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Everything Old Is New Again with the MAC Jeanius Collection

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OH, what I wouldn’t give to be able to fit into my acid wash Guess overalls from seventh grade. I’d wear them to the MAC counter on March 3 (with one strap up and one down, of course) to welcome the limited edition MAC Jeanius Collection. 🙂

To any and all denim angels listening, please take pity on my 35-year-old bum. It longs to fit into a pair of size 7 juniors pants.

SIDENOTE: J. Brand 811s are my fall-back plan (petite shorties, you gotta give this cut a try).

Do you recall Chanel Jeans de Chanel?

I’m pretty stoked about MAC’s 16-piece denim-themed collection for eyes, lips, cheeks and nails, even if we’ve seen similar themes like it before.

I still cry myself to sleep at night for missing 2003’s Chanel Jeans de Chanel.

Chanel Jeans de Chanel

Bobbi Brown Denim & Roses

More recently, there was also last fall’s Bobbi Brown Denim & Roses Collection…

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Tabs for Bobbi Brown Denim & Roses

The MAC Riveting Collection

Shoot, even MAC has kindasorta tried jeans on before with last year’s Riveting Collection.

Well, it’s not directly tied to denim, but blue jeans DO have rivets.

Okay, so maybe that’s a stretch…

Even before makeup companies were jumping on the blue jean bandwagon, other companies were doing denim, like Versace with their Blue Jeans Cologne from back in the day ($29.99 at Target).

Even Merle Haggard got in on the action. Remember Make-Up and Faded Blue Jeans?
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MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick: Swatches and Product Photos

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Whew! It’s been a full on MAC swatch fest here at Casa MBB today. 🙂 Here’s the last of the bunch — six of the 14 new MAC Sheen Supreme Lipsticks ($14.50 each). Smooth, creamy, and with a light vanilla scent and flavor, these new lippes feel a lot like the discontinued MAC Slimshines. Expect to see the Sheen Supremes kissing lips at MAC stores and counters on March 3.

For more on the MAC Sheen Supreme Lipsticks, head over to MAC Sheen Supreme: Official PR Information and Photos.

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MAC Sheen Supreme Lipsticks from left: Bare Again, Behave Yourself, Full Speed, Look at Her!, New Temptation and Supremely Confident

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MAC Sheen Supreme swatches from left with flash: Bare Again, Behave Yourself and Full Speed

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Look at Her!, New Temptation and Supremely Confident
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MAC Jeanius Collection: Swatches and Product Photos

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Denim clad divas, please momentarily tear your eyes away from those Pajama Jeans (don’t lie, I know you want a pair!), and take a second to check out these swatches and product photos of some pieces from the new MAC Jeanius Collection (launches March 3 in North America; some time in March internationally).

For starters, and I write this with a tinge of sadness, the pattern on the eyeshadows is just an overspray… 🙁

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Eye Shadow in Motorhead

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Eye Shadow in White Jeanius

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Eye Shadow in Diva in Distress

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Eye Shadow in Stovepipe Black
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MAC Cremeblend Blush: Official PR Information and Photos

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MAC Cremeblend Blush: Official PR Information

For every contour control freak, for every persistent perfectionist comes this wondrous way to play with blush that gives you the most magnificent flexibility you’ve ever had…Starts creamy, stays creamy and proves once and for all that powder is NOT your only prerogative. You can get back to a new build for that retro “rouge” look — Old Hollywood Glamour made modern — or stop at subtle and natural; it’s all in your hands. In three aspects, two shades of each: One matched to skin, one for a brighter glow and one darker for cream contouring, it’s perfect for all skin colours, minus the silicone, particularly adept at preventing ashiness on darker complexions. Make powdery a thing of the past.

