Beauty-fuls: We hippie heart totally natural skin care brands!

OK...so you totally know how obsessed we are with makeup and skin care so it should probably not be a surprise that when we find a great natural line of makeup we go totally coo-coo for coco puffs!

There are soooo many crappy chemicals and weird additives in makeup now it's creeepy. Things we never knew could hurt us...and because it just goes on our skin and not inside, we think it's totally fine...but think again.

Our skin absorbs all of those gross chemicals and could cause allergic reactions or worse!

So after doing a few tests (oh! you are totally welcome! it was our pleasure...anytime!!!) here are our 3 favorite and most consumer friendly lines.

Jane Iredale (never heard of her? yeah it can be a wee bit tricky to find...after all it's not in Sephora ;) ) has been creating stunning cosmetics the mineral way for years! Her all natural mineral cosmetics are sooo beautiful and refined you will look like you just got a professional airbrushing from a fashion magazine!

We are obsessed with her liquid eye shadow...it's like spreading silk across you lids.

And it doesn't crease or get that weird oily smudge to it!

Move over YSL Touche Elcat! We found your better, more healthy sibling.

Jane's Active Light Concealer conceals AND brightens skin with Vitamin K, white tea and cucumber! Yes please!!!

Dear Tarte Cosmetics,

Thank you!! Thank you for your move into the natural realm. Thank you for having amazing products that work as well as super cute packaging!

We are all fluttery heart for your stuffs. Your cheek and lip stains that are jam packed with everything we want and nothing we don't are perfection!!!

No more weird smudges or too harsh colors...just totally natural looking flushed cheeks and kissable lips.

This mini kit is perfection for all year round...

We die die die for your mascara...

sure we have to curl our lashes a bit before we use it but it works sooo well at lengthening, strengthening and plumping our lashes we don't mind the extra step!

P.S. TARTE IS 30% OFF TODAY!!! (Nov 29th 2010) FOR CYBER MONDAY!

From the stunning model and ex-face of the chemical heavy beauty line, Maybelline, Josie Maran started her line, aptly named Josie Maran, to be pure and gentle and totally eco friendly. And now we say...THANK YOU!

We super heart her all over color pallete!

It is filled with gorgeous and neutral shades of makeup you can wear on your cheeks, eyes, and lips. The colors are sooo natural inside and out that any one can wear them. And the best part? Well besides the fact that it's 100% natural? No more over packing your makeup bag!!!

Wether you are at the gym or done with your day, Josie's makeup remover wipes are perfect!Made from biodegradable wipes and a blend of natural ingredients, these wipes are the best around! And with every purchase they donate a portion to the SOS polar bear initiative!

So what ever you choose to put on your pretty little faces this season and next...take an extra moment to look to see exactly what is going on there...for your sake and the next generation.

xoxo things we heart

Beauty: It's the BALM!

Ahhh the chilly autumn air, no wait, the really hot and dry air, no... back to chilly with a little wind.... Arrrggghhhh!!! Time to grab the lip balm! 

Rapid weather changes are a sure fire way to dry out your pretty little pout! 

You can feel it right no can't you? Lips a little tight? Go now and grab some moisturizer for your lip! HURRY!! Before you end up with some serious chapped lips! 

Have no fear our dears, we bring you our choice lip balms!

(Not lip GLOSS that is another post :) 

Jack Black's Black Diamond Formula Intense Therapy Lip Balm SPF 25

Is rumored to be the best around, and with the SPF 25 sun protection we don't doubt it. 

Luxuriant and rich, and with tons of shea butter to make your lips soft as pillows. Now they say it is a men's brand... But we say our lips deserve equal rights! 

If you are looking for girlie, and delicious and multi-tasking lip balm, look no further then Camilla Balm by Julie Hewette. 

For lips, eyes, face and hands... This little pot o'magic takes care of it all. 

Want to moisturize your lips and add a dewy glow to your eyes? Want ancient Chinese beauty secrets made in a cruelty free, organic product? We do. 

We heart this balm because it is super light and not too sticky. 

Tried and true! The gals of T-W-H always have at least one of these floating around their car or purse. 

What is not to love about yummy, yummy Rosebud salve? It gets the job done, smells delicious and comes in the cutest retro packages and will not break your bank. 

