Mineral Makeup Monday!
I know that many of you are big fans of mineral makeup, but a few may not of had the opportunity to make a foray into minerals as yet, so let’s see if we can inspire those who haven’t with a little challenge. Seeing that we’ve declared today as Mineral Makeup Monday, why not create a face with at least one item of mineral makeup and build your gorgeous look on that? Hey…you may even be able to swing a complete look based on several beaut mineral bits and bobs, if you’re lucky, and really get to experience the true magic of minerals in all their glory. You’ll love it!
…Just a few luxe offerings to get you going:
1. i.d Bare Escentuals Flawless Face Brush 2. ELES Mineral Foundation 3. ELES Super Gloss 4. i.d. BareMinerals Warm Radiance 5. Jane Iredale Cream To Powder Eyeliner 6. Jane Iredale PurePressed® Base 7. ELES Lush Mascara 8. INIKA Mineral Eyeshadows 9. i.d. BareMinerals in Glee.
On Target With Your Saturday Night Special.
I’m thinking eyes that are packing pure, smoked-out, shimmery gorgeousness for the evening’s festivities. What do you think? Maybe a goer for tonight’s makeup look? Here’s a few product suggestions to get you going:
M.A.C. Paint Pot in Blackground to eyelid as a base, M.A.C. Blue Brown Pigment to set and blended fabulously up to the crease. M.A.C. Club pressed eye shadow to crease and outer V. M.A.C. Vex pressed eyeshadow lightly applied as brow highlight and blended impeccably. Black gel or kohl eyeliner to water and tightlines for both upper and lower lash lines. Finish off with the requisite lashings of black mascara on celestially curled lashes.
The what’s next…
Groomed brows, cheeks that are very much a supporting act for those killer eyes and a low maintenance lip that is lightly stained and slicked with a YLBB (your lips but better) nude. C’est tout. Just prepare to slay ‘em!
Flip Flops And Popsicle Toes!
What more could you need to be in good step this summer? I can’t think of much more. But then again, I just can’t get enough of brights this season, especially when it comes to dashing digits. We are currently in the midst of the coolest collaboration I’ve ever seen where all things tootsies are concerned. KIT Cosmetics and Havaianas have put their gorgeous heads together and come up with this delicious LE Brazilian holiday-inspired KIT nail polish and Havaianas flip flop collection.
Introducing the LE Summer Quartet:
HAVAIANAS MAGENTA: Vivid Fuchsia
HAVAIANAS MANGO: Creamed nectar
HAVAIANAS BLUSH: Baby pink
HAVAIANAS CORAL: True Coral
This delectable and utterly drool-worthy quartet is performing in all KIT stores now, but only while stocks last! Too cute!
I’m Diggin’ It!
The exaggerated version of the “No Makeup” look is really working for me. Much like in the image shown above, courtesy of M.A.C. for Carolina Herrera A/W 08. James Kaliardos created this gorgeous look by employing beige tones to accentuate the natural architecture of the face.
“It’s a neutral face…but it’s a built face. It’s graphic, but minimal.”
According to M.A.C. this ethereal glow was crafted by cueing lids contoured in the eyeshadow Satin Taupe, a deepened lashline, light mascara, set brows, subtly scooped-out cheekbones and blushed-up lips. Just divine! As every self-respecting makeup maven will have several breathtaking shades of beige in her arsenal…just to be sure to be sure, you’ll have no dramas creating this flawless look to suit your beautiful self. This makeup look is the very reason why we all look so good “without” makeup on. *wink*
A Little Dab Will Do Ya!
A little dab of colour that is… For today, why not sneak in a gorgeous bit of colour into your makeup FOTD (face of the day). I’m thinking a little something on the lines of a gorgeous hint of shimmering couverture tight lined along your lower lashes, or an emerald, copper or aubergine perhaps? Even a touch of graphite, violet or deep teal smudged gleefully into your lashline would be beyond divine. Just a hint of colour added to your eyes will make your eyes pop (in the nicest, most lady-like way of course)! Here are a few of the many eyeliner possibilities to assist in graciously emboldening you to make your fabulous foray into the bright side. The options are endless and endlessly beautiful:
Clinique Kohl Shaper For Eyes in Blackened teal
Bobbi Brown Long Wearing Gel Eyeliner in Graphite Shimmer Ink
M.A.C. Eye Kohl in Prunella
i.d bareMinerals Liner Shadow in Green Tea
NARS Eyeliner in Kitty
INIKA Mineral Eye Liner in Chocolate
Stila Smudge Pot in Copper
NYX Eyeliner in Sapphire
CLARINS Kohl Powder Eye Liner in Tropical Violet
Go on, give it a go… you’ll adore it, that I’m sure of. Enjoy!
Atmospheric Beauty.
Finally, a 7 day forecast you can bank on! M.A.C.’s Blue Storm Collection is set to roll into town with gale-force on September 10th, 2007. The rainmakers at M.A.C. have drummed up a new formation of limited edition hues:
Stratus blues, dense billowing pink-tinged cumulus, set against deep, rolling, overcast greys…A thunderclap of shades so intense, deeply pigmented and atmospheric. They take your eye to the heart of the storm with a look that is sophisticated, well-rendered, and paradoxically calm. For the lips: Light filled bolts of clear silver, dusky pinks and red-sky-at-night plums. Forecast to last…
Lipglass:
Lightening White silver sparkle (frost)
Lull Pink lilac (frost)
Atmospheric Rich grape with red and gold pearl (frost)
Eyeshadow:
Blue Storm Cool royal blue with blue and silver pearl (frost)
Stormwatch Deep teal (matte)
Thunder Rich blue with purple pearl (frost)
Cumulus Creamy grey with silver pearl (frost)
Cloudburst Black with blue pearl (velvet)
Kohl Power: *
Feline Rich black (frost)
Mystery Rich black with green and teal pearl (frost)
Zoom Lash:
Zoomblack (R) Rich black
Nail Lacquer:
Whirlwind Metallic royal blue with green, blue, and purple pearl (frost)
Rainy Day Metallic gunmetal grey with lilac pearl (frost)
Storm Watch: Blue Storm is available from all M.A.C. counters and online from September 10, 2007. Limited Edition.
*But wait, there’s more!
M.A.C.’s new castor oil and vitamin C & E enriched Kohl Power eye pencils are ophthalmologist tested, safe for use with contact lenses and can be easily used on the waterline. Yessss!
Betty Who?
There’s nothing Betty Davis eyes about those arresting peepers. These super polished and super beautiful eyes are courtesy of the ever-so-talented and ultra charming Tom Pecheaux for Emmanuel Ungaro AW08. When asked…the dashing Tom Pecheaux wanted us to know all about those uber alluring and exceedingly sultry eyes created from sheer M.A.C. genius:
Cue eyes built up in winged, multi-dimensional shadow, a seamless mix of eyeshadow in Showstopper and Carbon (to make ebony brown) pulled out from the socket. Fluidline in Blacktrack wrapped along the upper and outer half of the bottom lashlines and a feathering of eyeshadow in Fiction (a chromatic olive) on the lid. The brows were tinted deeper with a speedy brush through with mascara in Charcoal Brown followed by a brow brush to pull extra attention to the siren-like gaze.
Beauty Marked! absolutely has to agree, this look is just pure unadulterated smolder. I’ll have a pair of those, thanks!
Order up this look and much more M.A.C. gorgeousness online or at your nearest M.A.C. counter. Mmmm…
