Here comes the bride!
Coming soon to Saks Fifth Avenue stores ($22 each). 🙂
Oscar de la Renta’s Something Blue Nail Lacquer
Glitter Wings
Today, Crocheted Animal Hats, Glittery Butterfiles and Bobbi Brown’s New Spring Collections Stopped Me in My Tracks!
Novato never hustles and bustles like San Francisco does. It’s a sleepy village compared to the city.
In the city, everything moves so fast! Sometimes when I visit I feel like a fish fighting up stream, or like I’m a raft caught in a current, totally out of control.
And then, suddenly, something — sometimes it’s colorful crocheted animal hats — stops me in my tracks!
Other times, it’s a window display with sparkly butterflies that have glittery wings. 🙂
Today at Saks Fifth Avenue in the city, it was Bobbi Brown because — ohmigosh! — they have so many new things out for spring.
The Brighten, Sparkle & Glow Collection
Like the Brighten, Sparkle & Glow collection, with its mix of brand new and previously released products.
I’m particularly interested in these new Brightening Face Powders ($50 each), which come in all sorts of crazy colors! Like, one of them has pastels in it, with blue and yellow and green pans, and another one has purples and pinks and mauves.
My first thought? That these were eyeshadow palettes, but they’re actually products for your face.
Hello From Saks Fifth Avenue in San Francisco!
Per my contract with Tabs the Cat Industries, LLC, I get every other Friday off.
Well, not necessarily “off,” because I’m still on call, but like, I’m forced to leave the office so that Tabs can have his “private time.”
As you can imagine, plotting world domination takes intense focus and concentration, so he kicks me out of the house.
Sigh…
Hi! From Saks Fifth Avenue here in San Francisco’s Union Square! 🙂
There’s a reason I’m standing in front of this building with big hair…but the reason has nothing to do with the hair (I just felt like having big hair today!).
I’m here to check out a new program Saks is running this month called Beauty Treat du Jour. Every day this month, Saks is holding a different beauty special or event, things like facial masks from SK-II, blowouts by a Frederic Fekkai stylist and hand massages from La Prairie.
There are also some fancy — FANCY! — gift-with-purchase deals, like a free cake liner from Laura Mercier.
Nationwide, 24 Saks stores are participating (call your local store for details). If you happen to be in the Bay Area and at any point this month find yourself near Union Square, stop by the beauty department at Saks to see what’s going on.
While I’m here looking for new spring stuff on counters, I plan to indulge in a Beauty Treat du Jour. At the SF store today, you can either learn to combine fragrances with Jo Malone London, or get a nail polish change from Dior.
Hmm… That nail polish change sounds pretty sweet to me. My claws are hella to’ up at the moment.
Is Urban Decay’s New Naked Flushed Palette Poised to Take the Throne?
Absolutely not! The new Urban Decay Naked Flushed face palette ($30) has nothing to do with the loo…or with sitting naked on the toilet and flushing, although dirtier minds than mine would probably put those things together. 🙂
Now that I think about it, in Naked Flushed, Urban Decay might have been trying to evoke that whole afterglow effect…ya know, where you’re… Nevermind.
Gees, I hope my mom isn’t reading this.
Just released, the new Naked Flushed face palette combines three products — a sheer, matte golden brown bronzer; a dark reddish pink blush with a matte finish (so super, SUPER dark that it takes some buffing to appear natural); and a shimmery, peachy beige highlighter (this one’s a tad grainy).
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MAC’s Veluxe Brow Liners in Deep Brunette and Strawberry Blonde
Highly pigmented brow pencils with a hard texture; available in Strawberry Blonde, Brunette, Deep Brunette, Deep Dark Brunette and Redhead ($19.50 each).
They last a long time (yay!) but are difficult to apply. I have to go slowly and carefully, and if I accidentally apply too much pressure on the tip, I end up with crazy @ss dark brows.
PRICE: $19.50 each
AVAILABILITY: Available now at MAC counters, stores and maccosmetics.com
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: B
MAC’s Fluidline Brow Gelcremes in Deep Dark Brunette, Dirty Blonde and Redhead
Genius! A long-wearing waterproof brow filler in a gel pot available in three shades (Deep Dark Brunette, Dirty Blonde and Redhead).
They’re super easy to apply (I use a MAC 266) and last all day, and I like that these give me the flexibility to go for either natural or dramatic looks.
If you’re new to filling in your brows, try to use a light touch. 🙂
Wearing Deep Dark Brunette
PRICE: $15 each
AVAILABILITY: Available now at MAC counters, stores and maccosmetics.com
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: A- (more colors, please!)
The Urban Decay Ammo Palette, Reloaded: Urban Decay Re-Releases the Ammo Palette, Cats Respond With Biscuits
The minute I sat down with the new Urban Decay Ammo palette, Tabs jumped up on the couch, pushed Ammo aside and started making biscuits on my lap.
Perhaps this impromptu biscuit sesh happened because I reeked of tuna fish and onions (um, guess what I had for lunch!), or maybe the universe was trying to tell me something…
Maybe the universe had something to say about Urban Decay’s habit of re-launching previously released eyeshadow palettes (like the Feminine, Dangerous and Fun palettes from late last year), and how it’s a little like Tabs and kitty biscuits, in that, sure, you know the drill, you know it’s going to happen when you sit down a certain way on the couch, but you really can’t do anything to stop it, so you just sit back, relax and enjoy. 🙂
The palette thing does get a little confusing, though, especially when UD releases new palettes with old names — names they’ve used before — like with their latest re-lauch, Ammo ($34), which is based on their original Ammo palette from a few years back.
Same name, same 10 colors (UD bestsellers!), but these use Urban Decay’s newer eyeshadow formulation.
UD also revamped the packaging, swapped out the old sponge-tip applicator for a mini-eyeshadow brush, and added a sample-sized tube of their primer potion.
Basically, it’s an updated version of Ammo. Ammo 2.0, so to speak.
Like the original palette, the products in this new Ammo are divided into two rows. You can mix and match any of the shades together, or use the recommended pairs.
Each column of colors creates a recommended duo; my faves are Chopper and Sin, because I just like how neutral they are, but I also like wearing the trio of Smog, Maui Wowie and Last Call together.
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