Mascara Monday - Dalton Cosmetics Lash Fix Tilting Mascara

Dalton Cosmetics Lash Fix Tilting Mascara - $22 - with a twist, the brush automatically tilts to help create the perfect angle for lash application. This dense black mascara helps create volume, length and curl. Formulated with Nutra 6 Complex for ultra conditioning, this formula is flake-free, smudge-free and wears perfectly.

Available at The Shopping Channel - www.theshoppingchannel.com.

The tilting brush really is clever and makes it much easier to get the brush right into the base of the lashes - I learnt the bending your mascara wand trick from a makeup artist several years back, but the problem is that you have to straighten the wand back out again before reinserting in the tube - do that enough times and the wand snaps off - very annoying! This one bends back and forth to your heart's content by just turning the dial!

The left eye shows you the length and definition - on the right eye I added an extra coat to see how much volume it would give and it's not bad...

although it does look a little clumpy on the ends.

- Lisamarie -

The Shopping Channel 14 Days of Beauty - July 14

Today's beauty steals are:

Dalton Blush & Gloss Duo - 432-149 - $29.52 (regular price $35)

GO Smile 7-Day Whitening System - 432-190 - $17.50 (regular price $69.95)

Prices in effect until midnight on July 17th or while supplies last.

Tune in today for shows from Beauty Steals, 7 Virtues Fragrance, KORRES Beauty and Sibu Beauty.

For more info or to order go to - www.theshoppingchannel.com/14days

- Lisamarie -

The Shopping Channel's Summer Beauty Bag is here to kick off 14 days of beauty!

Everyone has an annual event they look forward to - for some people it's the Super Bowl, for others it's the Oscars - but for me it's The Shopping Channel's Summer Beauty Bag which starts off their 14 Days of Beauty Event this year!

If you are a fan of the deluxe sample boxes that are so big right now, you will swoon over this sucker - and unlike the sample boxes where you have no idea of what will be in it, I'm going to tell you exactly what you'll get - my only caution is, if you want it, hurry the hell up, they go FAST!

Here's a chance to try out 20 of The Shopping Channel's newest and most popular beauty products:

• Korres Deluxe Size Body Butter 50ml
• Sibu Sea Buckthorn Body Cream Packette or Hydrating Serum Sample Size Packette
• Ojon Damage Reverse Shampoo or Conditioner 30ml
• Perricone MD No Foundation Foundation 7.5ml
• Juice Beauty Green Apple Peel 7ml
• Skinn Waterproof Smudgestick Full Size
• TanTowel Classic Self-Tan Towelette
• Serious Skin Care V.Q.C.C. Intense Coconut Concentrate 11ml
• Elysee Fountain of Youth Wrinkle Intervention Creme Sample Size Packette
• Skinn Luxe Premier Fiber Optic Mascara Full Size
• Skyn Iceland Icelandic Relief Eye Cream Sample Size Packette
• StriVectin Overnight Facial Resurfacing Serum 3.5ml
• Doris Dalton Lipstick Full Size
• IT Cosmetics Deluxe Mini Brow Power Eyebrow Pencil
• Elizabeth Grant Graceful Angel Body Lotion Full Size 240ml
• Prai Beauty Pure Prai Creme Royale Packette or Prai Beauty Pure Prai Intensive Serum 1ml
• Pur Minerals Pout Plumping Lipgloss Full Size
• Dr. Dennis Gross Extra Strength Alpha Beta Peel Sample Size Packette
• Nail Tek Intensive Therapy II Strengthener Full Size
• Proactiv Green Tea Moisturizer 10ml - all in a mandarin, navy or wheat coloured straw bag!

The Shopping Channel Summer Beauty Bag - only $35, and even nicer, $10 of that will go directly to the Canadian Women's Foundation - Women Moving Women Campaign!

You can order your own bag here and check back in with us every day at 10am starting tomorrow where we will give you the scoop on The Shopping Channel's daily events and beauty steals!