Plus you can even get the Strawberry kind! SOLD! 

Remember in 1st grade when you thought you were so cool with your little tin of "lip gloss" I don't even remember who made them... But this Tarte tin is bringing me back! 

But now it has SPF 15, is all natural and the flavor is not Root Beer. 

You know your friends will all want one when they see you pull this little tin from your back pocket! 

Speaking of old school... Way before our time, but cute and nostalgic all the way is this retro Schweppes Sparkling Pink Grapefruit lip balm by On 10 R, 
We heart the vintage compact! 

Another tried and true old standby is Soft Lips... Oh, Soft Lips... So close to Miss Me's heart. I keep these guys EVERYWHERE! 

Car, Purse, Diaper Bag, Husbands Car, Desk Drawer.... I gotta have my Soft Lips! 

And now they are ORGANIC!! Joy of joys! 

This was a great gift I once received from my little sis, who is a big, big Fresh lover.  She swore I would be hooked and I am. Fresh Sugar Rose Tint Lip Balm

It has soft traces of a lemony-sugary taste....

Light as light can be with SPF 15 and the faintest hint of color, this is the perfect I want to look pretty and healthy with no makeup, makeup. 

Big heart for this one. 

Ohhhhhhhhh, we saw you kisssssssing him! I wonder if you will still get teased for making out with your sweetie when you wear this Jr. High flash back... 

Well, it was worth it then and it will be worth it now! writing this reminded me of these yummy flavored and stunningly packaged lip balms! 

Rachel Perry Lip Lovers!!! 

Need we say more? 

Now when times get really tough, and when you got to call in the big guns... Don't reach for the Blistex (your lips can become addicted to the menthol, an ingredient that is really making your lips dryer!)

Go for something soft, yet powerful, something that has stood the test of time... Go for Elizabeth Arden's 8 hour cream! 

We kid you not! Created in 1930 by Elizabeth Arden to soothe skin, Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant became an instant and overwhelming success. What made it so effective is a combination of petrolatum, a skin-soothing beta-hydroxy in one of its first cosmetic uses, and vitamin E. 

Even its name came about thanks to a remarkable performance - a loyal client used it to treat her child's skinned knee and "eight hours later" the skin was all better.

Miss Me first heard about the cream while pregnant when a make-up artist friend let loose the tip that it was great to fight stretch marks! Well, I can't say if it was the 8 hour cream or if it is in the genes... But 2 babies later and no stretch marks! 

But I do swear by it for super chapped lips, put a dab on before bed and by the morning.... Hello gorgeous! (Well, lets not get carried away, but at least the chapped lips are gone!) 

So be prepared sweet readers... And remember, the wind is your enemy! 

XOXO- Things-We-Heart

Beauty-fuls: We heart a doe eyed gaze...and loooooong lashes!

How many times have you gone out and bought the "amazing" new mascara from the commercial you saw on TV only to be disappointed and $10 poorer?

How many times have you watched Drew...

Penelope...

and Kate...

...bat their gorge doe eyes, that they got from the tube that you are holding in your frustrated polished hand, only to find out that their loooong lush lashes (say that fast...ready GO!) didn't come from the tube your holding but from false lashes from a pro!

We think last year there was a whole controversy about it saying it was false advertising but that disappeared in a flash...

So here we sit...with short eyelashes afraid of extensions, you should be, they are expensive and you can risk losing your own lashes when the extensions fall out...wondering what we can do for that coveted doe eyed gaze.

Well, once again the gals o' t.w.h. are here to aid you on your way to yummy long lashes...

You can either put on falsies...which we lurve to do when we are going out...they are quick, inexpensive but totally temporary (don't sleep over a new boys house with these on...trust us you might wake up with "spiders" on the pillow case)

or grab a tube of the new lash enhancers on the market for naturalish, super long and somewhat permanent lashes.***

Here are the benefits of lash enhancers...

Although this is a picture from Lastisse...one of our closest friends tried one below and got these results!!!!

Here are the top 5 lash enhancers we found...

***But buyer beware...we did a ton of research on the top 5 to buy but since they all have very similar ingredients we do not know which works the best ....we didn't test them all ourselves...

