Elizabeth Arden White Tea

Joining  Elizabeth Arden's perenially popular Green Tea  fragrance is new White Tea.

I have always loved the Green Tea scent and those types of fragrances in general. White Tea is similar to it in that it is light  and soft but it is also different . It's less tea , more musks and and green notes.

White  Tea begins with citrus and sage along with an aquatic note that gives it a slightly unisex feel. It's crisp and then becomes softer with rose and cool iris. As it dries down there are musks  , and  warm woods.

It's a great warm weather scent  with it's freshness and light sillage. Lasting power is light to medium   as it's an EDT  and it's the type of fragrance you can reapply midday or evening .


Elizabeth Arden White  Tea is $ 24 for 1 oz, 1.7 oz for $ 37 and $ 49 for 3.3 oz. along with body  cream , shower gel available also.

L'Oreal Infallible Paints Metallics Eyeshadows

I am thrilled with the current metallic trend. I have always loved and used metallic colors in most of my makeup, trendy or not. Now with the look so popular that means lots more to love and try.

L'Oreal has new Infallible Paints Metallics Eyeshadows  for a molten gleam on your eyes. These shadows have great color payoff with little fallout. They are creamy and easy to blend. I've gotten  good wear time as well. With a primer shadow base,  4-5 hours, which  for me is really good. I melt off shadow very easily. If you don't you should get far better results . These seem to have a good "grip" on eyelids and don't crease/settle.

Shown are two of the five new shades- Caged ( rich taupe) and Brass Knuckles ( a gilded bronze-y gold ).



L'Oreal Infallible Paints Metallics Eyeshadows  are $ 9.99 and come in 5 shades.

Elizabeth Arden Sheer Kiss Lip Oil

Have you  explored Elizabeth Arden lately?  They've got you covered for easy, pretty Summer makeup with their new Sheer Kiss Lip Oils and Cooling Cheek Gel.  Let's take a look at the lip oils, a hot category right now.

Sheer Kiss Lip Oils are lightweight but very moisturizing sheer tints of color. The moisture lasts literally for hours with shea and mango seed butters along with oils and they don't feel tacky or sticky on lips.

The color is less lasting , not unexpected with a balm / oil type of product. They have a shine on lips , not quite a gloss but glossy-ish  and no shimmer. It's a pretty wash of color that can also be layered with lipstick or over a pencil.

For Summer, it's swipe and go kind of thing. Easy but looks  great.

I love the packaging here too, the round lucite like container with the color in the middle ( which is soft and squeezable). It makes for a little difficulty applying though. The tip is angled for your lip but it's still easier to use a finger or brush.

Keep in mind that when the cold temps roll around again these will still be  great to use. All that moisture  is just what you need when wind chills start whipping.

Elizabeth Arden Sheer Kiss Lip Oil comes in six shades for $ 19.50 each

Shown in Nude and Coral.

Instagram Perfume Project

Love perfume? Over on Insta I am sharing pics of my large perfume collection. It's  been fun picking out ones to highlight ( and sometimes revisit) .

If you're interested I'll be posting one at least once a week, hopefully more and using #BeautyAlchemistPerfumes . I kicked it off with a group of my favorite Summer  scents.