On Our Radar | Dior Grand Bal, Holiday 2012
Sunday, November 11, 2012
ON OUR RADAR | Dior Garden Clutch palettes
Thursday, January 12, 2012
If these aren’t absolutely gorgeous, I don’t know what is…
The details
Each of the two Dior Garden Clutch palettes (Garden Party collection, Spring 2012) contains three pearl-finish eyeshadows, one lip plumper, and one lip gloss. They retail for $75 USD, and the points of sale vary depending on the palette – Bloomingdale’s, Dillard’s, Saks, Sephora, and Neiman Marcus seem to be doing the brown/pink/green Granville Garden, and the blue/grey/pink Milly Garden is exclusive to Nordstrom and Dior online.
The sheer apricot-pink lip shades are the same in each palette, and are covered by a chic metal flap to keep any eyeshadow particles out of your lip shades (as in Fall’s Blue Tie offering).
Closed palette & a close-up (which is seriously breathtaking, trust me) »
Once more, with feeling | A darker Clarins Smokey Passion look
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Just the eye, for this one! I was running out of sunlight, and it was a choice between (a) doing a full face and (b) actually being able to take photos without flash. The amount of sunlight won, of course, as it always does.
(Despite this, though… the quality of light itself? Pretty shoddy. This is what happens when you take makeup photos right before the golden hour, folks. Tip: don’t do it.)
To create this look, I used all four shades of the Smokey Passion eye quartet – the silver as a base, the burnt sienna in the inner corner, the taupe in the center of the lid & around the edges, and the brown-black on the outer corner and lower lashline for intensity. Then, for a bit more polish, I pulled a touch of Smashbox Smoke through the brows, blended in some Hard Candy Glamoflauge in Light for my dark circles, and ran a Marcelle Khol Eyeliner in Soft Black along my waterlines.
(The wear of the khol is awful if you like crisp, sharp lines, but it’s incredibly gentle on my waterline – no itching or irritation at all.)
Finally, I finished the look with a quick swipe of Imju Fiberwig Extra Long Mascara - black, of course, – and Marcelle Liquid Eyeliner Pen for a bit of interest along the lashline.
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Absolutely loving…
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
