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MAC Is Making Holidays Happier in 10 Different Ways: Glamour Daze, All for Glamour, Primped Out and Guilty Passions Pics and Swatches for MAC Holiday 2012

October 24th, 2012 by Karen 41 Comments

MAC Glamour Daze Holiday 2012 Fabulousness All For Glamour Primped Out Guilty Passions

Most of MAC’s massive holiday 2012 collection is already online and hits stores and shelves tomorrow, and if any part of you loves girly packaging and makeup, you just might freak!

Leopard prints, lace, bows, pink, black and satin — what a bevy of appetizing nouns. 🙂 Thematically, they also comprise the list of ingredients for this year’s holiday feast from MAC, one of the sweetest, most fabulously feminine holiday collections from the brand in years.

The voluminous release, with its individual pieces, kits and sets, is so big that MAC divided it into 10 parts…

  1. Fabulousness (eyeshadow kits)
  2. All for Glamour (face and eye kits)
  3. Primped Out (eye, lip and brush kits)
  4. Hang Up The Glamour (a portable hanging travel bag)
  5. Divine Desire/Sinfully Chic (eye, lip, cheek and brush kits)
  6. Viva Glam It UP (a kit with MAC’s Ricky Lip Conditioner and Nicky Lipstick)
  7. Kids Helping Kids (holiday greeting and gift cards)
  8. Glamour Daze (a 35-piece sub-collection for eyes, cheeks, lips and nails)
  9. Guilty Passions (lipgloss and Crushed Metallic Pigment sets)
  10. Making Pretty (a luxury set of powders, lipsticks and brushes in gold- and rose-accented packaging)

I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about a MAC holiday release (maybe Antiquitease?)…

My camera’s flash almost overheated this afternoon from all the pics! I haven’t had enough quality time with any of the pieces yet, but here’s a first look at some of the pieces that initially caught my eye, along with swatches on my NC42 skin.

So, are you ready? Because here comes your “Happy holidays!” from MAC.

MAC Guilty Passions 4 Tenderly Warm Crushed Metallic Pigments
Guilty Passions 4 Tenderly Warm Crushed Metallic Pigments, $32.50

MAC Guilty Passions 4 Tenderly Warm Crushed Metallic Pigments

MAC Guilty Passions 4 Tenderly Warm Crushed Metallic Pigments
Clockwise from the lower left: Rose Light, Darling Coquette, Silk Stocking and Ever Elegant

MAC All For Glamour Face Kit Gorgeous Bronze open
Glamour Daze All For Glamour Face Kit Gorgeous Bronze, $49.50

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Categories: Collections, MAC Makeup

A Quick Look at Bits From Bobbi Brown Holiday 2012

October 23rd, 2012 by Karen 30 Comments

bobbi brown holiday 2012

Just a couple quick noms from the new limited edition 11-piece Bobbi Brown Holiday 2012 makeup collection.

Nom-nom-nom…

More pics and hard-hitting news to follow! (Hard-hitting, LOL! Not hardly.)

bobbi brown bellini lip eye palette-
The Bellini Lip & Eye Palette, $75

bobbi brown bellini lip eye palette-
The Rich Caviar Eye Shadow Palette
The Rich Caviar Eye Shadow Palette, $47.50

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Categories: Bobbi Brown, Collections, Eyes, Lips, Makeup

What Do You Think of These Pieces From the New Aerin Beauty Line?

October 17th, 2012 by Karen 37 Comments

The New Aerin Beauty Line

Have you seen the new Aerin Beauty line?

It’s a new luxury lifestyle brand that debuted earlier this year, and these are some of their first forays into makeup. I’m pretty sure these pieces are from the new holiday collection (I’m trying to confirm that with the company).

There are also categories for skincare, fragrance, home products, footwear and jewelry in the new brand.

Aerin LauderIf these pieces here look at all familiar, it might be on account of Aerin — last name Lauder, as in the late Estée Lauder, the founder of the global empire/beauty brand. Aerin is her granddaughter and the founder of this new line.

The hush-hush colors and luxurious packaging look ultra chic to me, and very true to the original spirit of the Estée Lauder brand, which I guess shouldn’t come as a big surprise.

This is my first experience with Aerin Beauty, and I’m liking the subtle colors, finishes and textures so far. There are a couple of brights here, but for the most part, the color palette is pretty subdued.

Here’s a quick peek at some of the new pieces. Have a look, and let me know what you think. 🙂

aerin beauty makeup holiday 2012 holiday style palette 1
Holiday Style Palette

aerin beauty makeup holiday 2012 holiday style palette

aerin beauty makeup holiday 2012 lipticks
Mini Lipsticks from the left: Winter Rose, Lolabird, Love and Dahlia

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Categories: Aerin Beauty, Collections, Makeup, Palettes

You’re Invited to a Grand Ball: A Peek at Dior Holiday 2012 and Dior Grand Bal

October 12th, 2012 by Karen 19 Comments

When I need to get out of my head for a while, I usually fire up something brainless on TV and plop myself down on the couch.

But sometimes, TV isn’t enough. Sometimes, I need even more escapism than that…like to the drugstore, or the cupcake shop, or the coat section at Nordstrom’s to try on all of the Burberry trench coats I know I’m never, ever going to buy.

Sometimes, though, not even those places are distracting and soothing enough, and at those times, when I need to really, really get away…I go to Dior.

Dior Grand Bal
The Dior Palette Grand Bal, new for holiday 2012

And poof! Just like that, I feel like a different girl.

