makeup collection

The shu uemura 2010 Christmas Collection is a collaboration with Japanese artist Aya Takano and she has done a great job of giving the collection the funky, urban feel that I love about shu!  Luckily she picked cute animals for the girls to kiss in the artwork, otherwise I might find it all a bit disturbing...
Reindeer Kiss xxxx Eye and Cheek Palette - $85 - inspired by the colours of a frosty winter land covered in crystalline snow that sparkles in the light.
Bowwow! Magic Queen Eye and Cheek Palette - $85 - a warm-toned palette for a peaceful holiday season.
Blush Tint - Miracle Cherry - $30 - a lightweight gel blush to instantly add a natural glow to your cheeks.
Lip Duo Tint & Gloss - Love Apricot - coral beige tint and apricot gloss with gold and silver glitter or Harmony Pink - girly pink tint and vibrant fuchsia gloss - $45 - enjoy the matte finish of the tint alone, or add gloss to amp up a shine!

Paint Crayon - Sparkly Purple  - dark purple with sparkly gold glitters - $30 - waterproof, long-lasting and creamy mechanical pencil allows you to draw a defined line that can be blended easily right after application.

High Performance Balancing Cleansing Oil Advanced Formula - $37 - shu uemura's signature cleansing oil.  A gentle formula for moisturized, balanced, petal-soft skin.  Cleanses gently and maintains the skin's moisture balance with Advanced HPO system, Asian botanical oils such as Camellia Oil and Ginger Root Oil.  Leaves skin feeling comfortably balanced and petal soft with a fresh and sensuous aroma.

Peace & Harmony Mini Brush Set - $85 - they're cute and pink, what more can I say?!
Magical Windfalls - $36 - easy-to-wear partial lashes in black with some pieces pre-decorated with glittery and shiny magical hear and star symbols for cute accent.
Premium False Eyelashes - $75 - a dreamy pair of cutomizable eyelashes!  With a variety of abracadabra symbol stickers enclosed, create your very own pair of lases for the festive season.

The holiday collection season really starts for me when MAC puts theirs out and I am loving everything this year!  I will definitely be running to my MAC counter tomorrow at lunch to check it all out in person - until then, admire the pretty pictures!

Lipstick - $16.50
Cut a Caper - mid-tone peachy pink (lustre)
The Faerie Glen - pale neutral pink (lustre)
Deepest Wish - deep creamy reddish brown (amplified)
Full Fuchsia - bright blue fuchsia (amplified)
Courting Lilac - sheer lilac mauve with soft gold pearl (glaze)

Dazzleglass Creme - $21.50
Radiant Jewels - dark sparkly magenta
Soft Dazzle - mid-tone peach pink with gold pearl
Passing Fancy - bright orange coral with soft pearl
Lightly Prancing - light peach with gold pearl
Gone Romancin' - mid-tone lavender with multi-dimensional pearl











Eye Shadow - $23.50
Golden Crown - light gold with bronze tartan striping
A Wish Come True - dirty mauve with bubblegum pink tartan striping
Follow Your Fantasy - mid-tone peach with chocolate tartan striping
Enviably Fun - grass green with dark green tartan striping
Semi-Precious - aubergine with chocolate tartan striping
Glamora Castle - dark grey with teal tartan striping

Pigment - $23.50
Later - black with transforming purple pearl (frost)
Moonlight Night - blackened teal with teal pearl (frost)
A Family Crest - blackened bronze with bronze pearl (frost)

Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner - $17.50
Petrol Blue - deep navy with pearl
Black Line - black with gold pearl
Undercurrent - teal with pearl
Black Swan - black with pearl
Lord It Up - bronze with pearl

Zoom Fast Black Lash - $16.50 - deepest black

Powder Blush - $22
Her Blooming Cheek - very bright iridescent blue pink (satin)
My Highland Honey - bright coral with soft gold pearl (satin)

Nail Lacquer - $15.50
Sly as a Fox - creamy mid-tone russet/burnt red (cream)
Style Clan - dark taupe with red pearl (frost)

If you haven't been hanging out in the cosmetic aisle at Walmart, you might not be aware that Hard Candy is back in Canada with a vengeance!  Our American friends have had it for awhile and I've tried hard not to be jealous - but it's so hard when they get things that we don't!  Whining time is over, shopping time has begun!

