When it comes to holiday makeup, nothing says glam better than silver. So take a cue from the gorgeous silver eye looks spotted on the Spring 2012 runways on how you can rock the color this season! At 3.1 Phillip Lim, models were given a “geometry mixed with light and air” with a metallic silver [...]

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My NARS Fall 2011 Night Series Collection order finally came today!

The Night Series Palette is a gorgeous palette of six Night eyeshadows, including Night Star (shimmery peach with gold glitter), Night Clubbing (black with gold shimmer), Night Porter (black with green shimmer), Night Rider (plum with silver glitter), Night Flight (black with blue shimmery) and Night Breed (black with silver glitter).

The Night Rider Nail Polish looks exactly like the Night Rider eyeshadow and is a beautiful shimmery soft plum color.

Did you pick anything up from the Night Series Collection?

The NARS Night Series Collection is now available at http://www.narscosmetics.com/ and Nordstrom for a limited time.

Disclosure: The products in this entry were purchased by me. Please see my Disclaimer for more information on my posting policy.

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With the new Night Series Collection, NARS has turned its popular Night Series eyeshadows into a second Night Series Eyeshadow Palette and four new Night Series Nail Polishes.

The limited-edition Night Series Eyeshadow Palette ($55) houses six iconic shades used to perfect the sophisticated smoky eye. Wear them alone, layered to create depth, or wet for a high-impact effect.

• Night Breed – black with silver glitter
• Night Star – sheer peach with gold pearls
• Night Rider – soft plum with silver glitter
• Night Porter – black with green pearls
• Night Flight – black with cobalt blue pearls
• Night Clubbing – black with gold pearls

From the silvery-plum to black-as-night, each of the four quintessential Night Series Nail Polishes ($17) creates a statement-making look and imparts incredible luster and prolonged gloss retention with UV protection to prevent polish discoloration.

• Night Breed – black with silver glitter
• Night Rider – soft plum with silver glitter
• Night Porter – black with green pearls
• Night Flight – black with cobalt blue pearls

New to NARS Night Series eyeshadows? Check out my swatches!

The NARS Night Series Collection is now available at http://www.narscosmetics.com/ and Nordstrom.

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At Vena Cava Fall 2011, MAC makeup artist Christian Mcculloch created a look that is “a bit French and a bit rock ‘n’ roll… greasy, sexy and cool”.Face
* Select Moisturecover – applied sparingly for a natural finish
* Strobe Cream – for a subtle highlight over cheekbonesEye
* A blend of MAC Pro Glitters in Silver, 3-D Silver and Reflects Purple Duo – applied wit MAC Pro Shine Mixing Medium over the eyelids and through the lower lashes for a smoky, show-stopping effect
* Brows groomed upwards with Clear Brow SetLips
* Subculture Lip …

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Giorgio Armani Spring 2011 Collection: Transluminence

Giorgio Armani introduces colours of nature, awakened by the morning light.

Light and nature are two major themes that have infused Giorgio Armani’s aesthetic and vision of makeup since its creation.

The Armani makeup collection for spring 2011 plays with transparency to ignite a woman’s face. Bright colours that allow infinite layering and blending create a new landscape of tones. There is a new smoky look for the eyes produced with radiant colours. From soft to dramatic, the look seen at the Armani spring/summer 2011 fashion show was a fresh interpretation of “La Femme Bleue”.

This season the must-have look utilises a perfect harmony of diaphanous forest green and purple iris on eyes, contrasted with frozen pink light on skin and lips. The inspiration: fresh morning dew on a wild bunch of flowers.

Makeup artist Linda Cantello, who worked on the Armani spring/summer 2011 fashion show, says: “Imagine the richest purple and the deepest green both enlivened by a frozen silver. A soft black completes the palette, to be worn alone as liner or to add depth to smoky eyes. Freshened by the softest baby lips, a beautiful frosty blush completes this new way of facing spring in the depths of winter.”

Transluminence Eye Palette ($58.00)

Blend and layer the four full, rich, colour-intense translucent tones. Apply rich purple iris with an eye brush to the eyelid and add dewy forest green. These will fuse together into a vibrant blue turquoise. Render the effect even more luminous with a layer of frozen silver. Open up the eye with a touch of silver on the inside corner. Outline the under eye or the eyelid with soft black eye colour, applied wet or dry.

Transluminence Face Palette ($49.00)

Sculpt the face with frost bitten Sheer Translucent Blush presented in the spring signature face palette.

Rouge d’Armani ($30.00)

• Dawn Pink (518)
• Early Morning Rose (508)
• Petal Pink (503)

Availability: giorgioarmanibeauty.com and at Armani Fifth Avenue and select fine department stores, including Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom and Barneys in Spring 2011

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