No more sitting at my desk in sweats, an oversized UC Davis t-shirt and a grandpa sweater with missing buttons. When I’m at a Dior counter playing with makeup, I’m a girl wearing a gown at a fancy ball…

The gown? It’s golden layers of silk and tulle, and through some miracle of light, it doesn’t make me look short. I do all of the fancy ballroom dances, too, like in that scene from the Sound of Music at the Von Trapp house, when the guests are all twirling together, and manage to eat two tiny sandwiches and sip champagne without spilling anything on my dress…

Dior Grand Bal

Wait — where was I?

Oh, yeah! Dior. 🙂

Dior Grand Bal
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Categories: Collections, Dior, Makeup

Some Like It Hot: For Them, There’s MAC Marilyn Monroe

September 28th, 2012 by Karen 30 Comments

The new MAC Marilyn Monroe collection
The new MAC Marilyn Monroe collection

El Hub: C’mon, sweets! Hurry it up, or we’ll miss the movie.

Me: Coming! Five more minutes.

El Hub: You said that 10 minutes ago. Whatever you’re doing, is it more important than kettle corn?

Me: Um…YEAH?! It’s only the new MAC Marilyn Monroe collection, which I’ve been looking forward to since forever.

El Hub: Come on! You can play with it later.

Me: There is no later. Only now! Cool your jets. I’m almost done uploading a few pics for the girls.

The MAC Marilyn Monroe collection: pics and swatches of nine pieces from the launch

MAC Marilyn Monroe packaging

MAC Marilyn Monroe The Perfect Cheek Blush
Blush in The Perfect Cheek

MAC Marilyn Monroe The Perfect Cheek Blush Closeup
MAC Marilyn Monroe Legendary Blush
Blush in Legendary

MAC Marilyn Monroe Legendary Blush closeup
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Categories: Collections, MAC Makeup

Noms for Your Eyes: A Quick Look at the Tom Ford Beauty Collection for Fall 2012

September 28th, 2012 by Karen 25 Comments

tom ford fall 2012 makeup collection

Where does the time go?! I can’t believe it’s almost 5 out here. I think we need a snack… Can I interest you in a Makeup and Beauty Blog cupcake?

makeup and beauty blog cupcakes

makeup and beauty blog cupcakes
I know you want one!

Or how about a visual snack instead? Perhaps one of these new Tom Ford Beauty bits for fall 2012? I’m getting a strong ’80s vibe from the collection, like Joan Cusack in Working Girl (which I loved!), but a little updated.

Excuse me while I go tease my hair and look for my leg warmers. 🙂

What do ya think?

tom ford 2012 makeup collection

Tom Ford Eye Color Quad in Emerald Lust and Enchanted
Eye Color Quad in Emerald Lust (left) and Enchanted (right), $75 each

tom ford emerald lust
Tom Ford Beauty Eye Color Quad in Enchanted
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Categories: Collections, Makeup, Tom Ford Beauty

I’ll Take Two Tickets to Valueville: Jet-Setters Will Love the Travel-Friendly Benefit Holiday 2012 Sets and Kits

September 26th, 2012 by Karen 20 Comments

benefit holiday 2012

Hello, this is your captain speaking. Thank you for flying with us today on MBB Air. Please remain seated during takeoff, make sure your seat back and tray table are in the upright positions, buckle your safety belt, and keep your makeup handy.

Our destination on this beauty joyride? — Benefit holiday 2012!

Here on MBB Air, as we fly the glossy skies to Beauty Valueville, enjoy our first-class treatment with a touch-up before touch down with one of Benefit’s three new affordable limited edition kits and sets. 🙂

When we reach our cruising altitude, feel free to spritz, swipe, pat and blend your way about the cabin with the High Flyin’ Glosses kit ($26), and the She’s So Jetset ($36) and Crescent Row Limited Edition ($36) sets.

The She’s So…Jetset! Set ($36)

Travel to neutral territory (as in neutral colors) with this nine-piece set for eyes, cheeks and lips. The brightly colored orange, pink and yellow box (so cute!) houses a mini POREfessional primer, four powder eyeshadows, a First-Class Face Powder, a miniature Life on the A List lipgloss, a tiny tube of They’re Real Mascara, a dual-ended applicator and a small cheek brush.

benefit she's so jetset

benefit she's so jetset

benefit she's so jetset
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Categories: Benefit, Collections, Kits and Sets, Makeup

‘Tis the Season for Sweet Treats at Too Faced! The New Too Faced Holiday Collection for 2012

September 25th, 2012 by Karen 28 Comments

too faced holiday 2012

They say that history repeats itself, and if that proves correct, then my sweet tooth and I will devour every last treat in the new Too Faced Holiday 2012 collection!

Un-luckily for my muffin top (she says “HAAAY!” by the way), these indulgences are calorie free.

Too Faced Holiday 2012 packaging 2

The five-piece limited edition collection of value sets and palettes is all sugar and spice and everything nice! Hand me some of those bonbons, love, because we’ll need simple carbs to power through these pics and swatches of four of the five pieces.

The Love Sweet Love set

This seven-piece set includes…

  • A Book of Love Palette with six powder eyeshadows, two powder blushes and two lip glosses
  • A full-size tube of Lashgasm Mascara
  • A sample size of Shadow Insurance
  • A sample size of Perfect Eyes Eye Liner in Perfect Black
  • A half-ounce tube of Primed & Poreless Face Primer
  • A multipurpose face brush
  • A gold embroidered makeup bag

Too Faced Love Sweet Love palette 1
Too Faced Love Sweet Love palette 3
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Categories: Collections, Makeup, Too Faced

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