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A shot of the Burberry Beauty Lip Cover Soft Satin Lipstick in Nude Beige, $30. It’s one of 31 21 new Soft Satin Lipsticks from the new Burberry makeup line, which goes on pre-sale today online at nordstrom.com.
I love the detailing on the side of the lipstick bullet!
Clockwise from left: Burberry Beauty Sheer Eyeshadow in Almond, Burberry Beauty Sheer Foundation in Trench, Burberry Beauty Eye Definer Eye Shaping Pencil in Midnight Brown, Burberry Beauty Lip Cover Soft Satin Lipstick in Nudge Beige, Burberry Beauty Light Glow Natural Blush in Russet
Just a few bits from the new Burberry Beauty line, which goes on pre-sale today online at nordstrom.com.
More swatches/reviews in a hot sec, but in the meantime, what do you think of the packaging?
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Barely a week into summer, and I’m already distracted by fall! The fall makeup releases launching lately (did you catch the new Urban Decay stuff yesterday?) are trying to steal the spotlight from summer, but glittery hot pink Dolce & Gabbana Classic Cream Lipstick in Shocking aims to put the spotlight back where it belongs.
Yes, the $30 price hurts almost as much as that time Vampire Eric bit your neck in the basement at Fangtasia, but this bit of glittery goodness is like summer sunbeams on lips. It’s one of 32 permanent shades in the Dolce & Gabbana Classic Creams line of lipsticks (they remind me of Chanel Aqualumieres).
Hot pink glittery lipsticks sometimes venture into trashy territory, but Dolce & Gabbana handles Shocking with class. The color’s bright, but not *too* bright to actually wear around town, while its little flecks of glitter add a touch of fun yet sophisticated sparkle.
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A quick phone call would’ve sufficed…
Life is filled with lessons we learn along the way. Some we learn from others, like our friends and family, or the people on Shot at Love with Tila Tequila… And some we find out on our own.
Here are nine things I had to find out on my own:
Coming from a family of straight-haired lads and lasses, I felt cursed by my wavy hair as a girl growing up in the ’80s and ’90s.
I spent a good chunk of my youth fighting against my natural hair and did just about everything the curly hair experts warn against.
Curly styling product options were more limited back then (I can’t think of anything other than L’Oreal Pumping Curls), but after college, years of experimentation and several bad haircuts, I grew to love my natural hair.
I’m glad I came around, too, because now there are entire haircare lines devoted to wavy/curly hair. AWESOME!
Everything is temporary — the good stuff and the bad. Instead of fighting every form of change, accept that it’s a part of life and make the most of every curve ball that comes your way.
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Rise and shine, morning glory. 🙂 Can we talk about clay? — as in Amazonian white clay (not Aiken)? Tarte’s new emphasEyes Shadow/Liners ($22), an entirely new product line released for summer, come in five shades — black, brown, indigo, plum and bronze — each made with something Tarte refers to as micronized Amazonian white clay.
Tarte claims it works wonders by moisturizing the skin while improving elasticity (among other things).
I just started wearing the Indigo one. It’s a deep shimmery blue with a rich, creamy texture (kinda reminds me of my beloved Benefit Creaseless Creams).
Dolce & Gabbana Classic Cream Lipstick in Shocking, $30.
Would you rock this?
Sure, it might be summer in nail polish land, but right now some fairly offbeat colors are having their moment in the sun.
U.K. (and now US) retailer Topshop now has a makeup line to go with their clothes, and their SS10 Trend Collection of three limited edition shades ($10 each) for spring and summer 2010 sho’ don’t look like your typical summer pinks, corals, oranges and reds. No, sir. Gold Dust (a shimmery buttery gold), Copper Coated (a reddish copper with large glitter) and Cloud (a creamy bluish gray) are downright something else.
Take a look, and let me know what you think. 🙂
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