If you live near Milwaukee (Wisconsin), run to Macy*s Mayfair for MAC Graphic Garden. Seems they got a shipment that was meant to go to Nordstrom, so they are unloading the goods where they landed. There are several different collections with a variety of product in the black & white makeup bags. Bask in your good fortune. (brush set pictured)
I don’t know about you, but I never have much luck with bronzers. Every summer they promise me the kiss of the sun, but after a swipe or two, no matter how light handed, I merely look like I’d been crusin’ for a brusin’.
This is why I am so excited about the abundance of shimmer highlights out now. They are cousins to the bronzer: Think of the promise of health and bloom – not with the strength of the sun – but with the soft kiss of the moon.
Three favorites:
Bobbi Brown Nude Shimmer Brick limited edition
This entire collection makes me weak in the knees, but the shimmer brick is the, er, highlight. This product is as close as I will ever get to glowing like a fresh faced 23 year old again. And god do I miss that.
Handpressed in Italy, it is the perfect combination of 5 pearl piments: pink, gold, bronze, beige, and 
caramel.
Double duty: All of these highlighters are great for use in the eye area, but this compact especially so as the colors are multiple and defined. Luvs!
P.S. These photos are a better indication of the colors. The website link color is not accurate in the least bit.
smashbox Artificial Light Illuminating Lotion
smashbox first created a buzz with Artificial Light, which leaves skin looking soft and dewy. It’s a tiny bit more unwieldy to work with than layering power, but it gives exceptional glow.
Don’t forget these all look smashing on your decolletage too.
MAC Mineralize Skin Finish
With the latest Color Craft collection, MAC has a powder version with triple color, as well as singular sets.
Go forth and glow!
Had a chance to speak with the wonderful Gilles Montezin! This couture designer for Sex and the City and Confessions of a Shopaholic has made his foray into the world of wedding gowns with his trademark corset, Le Cinch. Listen to the show here and check back for the transcript.
We’ve been blogging Solessence for years, but after several moves we finally think we’ve found home. Please stay with us as we bring over our past posts and interviews.
Christian Siriano launches his new beauty collaboration with Victoria Secret. It is a sweet little group, and sure to be picked up by many a PYT on a shopping bender.
Watching his video, I was struck by something I’ve heard for the second time in a month: marketing geared toward the 20-something.
When Christian mentioned the “young, trendy girl” could wear the blue eyeshadow OR the nude look, I had to cringe. After years of companies chasing after baby boomers, are they now tossing everyone aside for “youth”? Haven’t marketers spent the last 30 years convincing the world they are eternally youthful? That you can have a wrinkle and wear blue eyeshadow, too?
My second experience is around the relaunch of Gap jeans. A brand that is trying to reinvent itself is focusing on winning the 20 something market. Ok, I get the youth thing, but it seems puzzling Gap would not want to woo back the demographic that put it on the map. They’ll put 1969 as a historic point on the marketing materials, but they don’t want anything that old pushing their jeans?
Are 30 & 40 somethings merely the lost marketing generation? If you fall in this bracket, do you feel marketers do a decent job of addressing your needs?
