MAKEUP MONDAY ♥ TWO FAVORITES

I thought I'd do a post on some of my new favorites because I am LOVING them. Some of the other favorites I've already posted about. But there are two specific new items that you have to hear about, even if you've heard about them before. 

Some of the already-mentioned products I am loving right now are:

Becca Creme Blush in Amaryllis (which you can read about here and purchase/learn more here) and Skin 79 BB Cream in the orange container (which you can read about here) and the Garnier Skin Renew Anti-Dark-Circle (Tinted) Eye Roller (a roll-on concealer with benefits...which I have been using for a year and still love it so much....it does not crease on me and I have dry skin...and it decreases some of the puffiness under my eyes which I love! You can read about it here.)

Now for the two new products I've been LOVING LOVING this month. First on the list is the other Skin 79 BB Cream. 

It's actually called Skin 79 VIP GOLD BB Cream. I had done some more research because I fell in love with the Skin 79 BB Cream in the orange container which I wrote about here. But I thought it was a teensy big dry. The one in the pink VIP Gold BB cream is for drier skin. It definitely has a little bit less coverage than the orange (Triple Function) BB Cream. So I will still use the orange one if I need more coverage. But when my skin is doing well, I will definitely be using the VIP Gold. I wore it to a BBQ the other day and even when I got back home, my skin looked pretty flawless with no dry spots. 

Now with these BB Creams, I don't know how dark your skin can be to wear them. My skin looks like a ghost when I first apply it. It seems to change or oxidize and match my skin really well after a while. I think if I was a little darker than my light-ish olive tone, I might not be able to wear it. Though, I do think for the price (less than $20!), it's worth trying because the product is amazing. And the packaging is just an added bonus. Also, be care of fakes. I purchased mine from this seller. 

The other product is a surprise. On a quick buy, I decided to get one of the Revlon Lip Butters in the color Tutti Frutti. And I love it. I was in love with the orange color or coral or whatever. And that even though it's sheer like a balm, there was actual color on my lips. I usually hate these kinds of things because they end up looking like nothing but clear gloss on my lips. But this one has color. It's very expensive in texture. And color. So I love it. I just don't like the packaging. They could do better.

That's it for now. I'll be doing a post soon on the essentials to being a little rocker girl like the girls in my novel which comes out SOON! YIKES! Have a lovely day!♡


more makeup monday ♥ beauty secrets 2

MAKEUP MONDAY ♥ CHANEL RESORT 2013

I can't say I am in love with the clothes or those pastel creepers or whatever. I hate to say it, but I wouldn't hate to see someone else take over the house of Chanel. Even though I love Karl Lagerfeld so much. Though, his presentations are beautiful. The Chanel Resort 2013 collection was shown at Versailles and the models were very Marie Antoinette-esque, which you all know I love. I love the makeup and the hair and the little Chanel CC logo beauty mark/patches. That's what made the entire show. Not these dresses and strange maillots. It's the makeup and some of the backdrop. I found the below and above photos on this blog (which is from far away looks like) and the photos are a hundred times more interesting than the ones they post up on Style.com or whatever.♡

looks like a card from a Chanel press kit. i have all of my old Chanel press kits which i'll def do a blog post about one day when i get them out of storage. they're gorgeous.

such a gorgeous photo...i mean, it must have been a really lovely show.

look at lindsey wixson!

more makeup monday ♥ becca review part 1

most images from here

THURS SHOW ♥ COLETTE'S 15 YEAR BDAY

LOOKIE what I got in the mail by absolute surprise! I don't have a clue how they figured out where I was staying or whatever...the package came straight from France...I was staring at the cover for a while...could this book/catalog/zine/thing be from...the Colette? In Paris? It is! It was! OH HAPPY JOY JOY! It seems to be a special publication catalog thing loaded with products...special products...uber super special...even more special than their already-special Colette ranges...as well as interviews and recipes and fashion and art and funny bits here and there. I feel the gods have spoken and they are giving me a sign of very amazing massive amazing good things to come. :) I don't know where you can get it or if you can get this...but if you can, do get it. It's amazing how they keep everything so tight when it comes to being special and/or cool. I hope I can get my book into their hands and onto their website. THAT would be a dream come true! HAPPY FIFTEEN YEAR BIRTHDAY, COLETTE! WE HEART YOU! (It even has the whole story of the inception of the brand/store/everything in there...I also noticed a story written by someone very lovely that I worked for)...♡

THE COVER...UPSIDE DOWN...along with a lotion I am loving right now from Philosophy (though I tend to have loads of lotions around cuz my skin gets very dry). And an eye cream from Becca.

all the fancy waters from Colette...so so so very Colette!

some fantastic pieces and things made exclusively for the 15 year anniversary methinks. i esp love those silver nikes!

an interview with kevin lyons done by the amazing john jay whom i worked with/under while at wieden and kennedy (he's the global creative director)...he's what we call "the master"...

pretty amazing bits here and there.

new pharmacy inspired bags by olympia le-tan...excuse my chipped nails. i have just redone them now.

oh would love to own this space invader dress! yes please! i need a boyfriend who is into fashion and buying his girl lovely sweet things from colette!

garage doors over the years...love this stuff.

raf!

nerdy pocket protectors by carven for colette....this is something you'd really only see at colette!

recipes by the colette team! and in french...quelle fantastique!

the comme des garçons advert on the back for a special colette t-shirt probably? amazing!

more thursday shoe ♥ yellow patent

SAT SHOPPING ♥ CURRENT FAVORITES!

