Tuesday
24Nov2009

YSL Holiday Collection 2009.

From limited edition products to some of their most popular items, YSL has the perfect line-up of products for Holiday giving or receiving.

Holiday Collection 2009 - $60.00

Celebrate the season with makeup essentials from the house of Yves Saint Laurent. The best-seller and holiday essential, Touche Éclat in 1 Luminous Radiance, is paired with Golden Gloss #10 Golden Peony, as well as deluxe "minis" of Luxurious Mascara in black and Easy Liner in black, for an easy, beautiful look. All products are housed in a large YSL tuxedo clutch—arming you with the essentials needed to get through the holidays looking and feeling radiantly accessorized.

Collector Duo Lip Colour Palette - $75.00

Directly inspired from the luggage tag of YSL handbags, this limited edition make up palette contains two textures for the lips: a lipstick and a lip gloss.

Collector Duo Eye Colour Palette - $75.00

Directly inspired from the luggage tag of YSL handbags, this limited edition make up palette contains one harmony of two eyeshadow shades: a deep purple and a silvery lavender.

Temps Majeur Set - $165.00

 The ultimate in luxury skincare, YSL's Temps Majeur gift set contains a full size 0.5 oz. Temps Majeur Eye Contour Crème, a 0.5 oz. Temps Majeur Crème, and a 0.5oz. Temps Majeur Masque.  A $272.40 value.

PARISIENNE Yves Saint Laurent Eau de Parfum Spray - $39.00 (1 oz.)

PARISIENNE, the fragrance of ultra femininity, ultra sensuality. A grand floral with a woody structure, luminous even in its mystery.

YSL Beauty products are avilable now at fine department stores, Sephora and YSL Beauty.

Monday
23Nov2009

Prescriptives 2009 Holiday Lustre Color Collection.

A wonderfully luxurious collection, these colors will have you gleaming. In colors with a touch of reflective gold, shimmering and sensuous. From eyes, to cheeks to lips, Prescriptives will have you glowing this season.

 

 

Lustre Baked Eye Color Quad - $40.00
Eyes shimmer in lustrous color with four high-pigment pearlized shades from the Lustre Baked Eye Color Quad in Warm or Cool shades. Wear each shade alone or blend together for a multi-dimensional jewel-toned eye look.

Lustre Shimmer Cheek Color - $24.00
Lustre Shimmer Cheek Color gives skin a luminous, subtle shimmer and sheer hint of color with soft golden highlights. Choose from Warm Lustre or Cool Lustre.

Colorscope Lipcolor - $17.50
Drench your lips in brilliant color and leave them looking luscious all day. The moisture-rich formula of Colorscope Lipcolor delivers extraordinary shine and comfort for lips you'll love at first sight. The need shades are Berry Lustre and Bronze Lustre.

Moonbeam Reflective Gloss - $17.50
Space age prisms in Moonbeam Reflective Gloss reflect light into a new universe of shine and sheer shimmering color for lips. In two new limited edition shades, Ruby and Rose Gold.

Moonbeam Reflective Eyeliner - $17.50
The light-reflective pearls in Moonbeam Reflective Eyeliner add a new dimension of shimmer to eyes. Can be used to both line and shade the eyes for a beautiful shimmery effect. Beaming Brown and Beaming Black are new for this collection.

Check out the Prescriptives Holiday Collection now at Prescriptives counters and online at prescriptives.com.

Monday
23Nov2009

Estée Lauder Ultimate Red 2009 Holiday Collection.

The Ultimate Red Color Collection is a luxurious, opulent collection. The classic navy blue, Signature Estée Lauder packaging has been transformed to a holiday gold, encasing jewel-inspired shades of lavish plums and gold flecked caramels. Lips create a high impact in deep shades of cranberry and blackberry while the skin is lightly dusted in luminous, shimmer powder.

