Now this is just unsubstantiated musings on my part, but it sometimes seems like Estee Lauder Corp. shares product innovation among its brands. Estee Lauder has been making such a splash with their I...
If you’ve seen the display for Guerlain’s new Shine Automatique lipstick, you may have wondered which shade model Natalia Vodianova is wearing. Fortunately, I have answers! She’s we...
When I first heard that Guerlain was coming out with a companion formula to their Rouge Automatique (which I love), I was worried. When I heard the shades were shimmery, I was relieved — perhaps I wo...
I’ve never really harbored longstanding crushes on movie stars. I don’t swoon for musicians. But, it seems, I do fall in love with makeup artists (which surely reveals some kind of deep-r...
Chantecaille has a new spring collection out. Their theme (and charity) this time is Coral Reefs — so everything is coral, and yes, of course I love it. The last few Chantecaille collections have cen...
Tremendous thanks to AlexandraRC of Sparkly Vernis for her latest Butter London swatches, Tart with a Heart. This shade launched for holiday 2011, a clear base packed with dense golden shimmer, super...
You guys already know I’m a fan of Stephanie Johnson bags. And since I usually do my beauty shopping with you all, I thought I’d share the latest object of my obsession: her Malibu pattern. This fabr...
Tremendous thanks to Lauren Clark, blogger and makeup artist extraordinaire, for taking the time to swatch and share MAC’s selection of pro-only eyeshadows (how has Ground Brown eluded me ̵...
If there are two things you can count on with Butter London, it’s pretty nail polish and a tip of the hat to British culture. No More Waity Katie (a nod to the newspaper/tabloid headline announcing K...
A few months ago, my Tom Ford sales associate tipped me off that the line would release a limited seasonal collection for spring/summer 2012. I was both excited and surprised — somehow I imagined tha...
Exciting news, makeup lovers! BobbiBrownCosmetics.com is doing a three-day friends and family sale. Take 20% off your purchase April 16–18, no code necessary (free shipping at $65). Actually, I’...
A few months ago, I had a really great Xen-Tan experience, and since then, I’ve been saying to everyone, “hey, you should try this!” I think it’s the best-looking fake tan you can get. Xen-Tan ...
Today is the official launch of photographer Claiborne Swanson Frank’s first book, American Beauty. It’s a gorgeously photographed, beautifully produced coffee table book of women — shot ...
I had time to photograph one more makeup bag during beauty market: that of Jennifer Robinson (one of the buyers for Neiman Marcus stores. The online buyers and the store buyers are actually two diffe...
Neiman Marcus’s InCircle event is April 12–15, and that means gifts with purchase at just about every counter. The gifts are pretty stellar, so if you’ve been contemplating a purchase, th...
Tremendous thanks to AlexandraRC of Sparkly Vernis for allowing me to share her amazing swatches. This is the rather sensational Henley Regatta by Butter London. (The polish is named for an annual ro...
Bobbi Brown has a mini collection on counters right now, debuting her new Long Wear Eye Pencils and Intensifying Long Wear Mascara (plus a few long wear cream shadows). Intensifying mascara is a tubi...
Hang on to your hats, ladies: Guerlain is reviving its partnership with Pucci to create an utterly breathtaking summer collection — Terra Azzurra. (And I got a sneak peek at the products in New York!...
One of the best bits of silly fun during beauty market was peeking into everybody’s makeup bags. Neiman Marcus beauty buyers have really seen (and tried) it all, so it’s fascinating to se...
One of the brands on Neiman Marcus’s beauty market tour was Kanebo Sensai. While I might be fairly fluent in American makeup, Asian makeup is kind of a black box to me — it’s a different ...
Of all of NCLA’s polishes, Hollywood and Vine Starlet is probably the most photographed on the web. But I was in the mood for something sparkly, so I swatched it anyway. Hollywood & Vine is...
Bobbi Brown just revamped her brow offering a bit. She introduced two brow kit compacts, and repackaged her Natural Brow Shaper creams (they’re in shorter tubes, so you won’t confuse them...
Deborah Lippmann was our last meeting of the day — what a great note to end the day on. These guys have so much cool stuff coming out over the next few months I can hardly stand it. I gotta take one ...
Le Metier’s spring collection is on counters now, their inspiration: the cold, spectacular north, and the phenomenon of magnetism that is the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). The collection o...
Talking beauty with the Neiman Marcus cosmetics buyers is SO much fun. These are ladies who have seen (and tried) everything. Not only was it great to pick their brains on everything from lash-grower...
Just when Dior had wrestled their lipstick offering down to a manageable set of formulas (Rouge Dior, Dior Addict, Serum de Rouge. Got it!), they had to go and add one more: Dior Addict Extreme. I...
Not every brand was comfortable having a member of the press in the room for their meetings with Neiman Marcus (which I think was a corporate decision, not a personal one). Tom Ford was one of those ...
We arrived in NYC on Sunday night, our only appointment for the day: Bliss Spa on Lexington Avenue. Little did I realize this was the calm before the storm. (Okay, Kelly St. John tried to warn me, bu...
The makeup I pack for travel is entirely dependent on where I’m going. If Mr. Salt and I are visiting family, I pack very little: skincare, haircare, maybe concealer, eyeliner, and lipstick. (I...
Readers, I have been given the most amazing opportunity: to shadow Neiman Marcus as they go to beauty market. What is beauty market? Well, twice a season (that’s spring/summer, fall/winter, so ...
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