Laura Mercier’s Eye Colour Quad in Tuxedo ($38.00) is her latest combination included in the Black Tie Collection, perfect for holiday smoky eyes. The shadows vary between slight shimmer to matte in finish, while the texture is uniformly smooth and silky. You get a bright white, shimmer, silvery white highlighter, deep dark gray, and a shimmery black. I think we both know what to do with this quad–dark, dramatic eyes! Of course, you can go as dramatic as you want; you can apply the shimmery white shade all over your lid for a subtler look, too. I love the gray shade, because it’s not black but it isn’t too light either. Available at Nordstrom.com.
Laura Mercier presents this Signature Collection Book with three eyeshadows in Guava, Forest, and Margaux; three lip colors in Blossom, Pink Dawn, and Ruby, plus two cheek colors in Crushed Hazelnut and Rosedust. $45.00
Laura Mercier brings us quite a few holiday specials this season. Try out the Double Pocket Cosmetic Bag, which will contain a few of your holiday goodies ($45.00); or pick up their mini brush set, which comes with a faux leather carrying case and six miniature brushes ($75.00). They have created two eye palettes in Daydream and Nightfall ($25.00 each). To accompany those palettes, take a peek at their Face Palette, which contains both dramatic and neutral tones ($50.00). You can’t forget your lips, and you’ll have three different sets to choose from: Mini Lip Colour Set with four mini-tubes ($40.00); Mini Lip Plumper Set with three lovely shades ($40.00); and their Stickgloss Palette with a mini Patchouli, Maple, Baked Earth, Brown Sugar and Peony Stickgloss ($40.00). Find the collection at www.lauramercier.com or www.sephora.com.
