Diamonds and Hoodia! Purple Lab Makes Luxe Products for Beauty Addicts

by Annie Scott (RSS feed)
Sep 15th 2010 at 10:01AM

If you're the kind of girl who multitasks beautifully, Purple Lab has a couple of beauty products worthy of your high standards.

The first of these products is Huge Lips Skinny Hips ($25, above). This paraben-free lip gloss has Vitamin B3 for fast lip-plumping action, Meadow Foam Estolide for soft, glossy moisture and Lemon Peel Oil to soothe the lips as they surge with circulation. That's already a pretty good formula, but Purple Lab took it one step further and added Hoodia Extract, an all-natural (and typically very expensive) appetite suppressant. This derivative of an African cactus-like plant mimics glucose's effect on the brain, basically telling your brain that you are "full" every time you apply the gloss. The Huge Lips Skinny Hips moniker isn't just a marketing ploy; it's actually what this gloss can give you. Genius!

The next item on our list is Luxury Squared, a two-in-one concealer and highlighter formulated to moisturize, smooth and even skin tone, while treating puffiness and inflammation, firming skin, delivering antioxidants (from Vitamin E) and increasing circulation. What could make a product like that even better? Diamonds. Yes, the Luxury Squared compact ($26.50, right) contains Diamond Powder -- perfectly safe -- to provide subtle reflection, making skin look even more radiant and flawless. Dab this in the corner of your eye, the bridge of your nose, under your eyebrows and at the bow of your lip for a youthful, vibrant (but not too glittery) effect.

Purple Lab products can be purchased in these stores or at PurpleLabNYC.com.

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