Best part, every single item is under $10!

Check out your local Wally's, if it's not there yet, it should be soon!

And if you've already been shopping, let us know about your faves!

I'm happy to see that my beloved nail polish is back, complete with rings!

Anything from Hard Candy that you've been missing?

I discovered something interesting the other day when I went into a local Shoppers to pick up something from MUFE - turns out they don't carry Make Up For Ever anymore and have replaced it with Anna Sui - which is very exciting!  Bad that it won't be as handy to pick up MUFE but neat to get a line that I'm pretty unfamiliar with in playing distance!  So I thought this was a good time to post about the fall collection - I am just starting my Anna Sui education, but I just know that a line with such cute packaging has got to be good!

Eye Color Duo - $38 - one polarized pearl shade made with volatile oil, keeping the powder from dispersing and one vibrant deep shade providing a magical gradation in which the colour changes intricately and that contains more oil to make it fit closely to the skin.  In 3 shades:  05 lavender/dark red which combine into a feminine purple shade, 06 sky blue/deep purple which combine into a mysterious blue, 07 lemon yellow/deep black which combines into a spicy green.

Eye Color - $25 - a special formula that combines different oil pastes to provide a lasting finish.  Available in 22 amazing colours.





Eye Brightener - $25 - 01 bright beige - contains a high level of white pigment and combines three different pearls providing a perfectly three dimensional finish.  Has a water base for easy application and creates a natural, silky, satiny luster that can be used not only on the eyelids, but also on other areas that need to be brightened.
Spot Concealer - $25 - 01 light tone, 02 medium tone, 03 dark tone - a smooth cream base used to cover anything from tiny blemishes to wider areas.  Soft Focus Powder and two kinds of Titanium Oxidize are combines to create a thick but natural finish.
Mini Rouge - Limited Edition - $21 - In three colours: vivid red, vivid pink and vivid purple.  How cute is this little thing?!  An accessory and gloss all in one!
Nail Color - Limited Edition - $15 - In four colours: glassy pearl clear, glassy pearl purple, glassy pearl pink and glassy pearl brown.
And coming in November - Hand & Nail Cream - $19 - rich moisture provided by shea butter and jojoba oil.

Any recommendations for a Anna Sui newbie?

Finally a cosmetic line to warm Christelle's cold, black heart!  Celebrate your own dark side with a little something from Venomous Villains - just remember that your villain pick says a lot about you...
Cruella de Vil
Eye Shadow - $18.50
Sweet Joy - frosted creamy pale gold (frost)
De-Vil - rich copper (veluxe pearl)

Lipstick - $18.50
Innocence. Beware! - light yellow pink (cremesheen)
Heartless - cherry red (amplified)

Lipglass - $18.50
Wicked Ways - deep fuchsia with pink pearl
Devilishly Stylish - light nude with gold pearl

Powder Blush - $23.50
Darkly My Dear - dirty brown plum (matte)


Beauty Powder - $30
Her Own Devices - cool nude

Penultimate Eye Liner - $20
Rapidblack - true black

Evil Queen (don't you think it's weird that she doesn't have a name?!)
Eye Shadow - $18.50
Her Alter Image - light violet (veluxe pearl)
Vainglorious - bronze burgundy (frost)
Vile Violet - deep dirty blue purple (matte)

Lipstick - $18.50
Toxic Tale - bright coral (satin)

Sinister - soft brown plum (lustre)

Lipglass - $18.50
Strange Potion - soft coral pink
Hot House - deep raspberry with pink pearl

Powder Blush - $23.50
Bite of an Apple - soft coral pink (matte)

Beauty Powder - $30
Oh So Fair - clean pink with gold pearl

Penultimate Brow Marker - $20

Maleficent
Mineralize Eye Shadow (duo) - $25
My Dark Magic - deep pink with pink pearl/deep plum with purple pearl
She Who Dares - deep navy with blue pearl/deep forest green with lime green pearl

