Good mornin’, ladies. 🙂 I hope you slept well. It promises to be a beautiful day. The sun is out, birds are singing, and Tabs is writing an ode to Fridays in his journal on the windowsill.
I thought I’d start the day with a look at what’s new and exciting in the worlds of makeup and beauty. If anything’s missing (and I’m sure things are), please add them to the comments.
New in Beauty
- Totally in
with the blush, lip pencil and mini-Orgasm Multiple in the NARS So Famous Set ($44; $61 value) - Chanel’s Les Pop-Up De Chanel collection arrives this May with vibrant pops of neon pink, sunny coral and turquoise
- Shu Uemura says Pro Concealer ($23) is a full-coverage concealer that really does look natural
- I NEED the Tokidoki
SANDy Nail File ($5)! - Would your man ever use Kiehl’s Facial Fuel Health Bronze Energizing Gradual Tan Moisturizer ($23)?
- For Mother’s Day (May 9!), what about Dolce & Gabbana’s Rose The One Mother’s Day Set ($75)?
- L’Occitane’s Ultra Rich Face Cream ($39) is a nourishing shea butter bath for your skin
- Smashbox’s Cream Eye Liner Palette ($32) houses 10 shades in metallic hues
- Guerlain’s Liquid Eyeliner ($35) sports an ultra-fine brush with a surprisingly long handle
- Dior’s launching Hydralife ($39-$73), a collection of moisturizers and serums formulated with pure plant extracts
- Would you throw down 30 bones for Yves Saint Laurent’s Instant Eye Make-Up Remover ($30)?
- If you have any tattoos you’d like to cover, Kat Von D’s Tattoo Eraser ($14) can help
- Dior’s Diorsnow White Reveal Illuminating Eye Treatment ($68) is supposed to diminish dark circles, puffiness and dark spots around those adorable eyes
- If you can name the font on the Supergoop! ($12-68) packaging, I think you’re officially awesome 🙂
- Tarte’s Little Black Dress Eyeshadow Palette ($21) comes with eight shadows in shades of brown, pink, purple and blue
- Prada’s Infusion de Tubereuse ($74) boasts notes of tuberose and blood orange
- Get a free 8-piece gift set (a $110 value) with any Estee Lauder purchase of $39.50 or more at Bloomingdale’s?
- The Bare Escentuals Pink Delicious 100% Natural Lipgloss Kit ($26) looks like a yummy desert
- What do ya think about the website for Dior’s Miss Dior Cherie perfume?
- For my fellow Bay Area gals, Blo Bar Dry Bar, a salon specializing in blow outs, is opening a new location in San Francisco
- More from Bare Escentuals: Big & Bright Eyeliner Pencil ($14) and Flawless Definition Waterproof Mascara ($18)
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. If you’re new here, thank you for visiting. Makeup and Beauty Blog is a makeup blog with daily product reviews, beauty tips, giveaways and the random shenanigans of a crazy cat lady/makeup enthusiast named Karen (that’s me!). 🙂
Tiffany says
March 26th, 2010 at 9:17 amHappy Friday, Karen!
LOL, I bought a ton of new stuff online today. I got the NARS set you mentioned, the BE lipgloss set you mentioned, a couple Tokidoki things, and this BE buxom sailor girls set: http://sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P259901&categoryId=B70
EEEK, I can’t wait for everything to arrive! (Oh, and fyi, the Dior white reveal link goes to the Kat Von D product). BTW, I loooove all the cute mini pictures you have been putting in your posts – makes it so adorable and even more fun to read 🙂
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 9:23 amHi Tiffany!
Happy Friday! I have a feeling I need to do a little online (or virtual, hmm) hauling today too. I have my eye on some Tokidoki things and that NARS set… been a looong week so a little retail therapy is in order.
Thanks for letting me know about the link! It’s fixed. 🙂
What are you doing this weekend?
Tiffany says
March 26th, 2010 at 9:43 amWhich Tokidoki things do you think look good? Wow, that Dior stuff looks nice but it’s pricey for only .5 oz – but I guess that’s just Dior for ya!
Tonight we are gonna use our outdoor firepit and make s’mores 🙂 and hubby and I will probably go out for dinner tomorrow night. Other than that, I might try to go see Alice, and I want to swap out my winter/summer clothes! What’s on your plate this weekend?
