Just in for the holiday Make Up For Ever Diamonds For Ever Limited Edition Holiday Eye & Lip Makeup Kit. Marylin said it best: “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend” so treat yourself or your makeup obsessed loved ones with this fabulous Make Up For Ever very sparkling collection. The new Make Up For Ever Diamonds For Ever limited-edition gift set comes in a shimmering gift box, inside you find a tote-able, black vanity pouch with a mirror and plenty of room for the glittering collection of diamond-reflecting eye and lip shades.
From around the Splendicity community, comes the best posts of the week.
BEAUTY Beauty and Fashion Tech has Great Beauty Books for Holiday Gifts. Viva Woman checks out what’s the correct sunblock dosage to get sufficient coverage. Temptalia shares her beauty-themed Holiday Gift Guide for Your Very Best Friend! Beauty Secrets Revealed is Running A Christmas Contest. Ellen from Spa Beautifully is curious about Intraceuticals Rejuvenation Infusion facial that is now being offered in Toronto.
FASHION Style…A Work in Progress has found some beautiful artwork for your wallet. Indie Style File becomes obsessed with Dace. ShoeBlitz finds some of the ugliest shoes of the winter. Stiletto Jungle is giving away a hot new My Hip-T every week, all December long. Aging Fabulous says that these pajamas are a must have for those of us 40+.
If you don’t know already Bombshell Bargains (an online beauty store based in Vancouver, BC my ol’ stomping grounds!) has started their giant End-of-Year sale! Check out their amazing freebies (M.A.C., Nars, Bobbi Brown to name a few!), scratch and dent deals and 2 for 1 deals! You’ll definitely find the perfect gift for every makeup junkie you know! Hurry now because things are selling out quickly! Happy Holiday Shopping!
This is perfect for tossing into the back of the van for those quick trips to visit the parents… or just a weekend get-away. I especially love the fact that it molds to whatever room there is available. And yes, I’m just going to have to learn to put everything I need into that size of a bag. And, I am getting better!
I was burning the midnight oil blogging while me and my good buddy slash beauty blogger Phoebe were discussing great beauty blogs that had great makeup tutorials. Michelle Phan must be one of the most famous bloggers that maintains a makeup tutorial blog, and I love her looks because she manages to pull off a natural, but striking look using makeup, not over the top, not overly done ( that’s how makeup should be done! )
Oh no! The sameJohn Galliano coat appears on the cover of both Vogue China and Vogue Japan this month? You think they got them mixed up??? [Fashion Week Daily]
Celeb fragrances? We know, you were worried the whole industry was dying! But no. New scents from Jennifer Lopez, Tim McGraw, Sean “Jay-Z” Carter’s Rocawear, and Christina Aguilera will all be out within the year and the word on the street is that Jennifer Aniston is going to be the next star to get smelly. [WWD, sub req'd]
Botox is getting a competitor! They would show concern, but their faces no longer register emotion. [WSJ]
Isaac Mizrahi the Holiday-Themed-Cabaret-Show? Seriously, those are the greatest words ever placed in consecutive order. [Fashion Week Daily]
I get the night sweats now and then. Sometimes it is right before my period, and sometimes it is just plain old unpredictable. I can’t stand it when I wake up with soaked pj’s.
I was doing a bit of searching for a solution and I am so happy to have found Moisture Wicking Pajamas.
Short and Sexy - Carmen Electra always does both really well.
This is a perfect New Years Eve dress, and we found a few similar ones right at our favorite Nordstrom. Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent Mirrored Shift Dress $320.00 Maggy London Floral Overlay Dress $128.00
As with any hobby/interest, there are always established hierarchies of awe that are instilled into us regarding insider figures. In the case of fashion, this is probably even more exaggerated. Let me rewind. So I’m 12 yrs old having spent all my Chinese New Year’s lucky money on amateurish books about fashion sketching and having read up every crusty fashion history books there are and I’m in awe of Paul Poiret, Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. The biggies. My knowledge of fashion is pretty much shallow if not non-existent but it is when I first discover the mysticism of fashion and the I get the feeling that there are ‘closed doors’ in this industry. I then shelve the idea of becoming a designer and throw my head into the ‘academic’ stuff that I’m on familiar territory with.
Fast forward to when I’m 17. I’m now buying all the glossies and fashion tomes like there’s no tomorrow. The people I read about are fully instilled as awesome figures in my mind, overly statuesque even. I gorge on interviews with designers and photographers and when there are rare interviews with the top notch editors/stylists, I practically ravage them. It’s the art of fashion that I’m obsessed with. What sort of an effect these clothes are having on the wearer. What the designers studios might look like. What working at a magazine might be like. What’s going on behind the scenes of the clothes. What do the clothes actually look/feel like in person. The awe factor has set upon me regarding fashion.
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