Do You Feel Like a Slave to Your Beauty Routine?

Don’t Lose More Sleep Over It! Have you ever felt like you never achieve the level of beauty cover girls have? Does it take you more than an hour to get ready each morning? Americans today have way too much to do and too little time to do it in! According to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2007 Sleep in America poll, more than half of American women (60%) say they only get a good night’s sleep a few night’s per week. To help with our multi-tasking lives, celebrity makeup artist and cosmetics brand founder, Vincent Longo, shares easy tips to shave time off your beauty routine. Along with his 5-minute tricks, Vincent discusses the latest makeup looks we will be seeing for Spring and reveal results from a recent survey on how many minutes American women actually spend getting ready for their day. If you’d rather leave it to the professionals, you can enter to win an all-expense paid trip to New York City and receive a personal makeover from members of the newly formed Brighter 5 Team a group of today’s most talented stylists brought together by Crest Whitestrips Daily Multicare to celebrate Spring beauty and time saving tips and tricks. The team includes Vincent Longo, celebrity hairstylist Danilo, eyebrow guru Ramy Gafni, Nina Garcia, Elle Fashion Director and judge on Project Runway, and Dr. Marc Lowenberg, NYC cosmetic dentist. The grand prize includes spending money, hotel accommodations, transportation and airfare for the winner and a guest flown from their hometown to New York City. More about Vincent Longo: Vincent Longo mastered the art of makeup early in his career while working in Italy with top designers Gianni Versace, Giorgio Armani, Dolce and Gabbana and Gianfranco Ferre. From the late 80s through the mid-90s, Vincent worked as a spokesperson, Master Makeup Artist and product consultant for multiple major beauty brands. Today, he continues to work the fashion runways, collaborate with major magazines and provide beauty commentary on national TV shows such as Live with Regis and Kelly GMA and The Early Show. In 1995, Vincent debuted his premiere makeup brand that now has over 300 products available nationwide at retailers including Barneys New York, Beauty.com, Ulta and victoriassecret.com. He has worked with global celebrities and beauty icons including Michelle Williams, Claire Danes, Heidi Klum, Courtney Cox, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Mena Suvari, Molly Sims, Paris Hilton, Christina Ricci, Julia Roberts, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lopez, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Elle McPherson, Jewel, Celine Dion, Sharon Stone and Elizabeth Hurly.