Prada fall 2012 | Images via Style.com
Pat McGrath can do a strong eye like no other. Always non obvious, always unexpected.
Beauty
Orange Brows And Eyes Lined In Purple
Monday, February 27th, 2012Backstage Pass // Calla Fall 2012 Minx Nails by Nail Taxi
Monday, February 13th, 2012
Winged Eyeliner & Beehive
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Images via Style.com
Beauty at Jean Paul Gaultier Couture spring 2012 is proof that the Amy Winehouse influence is still in effect. Moused beehives and winged eyeliner were paired with faux piercings and bright nail polish.
Amy Winehouse is gone but clearly not forgotten.
Beauty Counter // 23
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
This week I am wishing these products were on my beauty counter…
Rimmel London // Hot Gossip
With the wide brush and a hue to that is gossip worthy, what is there not to love? Gossip, gossip, hear all about it.
More information here.
Bottega Veneta // Murano Parfum
With base notes of tonika bean, vanilla and sandalwood, the Bottega Venta perfume is quite the memorable scent.
The leathery oriental chypre is packaged in a Murano bottle. This is hand-blown on the Island of Murano which is acclaimed for its glasswork and artisans. The contemporary flacon was designed by Bottega Veneta Creative Director, Tom Maier.
More information here.
Illamasqua // Ascend medium pencil in Debonair
A great product should not be limited to use on only one feature…
The Illamasqua pencil helps create drama and encourage individuality as used all over skin.
More information here.
Sample the Beauty Counter here.
Images via Bottega Veneta | Selfridges.
Beauty Trend Spotter // Crayola Hair
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Narciso Rodriguez | Issey Miyake | Julien MacDonald | Thakoon | Photos via Style.com
Every city had her incarnation of rainbow hair for spring 2012. London had Julien’s primary brights set off his future forward bad girl with her ‘don’t mess with me shades’. New York gave us the Thakoon and Narciso girls. The former girl was the meeting place of Bollywood and Western Americana with her powdery pastel hair. The hair color of the latter was slightly more faded in hue.
In Paris Issey Miyake’s woman brought a return to form with an exploration of womanhood. This was matched with ombre color on hair, almost graffiti sprayed-on in feel.
This crayola hair trend has been raging on for a few seasons now. What are your thoughts on it and how bright is too bright?
I don’t know about you but I want to be a Thakoon girl and wear lavender hair. Come spring she looks like the girl to be. Does she not look like she might fit right into a fine art portrait? Off course by way of candy sweet hair.
All the beauty trends here.
What Say Thou? // 24K Gold
Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Fendi spring 2012 | The Blonds spring 2012 nails by CNDC | Gucci spring 2012 | Unique by Topshop spring 2012 | Images via Style.com and Images via CNDC
It was a gold rush on catwalks like Frida’s for Gucci. The art deco lashings of gold was matched with gold skunk streaks through hair. The gilded metal made an appearance across runways. At Unique by Topshop the hieroglyphics by way of 90′s went with smatterings of gold foil on hair. At The Blonds spring 2012 show, CNDC made sure nails were in keeping with the high octane collection. Eyelids and brows were plated in gold foil at Fendi.
Will you be experimenting with gold inspired beauty looks this season?
Vote in the other polls.
Beauty Counter // 22
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
This winter treat your skin (the largest organ) to a new moisturizing experience with these two products.
Tom Ford // Jasmin Rouge
The allure of Ford’s beauty products is the packaging is as considered as the products themselves. His Jasmin Rouge perfume would look magnificent on any beauty counter.
More information here.
CHANEL // ROUGE ALLURE Luminous Satin Lip Colour
Channel the femme fatale in this lustrous lipstick.
More information here.
Daphne Guinness x MAC // Nail lacquer in Bluebood
The contrast of the name of this shade and the actual shade lend an irony to a hue that is all parts Daphne.
More information here.
Sample the Beauty Counter here.
Images via Selfridges.
Skunk Stripes Raccoon Eyes
Monday, January 9th, 2012
Images – Style.com
I have habit of reducing everything to elementary animal analogies and comparisions.
Frida’s beautiful 1920′s inspired spring 2012 show was fairly surreal on the beauty side. The no brow look courtesy of the blonde brow met heavy kohl eyes and the rebellion of contrasting black and gold streaked hair. All in all, Skunk meets Raccoon.
The Nail Polish Files // Diwali Chanel Nail Polish
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Images – Style.com
New season, new Chanel nail polish by Peter Philips (I am convinced Chanel’s creative director has the magic touch) to hold us in hypnotic court.
For pre-fall 2012 it was an aged gold, ancient in feel called Diwali.
Watch Diwali (which is the name of the festival of lights in India) become the shade everyone is set to lust after.
Explore The Nail Polish Files series here.
Tester // Benito Brow Bar Eyebrow Shape
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
Benito Brow Bar, Debenhams, Oxford Street, London.
Eyebrow Shaping (threading)
I have never had a go to person to get my eyebrows in shape. I have flitted around from brow bar to brow bar with little loyalty and even smaller attention span.
Since the launch of this site in December 2011 I have lost track of the number of brow bars I have tested. Many were on a complimentary basis. Non of those reviewed ended up on this site. If it is negative I will not write a glowing review. If it is bad I will write nothing on it at all.
The nomadic wandering from brow bar to brow bar has ended. I will be returning to the Benito Brow Bar and asking for the lovely beautician who patiently listened to me anxiously repeat that I did not want question mark brows.
Now that I look back on it, I realise she must have super hero skills for understanding the mumbo jumbo that was my attempt at explaining what I did not want. Instead of saying what I wanted I rather expounded on what I did not want my brows ending up looking like. This I did through my limited personal brow terminology; question mark brows and line drawing brows.
For her to have gotten some sense out of this nonsense garbled, is a feat in itself.
The threading experience in terms of pain, is not for the faint of heart. However, having tried brow waxing, I have to say give me a thread to my brow any day.
The brow genius that is the lady who worked her magic (on what was a very scraggly pair of brows) was efficient, had great customer service skills and incredibly attentive.
Her attention to detail and me as a customer was impressive given that she had no idea that I was there to review the service.
The Eyebrow Shape at Benito Brow Bar is £15.00.
All on Benito Brow Bar here.
Please note that this review is on a complimentary beauty service.
