MAC Cosmetics: Style Black

Who knew black make up could be so glamorous?

MAC Cosmetics: Dazzleglass Crèmes

Flashing Flecks of lustrous glimmer give the lips a new kind of high-beam shine, while the balm-effect of the pillow-top comfort crème keeps the supple going and going. Ultra-luxurious, no sticky smack or drag. Aloe and Vitamin E enrich, keep lips lightweight but strong-willed, for long-lustre, ultimate luminosity. Wear it alone for medium-sheer, dewy coverage... For dazzle with absolute comfort, it's better than brilliant. And the accompanying applicator brush is a dream.
Dazzleglass Crèmes:This is a new lip product that is a thick formula like the Dazzleglasses, but has the texture of the Cremesheen Glasses. They are pigmented and opaque like Cremesheen Glasses, but with the sparkle of Dazzleglass. The Dazzleglass Crèmes are in the same tube as Dazzleglasses and have a brush applicator.
· Soft Dazzle - Mid-tone peach pink with gold pearlized pigments
· Sublime Shine - Light coral brown with gold pearlized pigments
· My Favourite Pink - Light blue pink with pearlized pigments
· Perfectly Unordinary - Bright yellow pink with gold pearlized pigments
· Luscious Spark - Light orange with gold pearlized pigments
· Do It Up - Bright blue pink with pearlized pigments
· Totally Fab - Bright yellow red with pearlized pigments
· Amorous - Deep brown red with pearlized pigments
· Crème Allure - Bright yellow plum

Available now!
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MAC Cosmetics: Zoom Fast Black Lash

Anyone who thinks Black is Black hasn't got their hands on Zoom Fast Black Lash, our newest mascara designed for voluptuous night-sky volume, length like a glamorous, never-ending asphalt highway! This is the deep end of the Dark View, the night charm of every neo-Goth night crawler, and the most dramatic statement black could make for the Film Noir way of life. Day or night, sweep it on, and don't stop there...a second coat before twilight will make the evening all the more exciting. It's intense, fast, and blacker than black. Zoom!

Zoom Fast Black Lash creates the most intensely black lashes while adding dramatic volume and length. The formula includes carbon black pigment, which creates the deepest, richest black ever. ZFBL contains silica to add volume and create beautiful, high drama lashes. Panthenol and pantethine help to condition and strengthen each lash while a derivative of vitamin e and sodium hyaluronate help keep the lashes hydrated, soft and flexible. The patented, perfectly sculpted brush ahs 3-sided fibres that grip onto each lash, separating and coating each lash evenly in one stroke. ZFBL is smudge proof, non-flaking, long-wearing, ophalmologist-and dermatologist-tested.

Shade: Deepest Black - The blackest of blacks

This is available right now!

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Hot Mess Monday: Ugly Times Three

This is what Cate Blanchett decided to wear to the opening of the Screen Worlds exhibition in Melbourne, Australia. This brings tears to my eyes. It is quite possible the ugliest outfit in the history of fashion. If you don't agree with me - we can not be friends anymore.

Here is Mischa Barton at the What Goes Around Comes Around collection party in NYC. I hate the colour of this Hervé Léger body-con dress. I also hate the pattern. It is just altogether heinous. Please also take a good look at her face, it looks like death. On the verge of another breakdown, Mischa??

Here is Drew Barrymore looking extremely hideous with her two tone hairstyle. I can't express in words how ugly her hair looks. She looks like a rebellious teenager. Nice teal tights honey. FUG.

Happy Monday...

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Fabulous Friday - Ciara

Happy Friday!! Here is Ciara working it at New York Fashion Week. She looks fabulous in a black embellished LBD and nude Christian Louboutin (love) pumps. I also really love her hair long and wavy. She made a few appearances at New York Fashion Week and she looked amazing everywhere she went. She definitely has class. Nice work, Ciara.

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Chanel Coco Cocoon

Lily Allen is the face of the new handbag line, Chanel Coco Cocoon, which is set to debut in October of this year. The line brings a fun twist to Chanel handbags as the bags are reversible. And straying from the expected, the Coco Cocoon line sports puffy leather. Lily Allen looks regal in a campaign for Chanel's forthcoming handbag. The company is no stranger to Lily; indeed Karl Lagerfeld has been a fan for some time. The German-born designer says: 'She looks a lot like Gabrielle Chanel and she is a self-made woman. She is cool, young and extremely witty. She is extremely inspiring and is completely taken with the bags - with her typical English casualness!'
I have never thought of Lily Allen as someone who could model for such a high class line, but she looks unrecognizable in the photographs, and I must say they are phenomenal - very Audrey Hepburn.

