It's just a few hours before it's officially 2016 here on the East Coast, so with that in mind, here are the Curator's picks and pans in makeup packaging/design for 2015. I'll start with the picks. 1. PaiPai! This new-to-me... Read more →

In looking at this picture of my holiday beauty haul I realized it's very lip product heavy - only a scant 3 eye products and an eyeliner brush made it in. The rest of the color items are all lip... Read more →

For his holiday 2015 creation for Cosme Decorte, Marcel Wanders came up with another fairy-themed compact. "The Secret Nymph" powder depicts what I'm assuming is a forest nymph, encased in a white case engraved with one of Wanders' floral patterns.... Read more →

If you celebrate Christmas, I hope Santa was good to you! If not, I hope you had a great week. I had a nice time visiting my parents and made out like a bandit present-wise, which I'll be posting about... Read more →

As soon as I got wind of this collection over at A Touch of Blusher I started coveting it. According to PJ, this was the first time Pola's BA line ventured into color cosmetics. The collection was also created in... Read more →

Paul & Joe wasn't the only one who did a mask theme this holiday. Clé de Peau's Le Bal Masqué also sought to capture the mystery and intrigue of the masquerade ball. And in my opinion they did a much... Read more →

While there wasn't much of a description of Le Bal Masque, obviously Paul & Joe went for a masquerade ball theme this holiday season. I liked the image of a woman in a black cat mask adorning the bag full... Read more →

I spotted this palette way back in the fall at British Beauty Blogger and knew I had to get my hands on it. Shiseido teamed up with Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto to create their Festive Camellia palette for the... Read more →

Links for the week, plus some holiday decor pics :) - Did you buy a fancy candle for someone on your Christmas list? No? That's surprising, given that the sale of luxury candles has apparently skyrocketed recently. - We already... Read more →

I was having a good amount of difficulty devising a cohesive holiday exhibition this year. So many non-traditional holiday designs abounded - from Smashbox's brightly colored sets courtesy of Yago Hortal to Shu's Maison Kitsuné collab, it was tricky to... Read more →