Glamour Squad Weekly Reads

The Beauty Alchemist steps into an Italian garden with Annick Goutal Ninfeo Mio.

Clumps of Mascara is having weight frustrations.

Butterflydiary hosts a red carpet Oscar party sponsored by Dove!

The Product Pasha has a frank chat with DeVries President Stephanie Smirnov about blogging, PR, and everything in between.

Krasey Beauty spotlights the brand new Urban Decay Alice in Wonderland Palette.

Divadebbi returns to her roots again!

Smashbox Master's Class Beauty Breakthroughs Set

Smashbox's Beauty Breakthroughs set on Sephora made my antennae go up with the eyeshadows in it being called waterproof. If you read this blog regularly you know makeup melt is part of my life. Eye makeup is the hardest. So waterproof eyeshadow along with wax brow pencil and more? I'm in.



The eyeshadow palette is a nice mix of neutrals from lightest to dark. Nothing fancy but perfect for every day wear, a smoky eye or blending with other shadows. And the big thing- they really do last. Even without base I got hours of wear. ( Normally unheard of. Think 1 hour if I am lucky) With shadow base, most of the day. There was even a smidge still there after a shower. Amazing. Thank you Smashbox.



So what else is in the box? A great clear wax brow pencil that's done the best job holding my very prone to gravity eyebrows yet. I like the no color bit. Just wax, period.


Also new mascara, a cheek stain that is far sheerer than it looks and a nice concealer compact version of Photo Op of as well as an O- gloss shimmer gloss. I haven't used all of these except for the concealer, which was very good.



Worth the price of admission alone in my mind for the eyeshadows , but overall you get a lot in this collection.

By the way, all items come with the lab sample label. Since they are "breakthroughs", that gives then that fresh from the lab look.


The full set list:

Waterproof eyeshadow palette
Lash Detailing Mascara
O-Gloss Shimmer
Brow Wax Pencil
Cheek Stain
Poured Photo OP

Available only at Sephora and Sephora.com for $ 59.00 and is LE

My Oscar Red Carpet Favorites

My Oscar Red Carpet recap is short and simple. With the exception of Sarah Jessica Parker, the full figured and the over 50 ladies did it best.

-Sarah Jessica Parker's Chanel Couture was so stunning it boggles. I know not everyone is loving it but I did. It was not boring like almost all the dresses were . It was different but beautiful. I even liked her crazy huge buns on the back . Again, bold and kind of weird, but risk taking and no one does that anymore at the Oscars it seems. The smoky eye, bronzed glow and stacked diamond bracelets didn't hurt either.

-Queen Latifah looked all out glam and gorgeous in Badgley Mischka Couture Just enough bling on the dress to not be plain, a good color for her, a great fit . On the plus size lady. She worked it, owned it and won.

-Meryl Streep was elegance and class in Chris March . I do wish she loaded on one whopper of a diamond necklace a la Ms. Mirren , my next pick, but that's not Meryl's style. Still she looked great, happy, relaxed and well dressed.

-Helen Mirren can do little wrong in my book . She takes every red carpet by storm. Wearing Badgley Mischka and those huge platinum set diamonds from Chopard around her neck said The Queen is back to all her loyal subjects.

Oscar Stars Shine in Chanel Rouge Coco

Many of the lovely ladies on the red carpet were wearing the new Rouge Coco lipstick by Chanel. While I may not get behind all their dress choices, they, or most likely their makeup artist picked a great lipstick.

Although I don't really think Sandra Bullock's pink-red shade suited her well, the rest of the ladies looked wonderful and all their makeup was by Chanel.

-Sandra Bullock is wearing Rouge Coco in Paris. Makeup by Angela Levin.

-Rachel McAdams is wearing Rouge Coco in Rose Comete( with Glossimer in Futile over it) Makeup by Kayleen McAdams

-Cameron Diaz is wearing Rouge Coco in Gabrielle . Makeup by Robin Fredriksz

-Amanda Seyfried is wearing Rouge Coco in Perle. Makeup by Monika Blunder

-Julianne Moore is wearing Rouge Coco in Rivoli, and topped with a bit of Glossimer in Summer Plum. Makeup by :
Sabrina Bedrani