MARYKAY BEAUTY ADVICE – BRONZE/EBONY SKIN TONE

 

 

 

 

COLOR – Creating a great look that complements your skin tone is easy! Try these shades for can’t-miss beauty day and night.

EYES – On bronze/ebony skin, shades of Mary Kay® Mineral Eye Color in golds, deep or dark browns, greens or charcoal grays make great everyday looks. Try Amber Blaze, Espresso and Emerald. Dark purples, bold blues or dark charcoals are perfect accent choices for dramatic looks. Try Sweet Plum, Peacock Blue or Coal.

CHEEKS – Mary Kay® Mineral Cheek Color in reddish-brown or deep berry shades give a fresh, natural blush to dark skin. Try Golden Copper or Cinnamon Stick

LIPS – Bronze and ebony skin looks naturally rich in shades of golden chocolates and deep reds. Try Mary Kay®NouriShine Plus® Lip Gloss in Rich Spice and Red Passion. Mary Kay® Creme Lipstick in DownTown Brown.

 

 

 

TO ORDER GENUINE MARYKAY PRODUCTS CALL 08033818007

Mary Kay® Botanical Effects® Skin Care

 

 

 

 

Whether you’re trying to start your first skin care routine or just want a simple regimen that’s suitable for even the most sensitive skin, you can find holistic skin happiness right here.

The goodness of botanicals. it’s what your skin craves.

Available in three formulas: Dry, Normal and Oily

• Personalized botanical ingredients deliver holistic benefits by skin type.
• Three formulas leave dry, normal and oily skin – even if it’s sensitive – feeling balanced.
• Contains an exclusive antioxidant-rich botanical complex.
• Hypoallergenic and formulated without synthetic dyes or added fragrance.
• Created with packaging that’s gentle on the planet.
• Customizable routine fits your needs and your budget.

 

TO ORDER MARYKAY IN LAGOS, ABUJA, PORTHARCOURT, IBADAN, ILORIN, KADUNA, KANO, SOKOTO, UYO, ABA, BENIN, BENUE, WARRI, CALABAR – PLS CALL 08033818007 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clear Proof® Acne System from Marykay

 With the MARYKAY Clear Proof® Acne System, you get an effective regimen clinically shown to provide clearer skin in just 7 days.* The four-product set:

• Clears up blemishes without irritation and helps maintain a clear complexion.
• Unclogs pores, removes excess oil and leaves skin feeling healthier.
• Fades the look of lingering acne spots.
• Attacks multiple factors that can contribute to acne breakouts.

The value-priced set includes:

• Clear Proof® Clarifying Cleansing Gel
• Clear Proof® Blemish Control Toner
• Clear Proof® Acne Treatment Gel
• Clear Proof® Oil-Free Moisturizer for Acne-Prone Skin

TO ORDER MARYKAY PRODUCTS IN NIGERIA, CALL 08033818007

NEW Limited-Edition† Hello, Sunshine Collection!

Say “hello” to the newest Limited-Edition* collection from Mary Kay – #HelloSunshine! Filled with warm yellows and corals, denim blues and bronzy browns, it’s sure to brighten up any day.

This season’s trend is all about the wondrous exploration of carefree summer days and reinventing the timeless beauty of 1960’s Americana. Make waves with bold, expressive eyes and soft, feminine lips. Recreate the classic winged cat eye with contrasting strokes of black and white gel eyeliners. Accent your look with a mono-wash of sunny color on eyelids. Lips are semi-matte and washed in shades of dreamy coral and rustic rose, or dressed up in glossy red glamour.

To Order, please call 08033818007 or contact one of the distributors listed on this blog.

The Season Of Love – Marykay

Some people experience love at first sight. Like falling in love with an amazing pair of shoes in a store window. While this type of instant love is intense and exciting, it does not always stand the test of time. Like when you realize that same pair of amazing shoes is only comfortable to wear for 45 minutes…max!

In most cases lasting love – for a person, a place or a brand – takes time to develop. It takes time to discover and explore all of the elements that form the foundation of an emotional connection. This type of deep connection reminds me of one of my favorite scenes from the movie “Shrek.”

Do you remember when Shrek and Donkey are getting to know each other, and Donkey thinks he has Shrek all figured out after a few interactions? Shrek reminds Donkey that he is not a simple being, but rather a complex person with many layers. It showed Donkey that he had to get to know all aspects of Shrek to truly connect and develop a friendship.

The same holds true for a brand. With that in mind, I do believe that it takes time for relationships and love to develop as one explores various layers of a brand.

The Mary Kay brand has many wonderful layers – starting with the inspiring success story of Mary Kay Ash and her legacy of changing lives. Next, you have 3 million Independent Beauty Consultants around the world who are dedicated to providing their customers with the highest level of service. Then, you go on to find hundreds of irresistible skin care, color make-up and fragrance products. You continue on to find the rewarding opportunity and then to the positive impact that the company and The Mary Kay Foundation have in local communities around the world.