As I shy away from red, for I can never find the "right red" lip shade for me, I was thrilled to have discovered that the Opulent Shimmer Gloss in Cranberry could have been made for me - it is that beautiful. This one is sure to be beautiful on a multitude of skin tones as well. Another must-have is the Opulent Shimmer Powder. I have been using it daily since it arrived!

 

The collection includes:

Opulent Shimmer Powder  - $32.00
Gel Eyeliner in Black - $19.50
TurboLash All Effects Motion Mascara in Gold - $32.00

Signature Eyeshadow Quad - $35.00

  • Gold Opulence 
  • Lavish Plum

Signature Lipstick - $19.50

  • Simply Red
  • Gold
  • Cranberry
  • Blackberry

Opulent Shimmer Gloss - $18.00

  • Gold
  • Cranberry

Pure Color Nail Lacquer-$18.00

  • Gold
  • Burgundy

The Ultimate Red collection is available at Estée Lauder counters nationwide and at esteelauder.com.

Monday
23Nov2009

La Mer Holiday Miracles 2009.

You know how miraculous I think Creme de la Mer is, so just think how I feel about their Holiday Miracles products. Can you imagine getting one of these beauties for Christmas? For me, I continue to dream about these luxuries. That is the best way to describe them - miraculous and luxurious.

The Connoisseur Collection - $395.00

 

The Connoisseur Collection brings together The Essentials La Mer's simple daily beauty ritual. Creme de la Mer, The Lifting Face Serum and The Eye Concentrate work in tandem to deliver a soft and healthy, more luminous appearance each day. Fine lines fade from view as a more radiant appearance emerges.

 

Legendary Luxury Creme - $1390.00


This treasure is home to the jewel of La Mer, a magnificent jar of the creme that inspired a legendary offering. An unparalleled gift, this limited edition is simply the creme de la creme.A full 16.5 ounces!

 

The Signature Collection - $240.00

 

This limited-edition offering is a beautiful way to experience the best La Mer has to offer – at home or away. With full sizes of Crème de la Mer, The Lifting Face Serum and The Eye Concentrate, this is the best way for one to experience the La Mer difference.

La Mer is available at lamer.com and specialty counters at fine department stores such as SAKS and Neiman Marcus.

Sunday
22Nov2009

11/22/2009: The Week's Best from the Beauty Girls.

Find out how Erika from Makeup Bag calms her irritated skin with Amarté Natural Wonder Cream.

Amber from Beauty Blogging Junkie scored an exclusive interview with lead makeup designer for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Norma Hill-Patton!

Marina from makeup loves me finds the perfect gradual self tanner to maintain her summer glow all year long.

For some Twilight fans, the books and Team Edward t-shirts just aren't enough. So their parents have taken to buying them removable, customized "vampire veneers" that cost $250! Spoiled Pretty has the story.

Lianne from The Makeup Girl has picked a new favorite, Bobbi Brown's Basic eye shadow palette will take you from day to night with ease.

Julia from All About The Pretty will be spending some quality time with June Jacobs Cranberry Pomegranate Moisture Mask over the holidays.


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Sunday
22Nov2009

OPI Holiday Wishes 2009.

Ready for holiday gift-giving, OPI’s Holiday Wishes-themed gift sets are the perfect choice to pamper every woman on your holiday gift list.

“I’ve created these Holiday Wishes gift sets with the products I would wish for,” said Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, OPI Executive VP & Artistic Director. “Exclusive holiday Nail Lacquers, gleaming lip shades, amazing accessories, and more – it’s all in these gift sets and all beautifully packaged for giving or keeping!”

OPI Holiday Wishes gift sets available this season:

Mini Merries Four mini OPI Nail Lacquers - $9.95

  • Comet Loves Cupid (classic red)
  • All A-Bordeaux the Sled! (luscious wine)
  • Holiday Glow (silvery charcoal grey)
  • Shim-merry Chic (bronze glimmer)


Juicies for You!
- $9.95

 

Juice up your skin with a 6-flavor gift pack ofAvojuice Skin Quenchers Lotions! Includes Crisp Apple Juicie, Jasmine Juicie, Coconut Melon Juicie, Cran & Berry Juicie, and limited-edition holiday flavors Caramel Cream Juicie and Berry Merry Rose Juicie.

