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Chanel Holiday 2008 Beiges de Chanel Quad Pictures & Swatches

Chanel Holiday 2008 Beiges de Chanel Quad Pictures & Swatches

Chanel's Holiday 2008 collection includes Beiges de Chanel, which is a great quad of soft, warm tones. It's perfect for subtle holiday eyes, as well as more dramatic combinations (by using the dark brown with gold shimmer color). The colors were silky smooth and had good pay off. The only one with a...

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Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette is a Winner!

Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette is a Winner!

Bobbi Brown's Shimmering Nudes Palette ($50.00) is BB's latest palette launch. For the past months, I have seen and played with many of her palettes (it seems like every collection is bound to have some sort of coordinating palette!). On the whole, I haven't been terribly impressed. I admit I like...

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Thevi Cosmetics: An Introduction

Thevi Cosmetics: An Introduction

I recently tried a few products from Thevi Cosmetics, which is a line founded by Thevaki Thambirajah. Thevi created the brand because she "could never find cosmetics in shades that suited her coloring." She wanted colors that were "rich and vibrant without being harsh," so Thevi Cosmetics was born as...

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Beth Bender Beauty's Eyeshadow Trio in SGB for Summer AND Fall!

Beth Bender Beauty's Eyeshadow Trio in SGB for Summer AND Fall!

Beth Bender Beauty put out this great trio for summer that is/was perfect for the season, but it also makes for a nice way to fade into fall, too. This eyeshadow trio is called SGB ($36.00), and it is available at www.bettesboutique.com. I love the coppery brown color, and I think the pale golden shade...

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Stila Haul from HauteLook & Mini-Review of Eyeshadows and Lip Glaze

Stila Haul from HauteLook & Mini-Review of Eyeshadows and Lip Glaze

Remember when I told you about HauteLook's Stila sale? Well, I finally had a chance to swatch the products I bought from them. The four products you see above cost me $30, plus shipping, which isn't a bad deal at all! I did a look using the trio here, too. The circular designed product is Mazatlan...

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EO Cosmetics Mineral Makeup Eyeshadows

EO Cosmetics Mineral Makeup Eyeshadows

Reader Edda recently started selling her own cosmetics line, EO Cosmetics, on Etsy, and she asked me to review some of the mineral eyeshadows. I told her to send me colors she thought she liked, and she excelled at that! The five sample colors she sent are...

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L'Oreal HIP vs. MAC Cosmetics - Can you really compare the two?

L'Oreal HIP vs. MAC Cosmetics - Can you really compare the two?

L'Oreal HIP is a line that's been out for awhile, and if you're an avid MAC fan, you might have heard them being compared to the popular brand. HIP stands for High Intensity Pigments. I have to confirm that the similarities between some of HIP's products and MAC's. Pictured above are three new...

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Elizabeth Arden Double Intrigue Eyes Fall 2008 Eye Color Story

Elizabeth Arden Double Intrigue Eyes Fall 2008 Eye Color Story

ELIZABETH ARDEN FOR FALL 2008 | Double Intrigue Eyes

This season Elizabeth Arden launches Color Intrigue Eyeshadow Duos ($24.50) in seven different color combinations. Each compact is imprinted with one of Miss Arden's most famous beauty maxims, "To be beautiful and natural is the birthright of every...

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Givenchy Fall 2008 Dandy Collection Swatches, Photos, & Review

Givenchy Fall 2008 Dandy Collection Swatches, Photos, & Review

For Autumn/Winter, Givenchy's Dandy Collection is a nice mix of smokiness and ultra glossy lips. Givenchy continuously does an amazing job on packaging. The eyeshadow quartet is so portable and compact, and the polka-dot theme for both product packaging and the eyeshadow itself is adorable. However,...

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Bobbi Brown Metallics for Fall 2008 Sneak Peek!

Bobbi Brown Metallics for Fall 2008 Sneak Peek!

Just a VERY short post, as I'm going to try to review eyeshadows and the like after I've attempted a look with them. Why this new policy? After being utterly disappointed in Dior's Earth Tones quint in practice, swatches are proving they aren't enough sometimes. Same with MAC's mineralize...

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