Serge Lutens Beaute Nail Lacquer

Would you pay $65 for a nail polish?
Mr Lutens thinks so.

Sang Bleu is a classic red and Faux-Semblant is a sheer nude with a natural finish.

These are available at Barneys in NYC.

Bobbi Brown's Almost Bare Fragrance

Almost Bare will launch in June 2008.
It is a musk based fragrance with notes of Italian Bergamot(almost herb-ish),violet leaves, creamy jasmine petals, cedar and amber. The musk is not powdery or cold. It is dry and warms on the skin.
The sillage is whisper light and stays close. Truly perfect for the summer months.

It will retail for $60.

Credit: Bobbi Brown

Yes to Carrots

C through the Dry Spell Deliciously Rich Body Butter

This is a cream that is strangely dense and light at the same time. The texture is pudding-like. It is finely whipped but feels substantial on the skin.

The cream does not immediately melt into the skin like a Body Shop body butter. It takes a little extra work and effort in the application. It is worth the slight aerobic workout, the skin is left silky smooth and moisturized.

It smells like heaven with that delicious mix of carrot, pumpkin and sweet potato.

It is available at your local Walgreens for $12.99

http://www.walgreens.com/

Ingredients: Spring Water, Dead Sea Water, Caprylic / Capric Triglyceride, Glyceryl Stearate, Algae Extracts (Rhodella, Dunaliella, Spirulina), Carrot Juice, Carrot Seed Oil, Pumpkin Juice, Silt (Dead Sea Mud), Cocoa Butter, Melon Juice, Sweet Potato Extract, Orange Juice, Parfum, Sweet Almond Oil, Olive Oil, Jojoba Oil, Avocado Oil, Niacin, Green Tea Extract, Ginkgo Biloba Extract, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Pomegranate Peel Extract

Credits: Youtube and Blogdorf Goodman

Physicians Formula

Shimmer Strips

Custom Eye Enhancing Shadow and Liner for Green Eyes

There are nine shades ranging from a weaker Erika F replica to a cold violet shade. The pigment power leans on the sheer side. It comes with an angled sponge applicator. It took several minutes of fumbling to open the case.

The closure is on the side of the container.

It is currently on sale at Walgreens for $5.99

Credit: Blogdorf Goodman

Every night I spend an hour reading Perfumes: The Guide. This was a book written by my friends Tbone(Tania Sanchez) and Mr T(Luca Turin). Tbone and I became fast friends on the makeupalley fragrance boards. As with all great friendships I am not really sure how it all began. The first time we met in NYC she appeared out of thin air like a magician. She was this pocket sized dynamo with a great taste in all things and knowledge of kung fu.
I loved her instantly.

Many of my great fragrance loves have been experienced in her presence. I was with Tbone when I first fell for the charms of Frederic Malle's Une Fleur De Cassie. She is the one who insisted that Chanel's #18 worked on my skin. Tbone also gifted me with a decant of vintage Chamade that rocked my world.

Tbone is part romantic and part scientist. She can talk about perfume in a technical, humorous and gorgeous way. That is what I always loved about her reviews and writing.

Here is some of my favorites from the book:

Jolie Madame: "One of the great all time leather chypres, Balmain's Jolie Madame was composed by the legendary Germaine Cellier in 1953, in those glorious postwar years when everyone still wore hats. Leathers veered between the plush and the butch: Chanel's Cuir de Russie, plush; Knize Ten, butch. Cabochard, plush; Cellier's own Bandit, butch. Jolie Madame was unusual in avoiding plush and butch via a big fruity violet that made what could have been a harsh, bitter leather in the style of Bandit instead the easiest to wear of the classic leathers, simultaneously girlish and tough, like a patent-leather Mary Jane. It was pretty but with plenty of spine: just about perfect."

Ormonde: It has the outdoor witchiness of tall pines leaning into the night-a bitter oakmoss inkiness, a dry cedar crackle and a low, delicious pleading amber like the call of a faraway candy house. Lulling and unsettling in equal measure, and truly great.

Samsara: As with Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, the case of Samsara is fascinating because it so bad, second because it is so big and third because it is happening to a beloved franchise.

Tbone nicknamed me Queen Anniedala and humors my Star Wars love.

The book is on sale now.
http://www.amazon.com/Perfumes-Guide-Luca-Turin/dp/product-description/0670018651

Superheroes at the MET

Anna Wintour and Astra from Marvel

Linda Carter and WonderWoman



Isis

Wolverine and Jack White

Credit: Style.com and Wikipedia

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/superheroes/index.asp

Big Girls Need Big Diamonds
quote from Elizabeth Taylor

Bond 9 Swarovski Stars collection features blinged out bottles of Bryant Park, Bleecker Street and Nuits de Noho. As a fan of all things shimmery and glittery, I lost my mind when I spotted these at my local Bond counter.

Bond is offering Free Online Shipping for Mothers Day.

Visit the site @http://www.bondno9.com/

Credits: Blogdorf Goodman

Chanel's Robertson Bouvelard Nail Colour Collection

To celebrate the opening of the Chanel boutique on Robertson, Peter Philips, has designed four limited edition nail shades. These nail polishes will only be available at the Robertson Boulevard CHANEL Boutique beginning May 30th,2008.
Do not fret or start a lemming panic...
In July 2008, they will be available at Chanel.com

The shades are:

Melrose bubblegum pink

Rodeo Drive grape purple

Sunrise sunny yellow

Sunset juicy tangerine

Credit: Chanel