Posts Tagged ‘Beauty’
Beauty, Chic, Cosmetics, Designer, Fashion, Lacquer, Nail Color, Nail Colour, Nail Lacquer, Nail polish, Neiman Marcus, Shopping, Tom Ford, WordPress
In Daily Musings, Object's of Desire on November 26, 2012 at 2:53 pm
I haven’t written an Objects Of Desire post in a little while, but here’s one that caught my attention a few days ago. Mr. Tom Ford has released a complete set of his beautiful nail lacquers exclusively for Neiman Marcus priced at $480.00!
This exclusive 16 colour set has every possible shade you would ever need to carry your chic wardrobe from now to next spring/summer to enhance your chic wardrobe. Tom Ford nail lacquers retail for approximately $30 dollars each; why would you buy a $30 nail lacquer? Because you’re absolutely worth it! Again this is an Object of Desire, so maybe Santa will leave this under the tree for you, if you’ve been good this year.
Visit Neiman Marcus here
Well today is back to work Monday, after our long 4 day weekend. This is the real countdown to Christmas; how is your gift buying going? Have you started? Are you going to wait until christmas eve; or are you just buying a little something for you?
Have yourselves a Positive, Productive and Exhilarating week!
Beauty, Black & White Photography, Blog, Blogger, Elegant, Monday, Photography, WordPress
In Daily Musings on November 12, 2012 at 3:54 pm
I thought this was such a stunning photograph, I had to post it!
I hope your Monday has been Inspiring, Productive and that whatever you’re doing, you’re doing it with Passion
And remember…
True beauty is skin deep. Not many people will have the patience or the capacity to see it in you.
Treasure the ones that see your beauty and be patient with the ones that don’t.
Beauty, Color, Cosmetics, Eyeshadow, Make Up, Sephora, Smokey Eye, Urban Decay, Urban Decay Naked, Urban Decay Naked II
In Daily Musings, New Loves! on October 9, 2012 at 7:53 am
This is an article I posted back in February 2012 {now slightly revised}; I decided to repost, because I thought these colours would be gorgeous for autumn, and also, at the time of writing, my blog was only a month old 🙂
No I’m not going that naked!! But Naked 2 by Urban Decay. It’s one of the best and hottest eyeshadow palettes… EVER! This has been the most anticipated sequel to the original Naked Palette, the stores could barely keep it on the shelves, when the original came out, and can you believe there was a waitlist for this one!
With the Naked palettes you can literally create hundreds of beautiful eyeshadow combinations, you can mix them, use each on its own, do whatever your creative heart desires. Well I’ve finally got mine and I’m very happy. If you’re anything like me, treating yourself is always a happy occasion, worthy of a celebration.
If you’re looking for a Naked Palette tutorial for a smokey eye click here
The original Naked consisted of 12 neutral shades which included colours to create the smokey eye look. The new palette consists of 12 Taupes and what they are calling “Greige” neutrals. I also love the names of the colours, Booty Call, Tease, Suspect, you get the drift. Urban Decay has done it again! Beautiful colours and beautiful packaging; this set would also make a chic holiday gift. $50.00 at Urban Decay, Sephora {click links to shop}, and other stores. Go get yours!!
The original Naked Palette
Beauty, Chanel, Chanel Coco, Chanel No. 5, Coco Noir, Designer Fragrance, Fragrance, Note (perfumery), Perfume
In Daily Musings on August 9, 2012 at 12:06 pm
As some of you may already know, Chanel will be releasing Coco Noir later this month. The original Coco which was launched in 1984 has been a huge success and is now a timeless classic.
Encased in an elegant black decanter; this gorgeous specimen with notes of grapefruit, bergamot; middle notes of rose, jasmine, narcissus and geranium leaves, and base notes of tonka beans from Brazil and Venezuela, patchouli from Indonesia, sandalwood, vanilla and incense. As you can imagine this is going to be one heady bouquet, more suitable for late fall and winter {please ladies do not wear this scent in 90 degree weather!}.
I’m a lover of the forever classic Chanel No. 5, so I will let you know my thoughts, once I’ve had a chance to sample this soon to be iconic scent. Coco Noir will be available on August 17.
Happy Thursday Dahhlings… We’re nearly there!
Beauty, Cosmetics, Illamasqua, London, Manicure, Nail Care, Nail polish, Nail Varnish, Pedicure, Shopping
In Daily Musings, New Loves! on July 10, 2012 at 9:51 am
Update 7.10.12 ~ sweetofstyle just informed me that she saw the Illamasqua range in Sephora here in the U.S., I’ve just checked and she is absolutely right. For those of us living in the States, we are also able to get our Illamasqua Boosh (or other fabulous colour) fix. Visit a Sephora store or order online. http://www.sephora.com/nail-varnish-P241720
Yesterday, I discovered the most amazing nail polish by a company based in London called Illamasqua. The colour that drew my attention was this gorgeous glossy black called Boosh {don’t you just love that name?}. I love black nail polish. If you want to make a statement, a beautiful high shine black manicure {and/or pedicure} always does the trick.
