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Bobbi Brown Forest Shimmer Ink Gel Liner & Honeysuckle Lip Crayon

July 21, 2009

Bobbi Brown’s newest Ivy League collection is centered around a green-colored theme for fall. Today I picked up 2 items: the new Forest Shimmer Ink Gel Liner and Honeysuckle Lip Crayon. Other items in the collection included a new angled eyeshadow brush, a new eyeshadow and 5 other lip crayons.

The other lip crayons were on the brighter/more intense side. If you’re a fan of bright rich pinks, you will love Wild Rose and Posey. If you’re into nudes, then you’ll like Honeysuckle (for a peachy nude) and Dusty Nude (for a nude brown with slight pink). This first round I passed on Dusty Nude because it seemed similar to some other colors I already own but I will be checking back on it again later.

The new e/s brush was nice, but not a must have in my opinion.

Pics, swatches, and comparisons!

Forest Shimmer Ink & Honeysuckle:

Forest Shimmer Ink versus Ivy Shimmer Ink and Clinique Egyptian:

Swatch comparisons:

1. Bobbi Brown Long-wear Gel Eyeliner Ivy Shimmer Ink
2. Bobbi Brown Long-wear Gel Eyeliner Forest Shimmer Ink
3. Clinique Brush-On Cream Liner Egyptian (now only available in the pencil cream shaper form)
4. MAC Kohl Power Black Karat
5. Nars Eyeliner Kyoto
6. Laura Mercier Kohl Eye Pencil Black Jade
7. Bobbi Brown Lip Crayon Honeysuckle
8. Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil Belle du Jour
9. Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil Café Con Leche
10. MAC Cremestick Liner Honey B. (this was recently put on the MAC Goodbyes List, still might be available at local MAC stores and Nordstrom counters – happens to be my HG ylbb nude)
11. MAC Cremestick Liner Summerfruit
12. Bobbi Brown Lip Liner Beige

Like greenish shades? Here are some other green shadows:

1. MAC Lustre Eyeshadow Greensmoke
2. MAC Starflash Eyeshadow Mink & Sable (discontinued, but similar to MAC Sumptuous Olive Eyeshadow)
3. MAC Eyeshadow Saturnal
4. Bobbi Brown Long-wear Gel Eyeliner Ivy Shimmer Ink
5. Bobbi Brown Long-wear Gel Eyeliner Forest Shimmer Ink
6. Urban Decay Eyeshadow Rush (has a khaki slight greenish tinge)
7. Bobbi Brown Metallics Trio in Forest Metallics: Sage, Basalm, Forest (note Sage & Forest are available individually)

More green eyeliner swatches:

Color Focus: Smokey Eyes Part 5 (Blues & Greens)

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Nordstrom Beauty Exclusives Haul Part 2

July 17, 2009

Part 2 of my haul includes:

Bobbi Brown Must Have Set, which includes:
* 7-well lip palette with lip brush (featuring Italian Rose Creamy Lip Color, Nude Pink Lip Color, Heather Buff Creamy Lip Color, Uber Pink Creamy Lip Color, Baby Peach Metallic Creamy Lip Color, Dusk Metallic Lip Color and Kir Metallic Lip Color)
* two-pan eyeshadow palette with Nude Beach Metallic Eye Shadow &Hot Stone Eye Shadow
* full-size Espresso Ink Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner
* mini black Everything Mascara
* new mini dual-ended eyeshadow/ultra-fine eyeliner brush

The entire set from nordstrom.com:

Close up of the lip palette:

Close up of Nude Beach & Hot Stone:

Close up of Espresso Ink:



Trish McEvoy Simplicity Little Black Card, set from nordstrom.com:

Top Deck includes: Weekend Allover Face Color, Natural Blush, Rose Quartz Glaze Eyeshadow, Iris Eyeshadow, and Navy Cream Definer



Bottom Deck includes: Pink Rose Lipstick, Jolie Lipstick, Simply Glamorous Lip Gloss, and 2 Brightening Line Minimizing Concealers




Chanel Rose de Vents Nail Polish:
L to R: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5



