My good friends at Bare Escentuals {@bareescentuals on Twitter} sent over the bareMinerals Jewel Collection for me to review. Interested in adding a bit of pizazz to your holiday beauty routine? Then watch my video review AND I’m giving you a chance to win a prize that is perfect for the holidays. The cool thing I totally forgot to mention in the video is that all of the bareMinerals holiday collections come with a ticket inside that give you a chance to win a year’s worth of foundation – how cool is that? The winning code will be announced on their site on December 25th. I’m going to keep my fingers crossed…it’s been a lucky year for me.

Products used in the review:

• bareMinerals MATTE SPF 15 Foundation
• bareMinerals Mineral Veil – Tinted
• bareMinerals Jewel Collection

Once you watch the video you can leave a comment on the YouTube page, on this page or tweet your answer to @theaofa on Twitter. Good luck, you have until November 26 (contest open to US residents only).

I’m back with another piece in the popular How To Accessorize series after all the great feedback, comments and suggestions from my reader surveys (thanks for filling them out and if you haven’t filled it out yet, you can click here). BUT, I’m changing things up and this one is my first video blog! I’ve embedded it below and it seems some of you noticed the YouTube widget on the sidebar of the site to the right (I’ve already gotten comments) or you can go to the Art of Accessories YouTube Channel. Definitely let me know what you think and what other things you’d like for me to make videos of, I thought this was pretty fun.

Updated:
Totally forgot to include the products used list! My bad!

• Three Custom Color Cream Concealer/Foundation
• Bobbi Brown Tinted Moisturizer
• Black Radiance Blush in Spiced Ginger
• TheBalm Shady Lady Eye Shadow
• Black Opal Translucent Loose Powder
• Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash Mascara
• Three Custom Color ‘The Art of Accessories’ Lip Gloss
• Sephora 18k Gold Eyelash Curler
• Essence of Beauty Brushes (found at CVS, Walmart, RiteAid, etc)
• Crown Brushes

What an interesting week this has been! YAY for Friday and YAYfor the lovely weekend weather we are supposed to be having! I plan on going to Eastern Market on Sunday morning and browsing blissfully. So today’s Friday’s Fabulousness is something I’m very, very, very excited about. The first reason? It’s The Art of Accessories FIRST EVER PODCAST! Forgive me, this is my first one and it might be a bit rough but I promise it will get better over time. The other reason I’m so excited? I interviewed celebrity makeup artists Sam Fine!

I met Sam Fine a long time ago, about 1998 when I was in college and he was promoting his first book, Fine Beauty.

From the moment I met him I knew that the world of makeup was going to be so much fun!!! I even had the pleasure of attending the Sam Fine Beauty Tour (check the picture below with Sam and my sister Anne after the class ended) in 2002!

So I was super excited to get to chat with him over the phone. Sam gives some great tips about how to update your routine, how to make your makeup last and his upcoming instructional DVD (I CAN’T WAIT!). So make sure to listen to the podcast by downloading it by right clicking the Podcast link. And make sure to leave a comment so I know what you thought of it!

Have a fabulous weekend ladies!
xoxo,
dwj