I decided to start doing a favorites post every now and again, in the case I have some current favorites that I am in love with and want to share. So, here we go...there will be makeup and some other goodies...as much as I can cram in here. :)

My current favorite foundation is a tie between REVLON PHOTO READY in 05 NATURAL BEIGE and NARS SHEER GLOW FOUNDATION in FIJI. Though I am aching to try NEUTROGENA HEALTHY SKIN as I've heard it does wonders for you if you have dry skin. And now that the weather has changed, so has my skin...in the drier way.

 

Favorite for covering up is PAULA DORF TOTAL CAMOUFLAGE in SAND/NUDE...which has a color corrector that's salmon-y and virtually erases the dark circles under my eyes as well as a neutral creamier formula that's great for covering pigmentation (which I do have because I grew up right by the beach and used to own 100 bikinis!). It can also be blended together to create the perfect shade for your skin.  I do also love the GARNIER SKIN RENEW ANTI-DARK-CIRCLE ROLLER as it has caffeine and is quick and easy and I know it will reduce any puffiness I have.

this isn't the actual color...it's just what the paula dorf pot looks like.

My favorite powder right now...well, I do have some expensive brands, but I've been using Wet n Wild's NATURAL BLEND PRESSED POWDER in the shade BARE as it doesn't bug me so much if I'm using it every day and staying inside to enter the novel edits. (Enter the novel edits! :s) I think it works just fine. It's very mattifying and it's cheap so you don't have to worry about using up your expensive stuff. I use it with the ELF blush brush from the Studio line.

Current fave blush...well, I love so many right now but I guess the one I've been really into lately is by PAULA DORF again and the color is called BABY FACE. I think it's comparable to Nars Sex Appeal in that it's very light and not shimmery. BUT it does cost about the same ($23). It really hardly shows up on my olive skin, but I sort of like that because it looks so natural when it's subtle that way. I use it with a huge ELF COMPLEXION BRUSH from their Studio line.

elf pigment eyeshadow in golden goddess (love!)

becca eye shadow in doeskin

 Fave eye stuff...too many to write. Elf has some great things if you want the glam but you want to save your truly expensive stuff for other days. Plus, when the makeup is cheaper it tends not to be as dramatic, so easier to wear every day. I like the BRIGHTENING EYE LINER in the color GILDED AND the SHIMMER EYELINER PENCIL in BOLDLY BRONZED to line my (hazel/green) eyes. I am LOVING the ELF CREAM SHADOWS in DAWN and PEWTER! (I also want to get the colors BRONZED, SMOKED AND NATURAL GLOW.)  I mean, I have some really fancy ones by Becca, but I don't want to keep replacing those, and the ones by ELF do the job and are cheap as hell. Plus the color looks more expensive. DAWN is very subtle mink color and PEWTER is awesome for a quick smokey eye. I also love the ELF PIGMENT EYESHADOW IN GOLDEN GODDESS...which is way more like a bronze than a gold and looks great as a wash all over the eyelid (esp if you have green or blue eyes). I also love two from Becca, but I'm trying not to use them every day as they cost like $25 each and they are TINY. The first is a demi-matte taupe (I think it's called Doeskin because the label has worn off) and the second is way more shimmery brown called SATIN.

elf pencil in gilded

elf pencil in boldly bronzed

elf cream eyeshadow in dawn

elf cream eyeshadow in pewter

becca eyeshadow in satin

The mascara I love is by Rimmel right now, but daily I use this TINY TINY little mascara I got from Sally's Beauty Supply. It's their SALLY GIRL MINI MASCARA in brownish black. And I love it. I am really loving the brown mascara thing. I have big eyes and long lashes and I think brown looks more chic and subtle than tons of black mascara sometimes. BTW, it costs 99 cents!

On my lips I have two that I love right now, though there are some that I am aching to get but don't have yet. The two I use daily (again because they are cheap and do the job and look expensive...and I can save the really good ones for special days)...is Wet n Wild's MEGALAST LIP COLOR in the colors BARE IT ALL (my favorite), JUST PEACHY and a darker one called CINNAMON SPICE. Just really really modern, chic look with totally matte lips. I also love love love an ELF MATTE LIP COLOR in NATURAL that looks amazing and rich and still moisturizes even though it's matte!

My current love love love nail varnish is a dupe. It's SINFUL COLORS in the color NIRVANA which is a lot like OPI's YOU DON'T KNOW JACQUE and OVER THE TAUPE. I love love love this color every time I look at my nails. And I can't believe it only cost me two dollars!!

this shows the color well, but this isn't my hand! :)

I have favorite new sweater that's rich looking and leopard print...only $22.80 from FOREVER 21. This sweater is a dream. I love it even more than my (or maybe close to) Marc Jacobs, Sonia Rykiel and Lacoste sweaters.

this photo is kind of the wrong fitting. mine is a petite, but it's loose, the way a good sweater like this should be. dunno why they shot it this way.

My favorite thing right now is black tight jeans and a spiky belt I bought in Echo Park (LA) for like $3. Reminds me so much of the cool things my young uncles used to send to me from London in the late 80s when I was too young to understand how cool they were really. My favorite ring is a bronze cobra ring I bought in Venice Beach for like $3. It's too big for me, even my pointer finger.   But I still wear it until I get the new perfect skulls. My favorite bag is my Marc Jacobs Hobo that I wrote about here. I love this bag and feel so chic when I have it over my arms.

My favorite "thing" in the world, though, has to be my little dog Lotte (LOTTIE) who looks like a little wolf. Yesterday she turned 7 months old. :) 

my little lotte at 6 mos old. ♡♡♡ (please ignore that scary doll in the back...this was taken at my mom's.) ;P

I have so many others, but I think this is a good start for now. Hope you enjoyed that and have a good weekend!♡

more saturday shopping ♥ the celine cabas