Confession: I already own most of this because, well, I’m a junkie.
MAC “MAC Me Over” lipstick in Runaway Red - ALL over the fall runways. My anticipation was such that I couldn’t wait to buy it and bothered my girl Masha about it each time I stopped by her Nordstrom counter. It looks a little different than the pictures I saw, but I like the dark raspberry red anyway. Another red obsession is Estee Lauder’s (I know!) Pure Color Matte lipstick in Red Velvet, a perfect retro red.
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Black Cherry/Violent Frenzy - As you know, I am a red lipstick girl through and through. But for fall, I’ve been romancing the idea of toying with a darker wine shade once in awhile. I grabbed Black Cherry on a whim and though it’s a little darker than I wanted (you can’t swatch Revlons on your hand at Target, much to my chagrin) and not appropriate for work, I’m excited to play with it. Violet Frenzy isn’t out yet; it’s part of Gucci Westman’s Fall 2011 Revlon collection inspired by classical painters. I just know it’s going to be beautiful.
Chanel Le Vernis Peridot & Graphite; NARS Night Series polish - Give me glitter and shimmer for my fall nails, please. As Maritza said, Peridot is capitvating. It’s different in every light. You see, the problem with Chanel polishes is that they get so much hype that perhaps that hype makes us want to buy them … and I was a little disappointed with some I’ve given in to. But I love Graphite and Peridot and will actually wear them both more than once. NARS Night Breed is like its accompanying shadow: black with chunky, multi-sized silver glitter … I purchased Night Breed and the blue Night Flight. (I also like OPI’s I Brake for Manicures and Road House Blues and Sally Hansen’s Plum’s the Word for fall.)
NARS Eyeshadow in Outremer/CoverGirl Liquiline Blast in Blue Boom - Yves Klein blue in a matte eyeshadow from NARS and a smooth-flowing, incredibly long-lasting eyeliner from CoverGirl. Thanks for taking the reins there, Pat McGrath. I use Outremer as a liner too, though perhaps I’ll get adventurous and wear it as shadow sometime soon.
BeneFit They’re Real Mascara/Lancome Hypnose Doll Lashes mascara - When Maritza was doing my makeup one day at the BeneFit counter, she exclaimed at the length of my lower lashes. I guess I’d never noticed that they are indeed super-long. As a mascara adventurer, I tried BeneFit’s new wonder with a healthy dose of skepticism and liked it so much that my mom swiped it. Lancome’s new Doll Lashes is supposed to be equally great for long, Twiggy-style lashes (just the way I like them); Kimmy K used it on her ballyhooed wedding day.
Estee Lauder Pure Color Matte lipstick in Red Velvet - Matte lipstick is my FAVORITE lipstick texture. OBSESSED over this perfect retro red and hunted high and low for it til I secured the last tube at Nordstrom. Divine.
Prada Candy or Cartier Baiser Vole - Besides lipstick and nail polish, perfume is my other vice. I expected to hate Prada’s cheeky new fragrance, Candy, and found it a little too similar to Britney Spears’ awful Fantasy at first sniff. But then, after letting it settle for an hour or two, it begins to smell kinda dirty/sweet/sexy. And I like that. Cartier’s Baiser Vole (stolen kiss) is all lily - expected to hate it and kind of did at first whiff, but then it was love. But it’s $100, so Cartier and I will have to continue our romance from afar.
