Zoya Touch Collection is a Neutral Lover's Dream

 Ever since hearing about the Zoya Touch Collection, I can't get this old 90's song out of my head. "Touch me, Tease me." It was by a singer named Case featuring  Foxy Brown (do you guys remember her?).  I loved that song. Anyway, I also love  Zoya's new Touch Collection. The collection consist of three gorgeous neutral colors. Also, these shades are really opaque. You can get away with wearing one coat, although these pics are with two.  I also think these would work on any skin tone. Here are swatches, click to enlarge to really see the shades.

Pandora-Muave beige cream color with a hint of metallic.

Zoya Minka-(I assumed named after Derek Jeter's girlfriend actress Minka Kelly. She's gorgeous, and so is this shade -a latte beige cream. Very pretty)

Zoya Shay -Desert Sand rose beige with a hint of metallic

All in all if you're a neutral nail polish lover, or just want to add some to your collection, these shades are perfect for you. As usual Zoya's nail polishes are free of chemicals like toluene, camphor, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, dibutyl phthalate (DBP).

You can order them here.

What do you think of this new collection?

What's your favorite shade?

Many people would describe these as work-friendly shades, but when I worked in news, I  could wear any shade of polish and no one cared. Is that the case for you? Or is your job really strict on nail polish color? 


Hugs, 


Milly

Sample provided for editorial consideration. 

Tips to Maintain Your Hair After a Workout & Weekend Updates & More

Hey loves, how was your weekend. Mine was pretty good. We'll talk more about it at the end of this post. Now, although my schedule is insane, one thing I always try to do is work out. Not only to keep me healthy, but I find working out keeps me SANE, keeps me motivated, and running allows me to get great ME time, as well as lifting my mood. But after a good workout, my hair can end up looking a little weighed down due to the sweat. Because I refuse to wash my hair more than twice a week, that could be a bit of a problem, here are some ways I maintain my hair sexy, after a workout

Before trying this product, I was never a huge fan of dry shampoos, but  I love this one post workout. It's called Coppola Keratin Complex Volumizing Dry Shampoo Lift Powder. Not only does it revive my hair back to it's sexy, but it also puts in some nourishing keratin back into my hair and leaves it feeling like silk.  I love this stuff, and after a good workout, I put it all over the hair, and then turn my blowdryer on cool,  just let it spread evenly through the hair. Lately I've been using it before my workouts as well.

2) I use something called a Dri-Sweat Headband  but not just  on my forehead, I also use it to tie my ponytail. I feel like it will absorb the sweat twice as well. You can get it for like 3 bucks at Walgreens.

 It also comes in a head-cap and I know a few women in my old gym who swore by it to keep their hair great during a workout.  Here's the deets.

3) If you find yourself excessively sweating whether working out or just in general, start incoporating sage tea into your diet. (However consult with your doctor before taking any supplement.) Sage tea is supposed to help in  reducing sweat.

Alright hope this helps.

How was your weekend?

Did you do anything fun?

Mine was pretty relaxing. Saturday hubby and I went to brunch at one of our favorite restaurants Pastis. Thats hubby's hand digging in. I told him to wait until I took the picture! He's so greedy. lol

We then headed to see The Hangover 2.
Hilarious movie, not as good as the original, but still hysterically funny.

Monday we hung out by a pool, and just talked all day.

Yesterday I gave myself a manicure with this gorgeous color by Duri called Cupid Rule. It's such a gorgeous shade of peach  pink. I've gotten so many compliments on it. It was part of their Valentine collection, but I think it works so much better for the spring.

Yesterday I looked at little man and realized,wow, he's  not a baby anymore. In exactly 2 weeks, he'll be 1 years old.  I remember telling you I was pregnant. Time flies.

Oh by the way, winner of Kate Walsh's Boyfriend chosen by random.org is..Aubrey Laine.

Please contact me within 2 days or i'll have to give this to someone else.

How was your weekend girls?

Did you do anything fun?

Hugs,

Milly

PS: Coppola Keratin was provided for review. But let me tell you, this stuff WORKS!

Kate Walsh Boyfriend Perfume & Beauty Must-Have & Giveaway!

Really bad pic of me, but this is me with Kate Walsh!

Yesterday I was invited to meet actress Kate Walsh (Addison on 2  of my fave shows, Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice) and talk with her about her new fragrance/perfume Boyfriend. Just want to start this off by saying Kate was one of the sweetest celebs we've ever spoken to. She's  incredibly down to earth and just wonderful. Anyway, her fragrance Boyfriend was inspired  by her ex boyfriend. She had just broken up with him, and she was missing him. She was missing him so much, that  she decided to go to the store and buy a mens cologne. After buying the cologne and realizing it was way too masculine, she decided that she wanted to create a fragrance. One that would be a combination of a man's scent on a woman's skin, masculine and feminine notes. That's when the fragrance Boyfriend was created.