Orna-ment for You! - $14.95


 Each gift duo pack (3 options) features two Holiday Wishes Nail Lacquers plus a FREE cuff bracelet: 

  • All A-Bordeaux the Sled! (luscious wine) & Holiday Glow (silvery charcoal grey)
  • Sapphire in the Snow (jewel-toned violet blue) & Merry Midnight (blue-violet shimmer)
  • Ginger Bells! & Shim-merry Chic


Decorate Your-elf!
- $14.95

 
Each gift pack (3 options) features an OPI Holiday Wishes Nail Lacquer plus coordinating 2-in-1 Lip Gloss (for rich color and radiant shine!).

  • All A-Bordeaux the Sled! (wine lacquer / sheer wine gloss)
  • Holiday Glow (silvery charcoal lacquer / nude gloss)
  • Meet & Jingle (crimson lacquer / sheer crimson gloss)


Winter Whiteout
- $24.95

FREE winter-white salon bag holds Matte Nail Envy Natural Nail Strengthener, OPI Top Coat, plus FREE toe separators and pedicure flip flops.

OPI Holiday Wishes Nail Lacquers contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde.

OPI Holiday Wishes gift sets are available now at Professional Salons, including Beauty Brands, Beauty First, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Pure Beauty, Regis, Trade Secret, and Ulta.

Saturday
21Nov2009

Giorgio Armani 2009 Holiday: The Crystal Collection.

This limited-edition collection, which incorporates the exclusive and luxurious crystal embellishments, draws its art-deco inspiration from the use of the exquisite stones featured in Giorgio Armani’s luxurious accessories. Renowned for his extraordinary skills with subtle tone on tone color, Giorgio Armani introduces a quad featuring four festive metallic toned shades. This is Mr. Armani's vision of festive glamour.


Crystal Palette
- $98.00
The limited edition jeweled Crystal Palette is the perfect accessory this holiday season. Designed with a central and out circle of crystals, this season’s must-have is presented in solid black lacquered packaging with glittering details in a black velvet pouch. The Crystal Palette is a double-level case that features an iridescent body powder in a versatile neutral shade and the bottom holds four shimmering eye shadow shades of metallic toned shades. The eye shadow palette contains four shimmery shades: shimmery jet black, sparkling bronze metal, shimmery silver, and a sparkling jade.

Crystal ArmaniSilk Lipstick - $38.00
The Crystal ArmaniSilk Lipstick comes in a precious black lacquered case also embellished with crystals. This limited edition glamorous product comes in a rich ruby red shade that is perfect for any holiday fête and a shimmery bronze for a less intense lip.

Crystal Lip Shimmer - $26.00
The Lip Shimmer comes in n°61 with brown MicroFil mica pearl, gloss and light up the lips in an elegant brown shimmer.

The Holiday Crystal Collection is available now and for a limited time online at giorgioarmanibeauty.com and at select fine department stores, including Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Bloomingdales and Barneys.

Friday
20Nov2009

Philosophy Holiday 2009 Collection.

Philosophy has so many amazing sets for the holidays, that I honestly do not know where to begin. I am going to run down all of the Holiday items, but limit the images to my very favorites, just to make the experience easier on all of us. Let's just say everything is magical, and done in only the finest ways that Philosophy can do.

