Every thing is turning up 'L'eau'

L'eau is water in French? Please correct my ignorance if i'm wrong. Some of my favorite fragrances are going 'L'eau'. I haven't smelled them yet, but they all claim to be the lighter, sheerer, more fresh version of the original.

















Dolce & Gabbana L'eau The One























J'adore L'eau

















Prada L'eau Ambree




















Miss Dior Cherie L'eau


I need to smell them all ASAP. Have you checked out any of them? What's your take?

Lipstick Tip!

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For a less opaque, semi glossy lip color, apply lipstick on top of your favorite gloss!

Gold Sparkle Lemming- Gold Leaf Rococo Polish

Gold Leaf Rococo- Yumm-O! A Christmas gift perhaps? Nfu-Oh, where's your dupe??

This weekend while being snowed in, I attempted to organize my stash. *sigh* I'm happy about this, but of course no matter what I buy to help with organization I still feel what I have is inadequate.

Dear MAC,

Why have you not offered any storage solutions as most of my collection is MAC? Besides, with the new collections weekly you are encouraging us to buy more than we can store. HELP!

Okay, back to the post at hand. While digging thru my stash, I came across this: Maybelline's Pot of Gold. Please don't ask when or where I purchased this. No clue. *not a good sign*

Of course my fave nail Flickr account had a picture of the polish. Thanks Lextard! Check out these other awesome shots of Pot Of Gold from Steph at Steph's Closet and Pretty and Fabulous. Will this hold me over?

Recently, at the local Beauty Supply I found Klean Color's Chunky Silver. Oooh totally have to find Firework next!

More glittery awesomeness!

Find your signature scent!

Find Your Signature Scent!

Take this quiz for insight into the perfect fragrance for you or a loved one

Picking a fragrance, especially if it's for someone else, can be so overwhelming. There are so many to choose from that after 10 minutes in the store they all start to smell the same! Luckily, this quiz will help you narrow things down so you can find your (or someone else's) signature scent. Happy sniffing! Take the quiz

Revlon's Version of HD Foundation?

Spotted Revlon's Photo Ready foundation ($13.99). Too excited to try it...
Boo! Brown girls NC40+ have about 2 shades to work with *le sigh*

Have you spotted it? Tried it? Let me know what you think!

*Oh yes, those new lippies have me curious too! Let's go BOGO!
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NEW L'Oreal HiP and Milani

What are these guys up to? Just spotted these at my CVS... Drugstore paparrazi on the move! L'Oreal HiP Studio Secrets Crystal Shadow Duos-- HiP how is crystal shadows different from metallic shadows? Both sides of the duo are metallic versus the Metallic Shadow duos only having one metallic side? Guess I'll find out during BOGO. Regular retail, $7.99

Milani Crystal Eyes Sparkling Shadow- Sounds like a glitter creme to me, possibly with more pigments for an all over coverage? I have NYX glitter cre ams. They'll do for now. Again BOGO must be in effect for me to check these out. Whelps, wasn't sure of the price, but you know who had us covered! Sad when I can get more info from a blogger than their own site!

Have you seen these in your neck of the woods? Tried 'em? Let me know!

Teen Yummy411: Acrylic Nails with 3D Art and Clay Sticks

I first heard of the clay rods/sticks from Nikki and Makeup Mama-- little decorative rods that are sliced and used for designs, more recently on nails to create 3D art. A cool way to get the 3D look, but I've known a nail tech to do her 3D designs sculpted from the acrylic she'd use over nails. Back in the mid- 90's when I was introduced to the 3D art, the tech Cara (now of Salon Couture) would do everything from fruit to Disney characters. Quite the work of art! I wish I had pics to show, but alas I don't. So many shops are trying their best to keep up and compete with her work!

Fast forward to today, the trend amongst the flashy and fabulous (usually the younger set) is to have a unique design on each different nail ranging from black and orange tiger stripes, to dots, checker board, french tip with design and 6 other unique designs from the nail tech's imagination. Some prefer a color scheme for the nails, others don't mind the random pairings. The Teen Yummy411 went in the nail shop with the latter idea in mind. Three D art is hot on the streets now, so out walks my sister with what you see above. Kinda cool and artsy, no bueno for her military school setting. In this particular shot, you don't see much of the clay rods pieces, but rather some funky plastic pieces. She said she felt like she was wearing little plastic barrettes on her nails. You know, the little ones your mom would put at the end of your braids or pigtails, 10-20 to a pack?

It's refreshing to find more than one nail shop that will give you unique designs. Now here's another shop that will give you 3D designs. I've purchased black rhinestones, so now I know where to go to get a design I want. Galaxy Nails; $35 for full set and designs.

My Favorite Blushers Right Now

These blush/face products have found a warm, cozy place in my makeup bag. I use them all the time, neglecting the other blushes and color face products I own. A while back, XinaRox tagged me to do a post about products that I bought backups of. I didn't have a post because I never buy backups. I never know if a product is really backup worthy until I'm half way through using it. By then, we know the product will be out of stock or was limited edition. Using these products non-stop, I deem them backup worthy! Hmmm do I smell Christmas presents for self?? l-r: All MAC; Sunny by Nature MSF, Superduper Natural mineralized blush (Holiday '09), On a Mission beauty powder blush (Style Warriors '09, summer) -- No flash, more true to color.

