No really, it is! MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Duo in It’s a Miracle ($20).
Tabby in a Blanket
It’s a Miracle
Clinique Black Tie Violets Collection: Swatch Me, I’m Falling!
‘Twas the night before Saturday, when all through the house
Not a beauty addict was stirring, not even a mouse.Makeup brushes were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Violet soon would be there.
Behold the real fruits of my Friday night labor! I went all swatch crazy with Clinique’s new Black Tie Violets collection, whee!
Here’s a quick look at seven of the 11 pieces from the collection (a limited edition holiday release).
Let me know if anything pops out at ya. 🙂
Clockwise from bottom: Full Potential Lips Plump and Shine in Bloomberry, High Impact Lip Color in Extreme Pink, Different Lipstick in Different Grape, Shimmering Stripes Powder Blushes in Tuxedo Plums, Colour Surge Eye Shadow Quad in Black Tie Violets, Brush-On Cream Liner in Violet Luxe and Defining Liner for Lips in Pomegranate
Colour Surge Eye Shadow Quad in Black Tie Violets, $25
Shimmering Stripes Powder Blushes in Tuxedo Plums, $30
Brush-On Cream Liner in Violet Luxe, $15
High Impact Lip Color in Extreme Pink, $14
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Clarins Palazzo d’Oro Collection Gives the Royal Treatment
OMG, but I think I lost a Friday.
I seriously lost the day. I must have set it down somewhere late last night, like between my shower and the bed, and totally forgot where. Now, it’s almost Saturday, and all I have to show for it is some holiday indulgence.
Even though I misplaced my Friday, I did find something else: Palazzo d’Oro, the newest limited-edition collection from Clarins.
With makeup products for face, eyes and lips ranging from $24-66 apiece, the limited-edition four-piece release costs considerably more than the average holiday collection, but I think it looks and feels like jewelry.
Substantial, seemingly solid gold cases housing sophisticated colors and luxurious textures — I can see them sitting atop mountains of gems and golden, silver and platinum treasure in a red dragon’s cave or some Medieval king’s treasure chamber!
In other words, if you’re in the mood to splurge, there’s *a lot* to splurge on here. 🙂
Clarins tried to channel Venetian architecture and the light of the city in Palazzo d’Oro’s shimmery gold, brown, beige and taupe palette. I don’t know how they did since I’ve never been to Venice, but I do think they succeeded in creating shades I could wear all day and all night.
What do ya think?
Gold Attraction Eye Quartet and Liner Palette, $66
Gold Attraction Face Palette, $57
Joli Rouge Brilliant Lipstick in Gold Reflections, $24
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Bloggerati Spotlight
Rise and shine, morning glories. 🙂 Can you believe it’s another Friday already? Was there even a Tuesday this week, LOL?
While I make myself presentable and crank up the generator that is my coffee-fueled brain, take a moment to warm up with the gals in Daily Makeover’s Beauty Bloggerati.
- Beauty tips from Petra Strand of the Pixi Beauty line — A Mom in Red High Heels
- Tested: 3 holiday products for your man — Makeover Momma
- How to get glamorous waves — Hair Thursday
- GROSS! Why you might want to change your shower head, ASAP! — Beauty Blogging Junkie
- DIY: A Freida Pinto makeup look — Talking Makeup
- Cute! Bling me this eco-friendly jewelry for Xmas — The Jet Set Girls
- A quick peek at Shiseido’s Rich Rocks collection for the holidays — Makeup Bag
- How to keep your foundation from smearing — Spoiled Pretty
- Where’s the remote? NARS is coming to QVC — Product Girl
- Even more dry winter skin tips — Beyond Beauty Basics
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Did Too Faced Lashlight Mascara Light Up My Life?
Do you also have those dreams where you look in the mirror and see yourself with Terminator eyes?
Thanks to Lashlight ($25), the newest mascara from Too Faced, “futuristic cyborg” can now be your face of the day.
My right eye looks like it’s about to shoot lasers… Spooky!
Something tells me Too Faced didn’t have flesh-covered robots bent on the destruction of womankind when they designed Lashlight, but they still outfitted it with hella upgrades!
I think it should be noted that the LED lights in the base of the wand also make this mascara the *world’s best* for finding your house keys in the dark.
The way Too Faced creative director and founder Jerrod Blandino explains it, he got the idea for the LEDs from the times he struggled to apply mascara to clients in dimly lit (but oh so glam!) locations.
NOTE: I’ve never had to apply mascara in the dark — trapped, say, with a shirtless Ryan Reynolds — but, thanks to Lashlight, I find it comforting to know that I could. 🙂
Picture taken in my darkened bathroom… How Blair Witchy is this?
Too Faced also claims that “liquid crystalline particles” in the Lashlight formula act like microscopic mirrors, brightening up the eyes by reflecting light off and around the lashes.
Hmm…
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Clarins Palazzo d’Oro Collection: Gold Attraction Face Palette
The Gold Attraction Face Palette ($57) — yay or nay on the embossed pattern? I kinda heart it…
This cutie is one of four pieces from the new Clarins Palazzo d’Oro Collection for holiday 2009. More deets in just a few. 🙂
I’m Seeing Stars: Sonia Kashuk’s Starry Eyes Palette for Holiday 2009
If you’re a budget-lovin’ babe who wears cool-toned shadows well, Sonia Kashuk’s got your back. Her new Starry Eyes Palette ($15) for holiday 2009 comes with six cool-toned powder eyeshadows in a mix of glitters and matte.
Exactly what’s inside?
- A shimmery brown with glitter
- Shimmery beige with glitter
- Shimmery taupe with glitter (fans of MAC Satin Taupe eyeshadow, this shade looks like Satin Taupe’s glittery cousin)
- A matte brown
- Matte white
- Matte taupe
I’ve been going through a glitter renaissance of late, and the glitter shadows in this palette are hitting all my right notes. You know how some glittery shadows are just too sheer? How all you can see sometimes is the glitter (but no color)? Well, these aren’t like that at all. All three deliver respectable pigmentation — a nice surprise for gals on Team Glitter.
Speaking of the glitter, I expected it to feel gritty here based on how chunky the bits look in their pans.
But that wasn’t the case. In fact, the particles appear fine — just right, in fact — once they’re applied.
It adds up to a very refined glitter look, if there is such a thing. 🙂
Swatches with flash
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