What do you think of Chanel's new line of handbags?

PS. I just came across this picture and I wanted to share it with everyone. I think it is hilarious. love it!

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Makeup Junkie Heaven: Murale

I have been meaning to post about Murale for about a week now; better late than never, right? Murale opened up to the public on September 4th and I decided to drag my boyfriend for a little shopping spree on the 5th. I absolutely loved it. It is very similar to Sephora, but it is less crowded with fixtures so it is much more shopper friendly. It is packed with great brands such as Nars, Benefit, Smashbox and much more. They also have a full range of Chanel and YSL make up, something that Sephora in Canada is lacking. The store is also fully equipped with any brand of perfume or cologne that you may be looking for. The store also offers some great services such as personalized beauty services by Murale, Benefit Brow Bar, professional skincare services by Natura Bisse, Sensation Chocolat Paris and Clarins, and professional botanical skin care services by Darphin. Murale is located at Shops at Don Mills and is owned by Shoppers Drug Mart so with every purchase you can collect Optimum Points! Be sure to check it out!

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M∙A∙C Cosmetics Designs Exclusive Tattoo Makeup Seen at the Rodarte Spring/Summer 2010 Runway Show

WHAT: M∙A∙C Senior Artist, Chantel Miller designed the Maori-inspired geometric tattoo makeup seen on the runways at the Rodarte Spring/Summer 2010 runway show today. Chantel worked in close collaboration with designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy and key makeup artist James Kaliardos (for M∙A∙C) over the course of 4 weeks to create the full-sleeve, half-sleeve and neck tattoo designs, which are meant to evoke the feeling of a futuristic tribe.

HOW: The morning of the show, Chantel, who specializes in body painting, spent 4 intensive hours with a team of 40 artists hand painting the elaborate body art. Each model received a customized combination of the designs depending on which look they were wearing in the show. There were; 4 different full-sleeve, 1 neck and 8 half-sleeve designs. To get the look Chantel recommends trying a combination of the below products. She says, “Application is key to creating a body-art look like this, so the brushes play an essential part.”

M∙A∙C PRODUCTS USED: PRO Micronized Airbrush in Black Black
Brush 252
Brush 242
PRO Mixing Medium/Alcohol Base
Liquidlast Liner in Point Black

WHY: “The idea for the tattoos stemmed from Kate and Laura’s desire to celebrate makeup as art not only for the face, but also for the body in a similar way that Indian culture uses henna. They want women to look at makeup as an accessory for an outfit the way you would a bracelet or a necklace,” said Chantel Miller.

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MAC Cosmetics: Style Black

From "Back to Black" beehive and eyeliner to Steven "80s" Sprouse-in-the-House kohl and fringe to Gareth Pugh London New Goth, Black is simply beyond. Lips, nails, eyes - there's no more dramatic way to declare your desire, separate your sensibility, celebrate your magnetism. They WILL surrender to a Blackfire Glimmerglass, Rapidblack Penultimate Eyeliner, a slash of Greasepaint Stick, and the hot scratch of Baby Goth Girl Nail Lacquer. Style Black is a way of life, a shadowy and mysterious figure of fantasy, even for just one dark and dangerous night.

Something's smoldering. Mad, bad, and delirious. Danger boy. Androgynous girl. Explicitly erotic, whip-smart exotic, and in-your-face expressive. Wicked ideas, archly executed with the dark attitude of a slightly curled upper lip. The eruption will rock you, with Volcanic Ash Exfoliator, Volcanic Ash Mask, and Cream Colour Base...changes the mood to permanent midnight, around the clock. The Dark Knight power of Style Black. Where there's smoke, there's ire...Twilight will bright it out in you.

This is a two-part collection that will all be released at the same time.

Style Black - Colour

Lipsticks:

Black Knight - Creamy true black (cremesheen)

Mattenes:

Midnight Media - Dense matte black

Night Violet - Deep purple grape

Glimmerglass:

This is a new lip product. They are in the same packaging as the Dazzleglass tubes and have a brush applicator.

Bling Black - Sheer black with gold pearl

Blackfire - Sheer black with pink purple pearl

Blackware - Creamy true black

Mineralize Eye Shadows:

Cinderfella - Black with silver pearl

Young Punk - Black with pink purple pearl

Gilt by Association - Black with gold bronze pearl

Blue Flame - Black with blue pearl

Grease Paintstick:

Intense Black - Black base with purple shimmer. These are water/smudge-resistant.