Lipstick - $18.50
Violetta - bright clean violet purple (amplified)
Dark Deed - burgundy plum (amplified)

Lipglass - $18.50
Revenge Is Sweet - light yellow purple
Wrong Spell - deep plum with pink purple

Beauty Powder - $30
Briar Rose - soft violet pink with pearl

Nail Lacquer - $15.50
Bad Fairy - red with red multi-changing pearl
Formidable! - teal green with pink multi-changing pearl
Mean & Green - purple with teal multi-changing pearl

Dr. Facilier ( I don't know how a guy got on here instead of Ursulla!)
MAC Magically Cool Liquid Powder - $35.50
Truth & Light - sheer shimmer that reflects silver and pink
Cajun - sheer bronze shimmer that reflects gold

Lipgelee - $18.50
Resort Life - off white with pink pearl

Greasepaint Stick - $21
Slick Black - true carbon black
French Quarter - dirty black green with multi-colour pearl

Pigment - $23.50
Melon - soft bright golden peach (frost)
Brash & Bold - bright magenta (frost)
Push the Edge - deep bright purple with pearl (frost)

Zoom Fast Black Lash - $16.50 - deepest black

MAC I'm So Vain Mirror - $14.50

Hitting your MAC counter next week on Thursday, September 30th - what is your inner villain compelling you to buy?

The end of a super busy Wednesday last week found me at the Pink House at 32 Scollard Street in Yorkville - home to Jeanne Lottie's fabulous line of handbags as well as the setting for the Bourjois Paris fall makeup launch and event - oh la la!  The place was packed full of ladies in a handbag shopping frenzy but things were a little bit calmer on the rooftop deck which is where the Bourjois display was set up.














The lovely Daphne - who is even prettier when she's not having her picture taken by a terrible photographer (me) - was on hand and gave me a fabulous makeover using the new fall colours!

















Bourjois Paris Barock - releasing October 1st at select Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix and Murale stores.  Here's what you'll find in the collection:
Little Round Pot Eyeshadow in Brun Irréel #05 and Marron Glacé #54 - $17
Liner Pinceau Gold in Or Néo-classique - $20 - limited edition available only until December - I don't usually love liquid liner but I loved the way it looked when Daphne used it on me!  And gold is so festive, this will be great for the holidays!
Volume Clubbing in Ultra Black #75 - $20
Sweet Kiss in Brun Orné #52 - $18
Little Rouond Pot Blush in Brun Cuivré #03 - $19 - this was my favourite item from the collection - it gave me such a natural pretty flush that I could use as a blush or even to add a sunkissed look all over!
So Laque! nail Polish in Noir de Chine #30 - $10 - whoever invented black polish is a freaking genius!

Masquerade Eye Shadow Palette - $40 - the colours are matte soft peach, shimmering black plum, matte taupe, metallic khaki, shimmering gold, bronze, metallic cabernet, shimmering navy and matte bone - I have been seeing sneak peek pictures of this palette but a picture really doesn't it do it justice, it is one of the most versatile collection of colours that I have seen together in ages - if you want one, grab one, I suspect they will go fast!
Baked Fusion Soft Lights Cheek Palette - Illusion - $37 - - colours are champagne, soft gold and rosegold - such a beautiful highlighter, or if you are pale you can do a subtle blush with it.  It's not overly glittery too which is a big plus in my book!
Creamy Cheek Colour and Brush - Intrigue - $33 - a warm pink stick blush with a brush on the other end for blending.  The cream blush is made with Vitamin E to add moisture and I am so pleased to see a cream blush in the collection as I learned to love them this summer!
Liquid Liner & Lash Overlay - $22 -In Teal or Bronze, it's a liquid liner and a lash colour to go over your mascara - I especially heart the Teal!
O-Gloss Noir - $25 - too awesomely cool for words - it goes on black so you can feel all vampy and then turns into a custom bold berry hue tailored to your specific skin tone.  Contains Ginkgo Biloba Leaf and Goji Berry extracts, Vitamin C and moisturizing Pomegranate Seed and Avocado Oils.  Perfect for this season's berry trend without having to go to all the effort of finding the berry colour that's perfect for you - it will find it for you!