I've met someone, readers. It's all very new and I don't want to jinx our relationship, but I think this could be love.
I'm talking, of course, about NARS' new Larger Than Life Eyeliner, the smudge-proof 12-hour-wear pencil in a fabulous selection of colors. The formula isn't melt-into-liquid creamy, but they mark smoothly and easily without dragging,
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Can't get enough pink lipstick? You are not alone. You knew that, of course, but pink seems especially hot right now. Last week we looked at Armani's "Hot" pink lipstick capsule collection; today I'd like to discuss Lancome's take on the pink theme.
Lancome's seven new lipsticks are their Color Design formula ($22). Four of
Hello, readers! I'm very pleased (chuffed?) to be able to share with you another installment of Sleek palette swatches, graciously provided by Nicole of Beauty-Free (a blog that tracks duty-free beauty exclusives in airports around the world). To view the rest of the palettes swatched-so-far, click here.
Curaçao and Oh So Special are both new additions to the Sleek
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Bobbi Brown's High Shimmer lipglosses are just arriving on counters, and with them, a sea-change in the way Bobbi does gloss. Across the board, she's converting all her glosses to doe's foot wands in 7 ml tubes (the old ones were 4 ml), for $23 (a price increase of a dollar).
There are 15 shades of High
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Dior's fall collection should be arriving on counters any day now (Nordstrom might have set it out a little early for anniversary). Also: there are a few extraneous (repromoted) pieces in the display, but I didn't swatch those. (Click here if you want to see those Designer Quints.)
The signature piece in this collection is the
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Sorry for the late roundup, folks. I've been cleaning like a crazy person in anticipation of a visit from the in-laws next week. I hope your weekend has been satisfying and relaxing.
Karla Sugar fell hard for Le Métier de Beauté's Rock 'n' Romance nail polish set (a Nordstrom Anniversary exclusive).
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When I tell sales associates what I do, they sometimes ask, "how do you avoid buying EVERYTHING?" It's a hilarious and very fair question, and I usually answer (honestly), "I DO fall in love with something new every week."
Last weekend I had the idea of formalizing these impulses into a weekly wishlist, a roundup of the things I liked
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This post took an unusual amount of detective work. Dior has a new display unit on counters, containing 10 polishes. I saw it at Nordstrom first, so I thought it might be a Nordstrom exclusive. But my Neiman Marcus counter said they're expecting it, so I guess Nordstrom just put it out early for anniversary.
These 10 polishes are all
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Armani's fall collection hasn't arrived on counters yet, but they do have something new and summery to pique your interest (I like it when I want to wear a purchase right now, instead of in a few months).
They've just released six new pink shades of Rouge d'Armani lipstick ($30). Important: these six are limited edition and will not join the
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Readers, I am so excited about today's guest swatches. Katja Moikjaer writes the fabulous Danish blog Pudderdaaserne.dk (but with a little help from Google Translate, we can read anything these days, can't we?).
Katja and I got to talking about makeup recently, and she offered to swatch some items from Danish makeup company Gosh (woo!). I've had limited
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NARS has put together some nice little exclusives for Nordstrom anniversary (two more days!). First of all, there are three exclusive shades of polish (these are full size bottles; $17 each).
Koh Lanta is deep plum creme. Matto Grosso is impossibly rich, dark, chocolate creme (I think it has a reddish/purplish base, which is what makes it so luscious). Vestale
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I almost didn't swatch Le Metier de Beaute's Nordstrom anniversary set. Neither of my two Nordstroms has an LMdB counter, but I spied Le Metier's boxed set high on a shelf in one store's tent-o-wonder.
There wasn't a tester, so I asked if one could be made... My eternal gratitude goes to whichever manager okayed that move, because if I
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From the moment I swatched Laura Mercier's set for Nordstrom Anniversary, I thought, "this is the sleeper hit of this year's anniversary sale." There's not a dud in the box; just a bunch of pretty, useful items at a reasonable price.
For $75, you receive a 1 oz. (perfect-for-travel) original-formula foundation primer, a full size Full Blown
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My NARS counter had an event this past weekend, to celebrate the release of Francois Nars' new book, Makeup Your Mind: Express Yourself.
Express Yourself is a makeup manual that features before and after photos (on facing pages), with a transparent overlay to explain exactly where to put product to achieve the look. (It's actually a "sequel" to Nars'
...Readers, I have a completely awesome way to kick off your week. Zoya Nail Polish is letting me give away SIX complete sets of their fall collection, Smoke and Mirrors (12 polishes; $96 value).
If you'd like to win, leave a comment on this post telling me
