Maybe it was in response to the conditioner woes voiced in my Into the Gloss interview, maybe not, but I’m not complaining about receiving a boxful of Frederic Fekkai to try. When it comes to higher end conditioners, the only thing that makes them worth it to me is if they can make parched ends feel hair-textured again. It’s been about a month of solid use now and the Keratin Conditioner and Hair Repair Mask are now at addiction status. Even just a tiny bit of the mask at the ends and my hair dries shiny with extremely minimal effort. Thank you Fekkai!
Being invited to ramble about makeup for Into the Gloss and getting to spend a bunch of time with Eva Chen has gotten me a little more amped on writing about beauty. I’m probably more obsessed with it and also obsessive about it than I let on. If you read through the feature you’ll now know that I’m kind of a crackhead, habitually abusive to my hair, and that I’m equally focused on being faithful to a smallish group of favorites as I am likely to abandon entire categories of products for months at a time. Usually it’s discovering a perfect version of something that gets me back on a certain track. So after a solid while of being “over” powder eyeshadow in favor of a clean cateye or a cream-based taupe color pressed under the lower lashes, Lancôme’s Color Design Palette has me back in its silky clutches. I think my mental issue was that it didn’t seem fresh or dewy all of a sudden to me, and the fallout issue just wasn’t worth dealing with. But there are no freakish colors here and it all just kinda glides on with no bits that get all up in your cornea, just pretty neutrals and a peachy gold color that I decided to model as a blush for you because I didn’t know what section of eyelid it belonged on. I used just enough of the mushroom brown to sink my eyes in a little bit, carefully smudged what was left in the brush underneath mascara-ed bottom lashes, blended highlighter into the browbone, and dotted the gold into the inner corners with a super skinny Muji Q-tip, which by the way are my lifeblood if you really have to know. Thanks Lancôme for restoring the faith!
Eye Brightening Shadow and Liner Palette in Peach Opulence c/o Lancôme. Other products worn here are Koh Gen Do Aqua Foundation, blotted out Clinique Chubby Stick in Mega Melon over Nuxe Rêve de Miel Lip Balm, and Stila Stay All Day liquid liner.
Thoughts on creepy pink things, sallow times, biodynamism, and vats of oil with Into the Gloss – click through for my Top Shelf interview!
The makeup at Brazilian designer Carlos Miele’s show was inspired by that beachy summer glow we may or may not still have leftover, but the look was amped up for an evening-appropriate look with Color Sensational Lipstick in Red Revival. Both eyelids and skin were given just a touch of bronze..let Maybelline Spain makeup artist Gato walk you through the process better than I ever could with this video. And if you haven’t tried the Dream Bouncy Blush you need to remedy that, the texture is endless fun oh and it imparts a good creamy, natural color with zero sparkle. Sometimes I want zero sparkle.
