The Bliss Fabulips Pout-o-matic Spa Lip Perfecting System is my new beauty toy. I experiment with lipsticks, balms, and plumbers and sometimes my lips become dry and chapped. I've tried many products to sooth my lips, nut nothing gave me the results I wanted until the Bliss Fabulips System. Add a small amount of the sugar lip scrub onto the tool head, press against your lips and push the on button. Move the exfoliating tool in circular motions until you've exfoliated your lips (including your lip line). Gently wipe your lips with a towel and you're done. I recommend applying Bliss Replenish Softening Lip Balm after exfoliating. Your lips feel soft and rejuvenated.

The kit includes The Pout-o-matic Lip Exfoliating tool, Fabulips Sugar Lip Scrub and a replacement head for the tool. It retails for $48 at blissworld.com and Sephora. It's pricey, but for all of you beauty product lovers, it's a great tool for combating dry, chapped lips.

The KOH Anti-Aging Base Coat is basically a primer for your nails. Your nails become stained after applying dark (especially red) nail polish - this base coat will create a blank palette on your nails, so your polish will appear even and true to color.

Although this is a base coat polish, I use it as a color polish. Four coats will give you a subtle pink color that is clean and natural. After wearing dark polish on my toes for many years, I had deep yellow stains on my nails and was desperate to get them back to their natural color. I used the KOH Natural, Glossy Nail Buffer Set each time I did a manicure to gently remove the top layer of stained nail and applied the KOH Anti-Aging Base Coat. The KOH Anti-Aging Base Coat masked the yellow stains and my toes looked great. Even though my nails are back to their natural color, I still wear the KOH Anti-Aging Base Coat. I love the light pink color and natural nail polish goes with anything.

Your smile and the appearance of your teeth should be at the top of your beauty routine list. Drugstore whiteners will make a small difference in the color of your teeth, but if you want immediate, drastic results, try Opalescence. I don't think you can purchase this whitener over the counter. You must visit your dentist to have custom trays made to fit your teeth perfectly and purchase Opalescence from your dental office. 

The trays are soft rubber and easy to wear. Your dentist will tell you to try thirty minutes wearing the solution, but if you have sensitivity, decrease the time you wear the whitener. You only need a small amount of the gel on each tooth. If you applied to much of the whitener and it seeps onto your gums, they will burn and turn white. Don't worry, this is temporary. Your gums will return to their natural color within a few hours. I suggest using Sensodyne while whitening your teeth; it helps with the sensitivity.

You will see immediate results with Opalescence whitening. Your teeth will become brighter with each application. 

I love the brush shape of these mascaras. The Phenomen Eyes brush is a small round ball, perfect for covering your lashes in the outer corner of your eye. Open your eye wide and sweep the brush outwards. My daily mascara has a large brush that won't reach into the outer corner of my eye, so I was happy to discover Phenomen Eyes by Givenchy. The Noir Couture mascara brush has three small balls for precise application. This mascara comes in black velvet and purple velvet. Those of you with green eyes should definitely try the purple velvet. 

These mascaras are available at most major department stores and of course at my favorite beauty product store Sephora.

The Too Faced Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipstick line consists of ten fabulous colors: Violet Orchid, Rosy Orchid, Hot Pink, Candy Pink, Bright Fuchsia Pink, Blood Red, Berry Red, Creamy Coral, Dusty Rose, and Neutral Nude. The colors are bright and adventurous. I love the Creamy Coral, it has an orange tint that looks great on pale skin. I plan to buy all six of the Melted Liquified Long Wear Lipsticks. These colors will bring your look to life! 

The slanted sponge applicator and squeeze tube make for easy, precise application. The gloss applies nicely and is non-sticky. These lipsticks sell for $21 at toofaced.com and Sephora.

One of my favorite stores to visit in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) is KOH Cosmetics. One thing we are missing in America is a great nail product store like KOH. 

KOH carries every nail product imaginable. Nail polishes in over 100 colors, anti-ageing nail products, hand creams and scrubs, nail nursing products, mani/pedi tools and even products for your guy.

Two of my favorite (must have) products form KOH are the Nourishing Cuticle Brush and Essential Hand Nourisher. The cuticle brush contains Jojoba, tea tree oil, sesame oil, shea butter, vitamin E and aloe vera. It leaves your cuticles soft and clean. If it's been too long since you've had a manicure and your cuticles are dry, apply this nourishing cuticle oil and you would never know that you desperately need a mani. The nourishing hand cream smells pretty, is light and non-greasy. I use it many times a day (people often ask to use my hand cream). These two products together leave my hands soft and rejuvenated.

Each product comes in its own KOH case with a snap closure; great for travel. The Nourishing Cuticle Brush sells for €20,30 and the Essential Hand Nourisher for €19,85. If you are ever in Amsterdam and in need of a quick mani or just wanna pick up some great nail products, visit KOH Cosmetics at the Bijenkorf, Located in the Dam Square.

Life expectancy of your makeup:

Too Faced Lip Injection gloss and lipsticks reign over all lip plumpers! The Lip Injection Extreme lip gloss is the ultimate lip plumping treatment. Your lips instantly become fuller and flushed with color. The scent is delicious and your lips tingle for a few minutes after application. I love the tingling sensation.

The Lip Injection Color Bomb is a moisture plumping lip tint. It is a crayon-like applicator that applies beautiful matte color. The lip tint comes in six shades, Bigger Berry, Eastwood Red, Plump It Up Pink, Coral Pop, Candy Burst, and Never Enough Nude.  The colors go on like a lipstick, and moisturize your lips while plumping them. It also leaves a tingling sensation in your lips after application. My favorite color is Coral Pop, it is the perfect coral/pink for spring. 

The Lip Insurance treatment is a lip primer. Apply this solution prior to lipstick or stain and it will prevent feathering around the edge of your lips. 

I have tried more mascara's than I can remember or count and finally I found a lengthening and volumizing mascara in one. Buxom Lash Mascara is my absolute favorite mascara. This mascara thickens your lashes, defines and separates them to perfection. No-clumping and keeps your lashes looking fabulous all day and night.

Buxom Lash Mascara is available in a mini 0.2 oz or a full size 0.37 oz. The mini is great for your purse and travel cosmetic bag. It is available in one color, Blackest Black.

Buxom Lash Mascara is a must have!