Chanel Rose de Vents Nail Polish swatches:
1. Chanel Rose Blossom
2. Chanel Rose de Vents
3. MAC Abstract
4. OPI Dancing in the Isles
5. Shu Uemura P927

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Color Focus: Smokey Eyes Part 5 (Blues & Greens)

June 24, 2009

Part 5 includes blues and greens with eyeliners and eyeshadows mixed in:
(Note all eyeshadows are applied dry, but with a heavy hand over Laura Mercier Stick Foundation to help the color adhere)

Eyeliner swatches:
1. Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof Long Lasting Eyeliner – Marine
2. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Indigo Ink
3. Nars Single Eyeshadow – Thunderball
4. MAC Velvet Eyeshadow – Top Knot
5. MAC Velvet Eyeshadow – Contrast
6. MAC Matte Eyeshadow – Meet the Fleet
7. MAC Pigment – Naval Blue
8. Giorgio Armani Maestro Eyeshadow – #21
9. Giorgio Armani Maestro Eyeshadow – #23 (same as the GA Original #4)
10. MAC Pro Pigment – Deep Blue Green
11. MAC Lustre Eyeshadow – Greensmoke
12. Chanel Les 4 Ombres de Chanel Quadra Eye Shadow – Murano (bottom right shade)
13. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Ivy Shimmer Ink
14. Chanel Le Crayon Kohl Intense Eye Pencil – Black Jade
15. Nars Eyeliner Pencil – Kyoto
16. Laura Mercier Kohl Eye Pencil – Antique Jade
17. Laura Mercier Kohl Eye Pencil – Black Turquoise

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Color Focus: Smokey Eyes Part 4 (Mauves & Plums)

June 23, 2009

Part 4 includes mauves and plums with Bobbi Brown Black Ink as a true-black baseline:

Eyeliner swatches:
1. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Black Ink
2. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Cocoa Mauve Ink
3. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Black Plum Ink
4. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Black Mauve Shimmer Ink
5. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Violet Ink
6. Chanel Le Crayon Yeux Precision Eye Definer – Violet Smoke
7. MAC Eye Kohl – Prunella
8. Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil – Rockstar
9. Laura Mercier Kohl Eye Pencil – Black Violet
10. Chanel Le Crayon Kohl Intense Eye Pencil – Ambre
11. MAC Kohl Power Pencil – Raven
12. Nars Single Eyeshadow – Night Fever (applied wet)
13. MAC Eyeshadow – Smut
14. Bobbi Brown Shimmer Wash Eyeshadow – Black Plum SW
15. Bobbi Brown Metallic Eyeshadow – After Hours
16. Giorgio Armani Maestro Eyeshadow – #18

Shadow swatches (some repeats):
(note for the shadows, skin was prepped with Estee Lauder Idealist to help the shadow adhere to the skin, all shadows applied dry except for Nars Night Fever – but they were all applied with a heavy hand)

1. MAC Eyeshadow – Beauty Marked
2. MAC Eyeshadow – Smut
3. Nars Single Eyeshadow – Night Fever
4. Chanel Ombre Essentielle Soft Touch Eyeshadow – Magic Night
5. MAC Pro Pigment – Deep Purple
6. MAC Pigment – Smoke Signal
7. Bobbi Brown Shimmer Wash Eyeshadow – Black Plum SW
8. Bobbi Brown Metallic Eyeshadow – After Hours
9. Giorgio Armani Maestro Eyeshadow – #18

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Color Focus: Smokey Eyes Part 3 (Black Golds)

June 23, 2009

Part 3 included black golds with Bobbi Brown Black Ink, MAC Smolder, and Urban Decay Zero as a true-black baseline:

1. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Black Ink
2. MAC Eye Kohl – Smolder
3. Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil – Zero
4. Laura Mercier Kohl Eye Pencil – Black Gold

5. MAC Technakohl Liner – Uniform

6. MAC Kohl Power Pencil – Orpheus
7. Clinique Cream Shaper for Eyes – Egyptian
8. MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil – Buried Treasure
9. Chanel Le Crayon Yeux Precision Eye Definer – Noir Scintillant
10. Dolce & Gabbana Crayon Intense Eyeliner – Stromboli
11. Stila Smudge Pot – Golden Noir
12. Nars Single Eyeshadow – Night Clubbing (applied wet)
13. Trish McEvoy Eye Definer – Lava
14. MAC Solar Bits – Black Ore

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Color Focus: Smokey Eyes Part 2 (Smokey Greys & Blacks)

June 23, 2009

After organizing of all my eyeliners, I decided to divide the blacks into two groups, Smokey Greys/Blacks and Black/Golds. I’ve also decided to use a few shades as a baseline which I feel are true blacks so you may see some repeats in the next few posts.

