The internet reputation of luxury brand Le Metier de Beaute has been quietly and steadily building. I've seen their counters only at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman (same parent company), and I think most makeup lovers know the brand for their quadruple-milled powder products, their "kaleidoscope" palettes, and their pen-style liquid eyeliner.
I decided to
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I had an incredible time at the Lucky FABB conference. So many smart, amazing, inspiring women! No pun intended — I felt really lucky to have attended.
I was also honored to sit on a panel with Susie Bubble (of Style Bubble), Yuri Lee (of Lookbook.nu), and Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock of Vena
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Becca once made a palette called "Best of Becca," but I consider Avalon their REAL "best of." Every shade in Avalon is famous.
The palette includes two powder eyeshadows, demi-mattes Doeskin (a dusty, muted beige pink with a few tiny sparkles) and Tweed (a rosy, warm, very softly shimmery brown). Quartz is a creme eyeshadow, a shimmery
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Very exciting news, folks. As some of you may already know, I'm in New York for fashion week (which starts Thursday). But I'm here early to attend the first Lucky Magazine FABB (Fashion and Beauty Blog) Conference. I'll be listening to a seriously all-star lineup: Tory Burch, Rebecca Minkoff, Joan Rivers, Kerry Diamond (VP of public relations
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Just a random nail polish for you today: American Apparel's Malibu Green. American Apparel released their nail polishes in three "waves" — Malibu was one of the shades in "round two."
I like American Apparel polishes because their range is entirely cream finish. Many of their shades are also opaque or almost opaque in one coat (though I still paint
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My fascination with Bare Escentuals' Buxom Big & Healthy Lip Sticks (which started with a free mini in a Sephora order) has developed into a... healthy interest in all things Buxom. So the next item on my Buxom menu was their Big & Healthy Balms.
Each Buxom product has a theme — the Lip Sticks are named after
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In case you hadn't heard, Macy's has a pretty great Lancome GWP going on, now through February 21st (Presidents Day).
Spend at least $32.50, and you get:
A video about the products and techniques that work for my fine curly hair.
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Bobbi Brown's Peony & Python collection releases later this spring (maybe in March?), but Neiman Marcus has an exclusive "preview" set on counters right now ($95).
The set includes the Pink Peony Illuminating Bronzer (looks like a blush; named "bronzer" on account of its packaging), Pink Lilac Brightening Gloss, Black Mauve Long-Wear Gel Liner, two brushes
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As you savvy shoppers may already know, Neiman Marcus's beauty event is coming up (February 23rd – March 6th). Spend $100 in the beauty department — at any combination of counters — and you'll receive a bag full of samples... but each counter will also have its own incentives.
Bobbi Brown's gift is pretty frickin' awesome, so I wanted to
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Bobbi Brown has a new formula of lipstick coming out: Rich Lip Color. These are supposed to be bright, full-coverage, pigment-forward, and lightweight (plus SPF 12).
Available in 12 shades, they are $22 each. Click the image to view at full size.
How do they fit in with Bobbi's other formulas? Glad you asked.
I love curly hair. I love mine, and I love it on other people.
I'm not saying every day is a good hair day for me (ha!), but I've tried almost every product with "curly" on the bottle, and I've got a routine that I'm really happy with. So, as a firm believer in the importance of
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I decided to make Caitlin my first manicure from Zoya's Intimate collection (I'm just in love with blurples at the moment).
I usually find Zoya polishes very easy to paint, but Caitlin was a little bit finicky. It's one of those where you have to keep your calm through the first coat — don't try to go over it,
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Zoya's six-piece spring nail collection (Intimate) was inspired by last September's spring/summer runway shows in New York. For those shows, Zoya embraced frankening, mixing shades from their vast line to create custom colors (and finishes) for a designer's look. The Intimate shades aren't literal combinations of existing shades, but they are inspired by the designers' requests.
Dannii is a royal
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