Happy Friday everyone! September is a big month for beauty lovers, there are a number of new product launches and gift with purchase events. Space NK and Barneys New York have phenomenal beauty gift bags coming up next week, I’ll have more details posted shortly, but I recommend you start making your lists. The price points for the minimum buy is on the higher end, but the gifts they have are best I’ve seen in the industry.
Some items on my beauty radar:
Diptyque has a number of beautiful new items for fall. There is a beautiful La Redoute Candle (1) with a marble ceramic jar. Ambre (2) now comes in larger amber tinted hand-blown glass jar. There is also a new Vanille Candle (3). I smelled it at the South Coast Plaza boutique months ago (they had a preview) and it’s a lovely smokey vanilla, perfect for fall.
Dior has released a new lip item called Rouge Dior Baume (4). Saks has an early exclusive this month. These are supposed to be lip balms with rich pigment. There are 15 shades Dior describes as “easy to wear” ranging from soft nudes, feminine pinks, and luminous fuchsias.
Hourglass Cosmetics fans will be thrilled to know they open their first boutique at the end of this month (5). Also on my radar is their newly repackaged Illusion Hyaluronic Skin Tint (6). I played briefly with the colors at Sephora last week but was in a rush so I didn’t get to look at the colors in detail.
Tom Ford Fall Beauty collections have been incredibly difficult to locate for some. Items have sold out at a record pace online. If you found that you missed out, don’t fret, items keep restocking online so don’t give up. Both of the Contouring Cheek Color Duos in Softcore and Stroked (7) are now online at Nordstrom and have been restocked at Neiman Marcus (see this post for my swatches).
Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has been on everyone’s beauty radar. I have been really impressed with the Lip Lustre Lip Lacquers (8) and K.I.S.S.I.N.G. Lipsticks (9). She has some outstanding neutrals.
Bobbi Brown has a new Limited-Edition set called the Mixed Metals Collection (10). It’s exclusive to Neiman Marcus and Bobbibrowncosmetics.com. I hope to have the swatches completed this weekend to post early next week (keeping fingers crossed I’ll have the time).
The 30 shades of Christian Louboutin Nail Polish have launched in The Pops, The Nudes and The Noirs (11) (featured above). I don’t have a store near me that carries them yet, so I’ll be relying on online reviews and swatches. I did order a few of the colors from Nordstrom sight unseen. My fingers are working as fast as they can to swatch the colors I picked out.
What’s on your beauty radar?
Do you have any leads on a site that has all 30 Christian Louboutin nail swatches posted? I'm overwhelmed by all the options and would like to compare them before I pull the trigger. I've only been able to find swatches of Rouge Louboutin so far!
Unfortunately no. I've been googling but swatches are very limited so far, they literally just launched on August 31 and with the Labor Day holiday, items weren't shipped until either the 2nd or 3rd if you ordered right away. I suspect more will pop up in the next few weeks or so.
I did a presale for some of the shades on Nordstrom and Saks and my orders shipped very quickly.
I can't wait to see which nail colours you selected, and swatches. I purchased the classic red shade and am amazed with the chip resistance, a whole week! Unheard of from me. Dior makes such great lip products I bet the baumes will be no different, my poor wallet.
Sounds promising! I have the red shade and have been testing it, it's such a gorgeous red. I can't wait to try the others 🙂
will you be reviewing the new dior star foundation? sounds promising and would really like to know your opinion on it.especially how it compares to other high end foundations.
i'm on the fence about getting the dior star or the new ysl encre de peau
Hi Alexandra, at this time probably not, I already splurged on a few foundations from Cle de Peau Beaute, YSL and NARS. I might give the Dior a look at the counter and if I can get a tiny sample I will give it a try.
Oh, I am looking forward to here your thoughts about Cle De Peau Foundation:)
tnx very much. i would really appreciate it.your blog is awesome. i allways am interested in high end purchases. you only have one life.might as well use only the best of the best
Hi Sabrina,
Happy Friday! I love the gorgeous marbling on Diptyque La Redoute! I'll have to add that to my lemming list 🙂
I'm looking forward to your Charlotte Tilbury reviews — the K.I.S.S.I.N.G. lipstick shades look lovely.
Love the look of all of Charlotte Tilbury's products but have never actually bought anything, would love to see a review on what you thought about them 🙂
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I'm pretty excited about the Tom Ford collection, except that it sells out so fast. I will get Nude Dip! Loved your review on it.
I am looking forward to those Dior baumes too. I can't bring myself to spend $50 on nail polish so I'll probably skip the Laboutin. When I see your swatches I'll probably change my mind. I was looking forward to the new Smith & Cult polishes from the woman who started Urban Decay. I got four of them from Net-a-Porter last week and they do not disappoint. These are some gorgeous nail polishes. Every shade I bought is to die for. I also bought all four of the new Armani polishes. the counter I visited only had testers left and I fell in love with all of them. She was able to locate all of them online for me so I managed to get them. I am a little concerned though because that was Monday and they still have not shipped. I'm wishing I had waited and ordered them from the Armani website instead. they dry matte which isn't really my thing but with a gel topcoat I think I will love them. I love Charlotte Tilbury's lipstick in Stoned Rose and the lip pencil in Pillowtalk. I am also impressed with the Retoucher, it is an impressive concealer. On my radar is the Chanel loose powder foundation being released this month and I already have one of the new By Terry blush/highlighters set aside for me to pick up on the 10th for their beauty event. The price point for the product is astounding ($105!) but when I tried it on I fell in love. Thanks for the info about the upcoming Barney's event I have a bunch of things I want there so now will be the time to buy.
The Bobbi collection looks so amazing! Such a shame it's exclusive.
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The Dior baum looks interesting! And so is the Louboutin polishes. Only if it doesn't cost that much 🙁
Dior Baumes and Candles look fabulous! I'm definitely buying those Dior's rouges!
Lots of love, xx
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