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The Jemma Kidd Glitterati Shadow Dust Duo Collection Is Conspiring Against Boredom

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In Dan Brown’s new book, a secret society of cream shadow enthusiasts plots to overthrow the government from a network of hidden catacombs beneath the country’s largest Target store. At the heart of this cosmetics conspiracy — the JK Glitterati Shadow Dust Duo Collection.

**SPOILER ALERT**

Angels & Demons was only the beginning! Where the Illuminati failed, the Glitterati succeed by appealing to lazy ladies who love shimmery cream shadows. Each of the three $18 duos in the collection has two ends. On one, a cream shadow with a doe-foot applicator; on the other, a loose powder shadow with a roller ball.

Despite being expensive for a drugstore makeup product, the flexible, long-wearing duos quickly spread to Target’s many stores nationwide…

It’s quite a page-turner. 🙂

I’ve been wearing the Paparazzi duo this week, trying the shadows separately and also layered together.

JK Glitterati Shadow Dust Duo Collection

Jemma must have read my mind as I read the book because the shimmery golden cream shadow side, with its cute, little pieces of glitter, is a snap to apply. I just dab a bit onto my lids and blend with my fingers. That’s it. And the color stays put all day long without creasing or skipping town.


Here it is beside an iPhone for scale…
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Might As Well Face It, I’m Addicted to Dior: New Dior Addict Lipstick

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Alright, did someone sneak in a second Monday today? Yeesh! I had a tough Tuesday, ladies. Couldn’t focus worth squat. I felt like a cat in a thunder storm — perpetually on edge and ready to freak out. The only headway I made all day was with these newly reformulated Dior Addict lipsticks ($28 each). I say headway because I actually tried them on my lips.

Dior refers to these as iconic, a gutsy claim if we were talking about a different company, but Dior gets a pass from me for marketing speak like that. That’s how much I like the brand. Their corny tagline, on the other hand, I think I’ll gently tease: “A declaration of love between beauty and style, color and couture, and Dior and its addicts.” Come on, guys. You can do better than that. 🙂

I counted 44 shades on their website and tried three of them today. The new formula seems slightly thicker and more pigmented to me than the old one did. I could wax philosophic about how hydrating and extraordinarily shiny these heavenly bobbins are, but wax is one thing these lipsticks don’t do. Well, they do, but they do it less than usual, which is to say that they’re made with 25% less wax than classic lipsticks are.

Interesting, but I’m actually not sure if that’s good or bad. The formula, Dior says, contains an intensely hydrating, plumping gel. I do find them quite hydrating, but I didn’t notice much of a plumping effect…on my lips.

My eyes, however, must have doubled in size when I saw their chic packaging.


Their pretty tubes next to an iPhone for scale…


From left: 578, 972 and 465


Swatches from left: 972, 465 and 578
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Is Laura Mercier on the Right Track with These Shimmery Gel Lip and Baked Eye Colours?

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My fellow travelers on the Laura Mercier Silk Road (isn’t that collection smokin’ hot?), care to pull over to the side for a sec? I can’t resist the sparkle from LM’s newest lines much longer!

Fresh out of the oven, the two new lines arrive just in time to add some shimmer to lips and eyes this spring. Eyes will glisten wearing the sparkling shades in Laura’s new line of Baked Eye Colours, while lips will shine showcasing the new Gel Lip Colours ($22 each).


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Deborah Lippmann Put the Glitter in Neutral for Spring 2011

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Greetings, sweet thing, and happy Tuesday to ya. 🙂 Speaking of sweet things, have your eyes feasted upon the Deborah Lippmann spring collection yet? If not, get this: it has sprinkles!

The tiny two-piece release has been out for a while now (available at Nordstrom stores and also online), featuring whisper-light colors for those times when you’re in the mood for something sweet, but yet more reserved than jelly beans.

Glitter in the Air ($18) caught my attention. It’s a sheer light blue with flecks of pink and blue glitter swimming around in it. Before I tried it on, I expected more of a glitter-ific punch from it — something like last fall’s Bad Romance or Across the Universe, but it’s lower key than either of those shades.
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These Milani Liquif’Eye Liquid Eye Liner Pencils Use Disappearing Ink

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I’m always looking for cheap thrills, especially ones having to do with makeup. 🙂 Before I tried them, I was sure the uber-affordable Milani Liquif’Eye Liquid Eye Liner Automatic Propel Pencils (just $5.49 each, SCORE!) would fit the bill.

New for spring 2011, these affordable twist-up eyeliners come with a fancy schmancy tip that doesn’t need sharpening. The fun shades of green, purple and blue are supposed to last all day long…with “supposed to” being the (controversial) key phrase.

I tested the green one today along my lash and water lines, but contrary to Milani’s claims, it didn’t last long. Along my lash lines, it exhibited significant fading after three hours, but that was still about two hours longer than it lasted along my waterlines, where it gave up after one.

While smooth, the tip doesn’t feel as smooth to me as similar twist-up pencils like the Tarte emphasEYES Aqua-Gel Eyeliners and MAC Technakohls.

And as if that wasn’t disheartening enough, it took five layers to reach opaque coverage, yikes!


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