 

‘twas the night before - $20.00

cookies & milk shampoo, shower gel & bubble bath 8 oz. duo

home for the holidays - $25.00
creme brulée shampoo, shower gel & bubble bath 4 oz.;
body soufflé 2 oz.; and lip shine .5 oz.

the cookbook - $35.00

6 recipe-inspired shampoo, shower gel & bubble baths 2 oz.
gift set (double rich hot cocoa, cinnamon buns, gingerbread, warm
pear cobbler, red velvet cake and pumpkin spice muffin)

 

peppermint hot cocoa - $16.00
shampoo, shower gel & bubble bath 16 oz.

melting marshmallow cream  $12.00
marshmallow flavored lip shine .5 oz.

melting marshmallow cream - $16.00
body soufflé 7 oz.

old fashioned eggnog - $16.00
award-winning, ultra-rich shampoo,
shower gel & bubble bath 16 oz.

the bake shoppe - $30.00

pink frosted layer cake and raspberry mousse shampoo,
shower gel & bubble bath 4 oz.; raspberry mousse lip shine .5 oz.;
and sweet creamy frosting lotion 2 oz. gift set

the recipe box - $18.00
2 recipe-inspired shampoo, shower gel & bubble baths 6 oz. gift set
(pumpkin spice muffin and fresh baked apple pie)

the gingerbread man - $16.00
foaming bubble bath &
shower gel 16 oz.

the gingerbread man - $25.00
gingerly hot salt scrub for tub
& shower 23 oz.

red velvet cake - $15.00
shampoo, shower gel & bubble
bath 4 oz. and lip shine .5 oz. duo

the recipe box - $18.00
2 recipe-inspired shampoo, shower gel & bubble baths 6 oz. gift set
(sweet creamy frosting and red velvet cake)

first snow - $25.00

snow shower exfoliating gel 4 oz., snow body lotion 2 oz.
and snow kiss lip shine .5 oz. gift set

snow kiss - $12.00
pure snow flavored lip shine .5 oz.

snow shoes & mittens - $20.00
snow shoes miraculous foot cream 4 oz. and
snow mittens miraculous hand cream 4 oz. duo

pink frosted angel wings  - $30.00
pink frosted lip shine .5 oz.; pink frosted body lotion 8 oz.
and pink frosted shower gel 8 oz. gift set

holiday angel - $12.00
angel food cake
flavored lip shine .5 oz.

holiday angel - $16.00
angel food cake scented shampoo, shower gel
& bubble bath 16 oz.

silent night - $16.00
relaxing, creamy lavender
shower gel and bubble bath 16 oz.

angel cakes - $20.00
holiday angel shampoo, shower gel & bubble bath
8 oz. and lip shine .5 oz. duo

the cookie exchange - $30.00


4 delectable, cookie scented shampoo,
shower gel & bubble baths 4 oz. gift set
(lemon cookie, chocolate chip cookie, oatmeal raisin and coconut macaroon)

holiday hostess - $20.00
cinnamon buns award-winning, ultra-rich shampoo,
shower gel & bubble bath and body lotion 8 oz. duo with pumps

have a cherry christmas - $16.00
shampoo, shower gel & bubble bath 16 oz.

a kiss & a wish - $22.00
mini holiday lip shine set
(raspberry sorbet, candy cane,
red licorice and pink bubbly)

happy holidays - $30.00
3 recipe-inspired shampoo, shower gel & bubble baths 6 oz. gift set
(the gingerbread man, old fashioned eggnog and candy cane)

candy cane - $16.00
foaming bubble bath and shower gel 16 oz.

holiday spice and everything nice - $16.00
holiday spice scented shampoo,
shower gel & bubble bath 16 oz.

holiday spice and everything nice - $20.00
holiday spice scented shampoo, shower gel & bubble bath 8 oz.
and lip shine .5 oz. duo

holiday spice and everything nice - $12.00
lip shine .5 oz.

To see all of the images and to order, visit Philosophy.com, Nordstrom.com or Sephora.com.

Friday
20Nov2009

Get Your "Glenda Party Bag" Exclusively at Beauty.com.

Tis the season for shopping and getting a little extra something is such a special treat, especially this time of year. Right now, when you spend $100 at Beauty.com, you will get this gorgeous "Glenda Party Bag", filled with some superb beauty treats.