- Lisamarie -

Wanna win more makeup then you can shake a stick at?? Then enter to win over $500 worth of luxe cosmetics! Contest!

We are giving away this fabulous prize pack worth over $500 with some of our favourite products from the first 3 months of the year:

From January:
MAC Special Reserve Highlight Powder - Chez Chez Lame
Guerlain Ombre Eclat 1 Couleur - 186 L'Instant D'Une Ondee
Clarins Blush Prodige Illuminating Cheek Colour - 05 Rose Wood
Estee Lauder Sumptuous Extreme Lash Multiplying Volume Mascara - Extreme Black
Hello Kitty Gloss - Watermelon
From February:
Givenchy Blush Gelee
Givenchy Rouge Interdit Shine - 27 Candide Nude
Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm - Tiger Lily
OPI Nail Lacquer - So Many Clowns...So Little Time
Avon Magix Illuminator - Medium
From March:
Smashbox Brow Tech - Blonde
Anna Sui Double Cheek Color - 01
The Body Shop Limited Collection for Eyes - 02 A La Mode
shu uemura - sakura collection foundation compact case
shu uemura - Face Architect glow enhancing powder foundation - 564 medium light sand
Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Silk Eye Shadow - 6 Noka
Yves Saint Laurent Golden Gloss Shimmering Lip Gloss - 40
Chanel Rouge Coco Shine - 61 Bonheur
Dalton Cosmetics Lip Shade - Ballerina
Avon Nailwear Pro Nail Enamel - Electric Green
L'Oreal Infallible Rouge - Charismatic Coral and Rambling Rose

Sound you might want? Read on then...This contest is open to everyone everywhere and it's very easy to enter, just leave a comment letting us know that you follow (if you aren't a follower you can sign up through Google or Facebook - signups are in the right sidebar)

1 entry for following and leaving a comment answering the question - what item from this prize would you be most excited to win? Please also leave your e-mail so we can find you if you win!

And for extra entries you can do one or both of the following:
1 entry for following Beautycrazedcan on Twitter and  tweeting the contest
3 entries if you post this contest as a post or on the sidebar of your blog

If you prefer not to leave your info on a public post, please leave a post saying you want to enter and then e-mail your info to info@beautycrazed.ca, please put "Spring Contest" in the subject line.  Remember to leave the post or you name won't actually end up in the draw! Winner to be decided by random drawing and you have until May 13th to enter.  

- Lisamarie -

Dalton Cosmetics has little pots of shiny wonderfulness for you to win - Contest!

It's beauty week over at The Shopping Channel and I am pleased as punch to have a week full of beauty porn with new brands as well as old favourites - participating will be: Neutrogena Dermatologics, Korres Beauty, Tips Nail Care, Perricone MD, Agran Magic, David Evangelista, 100% Pure Cosmetics, Angellift Beauty, Juice Beauty, Tan Towel, Ion-Infusion Skin Care and Elizabeth Grant. 

I was particularly happy to hear that my beloved Dalton Cosmetics would also be featured!  I loves me a pot gloss and this Dalton Cosmetics Colour Creme Lip Gloss Set is adorable!  They sparkle, they shine and are the perfect texture - they even come with this cute little retractable brush! And all for $34 - can you say S-T-E-A-L!  Of course even better than stealing is winning -  hmmmm, I think that came out wrong but let's just go with it!  And because I want you to have everything that I have (except my husband), I badgered the nice people at The Shopping Channel to let me give away 5 of these sets to my beloved and loyal readers - and just to shut me up, they said yes!

