter than all of the hair dryers I have used. That doesn’t mean it is silent, just quieter. I actually did my blowout today while my daughter was napping and she didn’t even stir.

Quality – It has a longer life, which is awesome because I tend to wear out my hair dryers. It has an advanced brushless motor technology and it uses magnets and electronics to power the motor!

I would also like to say that I feel that this hair dryer has simple buttons. Sometimes there are things that slide up and down and over and THANK GOODNESS that the “cold shot” button isn’t a trigger. I find that with most other hairdryers that I am accidentally doing a cold shot because I grip the hairdryer pretty firmly.

The Conair 3Q comes with three pieces: a brush to clear the front and back nets, a Diffuser attachment to enhance curls and waves, and a Concentrator attachment for pinpoint styling.

Even though this is a brushless hair dryer I actually like using a brush during a blow out because it helps to bend and shape the hair for those fun, flippy ends. I also find that it adds to the volume! You can see in the after picture how perfectly straight my hair is with absolutely zero frizz. And that is free from all additional styling products!

In case you want to see an instructional video, hop on over to the Conair 3Q site! Their tips are super helpful if you are lost.

So tell me in the comments below: What is your go-to hairstyle?

Infiniti Pro by Conair 3Q is the world’s first hair dryer featuring a brushless motor available at mass retail. The dryer’s name is derived from three of its key benefits, all of which begin with the letter “Q:” quick, quiet, quality.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Conair. The opinions and text are all mine.

My Newest Addiction at times reviews products provided by PR companies. This is disclosed at the top of those posts. We also use affiliate links. For more, please see the disclosure page.

Eye Makeup Look Using Only Q-tips

December 2, 2014 24 Comments