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Looking for natural hair products in T & T???

February 9, 2010 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 0 Comments

So, I’m walking down the street, enjoying the blazing hot sun, and I stumbled across a little jewel on Ariapita Avenue. Tucked across the street from Veni Mange is a new store called Body Beautiful on D’Avenue.

Finally, quality natural haircare products at a reasonable price. They describe themselves as ‘Your One Stop Shop for Natural and Organic Bath, Body and Hair Products and Accessories….’. Right now they carry two lines, Nubian Heritage and Kinky Curly (I almost passed out when I saw this :-)!) They pretty much the full line of products from these two lines and they even carry shower massage brushes, 100% natural Shea Butter, aromatherapy diffusers, oils and candles. I spoke to the manager/owner and one of her hopes is to continue bringing in other brands like Jane Carter’s Solution. This, to me, is exciting news!!

Ladies and gents, check them out at:

Body Beautiful on D’Avenue

#62 Ariapita Avenue

Woodbrook (opp. Veni Mange)

Republic of Trinidad and Tobago

221-6439/496-0628

bodybeautifultt@gmail.com

It's Carnival Time!!! Part II

February 7, 2010 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 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!

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

February 2, 2010 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 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!!!

Bringing the beach home – Bobbi Brown Spring 2010

February 2, 2010 / Noire Tropical Beauty / 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????