New in Beauty
- Yay or nay to Estee Lauder’s Bronze Goddess blush/bronzer compact for summer?
- Blend to build a blush with these springy new Rimmel Lasting Finish Powder Blushes ($5). Each comes with three swirl-able shades for mix/matching. 🙂
- Fascinating! NARS’s new (silicone-based) Lip Stain Glosses ($24) have a matte finish in gloss form?
- Now THAT’s a funky applicator — Dior’s new Capture Totale Instant Eye Rescue ($95) eye cream.
- Hmm… I’ve got a few dark spots eager to try Clarins’ Bright Plus On-the-Spot Corrector ($35).
- Shiseido’s The Make Perfect Rouge Glowing Matte Lip Colour ($25) is making spring matte-er.
- No worries. Shiseido’s also making sure there’s still plenty of shiny lipgloss to go around!
- The T3 SinglePass Flat Iron ($160) has tourmaline-infused plates (sounds like something from a comic book, LOL!) to supposedly straighten strands in a single pass.
- Could Milani’s new HD Advanced Concealer be the $7 drugstore answer to YSL’s Touche Eclat?
- From now through March, Bliss will donate 75% of the proceeds from sales of their Softening Socks ($48) and Glamour Gloves ($48) to Unicef relief efforts in Haiti.
Congratulations on making it to hump day with me, ladies! 🙂 I can see the summit, with the weekend not far below. Let’s do this!
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
NINA says
Onwards to the weekend!!!
Its almost here…. 😀
Karen says
It can’t get here fast enough! How are you feeling? Better I hope!
NINA says
Still coughy but on the mend …. I am hoping to enjoy this weekend more …. 🙂
Kymberlee says
That T3 SIngle Pass Flat Iron sounds intriguing. I normally have to use a couple of passes at least with my CHI.
I’ve never tried Milani cosmetics but if they have a Touche Eclat knock off for $7 I think I might have to pick that up!
Karen says
I know! I would love to have a flat iron that gets it done in one fell schwoooop!
Ruchita says
The Rimmel blushes look interesting. I might give those a try. I have a bronzer from Rimmel that I love and use as a blush on my darker skintone. Getting past Wednesday is always good. Can’t wait for the weekend, but how the heck is it already the end of January? 🙂
Karen says
I’ve tried their sold color blushes and they’re pretty good! Can’t wait to the stripey ones now.
Which bronzer do you use? I wonder if it’ll work for me…
Hope you’re having a good day so far!
Sonja says
Oh i love that Shiseido gloss in Belini!! Come to think of it, I wouldn’t mind a real Bellini either;)
I’m having such a boring week, home with a cold, watching Buffy and Dr Who all day…
Karen says
Oh no! I hope you feel better soon. 🙂 Which season are you on on Buffy?
Sonja says
I used to watch it regulary but now I’ve just started from season one–next is season two…and then how many may come until I get better!!
Forgot how awesome the series were…
Kristina says
The NARS Lip stain gloss, are like a liquid lipstick, but they are hardly new 🙂 They have been around for years. I am still hoping Mr Nars will expand the shade selection. All the current ones are very dark, but nevertheless a heavenly product.
Karen says
Interesting. Funny that Bloomie’s listed it under their New Arrivals section… maybe they were referring to a new shade. Have a great day! 🙂
Devs says
That NARS lip stain looks very interesting…… I have a very quick question. Does anyone know of a good drugstore leave in conditioner? I just got my hair cut and I want to keep it healthy 🙂 Thanks
Karen says
Hey Devs, I’ve used Infusium 23’s in the past and really liked it. Aussie’s Hair Insurance works great too, and the spray is very handy!
Karen B says
Those lip stains look like my cup of tea when I’m out and about on my bike 🙂
How is your day dear?
– Kiki
Karen says
Good! The rain finally stopped and the sun’s finally out. How’s your day going?
Jen says
It’s spelled “yea or nay,” just a heads up.
Karen says
Hi, Jen. But sometimes I just prefer the way yay looks in print. I also spell y’all as ya’ll and use WAY more apostrophes, ellipses (in which I frequently leave off the trailing fourth period when they appear at the end of complete sentences) and hyphens than I should. What can I say? 🙂
How’s your day coming along?
Sharon says
I love that Estee Lauder Bronze goddess compact. Have you smelled the perfume?
Karen says
Hi Sharon! Yes, I have the spray oil and love it. It reminds me of summer. 🙂 If you like that scent you might also love Bobbi Brown’s Beach.
Vonvon says
The Estee Lauder bronzer compact is really pretty! but most of the time, if I ever purchase these LE items, they would end up in my collection instead of being used. 😉
.-= Vonvon’s last blog post… Giorgio Armani Mini-makeover, Purchase & Freebies =-.
Glosslizard says
Oh my, I could just swoon over that Estee Lauder compact! If’n it doesn’t make me look orange, it’s for me! 😀
amy says
The Estee Lauder compact looks very retro. Perhaps a bit 70’s?
.-= amy’s last blog post… FOTD Golds, Greens, Purple and Hot Pink Lips using Nars Schiap Lipstick and Nars Easy Lover Lipgloss =-.
Alexandra says
I got the estee lauder bronze goddes bronzer from the cco, back in september.
They had run out of the no shimmer ones.So i have the skimmer one.
Love the big mirror on the compact.
Karen could you do a post on hand cream. Ive been using on,and in this cold weather its making no diference. Any recomended products would be great 🙂
Andrea says
The fourth NARS item I ever purchased was this NARS lipstain in Victorie. Did they change the formula? I bought mine about two years ago.