Hope your weekend is wonderful so far! Tomorrow, September 22nd, 2013, is Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty event, day 15. The theme of the beauty bargains for the day? Brightening! The beauty bargains of the day are Laura Geller’s Balance-n-Brighten Baked Color Correcting Foundation, and Smashbox Photo Op Under Eye Brightener. Both are perfect for the working woman, the busy mother, or the insomniac. They will make your complexion and skin glow, even if you have to fake it!
Laura Geller’s Balance-n-Brighten Baked Color Correcting Foundation is on sale for $20 ($48 value).
Smashbox’s Photo Op Under Eye Brightener is on sale for $10 (50% from usual $20).
Check out my swatches, photographs, and before/after’s inside!
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The Laura Geller Balance-n-Brighten Baked Color Correcting Foundation also comes with a retractable baked powder brush which is an AWESOME deal. The retractable brush is nice to tote around with you in the future to use with other makeup products as well.
Mine is in Medium. I recommend that if you purchase this, you go with the shade that is darker than normal. This is “Medium” but actually would fit a Light-Medium complexion really well. This foundation is mineral oil-free and paraben-free. It contains antioxidants and has that baked silkiness to it.
Above, you can see my BEFORE/AFTER using Laura Geller’s Balance-n-Brighten Foundation! It’s quite a noticeable difference. The before picture shows a dull complexion, some redness, and overall uneven skin tone. In the after photo, my skin looks brightened, like it’s been highlighted, and the uneven skin tone is fixed. I love this product. It feels super lightweight, like you’re not even wearing anything, and you barely even notice it on your face. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for light coverage in a foundation. If your skin is already pretty good and you just want something that will overall correct, balance, and brighten your complexion, this is a great choice for you. I’ll be using this as an “everyday” option for when I want light makeup coverage.
Laura Geller’s Balance-n-Brighten Baked Color Correcting Foundation is on sale today for $20 ($48 value), both in stores and online. Go to “Day 15” on Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty event calendar.
The second product is the Smashbox Photo Op Under Eye Brightener. Oh how I love the Smashbox Photo Op makeup line. If you’re someone who gets photographed a lot, whether for your job or even for leisure, then definitely check out this line from Smashbox. It’s meant to enhance your beauty, particularly even with a high-quality camera, whether photo or video. A lot of celebrities and career women who are on TV or in front of a video camera are huge fans of this line because it just looks so perfect in high definition.
This product has Vitamin C, red wine extract, peptides, and collagen to restore youthful skin around your eye area. Even better, it wakens and brightens the skin like crazy. The product comes with a small brush applicator and it applies like a sheer concealer. It has light-reflecting particles in it that really stand out and make your under-eye area look awake and refreshed. You can use this alone or before you apply your under-eye concealer. I used it alone and got fantastic results.
You can see in the Before/After above just how much brighter my eye looks in the second photograph. I did nothing except apply this product around my eye area. It took the dark area underneath my eye and made it look lighter. I just love that this photographs so well.
You can see in the larger AFTER photograph above that my eye area really looks nice, even in high definition. Even if you’re not a model or a celebrity, or you spend no time in front of a camera, this is a beautiful product to have handy for when you need an extra boost.
Smashbox’s Photo Op Under Eye Brightener is 50% off today only, selling for $10 in store and online. You can browse and purchase this product on Ulta’s website during Day 15 of Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty event!
I have more yummy-goodness coming up for you in terms of Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty event. There is a different beauty bargain every single day through September 28th, 2013. You can check out their calendar of events here.
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