Archive for March, 2008

MAC FAFI

Monday, March 31st, 2008

When the MAC Fafi Collection was first launched I was not sure what or who a Fafi was! I now know better. Born and raised in Toulouse France, Fafi’s strong presence in the graffiti and fine arts scene was first witnessed on her hometown walls in 1994. She drew enormous attention and thus started to travel the world with thousands of ‘Fafinettes’ in her brushes and paint cans.

MAC worked exclusively with the Paris-based artist to create three distinct ‘Fafinette’ characters: Monoka, Ermine, and Eriko that embody the signature depictions of sexy, liberated girls that have earned Fafi a devout following in the street art world. When Jennifer Balbier, SVP Product Development for MAC Worldwide, was asked what the ultimate Fafinette face was, she responded: “The look is toned-down skin with heavier emphasis on eyes and a girly mouth. She’s colourful, but the texture is light.”

The Fafi collection is a hip spring colour collection filled with bold, empowering hues, unapologetically girly lip shades of pearly pinks and tangerine reds, iridescent powder, brown, blue and green Paint Pots and Quads, and whimsical cosmetic accessories.

Here is the collection:

IRIDESCENT PRESSED POWDER
Sassed-up: Soft coral pink with gold sparkle
Verve-acaious: Intense yellow gold with gold pearl
Belightful: Gilded peach bronze

POWDER BLUSH
Hipness: Intense coral with soft white pearl
Fashion Frenzy: Mid-tone blue pink

EYE SHADOW X 4
Fafi Eyes 1
Howzat: Deep grey with silver sparkle (satin)
Hey: Neutral tan with white pearl (veluxe pearl)
Pink Venus: Washed pink (lustre)
Vanilla: Soft pale-peachy-ivory flecked with shimmer (velvet)


Fafi Eyes 2
Bold as Gold: Yellow gold with gold pearl (lustre)
You’re Fresh: Pale green with silver sparkle (lustre)
Shockwave: Intense orange with silver sparkle (velvet)
Prankster: Muted dark blue (satin)

PAINT POT
Nice Vice: Dirty purple with purple pearl (frost)
Girl Friendly: Creamy grey pink (cream)
Layin’ Low: Creamy beige (cream)
Cash Flow: Green gold with gold pearl (frost)
Perky: Cream coral with white pearl (satin)
Rollickin’: Aqua blue green with white pearl (frost)

FLUIDLINE
Blacktrack: Solid flat black


EYE KOHL
Smolder: Intense black
Fascinating: Snake-eyes matte white



ZOOM LASH

Zoomblack: Rich black

LIPSTICK
Fun ‘n’ Sexy: Blue pink with blue pearl (glaze)
Not So Innocent: Sheer tan with pink and peach pearl (glaze)
Utterly Frivolous: Rosy coral with pink pearl (lustre)
High Top: Grey purple with blue pearl (glaze)
Flash-n-Dash: Intense tangerine red with pink pearl (glaze)
Strawbaby: Coral rose with rainbow pearl (lustre)

LIPGLASS
Cult Fave: Blue mid-tone pink with white pearl (frost)
Sugar Trance: Creamy soft pink with white and rainbow pearl (frost)
Squeeze It: Brassy plum (frost)
Totally It: Sheer bright pink with intense pink pearl (frost)

NAIL LACQUER
Girls Will Be Girls: Pink with coral pearl
Boom!: Rich eggplant with purple pearl

BRUSHES
210 Precise Eye Liner Firm, extra-fine tip brush for precision lining with emollient or water-based products. Replacement to old M·A·C 210 Eye Liner Brush.

129SH Powder/Blush (with decorated pouch) Soft natural fluffed dome Brush for application of powder products on cheeks and face. In a special decorated Fafi-themed pouch.

208 Angled Brow Brush Firm, angled tip Brush for precision application of brow and eye-lining product.

182 Buffer Brush Ultra-soft, large, rounded dome tip Brush for use with powder face and cheek product.

www.maccosmetics.com

SEPHORA: The Ultimate Beauty Guide

Monday, March 31st, 2008

SEPHORA. Ah, how that name makes my heart race, I become breathless and my eyes glaze over in pure happiness. I first discovered Sephora when I was on a business trip in Las Vegas and stumbled upon the heavenly Venetian Hotel location. That was almost 10 years ago, and since then I try and visit a store once every couple of weeks. Now in addition to their stores and beauty products there will be Sephora: The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin and Hair from the Beauty Authority, hitting shelves in a couple of weeks.

Former Sephora beauty editor and current fashion and beauty journalist Melissa Schweiger has written this amazing guide that will make you feel like your have your own personal team of beauty experts, advising you on how to look and feel knockout-gorgeous every day. Each chapter shares the finest beauty tips, tricks and secrets; to quotes and advice from the movers and shakers of the industry.

I have read this book cover to cover about three times now and I think my favourite chapters are: Faking It, which recommends products and techniques to enhance our strengths and downplay those weaknesses; Secret Ingredients, that shares information on those new fancy ingredients in our beauty products, like Acai, Goji Berry and Neuropeptides; and The Future of Beauty where experts such as Maureen Kelly, Oscar Blandi, Dr. Howard Murad and Dean Factor, share their predictions for the future of health and beauty.

I definitely recommend you pick up a copy of this guide and add it to your daily beauty routine.

Available April 15, 2008

Go Blue (bliss blue, that is) to be Green

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Earth Day is on April 22nd and bliss wants to make it a spa-tacular day…

Bring in a recycled bliss bag to any one of their spa locations on April 22nd, and they will give you 20% off any purchase of bliss and Laboratoire Remède products.

While blue might be their bread-and-butter, being a little ‘green’ can only mean more bliss for everyone.

www.blissworld.com www.earthday.net

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