Budding Beauty Picks for Springtime 2010!

Dr. Ilaya – It’s been barely a month of win­ter and already grac­ing beauty coun­ters all over are 2010 spring col­lec­tions.  Though we’re still accli­ma­tiz­ing to the chill, we can be opti­mistic and start using the gor­geous col­ors and new skin­care for­mu­la­tions to perk up our win­try com­plex­ions.  Here are my picks for the spring and how you can look like a spring chicken in the midst of winter.

Replace heavy creams and lotions with a mul­ti­task­ing serum such as Payot Les Correctrices Serum which helps smooth the skin and deliver hydra­tion.  Skip your usual creamy foun­da­tion and replace with a high tech tinted mois­tur­izer like Perricone MD’s No Foundation Foundation with SPF 30 to even out tone, smooth skin and pro­tect against UV dam­age.  Repair skin overnight with Mario Badescu’s Seaweed Cream which rehy­drates winter-worn skin while pro­vid­ing a nour­ish­ing and pro­tec­tive bar­rier while you sleep.  In the morn­ing, add a lit­tle warmth and lumi­nos­ity to your look with Chanel’s Empreinte de Chanel highlighting powder and fake a flush with Rock and Republic’s Contrived Blush.  Highlight points on your face with Shu Uemura’s Satin Glow Stick Blush.  Make those peep­ers sparkle and shine with Napoleon Perdis’s Prismatic Eye Shadow Quad in water and frame with Imju Fibrewig Mascara which will see you through spring rain and sun­shine.  Last but not least mimic that del­i­cate bloom with Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush Lip Tastic Lip Palette for sweet and juicy lips.  Don’t for­get to smile!

About the Informed Makeup Maven

The Informed Makeup Maven was founded by Dr.Nancy Ilaya who is the author, edi­tor and founder of the Informed Makeup Maven blog.  IMM is syn­di­cated and part of the totalbeauty.com, Hyper Luxe Media, AOL Video and Yahoo! Shine net­works and was also recently men­tioned in the Huff Post and fea­tured in "New Fabulous: All About 50 Top Beauty Bloggers of 2010" book by Nicki Zevola as a top 50 beauty blog­ger of 2010.

IMM is read by beauty lovers glob­ally with the high­est read­er­ship in Northern America closely fol­lowed by Europe and Asia-Pacific.  The beauty blog fea­tures beauty news, tips, tricks and trends, and spe­cial offers. “IMM is all about empow­er­ing read­ers to make bet­ter choices and mak­ing their prod­ucts work for them in so many ways.  As a beauty afi­cionado I found the advice and tips offered at the beauty counter lim­it­ing and homoge­nous,” reveals founder and edi­tor, Dr Nancy Ilaya.

In addi­tion to IMM, Nancy holds a PhD in neu­ro­science and is also a con­tribut­ing writer for Totalbeauty.com and BeautyStat.com, and head of PR rela­tions for Beautystat.com.