New NARS / Daphne Guinness for Fall

Daphne Guinness is a style icon. She wears couture as most women wear sportswear . Recently she purchased the entire collection of the late Isabella Blow's hats. I hope someday she exhibits them so everyone can see .

Guinness is also friends with Francois Nars and is now not only the face of fall , but has her own monikered eye shadow.

Daphne is a royal purple and Guinness is wearing it in the ads along with several other new releases. I don't think it even looks like her in the picture, but either way it's a stunning image. The eyeshadow, well it looks like a beauty .

Also new are :

-Mangrove eyeshadow , a yellow-green shade
-Douceur blush, a soft pink- brown
-Rouge Basque lipstick- a true red.

In other NARS news, he is thinking about opening a free standing boutique , probably on Bleecker in NYC this fall. The store will have special items in addition to the full line.

Fall 2010 will be online July 15 at http://www.narscosmetics.com/ and on counters in August.

All info: wwd

MAC Venomous Villains- Updates

MAC Venomous Villains is one of the most anticipated new collections in awhile. First we waited to see what villains they would be and now details are emerging a bit.

The villain list is Cruella De Vil, Maleficient, Evil Queen from Snow White, and a male villain- Dr. Facilier from The Princess and The Frog.

According to MAC the colors in the line ( 40 shades) are all based on Pantone shade reproductions of the original Disney artist drawings. For Maleficient " offbeat purples, blackened shades and pearlized nails" are used.

New are Magically Cool Liquid Powders ( I almost typed Magically Delicious, you know you thought it). These powders are fronted by Dr. Facilier and are "featherlight powders that go on like a mist and either sets or enhances foundation". They can also be used on naked skin.

September 30 is the launch date.

All quotes Jennifer Balbier of MAC .

Info :WWD

Lierac Self Tanners

Lierac as well as making some top skincare also has a self tanning line. Two products are Autobronzant Hydratation Corps , a self tanning lotion for body and Bronzage Parfait Sans Soliel, a self tanning face gel.

The face gel is lightweight, non greasy and dries fast. It gives a subtle hint of of color after several hours. I am fairly pale and using this the first time I had a golden glow but it was just there, nothing too bronze or over done. In fact I would have been happy to have it darker. This makes it great for those us who are pale or someone who just wants to boost their skintone a bit.

The body lotion is a medium weight , moisturizing lotion that delivers a medium shade of color. Not as dark as many out there but a definite golden tan . The moisturizing properties make this especially nice if you have drier skin already. According to Lierac , this is also one to use to help prolong an existing tan and even it out.

All Lierac self tanners are available at select CVS stores and online at http://www.lierac-usa.com/

Autobronzant Hydratation Corps is $ 30.00 and Bronzage Parfait Sans Soliel for Face is $ 25.00

Glamour Squad Weekly Links

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