These layers represent the emotional connection that people have with our brand. Not our company, but our brand. At a minimum, a company is a group of people united for a business purpose. But at a maximum and at its best, a brand is what people love about that company. And that is what is at the heart of Discover What You Love – a personal connection with our brand. Our ultimate goal is for every person who touches our brand to say, “I love MY Mary Kay.

I hope you enjoy some of the photos and videos that you see in this blog post and on our other social media sites. Search for the hashtag #MKLove and be sure to tell us what you love about Mary Kay!

Mary Kay Chief Marketing Officer, Sheryl Adkins-Green, is excited to share our new brand campaign, Discover What You Love in today’s  post. Follow Sheryl on Twitter at @SherryAG.

 

Dance To Life Edp by Marykay

We’ve all been in tight quarters with someone who has seemingly taken a bath in perfume. All you want to do is run a million miles away because the person’s perfume is suffocating. It always makes me wonder what is the purpose of wearing a fragrance?

Is it to leave a fragrance trail wherever you go and overtake everyone with your favorite scent? I had just become the project owner for fragrance and body care category in Mary Kay’s U.S. product marketing department, and so I took a few moments to consider the answer to this question.

I reflected back on some of the more familiar fragrances that I grew up with.  My best friend in high school always wore a floral scent.  Whenever I catch a whiff of her fragrance today, I always laugh and memories of shopping, school, and crazy times would start flooding in and make me smile.

Then there’s the scent that my aunt wore which had more of an oriental flair to it. She always made the best lasagna and the scent of her perfume always reminded me of great family dinners and memories of happy times with my cousins.

My grandmother always wore the same fruity floral scent. Whenever she would hug me it enveloped me like a warm blanket. Then it dawned on me. This is what fragrance was all about – familiar scents linked to memories that are accessories to your wardrobe.

This is what I like about Dance to Life™ – Mary Kay’s new fragrance to commemorate our 50th anniversary.  When I first saw the imagery and videos for the fragrance, I thought it was a great concept.  The Dance to Life name is all about hope and pursing our dreams which is what so much of what our Company is all about.  The thing that I love most about the fragrance is the scent itself.  Soft and subtle, but distinct. A fragrance that leaves an impression without overstaying its welcome.

To learn more about the inspiration behind Mary Kay’s Dance to Life™, click here. What is your favorite memory of a fragrance?

Pam Griffin works in Mary Kay’s U.S. Product Marketing Department. She work on fragrance and body care items and has been with Mary Kay since 1998.

Pictured Below: Special-Edition Mary Kay® Dance to Life™ Eau de Parfum. 

NEW! Skinvigorate™ Cleansing Brush from Marykay

This lightweight, two-speed power brush gently massages as it thoroughly cleans skin, removing residue, dirt and makeup in seconds.

• Removes makeup 85% better than cleansing by hand.*
• Boosts the absorption of your next skin care step.
• Starts improving skin’s appearance immediately.
• Helps polish away the look of past skin damage for a more even-looking complexion.
• Softens the appearance of lines and wrinkles.

Boxed set includes two brush heads and batteries only $50.00 – Contact us or one of our distributors to order

Skinvigorate™ Cleansing Brush

Still cleansing by hand? There’s a lot you’re missing. Things you can’t see like makeup, dirt and impurities. So you think your skin is clean, but is it? The Skinvigorate™ Cleansing Brush will make you think differently. This brush not only gently massages the skin as it thoroughly cleans it, but it also allows your skin care products to absorb better and more quickly, and helps maximize the instant hydration benefits of your moisturizer. Even makeup applies more easily and evenly. With consistent use, skin’s overall appearance is dramatically enhanced.

How it Works

Two Spin Speeds

• Two spin speeds allow you to customize your experience. Just a push of a button switches from a lower speed to a higher one, reaching over 400 rotations per minute.
• Both speeds provide gentle massaging yet deep cleansing that’s suitable for daily use on all skin types, even sensitive skin and acne-prone skin.

Unique Design

• The nylon bristles of the brush head feature polished tips with rounded ends so they feel super-soft against your skin.
• Gently exfoliates and helps improve skin texture without being abrasive to skin. Unique angled design hugs the contours of your face to help thoroughly clean.

Easy to Use

• Take it wherever you go.
• Waterproof:Use at the sink, in the shower or in the bath.
• The two brush heads included provide six months of skin pampering when used every day.

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7 Years Younger

I’ll never forget the very first time it happened. I was at a grocery store. I had a bag of overpriced lettuce, some blueberries and one of those half cakes that always seem so tempting because they lessen the shame of buying a whole cake to eat by myself.