And we do not know which are the safest...***

Lastisse- Probably the most recognizable due to the huge amount of advertising they do and the fact that they got the patent first. It was used to help Glaucoma patients with eye pressure and people started noticing the beautiful side affects! (My grandma..and her eye lashes are thick! she is 80!)

So they re marketed the medicine and voila!...long lashes for everyone.

The side affects they say are the most common, although a small percentage, is the darkening of your iris and irritated eye lids.

Use at your own risk.

Revitalash- This is the next most popular one with similar side effects but with out the Glaucoma medicine that Lastisse has. It is said to work just as well and just as fast.

LiLash- We found this one from a site that rated a few different lash enhancers by testing them on herself.

She said this one was the least irritating, best priced and by far the best of the ones she used!

Sign us up!!!!

Tarte Mulipleye- The super cute and much loved cosmetic company's answer to the LE world.
This one has more natural ingredients (but still chemical) to condition and help the "health" of your lashes and the side effect of healthy lashes is lushness and thicker hairs.

We are not sure how much longer they get but some testers found they were definitely more dense.

Lash Alive- The natural (real natural) gals answer to the LE world. Made up of Organic ingredients...yay...this product does a similar job to the Tarte one.

It helps your lashes get healthier and thus they look more plump and luscious...and organically....YES PLEASE!!!!

MD Lash Factor- OK...this is the real reason for this post. The one we mentioned above.

While we were lovingly gazing at one of our most gorge gals, we noticed how crazy long and supermodel worthy her lashes were. She whispered her secret to us and it was MDlash Factor.

Her lashes were getting soooo long she had to use MDlash every other day to keep them at bay (hee hee we are poets and didn't even know it).

Um...yeah...I think we will pick up a tube of that too!

Not ready to try the medicinal route or a commitment? Go false!

They come in soooo many shapes, sizes, colors, types, brands...you could try a different pair every day for a year and probably not have tried them all.

They are super easy to apply, with a bit of practice, and can look as natural or as dramatic as you want!

Here are the top fancy pants (yet totally worth it) 2 brands for your shopping pleasure and guaranteed satisfaction...

Makeup artists around the globe use these 2...

MAC

Shu Uemura

OR

Visit Madame Madeline for any brand of falsies you can ever imagine!!!!

Here is a super cute girl doing a demo on how to apply falsies...sooo good! Love her eye makeup too ;)

Still not ready? Grab a great tube of mascara and the perfect liner and you will be GTG and still have enough moolah in your wallet for a new pair of boots ;)

P.S. Thank You N.K.Y. for your gorgeous DYG (Doe Eyed Gaze) and inspiring us to write this post

P.P.S. You are beautiful no matter how long your lashes are!

xoxo t.w.h.

Beauty-fuls: Stick it to me! We heart Beauty in a Stick!!!

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There is nothing worse than opening your uber cute purse or well stocked beauty clutch to find your make up crumbly and spilling out everywhere ruining and coating the inside of artfully designed lining.

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Then when you reaching to grab something...your perfectly manicured paws are covered in a dust cloud of your fav powder or eye shadow.

Fear no more beauty lovers...sit tight and embrace the newbies...the beauty babies of technology...some are do-it alls...some are just super convenient and amazing.

Introducing...beauty on a stick...well in a stick to be more precise.

Now...yes...beauty in a stick has been around for a bit of time...but we aren't reeeeally talking about lipstick or ummm concealer sticks...ooorrr chapstick...Nope not here.

These are the next level of beauty.

First and certainly foremost...the do it all..all in one face stick. Bobbi Brown's Foundation Stick.

Use it as concealer, foundation (medium or full coverage), a lipstick (yup...mix with gloss or chapstick for a perfectly great nude color.

Super easy to use...comes in 17 real skin colors and pop it in your cutey bean clutch for a night out with your girls.

Over dipping your fingers in tubs of goo...or squeezing a tube of thick stinky ointment to apply to your endlessly dry tootsies? Have no fear...Butter London is here! Bye Bye goopiness...hello gorge heels.

Just glide on their solid Stiletto Stick, filled with yummy ingredients like Macadamia Nut Oil and say hi soft feet...where have you been?

