Hey! So here are some pictures and a few swatches from the launch of the Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Spring/Summer collection, The Garden, a mix of pastels and brights.
The Garden by OCC, Spring/Summer 2012
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This is my first review of Laura Mercier products. I was instantly attracted to the beautiful, bold, punchy colours. The Très Chic collection is a limited edition, spring nail collection consisting of 5 colours that range from pastel to bright.
I picked up the two that I thought were going to be my favourites and I love them!! The polishes are contained in short, square bottles and are slightly smaller than the typical nail polish – 0.35 fl. oz. (10.35 ml) vs. 0.5 fl. oz. (15 ml) and they cost US$18 each. So the price is a little costly. The brush is short, and not like the Pro-Wides that you get with OPI. For those with long nail beds, you may have to use more strokes than you normally would. The formula is a little on the thin side, but smooth. I used 2 coats in the swatches, but I could have done with an additional one. Drying time is pretty fast. The formula is good, and standard for what is out there. They are also Big 3 free.
Onto the swatches!
The first one I picked up is Cabana.
Laura Mercier Nail Lacquer in Cabana
So April 22nd is Earth Day. We should all, in our own little way, be doing our part in helping our planet.
When it comes to skincare, I definitely like to keep it natural and this is where eos comes in. Evolution of smooth (eos) is a natural skincare line with mostly naturally derived products and eye-catching packaging. I have been testing a few of their products.
First is the Everyday Hand Lotion.
eos Everyday Hand Lotion in Cucumber
Click here for more of the review!
Hello!
This is a brand that I am just discovering. I have heard a lot of good things about Laura Mercier from the artists in the know. I have a few product reviews from this brand coming soon, but in the meantime, check out what’s up for this summer!
Confident, chic, playful
Laura’s inspiration for 2012 draws from her background as a fine art painter and focuses on the mood and attitude of women through different art periods. For Summer 2012, she invites you to escape to a dream world that explores creativity through colour, taking inspiration from Art Nouveau’s innovative spirit and painted posters. This poetic embrace of sugary happy tones in sheer textures sets the mood—soft but daring, playful yet romantic.
The face is touched in clouds of colour that bring sophistication without strong definition. Highlights include sheer milky pastel eyes and translucent lips printed in colour. Skin is illuminated with a soft, healthy touch of bronzer and glow.
This collection is available at lauramercier.com and select retailers (Bloomingdale’s, Bergdorf Goodman, Henri Bendel, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, and select Belk, Blue Mercury, Lord & Taylor, and Macys) from May 2012 for a limited time.
THE COLLECTION
Sheer Crème Eye Colour (US$ 22.00) Limited Edition
Crème Lip Print (US$20.00) Limited Edition
Lip Glacé (US$22.00) Limited Edition
Nail Lacquer (US$18.00) Limited Edition
Sheer Crème Colour (US$35.00) Limited Edition
Body Bronzing Makeup (US38.00) Limited Edition
Caviar Stick Eye Colour (US$24.00) Limited Edition
Long Lash Mascara (US$24.00) Limited Edition
Photos below!
image courtesy of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics
So Bobbi Brown is having an online F&F sale. Here are the details!
International fashion designer and Thailand-born Thakoon has teamed up with NARS to bring out a vibrant, nail polish collection, inspired by Indian spice markets, that is right on trend.
Thakoon for NARS Nail Collection 2012
Fashion and beauty have always gone hand in hand. Now, those hands have the nail polish to match. Introducing the Thakoon for NARS Nail Collection, the brand’s first collaboration with a fashion designer in the nail category.
Already frequent collaborators at New York Fashion Week, founder and creative director Francois Nars has partnered with Thakoon Panichgul to develop a limited edition, six-shade nail collection.
In conceptualizing the shade range, Thakoon was inspired by the vibrant colors found in Indian spice markets. The highly saturated, high-shine shades come in an opaque finish, perfect for spring. Formula is long-wearing, chip-resistant and toluene-, formaldehyde- and DBP-free.
Since his first collection in 2004, the Thailand-born, Nebraska-raised designer’s clothes have graced chic, modern women around the globe, including Jessica Alba, Marion Cotillard, Rachel Bilson, and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Hey!
So Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics, is releasing their Spring/Summer 2012 collection on March 23rd. Closely following the hot trends of bold, saturated colours and colour-blocking, OCC presents The Garden.
From OCC:
Spring has sprung at OCC and hidden among the lilacs and pansies is a different shade of floral. Inspired by psychotropic and poisonous plants, this collection turns traditional spring pastels upside down, injecting them with hallucinatory notes of nearly-neon vibrancy. Mixed in are more subtle neutral lip shades, meant to be paired with a dizzying flash of color on the eyes, in this garden of earthly (and unearthly) delights.
The Garden Collection:
Lip Tar – a mix of brights and neutrals (as seen in the image from L to R)
OCC Lip Tars, image courtesy of PR
Image courtesy of Urban Decay
Sale alert!!
Urban Decay is having their Friends & Family Sale!!!
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So the Iris Apfel for M.A.C. collection came out a few weeks ago and this was a bright collection in the middle of winter doldrums. This collection was inspired by rare and exotic birds, and is just in line with fashion and beauty trends for 2012. Here are the details.
Image courtesy of M.A.C.
Anyway, here is a quick swatch of 4 of the lipsticks.