Anyway, I was checking out and the cashier said it. “Ma’am, do you need any assistance to your car today?” I thought to myself, “Did that just happen?  Did she just use the M word? Did I just get ma’amed?”

I really tried to chalk it up as politeness, but it kept happening over and over again. People were dropping ma’am on me. “Hello ma’am.” “Can I help you ma’am?” “Yes ma’am.” Ma’am! Ma’am! Ma’am!  I fought it as long as I could, but I had to finally accept the fact that I was a ma’am. Ugh.

Since the “ma’am” incident, I’ve become more diligent about using my age-fighting products. And by diligent, I really mean obsessed. I even keep a bottle of the TimeWise® Targeted-Action® Eye Revitalizer in my nightstand so I can put it on as soon as I wake up each morning. It gets rid of the eye puffiness before I’m out the door to work.

Honestly, I really don’t mind aging gracefully as long as I look my age. Ok, actually slightly younger than my age. Ok, 5-7 years younger than my age to be exact. Needless to say, when I stumbled upon the book 7 Years Younger, I finally understood why someone would curl up with a good book on a rainy Sunday afternoon instead of just taking a nap. (I place a high value on sleep.)

7 Years Younger is published by Hearst and is a New York Times Best Seller. The book takes an in-depth look at anti-aging, addressing common concerns like skincare, makeup and fitness. In the skincare section, Mary Kay® TimeWise® Replenishing Serum+C is recommended as a top anti-aging serum. It was tested by women volunteers in the Good Housekeeping Research Institute beauty lab and at home.

We all grow older. I get that. And I truly see the blessing in having some decades in my rearview mirror.  And, yes, it still breaks my heart just a little any time someone calls me ma’am. But thanks to Mary Kay’s age-fighting products and the pictures that many of my classmates are posting on Facebook, at least I know that I still look pretty good for my age.

What’s your best beauty secret to looking younger?

Today’s post is from Kathrina McAfee, Mary Kay’s corporate communications manager and managing editor for the Beauty That Counts blog. Counting the years before and since she turned 25, Kathrina has been 25 for 19 years. Follow her on Twitter @kathrinamcafee.

 

NEW! Belara Midnight™ Eau de Parfum from Marykay

Captivating and Seductive Notes

This magnetic fragrance captivates with wild berry notes that melts into a sophisticated jasmine and lingers on with soft sandalwood and velvet musk. Enhance the allure by pairing with its scented companion products for a sensual, layered fragrance experience.

NEW! Belara Midnight™ Let the Moment Unfold.™ Indulge your sensual side with this alluring new scent. Drawing on what makes every woman intriguingly magnetic and soulful, the NEW Belara Midnight™ fragrance is an intoxicating expression of feminine allure. Use the eau de parfum with NEW limited-edition† Belara Midnight™ Simply Alluring™ Body Crème and NEW limited-edition†Belara Midnight™ Simply Alluring™ Shower Crème for an enhanced fragrance experience

 

Marykay Transluscent Loose Powder

I LOVE Mary Kay products!  I am a walking, talking advocate of the brand.  I proudly wore Mary Kay products long before I began to work here 9 years ago.  My makeup bag is Mary Kay exclusive.  And if you read my last blog post about spring cleaning your makeup bag, then you know I’m very particular about what makes the cut for my makeup bag.

Even with my love of Mary Kay, I paused when we were launching a sheer translucent loose powder that was supposed to work on all skin tones.  I have to admit that I was a skeptic.  A powder that worked on all complexions.  Come on. Really?

For years, I’ve enjoyed Mary Kay Loose Powder in Bronze 2.  Having worked here and been close enough to the product, I understand that a loose powder doesn’t really impart color. It’s designed as a finishing touch to go over foundation to help eliminate shine so my makeup looks fresh all day.  Regardless, there was still something unsettling about applying a bright white loose powder to my brown skin.

But, Mary Kay proved me wrong.  I tried the new Mary Kay Translucent Loose Powder and, in this case, one size does fit all. Yes, my fellow skeptics, it worked amazingly well.  Even my sister Paula, a Mary Kay loose powder Bronze 2 addict and a fellow white loose powder skeptic, LOVED the new product.

A couple of strokes with her Mary Kay Powder Brush and she was completely sold. This is a big step in my family because it took years of me wearing the products to show them that Mary Kay has a plethora of beautiful shades that look amazing on brown skin and all complexions. Gone are the days when some of my family members believed that Mary Kay products weren’t for them.    

I feel blessed to be associated with a brand that delivers the very best products for all women.  That’s one of the many reasons why I love my Mary Kay!  What about you?   Tell me why you love your Mary Kay?

Today’s blog post is from Regena Pipkin – U.S. Product Marketing for Marykay.