Belle Belle Beauty

Brand Spotlight: Focus Hair Care

Every once and a while, I find a niche beauty brand that really blows my socks off. Major heads-up to those dealing with thinning hair. Honestly, the ugly truth from me is that not only do I suffer from breakage and thinning hair thanks to years of wearing buns but I also suffer from dry scalp. Gross. While I have found shampoos and conditioners that can heal dry ends, they leave my hair flat. Other shampoos heal my scalp, but leave my hair straw-like. Leave it to a company using ingredients from Mother Nature to find something that does it all.

Beauty.com GWP You Don’t Want To Miss

Now is the time to stock up! Beauty.com has teamed up with Daryl K. for a killer Gift With Purchase. Packed into an Overnight Kitty, you’ll find 11 samples from some pretty stellar brands. The bag is generously sized with adjustable compartments so you can fit tools, makeup and accessories. The top has two transparent zippered pockets to keep fragile palettes and tools safe and sound. The bag and samples have a retail value of $100+!

Included in the GWP:

NUXE Nirvanesque Crème Lissante
Caudalie Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet
bareMinerals Stroke of Light Eye Brightener in Luminous
Anastasia Brow Gel (an all time Belle Belle favorite)
Urban Decay B6 Vitamin-Infused Complexion Prep Spray
Origins Plantscription Youth-Renewing Night Cream
H2O Plus Spa Hand and Nail Cream
Go Smile Double Action Whitening System
Jurlique Herbal Recovery Antioxidant Gel Mask
Tarte Lights, Camera, Flashes Statement Mascara
Phyto Phytolisse Ultra-Glossing Finishing Serum

Just spend $100 on Beauty.com and get free shipping with any purchase over $35. And don’t forget – you’ll get 5% back on every purchase and 100% color match guarantee. Just shop away and the bag will be added to your cart automatically when you reach the minimum spend threshold. While supplies last.

Terms and conditions apply to these benefits. See http://www.drugstore.com/drugstore-com-dollars/qxc33476 for details. These offers are not available on partner sites such as Walgreens.com.

Laura Mercier Spring (and a couple other new favorites)

What’s not to love about Laura Mercier? Her color is all about flawless skin and wearable formulas and shades. Spring is no different. Inspired by Spring Renaissance, expect youthful and fresh colors with lots of shine and glow. Laura achieved this with warm shades, luminous skin and corals and peaches.

“The Knot Dream Wedding” and Ralph Lauren Romance Plus a GIVEAWAY

We are sneaking up on the most romantic time of year. Not only is everyone buzzing about wedding season but in a couple weeks we have Valentine’s Day. Whether you love it or not, this story is heartwarming. What a wonderful way to celebrate love.

Wedding website, The Knot, just announced a program to create a wedding for one lucky couple. Wedding planner Marcy Blum will follow them through the planning process, allowing readers to vote on each element. This year’s winners of the “The Knot Dream Wedding” are Boston Marathon bombing survivors Rebekah Gregory and Pete DiMartino. The couple was cheering on Pete’s mother when the bomb exploded. They endured multiple surgeries and months of physical therapy, but the experience strengthened their relationship. When TheKnot.com’s EIC heard the couple got engaged, she knew they were the perfect “Dream Wedding Couple.”

And what better fragrance than Ralph Lauren Romance to be the sponsor? Just like the upcoming wedding, Romance is all about the essence of falling in love. The fragrance has that woodsy base that I always love balanced by florals like Sungoddess Rose, Marigold, Yellow Freesia, White Violet, Lotus Flower, Day Lily and rounded out with Ginger and Chamomile Oil.

You can already vote on the wedding location here. Starting Valentine’s Day you can start voting on things like the cake to the flowers to the dress! The couple’s reactions will be shown on The Knot LIVE, a show that is live-streamed on the website.

To celebrate, I’ve teamed up with Ralph Lauren to give away one bottle to a lucky reader. Enter using the widget below. Good luck! (US Only).

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The Best Dry Shampoos On FOX23’s Great Day Green Country

I absolutely love getting a professional blow out (more on my new favorite place in Tulsa tomorrow on the blog)… to the point that it almost pains me to have to wash out all that beauty. But thanks to a huge influx of amazing dry shampoos lately, we have tons of options to eek out a couple extra days of the perfect style. This morning, I’ll be back on FOX23’s Great Day Green Country chatting about my five current favorite dry shampoos (see segment below).

Lovely Links

I used to wear my hair up all the time. After learning how to finally round brush my hair, I started wearing it down almost obsessively. But this fabulous pony has my craving an up-do once again. How about you? Do you mix up how you wear your hair. Enjoy these lovely links from around the web this week:

Absolutely love this printed shift dress from Shopbop.

20% off all the new stuff on ASOS with code GOLONG through Tuesday at 7AM EST. Love this printed t-shirt dress.

Ashley Benson looks absolutely stunning in this shoot.

Get 10% off one item, 15% off two items, or 25% off three items at Folica with the code RESTOCK through 1/18.

40% off your purchase at Banana Republic with code BRSAVE40 through 1/20.

An additional 20% off select Fall and resort merchandise at Diane von Furstenberg with code JANUARY20 through 1/20.

image via happilygrey.com