The Bobbi Brown Limited Edition 1991 Lip Palette ($60). Available now at Bobbi Brown counters and also online.
Take Me Back to 1991!
A Bobbi Brown Party to Go Palette Face of the Day
I feel so “all dressed up with nowhere to go” right now! And yes, I know you’re probably laughing at my hat. It looks exactly like the one I wore with my band uniform freshman (or was it sophomore?) year. To complete the illusion, I should have been holding my mellophone and standing at attention in these pics of me wearing Bobbi Brown’s new holiday palette, Party to Go ($25).
Try as I might, I’ll never be able to escape my band geek past. 🙂
Do you remember a while back when we talked how no two purple eyeshadows are created equal? And how some of them, depending on the specific color and the wearer’s skin tone, can make our eyes look bruised, tired (like I need any extra help with that, hello!) or like we’ve been crying?
That’s what I was thinking about the first time I swept Party to Go’s Eggplant in my crease.
As it turns out, Eggplant is one of those really GOOD purples — GREAT even — that should work well on a wide range of skin tones.
It doesn’t contain much red, which for me with purples can sometimes lead to those looks I don’t like, and it’s just so elegant that it gets along really well with the rest of the shadows and lip products in the kit.
From the left: Metallic Eye Shadow in Rockstar, Shimmer Wash Eye Shadow in Eggplant, Eye Shadow in Charcoal, Metallic Lip Color in Pretty Pink, Metallic Lip Color in Plum and High Shimmer Lip Gloss in Midnight Violet
Wearing Metallic Eye Shadow in Rockstar, Shimmer Wash Eye Shadow in Eggplant and Eye Shadow in Charcoal on my eyes; and Metallic Lip Color in Pretty Pink on my lips
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Dance Break! And Bobbi Brown Holiday 2011 Pics and Swatches
I hate that it’s socially unacceptable for adults in polite company to spontaneously sing and dance. I mean, it was acceptable in high school, right? — when we’d all go buck wild at the drive-thru to Madonna’s Holiday in Jen’s old Datsun (WHITE LIGHTNIN’ FOR EVA!!) — so why can’t people who are old enough to vote also sing their favorite Top 40 hits in line at the DMV? 🙂
I miss being able to get away with things like that (not that one exactly, though). At some point on the road from adolescence to adulthood, spontaneous singing and dancing goes from being an acceptable way to blow off steam, to being something only tolerated from adults who are inebriated, filming a video, or busting moves in a flash mob at the mall.
Well ptooey! on that. We can dance if we want to (we can leave our cares behind), and what better time to dance than while looking at pics and swatches of the new Bobbi Brown Holiday Collection, available now at BB counters and also online.
I can still do the choreo to this dance; my 8-year-old self would be proud
Can you spare a few minutes to add a little sparkle to your eyes and cheeks?
Even if you aren’t obsessed with makeup, I think you might really like this launch (it’s mostly eye palettes, with a lip gloss trio thrown in for variety) because the colors aren’t scary. The neutrals, plums and single blip of blue lend a polished look to professionals who aren’t interested in overly bright, blingy holiday looks.
Take a peek at four of the seven pieces here, and let me know if you see anything you like.
Cool Party Eye Palette, $45
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First Rain
It’s official. Warm weather, like Elvis, has left the building.
The evidence: my empty deck after the first rain of the season.
It looks so sparse without the umbrella and the bright cushions. I’m going to miss sitting out there and drinking tea in the mornings.
The rain also flattened Tabs’ catnip plants…
What’s the Most Impulsive Beauty Decision You’ve Ever Made?
Thankfully, none of mine have been permanent (like getting tattoo eyeliner after drinks in the middle of the night); most of them have been related to hair, like impulsive short haircuts, changing colors on a whim and, um, being a little careless with the wax…
After tossing and turning through a particularly bad night of insomnia a couple of years ago, I decided to wax my brows. Myself. At home. Exhausted. Even though I’d never done it before (uh oh!).
Out of my mind with fatigue, I was even less coordinated than usual…so I accidentally removed half of my left brow.
There’s a lesson here, my friend. Attempting beauty procedures on yourself for the first time is usually NOT a good idea when you’re delirious. 🙁
What’s the most impulsive beauty decision you’ve ever made?
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Vintage MAC: Jadeye Fluidline
MAC Jadeye Fluidline, an oldie but goodie. It’s one of the oldest colors in my stash (2006, I think). This color’s rare and hard to find.
The Limited Edition L’Oreal Colors Take Flight Collection Has a Rather Charming Cockatoo
It’s been a Project Runway kind of day…
No, nothing big like running into Heidi at Sephora or kicking it with Tim Gunn at the DSW (I wish!).
Just a couple of small but cool brushes with my favorite reality TV show. The first one I noticed this morning, when the Tivo, a normally evil form of artificial intelligence hell bent on recording all of the shows I NEVER watch, actually did something useful for a change. It recorded the entire season four of Project Runway, from start to finish, without me having to program it. 🙂
SIDE NOTE: Didn’t you just love Sweetpea? I wish she would have made it to the end just for being hella cool.
And the second one happened this afternoon as I futzed with Charming Cockatoo’s Gaze ($9), one of the four new quads in the L’Oreal Colors Take Flight collection, a collaboration with Project Runway (I know!).
MAC Unsung Heroes: Dubonnet Lipstick
Am I way too easily amused for my own good? Survey says, “Probably.” For instance, I continue to get a huge kick out of mucking up names. Around here, Trader Joe’s is Traitor Joe’s, Target is Tar-ghay, and Whole Foods is affectionately (not) referred to as Whole Paycheck.
Lame? Yes. But also hilarious to moi. 🙂
And now I’m doing it with makeup, too. I’ve heard the peeps at a MAC counter pronounce today’s Unsung Hero, MAC Dubonnet Lipstick ($14.50), as “Doo-bow-nay,” but I like to call it “DEW-bonnet” instead.
Sorry! I can’t help it, even if I am messing with the moniker of one of the greatest reds in the MAC permanent line.
