One last formula of MAC lipgloss for you today: Plushglass. Plushglass glosses are $18. They have a doe's foot applicator, and offer sheer color with a mild plumping effect. The formula also contains vitamin E.
Big Baby is a shimmery brown-peach-pink. Fulfilled is a sheer nude peach. Big Kiss is a shimmery coral. Full for You
Sad news for American makeup lovers: Shu Uemura is leaving the U.S.
Shu is working with its retail partners on a case-by-case basis to determine the exact timing, but the withdrawal will take place over the next several months. This decision does not affect any other market, and does not affect Shu Uemura Art of Hair, which is sold in
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Yesterday we looked at MAC's Lipglasses, the full-coverage lipgloss with the doe's foot applicator. Today I have the Lustreglasses, the sheer, "blush of color" glosses with the brush applicators. Lustreglasses are a little less sticky than Lipglasses; they are also $14 each.
Star Nova is plum with pink and silver sparkles. Wonderstruck is medium pink
To complement today's arm swatches of MAC's Lipglasses, the gorgeous Sammi has graciously provided half-lip swatches of the shades she owns. Sammi says, for her, Lipglasses come second only to YSL's lipglosses (Golden Gloss and Gloss Pur). She says the colors are pigmented, the glosses last, and they are glossy without being too shiny. She likes the
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My favorite kind of sale — a sale on makeup!
April 12 – 19, print this coupon (or use code BI15 online) to take 15% off your purchase.
EDIT: There are multiple valid codes. Beauty Insiders should have received a "sale" email by now; the code in that email is MADNESS. VIBs should have additionally received a
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This seemed like the perfect opportunity to catch up on some highly requested permanent collection items — we'll start this week off with MAC's permanent lipglosses.
I feel a little less accomplished than I thought I would, swatching the MAC glosses, because so many shades have recently been discontinued. I've heard that when MAC makes something permanent, something else has
...It's a "classic" MAC giveaway this week, with two winners. (I have two brand new MAC Volcanic Ash Masks from the Style Black collection to give away; two contestants will each receive one.)
Here’s how it works:
Well readers, Mr. Salt and I are off to visit his family in Dubai and India (you knew Mr. Salt was Indian, didn't you?).
I've been working ahead on my swatches, so there won't be any interruption in posting. The weekly giveaways will also continue (though the mailing of prizes will have to wait 'til I get
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I adore the promo pic for Lancome's summer collection, Bronze Riviera. It transports me to another time and place. This collection is already on Lancome's website, so I expect we should see it at the counter any day now.
It includes:
A limited edition, $45, 6-pan eyeshadow palette called Pink Party Pretty (the name reminds me of
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Given that they just unveiled their new Prisme Visage, Prismissime Visage, Prisme Yeux Mono, and Prisme blush, Givenchy's spring collection is a little smaller (to keep you from feeling overwhelmed).
The spring collection includes a new, limited edition purple shade of their "spiky ball" Phenomen'Eyes mascara, in the Effet Extension lengthening formula. The color is #8
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I hadn't forgotten my promise to lip-swatch all 15 of Lipstick Queen's Fame glosses, I've just been using my sunny days for arm swatches instead.
Anyway, here are the next third of LQ's fabulous Fame glosses. I still think these are great. They're entirely unsticky, unscented, and I even like the click pen applicator. Click here for arm swatches
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One of my randomly selected Senna giveaway winners received her prize in yesterday's mail, and last night tweeted the cutest picture of herself wearing Ginger. (Plus her nails look awesome!)
Check out her review of the Lip Lacquers (with pictures of her wearing them).
MAC also has a HUGE and highly anticipated collection coming out May 27. It's called To the Beach — which I think deserves an exclamation point: To the Beach!
The collection covers a lot of ground, and the cosmetics come in special packaging (always a cause for excitement).
Eye Shadow ($14.50)
I don't know if it's the promise of coral blush and lipstick, or the adorable promo pics, but I am ridiculously excited about MAC's upcoming Pret a Papier collection. In fashion, prêt-à-porter means ready-to-wear, clothing that is sold in finished form, with standard sizing (the opposite is bespoke [men] or haute couture [women], which is made-to-order).
Pret
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I would like to extend tremendous thanks to makeup artist and guest swatcher lmnmakeup, who volunteered to swatch her professional collection of Make Up For Ever HD blushes. I asked lmnmakeup how she felt about the product and she said:
...I am truly in love with these! It's the perfect combination of a cream blush and a powder blush. Great
