I am getting so excited about fall coming – it is my favorite time of the year! Much to my husband’s dismay, I dearly love dark, dark nails and lips in the fall – and this year the trends are right on target, as far as I am concerned.
So, YSL is preparing to launch Gloss Pur Black, a super shiny gloss (non-sparkly) that ranges from a transparent dark plum to a dark ebony depending on your application. This is really going to be gorgeous! The tube of gloss is only available for pre-order now at YSL Beauty, for $28. The scheduled shipping date is 9/19/08, so you shouldn’t have to wait too long!
Have you used any freeze 24-7 products yet? Honestly, I can’t quite decide for myself if I am a huge fan or not. I have been sporadically using their Instant Smoother and Brightener – I keep using it though, and that says something. My biggest beef with that product is the packaging, I think. I struggle to open the dern thing, every time. They have won tons of beauty awards, so I think they deserve a really good try, for sure.
For some reason, their new product, Eyecing, is intriguing me. Maybe it is because I am turning 40 on Friday (did I mention that? Im trying to forget it.) and I am soooooo into rejuvenating this old face. Or maybe it is because of some great marketing and really cute packaging. Whatever the reason, it is on my shopping list.
The Eyecing folks purport their product to really be an all in one eye product. It uses a time release formula to brighten, decrease fine lines AND depuff your eyes. I can’t think of anything else I might need to do to my eyes that doesn’t involve scalpels and such – and Im not quite there yet, thankfully.
Eyecing retails for $115 for an 18 ml jar, but only $65 for the 10 ml. I can swing that to give it a try. Have you tried it yet? PLEASE let me know your thoughts!
I am loving Plurk too much. Really, too much. I loves my Twitter, but I just love the easy to keep up with, threaded conversations going on at Plurk just a teensy bit better.
So, I have a problem. I need more people to talk to – and really want to chat with the beauty obsessed! If you are using Plurk, PLEASE let me know so I can follow you! I’m sure I’m driving about 6 people insane on there, don’t you want to be the 7th? :)
You probably say – man, you should get off of Plurk and blog. You’re surely right. I am on a mission to get myself back into the communities that I love so much that surround blogging, and along with getting back my good regular blogging habits, Plurk and Twitter (and getting back to regular feed reading/commenting) are my first steps. Wish me luck! (And come join me!)
I am digging this shampoo so much. I have been using it for a good little bit, in conjunction with a Bumble & Bumble shampoo (that incidentally costs 3 times the price of this one), and honestly, this one has really captured my heart. I adore rosemary – and mint is a surprisingly good companion. I have seen the combination in a lot of products lately, and it really is great. This shampoo has the ultra slightest tingle to it, it is not all frothy and cheap feeling (I hate overly frothy – read, cheap - shampoos), and did I mention it smells amazing?
This shampoo sells for $9.99 (at drugstore.com) for a big 14 ounce bottle that lasts a good long time. Don’t use too much – this shampoo is more of a higher end shampoo, you don’t need a big palm full to do the job.
Yeah baby. My two favorite subjects, neatly rolled up into one. Brad Pitt and Beauty.
Kiehl’s has announced today that they are partnering with the one and only Brad Pitt, and not to ensure super level sales (but they will no doubt have those), but to raise money for a common cause. 100% of the sales from Kiehl’s Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Cleanser will benefit JPF Eco Systems, a foundation created by both Kiehl’s and Brad Pitt to benefit global environmental initiatives that “minimize impact on the environment through thoughtful design.” If you are a crazy mad Pitt fan like me, you will know that two of Brad’s greatest passions are design and eco consciousness – so good on both of them.
If you don’t keep up with the beauty news, you might never know of Brad’’s involvement. He won’t be featured in the advertising and no sexy Brad images on the bottle (*pout*) - but, the writing on the bottle is his. Good enough. Watch for the cleanser to be out sometime in October.
As you might remember, I am a fairly new fan of Kiehl’s, but am becoming more devoted the more of their products I try. I am still crazy in love with the Olive Oil Restorative Hair Treatment. Crazy.
Gawd, I hate to admit this out loud, like you don’t even know. I turn 40 here in, uh, a week and a half or so. *sob* And I’m thinking about Botox (thanks Lianne – you look amazing, gf - and *you know who* that I won’t mention ;). It seems like everyone I know is talking Botox these days. *sigh*
So my friend Nancy, at Beauty411, has done a wonderful 101 guide to all of the injectables available at your dermatologist/plastic surgeon’s office. See? She’s thinking about it too.
I’ve been watching all of these things, new and old, with much interest lately, both from my aging *issue* and because I have been to Los Angeles twice this year, and both times I am astounded and horrified at all the women walking around with what they think look like Angelina Jolie lips, but actually look just disgusting. There is no other word really. Well, maybe cheesy porn star. I also picked up the National Enquirer last week – the cover story was on plastic surgery nightmares – and that’s always good stuff. Did you see it? You might remember that I ranted a little while back on poor Priscilla Presley and Lara Flynn Boyle – they, of course, were the headliners in the issue. It is just really sad. I sure don’t want to do something to permanently disfigure myself. A few wrinkles aren’t *that* bad.