Go to Illamasqua’s website, the colours available are simply stunning, and come in a spectrum of bold shades with a range of finishes. Although sold in the UK, there is free shipping to the U.S. with orders over £75 (approx. $116). My sister is using a colour called Rampage, which is a dark khaki green… Simply Gorgeous! There’s also a huge make-up range which is very popular with my fellow UK divas.
See more colours here: http://www.illamasqua.com/shop/products/nails/nail-varnishes/boosh-nail-varnish
Happy polishing!
Beauty, Competition, Cosmetics, Facebook, L'Oréal, Makeup, Maylana's Closet, Nail Care, Nail Colour, Shopping, Sweepstakes, Twitter
In Daily Musings, New Loves! on June 20, 2012 at 10:14 am
Are You A Winner?
It’s finally here… The first day of summer. This is the time DC goes into official meltdown. 90-100 degrees of heat and humidity for at least the next 4 months!!
To keep you fabulous and colourful while you melt, I’m premiering my first ever giveaway!!! I have 2 brand new L’Oreal nail polishes, to give away to 2 lucky winners. I’m totally in love with this new polish; it’s the first time L’Oreal has created a nail colour line and they did a fantastic job. The colours truly pop, from sorbets, to pastels, reds and dark as can be, the range is absolutely stunning.
To enter you need to complete these 2 things:
- “Follow” the Maylana’s Closet blog ~ Comment that you’ve entered the “Nail Polish Giveaway”
- “Like” the Maylana’s Closet Fan Page at http://facebook.com/maylanascloset and comment that you are entering the“Nail Polish Giveaway”
- If you’re already following me in both places, let me know via my blog.
- Winners will be drawn via Random.org
giveaway ends at 11:59 p.m. Friday, June 29 ~ Winners will be announced on Monday, July 2 ~ This giveaway is only open to U.S. residents. And remember, many may enter, but only 2 people will win. Please note winners will receive one of the 2 colours above. Colour mailed to you will be at the discretion of Maylana’s Closet.
Good Luck!
Disclosure: Financial compensation was not received for this post.
Beauty, Fragrance, Ginger, Origins Ginger Essence, Perfume, Shopping, Spring Scents
In Daily Musings on April 26, 2012 at 12:32 pm
My go to scent for the spring/summer season is Origins Ginger Essence (if you’ve been following my posts, you already know, I love the Ginger Essence body scrub). I absolutely love this fragrance and have been using it on and off for years. What’s interesting is it’s pretty inexpensive and can definitely stand up to some of the other designer fragrances. In my opinion, you must be a fan of ginger to like this fragrance; which is balanced by bergamot, lemon and lime. Ginger Essence smells very clean and fresh; and is light enough for those humid DC summers, without becoming overpowering. Ginger Essence is also available in an elegant glass tube with a roll top to pop inside your handbag.
To see the entire range of Ginger Essence body products click here: http://origins.com/products/3827/Bath-Body/Star-Collection/Ginger/index.tmpl Also available at other fine department stores ~ 50 ml $41.00/100ml $52.00
Happy Thursday darlings, One more day to go!!
Beauty, Make Up
In Daily Musings on April 5, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Posted by thelookbookphilosophy who always has the most beautiul postings and always has words of encouragment for me.
Beauty, Body Cream, Lotion, Organix, Shopping, Skin Care
In Daily Musings on April 4, 2012 at 10:21 am
Now that the cherry blossom festival is more or less over, and you missed it like I did, you can appease yourself with the Organix Cherry Blossom Rice Milk Cashmere B0dy Creme and Body Wash. In my opinion, the body creme is one of the most luxurious body lotions for under $10 that I’ve found in a long time.
This lotion gives more expensive body lotions a good run for their money. What I like about this lotion; is after applying, if you look closely it actually leaves tiny gold sparkles on your skin. I looked quite luminescent if I say so myself. When it first happened I thought I was seeing things, but no, it really does leave this beautiful light sheen on your skin.
Whether you use both products together or not, your skin feels really hydrated. This is inexpensive enough to give yourself the daily treat you deserve every day. The whole Organix hair and body range is fantastic with it’s natural and fruity ingredients. For my hair I’m using the Macadamia Oil shampoo.
You can pick up the Organix range at most drug or big box stores.
http://www.organixhair.com/frontpage
Have a fabulous hump day Daahlings!
African American Women, Aretha Franklin, Beauty, Black History Month, carmen mcrae, Dorothy Heights, Nina Simone, Women
In Daily Musings on February 21, 2012 at 9:38 am
Hi Darlings, I hope you all had a fabulous 3 day weekend. I certainly did. Here is my 3rd installment of my Black History Sirens series… Enjoy!
Dorothea Towles
Nina Simone
Unknown Diva
Dorothy Heights
Fredi Washington
Aretha Franklin
Carmen McRae
Maylana's Chronicles 