I was so excited to hear the news this past weekend that I had to share it with you all. My favorite red carpet queen, Lupita Nyong’o has been named the latest face of Lancôme. The French cosmetic house will feature the gorgeous actress in upcoming ads you can expect to see this September. What an amazing year she is having! Cheers to challenging mainstream beauty ideals and sharing the notion that beauty comes in many forms! Go Lupita!!!!
Another designer cosmetics collaboration is in the works people!!!! NARS and Phillip Lim have a 9 piece nail lacquer collection that will be available in August! The news was announced today at Lim’s Fall 2014 fashion show.
In other makeup news, the highly anticipated MAC Proenza Schouler makeup collection will hit stores in April. The collection includes face powder, eyeliner,nail lacquer, lipstick and more! You may want to get your hands on this quick, the collection is a limited!
Happy Friday Fashionistas!!!!!!! Hope you’ve all had a great week thus far. Here are some finds for you to shop, all under $20 of course!
1. Pyramid rhinestone earrings($10) available at Nordstrom.
2. Cute pleated Cosmetic bag($6.95) 3. 30 pack bracelet set($5.95) both available at H&M stores.
4.Grey skinny jeans, short length($13.50) 5. Black shift dress($19.80) 6. Striped 3/4 length top($14.80) all available at Forever21.
7. Captoe pump($18.95) available at Gojane.
Having trouble creating the perfect smokey eye? I found something you will LOVE! This genius palette is brought to you by Jillian Dempsey and Avon. The palette includes slightly shimmery, highly pigmented complimentary colors to help achieve the perfect smokey eye. The cool packaging separates colors into sections that mimic the shape of the eye so you know where to apply each shade. The Kit is available at Avon for $9!!!!!!! What a steal!
There are 4 shades in each Palette and there are 4 different palettes available including Purple,Cinnamon,Smokey and Aqua.
I did a post a while back on Birchbox,which is a great company that delivers five hand picked deluxe beauty samples to your door every month for only $10. It’s really cool. They currently deliver to the United States which is great for all of us here, but I have quite a bit of international subscribers and now I’ve found a similar site that delivers to 18 countries worldwide and even more coming soon including the U.S. GlossyBox like Birchbox is a company that also delivers five deluxe sized beauty samples to your door each month for only £10.00 , the cool part is you can create a profile of your own personal beauty needs and preferences and they choose accordingly. Cheers to all of my international readers!
Glossybox ships to the following 18 countries:
Target has done it again! They have teamed up with five ultra chic specialty boutiques from around the country to co create and bring products to a Target store near you. Target will feature a group of boutiques and have their products in select Target stores for six week runs (or until sold out) beginning May 6th. Think of it as a lending of retail space, a store in a store of sorts. Sounds like another target HIT and a golden ticket for these shop owners. I first caught wind of this news in January when I realized the shops would include The Webster, as in the Webster Miami, One of the best boutique stores in the country offering high end fashion and accessories for men and women. Very exciting! Below: Fabulous tri-level art deco delight, The Webster
The first group of featured shops are
These shops offer everything from lollipops and dog biscuits to luxury clothes, cosmetics and home furnishings. With Prices will ranging from $1-$160, everyone will be able to get a taste of luxury. Okay go mark your calendar now:)
Just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past 20 years, Vera Wang is all things Bride. She branched off into ready to wear, stationary,home decor,sunglasses and now Makeup:) She masters anything she does so I am looking forward to this line. I must admit I have only been to kohl’s once and it wasn’t for clothes(I found some great picture frames) but I will definitely go back now. This is the 62 year olds first ever makeup line. The 16 piece collection will debut in April and ranges in price from $16.50 to $39.50 and will be sold exclusively at Kohl’s. “Like fashion, makeup is transformational” Wang recently said and I couldn’t agree more.
Random Vera Wang Facts: Vera was a senior fashion editor at Vogue for 17 years. In 1987 Vera left Vogue after being turned down for the editor in chief position currently filled by the infamous Anna Wintour. She worked as design director for Ralph Lauren while hatching a plan to open her own design salon. In 1990 she did just that, opening her first store at the Carlyle Hotel in New York featuring her wedding gowns. They always say when one door closes another one opens….in her case another door FLEW OFF THE HINGES! Hooray for Vera getting turned down and having it lead to what she was really destined to do. So many brides are thankful for that, I was lucky enough to wear 2 magical Vera Wang dresses(I wore a bridesmaid dress for the reception) on my big day and I’ll never forget it. Now we can all wear her everyday with this makeup line!
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