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Viva Glam Gaga and Cyndi are here!!!

February 9, 2010 / / 0 Comments

From Our Lips...

Ok, this mini collection kinda has the same hype that Hello Kitty had last year.  People are super psyched about this limited release!!! It’s going to be one of the coolest Viva Glam campaigns (I still think that the coolest one was the RuPaul/KD Lang campaign for the original release of VG I back in 1994).  The From Our Lips collection is now available on the M.A.C. website which probably means that it’s going to the released is stores on Thursday 11th February Wednesday 10th February.

I think it’s time that I get my first Viva Glam lipstick and I am sooooo looking at VG Cyndi, which is described as ‘a light reddish coral’ and it’s in a lustre finish so its sheerish and super creamy!!!!!!!!!!! The packaging alone has me sold!!! Deep metallic red on black with the black signatures.  These are going to be collector’s items for sure!!!!

Check out the face charts!!! I love the Cyndi look!

Viva Glam Cyndi Face Chart

Viva Glam Gaga Face Chart

All photos courtesy of M.A.C. Cosmetics

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It's Carnival Time!!! Part II

February 7, 2010 / / 0 Comments

Hi folks!!

I’m here with another look for Carnival 2010.  This time I chose yellow as a theme and again went back to Tribe for my yellow selection of choice.  Xi Ling Shi is Tribe’s offering and according to the website, Xi Ling Shi ‘was a legendary Chinese empress and the wife of the Yellow Emperor who discovered silk and invented the silk loom thousands of years ago’.  Again, gorgeous costume!!

Xi Ling Shi, image courtesy of CarnivalTribe.com

Xi Ling Shi, closeup, image courtesy of Carnivaltribe.com

Island People Mas also has an offering in yellow from their 2010 presentation, Kutchela.  Theirs is called Mudra, which ‘speaks of the importance of non-verbal communication among people’.  Island People’s explanation continues, ‘ With its clinical meaning given as hand gestures, it is the essence of what is captured and related through use of the limbs that is in its profoundest meaning- that of the story of life’.

Mudra, Female Frontline, image courtesy of IslandPeopleMas.com

And here’s my look!

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Anniversary Collection: M.A.C.'s Spring Colour Forecast

February 2, 2010 / / 0 Comments

Image courtesy specktra.com

So I’m kinda mad that I’m missing M.A.C.’s Spring Colour Forecast launch party that’s happening tonight (I think!!) all across the U.S. This is a MASSIVE collection, falling on the anniversary of the Hello Kitty collection (I cyah believe that it has been a year since HK launched!).  It’s broken up into 4 colours – Pink, Coral, Plum & Amber.  I have not seen these products live but there must be something for everyone!!! It runs the gammet from pastels to brights, mattes to frosts, and safe to daring!  I have my eye on just a few of the products from the Spring Colour Forecast 1 – the Pink collection, namely Pink Burst and Laugh A Lot lipsticks.  There are even a few new products like the Crushed Metal Pigments – stacks of pigments with a metallic shine and the Ombre Blushes.  Temptalia.com has some great swatches and an extensive review.

The collection is now available online, and available in stores on Feb. 11th in the US.

I also heard that they are moving up the launch date of the new Viva Glam lipsticks featuring Cyndi Lauper and Lady Gaga!!! I hear its coming also on the 11th, but we’ll see.  Cyndi’s colour looks interesting!!!

What products from the Spring Colour Forecast should I get????

Laters!!!

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Bringing the beach home – Bobbi Brown Spring 2010

February 2, 2010 / / 0 Comments

So, I have not been a fan of Bobbi Brown.  I just thought that their makeup was too…plain, I was used to the bold offerings of M.A.C.  I even went to get a makeover done at the Bobbi  Brown counter at Saks and left feeling, well you know…plain!!!  For me the colour offerings were too limited and it was too much work to look like I was wearing nothing at all.

But over the years I think that they have refined their look a little and I even bought Bobbi’s latest book, which is really good especially because it gives an insight into becoming a makeup artist.  So it went beyond basic beauty.

For Spring 2010, Bobbi brings Cabana Corals, a very beachy, summery collection.

Cabana Corals, Spring 2010

And I’m allllll about summer!  I am not a coral girl but I think that this is the first collection that I am interested in.  It looks bright for BB and the shimmer bricks are #1 on my list.  I’ve heard a lot about the shimmer bricks and I think I want to try.  Has anyone tried this collection????

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So you want to wear makeup…….The Basics

January 20, 2010 / / 1 Comment

As the bounderies between professional makeup lines and regular consumer makeup lines continue to blur, there are tons of options available for the beginning makeup wearer, but where do you start??  It seems like everyone is jumping into the makeup game, providing a vast array of colours, textures and tools to play with.  Over the next few days, I’ll be giving my tips for very basic makeup, the-no-fuss, I’ve got 5 mins, but I want to look polished- look.

Makeup is all about experimentation, taking your time to figure out what you like and what works for you, looking at what other people use.  YouTube and beauty blogs are a modern woman’s best friend.  I spend countless hours roaming YouTube, learning new techniques, looking at product reviews and makeup tutorials.  More importantly, makeup should be fun! 🙂 Ah mean, what’s the point if it makes you miserable??  It should never be stressful or agonizing.  If you make a mistake…just wipe it off – and save that receipt.  Many beauty retailers allow you make returns within a certain timeframe.

Ok, enough talk, on to the real stuff!!!

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