Must-Have for Spring: Jane Iredale’s Just Kissed Lip and Cheek Stain

Posted by:  Jordan

Obviously the huge perk of writing this blog is the chance to review new natural  beauty products.  But when we get to do that without buying the product, that’s enough to make me and Emily light-headed!  Now, sometimes companies send us items to sample that are good…and just that.  So it’s hard to go gaga all over them or have much to say at all, really.  This is NOT one of those items.

The Just Kissed Lip and Cheek Stain by Jane Iredale is my newest “must-never-be-without-it-again, EVER” product.  As soon as I received it I couldn’t wait to tear it open and try it out to see how the self-adjusting pink would look on my skin.  On me it’s a bright, happy strawberry-ish pink.  On Emily, it adjusted to her undertones to reveal a slightly darker pink.  We both fell immediately in love with our personalized colors!  Pink is such a cheery color for any time of year, but especially welcome as we start to anticipate Spring.

Unlike most lip stains this one won’t dry out your lips at all.  In fact, it’s super moisturizing and, since it’s a stain, very long-lasting.  I had one question with one of the ingredients in the list, Red 21,  so I emailed their customer service reps who responded immediately with a very informative, helpful reply:

The ingredient you are referring to, I believe, is the Red 21 (CI45380). Red 21 is a bromine salt that contains no petroleum derivatives and no heavy metals.  Free bromine does not occur in nature, but occurs as colorless soluble crystalline mineral salts, analogous to table salt.  It is free of all 27 allergens listed by the European Union and is approved in every country in the world.  It has passed all safety tests.  It is activated by the lips’ natural PH (acid balance) to create a unique shade of pink, that will vary with each user’s personal body chemistry and it is gluten free.

I recently returned from our annual trip to Puerto Rico and I used this dual-purpose stain every day, along with my Eminence tinted moisturizer, and some mascara.  It was all I needed to look put together for the day and it took less than 5 minutes to do my makeup each morning.  Clearly, a product that’s pretty, natural, and shortens my makeup routine deserves a permanent place in my cosmetic bag.  Now I just think I need another for my handbag!

Thank you to Jane Iredale for sending us this amazing product to test out.  We’re forever fans!  Jane Iredale Just Kissed Lip and Cheek Stain can be purchased on Beauty.com for $25.  Full ingredient list:

Triisostearyl Citrate, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Cucurbita Pepo (Pumpkin) Seed Oil, Beeswax, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Extract, Rubus Fruticosus (Blackberry) Fruit Extract, Vaccinium Angustifolium (Blueberry) Fruit Extract, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Fruit Extract, Camellia Sinensis (White Tea) Leaf Extract, Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil, Rosa Damascena Flower Wax, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Citric Acid. May Contain: Red 21 (CI 45380) (Aka 223)

Vapour Organic Beauty: Find Your Perfect Shade!

Posted by:  Jordan

Vapour has added a fantastic new service (and if you remember reading earlier, Emily raves about their customer service), so this just adds the (all-natural) cherry on top of the ice cream sundae known as Vapour. They are now offering a free consulting service to ensure you find the absolute best shade of foundation and concealer for your skin.  Here’s how it works:

Gain instant access to Vapour’s beauty team by sending an email to info@vapourbeauty.comRespond to the following questions and attach a photo, and Vapour’s experts will evaluate your information and photo to help determine which Vapour products are best for you!-   Where you fall in the shade chart (below)

-   What is your skin type (dry/oily/combination)?

-   What is the climate like where you live (dry, humid, temperate, etc.)?

-   How does the sun affect your skin when you don’t wear sunscreen (always burn, tan, burn-and-turn’)?

-   What is your current foundation brand and shade (i.e. MAC Cosmetics, NC30 etc)?

It’s really that simple–they’ll respond to your email with your personalized shade recommendation.  And as a special thank you for our devoted readers, Vapour is offering a generous gift with purchase throughout the month of Feb 2011: a free concealer in your personalized shade with any purchase!  All you have to do is mention Product Junkies Rehab blog in the email you send to the beauty team consultants.

Need help deciding what to purchase in order to get your free concealer?  As you know, Emily and I are huge fans of just about all of their products, but my latest favorite is the Aura Multi-Use Blush in “Spark” .  It’s the best shade I’ve ever found for my skin.  One of our readers, Maria, wrote in a couple months ago asking us for a recommendation on a great blush shade for fair skin.  Being extremely fair skinned it was hard for me to answer this question as it’s usually hard for me to wear blush since I unfortunately blush so easily naturally.  But this creamy blush adds just that little bit of peach warmth that isn’t too heavy and gives me just the perk I need in the dead of winter.  And since this is a multi-use product, you can also use it as a lipstick.  I particularly love it underneath my favorite Vapour Elixir Plumping Gloss shade, “Pout” (a beautiful nude shade, but like all plumping glosses I’ve tried, it honestly doesn’t really plump…but don’t let that deter you, the color alone is perfection!).  Pout is a necessity for that “smoldering eye/nude lip” look that all the models pull off effortlessy, but we mortals look a bit goth trying out.  Spark blush/lipstick combined with Pout gloss is great for this look, though, because it adds warmth instead of making you look like a beige corpse.  And it goes without saying that both of these products are 100% natural and at least 70% organic.

If you’re still dragging your feet on trying out Vapour, now is the time to jump on this offer, because the free concealer with purchase only applies for the month of February!  *Update: This offer has EXPIRED