The new limited edition Anastasia She Wears It Well Palette, $34. Available now at Sephora stores and online at anastasia.net.
I kind of love the fonts…
Anastasia She Wears It Well Palette
Work Those Angles!
There’s that moment when you realize your cat knows more about posing than you do…
My Cheeks Are Loving Tarte’s Latest Natural-Looking Cheek Stain
Things I encountered this afternoon…
1. A piece of chocolate cake.
Portion control is lame
2. A pinkish coral blush that smells like a mixed berry smoothie (more on this in a minute!).
3. Jeremy Renner doing push-ups in my living room… He texted this morning to ask if he could come over on my lunch break (“Hey, girl, I’m in Novato!”).
Alright, so maybe that third thing didn’t happen. Truth is, Jeremy and I went makeup shopping at Sephora this afternoon…
Okay, okay, I’ll stop! 🙂
But seriously, I can’t wait to see Jeremy in the new Bourne movie. Maybe I’ll wear Tarte’s new Cheek Stain in Loving ($30) to the show.
If I do, one thing’s for sure — I know my cheeks will smell good, LOL!
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A Foundation Makeup Tutorial With NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer and Hourglass Oxygen Foundation Powder
Sir, Mr. Tabs? I think I have an answer for the riddle you gave me.
“Meow?”
Yes, well, it’s obvious, really. I mean, not at first, but I’ve given it some thought, and well…What do good houses and faces have in common?
“Mrrrow?”
It’s foundation, sir. Houses and faces should start with a good foundation.
“Meow! Meow!”
Thank you, sir. It was a good riddle. You’re a very clever cat.
Yup, today we’re talking faces! — namely face makeup, like the combination I’ve been lovely lately, NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer and Hourglass Oxygen Foundation Powder.
Together, they deliver medium-to-full coverage in a lightweight blend that looks like real skin, and so far, knock on wood, it hasn’t given me breakouts.
In this tutorial, I’ll describe how I apply ’em for pictures, and/or whenever I have a good chunk of time to get ready.
Just a quick reminder, though — this is just one of many ways to apply foundation, and that includes techniques and brushes. As always, it’s all about what works for you. 🙂
Before we get started, let’s gather the products we’ll need…
From the left: Hourglass Oxyen Foundation Powder in No. 4, Tarte Foundation Brush, Hourglass No. 2 Foundation/Blush Brush, Laura Mercier Finishing Brush, NARS Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer in St. Moritz and Cuba
Swatches from the left: NARS St. Moritz, NARS Cuba and Hourglass Oxygen Foundation Powder No. 4
And because there’s nothing else you really can do but smile when posting bare-faced pictures of yourself on the Internet…
Yep, that’s me without makeup. 🙂 Not a drop!
As you can see, I have a few dark spots around my chin and mouth left over from a gnarly breakout last spring and some darkening beneath my eyes… Hopefully, after we’re done here, most of it will be covered.
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It’s a Pleasure to Kiss These Bold Brights: The Dolce & Gabbana Passion Duos Summer Pleasures Collection
Should you ever find yourself under doctor’s orders to refrain from wearing eye makeup “for a day or two” while your allergies subside, and you’re kind of a beauty nerd, you may also find yourself debating whether filling in your brows constitutes “eye makeup.”
I came to the conclusion that it does not… 🙂
I KNOW! But I couldn’t resist doing at least a little something.
My eyes don’t seem to mind, and they’re certainly enjoying gazing at three of the bright, shiny lipsticks from the new Dolce & Gabbana Summer Pleasures collection.
These $34 beauties, three of 10 new Passion Duo Gloss Fusion Lipsticks, are available now at Saks stores and saksfifthavenue.com (there are also five Nail Lacquers in the collection priced at $20 each).
The 10 new shades range from summery, soft nudes to bold, glamorous brights.
Clockwise from the dark shade in the lower left: Royal 110, Exotic 50 and Tropical 140
Dolce & Gabbana’s Gloss Fusion Lipsticks are among my favorite products in the entire line. Each has a shiny, moisture-filled core of gloss wrapped in a rich coat of pigmented lipstick.
I remember when they first made a splash on Dolce & Gabbana counters… Oh, the intense colors, the high-gloss finish, the texture so smooth it would give Ryan Gosling a run for his money.
As for the three new colors I’ve been ogling this morning? Just as fab. 🙂
Royal 110
Tropical 140
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Armani Eyes to Kill Quad in 04 Effeto Nudo
The Armani Eyes to Kill Quad in 01 Maestro ($59), one of eight new Armani Eyes to Kill Quads from Giorgio Armani Beauty arriving on counters and online in October.
Pixi by Petra Awakening Eye Shadow Palette: A HauteLook Exclusive
The Pixi by Petra Awakening Eye Shadow Palette, $20 (an $88 value). Available exclusively on Hautelook.com for 24 hours on August 3.
Kiss Frizzy Hair G’Bye With the Living Proof Restore Collection
Today turned out to be quite an innnnteresting Wednesday. Remember a few days ago when I mentioned that I had a bout of hives on my left eyelid? It was just the left eye, and it went away on its own after a couple of hours, so I chalked it up to a minor allergic reaction to something (to be safe, I still changed my laundry detergent and fabric softener and laid off the makeup for the afternoon).
Well, wouldn’t ya know it? — the hives came back! Today! Right after my workout! And this time they were on both eyes, and much worse, like horror movie scary with huge, bright red welts.
Long story short, it is some kind of allergy. I went to the doctor this afternoon, which is why I’ve been incommunicado.
The doc said I’m fine but couldn’t pinpoint the cause. I asked him if he thought it could be caused by a beauty product because, yeah, I use a few of those, but he didn’t think so. The symptoms pointed to good ol’ fashioned hay fever. I guess I just gotta wait it out.
He did suggest that I “lay off the eye makeup for the next few days…”
“What’s that now?” I asked, after I regained consciousness, LOL!
I suppose there is a bright side to all this. I figure, if I’m gonna be tooling around town without a stitch of makeup on and these two cray-cray swollen eyelids, I might as well do something sassy with my hair.
As long as I can wear it down, which I did today, to sort of hide behind, but at least my waves were bouncy and (almost) frizz-free! 🙂
I’ve been using a few products for dry and damaged hair from Living Proof’s gentle, moisturizing Restore collection, which came out last spring (available now at Sephora). The shampoos, conditioners and styling products are supposed to make hair easier to manage.