Part 2 includes the greys and true blacks.

Eyeliner swatches:
1. MAC Pearlglide Eyeliner – Wolf
2. Stila Kajal Eye Liner – Smoky Quartz
3. Laura Mercier Kohl Eye Pencil – Stormy Grey
4. Chantecaille Precision Eye Pencil – Flint

5. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Gunmetal Shimmer Ink

6. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Graphite Shimmer Ink
7. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Caviar Ink (NOTE, the swatch looks brown next to black ink, but goes on the eyes more of a soft black without brown)
8. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Black Ink
9. Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof Long Lasting Eyeliner – Black Shimmer
10. MAC Softsparkle Eyepencil – Night Sky (black with silver glitter)
11. Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof Long Lasting Eyeliner – Ebene
12. MAC Eye Kohl – Smolder
13. Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil – Zero
14. Chanel Le Crayon Khol Intense Eye Pencil – Noir

Shadow swatches:
(note for the shadows, skin was prepped with Estee Lauder Idealist and Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation in Bamboo Beige to help the shadow adhere to the skin)

1. Chantecaille Shine Eye Shade – Meteorite
2. MAC Pigment – Sweet Sienna
3. MAC Frost Eyeshadow – Charred
4. MAC Veluxe Pearl Eyeshadow – Knight Divine
5. Chanel Ombre Essentielle Soft Touch Eyeshadow – Silvery
6. MAC Velvet Eyeshadow – Black Tied
7. Chanel Ombre Essentielle Soft Touch Eyeshadow – Black Star
8. Bobbi Brown Eyeshadow – Steel
9. MAC Pigment – Dark Soul
10. Stila AOS Powder – #13
11. Becca Eye Color (Shimmer) – Velvet
12. Shu Uemura Pressed Eyeshadow – ME Black 990
13. Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadow – Zero
14. MAC Matte Eyeshadow – Carbon


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Color Focus: Smokey Eyes Part 1

June 22, 2009

I thought I’d do a series on smokey eyes. I usually associate “smokey” with black shades, but often cannot wear many blacks because they either look too silvery or blueish on my olive toned skin, so when I look for black shades, I usually try to look for something with a slight variation on the basic black (for example a black gold, or blackened purple, or silvery black).

Part 1 includes the black eyeliners that work for me, included are some with gold or silver flecks, but have an underlying black color base. That being said, it looks like a good majority of the black-gold eyeliners here photograph as mostly gold or khaki gold (with the combination of black and gold shimmer) but in real life, still appears somewhat black on the eyes.

1. MAC Technakohl Liner – Uniform (deep khaki green with gold pearl)
2. MAC Eye Kohl – Smolder (intense black)
3. MAC Softsparkle Eyepencil – Night Sky (black with silver glitter)
4. MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil – Buried Treasure (underground brown-black with gold)

5. Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil – Zero (zealous black)

6. Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof Long Lasting Eyeliner – Ebene
7. Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof Long Lasting Eyeliner – Black Shimmer
8. Chanel Le Crayon Khol Intense Eye Pencil – Noir
9. Chanel Le Crayon Yeux Precision Eye Definer – Noir Scintillant
10. Clinique Cream Shaper for Eyes – Egyptian (blackened green with gold pearl)
11. Clinique Brush-On Cream Liner – Egyptian (blackened green with gold pearl)
12. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Black Ink (jet black)
13. Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner – Caviar Ink (no official description, but to me, soft charcoal black-brown – also NOTE, the swatch looks brown next to black ink, but goes on the eyes more of a soft black without brown)
14. Stila Smudge Pot – Golden Noir (black with a touch of gold)
15. Dolce & Gabbana Crayon Intense Eyeliner – Stromboli (black with gold flecks)

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