June, 2009

Dior Addict Lipstick, Part 2

Dior, Addict, lipstick

It's day 2 of Dior's 25 new shades of Dior Addict Lipcolor — a new formula of lipstick which shares its name with an old, discontinued formula of lipstick. (For the record, I think that's a terrible idea in general.)

According to Dior lover lolakitten, the new Addict Lipcolor formula is far superior to the old. She says

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Happy Birthday, TNBTTGSY!

Can you believe it? TNBTTGSY is one year old! Wow!

I'm impressed and pleased and proud all at once. Thank you, readers — thank you, guest swatchers; thank you, supportive fellow bloggers — TNBTTGSY wouldn't continue to exist without you.

I know it seems like a lame birthday celebration (it's certainly no chocolate cake), but I put together

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Dior Addict Lipstick, Part 1

Dior, Addict, lipstick

Dior recently added a new lipstick to the fold. It's a little confusing, because Dior has had a product called "Addict Lipcolor" before — this is a new formula and new packaging, despite the reuse of the name.

Dior Addict Lipcolor is the medium coverage sister to Dior Addict High Shine. There are 25 new shades, and the

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Bobbi Brown Illuminating Bronzer

Bobbi Brown, Illuminating Bronzer

The Illuminating Bronze Collection is one of those shorter, in-between, summer collections from Bobbi Brown. It includes six limited edition (which, with Bobbi, means they may or may not become permanent) bronzing powders.

There are two pink shades, but Mr. X (the sales associate at the BB counter and my informant) says he feels that even those have a

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MAC Naked Honey

MAC, Naked Honey

MAC's hotly anticipated (and entirely limited edition) Naked Honey Collection hits the counters this Thursday, and if you'll excuse the pun, I've succumbed to all the buzz. The collection is half-makeup, half-body-stuff, and though the makeup portion is small compared to other releases, I think MAC did well with what they created.

There are three Naked Honey eyeshadows (each

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Armani Lasting Silk Foundation

Armani, foundation, Lasting Silk UV

Armani just released a new liquid foundation for summer, inspired by "extreme" backstage conditions at fashion shows. Fashion shows held outdoors? Anyway, it's called Lasting Silk UV Foundation, and it's long-wear (14 hours), "high-resistance," medium coverage, with a luminous matte finish. It makes no promises to be waterproof (in fact, it's a water-based foundation), though one would expect any

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Dior Designer Quints

Dior, designer, architect, quint, palette, eyeshadow

Dior is pushing the envelope on one of their most beloved products with the release of limited edition "Designer" eyeshadow quints. These quints contain four shadows and a cream liner — intended, I think to be more of an all-in-one eye palette, and allowing you to "become the architect of your own beauty."

Dior even goes so far

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Laura Mercier Bohemia

The promo picture for Laura Mercier's Bohemia collection says it all: sultry, bronzy, sexy. (The geographer in me wants to mention that Bohemia is a landlocked former country now part of the Czech Republic. And Bohemians were 19th century impoverished writers, artists, musicians, etc., in France who believed in free love.)

The collection includes two shimmery, limited edition

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Guerlain Summer Splash

Guerlain, swatches, eyeshadow, quad, palette, Summer Splash, Perle des Mers, loose kohl, Lagon Bleu, Lagoon Blue, Sable Blanc, Sable Blond

Everyone's got a favorite (and I definitely didn't see this one coming), but I'm more excited about Summer Splash than any other Guerlain collection I've swatched so far.

Lots of brands are doing blue for summer (see Dior's take on it) — just begging you to channel Brooke Shields or Darryl Hannah.
I'll

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TNBTTGSY’s Perricone MD Giveaway!

Readers, WOW. Here’s a giveaway that should get your pulses racing. I am thrilled to announce that TNBTTGSY is giving away a bottle of Perricone MD’s bestselling Advanced Face Firming Activator (retail value $120) to one lucky reader.

This magical serum of youth is supposed to leave your skin smoother, firmer, more radiant, and protected against further damage.

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Congratulations, Giveaway Winner!

Congratulations, Emmy B., who won the Ms. Pedicure Foot Spahh kit!

Watch for our upcoming co-review of the set (and see if we finally got ourselves summer-ready).

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Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge

Last weekend my Bobbi Brown "source" slipped me a piece of paper with a list of BB products slated for discontinuation. (He knows about you, readers, and he loves the idea that he's leaking information directly to BB fans. We'll call him Mr. X.)

The list was surprisingly long, and included gel eyeliners in Cobalt, Hunter, Bronze

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