From the Dolce & Gabbana Evocative Collection: Classic Cream Lipstick in Cosmopolitan, $30.
I’ll Have a Cosmopolitan, Please
Archives for September 2010
Chanel SoHo Collection: Quadra Eye Shadow in Stupendous
Chanel Les 4 Ombres Quadra Eye Shadow in Stupendous, $56.
Would you rock this?
Urban Decay’s Urbanglow Cream Highlighters Deserve the Spotlight, Don’t Keep It for Long
I suppose if I really wanted an authentic candlelit glow I could walk around with a candle up next to my face, but talk about a big pain in the @ss, right? 🙂 And dangerous too!
No problem. The new Urban Decay Urbanglow Cream Highlighters ($24 each) are safer than open flames but just as illuminating.
UD packed these four cute compacts in Wicked, Sin, Brown Sugar and Moonshine with pearly glows and pigment to spare.
They kinda work like spotlights for the skin. Just pat on cheeks, at your temples, down the bridge of your nose or at the inner corners of your eyes for an instantly brighter outlook and a luminescent glow. They apply smoothly to bare skin, or on top of liquid foundations or tinted moisturizer, but I don’t recommend them for use atop powder foundations. When I tried, they looked kinda cakey.
I’ve been wearing Wicked (the shimmery pink) and Sin (the shimmery champagne) on particularly rough days when I haven’t gotten enough sleep the night before because they’re pretty good at quickly faking wide-awake eyes.
The Chanel SoHo Nail Polishes: Steel Yourself for These Strong Fall Shades
Chanel says, “It’s fall. Time to go to work.”
Well, it’s official. Elvis and summer have left the building. They walked out the back door, the one by the loading dock, and met for brewskies down at the Harvest Moon, you know, that little pub where all the classic fall nail colors hang out after work.
Every fall I pack up my warm weather must-haves — my neon nail polishes, fuchsia glosses, booty shorts with “I heart the Jersey Shore” written across the back (kidding!) to make room for autumn’s awesome goodies. This year, I’m clearing space for a couple of real workin’ stiffs called Steel (a shimmery gunmetal gray) and Strong (a shimmery blackened plum), Chanel’s two new SoHo Le Vernis nail polishes for fall ($23 each).
Why do autumn leaves make me want to paint mah talons with darker colors? Is it a cavewoman thing? Who knows, but if you like the look of dark fall nails, feast your Bette Davis eyes on these.
Shiseido Had a Bright Idea with These Luminizing Satin Eye Color Trios
Shiseido is not a word that springs to mind when I think “bright eyeshadow,” but their new Luminzing Satin Eye Color Trios ($33 each) sure got my attention.
I stumbled on these in the city the other day. The seven powder shadow trios, inspired by Shiseido Makeup Artistic Director Dick Page’s world travels, are completely new to the line, and bright is their modus operandi (they also feel silky smooth).
Swatches of the Shiseido Luminizing Satin Eye Color Trios: (first row) GY901 Snow Shadow; (second row) GR305 Jungle, YE406 Tropicalia; (third row) GD804 Opera, PK403 Boudior; (fourth row) OR302 Fire, BR 307 Strata. Sorry if these swatches aren’t very vivid; I took ’em with my phone…
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Yo Ho, Yo Ho, A Pirate’s Life For Me
Arrrr, matey! The packaging for the new Urban Decay Urbanglow Cream Highlighters ($24) totally reminds me of pirates.
Would you walk the plank for Wicked, the shimmery pink shade? 
The Urban Decay Little Sins Eyeshadow Primer Potion Set: I Gladly Confess to These Four Sins
Er, I’m not talking sins of the “seven deadly” variety, one of which, lust, I have for Ryan Reynolds.
These kinder, gentler sins live in the Urban Decay Little Sins Eyeshadow Primer Potion Set ($29), a brand spankin’ new Sephora exclusive with four travel-sized bottles of Urban Decay’s famous Primer Potion in four different shades.
Stop unsightly shadow creasing and fading with the three classic shades in Original, Sin and Eden, or get a little selfish with the newest shade, shimmery golden Greed.
Urban Decay Primer Potions from left: Original, Greed, Eden and Sin
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Chanel SoHo: Le Vernis in Strong
Chanel Le Vernis in Strong ($23), one of two polishes from the Chanel SoHo collection.
Would you rock this?