From left: Rose Blush, Pink Chic, Red Alert
Three of the 24 lipsticks from the Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipstick line ($6 each).
If you’re tried this lippie before, let me know your favorite color. 🙂
Rimmel Moisture Renew Lipsticks
Bonjour! Let Givenchy Makeup Take You Someplace Special for Summer
Do you ever wish you could just drop everything, hand over your responsibilities to someone trustworthy and take a long, relaxing trip to some idyllic hidden getaway?
Givenchy knows what it’s like; one of the things they do well is create collections that take the heart and mind on a journey.
When I look at the evocative packaging and dynamic colors of their summer 2010 collection, I feel like today’s rotten weather and my ever-present to-do list are miles and miles away.
Fleur de Frangipanier Powder in Island Tan
The blues, bronzes, pinks and peaches transport me to a tropical resort, where I’m lounging lazily beside the pool, reading some book (probably teen lit) under a stand of palm trees rustling overhead. Of course, in this fantasy I’m rocking killer abs in a Burberry bikini, and Ryan Reynolds just offered to buy me a margarita, but that’s another story for another time. 😉
Le Prisme Mono in Island Lagoon Eyeshadow
The seven-piece collection for lips, eyes and cheeks lives up to Givenchy’s reputation for eye-catching limited edition packaging. Check out the flower in the Fleur de Frangipanier Powder and the delicate floral designs on the compacts… I DIE!!
Pop Gloss Crystal SUN in Island Guava
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Two Ways to Win MAC Slick Black Greasepaint Stick
- The giveaway is now closed. Congrats to winner Amber! Before you go, check the home page for ongoing giveaways.
It’s a cold, gray Wednesday here in the San Francisco Bay Area, homies, and the ache in my knees tells me that rain’s a-comin’!
On the bright side, April showers bring May flowers, and perhaps even a bit of MAC. 🙂
Today’s giveaway features something water-resistant, you know, just in case it rains. MAC’s smudgy Greasepaint Stick in Slick Black is a jill of many trades, a multitasking maven unafraid of wet and wild days.
The prize
One lucky lady will win long-wearing MAC Greasepaint Stick in Slick Black, a creamy black eye crayon ($18 value) that works well as a liner, a shadow or even as a base for powder eyeshadows (busts out some FABOOLICIOUS smokey eyes).
How to enter…
Entering is easy. There are two different ways, and you can do both of them for two chances to win.
First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post. In it, share one or more of your favorite eyeliner tips/tricks.
To get a soft, barely-there liner look that puts the focus on your eyes, 🙂 dot the lash lines with an eyeliner pencil, and smudge the dots together with an applicator sponge.
Second, enter by following me on Twitter and retweeting (RT) the following message:
Follow @karenmbb and RT to win MAC Slick Black Greasepaint Stick (an $18 value) http://bit.ly/9maYIQ
Recap…
- Enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, and don’t forget to use a valid email address so I can reach you if you win.
- Follow me on Twitter and retweet the following message:
Follow @karenmbb and RT to win MAC Slick Black Greasepaint Stick (an $18 value) http://bit.ly/9maYIQ
I’ll pick the winner at random from among the people who enter by 11:59 p.m. PST on Friday, April 23.
Ke o lakaletsa mohlohonolo!!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
- The giveaway is now closed. Congrats to winner Amber! Before you go, check the home page for ongoing giveaways.
P.S. So much yummy MAC goodness to look forward to, ladies! Tomorrow Pret a Papier, already available online, drops on counters. To put it mildly, I’m stoked.
And I can’t wait for the new Superglass glosses ($18 each). Those boogie on down to MAC counters on May 6.
MAC says the nine glosses are even more blinged-out than their super-sparkly Dazzleglass line, and they used something they call “snowflake-shaped helicone pearls” to ramp up the sparkle while NOT ramping up the grit. We’ll see!
From top: Cherry Electric (a bright cherry pink), Disco Blend (a light tan), Fab Frenzy (a deep blueish purple), Gift Wrap (a light pinkish peach), Sugar Overload (a beige-y white), Superflash! (a mid-tone yellowish pink), Sweet Tart (a pale baby pink), Totally Bang! (fuchsia), Tunnel of Love (a deep blueish brown)
NARS Sin Blush: BFF to Purple Glosses Everywhere
I’ve had my share of flings with purple glosses 🙂 (still lovin’ ya, MAC Lavender Whip!), but I’ve never found the right blush to go with ’em.
(until now)
Shimmery golden berry NARS Blush in Sin ($26) just may be the perfect partner for purple gloss. It’s been part of the NARS family (permanent) for some time now, but I just recently gave it a try.
Speaking of purple, has anyone else been crushing hard on purple lipgloss lately? I’ve been working my way through a phase triggered by the new purple glosses from Benefit and Too Faced (but I digress…).
About Those Too Faced Names…
They’re kinda naughty, yah? This Eyeshadow Duo’s called Sexpresso & Peach Fuzz ($17).
Rimmel Glam Eyes Mono Eyeshadows: What Say You?
Clockwise from left: Rimmel Glam Eyes Mono Eye Shadows in Night Jewel, Spicy Bronze and Celestial Sapphire ($4 each)
I’m giving these a go this week. Have you them yet?
NARS Versailles Nail Polish: Summer’s Pearly Lemon Gold
The only thing that came close to getting Glee off my mind today was the lovely NARS Versailles nail polish ($16) from Francois’ collection for summer 2010.
NARS made this pearly lemon gold so easy peasy to work with that I can’t believe it’s not butter. It dries quickly, doesn’t streak and has a nice glossy shine I won’t soon forget.
That’s two coats in the swatch up top…
Methinks Versailles is a much cooler color (as in color temp) than the other golden polish that made a big splash with me this summer, Chanel’s Gold Lamé (with its warmer, almost peachy orange undertones).
Bejeweled or Banging? Glamour Glosses by Too Faced
Experience with BeDazzler must be a requirement to work in the makeup biz because faux gems have been gracing more and more products every day.
I keep wishing they’d pull a Hanson and just quietly disappear (see: MAC’s Passions of Red and Lancome’s Deluxe Brush Set), but that’s probably not a wish this girl’s ever going to get. 🙂
In the case of the new Glamour Glosses by Too Faced ($19), I better find a way to “let it go.”
You can’t miss the GIANT fake jewel on the cap (or how it looks like it’s mocking me).
Lucky for Too Faced, the coverage on this gloss? — HELLO! Off the hizzy.
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