Becca Mineral BLush in Sweet Pea, $32. From the Becca Lost Weekend collection for fall 2011.
She’s pretty, yah?
Becca Lost Weekend Collection: Sweet Pea Mineral Blush
With the NARS Mandchourie Duo Eyeshadow, NARS Blue It in the Best Possible Way
Don’t you hate it when someone else shows up to the party wearing the same outfit? That’s probably how the neighbor’s Russian Blue felt today when she saw that I was wearing the new NARS Mandchourie Duo Eyeshadow.
I’m all up in your catnip!
You know how cats are… Divas. They think they’re the sh*t, especially when it comes to the color of their coat, and until today, my Russian comrade held the undisputed title of Smokiest Blue on the Block.
But things have changed. Now, with the shadows in this powder duo on my lids, old blue has some serious competition.
MEOW! 🙂
The duo, my new go-to girl for sultry, smokey eyes, hails from the new NARS Holiday 2011 collection, a bizarrely cohesive mix of browns, blues, plums, peaches and golds, with a smattering of red, silver and black.
“Its French name conjures the geographical region in northeast Asia, as this golden-infused denim paired with a rich navy delivers a yin and yang effect to the lid. Each hue can be worn on its own, but when applied together — the darker shade in the crease or as a liner; the lighter color on the lid or as a highlight — the result is one of perfect balance.”
— NARS Cosmetics
For me, blue isn’t the first color that comes to mind when I think of quick smokey eyes, because with it there’s usually some extra patting and blending involved (and sometimes extra time for cleanup). But Mandchourie makes blue surprisingly easy.
To my eye the lighter shade resembles a shimmery greenish denim blue with flashes of shimmery gold. I like to apply it with a firm eyeshadow brush, and then buff that out with a fluffy domed brush, which transforms the color into a soft, smokey gray.
Pretty!
The darker shadow, a matte navy, is the more reserved of the two, and I think it compliments its lighter sibling well.
All Up In Your Grill
I demand kisses. Give them to me.
XOXO,
Tabs
Tom Ford Beauty Violet Fatale Lipstick Calls for a Celebration
I’m a firm believer in the motivational might of makeup as a reward for a job well done, and drugstore mini-hauls after a hard day’s work are a favorite of mine, but sometimes, like after a really monumental achievement — graduation, a new job, reaching a long-term goal — you might want to go even bigger than that.
Big like Tom Ford Beauty’s pricey princess, Violet Fatale Lip Color ($48).
A vivid purplish pink, it makes me feel like a superhero version of myself — bolder, brighter, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!
Okay, well, maybe not that last one…but I do feel a lot better with it on. 🙂
Becca Lost Weekend Collection: Nail Colour
Well hello, Becca Lost Weekend Nail Colours! From the left: Billy Tea, Toasted Marshmallow and Saddle Up, $15 each. Available now online.
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The Tom Ford Beauty Sahara Haze Eye Color Quad Would Catch Any Sultan’s Eye
Today, like wavering rays of light on a distant desert dune, the Tom Ford Eye Color Quad in Sahara Haze made me doubt what I was seeing.
“Is it a mirage?” I wondered, sweeping the taupe shade into my crease. “Could it really be this good?”
At one point this afternoon I think my heart, which was booming like a timpani at both the beautiful quad and its exorbitant $78 price, actually did skip a beat. Few things in this world ever make me feel that way. Great makeup is one of them; glazed doughnuts are another.
Flawless, I tell you. Like a Krispy Kreme Original Glazed. So glowy. So pigmented. So melty and delicious…
Never mind that for $78 one could get 132 Krispy Kreme doughnuts at $0.59 each (or 78 sticks of $0.99 Wet ‘n’ Wild #666 Brandywine).
Sahara Haze is about a million miles from budget — it’s even costlier than the most expensive Chanel palette I can think of, last spring’s $65 Ombres Perlees de Chanel — but I still find it and the other color products, nail polishes, skin care and makeup brushes in the new Tom Ford Beauty line very, very hard to resist.
I want to gobble it up!
Everything about this stunning mother trucker — from the clean, contemporary packaging (
the dark chocolate and gold), to the featherweight, pigmented powders that fill the pans — spells l-u-x-u-r-y.
The quad’s cool lemony beige feels so soft that I almost thought it was a cream (but it’s not), the cool grayish taupe has a delicious finish perfectly perched between matte and shimmer, and the forest green and charcoal shades sparkle with flecks of golden glitter that glimmer like fireflies in the light.
Tom Ford Beauty: Swatches and Pics!
Just a quick sneak peek at a couple of pieces from the new Tom Ford Beauty makeup collection, babe.
The entire collection, which includes makeup, nail polish, skin care and brushes, is available now for pre-order online at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman.
If you’re traveling across the pond, you can also currently find it at the London Heathrow airport in Terminals 3 and 5.
You Know It’s Good When…
…You hit the pan.
MAC Studio Careblends Pressed Powder in Medium Dark, $23. I can’t live without it!