Sunny by Nature MSF-rich bronze with pink pearl pigment (I don't really see the pink, but okay)

Superduper Natural mineralized blush- mid tone coral frost (Reminds me of a Chanel blush)

On a Mission beauty powder blush- pearly mid tone plum (To me, it's a subdued plum with a hint of sheen.. not as matte or flat)

With flash

Hitting the pan on Bobbi Brown's Face Palette

This is by far one of my best CCO purchases yet. Bobbi Brown's Face Palette with creamy concealer, corrector, yellow finishing powder and stick/creme concealer all for $25. This is a multitasking palette! I use it on my brows, to conceal, to neutralize my lids and for a handy, compact foundation on-the-go. I'm sad about hitting the pan. My CCO doesn't carry this anymore. Will I take the plunge and repurchase this on QVC.com with a mini-brush for $58?--- ish! (an inverted shhh. Am I the only one that makes this sound when trying to keep composure when something is shocking?)

...*gulp*

Are you hitting the pan on a discontinued or hard to find item?

FOTD An everyday neutral look

I know this isn't some fun and novel new look, but I have to keep my on-the-go makeup bag to a minimum, which includes a few workable neutrals. Here's a similar look to all of my other neutral work looks, but with a slight variation.. hahaha... can you tell?




Face
Bobbi Brown Creamy Foundation
Ben Nye Translucent Powder Cocao Tan (even cocoa tan can work in some instances!)

Eyes
(All MAC unless stated otherwise)
Painterly paint pot as my base
Laura Gellar's Bewitching Bronze on lid (gorgeous, gorgeous baked shadow in chocolate and copper. I'll have to use it over a black or gold base and really show how amazing it is one day.)
Cork eye shadow in crease
Dark Edge shadow on outer v
NYX Jumbo pencil in Milk on inner corners
L'Oreal HiP metallic liner in black to liner top lid and waterline
Clarins Bronze liner to top black liner and blend out and smudged out on bottom lid

Cheeks
Superduper Natural blush

Lips
Majestic lipglass (LE Antiquitease Holiday Collex 2007-- can't believe that was '07!)
L'Oreal Collagen mascara

China Glaze's For Audrey in the Winter?

I was perusing the Russian Fortune Cookie's blog when I spotted the most brilliant idea: a beautiful sparkly nail!

I could use China Glaze's For Audrey in the Winter

I've had For Audrey it seems for ages, before it became an internet hit. I've always been into pastels/light creams. Going in and out of phases, I never got around to using For Audrey. This time of year I was hesitant to use it because it seemed like such a summery color. RFC's bright idea of layering a glitter over it, gave it a tinsel town wintery makeover!

Using polishes that I actually own already!

This doesn't sound like a big deal, but buying more polishes than you can wear becomes an annoyance at times. This idea allowed me to use two polishes that I already own. Bingo! RFC used China Glaze's Medallion over her For Audrey. I have that too (sadly), but decided to use my warmer, preferred Cleopatra.

Thanks RFC for my not-so-overly-flashy-but-still-fun-and-blingy-manicure color! ;)

Exotic Shoot

Hey guys!
Not too long ago I worked on a photo shoot with the Poteat Image Consulting Team. This time we were able to shoot with a good friend who is also a professional plus size model. Go curvy girls! Have you seen her on QVC? She regularly models on the station. How cool, right?

For this shoot, we took a bit of a fantasy route. The creative director was amped about leopard spots and turning our model friend into an exotic feline creature. Here's a layout shot of some of the frames we got on the shoot.

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I would love to be credited with the design of this look, but I can't. This awesome look was created by Sushi1114 of YouTube. That's what tutorials are for right? ;) I designed a black and white feline look, but our creative director, Mr. Poteat didn't feel it was wild or colorful enough. He favored Sushi1114's look over mine. I'll recreate my look for you guys soon as I really liked it.

This is also the shoot that convinced me that I was in love with Bobbi Brown's stick foundation. Doesn't her skin look flawless! The look was also created with the use of some NYX products. NYX's jumbo shadow pencil in gold was used to fill the leopard spots. NYX's Goddess of the Night mega shine lip gloss was used on the model's lips.

Best Eyeliner for Under $10!

19 Amazing Eyeliners for Less than $10

It's true! You can get gorgeous liner for way cheap

Before you shell out a bunch of cash on makeup for those holiday parties, check out this roundup of the best eyeliners under $10. There are tons of shades and types, from pencils to liquids, so there's no reason you can't get the look you want for cheap. See eyeliners

Check out this list! I hope it helps you!

My favorite eyeliners under $10?
L'Oreal liquid kohl pencil
L'Oreal HIP metallic liners
Milani metallic eye liners
NYX lip and eye liners
Maybelline and L'Oreal liquid eye liner (in the little pot with long stick handle)

Adore Your Beauty Night with Sam Fine in NYC December 10th!

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I hope anyone that's interested is able to make it. With sadness, I won't be able to be there so be sure to let us know all about it! Want to register or find out more? Click here !