So getting over the hurdle of being afraid of turning out looking like a cheesy porn star (I wish..lol), the next hurdle is my husband. While it’s definitely precious that he thinks I am beautiful, he sure likes to knock down the botox thing whenever I *casually* mention it. So how to jump that hurdle? Not sure. Got any ideas? Id love to hear your experiences with Botox if you have them. Is it a good idea? Anyone have a bad experience? Thankfully, I really haven’t run across any Botox nightmare stories - but I haven’t gone looking either. Not sure I want to. ;)
Fox News has an interesting story on bird poop facials today – well it will be yesterday by the time I finish writing this. The kind of interesting part to me, well, beyond the fact that they are putting nightingale poop on your face and charging you upwards of 100 bucks, was that I had run across this product as I was researching authentic geisha makeup for my daughters costume last Halloween. I almost wrote about it then – heck, I almost bought the product myself. Should have, because I can’t find it now to save my life.
From the FOX article, a little testimony from a client:
Zantello-Clary said the mixture, which smells doughy and is applied during a 50-minute facial, leaves her skin feeling softer and makes her pores appear smaller.
And, maybe it’s the mood music, the low-lighting, or just the "pooey" substance itself, but Zantello-Clary said she always emerges relaxed and rejuvenated from the facial.
“It doesn’t feel as abrasive as some other facials and it smells organic,” she said. “And it doesn’t tingle or burn. It just sort of stays there. It’s a really simple, calming facial.”
Sounds interesting, huh? Here is a funny, but informative video about the facial, from Shizuka NY Spa, the salon interviewed in the FOX article.
I am sure you already have your August issue of Allure, and are working the free stuff each and every weekday, right??? How the heck else are you going to get to try all the goodies?
In case you need a reminder, since we are almost halfway though the month, every weekday, through August 31, Allure is doing tons of giveaways – like usually 5 or six a day. Most of it is beauty loot (duh, it’s Allure), but they have a few great designer fashion items as well.
To get in on the goodies, go to allureaccess.com/freestuff every day. My preferred method of dealing with all of this fun is to sign up for the alerts from Allure – text “FREE STUFF” to short code ALLURE (255873). You will get an alert 30 minutes before each and every giveaway begins. Perfection, if you ask me.
Have you gotten anything good yet this month? Let me know!!
Attention, all chocoholics. Please don’t read this article. It may make you break into a sweat, get dizzy, and crave that box of Lindt you’ve shoved under your bed. But if you’re one of those rare individuals whose will power is better than that of Lance Armstrong, then read on.
Well, it may well be Christmas in August. Being a huge fan of all things made by Ojon, I was like a pig in mud when I heard about the Ojon® Rare Harvest™ Tawaka™ "The Ball".
I had to have it, hold it, smell it. So when the box arrived for me, I went berserk as a true chocoholic and beauty addict would. Here’s what I found:
And later this:
Until it became this:
At this point Butterscotch, my golden retriever, was twitching her nose a million times a minute and almost wolfed down my precious ball. No!
The first thing that struck me when I beheld it was the smell. Ah, the smell that only Ojon lovers and chocolate lovers will appreciate and revel in. In the box I discovered a beautiful handcrafted wooden bowl that made a lovely resting place for the product.
The ball is meant to be used twice weekly in the shower. Ideal for dry or parched skin, the ball rolls easily over your body and also moisturizes and refines skin texture. It contains a high dose of Ojon oil that is replete with essential fatty acids. It also contains crushed Ojon shells to exfoliate your skin.
Your white bathtub will look as though a muddy river runeth through it. But my skin didn’t itch or feel dry once after using it, and the faintest chocolate smell lingered all over my body.
I have to say I’m tempted to dig into it with a spoon and keep you posted**….
Ojon Tawaka “The Ball” retails for $65 at Sephora and at www.ojon.com
**Full disclosure: upon completion of the shower, the author succumbed to her weakness and ate an entire box of Godiva dark chocolate truffles.
I could have lived my life as a club kid, and I would sport these loud and proud! My cows would probably laugh their butts off at me if I wore them at this point. But, they have a time and a place, and I am plenty daring to wear fantasy lashes when the time is right. Will I snatch some of these up for $95 so I can have them around when the time is right? Honestly, probably not. But if the right time comes around while they are in the store – this would be a heck of an impulse buy. Surely I can find something wild and crazy to get into sometime soon… :)
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I am getting so excited about fall coming – it is my favorite time of the year! Much to my husband’s dismay, I dearly love dark, dark nails and lips in the fall – and this year the trends are right on target, as far as I am concerned.
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