Bold cheeks, Sephora Spring/Summer 2011
Going to be in Sin City soon, and thinking it would be the perfect time to rock hot pink cheeks as pictured in Sephora’s catalog. Not convinced? Check out Love Margs for a real-life look.
Falling hard for ban.do’s latest bridal hairpieces, but also for the look they went for in the styling: palest pink neutrals with thick babydoll lashes, detailed with softly sparkling metallic accents.
I am hoping this is not a limited edition collection, but if it is, I’d like every pretty pink shade of blush and lipgloss of MAC’s Too Fabulous collection.
“She looks just like a ‘Lola’”, I remarked a couple of weekends ago as we drove by the billboard for Marc Jacobs‘ newest fragrance, Lola, just across the way from his Melrose location. Then I found that face again in the pages of Elle’s September 2009 issue – still can’t believe Karlie Kloss, handpicked by Marc himself to be the Lola muse, is an American model!
I found the Daisy fragrance much too sweet – even for me – but Lola is described to be warm and seductive with notes of pink peppercorn and ruby red grapefruit. Definitely something I’ll be looking into.
Did you pick up your favorite Fafi shades at MAC already? I did. You may recall an old post proclaiming my love for all things Fafi so I was naturally hyped up for this collection. The colors are so vibrant and animated, much like the Fafinettes that adorn the packaging. I picked up a few things in coral and bright pink – just in time for spring!
Can you believe it’s June already? I’ll be on vacation for a week or so, and after that, I plan to start moving things around on the site. More updates on this later.
In the meantime, here’s a look I’m really feeling for summer – posy pink cheeks and lips complimented by green eyeshadow:
Sephora’s Tropical Look using Stila Cosmetics
Daria Werbovy for Lancome using the Pop Cherub Palette; scanned from Preview Magazine, March 2006
From Metro Magazine, March 2007
I love the vibrant crayola colors and high-fashion promos from MAC, and the girly-girl packaging of lines like Bloom and Anna Sui, and the innovative & humorous products coming from Benefit. But I still find myself returning to the classic, no-fuss, simplicity of Clinique time after time. Their colors are so universally wearable but not boring, and plenty of sensitive skin types can count on them for breakout-free cosmetics.
Lately they’ve been stepping it up while still staying true to their minimal look, with Apple-like clean white packaging for their latest collection, Fresh Bloom. Clinique Happy gets sweeter and softer with a limited edition, and how beautiful is their Allover Colour blush?
I also love how they organize their cosmetics by skintone, or between tawnies, nudes, pinks, or violets. I’m mainly an online shopper, and this helps tons when you don’t have time to check stuff out in person.
Like many of the clothes from Paul & Joe, I am seriously in love with the packaging for their cosmetics line, Paul & Joe Beaute. It is absolutely divine! I especially love the gorgeous floral pattern and print on what looks to be a perforated box.
Paul & Joe body powder and lip gloss set at my-wardrobe.com
Love that we are starting to see a steady stream of earth-friendly products hitting beauty counters. Especially when their packaging is also both cute and multi-purpose, like Cargo’s new PlantLove Botanical Lipsticks.
The compostable lipstick tube is made out of corn and emits less greenhouse gases; the outer carton is made of flower paper embedded with real flower seeds that you can plant later on. CARGO also donates two dollars from the sale of every lipstick to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Nifty! I checked these out at Sephora the other day and unfortunately didn’t find any colors that suited me. But I hope this is a sign of things to come from the beauty industry.
MAC recently sent me a postcard promoting their latest collection, Barbie Loves MAC, and I absolutely love the photographs. Though most of the colors are too, uhhh, Barbie doll for me (not to mention a few of the products are already sold out), the concept is awesome and MAC couldn’t have done a better job. Why didn’t anyone think of this before? They managed to capture the Barbie look in a sophisticated and high-fashion way while staying true to our girlhood icon.
The postcard I received is a full version of the bottom one. I love it! It’s currently the first item to decorate my desk.
