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Portable Beauty Products For Glamming on the Go

I love browsing the sample sizes in Sephora before the checkouts. (You know they do that on purpose for the impulse buys!) Having a small stash of beauty goodies with me in my handbag just makes me feel good. I love Stylehive's roundup of the best Portable Beauty Products For Glamming on the Go. I didn't realize that a wireless mini flat iron was possible! Catching my eye is this Yves Saint Laurent Perfect Touch Radiant Brush Foundation ($55). If you're not into the cakey foundation sticks, this liquid formula has a built-in brush for less mess during those emergency touch-ups. See more beauty on the go picks at Stylehive.

Audrey Tautou Stars in New Chanel No. 5 TV Ad

Move over Nicole Kidman. Amelie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and star Audrey Tatou work together again for the new upcoming Chanel No. 5 TV commercial. This mini-film will debut on May 5th (5/5) on Chanel.com. Audrey is also set to star in the french biopic Coco Avant Chanel. See more beautiful photos of Audrey from the TV commercial at Shop Diary.

Can You Go "No Poo"?

Ok I'll admit the title threw me off when I first read it. Having a 4th month old baby, I'm always around poo somehow. But this is about no shampoo. This "no poo" revolution is happening now at a crazy pace. I was emailed this SF Gate/The Mommy Files story and this Daily Mail article, Could you survive without shampoo? It's completely fascinating for someone like me who loves my beauty products and hair goods. Apparently, shampoos are filled with chemicals that aren't good for you, especially not good for kids. Pictured above is one of the Daily Mail writers, Lucy Sutton, who did the experiment and claims, "My hair has much more volume and I have discovered it has natural wave - I'll never use shampoo again." After the initial week of greasiness, her hair overcame it and now feels like silk.

I'm probably too chicken to try this out just yet, but I've been googling it and found some related stories that are great. If you've tried this yourself, please leave a comment.

• Instructables - How-To Go No Poo: Great tutorial on using baking soda to wash and apple cider vinegar to rinse.
• Nature Moms - The No Shampoo Alternative - No Poo: Reasons why to go no poo.
• Life Less Plastic - The No Shampoo Revolution: No 'Poo Update A first hand account of going no poo.

Crabtree & Evelyn Aromatherapy Distillations

I'm absolutely loving the new Aromatherapy Distillations line from Crabtree & Evelyn. I'm using the Deep Cleansing Body Wash ($17.50) that has a fresh peppermint and lime scent that's not overwhelming. It's a great pick me up / wake me up smell. I also have been using the Conditioning Body Lotion ($19.50). The handy pump style and fresh lemony scent has me using it all the time on my hands too!

Travel in Stila Style

These days a gal's gotta pack light to get on a plane. I am a big fan of not checking in bags at the airport when I can. With Travel in Stila Style ($40 at Sephora), you get 6 travel-friendly makeup essentials (all are under the 3 oz or less rule) that all fit into a handy travel case.

Here's what's included inside:
- Illuminating Tinted Moisturizer Shade 01 - Deluxe Size
- Lip Glaze in Brown Sugar - Deluxe Size
- Kajal Eye Liner in Onyx
- Multi Effect Mascara in Black - Deluxe Sample
- Convertible Color in Peony
- Stila Sun Shade 01

The Return of CK One

Remember CK One? Now the unisex fragrance is coming back on Jan 20th, which happens to be Obama's Inauguration Day. The new ad campaign aand a limited edition version set into a base that has a removable MP3 speaker which will retail for $50 (pictured above). I love the added dose of technology now in the fragrance world. Read more about the relaunch of CK One at WWD.
Here are some of the ads in the new campaign photographed by Steven Meisel:

Nails Go Gray

The latest trend in gray is not just for clothing but for nail polish too. Gwyneth Paltrow at her film premiere of "Two Lovers" during the BFI London Film Festival sports the new look of manicured gray fingers in late October. Move over black nail polish!

Get your gray nails here: CK Calvin Klein in Steele ($10 at Sephora) or Laura Mercier in Caviar Dreams ($15 at Sephora).

The nail polish blog, All Lacquered Up also has a great round up too of different shades of gray nail polish.

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The Ultimate Makeup Palette from Sephora

I love a makeup artist's palette. Even though I don't wear much makeup, just looking at the variety of colors and hues makes me happy. Whenever I get to work photoshoots, I love checking out what the makeup artist has. So when I came across the Sephora Ultimate Blockbuster Collector's Edition, I think I started to drool. This palette is like the ultimate sampler with just about EVERYTHING: 71 eyeshadow shades, 13 cream eyeshadow shades, 5 blushes, 1 compact powder, 60 lip glosses, one lip liner, one eyeliner, 4 brushes, 3 sponge-tipped applicators. All of this for just $48!! Quite a steal for the perfect one stop makeup shop for the upcoming holiday party circuit.

Neutral Lips with NARS

I love the look of a nude lip but never really though I could wear it well. I'll always need a hint of color. That's until I discovered NARS Sheer Lipstick in Masai and NARS Lip Gloss in Supervixen. (The actual colors are shown below the lipstick and lip gloss tubes above.) I mix them together and the golden beige sparkly tones of the lip gloss totally enhance the sheer rose quartz shade of lipstick. These two beauty products will be my makeup staples for the rest of fall for sure. Give it a try!

Back to School Special at mi SPA

Buy one of miSPA's body lotions ($16) or dry perfume roll-on ($14) and get a second on for 1/2 off from now until Sept 1 as part of their Back to School Special. I use the mi SPA lotion everyday with it's fresh Yuzu scent (smells like a fresh lemony smell). I love that it's not greasy and it's 100% paraben free.