Fashion Week, Finis!

Hi ladies,
How was your Valentine's Day? Was it full of flowers, and chocolates, and dinners featuring flattering candlelight? Or, perhaps it involved a "we don't care about the mens!" night out with your saucy girlfriends? Or, you could've stayed home, watched Lost (Sayid!!) and eaten delicious pizza leftovers with your cuddly plus-one. Whatever you did, hope it was heaven. I'm in heaven, actually, because this is the final installment of SYB's Fashion Week Favorites (not that I don't love recapping, I'm just itching to get to my Black History Month tribute...!). Anyway, today's post is all about my two favorite skin moments of Fashion Week. Dying to know your thoughts, bellas!
Big Kiss,
Tia

PS...I LOVE that you ladies went all-the-way hard with me about my slipshod cramps contraption. Yes, it was ghetto, and I am ashamed. Yesterday, I ran right out and got the ThermaCare patches, and HELLO? Where have I been? Delightful!!

TIA'S FAVORITE SHOW LOOKS, PART 3

BEST SKIN, FACE: RALPH LAUREN
This is an interesting category because, in terms of beauty, the makeup overpowers everything else at most shows. It was only at Calvin Klein, Jonathon Saunders, and Ralph Lauren (seen here, on Lovely Liyah) that actual good, fresh, radiant skin took precedence over vampy lips and eyes! Simply put? Liyah and her glowy-faced Lauren counterparts looked like their night (and morning, perhaps?) was FAR sexier than mine. Here's the thing. In the mad dash to get the hottest new eyeliner, gloss, or blush, we sometimes forget that if your skin isn't on point, your makeup won't be, either. Enter Prescriptives Instant Gratification Skin Renewal Peel ($45). It's an all-in-one dermabrasion peel treatment that sloughs off dull, dry, dead skin cells and reveals the stunningly radiant skin underneath. Once a week, apply a layer to damp skin, leave on for five minutes, and then massage into your face to release the self-heating properties (so cool). Rinse with lukewarm water, and you're done! Your complexion will thank you. Of course, if you'd rather get glowing using a quicker fix, try Sephora Luminizer in Golden ($6), a sheer, luminous liquid highlighter you can mix into foundation, moisturizer, or blend onto clean, bare skin. It's an old makeup artist trick used to create instant radiance, and it works!



BEST SKIN, BODY: RIHANNA & JOY BRYANT IN MATTHEW WILLIAMSON'S FRONT ROW
Kind of an odd choice, I know--I was supposed to be picking the best skin from the collections--but I'm sorry! I was totally blinded by the supple glowiness radiating from RiRi and Joy as they held court in Williamson's front row. Seriously, they looked like they'd just returned from a month-long jaunt in the Seychelles (which made me instantly, irrationally jealous). The second I got home, I ran into my beauty room, rummaged around in a bin labeled "Faux Sunkissedness," and whipped out my favorite body oil spray, Tarte Moisturizing Dry Oil Shimmer Spray in Celebutante ($28). One spritz of this utterly non-greasy shimmer spray gives your body the sexiest, most natural-looking toasty sheen! Plus, it's scented with coconut oil, so it smells like the beach. Swoon. I don't care if it's the dead of winter and no one but me, Sunshine, and my gyno (must schedule that pap) will be seeing my arms and legs. It'll give me a secret thrill knowing that, underneath my chunky knit sweaters and Wellies, I'm a Tahitian bronze goddess!