This perfume contains notes of Jasmine, Myrrh, Golden Amber, Plum. On me, this dries down to a  delicious blend of  sandalwood, patchouli, and vanilla. It smells so good.  A light  subtle fragrance, nothing too strong. I can' stand strong fragrances. I hate when I can smell someone from like two blocks away. Random fact: Did you guys know that the jasmine scent is considered nature's aphrodisiac? Anyway I applied the fragrance while interviewing  Kate, after that I went to meet Mr. Milly for lunch. I took the subway to meet him, and it was packed with people. A man told me I smelled "delicious. " Then I went to meet Mr. Milly and like I always tell you, if Mr. Milly notices anything, that means it's a winner. The man notices nothing. He was quick to notice this scent. He couldn't stop commenting "Man you smell yummy." This product is a winner in my book.

You can order it here.
Kate will be at Sephora in the Houston Galleria on June 4.
Beginning at 10 AM on June 4th, Sephora is offering the first 200 guests who make a BOYFRIEND fragrance purchase an exclusive wristband that guarantees an event photo with Kate.
Kate will also be on HSN July 30th. 

 We also asked Kate Walsh some questions about her beauty routine.
 
What is your must-have beauty product?

At night it's this weird thing, I use Emu Oil. You can get it at whole foods or online. I put it on my skin. It's non comodegenic won't clog pores,  super hydrating. It's very healing. My makeup artist put me on to it. You can use it on your zits, and on burns. A friend of mine put it on her burn after she got burned with a curling iron. At night, I moisturize and then put a little bit of that before I go to bed. Or even in the morning before I do my makeup. It's very healing.

And what products do you use on your hair?

 I use Joico products. Their stuff is great and Bumble and Bumble Red. I love Bumble & Bumble's  red shampoo/conditioner, keeps the red in. And I do a conditioning treatment once every four weeks.

What life advice can you give anyone trying to do what you are doing?
I will say if you have ideas/dreams, talk about it. Share with other people, and get them for support.  I started talking about it, writing about it, the more people I talked to it about, the more buoyed I kind of got. People kept saying "that's a great idea."   You never know who someone knows that can help you. Talking about it a lot, will get you a lot of support.  Also, If the idea won't leave me alone, then I know I got to do it. If something haunts you, DO IT!

Oh yeah one more thing, because we're Beautylogic we're doing a giveaway for Kate Walsh's fragrance Boyfriend. Win a bottle of the Boyfriend Perfume as well as the rollerball.

To enter, just leave any comment about ANYTHING. But I'll mark you down for two entries, if you  leave me a comment about your significant other or ex-significant other. It could be anything. WAS HE A JERK? SPILL IT. LOL, WAS HE GREAT? SPILL IT. Here's my comment: My last boyfriend was my husband, and the first thing I noticed about him when we went on our  blind date was how much he looked like The Rock (Duane Johnson). Pretty much love at first sight.


Giveaway ends Wed June 1

Have a great Memorial day weekend.

We'll be back Tuesday!

Hugs,

Milly

New Boscia Pore Purifying Black Strips

Remember when we first reviewed Boscia's Black Mask. If you don't click here. That little boy still thinks I'm the boogy monster and runs every time he sees me. Anyway, I really ended up loving that mask and I still use it once a week. Now Boscia has released their new Pore Purifying Black Strips.I used to have ridiculous amounts of black heads on my nose, (seriously a lot of times many estheticians could never extract all of them because there was just so many) but with regular facials and treatments, they aren't as bad as they used to be. However, I've still got some.

Why am I trying to look sexy in this pic when I have a pore strip on my nose?

These Boscia Black strips contain Charcoal powder (like the mask) that draw out impurities and detoxifies, silica which controls excess oils and Witch Hazel which is a natural astringent. I was so excited to try these. (Like I said before I loved that mask!)So I quickly put the strip on my nose and played with lil man. He kept staring at me with a weird expression as if asking:.

After about 15 minutes of Lil Man trying to rip my nose off, I removed the strip.
Here it is, loaded with massive gunk. Yuke!

I really like these strips.
They definitely get the job done. 

Hugs,

Milly

Product sent for review. 

