That’s Pulse, one of the six new Hourglass Prodigy Glosses available next month ($26) at Sephora.
Hourglass Prodigy Gloss
A Quick Look at Urban Decay Eden Primer Potion and Razor Sharp Powder
There’s been some serious *brou-ha-ha* over Urban Decay’s new Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows (first about the cute packaging and second about the shades having been previously released under different names), but UD didn’t stop with Alice. They also released two new face products, namely a powder and an eye primer for spring.
I’m still doing some playing testing, but here’s a really quick look… 🙂
Urban Decay tried to make their new loose powder universally flattering, but they sure didn’t make the name easy to say, ha! Razor Sharp Ultra Definition Finishing Powder ($30) is quite a mouthful (say it five times fast!), but it does feel soft, slippery and very finely milled.
What seems different about it? Well, it’s supposed to create an optical blurring effect (almost an airbrushed effect) that UD says will minimize imperfections on the skin. To that I say, “My skin’s hella imperfect, so bring it on!”
A sprinkling of Razor powder
Razor’s also supposed to be flexible enough to wear in different ways, like alone on bare skin to mattify or smooth, sprinkled on top of foundation to set, or applied beneath liquid foundations to form a sort of hybridized liquid powder.
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New in Beauty, Jan. 27: A Bronze Goddess Gets Summer Stripes and NARS Gets Matte About Lips
New in Beauty
- Yay or nay to Estee Lauder’s Bronze Goddess blush/bronzer compact for summer?
- Blend to build a blush with these springy new Rimmel Lasting Finish Powder Blushes ($5). Each comes with three swirl-able shades for mix/matching. 🙂
- Fascinating! NARS’s new (silicone-based) Lip Stain Glosses ($24) have a matte finish in gloss form?
- Now THAT’s a funky applicator — Dior’s new Capture Totale Instant Eye Rescue ($95) eye cream.
- Hmm… I’ve got a few dark spots eager to try Clarins’ Bright Plus On-the-Spot Corrector ($35).
- Shiseido’s The Make Perfect Rouge Glowing Matte Lip Colour ($25) is making spring matte-er.
- No worries. Shiseido’s also making sure there’s still plenty of shiny lipgloss to go around!
- The T3 SinglePass Flat Iron ($160) has tourmaline-infused plates (sounds like something from a comic book, LOL!) to supposedly straighten strands in a single pass.
- Could Milani’s new HD Advanced Concealer be the $7 drugstore answer to YSL’s Touche Eclat?
- From now through March, Bliss will donate 75% of the proceeds from sales of their Softening Socks ($48) and Glamour Gloves ($48) to Unicef relief efforts in Haiti.
Congratulations on making it to hump day with me, ladies! 🙂 I can see the summit, with the weekend not far below. Let’s do this!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Like That Cameo Song, Smashbox’s New Heartbreaker Is Sweet Like Can-Daaaaaay!
Y’know, the candy necklaces with the beads? 🙂 I went through a phase where I wore ’em 24/7 (that was many moons ago).
The first time I tried Heartbreaker ($18), Smashbox’s first perfume, it hit me like a candy necklace in the face!
Luckily, it dries down quickly, (30 minutes or so) first into a dessert-worthy mix of vanilla wafers and warm caramel, and ending as a whisper-light gardenia and musk. For an eau de parfum, it really doesn’t last too long (about four hours total), but sweet is definitely the theme all the way.
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Do You Kiss and Tell?
Smashbox Heartbreaker Palette in Kiss N’ Tell, $34.
What should I do with that hot pink eyeshadow?
‘Cause Every Girl’s Crazy About a Sharp Dressed Man
That Francois Nars sure can dress.
(From the NARS in SF event, June 2009).
Time Balm Concealer Blows Dark Circles Away
After using The Balm’s Time Balm Concealer for about a month, I gotta say — this stuff is totally legit (too legit to quit, even!).
It’s already replaced Dior Sculpt as my Numero Uno concealer love, making it worthy of a celebratory head bang (insert flying hair, rocking head and sign of the beast [HERE]).
Oh, Time Balm, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways…
First, price, which at $18 is $13 less than a tube of Dior Sculpt. Sure, neither one is drugstore-level affordable, but $18 sounds a lot better than $31 (and that extra $13 could go toward a tube of something wonderful like MAC Nymphette… I’m just sayin’.)
Time Balm Concealer in Medium
Yet price isn’t even the main reason I heart this tamer of dark circles so much. Quality is. In just about every way, I give Time Balm the edge over Dior Sculpt.
Time Balm: The Deets
Available in six shades from light to medium-dark (find them at Sephora), this cream concealer comes in a wee pot with a screw-on top and an applicator sponge. SIDE NOTE: I actually ditched the sponge, finding it a little too small for me and difficult to use. I prefer to apply and buff it with a foundation brush.
One issue I often have with concealers is how many will settle into my fine lines and look obvious after a few hours of wear. I’ve struggled to find ones that appear to blend into my skin, as opposed to sitting directly on top of it.
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Estee Lauder Says, “You Better Love Your Lips on Valentine’s Day”
Rise and shine, morning glories! 🙂 Do you feel the “love” 
on the lippies and glosses in Estee Lauder’s new Love Your Lips collection? You may, because all 16 of the limited edition lipsticks and glosses have the word emblazoned on their lipstick bullet or tube.
Estee Lauder Love Your Lips Collection
- Signature Lipsticks in Pink to Berry Shades, $20: Lustrous Pink, Lush Rose, Cherry Kiss, Perfect Pink, Pink Kiss
- Signature Lipsticks in Mauve to Plum Shades, $20: Radiant Wine, Rich Berry, Chelsea Rose, Radiant Rose
- Siganture Lipsticks in Coral to Red Shades, $20: Coral Kiss, Portofino Coral, Spanish Red
- Kissable Lip Glosses in Pink to Berry Shades, $18: Sweet Kiss, Cherry Kiss, Pink Kiss
- Kissable Lip Gloss in Coral to Red Shades, $18: Coral Kiss