Makeup Look of the Week- Francois Nars

Loving this makeup by Nars, seen in the December 2009 issue of Allure. He used foundation on the model's lips and intense red/orange and black on her eyes. Nars blush in "Exhibit A" was used for the eye shadow, which is one of my favorite tricks. I have frequently applied Nars "Orgasm" blush as an eye shadow, many times on brides. This look so enspires me to push the envelope! Loves it.

Style Watch Thursday- If you can't beat 'em...

I just feel like clothes have gotten so crazy lately. I can't wear most of them, especially the pants, mostly out of sheer embarassment. I mean, did you ever think hammer pants would come back?
But I have to wear something, so I am challenging myself to take a second look at things. And take some chances. I am really trying to take chances. Do something new. It's my mantra, because I really have no choice lately since everything around me is new.
Today, I am looking at the 2010 Spring H&M collection. I think there are a few things here I could work with. And I love the colors!

One to Watch Wednesday- Tavi

What can I say about Tavi? That if the internet had been around when I was 13, maybe I could have been one sixteenth as cool as this girl? Not true, but I can dream! Tavi is a 13 year old style blogger from Chicago who has captured the eye of the fashion scene. She has an amazing sense of style and self and seems older than her years. Her posts are fascinating to read and she does a lot of pictures of her amazing outfits, talks about school stuff, knows every designer and their current and past collection inside and out, and blogs about all the amazing shows and parties she gets to attend. She describes herself as a: "Tiny 13 year old dork that sits inside all day wearing awkward jackets and pretty hats. Scatters black petals on Rei Kawakubo's doorsteps and serenades her in rap. I have no where near 4 million readers. Rather cynical and cute as a drained rat".
Love her!

(check out this interview interview with Tavi & Fabiola Beracasa)
(pictures from style rookie)

Style Icon Tuesday- Alexa Chung

The other day, something momentous happened. I actually watched MTV. I don't think I have done that in about ten years. And it was all because of Alexa Chung. I have been hearing quite a bit about her lately and I wanted to check out her new show "It's on With Alexa Chung". She is obviously one of those cute casual girls who can just throw on anything and look amazing. And that hair! It's just perfection. Her show was pretty good being that it's on MTV and all. I think I will keep an eye on her...

Dear Santa...

The 25 Aqua Eyes Collector Set includes the full range of 25 shades so that you can create endless eye looks. Aqua Eyes is an award-winning, waterproof, and long-lasting eye liner pencil that contains a unique formula that adheres to the eye lids and resists water—even under the most extreme conditions. Its creamy texture glides on effortlessly for precise application and intense color, and by smudging it immediately after applying to the lid, it can double as a shadow.

$249 Sephora.com

(photos from sephora.com)

New-ish Product Monday- Balmain Ambre Gris

The yummiest scent I have encountered in a long time. Notes include pink pepper, cinnamon, tuberose, immortelle, myrrh, smoky gaïac wood, benzoin, white musks, and ambergris.
I think Lucky Scent said it best:
"The opening is unexpectedly fruity and sweet, with a hint of salty ocean breeze, and just when we start wondering if we might be headed for a pina colada, velvety woods and exotic spices insinuate their way into the mix, and the fragrance becomes rich and luxurious and warm. There is an ever so discreet purr of animalic muskiness, and the immortelle adds an autumnal sweetness to the cedary woods– but there is also a surprising airiness from the tuberose that makes this a definite year rounder of a scent. Soft-spoken enough for the office, lovely enough for a date night, distinctive enough to stand out from the masses without making a big fuss about it. Like that perfect cashmere cardigan – it goes anywhere and everywhere and you can’t imagine how you ever got along without it. Effortlessly beautiful".

$135 3.3 oz- At a department store near you.

(photos from google images)

Makeup Look of the Week- Dior

The classic Veronica Lake side wave and bright lip. 'Nuff said.

(photos from Jak&Jil)

Style Watch Thursday- Snoods & Short Sleeves

I am loving the resurgance of Snoods! Here are some cute affordable ones:


$39.50 The Limited


$28 American Apparel


$50 Wallis
To continue my obsession with the black sequins!


The Lady.

And to go with the snoods:

The incomparable Garance Dore wearing beautiful Martin Margiela. Can't afford it, but I can do this:


$34.50 on sale at Old Navy

Happy Outerwear Shopping!

(photos from google images, the sartorialist, old navy, american apparel)

One to Watch Wednesday- Wikstenmade

Oh, Jenny from Wikstenmade. How I wished I lived your life. I want to live in Brooklyn, be naturally adorable, know how to sew amazing clothes, and have great taste!



This is her newest dress, so cute by itself or layered with fall staples.
Look at & buy Wiksten clothes here

(photos from wikstenmade)

Style Icon Tuesday-Baroness Schraeder

Ah the Baroness. The most misunderstood woman in cinema history.
I would have to say that I have watched The Sound of Music more than any other movie in the world. And as I grew older, I would identify with a different character every few years. First it was shy Brigitta, then Leisl for many many years (I actually thought that I could tour the country singing "I am 16 going on 17" and that the world would embrace my singular talent), at some point I started seeing Maria's point of view, but in the last few years, it's been the Baroness all the way. What's wrong with brains, beauty, breeding, superior fashion sense and having a way with a chignon, hosting amazing parties, sending your step-children to the best schools in Europe and so on? The Captain even acknowledges she is the one who brought some light back into his life after his wife's death! And then unceremoniously dumps her for a curtain wearing nun with a boy haircut.
Well, even as a child I realized the Baroness was the most stunning of the bunch. Whenever I fantasized about my glamorous older life, I was always wearing this orange and polka dot outfit, with LARGE BOW (readers, you know of my love for an oversized, yet well placed bow). In fact, I would even go as far as to say that this outfit is the whole reason i ever loved the color orange! Perhaps when my biography is made into a musical with lyrics by Rodgers & Hammerstein, it will be called "The Color Orange"!
I like to think that The Baroness settled down with a very wealthy widower with no children and they all lived far far away from Nazis. And nuns. In any case, she can console herself with the Greatest Underrated Fashionista Ever Award.

(photos from google images)