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:13 amI’m going through a bronzer phase, so I want that… also some brushes (SO CUTE!) and this eyeshadow palette:
http://www.sephora.com/browse/product.jhtml?id=P257115&categoryId=B70
MMMMM, s’mores!! I wish I could come over so ya’ll could feed me, LOL! I really enjoyed Alice, btw. I know it’s been hit or miss with people, but I thought it was great and very true to the original book.
This weekend I’m hoping to pop by the Macy’s Flower show (crosses fingers) on Saturday, but truth be told, what I really need is just time to putter around the house. I could do with a few hours on the couch with some movies and a big vat of popcorn, LOL!
Tiffany says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:28 amHey Karen! Not sure if that was the right link to the eyeshadow palette? I thought the Tokidoki bronzer looks really cute also!
I wish I could mail you a s’more! I loooove the story of Alice so I think I will like it, it’s just getting myself into a movie theater that’s the hard part. Oooh, I hope you go to the flower show so your lovely readers can see pictures, lol 🙂
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:41 amApparently I’m having copying and pasting issues today! Should be good now!
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:18 amOH! Also on my weekend agenda: convince El Hub that this cat needs to be in our lives!!
http://www.purebredsplus.org/available/bio/lindsey.html
Tiffany says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:28 amOMG, you neeeeed her! What a cutie!
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 1:06 pmTotally. I like that she gets along with cats and dogs (it doesn’t hurt to be prepared, ha ha ha).
NINA says
March 26th, 2010 at 9:28 amI am liking the Tarte Little Black Dress palette and the Nars So Famous Set …. I own that Tarte set with the jewels on the cover (cant remember the name) and I love it …
Who can say no to Nars value sets? Theyre always an awesome value.
Long week for me too but the weekend is in sight – cant wait!!!
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 9:31 amOhmigosh, me too. I need a solid block of vegetation time to recover.
How’s your Friday going?
NINA says
March 26th, 2010 at 11:24 amIts goin pretty quick … busy-ish this morning but quieting down now. I hope to leave early…
What are you doin this weekend? 🙂
The Hubs was telling me Mojo (dog) needs a baby brother so we might go look at adoption dogs …. Woohooo!!! He always laughs because im like a woman with a mission when we go to Petsmart/Petco on adoption days (usually weekends) – I go straight to the back where the cute dogs and cats are!!!
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 1:08 pmGoing to the movies tonight! I’d also like to do some cleaning/organizing tomorrow. 🙂
I love seeing the rescue dogs/cats at the pet store. It’s very easy to fall in love!
Nina says
March 27th, 2010 at 8:23 amWere still at home … had a sleepless night (both Hubs and I) so were taking it slow this morning!!! 🙂
DonnaN says
March 26th, 2010 at 9:53 amvery rarely does Chanel “speak” to me…..but this stuff is sure calling my name! Oh, and I think that a Sephora order’s gonna get placed while I’m laid up recovering from surgery….LOL!!
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:09 amThat’s something to look forward to, hon!! 🙂
Scientific Housewife says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:05 amMan, I really want that Tarte kit, that seems like such a great collection of eyeshadows!
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:08 amThe colors are pretty, right? Totally wearable, but with a bit o’ sass.
mkdallas says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:06 amLove the Nars set and it is a good deal, but after some MAJOR haulage of late (and drawers already crammed with like, 50,000 makeup items I don’t use but for some reason just HAD to have), I must take a deep breath and walk away from the Sephora website. And let me tell you, that’ ain’t easy. Kisses to Tabs on his yummy little noggin!
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:08 amYa know, I periodically go through phases when I wonder why the heck I need 1000 tubes of pink lipgloss. But then I remind myself that there could be worse addictions, LOL!
Tabs sends you kitty hugs ’round your ankles. 🙂
evo says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:09 ami’ve been to Blo a few times here in canada….they’re great! inexpensive and fast!
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:14 amI think I’m gonna pop by. I’m going through a straight hair phase… 🙂
lexi says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:13 amAw why does that Blo.Bar place have to be in the Marina? Not.A.Fan.