Cremeblend Blush, available March 3, 2011 at all MAC locations in North America and internationally in March 2011 ($19.50 U.S./$23.50 CDN)

  • So Sweet, So Easy — a bright yellow pink
  • Something Special — a light coral
  • Posey — a warm peach
  • Ladyblush — a warm neutral coral
  • Brit Wit — a dusty rosey mauve
  • Tea Petal — a mid-tone reddish brown

MAC Cremeblend Blush: Official PR Photos

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So Sweet, So Easy

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Something Special

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Posey

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Ladyblush

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Brit Wit

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Tea Petal

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MAC Sheen Supreme: Official PR Information and Photos

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MAC Sheen Supreme: Official PR Information

Gloss is good, but there’s nothing quite as wonderfully, worldly cinematic as a Lipstick — and they’re coming back! We’ve updated formulas to make it all plausible. Sheen Supreme is the combination of the strong, sensually saturated colour of, say, Tilda Swinton’s I Am Love Milanese Lipstick, leavened with the light feel and clear vibrancy, the see-through sheen of a modern New York City Girl Gloss. Imagine no muddy undertones, gliding in pearl or creme finish, moisturizing with no sticky/ tacky feel. It’s a new medium, with MAC in the lead. This is retro/modern — and devastatingly chic.

LIPSTICK, available March 3, 2011 at all MAC locations in North America and internationally in March 2011 ($14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN)

  • Supremely Confident — a pale nude
  • Bare Again — a pinky neutral beige
  • Can’t Get Enough — a beige neutral
  • Behave Yourself — a light blue pink
  • Gotta Dash! — a pale clean coral
  • Full Speed — a bright clean yellow pink
  • Insanely It — a watermelon pink
  • Ultra Darling — a mid-tone yellow pink
  • New Temptation — a vivid blue red
  • Quite the Thing! — a deep blue plum
  • Impressive — a neutral gilded plum
  • Look at Her! — a metallic copper
  • Can’t Resist — a golden purplish red
  • Good to be Bad — a deep burgundy

MAC Sheen Supreme: Official PR Images

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Supremely Confident

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Bare Again

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Can’t Get Enough

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Behave Yourself

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Gotta Dash!

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Full Speed

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Insanely It

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Ultra Darling

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New Temptation

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Quite the Thing!

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Impressive

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Look at Her!

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Can’t Resist

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Good to be Bad

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This Summer, Don’t Let the Heat Put a Stop to Your Hot Hair Color

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The heat is on! Okay, not really. It’s been epically cold here in the Bay Area, but that’s not stopping me from looking forward to summer. A few days ago the weather dude said it might even get cold enough to snow here this week, and when you’re a California weather wimp like me, that’s all the motivation you need to indulge in a bout of summery escapist daydreaming. Never mind the fact that it’s barely 50 degrees outside. If I pretend hard enough, it’ll seem like summer. 🙂

What I wouldn’t give for shorts and flip-flop weather right now… Wouldn’t it be fantastic if we could drop everything, change our plans and take an immediate tropical vacation today? I’d be happy to share my sunscreen with you (gotta protect that skin, yo!) and, I should warn you, I will nag you about wearing your sunglasses. I’ve already got a bag packed and ready to go with our sunny day hair essentials — a tube of leave-in conditioner and sun protectant spray. And don’t make me bug you about wearing that hat of yours, young lady, especially if you’ve got highlights/color.

My hair and I learned that lesson the hard way on one of our first trips to visit El Hub’s family in Hawaii. I spent most of the time in the water, either surfing in the ocean or swimming in the pool, and by the end of the trip, the golden highlights I’d gotten a few weeks earlier looked lackluster, brassy and basically bad. My mane looked like straight up haaay!

When I got back to the Bay Area, my stylist gave me a good dose of tough hair love as well as some tips for the future to protect my hair color in the heat.

First, she suggested spritzing hair with a sun protectant spray before heading outside, and wearing hats whenever possible. Next, before swimming in either a pool or the ocean, she recommended wetting hair thoroughly with fresh water to let the strands absorb as much clean H2O as possible, as saltwater and chlorinated water can mess with hair color, too.
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Benefit B.Right Skin Care Line Launching April 2011

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Hi, cutie! I’m live blogging from the Benefit headquarters in San Francisco and just wanted to give you a quick sneak peek at what’s coming down the pipe from Benefit — a new skin care collection launching in April called B. Right. The eight-piece collection, which focuses on hydration and brightening, is designed to work hand in hand with Benefit’s makeup.

For updated information and many more pics of the new Benefit B. Right skin care line, see Will Benefit’s New Skin Care Line B. Right for You?


Benefit Global Beauty Authorities Annie Ford-Danielson (left) and Maggie Ford-Danielson (right) with the B.Right Skin Care collection

The products are designed to work quickly and easily, with prices ranging from $21-38. Expect to see cleansers, a toner, an eye makeup remover, an exfoliator, an eye cream and face moisturizers.

More info to come!

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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