As the year comes to a close I felt the need to share my top three items/collections from 2009 - three because, come on, I couldn't pick just one! Companies put out some really beautiful and thoughtfully designed pieces this... Read more →

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas! I headed up to see my family and then off to the Big Apple for a few days in the hopes of finding this treasure from Cle de Peau. Simply named the Holiday... Read more →

Welcome to the 2nd holiday exhibition by the Makeup Museum! I actually have a theme this year, which is "Crystal Sparkle" since so many of these holiday items are decked out in crystals. Enjoy! Main exhibition: MAC Holidazzle postcard, Stila... Read more →

Yesterday's post reminded me that last year (a year ago today, actually!) I pitted Dior's and Armani's holiday palettes against each other since both prominently featured crystals to see who did a better design with them. This year both companies... Read more →

Armani loves to break out the Swarovski crystals this time of year (see last year's holiday palette) but like the 2008 palette this doesn't seem to have much to do with Armani fashion. There isn't any sort of attempt to... Read more →

My inner Francophile is working overtime these days, it seems. Oh, to be French and fabulous. This new palette from Too-Faced is très cute! (image from sephora.com) Read more →

MAC's latest collection, Baroque Boudoir, features a pretty damask design "etched like the fine filigree of a French baroque settee" according to the website. French baroque settee?! Let's see if the pattern resembles French Baroque style at all. Lip gloss... Read more →

I've been excited for this collection ever since I heard about it a few months ago. Shu has done another wonderful collaboration for their holiday collection, this year with designer Tsumori Chisato. Chisato got her start in 1977 working for... Read more →

Maybe it's all the planning and research I'm doing for my trip to Paris next year, but I'm drawn to anything French these days. Naturally when I saw this collection I had to have every item, especially after finding out... Read more →

BellaSugar posted pictures of some truly amazing vintage compacts today, dating from the 1920s through the '50s. The detail on some of them was astonishing, and the materials they were made out of - Bakelite, sterling silver, to name a... Read more →