Penultimate Liner:

Rapidblack - True black

Eye Kohl:

Smolder - Intense Black

Nail Lacquer:

Nocturnelle - True black

Seriously Hip - Black with gold particle pearl

Baby Goth Girl - Black with pink and purple pearl

Tools:

#214 Short Shader Brush - Short, rounded, double-chiselled brush with soft, natural bristles. Can be used with shadow to line and smudge around the lash line and very effective for densely shading lids.

Style Black - Face

Skincare:

Volcanic Ash Exfoliator

For all skin types. Volcanic ash (in the form of mineral-rich clay), sugar crystals and natural enzymes combine to exfoliate and remove excess oils from the skin.

NOTE: The VAE also contains sulfer, so be careful if you have sensitivies to it.

Volcanic Ash Thermal Mask

VATM contains natural volcanic ash to cleanse and treat the skin. The mineral-rich ash works with oat kernel flour to help absorb excess oil from the skin's surface. A combo of natural oils (lavendar, sunflower, safflower seed and evening primrose) help lubricate the skin, leaving it feeling soft and moisturized. It helps to even out the skin's texture and leaves the skin feeling smooth and perfected for makeup application. The unique formula glides effortlessly onto the skin, allowing ample playtime. The mask heats up on the skin when used with water and removes impurities from the surface, leaving skin looking radiant and fresh. Use 1-3 times a week. Derm-tested, non-acnegenic and for all skins. 3.4oz

NOTE: The VATM also contains sulfer, so be careful if you have sensitivies to it.

Cream Colour Base:

Black - Creamy true black

Bat Black - Burgundy black with pink pearl

This collection will be available on September 24th!

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MAC Cosmetics: Process Colour Collection

Ladies, MAC Cosmetics Pro stores will be making some wonderful additions to their collection. Check out the details below...

Pigments

• Cyan (working name) - Cyan blue
• Magenta (working name) - Matte magenta
• Black Black - Black
• Primary Yellow - Bright primary yellow

Chromalines

• Cyan (working name) - Cyan blue
• Magenta (working name) - Matte magenta
• Black Black - Black
• Primary Yellow - Bright primary yellow

Paint Sticks

• Cyan (working name) - Cyan blue
• Magenta (working name) - Matte magenta
• Black Black - Black
• Primary Yellow - Bright primary yellow

Chromacakes

• Cyan (working name) - Cyan blue
• Magenta (working name) - Matte magenta
• Black Black - Black
• Primary Yellow - Bright primary yellow

Airbrush Formulas

• Cyan (working name) - Cyan blue
• Magenta (working name) - Matte magenta
• Black Black - Black
• Primary Yellow - Bright primary yellow

These new additions will be available on September 17th!

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Hot Mess Monday - Victoria Beckham, Rihanna and Taylor Momsen

This Monday we have three times the fun. These outfits were so bad that I had to post them immediately. First up we have Victoria Beckham...

Vicky, I love you, but this is too much. First off, the eye make up...why? Seriously, why?! Why do you need so much?! You look like you have two black eyes!! Next, the outfit and shoes. Although thigh high boots are the "it" thing...these Gucci's make me think of dirty hookers...is that strange? Paired with that dress, she should have left Fashion Night Out at Bergdorf Goodman's and gone to the corner...

Next up we have Rihanna...

The alien has landed. Rihanna's style has gotten crazier and crazier. I hate this hooded dress and the studded booties. Don't even get my started on her sunglasses. All I want to know is....can you see?! Where is her stylist?! Someone help her!!!

Last, but not least...ladies and gentlemen...may I present to you Taylor Momsen...age 16...

Courtney Love in training...I think her mother is getting parenting tips from Dina Lohan. Taylor will be in rehab by the time she is 19, if not sooner. If this girl isn't a hot mess, then I don't know what is...

Happy Monday!!

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Fabulous Friday - Blake Lively

Here is Blake Lively dazzling in a sapphire sheath dress from the Victoria Beckham dress collection, paired with Christian Louboutin pumps at the Saks Fifth Avenue launch of their new designer floor. I absolutely love every single dress from Beckham’s collection. They are all so simple and chic. If you haven’t already checked out her designs, be sure to do so!

Happy Friday everyone!

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