Motives Liquid Powder Foundation SPF 15 & Weekend Update

Hey loves, how was your weekend? Mine was pretty good. I'll talk more about it at the end of this post. Anyway, last weekend, I attended The Makeup Show which was such an amazing experience. So many brands, and artist showcasing their products. One of the booths I visited was Motives by Loren Ridinger. Now we’ve interviewed Loren in our entrepemom feature before but I had never tried any of her products. When I visited the Motives booth, I was told that I HAD to try the Liquid Powder Mineral Foundation with SPF 15. So I was matched to the Honey Bronze shade and went on my way. This product is supposed to be 5 in one. Primer, Concealer, Foundation,  SPF and Powder. I can honestly say using this, I didn’t need to use concealer on my hyperpigmentation marks as this gave some amazing coverage. 

I also liked that this blended into my skin beautifully. The color was an exact match to my well... honey bronze complexion. Although this was full coverage, it didn’t look like I had makeup on at all, just  gorgeous second skin and this didn’t feel heavy on my skin. I really liked that this also  contains antioxidants like Vitamin C and E. The  best thing was the longevity I got from wearing this, I had this on for at least 10 hours and it still looked wonderful. I would highly recommend this product. Here's the link to the product.

After 10 hours with this product, still going strong. Excuse my eyebrows. Trying to grow them.

Anyway, how was your weekend. 

Mine was ok. This weekend was my grandpa's bday so I went to his bday part on Saturday. As you girls know my grandmother (abuela) recently died, so this was the first year in 58 years that my grandpa had to celebrate his bday without her. But my family (which is huge) tried to make it amazing for him. Isn't family great?

Speaking of my abuela, friend to the blog actress Anika Noni Rose (Dreamgirls, The Princess and The Frog) walked the Asthma walk on Saturday in honor of my grandma. My grandma passed on April 6 of Ashma. April 6 will forever be known as one of the best days of my life (wedding anniversary) and one of the worst (day abuela died). Anyway, I was supposed to go with Anika but lil man was not having it. He woke up so grumpy on Saturday.  Here's the interview we did with Anika a few years back and here's her asthma dedication page.

A new Home Goods opened in my neighborhood  on Sunday and at 7:30 am you should have seen the line. Well I took a pic for you. 

It was two blocks long. 

All in all, a good weekend.

How was your weekend?

Did you do anything fun?

Hugs, 

Milly

Ruby Kisses Very Sexy Mascara-Great Mascara for under $5

Drugstores are seriously kicking butt when it comes to their mascaras. Last week at The Makeup Show, I received a sample of Ruby Kisses Very Sexy Mascara  in my blogger goody bag and I was honestly shocked at how well this worked. I believe this retails for like 3 bucks. At first when I saw the brush, I wasn't too impressed. It looked pretty basic. Yea it had a lot of fibers but nothing that I hadn't seen before, and come on, this product is like 3 dollars. It can't perform that well....or so I thought!

When I first applied, you should have seen my face. My mouth was wide open in shock!  (Kind of how I felt when I found out Arnold Schwazenegger cheated on his wife. Can you believe that sob?) Anyway, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. This $3.00 mascara was giving me results close to a mascara that I have that's over $20. Finally I just had to put the more expensive mascara on the other lash. And when it came to lengthening and volume, well wow, this mascara beat out the more expensive one, hands down. Lengthening, Volumizing, No clumping, EVERYTHING a mascara needs is in this, except that this isn’t waterproof. When I rubbed my eye during the middle of the day, I had a lot in common with a raccoon.  If there’s a waterproof version of this, I’m on it. This mascara is so good, and for under 5 bucks, holy moley!

To the Left is my $22.00 mascara to the right is Ruby Kisses $3 Mascara

Hugs,

Milly

Winner of Joico Iron &Updates

Hey guys,
Sorry the winner of Joico Iron is coming two days late.
I've been insanely crazy! 
Winner picked my random.org is Comment #41
which is NYCCurls.
Please be advised, if you did not win don't worry, In honor of my 4 year anniversary coming up soon, we're having some serious giveaways.
Anyway, next week, here's the deets, we are doing a few things:
1) Updating you on makeup, I've been trying since The Makeup Show. I like to try makeup on for a week before I post a review.
2) New Hair products.
3) Drugstore Beauty
4) What I did over the weekend.
5) 5 Makeup Tips for the spring from a celebrity makeup artist.
And more.
6) Lil Man is 11 months, and my decision not to vaccinate him for MMR until he's older and why.
And more.

