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Bobbi Brown Exclusive Sets at Neiman Marcus & Saks Fifth Avenue

September 3, 2009

Every year Bobbi Brown releases some exclusive seasonal items at Neiman Marcus several times a year and more recently also at Saks and Nordstrom. I have some details about these exclusive collection items:

Saks is having their beauty event at the end of the month called Bounty of Beauty. Each line has something exclusive to the store – I’m in the process of getting more info, but Laura Mercier has a baked eyeshadow palette with brushes, Armani has a special size of their Crema Nera etc.

Saks Bobbi Brown has a limited edition Black Fawn set which retails for $100 and includes:
* Black-plum metallic leather zip case
* 4 pan palette with full sized Ivory Eyeshadow, Fawn Shimmerwash, Powder Pink Pot Rouge, and exclusive Paisley Rose Lipgloss
* 3 mini brushes: eyeshader, eyeshadow, and lip

Neiman Marcus & Bergdorf Goodman have some more exciting exclusives which include:

Black Plum Deluxe Brush Set (brushes featuring a new black handle, forgot the brushes in the set and the price, but probably in the $200 range)

Black Plum Collection Set $245 which contains:
* 9 pan dark-silver palette (gorgeous) with full sizes in Navajo Eyeshadow (matte), Ash Shimmerwash Eyeshadow, Deep Plum Eyeshadow (matte & exclusive), Natural Bronzer (size of the blushes), Washed Rose Blush, Plum Blush, Brown Lip Color, Rose Petal Creamy Lip Color, Pink Chandelier Lip Gloss (repromote from their party collection)
* black plum metallic zip portfolio pouch
* short handled (but not mini) black handled brushes: bronzer, eyeshadow, eyeliner, lip, and one more I can’t remember

These are the items in the set (palette and case not pictured):

I saw the Black Plum Set today and it’s absolutely stunning, but I already have most of the colors! The brushes won’t be in for another month. The counter near me only received 6 sets and had already sold 2. Their gift for beauty week on the 10th is a full sized Navajo Metallic eyeshadow, .24 oz Crystal Lipgloss, .1 oz Everything Mascara, and a .24 oz Hydrating Eye Cream.

They will be having Incircle Gifts in October & December as well.

I haven’t called Bergdorf to check on their event dates or gifts. But here is a scan of the set from their fall catalog.

Later in October, Neimans will receive three mini shimmer bricks in Sandstone, Nectar and Plum – the catalog stated they retail for $50 and we couldn’t discern whether it was a set or if the prices were individual. Anyone have any details? There are also 3 new exclusive lipsticks coming out

None of these sets are online yet. I do not know if they will be released online. Your best bet to purchase these would be to call your local Neimans or Bergdorfs to place an order or to put one on hold.

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Laura Mercier Exclusive Essential Eye Organizer (Neiman Marcus)

August 28, 2009

Directly from Neiman Marcus online. I already saw the tester of this in store a few weeks ago and did a presale for it for their September Beauty Event (starts September 10). They have a super cute gift with purchase that comes with a full sized lip stain, mini mineral powder in Candlelight, minis of skincare and mascara too! I have a feeling this will sell out fast so I recommend calling your associate at Neiman Marcus to do a pre-sell for this if you want to take advantage of the gift!

Retails for $125. Laura Mercier introduces her Limited-Edition Exclusive Essential Eye Organizer, a wardrobe of eye colors perfect for fall. Create endless looks with twelve expertly chosen eye colours. Contour, define and line eyes with three professional double-ended brushes.

The stylish eye palette contains the following eye colors: Celestial, African Violet and Bamboo Luster Eye Colours, Black Plum, Buttercream, Cashmere and Coffee Ground Matte Eye Colours, and Sandstone, Baroque, Haze, Stellar and Sable Sateen Eye Colours.

Each palette contains the following brushes: Double-ended Eye Color and All Over Eye Color Brush, double-ended Eye Crease and Ponytail Brush, and double-ended Smudge and Corner Eye Color Brush.

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Le Metier de Beaute: Feature on Lips

June 15, 2009

I have fallen in love with a new luxury cosmetics line called Le Metier de Beaute. Karen at Makeup and Beauty Blog kindly featured me as a guest blogger in May with a review and introduction on the line. You can find the pictures and review here to find out more about their Galatea Eye Kit, Persephone Eye Kit, Sheer Brilliance Lip Glosses, Lip Cremes, and Lipsticks.

For a mini intro, the line launched exclusively at Bergdorfs and select Neiman Marcus locations last October 2008 and most of the products are available for purchase online at Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. The line may be available at few boutique salons and recently launched in the UK at Libertys. Be prepared to see price points similar to that of Dolce & Gabbana (see previous D&G feature here) and Giorgio Armani products.

