RMK has borrowed a page from the playbooks of MAC, Smashbox and Addiction by bringing us a collaboration with NYC-based street artist/painter Bradley Theodore. Alas, the stand-out piece in the RMK Street Essence collection is only sold at Japanese department... Read more →

This week's links. - Did you know there's an entire museum dedicated to miniature perfume bottles? I had no idea until the Mini Museum contacted me on Twitter. Now to find out how they made the leap from a virtual... Read more →

As you may know I occasionally receive emails from folks needing help identifying vintage makeup items. Today's post highlights several lovely vintage compacts, pictures of which were sent to me by a woman whose grandmother had passed away and left... Read more →

This was quite a delightful Chinese New Year surprise from Shu. In honor of the holiday, the company chose to feature the work of the Qiang people of the Sichuan province of China. Consisting of a population numbering around 310,000,... Read more →

Ah, Yves Saint Laurent. I had high hopes that last year's Chinese New Year palette would be the start of a renaissance for the brand in terms of collectible items, but unfortunately they continued their trend of bland, fairly nondescript... Read more →

Sigh. As you might have guessed I'm not still not feeling great. I'm hoping come spring both of the health issues I've been dealing with since last summer will be solved and I'll be posting more regularly, but for now... Read more →

Edvard Munch, Kiss by the Window, 1892 Eye Tints, Armani, spring 2015 Read more →

How cute are these two? (image from style.com) I must say that upon first glance this collection didn't do much for me, or at least the packaging didn't. Then I started reading up on the fashion super duo behind MAC's... Read more →