You know when you look at stars photos on the red carpet and they always look doe eyed and glowy? Here is one of the tricks they don't really want you to know about...put a lil' bit of this in the corners of your eyes and a wee bit on your brow bone and a tweety bit in your cupids bow (that super cute part just on your upper lip line) and you are RTG.

This uber convenient beauty stick from Pixi called Sparkle Stick does all of those things. It gives a glimmery gold glow that reflects the sunshine for a cute Twilight-y like glow. (You kinda have to be a fan to get that one...sowwy)

So the other day I was kissing my stunning partners shoulder (hey..hey...not like that...she's just sooo cute and amazing you want to smoosh her with kisses like you would a cuddley Unicorn) and I got a super faint waft of vanilla..she said it was this new 100% natural deodorant stick from our fav' parfume line, Lavanila.
Not only is it totally free of the gross chemicals most stinky sticks put in their odor eaters, but it is jam packed with botanicals, anti oxidants and essential oils. Bring it on!

OK...stick?...well not exactly...but kinda-ish...but ridiculously cute and fantastically fun EOS lip sphere...Sounds super futuristic!

It's like what Steven Spielberg would have his flight attendants use if he did an airplane movie set in the future...Wait! No...it's exactly what those crazy stylish and fashion forward Japanese girls use to soften and protect their beautiful lips.

It's 95% organic and 100% natural (we know...uber confusing..but trust us...that's good) and jam packed with yummy oils and Vitamin E to smooth your kisser.

Wanna want it even more??? It comes in crazy yummy flavors and is under $7!!!

So this next one may not be necessarily "beauty" on a stick per say...but it for sure will help you be more "beautiful" on the outside (the inside part is up to you).
The Time Freeze Cooling Stick from Lumene (yeah...super affordable again!...you're welcome) is perfect for those mornings after a fun-filled late night, after the gym, or just when ever you need to freshen up.

In one easy, super purse friendly and uber portable beauty on a stick swipe, you can diminish puffiness (damn salty margaritas) and moisturize your gorge gaze.

Speaking of beauty on a stick that will help make you a beauty with out being make up...we bring you the Lancaster SPF stick. This product is the Mensa baby of the old 80's Zinc Sun Protection sticks.

Its SPF 20 for your face and lips (and don't forget your ears too) jam packed into a crazy convenient and ultra portable stick on a rope.

It's water resistant and formulated for outdoor activities...protects against wrinkles and most important melanoma...oh and hi...it wont turn your skin chalky....yes please!!!

Ahhh...I am always in the search for that perfect inner eye area glowiness that really makes me look awake...sooo many gorge ladies of Hollywierd use that trick to open up their eye area and create a innocent and dare we say youthening effect.

Problem is...the products are either too mucho $$$ or too chalky and glittery..but meet Mark. No, literally meet Mark Cosmetics Wink Stick silky eyeshadow stick.

It glides on in 8 uber pretty and shimmery (not glittery) colors...oh it's only $6!

Now that your beautiful face is fully covered...let's take a trip down to Gamdom...that's the kingdom of your hardworking glorious gams.

Tarte's Glam Gams (ahhh love that name) perfectly glides on and bronzes your legs for a "watch out Giselle...here I come" effect.

Why is Tarte's leg bronzing stick better than other gam tan sticks on the market???

Well for a few reasons really...not only will your legs look tones and tan...but this stick is filled to the brim with skin toning, skin tightening and skin saving ingredients.

Created with something called the t5 super fruit complex, Tarte's stick delivers rich nutrients and vitamins to your legs on contact. Wooo hoooo!

Oh Tarte...thank you for your super model worthy leg stick! And now that we found that...we are dying to try your Eco Cheek stain.

After reading that it gives you 15 seconds of adjustment time (won't dry on contact like 99% of the other cheek stains) until it drys to a natural glow...we are sold.

Then we kept reading and realized that it too is jam packed with your fantastic t5 super fruit complex for uber healthy skin and comes in 11 super natural looking shades we are gonna buy stock in it. (Well one day we will...after our blog takes off...hee hee).

So go out...grab a stick or 2...pop them in your super cute summer hobo and say bye bye to mess and hello to easy beauty!

xoxo t.w.h.