Posts Tagged ‘Beauty’

High sparkle for your spackle

So what do you get a platinum bride that has everything? How about Swarovski Crystals, and enough of them to put a smile on any bridezilla’s face. Swarovski… are also a girl’s best friend.

Waterford Giselle Crystal Blush Brush
It’s has an 8”crystal handle with elegant cuts of the stemware suite.
Priced at $100.00
http://www.waterford.com/

Pucker up for a shot of sparkle

Socialite Swarovski Clear Crystal Lipstick
The Socialite Collection is a brand of wealth that symbolizes couture and class. The lipstick case is encrusted with over 1200 Swarovski handset crystals plus 4 refills, with the “it” Lipstick Colors of the season. The Lipstick comes with 1 year of Lip concierge, which means clients have access to a new lipstick refill once a month for one full year. A Catalog with tons of colors to choose from plus your own personal client number to access your concierge service.
Priced at $150.00
http://www.socialitecollectionandco.com/

Rock royalty for your rouge

Rock & Republic Bronzer
and Highlighter Compact
Indulge yourself with a silky fine jet milled powder, the most luxurious matte bronzer on the market. The highlighter/bronzer is a refillable compact comes with an exclusive Kabuki Brush. The top of this luxe compact is encrusted with 445 sparkling Swarovski crystals.
Priced at $225.00
http://www.neimanmarcus.com/

Dressing room table drama

Bond no. 9 Crystallized Amphora
Swarovski in a bottle…This 42 oz amphora vitrine, breathtakingly covered with 16,500 hand-applied platinum Swarovski stones. The Swarovski Crystallized Amphora filled with your choice of a Bond no. 9 fragrance, is covered with platinum Swarovski stones. The bottle top is an elliptical mirror with a honeycomb base and a handy golden spigot. Comes in a white patent leather gift case, also adorned with crystals.
Priced at $3500.00
http://www.bondno9.com/

So my dear friend Jason Waxman and his lovely lady Ann, (our new Pacific Northwest life style libertines and  bloggers) were in town for Outside Lands, and invited me out for some libations before the show. I threw on some of my new Urban Decay Eyeshadow, aptly named “Sin,” a little dress, and headed over to the W Hotel SF to imbibe and then called it a night. Ok, I admit to sometimes sleeping in my makeup, not a great move, but if it’s a matter of getting out of bed to wash my face or staying nice and cozy, I sometimes go for the latter in true slacker style.

So I wake up this morning, and the shadow literally looked like I had just applied it, but what happens next is truly going to blow your mind. So later today I went surfing, (albeit looking like I was headed to the W in killer eyeshadow), I was only in the water for about 1.5 hours, but I figured the stuff would wash off because it was powder. Generally, the salt of the ocean scrapes off anything you have on your face, and can be a little corrosive (which is why I highly recommend using Aquaphor before a session). So I get out, change out of my wet suit look in the car rear view mirror, and low and behold, the eyeshadow is not only completely on, and looking amazing but it also looked like I just applied it.

So then I had a revelation: many brides shed a few tears on W-day  and tears, like the ocean are comprised of salt. So, Anti-brides, if you want your eye shadow to have nerves of steel, staying power, live through everything from a surf session to a hellacious crying jag, rely on Urban Decay to be there on the big day….

Note: My fav rockin colors are Midnight Cowboy Rides Again, Sin (of course) and the best-named eye shadow in the industry, Polyester Bride.

Pigment Rich with minimum binders, you get color that packs a wallop in cute color-viewable subway token containers.

About the Eyeshadow:

Excerpted from the Urban Decay Website:

This is the product we were born to make – our best-seller! Professionals, celebrities, and makeup junkies swoon for our wide array of shades. Each one is pigment-rich: we load the shadow with color, and add very few binders (the stuff that holds shadow together), resulting in beautiful color that blends easily and lasts. Lots of finishes to suit your mood: sparkle, shimmer, duotone or un-sparkly satin. Our subway token compact comes complete with a window (see your shade without opening), and snaps shut with one hand – no more lost lids.

Tips:
All Eyeshadows can be used wet for more intense color, try them as a liner! Dust sparkly shades on cheekbones and shoulders with our Powder brush for unearthly shimmer.

Fill Weight: 1.5g e 0.05 US oz

Price: $16.00