I usually pass when someone offers me caviar and oysters, but I’ll happily take a serving of the cool-toned colors in the the Bobbi Brown Caviar & Oyster Palette ($75).
Now Serving Caviar & Oysters
Archives for November 2012
Laura Mercier’s Illuminating Eye Colour in Gilded Moonlight Sets the Gold Standard for Easy-to-Use Eyeshadows
Why settle for a shimmery golden eyeshadow that merely illuminates your lids when you could wear a shimmery golden eyeshadow that also caters to your inner lazy girl?
With a few quick pats and swipes to blend out the edges, Laura Mercier’s intensely pigmented warm golden $24 Illuminating Eye Colour in Gilded Moonlight will take you from bare lids to bold shimmer in 3.9 seconds!
Wait — let me try that again…
With a few quick pats and swipes to blend out the edges, Laura Mercier’s intensely pigmented warm golden $24 Illuminating Eye Colour in Gilded Moonlight will take you from bare lids to bold shimmer in less time than it takes to say, “The only reason I’m watching Jersey Shore is because I don’t want to look for the remote…” Not that I’ve ever said anything like that to El Hub while sprawled out on the couch with a bag of Baked Cheetos.
Nope.
Laura, if your master plan was to get me to book a reservation at Château de Lazy Girls, it worked. Like your equally easy Gilded Bronze, Gilded Moonlight takes but a minute to use. Just pat, blend and go.
NOTE: Gilded Moonlight isn’t light on pigment at all. In fact, it’s loaded with it! — which also means it can be easy to over-apply.
Even though it’s a holiday release, I can see myself wanting to wear it when the weather warms up again next year. For a bronzed beach babe look, I’d just swap the red lipstick and black liner for a sheer, coral gloss and a liner in green, purple or teal.
Racing to get out the door but you still want to look polished? Perhaps soft, silky Gilded Moonlight can help.
PRICE: $24
AVAILABILITY: Available now at Laura Mercier counters and lauramercier.com
MAKEUP AND BEAUTY BLOG RATING: A
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Catch ya later, Wednesday! See you again next week.
I hope your day went well. No complaints out here, other than the rain, which keeps trying to bring me down.
Tonight I’m just massaging my brain in front of the TV (re-watching Battlestar Galactica). I wanted to go to a Cat Behavior Clinic at the Novato Humane Society, but the timing didn’t work out. Maybe next time…
Not that Tabs really needs behavioral help. Despite his diva propensities, he’s actually a pretty awesome cat (most of the time). I just think the clinic sounds interesting.
Whatever you’re up to, enjoy the rest of your night, and sleep well. I’ll talk to you soon.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Last-Minute Bargain Alert! For a Few More Hours Tonight, Breaking Up Isn’t Hard to Do With the New Three-Piece Tarte Treat Yourself to Gorgeous Gifts From the Amazon Collection
I love the smell of a good bargain in the morning…
It smells like…victory!
LOL! I’m pretty sure that’s not how that actual line goes, seeing as how Apocalypse Now is one of my top five favorite films of all time, but it is how I feel about Tarte’s new Treat Yourself to Gorgeous Gifts From the Amazon Collection kit.
Talk about great stocking stuffer material. I love breaking apart holiday kits to use as stocking stuffers, and this $49.98 one (a $496 value) looks perfect for that.
But it’s a qvc.com exclusive, and the sale only lasts a few more hours (sale ends tonight, November 28, 2012)!
It’s conveniently divided into three separate, easily giftable sets, the first with four Cashmere Waterproof Gliding Liners, the second with four Maracuja Divine Shine Lipglosses and the third with 20 Amazonian Clay Eye Shadows.
As gifts, the sets work out to about $16 each, and would ya look at that? — they already look gift-wrapped! 🙂
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Cue the Strings
Saw this display a few days ago at Anthro. I like the different colors of string and the repetition in the lines. Kinda cool…
Outfit of the Day: BCBG Makes Stylin’ Stretchy Pants
Slowly… No sudden movements. Just step away from the computer…
That’s it… Eeeasy does it.
Okay? Now take a deep breath, and repeat after me: “I will not buy Pajama Jeans.”
I will not buy Pajama Jeans.
Again.
I will not buy Pajama Jeans!
In a way, that little intro up there is based on a true (ish) story. You see, I came within a tabby’s hair of placing an order for a pair of Pajama Jeans the other day. That commercial came on, and I was just about to click the order button online when in walked Tabs.
I guess he read the look in my eye because a sour expression crossed his face…
Granted, he makes that face a lot, but it was enough to give me pause (paws?).
I didn’t order a pair of Pajama Jeans that day, but I have been on the market for a respectable pair of stretchy pants — something with a little edge to ‘em that won’t be mistaken for yoga pants.
Enter the BCBG Cancetta leggings, stretchy matte fabric pants with faux leather panels and a mid-rise waist. If it weren’t for these pants, there’s a good chance I’d be wearing a pair of Pajama Jeans right now.
Comfy? You know it! Fashionable? I think so. Best of all, you can throw ’em in the washing machine. 🙂
Here I’m wearing them dressed down with ankle boots, a slouchy sweater (also by BCBG) and the Zella Gathered Tote, but they’re also easy to dress up, like with a crisp, white tuxedo shirt, black blazer and black patent-leather high heels.
I can’t seem to find them online this morning, but here’s a similar style, the Caragh Pleather Combo Legging.
One thing I’ve noticed about these is that they run a little long on me, and they’re not that form fitting around my knees and ankles, so you might want to try a size smaller than you normally would if you want them to really hug your curves.
The Pixi Nail Colour Trio
Hmm… The new Pixi Nail Colour Trio seems like a pretty sweet deal at $12.
It’s available now at Target stores, target.com and pixibeauty.com.
Just Wondering
Am I the only one out there seriously contemplating a bunny-themed Christmas tree this year? I think it would be really cool.
Bunny ornaments by Anthropologie. I love the sequins in their ears, the accessories (LEG WARMERS!) and how they all look a little grumpy.
The New Bobbi Brown Caviar & Oyster Collection Lip Glosses: Designed to Lure Makeup Loving Pirates and Beauty Buccaneers
If I were a pirate…my makeup collection would be my pirate’s booty, yargh!
And like most swashbuckling sailors of the seven seas (at least the ones in Hollywood movies), I’d wear a lot of looks featuring dark black eyeliner (hello, have you seen Jack Sparrow’s water line?? FIERCE!).
I’d also want a steady supply of sheer glosses to balance out those heavy eyeliner looks.
Ahoy, matey! Bobbi Brown has yer solution, and it’s not just for buccaneers and marauders. If you have a soft spot for sheer gloss, you just might like the five new $23 Lip Glosses from the Caviar & Oyster Collection.
Like a hunk of driftwood or a bottle with a message inside (“Please send gravy!”), the eight-piece release recently washed up on Bobbi Brown counters, delighting makeup treasure hunters with a palette, a nail polish, a dual-ended mascara and the five new glosses in predominantly cool-toned neutral shades.
The hook? — no, not the one replacing Blackbeard’s hand. With the collection, Bobbi aimed to offer her fans the option of going strong and smokey or soft and pretty.
But here’s the thing about the glosses: even the darker shades, like Moonlight Pearl and Black Pearl, seem pretty tame to me, so you might want to blank them out first with a layer of concealer.
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