Dior’s Blue Lagoon 5 Couleurs Eyeshadow ($60), from the new Bird of Paradise summer collection. Coming soon to Dior counters and online.
Dior Bird of Paradise Collection: Peacock 5 Couleurs Eyeshadow
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Dior Returns to the Blue Lagoon and Finds the Blue Lagoon 5 Couleurs Eyeshadow, Blogger Karen Posts Pictures, Swatches and a Review
Believe it or not, this is a tabby’s happy face…
Tabs was thrilled for a number of reasons today.
First, he got to hear one of his very favorite songs, Chamillionaire’s Ridin’ Dirty, which I pumped on iTunes while doing this blue and green eye look with the new Dior $60 Blue Lagoon 5-Couleurs Eyeshadow Palette.
He always stays in the room for Chamillionaire, unlike Maroon 5, of which he’s not a fan (don’t know why, but he always leaves the room when Adam Levine starts singing). I think he thinks of Ridin’ Dirty as his personal anthem.
Picture it, Tabs strutting his stuff while it plays in the background. 🙂 Totally works, right?
Second, Tabs is a snob, or as he likes to put it, has “a taste for the finer things,” like high end makeup, Dior being one of his favorite brands.
Dior’s Blue Lagoon 5 Couleurs Eyeshadow
It’s like the ocean in a five-pan palette.
Dior’s Blue Lagoon 5 Couleurs Eyeshadow ($60), from the new Bird of Paradise summer collection. Available now at Dior counters and online.
Glitter Dust Glistens in These Dior Vernis Sparkling Shine Nail Polishes
Yes, my love, if you would like to spend the afternoon swatching nail polishes, listening to The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (she’s like the Harper Lee of hip-hop, no?) and watching absolutely mind-numbing reality TV shows about SoCal real estate moguls on Bravo…by all means, GO FOR IT. I will not stop you.
In fact, I highly encourage this kind of behavior. Might I also suggest incorporating cookies and/or wine? Because one or both could take said afternoon to the next level. 🙂
The piercing pigments gracing my paws today hail from the House of Dior. Determined to spread sparkle and shine, the glitter-dusted Sparkling Shine Vernis polishes arrive this March, joining four color-coordinated glosses in the new revamped, revitalized Gloss Addict line.
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Dior’s New Addict Gloss Collection
Sing it with me: J’adore Dior! This spring Dior’s completely revamping their Addict Gloss line. The 24 glosses ($29.50 each) feature a new moisturizing, volumizing formula and come in Sparkling, Pearly and Pure (hmm, I think that means cream?) finishes.
A Beauty Breakdown for the Aerin Beauty Casis Gloss Makeup Look: Radiant Skin, Gold Cat Eyes, Peach Cheeks and Pink Lips
Thanks for the great feedback on yesterday’s Aerin Beauty Casis Gloss review, my friend. 🙂
There were quite a few requests in the comments for a full breakdown of the look, so here it is!
I always enjoy switching things up, so for this look, I used products I already had in my makeup bag, but in a slightly different way.
The tweaks? I wore a full-coverage foundation all over my face (not just on my chin, which is what I usually do), used two face primers (a trick I recently learned from a Sephora artist) and added some highlighting and contouring.
Before we jump in, let me just say how this was kind of a long process. There was a lot of layering, blending and buffing from start to finish. Wish I could say that I whipped this out in five minutes, but it took more like 45, LOL!
Not the quickest makeup look around, I know. If I were running to TJ’s to buy Buttermilk Pancake Mix, I probably wouldn’t go there, but for pics or maybe a party, I’d do it again, assuming I had time.
Okay, here we go — all of the makeup products in order, from start to finish.
- Caudalie Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet (face)
- SK-II Skin Signature Eye Cream (lids and under-eye area)
- MAC Prep + Prime Natural Radiance Face Primer (forehead, cheeks, nose, chin and around my mouth)
- BECCA Rejuvenating Primer (forehead, cheeks, nose, chin and around my mouth)
- NARS Pro-Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base (lids)
Dior Says Oui to Greenish Gold Micro Shimmer: The New Dior Addict Gloss in Nuit Boréale
Channing Tatum says what now…? You’re telling me there’s another green lip gloss worthy of a spring obsession?
Unlike Illamasqua’s Shoot, and the audience’s loud shrieks when Chan-Tate starts dancing to Pony, this one is quiet. Very, very quiet… The shimmery greenish golden pearl in Dior’s new Addict Gloss in Nuit Boréale is so quiet that you have to look closely to even see it (so no Hulk lips here).
Nuit Boréale (“polar night” in French, according to Google Translate) is one of 24 shades in the recently revamped Dior Addict Gloss line, and like the other Addict Glosses, it’s all about shine.
Or rather, reflection. While most glosses refract light, bouncing it in different directions, Dior says the new Addict formula’s glass micro-beads and crystalline micro-particles line up to reflect light more evenly.
And they say that’s why it also makes lips appear so plump and shiny.
I do think my lips look a little plumper when I’m wearing Nuit Boréale… Not Angelina Jolie-levels of larger-than-life lusciousness, mind you. Just a tad.
And sure, the chrome shine grabs attention, but I think it’s the color that really sets this particular tube apart.
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Panama Is Hella Cool! The New Dior Diorshow Mono Wet & Dry Backstage Eyesahdow in Panama
It’s like, BB creams are the new Naked palettes, and Naked palettes were the new vibrating mascaras, and vibrating mascaras were the new flashlight LED lip glosses/mascaras (remember those?!).
I feel like I can’t whip my hair around without my ponytail striking another new makeup/beauty must-have product.
But there are those things that withstand the test of time, ya know, like black liners, red lipsticks and brown eye shadows, to name a few.
And speaking of brown shadows, here’s one that may be worthy of your affections, especially if you like a little 
with your shadow.
It’s Dior’s cool, new $29 Diorshow Mono in Panama (haha, I almost typed “Panem,” Hunger Games moment!). 🙂
No, really, it’s cool, color temperature-wise. A satiny brown with microscopic flecks of secret shimmer that glimmer in direct sunlight, it’s also cool in that when you apply it and buff for a bit, the blackened base shows through.
I like the way it looks on its own. Great for chocolaty daytime smokey eyes, but add a soft pink, ladylike lipstick and blush, and it turns into pure perfection!
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