Why is Chanel dragging me into their beauty world? I’m starting to serioulsy obsess over the new bright colors in that collection. Bad enough they sucked me in with their great foundation and new Rouge Coco line! I’m passing on the NARS set because the Orgasm multiple unfortunately didn’t do a thing for me.
yes girl loving the Supergloop font too. My favorite will always be Tabitha script (don’t know it that the right name) because it’s kind of the way I write normally.
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:15 amBut the Marina has the MAC Pro Store!! And Kara’s!
I know the Supergoop font’s name because I used it on my “Save the Date” e-cards!!
lexi says
March 26th, 2010 at 11:09 amyeah that’s the only time I’m in that neighborhood when I visit the Pro Store and when my stylist’s salon was there. So what is the Supergoop font name? I love it!!
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 1:08 pmI’m pretty darn sure that’s Fabulous 50s
http://www.fontcubes.com/Fabulous-50s.font
Stef says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:44 amHmmm, is the font on Supergoop! Shoebop? It might be a bit less flouncy than Shoebop…
And oh my word, I am starting a Prada Infusion de Tubereuse fund right now! Tuberose and Blood Orange are 2 of my favorite things to sniff. Beautiful bottle too. Thanks for the into!
.-= Stef’s last blog post… BleachBlack Dickweed Nail Polish =-.
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 1:09 pmI am completely lusting over that bottle. I hope I get to sniff it soon!
As for the font, I think it’s Fabulous 50s (see link in Lexi’s comment above).
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 1:10 pmOoh, and I’ve been meaning to tell you that the Estee Lauder Aqua Flash liquid eyeshadow looks nothing like the Milani Liquid Liner shade!!
Stef says
March 26th, 2010 at 2:03 pmOh crud, then I do need it! Goodbye savings account, I hardly knew thee…
.-= Stef’s last blog post… HerCut – Catalyst styling product review =-.
Amber says
March 26th, 2010 at 11:39 amI really like the idea of that Supergoop hand & face stick. That would be great to carry in a handbag or beach bag.
.-= Amber’s last blog post… What’s your type? =-.
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 1:10 pmHi Amber!
Happy Friday. 🙂 Got any exciting plans for the weekend?
Amber says
March 26th, 2010 at 3:54 pmMy husband is doing the taxes this weekend, so we are hanging out at home. I plan to sleep late, eat well, read blogs, do my nails, fantasy-shop, and try to resist all these goodies that you post!
.-= Amber’s last blog post… What’s your type? =-.
Lucy says
March 26th, 2010 at 11:48 amOooh the chanel stuff looks great – thanks for the kat von d tip, I have a particularly unsightly tatt I’d like to cover!
.-= Lucy’s last blog post… OPI Nail Laquer in Teal The Cows Come Home =-.
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 1:10 pmYou’re welcome. 🙂 Let me know if it works out for you!
Lisa S. says
March 26th, 2010 at 1:09 pmOoooh, you know I’m all over the Tarte Palette. And Prada’s Infusion de Tubereuse has two of my favorite smells in the world, Tuber rose and Blood orange. Love, love, love!
Karen says
March 26th, 2010 at 1:11 pmI know!! I don’t have any Prada scents… this might be a good excuse to pick that up!
Vonvon says
March 26th, 2010 at 5:45 pmThe NARS set is so pretty! And the Smashbox cream liners in so many shades got me lemming. And Tarte palette…….haven’t tried them before , but love the packaging…very elegant!
.-= Vonvon’s last blog post… Review: Dior Capture Totale One Essential Skin Boosting Super Serum……INDEED! =-.
eleen says
March 26th, 2010 at 7:35 pmOMG! Love at first sight for the colors of Chanel Les Pop-Up De Chanel collection!!
Is there any pre-order now?
Sara says
March 26th, 2010 at 10:16 pmThe font on Supergoop is Fabulous 50’s. I had my photoshop running at the same time, and double checked it…definately is!
I’m thinking I need to con my hubby into a trip to Sephora for my b-day sunday!
Briitney says
March 27th, 2010 at 4:36 pmHey Karen,
I so love the colors by Chanel….. Sexy and fun I think…and with spring in the air, I am looking for something flirty to wear.. Can’t wait for the warmer weather…yay. Thanks for the updates and THAT mascara review. I so need to run and find me some. I always weaar a little mascara when in the gym and all. Helps me think…lol… Have a great weekend.