Just a quick look! Swatches coming soon. 🙂
Urban Decay Spring 2012
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The $59 Dior 5 Couleurs Garden Pastels Eyeshadow Palette Is Quintessentially Dior
Might as well take a chisel to Michelangelo’s David. That’s how I felt about swatching the new Dior 5 Couleurs Garden Pastels Eyeshadow Palette ($59) and why it took me so long to build up the courage.
Every time I’d contemplate taking a brush to the raised roses on the pans, I’d see myself tearing into a beautifully wrapped present, squishing a frosted cupcake or picking apart a delicate hors d’oeuvre.
I don’t want to do it! I don’t want to do it! I don’t want to do it!
But I finally did…
A Laura Mercier Lingerie Collection Face of the Day and a Few Wise Words from Tabs
Whoa! Time to go get my hair cut, but I still haven’t decided what to do!
When I asked style icon and world-renowned kitty supermodel Tabs what he thought, he twitched his tail twice and plopped his husky body beside the new Laura Mercier Eye & Cheek Palette ($60, available now) sitting on my desk.
Tabs believes that if you’re going to be looking at yourself in the mirror for 2-3 hours at the salon (haha, I accidentally typed “saloon”), you want to look cute. Normally, I’d apply some mascara and gloss and head out the door, but today Tabs insisted that I “break my cycle of lameness” (his words via text) by incorporating Laura’s new palette of six eyeshadows and two blushes from her Lingerie Collection for spring 2012.
I asked Tabs how much the packaging factored into his suggestion, as it does appear to match his fur, but he licked his tum and pawed at the purple, beige, taupe, gray, pink and peach shades as if to say, “It’s because the colors are so fresh and fun.”
He never did make a suggestion about my hair…but he did purr his approval when he saw this look featuring purple smokey eyes, bright pink cheeks and rosy lips.
$7 Maybelline Color Tattoo 24HR Eyeshadows: Vibrant Color for Less Than 30 Cents an Hour
Dang, it’s getting so hot in here that I started sweating glitter!
I mean, just look at these colors from the new Maybelline Color Tattoo 24HR Eyeshadow line ($7 each) of what Maybelline calls “gel-cream” shadows.
The line sure looks promising. Vibrant colors in a crease-resistant formula designed to last a full 24 hours. The 10 shades come in a variety of neutrals and brights and shimmy onto counters this month.
So…I can’t exactly remember the last time I needed or wanted to wear an eyeshadow for a full 24 hours, but you never know, right?
I’m still putting these through their paces but couldn’t wait to show you the colors. The first thing they brought to mind — okay, well, the second thing, after Kiefer’s 24 — was the much more expensive $22 Make Up For Ever Aqua Creams, which I absolutely love.
Here’s a look at the colors. Let me know if you see something you like.
Laura Mercier Lingerie Collection Eye & Cheek Palette
The new Laura Mercier Eye & Cheek Palette ($60), from the Lingerie spring 2012 collection. Available now at Laura Mercier counters and online.
Would you rock this?
NARS Unsung Heroes: Cyprus Eyeshadow
Things of which one can never have enough…
- Good friends
- Cozy sweaters
- See’s Candies (well…)
- Come-hither jeans
- Kitty hugs
- Black shoes
- Love notes
- Power-nap eyeshadows
Power-nap eyeshadows are like soft white lightbulbs for your eyes — shades that instantly brighten up tired peepers after a late night or an insomnia attack.
Some people yearn to scale Mount Everest; I yearn to amass a collection of power-nap eyeshadows so vast that it would scare the hosts of Hoarders!
My latest power-nap love, NARS Cyprus Eyeshadow ($23), is a shimmery bronze with a golden whisper. The morning after a rough night, I apply one layer over my lids and mellow out the edges with a finger.
“Ah!” Instant relief. 🙂 And quicker than a shower and mani.
I’m also fond of using Cyprus as a base for bronzy looks using colors like the dark bronze shadow from NARS Star Sailor, a combo I could happily wear every day for weeks.
My Other Glam Granny
She was a fashion designer and dressmaker. The pic on the right was taken when she graduated from fashion school.