This contest is open to all our lovely Canadian readers and will end on Sunday (March 20th) at 11:59pm when we will randomly draw 5 winners (oh, let's be serious, I'll be fast asleep at midnight on Sunday, but I will do it first thing Monday morning)  To qualify, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post letting us know you follow (sign up through Google or Facebook are on the right hand side of the page if you don't) and what beauty brand The Shopping Channel carries that you either love the most or are most interested in trying! If you have never explored all the brands there, you will be amazed!  Check it out at -
http://www.theshoppingchannel.com/Beauty/pages/category?nav=N:100038
And be sure and leave your e-mail address so we can find you!  Please also let us know if you tweet the contest for an extra entry!

For your own beauty porn fix, be sure to check out the Beauty Rules shows tomorrow (March 15th) on The Shopping Channel running at 9am, 2pm, 6pm and 10pm.  You can also check the program guide, check out the Dalton Cosmetics line or any of the other wonderful lines on the website at www.theshoppingchannel.com

- Lisamarie -

Dalton Cosmetics - innovative products for challenging issues!

Is there anything better then discovering a wonderful new beauty brand that you've never heard of before?!  It's like putting on a jacket that you haven't worn for awhile and finding a twenty dollar bill in the pocket!  My newest discovery, thanks to the Shopping Channel is Dalton Cosmetics.  Founded by Dr. Doris Dalton who when she couldn't find a natural looking and long lasting product for her eyebrows that she lost while battling thyroid cancer,  did the logical thing and developed her own.  Not only does she correct issues with product performance in her line, but also packaging design flaws as she did with her Fresh Coat Mascara, the first airless mascara - with a dual-chamber design that keeps air out of the tube so it doesn't dry out.

The line is based on genuine necessity, reflecting issues her and other makeup addicts come across daily - and bless her for that!  Here are a few of the products in her line:

Fresh Coat Tinted Primer with SPF 20 - $32 - an oil-free formula that eliminates skin imperfections, colour corrects and nourishes your skin.  Can be worn under makeup or by itself.  Has a silicone polymer blend that smoothes away lines and wrinkles and makes pores disappear.  Contains colour correcting pigments to help even skin tone and reduce the look of skin discolouration and redness.  Enriched with a powerful anti-oxidant composition including Japanese green tea, grape seed extract, vitamin C & E to combat the signs of aging while promoting cell health and elasticity.

Don't be scared by how dark the product looks, even on a pale face like me, it disappears and does really does a nice job of evening out your complexion.  This would be great on its own if you have nice skin but if you have major flaws to cover, you will want to use this as a primer with your foundation on top.

Mirage Blending Powder - $42 - a lightweight, finely micronized powder that will not cake or lay in lines or wrinkles - the powder softly blurs or blends away any makeup mistakes, redness or minor imperfections as well as sets and perfects your makeup application.  It helps to even out and smooth the appearance of your skin's texture and minimize the look of pores leaving you looking flawless.

I have much love for my Make Up For Ever HD Powder and it's the powder that I always compare others to.  This Dalton one has the same soft silky finish but it's a natural colour unlike the white colour of MUFE which makes it much easier to apply.  You know how you have to blend the hell out of the MUFE one or it leaves a whitish cast on your skin?  Dalton doesn't have that issue and it gives you the same airbrushed look.  MUFE had better watch out, I just may have a new fave!  What is also nice is that it comes with a specially designed Face Form Brush which has been laser cut to hug the natural curves of your face.

Deep Line and Crease Diffuser - $31 - to hide and conceal unwanted expression lines as well as blemishes, age spots, freckles, redness, discolouration and uneven skin tone.  Contains Dermaflex, a unique combination of ingredients that are designed to flex and move with your skin while providing high diffused reflection that dramatically reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles.  As well as a superior refractive index that improves the appearance of clarity in the skin.  Combined with Hyluronic spheres that help to retain your skins moisture and special amino acid treated pigments that help to improve the longevity of colour and coverage.

It's not mentioned as a place to use it, but I have been using this under my eyes to get rid of the tired look I have had lately and the reflecting properties do a great job of combating that little problem too!

You can check out the Dalton Cosmetics line at www.theshoppingchannel.com.

- Lisamarie -