Hugs,

Milly

My WPIX Segment & Vision Board & Tamsen Fadal

Hey guys,
I've been a huge fan of WPIX morning show for years. Recently I've decided that yes I love reporting, but what else do I love, BEAUTY, so why not try to be an on-air beauty correspondent. Since one of my favorite stations is WPIX, two months ago, I added WPIX on my vision board, and also put a pic of me next to the morning show anchor/reporter Tamsen Fadal. I love her because she's not only a top anchor, but she is the author of this fantastic book that all single women should read called "Why Hasn't He Called?" and she and her husband run a match making service in NYC called The Love Consultants. Anyway, guess what happened today. My vision board came true. I did an on air beauty segment with Tamsen Fadal. Here's the clip:

  


I hope this will help you start your vision board.
They do come true.


Hugs,

Milly

The Makeup Show Day 1 & Weekend Review

FYI: Please note blogger was down last week for a day so we are a little behind on our posts. Also if you left a comment for the Joico Dryer giveaway, you may want to re-check if it's still there, as blogger deleted over 40 comments on May 12th due to their problems. 

One of my favorite parts of the year is The Makeup Show. It's a pro only event where thousands of makeup artists come to check out  hundreds of brands that unveil their latest and greatest products or just offer their products at a discounted price. You also really get to see some gorgeous  work from other artists.

I got to talking to a few  brands, and here's what's going on with them.



Stila

Huge trend this season is bright bright eyes! Whether it's eyeshadow or liner, the brighter the better. Stila is releasing the first ever pigmented waterproof glitter eye liners. These are designed to stay put no matter what you do, even after SWIMMING. They come in 8 different shades. Here are swatches of some of them:

They are also releasing their Perfect & Correct Foundation. It contains some major ingredients like ginseng, gingko biloba, and hyuloronic acid which is a great skin humectant. Stila says Perfect & Correct offers lightweight, buildable, and long-lasting coverage while improving the look and feel of skin.

Makeup Forever

Their newest product is the Aqualiner. It's a  waterproof eyeliner that is designed to stay put no matter. what you do and comes in 15 different Shades. They also revealed their Uplight.

Uplight is an additive. (Meaning you can add it to something like your foundation or lotions or use it alone.) It gives you gorgeous luminous skin. It comes in three different categories: The teen category is  very sheer and light. The two series, 21, 22, 23, a little more shine, the three series a lot of shine with sparkle. These are water based.


Motives by Loren Ridinger

I never knew that Motives customizes their foundation to your skin tone. If you have skin problems, they will also add products that will improve your skin health. They had some gorgeous eyeshadow colors. I picked a few of them up and will review them soon.

HissyFit by Reggie Wells

I was so close to Oprah this weekend!!! Well not really. But her makeup artist Reggie Wells was at the show with his line Hissy Fit. A line he specifically made to help Oprah because she didn't know how to apply her own makeup. We'll give you a review of what we think soon.

If you go to the Makeup Show today  Monday May 16th, Reggie is actually doing a great seminar called A Career in Makeup. This is the man behind OPRAH!! You Should go!

 Kevyn Aucoin

The Kevyn Aucoin  brand revealed to me that they are revamping their whole line and their packaging as of Feb 2012. Not sure how I felt about that. I loved their products already and to me their packaging looks so elegant and gorgeous. Change is not always good. But oh well. We'll see....


Smashbox

Smashbox revealed their Creamy Cheek Trio.  A gorgeous set of cream blushes at an amazing price. $48.00 bucks.

We'll try to make it to round 2 today at The Makeup Show today.

Here's what I did this weekend:

After the show I met up with Cassie and we took a walk around the city. We spotted this unbelievable statue in the park.

 

 The statue is  called Echo and was created by Spanish designer Jaume Piensa. It depicts his 9 year old neighbor lost in a state of thought. It was so beautiful. 

After that, I came home and tried to teach my lil man how to sweep the house. Hey I need help around the house too.  

Sweeping wasn't his thing.

How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun?

Hugs,

Milly

Keratin Perfect-New Product to Watch Out For!

Premiering This Week at Sephora

A lot of you girls have e-mailed me about keratin treatments. I haven't had it done, nor will I, but here's a new product coming out next week in Sephora which allows you to do it at home. 

KeratinPerfect, the first-of-its-kind at-home keratin smoothing system and product collection!

 

According to Keratin Perfect PR "There is nothing else like this on the market as it is ONLY created with good-for-your hair ingredients (absolutely NO formaldehyde) while infusing 40% keratin back into the hair with each use. KeratinPerfect also promises to cut blow drying and styling time and half, while de-frizzing your hair."

 

In addition to the at-home smoothing kits, they will also be introducing a full keratin-rich product line for everyday use.

 

This might be something to look at if you're interested in trying keratin.


Hugs,

Milly