This one-of-a-kind gift with purchase was created with famed jewelry designers Karen Erickson and Vicki Beamon. The accessory features whimsically printed duchess satin, a bijoux zipper pull, embossed gold logo tassel, and lace and pearl embellishments.

Now, for what is inside:

  • dr.brandt® Microdermabrasion Body Exfoliating Cream
  • FULL SIZE Sue Devitt Eye Intensifier Pencil
  • Talika Eye Decompress
  • Nick Chavez® Beverly Hills PLUMP 'N THICK® Thickening Hairspray
  • Jack Black® Industrial Strength Hand Healer
  • Rene Furturer Myrrhea Anti-Frizz Silkening Mask Tube
  • DIANA B. Scented Candle
  • Smashbox Lash DNA Mascara
  • StriVectin® Neck Cream
  • DDF Daily Protective Moisturizer
  • PHYTO Phytolisse Finishing Serum
  • INTELLIGENT NUTRIENTS® LIP DELIVERY NUTRITION
  • Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion

The value of this set? $150! Yours for free with a $100 purchase at Beauty.com right now. Shop soon, because this is a limited time offer and I know you will want this beauty of a bag. I am thinking of taking some of the samples and stuffing them into a friends stocking. It's a perfect idea, and no one will know it didn't cost anything!

Friday
20Nov2009

Borghese Holiday Collection All That Shimmers.

Let your beauty shine though with the addition of this All Over Shimmer Powder, and the beautiful new lippies, just in for the Holiday collection.

 

The collection includes:

All Over Shimmer Powder - $29.50

An all in one face and body brush filled with Mineral Shimmer Powder to add a soft, luminous sparkle to your face and body. Perfect for all skin types, this weightless powder is talc-free, fragrance-free and mineral-oil free.

B Gloss Lip Gloss - $18.50

Lush, glossy colour accentuates lips providing high shine looks. Moisturizers deliver a soothing treat while our high style pigments add luminosity. Crimson Kiss is new for the holiday.

Labbro Più Paffuto Lip Plumper - $31.50

Powerful lip-enhancing and instant plumping action in a revolutionary, concentrated technologically advanced formula that plumps lips instantly and visibly improves them. Labbro Più Paffuto Lip Plumper, presented in a slimline tube with silver case, is a translucent gloss infused with revolutionary technology to plump lips instantly. The sponge tip applicator is for precise placement of the product.

Perfetta Lip Pencil  - $19.00

Holds the line on lip colour. Blends easily, helps prevent lipstick from fading, feathering and bleeding. Hydrates and soothes skin with their exclusive complex. Red Autumn is new for the holiday.

Linea Precisa Liquid Eyeliner - $18.50

Long-lasting and water resistant, the eyeliner goes on precisely and flawlessly thanks to its easy-glide felt tip applicator. Eyeliner will not smudge or run, and adds shape and definition to any eye.

Superiore State-of-the-Art Mascara - $19.00

After one use of our thickening mascara, you will understand why it is called "Superiore." Infused with a built-in, silk-powder foundation for superior wear, delicate lashes are coddled in natural conditioners while providing smudge-proof, flake-proof coverage.

Available now at Borghese counters as well as Borghese.com.

 

Borghese Nail Lacquer Holiday Collection Festivo

This season, add sparkle to your little black dress with the hottest shades in nails. Long gone are dark hues and in are cool metallic's and rich jewel tones.

 

For a flashy effect, choose from shades like Prima Platinum – a sleek silver infused with glitter, and Gusto Golddust, a rich, yellow gold with a sparkle finish. For a bolder look, choose from shades like Ecstasi Indigo – a deep blue with a hint of shine, or Brava Blackberry – a rich, shimmering shade of maroon. For classic red holiday nails with a twist, go for Festivo Fuschia and Magnifico Magenta – two bright shades of red that are sure to make a statement.

Each shade retails for $8 and is available at drugstores nationwide.