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Wearing NARS Fall 2012 Larger Than Life Lip Gloss in Rouge Tribal, $26
Pics and swatches of the NARS fall 2012 collection, available July 15 at narscosmetics.com, in action! Reviews to come. 🙂
Trio Eyeshadow in High Society (Limited Edition), $45
Duo Eyeshadow in Vent Glacé, $34
Blush in Outlaw, $28
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Prey Tell, my fellow Jungle Queen…
Prey Tell
Jungle Queen
…shall we answer the Call of the Wild today?
Call of the Wild
I’m ready if you are. The new 12-piece China Glaze collection for fall 2012 has to be out there somewhere, probably holed up in a salon, a Sally Beauty store or online at sallybeauty.com, and there’s only one way we’ll find it: On Safari.
We have our map, beauty supplies, and a description of the beasts, which according to our guide, come in a variety creamy, glittery plum and earth-tone shades ($7 each).
If we take the jeep, we’ll cover more ground than walking, but we also risk alerting the creatures we’re trying to catch. If we walk the trail instead, tracking will be easier, but we run the risk of chipping our meticulously manicured nails.
Either way, I’m Adventure Red-y for whatever Exotic Encounters await.
Adventure Red-y
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Chanel Fall 2012 Les Essentiels de Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 297 Sweet Beige on my lips
Okay, so I think I’ve finally figured out my plan, and I have to thank the new Chanel Fall 2012 Les Essentiels de Chanel collection for this bit of inspiration.
It’s not “The Plan for the Rest of My Life,” which I’m still working on (I get the feeling this one will take quite a while), but my fashion plan for the rest of the year. The one-sentence summary: hunt for iconic Chanel-esque pieces to up my wardrobe game.
The plan is just a first step, I know, but seeing as how I can’t even commit to a dining room table, it still feels like I’m making progress on something.
The idea hit me like an airborne canvas shoe at a middle school dance when I was thinking about how Chanel Makeup Creative Director Peter Philips translated Coco Chanel’s timeless fashion sense — quilted handbags, two-toned shoes and little black dresses — into the 27-piece collection.
Strutting its stuff now on Chanel counters and chanel.com, the elegant release features a mix of limited edition and re-promoted pieces for lips, eyes, nails and cheeks. Classic pinks and natural beige shades softly define faces and lips while fuchsia and black accessorize nails.
Pish-tosh, you might be thinking. More basics?
Well, don’t hit the snooze button quite yet. I think there’s some pretty interesting stuff going on here from what I’ve seen so far.
Secret micro-glitter, subtle color shifts and sheen finishes spice up these seemingly everyday shades.
The four pieces I looked at today seem every bit as classic to me as a black quilted Chanel purse. They’re understated, and yet able to make a statement without having to shout.
Lumiere D’Artifices Beiges Illuminating Powder
Le Vernis Nail Colour in Vertigo
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OMG! I was just on my way out the door for my lady date with my friend Marisol (gonna see Magic Mike!) when I heard the news…
Urban Decay’s new fall 2012 palette got smoked!
Fo’ reals! Here are some quick pics of the palette and other bits from the Urban Decay fall collection for 2012…
The $49 Urban Decay Smoked Palette, coming soon to Sephora and Ulta stores, select Macy’s stores and online to urbandecay.com (next week)
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).
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
It’s much too early to be talking about fall, and yet here we are. Yes, the worlds of makeup and beauty abide by their own calendar, and here, to push it further ahead, is the fall collection from Too Faced for 2012.
No palette this time, but we did get some lipstick.
Lots and lots of lipstick.
Here are pics of the 26-piece release, available now online, and coming soon to Sephora stores.
La Creme Color Drenched Lip Cremas ($21 each and available in 16 shades)
The Perfect Lips Lip Liners ($17 each) and Perfect Eyes liners ($18 each)
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Do you ever dream in black and white? Apparently, some of us do. My dreams are always in color, usually vivid color, but I think a black-and-white dream in a film noir style would be hella cool.
Methinks someone over at Estée Lauder was definitely dreaming in color when they brought the Brasil Dream collection to life (available now exclusively at Macy’s). My Brazil dreams usually involve beans and rice (Mmm…), but hey, I’m down with the bright blushes, glosses, lipsticks and nail polishes in this collection, too.
How about fragrances in your dreams? Do you ever wake up breathing in the scent of fresh baked bread, your partner’s perfume/cologne or the salty sea? The collection also features a fragrance called Brasil Dream, which I haven’t seen or sniffed since Milan in 2010.
If you haven’t tried the Pure Color Blushes yet, give ’em a swipe when you can. I think they’re great! Super pigmented, and the pans are HUGE.
It all started with a trip to the Grand Canyon…
No, no, that’s not right.
However it started, Bobbi Brown’s new fall 2012 collection is conjuring images in my mind of Vampire Edward skulking amongst the saguaro.
According to the friendly Bobbi Brown sales associate I spoke with at Nordstrom today, the new Desert Twilight collection was NOT inspired by vampires, contrary to the concoctions of my active imagination.
But can’t you see it? — Edward, with that familiar look of tortured malaise, his pale skin glistening in the late afternoon light as he fluffs his tousled hair and mutters in his moody way, “Bella…we should run away together. You, me and Renesmee, our half-human child who ages in dog years.”
The Bobbi Brown sales associate said that the 15-piece release for eyes, lips, cheeks and nails (yup, nails) was inspired by a photo shoot Bobbi had in the desert and represents a new direction for her, something outside of her comfort zone.
Along with the wearable neutrals we usually see from her, the release also features a bright turquoise cream shadow, a shimmery purple eyeliner, and two nail polishes, also in the same turquoise and purple, and all four of them are TO DIE. The gal from the YSL counter even walked over, and we gushed over them for a good 10 minutes.
The bright blue shadow and polish are so intense that they practically reached out and grabbed me by my eyes.
Oh, and the purple liner and polish? A complex blackened purple with tiny flecks of multicolored glitter. Very Chanel.
A couple of tiny black tubes also caught my eye… I thought they were black lip glosses or lip conditioners at first, but they were actually a combination cream product called the Cream Lip Colors for Lips & Cheeks.
They double as blushes and lip colors — like Becca Beach Tints, but thicker, with more pigment and a glossy finish.
Here are pics and swatches of the release. Let me know if something catches your eye. 🙂
Nail Polishes in Twilight (left) and Turquoise (right)
Long-Wear Cream Shadow in Blue Moon (left) and Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Twilight Night Shimmer Ink (right)
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