MAKEUP MONDAY ♥ PETRA KOZINA

I have my favorite YouTube makeup/beauty gurus...I guess at the top of my list would be Lisa Eldridge and Ruth Crilly from A Model Recommends. I feel like these are the glamorous older sisters I never had who know about good product and makeup tricks and looking feminine, modern and sexy. Recently I discovered a new guru...her name is PETRA KOZINA and her channel is here. She is amazing. A real artist. I scrolled down to comment on the first video I ever watched about how gorgeous and beautiful the makeup was and every other comment said the same thing and that they were thrilled to have found her channel. She does 60s bombshell like no other and she does a lot of other bombshell looks like no other. Plus, everyone loves listening to her Slovak accent. I couldn't even decide which videos to showcase....I hope after watching her videos a while that I can do my makeup to look like hers...even for a second. Go to her channel and show her some love! Here is her website. OH and PS I forgot to mention that she studied with Pixiwoo in their makeup program.♡

more makeup monday ♥ strawberry nails

♥ SUNDAY MATINEE ♥ THE BOY FRIEND (1971) STARRING TWIGGY! ♥

I stumbled upon this film starring Twiggy called THE BOY FRIEND by mere accident. No one ever mentioned it to me, which is odd considering I am a huge old-movie buff. It looks gorgeous with the costumes and the sets and Twiggy looking amazing. You can watch all parts of the film here if you like. It was released in 1971 but clearly looks like the late 60s styles. The costumes were designed by Shirley Russell and sets by Ian Whittaker. I would love to own one of these old movie posters from this film. They're really gorgeous. This is one of my favorite fashion eras...this late 60s/early 70s 1920s revival. Super hot and Glam Rock!♡

on the set...

i think this is the soundtrack album record cover. love love love

i think this is a book...but i couldn't find it on amazon.

more sunday matinee ♥ galliano's goodbye

SAT SHOPPING ♥ CURRENT FAVORITES

These are some things I've purchased recently that I love love. A lot of them are makeup or skincare. But oh well. That's okay, right? OK...let's get started...

I've been purchasing things from the drugstore that have amazed me. I mean, I do have some new Chanel product and some other great skincare I ordered from beautybay.com (free world-wide shipping...but it takes weeeeeeks!) and such. But it is nice that these days, even if you're in your sloppy clothes, and it's late or you don't want to go on a proper shopping binge, that you can head to a drugstore and buy good quality product. I  mean, how fun is that? I love love love it. I never bought drugstore makeup...well, hardly any...for years. Mostly because when you are or used to be a magazine editor, they'd mail you loads, truckloads, of the best stuff (I used to get dresses messengered over to me as well as makeup in boxes and huge packages of lovely bath stuff like L'Occitane....). And frankly I wasn't really into the quality or the colors they offered in drugstore makeup/beauty lines. NO LONGER....now the game has changed and they are competing with the top-tier brands. And delivering...

There's so much to cover, but I'll only write about a few here right now...

First are the lipsticks. I am in love IN LOVE (thanks to makeup maven Lisa Eldridge's suggestions) with the matte lipsticks by REVLON. I have OO1 NUDE ATTITUDE (gorgeous), 002 PINK POUT and I'm on the hunt for MAUVE IT OVER. The formula is so...rich. It comes off as an expensive brand. I also kept hearing about this amazing discontinued color, STRAWBERRY SUEDE (just by the name, I had to own it)...which is a matte, coral-y, flash red...I ordered three online from Ebay and I was not disappointed in the least. SO SO SO SO AMAZING. My new favorite red. I'm so happy I own three now. Makes you wonder who these morons are who discontinue a shade like this and keep the other colors like Cherries in the Snow (which is pretty...but not as modern as Strawberry Suede). I think it's easy to find them on Ebay if you are interested. 

REVLON NUDE ATTITUDE

REVLON PINK POUT

REVLON STRAWBERRY SUEDE (THIS PIC DOESN'T DO IT JUSTICE...IT'S A BIT FLASH LIKE MAC'S LADY DANGER..BUT BETTER!)

L-R: STRAWBERRY SUEDE, PINK POUT, NUDE ATTITUDE

The other two lip products I am loving are by Rimmel. The first is the lip liner called EASTEND SNOB...I have never used a Rimmel lip liner and I really, come to think about it, haven't used a lip liner for more than 10 years. I just used to use lip stains for eons, but I wanted a new look and I like the nudes. But I had to learn that they look better with a bit of liner on your lips. Rimmel's Eastend Snob liner is pretty amazing. Easy, nice packaging, great color, long-wearing. It took a while to find it because it was sold out everywhere. But I found one and I'm THRILLED! I had learned about that one from watching this YouTuber called HANNAHGEORGINA24. (She's awesome, BTW, with really good taste.) And then I learned about another lipstick from a YouTuber I'm going to feature on here on Monday as she is probably my new favorite beauty guru on YouTube. The lipstick is number 14, a nude, from Rimmel's Kate (Moss) collection. Wow...what a rich/expensive/perfect lipstick...from a drugstore brand! This is my new fave, maybe, after Strawberry Suede. I could not be happier with these two products. I mean, I've only always worn expensive lipsticks, but I am loving these so very much. I have a ton of other stuff to write about that I recently purchased, but I'll write about those in other posts as this one is way too long. 

RIMMEL'S KATE MOSS COLLECTION IN SHADE 14

RIMMEL'S LIPLINER IN EASTEND SNOB

I also wanted to say thank you for understanding why I didn't post yesterday. It was a miserable day and I'm glad it's over. I used to do all of my posts in advance. But these days I'm very busy with the promotion stuff for the novel. I have to start promoting it very soon...! But thank you. I really appreciate that all of you still come to the site every day...♡

more saturday shopping ♥ a lab on fire

FF ♥ LOUIS VUITTON MARC JACOBS EXHIBIT

THE WALK-THROUGH

A while back, I was working as an art director on an iconic American brand that has been around since the 1800s and one of the things I pitched to my creative heads was a massive exhibit with lots of details and history and fun. And the response I got was, "An...exhibit?"... :) Then the McQueen exhibit happened in New York and they said, "Oh, we didn't get what you were talking about but we do now..." and now this Louis Vuitton Marc Jacobs show is happening and again I am sending an email to my dear creative director saying, "See...another amazing exhibit!"♡

more friday fancy ♥ i like (marc jacobs) boys