Since last month’s feature at Makeup and Beauty Blog, I have added a few more glosses and lipsticks to my collection, visited the Neiman Marcus Le Metier counter at the Beverly Hills location and joined the Le Metier de Beaute fan club on Facebook. I have ordered items from the Neimans at King of Prussia (Product Specialist is Ellen) and Beverly Hills (Product Specialist is Scott) locations and both of them are extremely helpful, patient and great at describing colors and making recommendations over the phone.

For my updated collection, I’ve separated the items into two different groups Lilac/Pinks/Reds and Beiges/Peaches/Nudes. There are 2 different formulas, Sheer Brilliance Glosses and Lip Cremes and they are both are mixed in each group. Please refer to Makeup and Beauty Blog for a description on each formula.

Group 1: Lilac/Pinks/Reds, left to right
Cap D’Antibes, Marsala, Sweet Creme*, Vanilla Rose*, Cannes, Dubai, Ibiza, Siena, Fraise Creme*



Group 2: Beiges/Peaches/Nudes, left to right
Sunset Boulevard*, Zanzibar, Apricot Creme*, Peche Creme*, Creme Caramel*, Captiva, Cafe Creme*, Bondi Beach, Papaye Creme*



(Please note, a * indicates the creme formula. Also note, that Sunset Boulevard, Zanzibar, Marsala and Siena were gifts with purchases and as far as I know, are not available for purchase in the regular line.)

Some of the glosses also come in a lipstick form, here are four of the lipsticks compared with the gloss versions.

Color Core Moisture Stain Lipstick & Sheer Brilliance Gloss, left to right
San Tropez, Cannes/Cannes, Ibiza/Ibiza, Marrakech

Have you heard about or tried this line? Thoughts? I have seen it featured in a few places and hope they will start advertising more as well as expand their distribution to more retail locations. Le Metier de Beaute was featured in Neiman Marcus’ May 2009 issue of THE BOOK as well as Bergdorf’s Spring Beauty Book section. There is also a picture of their new nail polishes in this month’s Instyle – looks pretty but very tiny!

Kalidescope Kits featured in THE BOOK:

The bottom eye kit is called Persephone, more close ups/info at makeup and beauty blog! I have nothing but raves about the quality of this line. However, I’m not sure the high price tag will attract enough customers, and on each occasion I have placed orders, the counters have been out of stock on at least 2-3 items. However I have received great customer service from the Product Specialists and each time they always offer to locate it at another location and have it shipped directly to me. Also, not all stores received the same items (such as the spring lip kits or eye kits or nail polishes) as what is online. At this time I am not sure if their store distribution is delayed or if the buyers at Neimans simply chooses different products for each location.

If you’ve seen features on this anywhere, please share! I’d love to see more pics or hear about more reviews on the line since it appears that the line selection is not the same everywhere based on the buyers decisions. More to follow on other items soon!

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Neiman Marcus Event: Camp Gorgeous May 31 to June 6

May 29, 2009

Neiman Marcus has an event coming up called Camp Gorgeous. It happens once a year. Here are the details for the event!

In addition to this tote, some lines are having a gift with purchase. I would highly recommend calling a store versus ordering online, even with shipping, the store sales associates are much more helpful and will sometimes throw in extra goodies or samples that are not available online.


Some of the GWPs are online under Neiman’s Beauty Section. There is a GWP for Armani that is not listed, call your counter for details.

This year they are also offering the Laura Mercier Pink Bronze Duo for $10. This was released last summer with Laura Mercier’s Summer Collection. If you are a pink-bronze fan, this is a great deal!

Also, I’d like to provide a detailed picture of one of my favorite new lines, Le Metier. Their GWP is a Siena Sheer Brilliance Lipgloss, not available for purchase in the regular line. This one is a pretty cool-toned carnation pink with a hint of shimmer.

The promotion picture from online and a real picture:


Also swatched on my lips. My skintone is olive, Chanel Shell 1.5, Armani LSF 5.5, in between MAC NC30-35. Siena is one of the more pigmented lipglosses from the Sheer Brilliance line, but still has that glossy finish.



(NOTE: This color was also offered as a GWP for Bergdorf’s Beauty Event back in April, which is why I already have one of these!)

For Le Metier, I’ve ordered online, and over the phone through the Beverly Hills store and also King of Prussia. The product specialists are very helpful and patient. They will also give you details about any items not available online.

Scott is the specialist at the Neimans Beverly Hills location. Ellen is the product specialist at the King of Prussia Location. I cannot rave enough for these two! If you’d like to try Le Metier, this is a good time to try the line out and take advantage of this exclusive gloss! Check out Karen’s Makeup and Beauty Blog for some product photos of Le Metier de Beaute. More pictures and reviews to come soon in the next week!

Are you planning to get anything for Camp Gorgeous?

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