NARS Fall Collection 2010!

Hello Divas!

I hope your day is Fantabulous! Remember to always do your best even when you think no one is watching!

Luxetips is bringing you a preview of another Fall Collection: NARS 2010.  Okay let's just take a moment to gaze at his gorgeous picture of Daphne Guinness wearing products from the Collection. Beautiful!

I am a NARS blush fanatic!  Although I think their eyeshadows are fabulous,  I have yet to purchase any of their them.  I love my Lancome shadows! LOL!  But after looking at this Collection, I have to have the deep violet and gold eyeshadow! Insane!

As Francois Nars describes himself, this Collection is "old-Hollywood meets Futuristic"  "It is sexy, sultry, sexy, daring, and decadent."  And indeed it is.  The Collection features vibrant intense colors for the eyes; subtle glow for the cheeks and a soft or strong lip.  Clearly the eyes will be the main feature in this Collection, so soft cheeks and lips is a nice compliment.

Some notables from this Collection are:

Daphne Single Eyeshadow

Mangrove Single Eyeshadow

Palladium Soft Touch Shadow Pencil. A beautiful turquoise green eyeshadow pencil. I have o have this!

Strawberry Fields lip gloss

Rouge Basque "Brick Red" lipstick. Classic.

The Collection is available now on NARS website.  Also you get free shipping on orders $50 or more.

Toodles!

Mercedez-Benz New York Fashion Week: Backstage with Lancome

Hello Divas!

I hope your life is wonderful! It is so cold but still beautiful and sunny!  I love the Sun!

Although I could not attend Fashion Week this Spring, I still had to bring you Divas details from Backstage.  I was fortunate to get the scoop on Fall Make-up trends created by my fav luxe beauty brand, Lancome. 

First up the Victoria Beckam Show.  Lancome lead make-up artist, Francelle, created a look that included nude lips, silver eyes, and  shimmery skin.  Francelle's inspiration for this look was 1930's Old Hollywood Glamour.  Francelle derived this inspiration from Victoria Beckam Fall 2010 Collection which had a "Dick Tracy" vibe.  The products used are as follows:

Lancôme Color Design Eyeshadow in Optic and Crème Lustré Lancôme --Lancôme Ombre Magnetique in Silver (NEW for Fall 2010)
--Lancôme Hypnôse Drama Mascara in Excessive Black
--Lancôme Ageless Minérale Perfecting and Setting Mineral Powder in Translucent
--Giorgio Armani Fluid Sheer #1
--Lancôme Blush Subtil in Miel Glace
--Lancôme Effacernes Waterproof Concealer (used on the lips)
--Lancôme L'Absolu Rouge Lipstick in Rich Cashmere

Here is the look!

 

The clothes!

 

  

 
 

Pure Hotness! These clothes are only for serious Divas! Yes, lounging in South Beach on a cool Fall night with my Louboutins and a hot dress! Yesssss!!! 

Lancome also created the look for the Chris Benz Fall 2010 Collection show. Lancome lead make-up artist, Daniel Martin, created a "Gothic Chic" look to compliment Chris's line.  This look included smokey eyes in hues of charcoal grey and chocolate and for the lips, a "gradated" gothy lip using a matte lipstick and topping it off with Juicy Tubes lip gloss.

The products used were:

-- Lancôme Ombre Magnétique in Black (NEW for Fall 2010)

-- Lancôme Color Design Eye Shadow in Guest List

-- Lancôme Le Stylo Waterproof EyeLiner in Noir

-- Lancôme Hypnôse Drama Mascara in Excessive Black

-- Lancôme Le Crayon Poudre brow pencil in Sable (used as lip liner)

-- Lancôme Color Design Matte lipstick in Bronze Show (available in mid-March, exclusively at Macy’s)

-- Lancôme Juicy Tubes in Hallucination

-- Lancôme Photôgenic Lumessence foundation

-- Shu Uemura Sheer loose powder

-- Lancôme Blush Subtil in Mauve Coquette  

-- Lancôme Blush Subtil in Cappuccine (for the contour)

-- Lancôme nail polish in Sweet Nude (part of a mini trio, new for fall)

The Look!

 

 I am loving this look for fall! As a matter of fact, I am going to attempt to re-create it pronto. I love make-up and this look is giving me so much inspiration to do it up!

The Clothes!

Toodles!

New York Fashion Week: Aveda Backstage At Christian Siriano

Hello Divas!

I am back! Yes I have been on a little hiatus, yes sometimes the Diva needs rest! But never fear, I am bringing my fab readers all the backstage hotness during Mercedez-Benz Fashion Week!

The fabulous hair stylists from Aveda, worked their magic at the Christian Siriano and Jason Wu shows.  And apparently up-dos will still be the trend for Fall 2010.  However, these up-dos are a bit more chic and glamourous!

When Christiano was creating his Fall 2010 line, he said his inspiration was "Parisian Women from the 1960s and the idea of getting "dressed up" from morning to evening."  "The line includes soft romantic shapes that compliment strong structured jackets, coats, and cocktail dresses."  Funny my friend Natasha and I were just having a dicussion about how women really dressed up in the 60s and our generation is so missing that. But I digress.   Lead Aveda Stylist, Antoinette Beenders drew from Christian Siriano's inspiration and created a 1960s Parision Glamour Wave Updo using Aveda Control Force Hairspray.  She said this look is great for a "very chic and glamourous evening."  I love it! Back to Glamour we go!

Simply Gorgeous!

Toodles!