Sweet! The UPS dude showed up this afternoon with the new Bite Beauty Define & Refine Lip Set ($36), available now at sephora.com.
I’m wearing the red lip pencil around the house right now with my pajamas, haha.
Bite Beauty: Define & Refine Lip Set
Aren’t the New Rouge G de Guerlain Serie Noire Lipstick Compacts Serie-ously Cute?
Right now it’s raining like the powers that be left the shower on upstairs, but I’m not letting the wet weather get me down. Assisting me today in my pursuit of perkiness are this hot pink ribbon…
…and Tabs, who sent me the following text from his iPhone.
Woman, I’m in the mood for something bright. Tie this thing around my neck before I swipe your ankles.
Love ya,
Tabs
P.S. Real cats wear pink.
I usually just roll my eyes and click DELETE when he sends me crazy texts like this one…from upstairs, but I derive great joy from seeing him bop around the house in bright colors, so I was happy to oblige.
Doesn’t the ribbon go well with these bright new Rouge G de Guerlain Serie Noire Jewel Lipstick Compacts ($46 each)? They’re part of a new four-piece limited edition lipstick line released for spring.
Rouge Sensuel on the top and Fuchsia Delice on the bottom
What do ya think of the black lacquer compact? Pretty sleek, right? Each one holds one tube. Guerlain did that special for this release.
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Resveratrol, and Not Vampires, Puts the Bite in Bite Beauty Lip Products
OMG, where’s the UPS dude?! I keep running to the front door to check for a Sephora package I ordered last week, and then, seeing it isn’t there, stomping grumpily all the way back to my desk.
Gah! The package I’m waiting for contains goodies from a line of natural lip products called Bite Beauty, and I’ve been eager to sink my teeth into them…
Ha! Sorry, you know I can’t resist a bad pun. 
When the 50-piece lip line’s lipsticks, liners, glosses, pencils and lip treatments materialized on Sephora’s website earlier this month, I incorrectly assumed that vampire politics played a role (Bite Beauty?), but that was just my inner Twilighter/True Blood-er jumping to supernatural conclusions.
Rouge G de Guerlain Série Noire Jewel Lipstick Compact
Two of the four new Rouge G de Guerlain Série Noire Jewel Lipstick Compacts ($46 each), available now at Guerlain counters and online.
That’s Rouge Sensuel on the top and Fuchsia Delice on the bottom.
What say you?
I Feel Like I’m Repeating Myself Because I Keep Saying Yes to Carrots Pampering Conditioner
If you’re ever looking for cheap entertainment on a Friday night, Target is THE PLACE to go. I’m only half kidding, too. I stopped by last Friday around 9:30ish to satisfy a craving for Power C Vitamin Water, and the store was hoppin’!
People buy some weird sh*t in the middle of the night, LOL! Like Vitamin Waters. I spent more time people watching than actually shopping.
But I did swing by the beauty aisles; I picked up this bottle of Yes To Carrots Pampering Conditioner for Normal to Dry Hair ($8) on a whim.
Like their Yes to Cucumbers Conditioner (SO GOOD!), this one is also free of petroleum products, SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate), paraben and silicones. At the same time, it’s cruelty-free and 99.8% natural, made with minerals, the company says, that were collected from the Dead Sea, as well as other cool stuff like carrot seed oil and honey. It’s a very diverse group of mostly natural ingredients.
With Josie Maran Argan Blend Concealer, Two Shades Are Better Than One
Sometimes I feel like I deserve to win the gold medal…for dark circles. The little purple half moons beneath my eyes are like the Michael Phelps-es of the dark circle world. They’re overachievers. I’m serious. They’re very good at what they do.
MAC Pro Longwear can’t defeat them outright, but it has slowed them down. It’s been my jam for the past few months, but I’ve been wanting to find a cruelty-free option, which is why I was hoping the new Josie Maran Argan Blend Concealer ($28) would rock my world.
This creamy new concealer comes in three colors — light, medium and dark. I have the medium one, which goes by the name Suede. It’s a pretty good fit for my tan skin (I’m an NC35 in MAC foundation).
The compact actually comes with two products — a salmon shade and a darker yellow-based beige. I’ve been applying a layer of the salmon shade first, which acts like a color corrector, canceling out most of the purple in my circles (like a color corrector), and then add the yellow-based concealer on top.
Both of them are easy to apply and blend, stay put all day long, and thankfully manage to steer clear of my fine lines.
Eye Love You Too, Josie Maran: The Josie Maran Eye Love You Too Eyeshadow Palette in Action
When I looked out my window this morning, I saw a hopeful reminder that spring is right around the corner. The oak trees outside, which had been nothing but scrawny twigs and branches for months, have sprouted new leaves!
It’s nice to know that even though it’s wet and gloomy outside, the trees are still paying attention to the calendar. 🙂
Doesn’t the outside scene above almost look like it could have been painted with the browns and greens in Josie Maran’s new limited edition Eye Love You Too Argan Eyeshadow Palette ($42)? I reviewed it a while back, but I thought you might like to see it in action…
Top row from the left: Campfire, Rejuvenate, Dragonfly and Chirp; Bottom row: Bunny, Cinnamon, Meadow and Branch
Swatches from the left: Campfire, Rejuvenate, Dragonfly and Chirp
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Jennifer Aniston Eau de Parfum Spray
Jennifer Aniston Eau de Parfum Spray, available online now ($39-70).
The official fragrance notes include: citrus grove accord, rose water, jasmine, violet, amazon lily, musk, amber and sandalwood.
What do you think of the bottle? Have you sniffed this yet?