MAC Bronze Everyday
A few goodies from the MAC Bronze Everyday collection available on April 7.
MAC Bronze Everyday Product Photos
MAC Quite Cute Product Photos
MAC Quite Cute
A few pieces from the upcoming MAC Quite Cute collection available on April 7.
Jemma Kidd City Chic Lip Kit
Jemma Kidd City Chic Lip Kit
The Jemma Kidd City Chic Lip Kit ($22), new for spring 2011. Available now at Target stores and online.
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The Sonia Kashuk Lip Quad in Bronzey Corals and I Are Drugstore BFF’s
Happy almost-Friday! 🙂 Thought you might like to take a quick look at the new Sonia Kashuk Lip Quad in Bronzey Corals ($12.99), the second of three new SK lip quads launched for spring (Beautiful Berries is one of the others).
Bronzey Corals
I Fell for Sonia Kashuk’s New Makeup Set in the Blink of an Eye
Sometimes it’s fun to go buck wild with an eye look — you know, the kind that take 30 minutes minimum, require six different shadows and five brushes to do. But most of the time when I finish one, I usually end up just sitting on the couch like a bedazzled bump on a log, waiting for my pumpkin to turn into a carriage.
When I don’t have an appetite for multi-step eye looks, I turn my menu of fast makeup treats — treats like Sonia Kashuk’s new Blink of an Eye Set ($12.99).
The newly released three-piece pencil set comes with two chubby Shimmering Creme Shadows in gold and silver and a Metallic Eye Definer (haha! I almost typed “Metallica”) in shimmery bronze.
If you dug the Urban Decay Glide-On Shadow Pencils that came out earlier this spring, you might REALLY like these two Shimmering Creme Shadow sticks, which are kinda like metallic drugstore equivalents.
Apply them to lids or lash lines just like regular shadows, blending out the edges and waiting a minute or so to let them set. And once they’re set, they don’t budge for nothin’! I’ve rubbed at ’em, splashed water on them, licked the swatch on the back of my hand and then scratched at it with my gnarly chipped nail — basically, they don’t move until they’re introduced to a heavy duty makeup remover. I like. 🙂
Shimmering Creme Shadows in Gold (left) and Silver (right)
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You’ll Marble at Milani’s Baked Eyeshadow Collection
Remember when the first baked eyeshadows emerged hot and fresh out the beauty ovens way, way back in 2008? The big department store lines were popping them out faster than you can say, “I’ll take two red velvet cupcakes 
with extra frosting on the side.”
Three years later, the trend lives on! Budget versions of these sturdy baked beauties, which tend to resist water a little better than traditional shadows, have now made their way into drugstore makeup aisles.
And some of them work just as well as their pricier department store cousins. Take Milani’s Marbleized Baked Eyeshadows ($7.49 each), for instance.
Milani Marbleized Baked Eyeshadow in Mix It Up
New for spring, these six pretty pans, which Milani baked on Italian terracotta tiles (fancy!), steal a page out of MAC’s book. Like the more expensive MAC Mineralize Eyeshadows ($19.50 vs. $7.49 for these), they’re infused with multiple powder shades, except that here, in Milani’s Marble line, the colors are stirred together (and not kept apart like in a duo).
They can be applied wet or dry, but in either case, I like to use an eyeshadow brush with a compact head and firm bristles to minimize shadow fallout.
And fallout does seem to be a minor concern with these. When I wear Mix It Up, a silvery black with teal glitter, I detect a light dusting of renegade shadow at the corners of my eyes and beneath my lower lash line, but it’s nothing compared to some baked shadows that leave freight trains of shimmer all over my clothes and cheeks.
I feel like they aren’t the easiest shadows to blend, especially around the edges, but the fact they last all day long without creasing offsets the issue for me.
Even though these cost less than $10 each, Milani wasn’t stingy with the pigment. The Milani Baked Eyeshadows deposit loads of color, probably enough for most hard core makeup enthusiasts, and two layers applied with a MAC 217 produces a sooty smokey look worthy of sky-high sexy heels and a tight black dress.
Swatches of Mix It Up applied dry (left) and wet (right)
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Laura Mercier Gel Lip Colour in Sweet Cherry
Laura Mercier Gel Lip Colour in Sweet Cherry ($22), one of five shades in the new Gel Lip Colour line available now.
Sonia Kashuk Tutti Frutti Nail Colour
Sonia Kashuk Nail Colour in Tutti Frutti ($4.99), one of four new spring 2011 polishes available now.