The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is approaching and it is your chance to shop for Fall Fashions and Exclusive Cosmetic Collection launches before anyone else! These are limited edition launches and created just for Nordstrom so be sure to pick up your favorites before they are gone. I am most excited about the MAC Colourforms Collection. This collection has all you need to create your favorite looks from MAC. The MAC Colourforms collection is the perfect blend of warm meets cool where your favorite MAC colors are matched with new and exclusive shades all in a colorful compact form. Here is your sneak peak to what is to come in late July to the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale from MAC cosmetics.

Check out these gorgeous eye shadows! You get a perfect palette of warm and cool shadows. There are five shadows in each and you will love to blend them all for your look.

You will also find three lip palettes in 3 Neautral Lips, 3 Warm Lips, and 3 Cool Lips. I couldn’t pick a favorite, I am obsessed with lip color. They are all gorgeous!

The new creamy lipsticks are limited and exclusive as well, but lets take a look at the packageing, I love it! You will not only have a new MAC shade of creamy lipstick, but they all have a sheer beige pearlized core. Naked to the Core, Pop Circle, Inner Hue, and Rose Go Round are the four new and limited editions lip colors.

Another favorite of mine is the exclusive brush sets of 5 basic and 5 advanced brushes. The basic brushes come in a trend red nylon bag, and the advanced brushes come in either a green nylon or purple nylon bag.Everyone loves pigments and you will have 6 to choose from at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale! Royal Flush, Gilded Green, Tea Time, Jardin Aires, Circa Plum, and Steel Blue are all the colors of the collection.

Richmetal Highlighters are all frosted and some have a gold pearlized hue to them. Female, Deep Deposit, Quick Flash, Rose Bullion, Dark Influence, and Positive Charge are the 6 colors that will all be available and remember are limited colors so be sure to stock up!

Don’t forget about your new Colour Form Powder! Sun Centered and Play Around Pink, I need both! I actually collect compacts so when a limited edition comes out, I am all over it!

Remember, the best part about the Anniversary Sale at Nordstrom is you can pre-order your favorites in cosmetics so definitely check in with you MAC counter to be sure you don’t miss out on this gorgeous exclusive collection! Enjoy!

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Betty Beauty Inc. has been taking the nation by storm and founder, Nancy Jarecki, has only just begun. If you are not sure what Betty Beauty products are, lets make it really simple for you. Betty Beauty is all about changing the way your hair looks, but not on your head. Betty Beauty gives you the opportunity to truely give yourself a full body makeover, including changing the way your hair looks “down there.” That’s right! Betty Beauty currently offers nine different shades of creative hair color for those private places we really want to give a boost of color. There is even a hot pink shade perfect for anyone who loves to have fun! Planned for 2008, Betty Beauty will bring you Malibu Betty which is an aqua blue shade and a Blonde Betty which is sandy blonde color. Now, don’t worry, all Betty’s come with stencils and the new shades will include stencils of a butterfly and a flower. I love this! Betty Beauty is all about having fun and getting creative!

My personal favorite is the most fun! There is a Bridal Betty available in the bright blue Malibu Betty and it comes with wedding themed stencils of a dove and a heart. Remember, you always need something blue on your wedding day so why not let that be you! So fun!

For 2009, Betty Beauty will be expanding into a face foundation line to help hide scars. This is a product Jarecki has been personally on the search for because she too has scars from a past burn accident that she has always wanted the perfect foundation for herself. “You can’t even tell you have makuep on,” says Jarecki of the new foundation and the retail will be between $30 - $50.

Betty Beauty is currently available online at BettyBeauty.com as well at spa locations. This is the best product for all of us who like to spice things up or just want to have some fun! I have used the Brown Betty myself, and it is so easy to use and takes no time at all!

The latest launch for Betty Beauty is her Black Betty for Men. Women aren’t the only ones who need a little help changing the color of the “hair down there” and there are even eight different stencils you can use to really personalize your male betty.

Don’t be shy, take a peek at BettyBeauty.com and I know you will be just as curious as I was to have some fun with the color of your betty!

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Finally, beauty bloggers had an opportunity to unite together at the first Total Beauty Blogging Summit which took place in Los Angeles. Members of the top beauty blogs and networks such as The Beauty Blog Network, Splendicity, B5 Media and many other fabulous beauty bloggers had the opportunity to attend this incredible summit and network through different workshops, and hear from leading experts in the beauty industry.

TotalBeauty.com, one of the top destinations for anyone who has a love for the beauty industry, partnered with Intelligent Beauty to host the most incredible and info packed summit since the beginning of beauty blogging! I personally had the oppotunity to meet the faces behind the beauty blogs that you visit daily, as well as some of the the Total Beauty brand partners: L’Oreal, Murad, IQderma, Redpoint, and Raw Natural Beauty.

I have to take this opportunity to thank TotalBeauty.com because it is the people that I have met that inspires us here at Beyond Beauty Basics and shows us that we can make a difference in this ever changing world of beauty. TotalBeauty.com has welcomed over 120 beauty bloggers into their community and we are proud to be one of them. CEO and founder of Total Beauty, Emrah Kovacoglu, mentioned that the goal of Total Beauty is to educate and support their beauty blogger partners through “building the best beauty community on the Web”. This passion for the success of Beauty Bloggers around the globe is why we do what we do and I am so honored to be a part of this incredible network!

We at Beyond Beauty Basics got a special sneak preview on some of the new upcoming products from Redpoint, IQderma, Dr. Hirsch’s new diet program SENSA, Lisa Hoffman Beauty, and lots of other must have new brands. Be sure to check back to learn more about what these new and innovative makeup and skincare products have to offer with one-on-one personal testimonies of efficacy and how to use them to maximize results! See you soon!

Also a special thanks to Steven Barston, photographer extraordinaire, for his amazing photos and full coverage of the entire Total Beauty event!

photos: Steven Barston for ibinc.com

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