L’Oreal’s new Infallible Eye Shadow 24HR in Endless Sea ($7.95), one of six new shades for fall. Available in July!
New From L’Oreal: Endless Sea Infallible Eye Shadow
Banana of the Day
Set Phasers on Mineralized! The MAC Heavenly Creature Collection Shoots for the Shimmery Stars
MAC Heavenly Creature Mineralize Eye Shadow in Earthly, Aurora and Sky on my eyes; Mineralize Blush in Ring of Saturn and Solar Ray on my cheeks; Mineralize Skinfinish on my upper cheekbones; and Lipstick in Cusp of Dawn on my lips
Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship MAC Heavenly Creature. Its mission: to explore celestial shimmer, to seek out soft, glowing skin and gorgeous galaxies of color, to boldly go where no woman has gone before!
Long-range scanners reveal a 35-piece planetary formation with forests of Duo Fibre brushes and mountains of Mineralize makeup and skin care. At our current speed and heading, we should intercept the collection, which is available now online, in the North American Nebula, orbiting above MAC counters and stores July 5, and internationally later the same month.
Like Captain James T. Kirk, the collection is impossibly good looking.
According to the ship’s manifest, our cargo includes…
Nine Mineralize Eye Shadows ($20 each), four Mineralize Skinfinishes ($29 each), four Mineralize Blushes ($23.50 each), five Lipsticks ($14.50 each), five Cremesheen Glasses and False Lash Mascara, the 187 Duo Fibre Face Brush ($42), 188 Small Duo Fibre Face Brush ($34) and 286 Duo Fibre Tapered Blending Brush ($34) brush, Mineralize Charged Water Cleanser ($23), Mineralize Charged Water Moisture Gel ($37), Moisture Eye Cream ($35) and Mineralize Volcanic Ash Exfoliator ($28).
Captain’s log, stardate 2012.28.6
I put on my moon boots this afternoon and beamed down to the planet’s surface with Science Officer Tabs and 10 crewmen from the marble-ous collection.
Mineralize Skinfinish in Center of the Universe
Today I Tried to Answer the Question Tarte Poses With Their New Makeup Kit, “What Has Your Makeup Done For You Lately?”
This morning, while Janet rocked, “What have you done for me lately?” I sang something similar while applying the products in Tarte’s latest makeup kit.
What Has Your Makeup Done For You Lately? — that’s a good question, and it’s also the name of the $49 six-piece kit (a QVC exclusive).
Listening to Janet, I came this close to teasing my hair and slipping into something with shoulder pads, but then I came to my senses, thankfully, because real life ’80’s fashion wasn’t always as cool as a John Hughes film… 🙂
For this look, I’m wearing all of the products in the kit except for the Maracuja Oil, and I’m also wearing Tarte’s Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush in Peaceful on my cheeks, because the kit doesn’t come with a blush.
A Liner Poseidon Would Use: The New Trident Shaped 3*Way Lash Lining Tool From Too Faced Creates Thicker, Fuller Lashes
I need another black liquid liner like I need another reason to watch Magic Mike! — but that’s not stopping me from wanting another black liquid liner, especially a good one with the power of innovation. 🙂
Fellow liner lover, walk with me for a bit as we bat our lashes at the new 3*Way Lash Lining Tool from Too Faced ($22).
Do you suffer from chronic tardiness? (I do!) Thin lashes got you down? (Yup!)
If you answered in the affirmative to either of those inquiries, Too Faced feels they can help, and their solution takes a three-pronged approach.
The new 3*Way has a three-pronged tip — kinda like a trident — designed to create the illusion of a full lash line; the product doubles (triples?) as a liquid liner to draw both thin and thick lines, hence the name.
It works like this: starting at one end of your upper lash line, place the prongs at the base of your lashes between the roots. Gently apply pressure to dispense the liquid, stamping three black dots. Repeat along the full length of your lash line, filling in the spaces between your lashes.
When you’re done, your lash line should look a whole lot thicker.
Alternately, to use the 3*Way as a liquid liner for super skinny lines, just drag the edge of one of the three tips along your lash and water lines, or for thicker lines, like for cat eyes, make contact with all three tips placed flat.
Now, dotting liner along the base of your lashes and between the roots isn’t a new trick. Sometimes it’s referred to as “backing the lashes,” and truth be told, most any black liner, be it liquid or pencil, can deliver a similar effect.
Dolce & Gabbana Monica Collection
The new Dolce & Gabbana Monica Collection Lipsticks, $32 each. Available now exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue stores and online at saksfifthavenue.com. The lippies are inspired by the Italian actress and fashion model Monica Belluci.
Colorful Beaded Sandals: Would You Wear ‘Em?
Beaded flat sandals from Nine West, $78, available now at Macys.
I love how these look, but I could probably only wear them if I wasn’t doing a lot of walking. Flats hurt my feet!
Would you wear ’em? Yes or no?
Tired of Being Disappointed With Your Makeup? With Their New QVC Exclusive Kit, Tarte Asks, “What Has Your Makeup Done For You Lately?”
Every time I say the name of Tarte’s new $49 QVC exclusive kit, “What Has Your Makeup Done For You Lately?” (a $160 value) I think of this old-school Janet Jackson jam…
I find it really funny that I can’t remember the last name of that boy I dated for three months in my freshman year in college (Mike something-or-other? I want to say Mendoza?), but I can recite the lyrics from Janet’s video word for word!
“What’s up, girl?”
“He stood me up again.”
“Again?!”
“Um-hmm.”
“Well, what’s up with this guy? Do you really like him that much?”
“Yes, honey, I love him. He is fine. He does a lot of nice things for me.”
“I know he used to do nice stuff for you, but what has he done for you lately?”
Don’t even get me started on the choreography. 🙂
But I digress…
Tarte’s latest makeup kit, a QVC exclusive (QVC and QVC.com) on July 13, features six pieces, most of them new.
For $49, or about 70 percent off the regular price of all of the products purchased separately, you get one LipSurgence Lip Shine in Smitten (a glossy pink), the new Pure Maracuja Oil Rollerball, the new Retoucher Flawless Finish Bamboo Foundation Brush, the new Maracuja Miracle 12-HR Foundation with Broad Spectrum SPF 15 (choose from one of five shades in Fair, Light, Medium, Tan and Deep), the new modernEYES Waterproof Creaseless Shadow/Liner in Plumberry/Plum Brown, and a re-promoted Amazonian Clay Smart Mascara.
Oh — and as a bonus, you also get a sample jar of Tarte’s new Maracuja C-Brighter Eye Treatment, a cream designed to conceal dark circles immediately and diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles over time.
