Nars Summer 2011 Collection

You can always count on Nars to bring something super fabulous to the new season!

Here is the Nars Summer 2011 Collection, making its debut today (April 15th)

Inspired by Motu Tane, Francois Nars small island in French Polynesia, this collection features turquoise and greens, whites and golds, cantaloupes and corals.

 

Superliciously notable items a girl must have:

Cap Ferrat Eyeshadow Trio (Icy sea foam, icy ocean green, icy turquoise)
Its the trip you take to the South of France, when you can't take a trip to the South of France.
And when you can!

Nars Dogon Duo Eyeshadow (Icy taupe with a metallic green sheen paired with a reflective black)

Nars Exotic Dance Duo (icy silver white with a metallic gold)

Nars New Order Highlighting Blush (soft pink with gold & silver shimmers)

Nars Mayflower Lipstick (raspberry shimmer)

Nars Pure Matte Lipstick in Carthage (hot pink)

I love the hot pinks and raspberries, as the blue undertone makes your teeth look super white.

There will also be a limited edition of the Nars Laguna Body Bronzer and Laguna Multiple.
These will sell out fast so grab them quickly!!

Vogue.com Ten Best Dressed Of The Week

This is fun and fabulous!

I found a cool piece on Vogue.com looking at the 10 best dressed ladies of the week.

You can vote for your favorite.

Here are my top 5

Blake Lively in  Dolce & Gabbana dress and Louboutin shoes at the Green Lantern event at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, March 31 2011

Brooklyn Decker in Victoria Beckham dress and Stella McCartney dress at the ACMs in Las Vegas, April 3rd 2011

Carolina Herrera Jr wearing Carolina Herrera at the CH L'eau fragrance party in London, April 6th 2011

Helen Mirren wearing Alberta Ferretti dress, Sergio Rossi shoes and a Lanvin clutch at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, March 31st 2011

Renee Zellweger in Tommy Hilfiger trench and Jimmy Choo shoes at the Tommy Hilfiger Limited Edition Bag Launch in Milan, April 6th 2011

I'm thinking my favorite is Brooklyn Decker.
Check out the other 5 and cast your vote here on Vogue.com

Kim Kardashian Covers Cosmo Turkey???

Uh oh Cosmo - looks like you made a super sonic ethnic faux pas here!!

Armenian beauty Kim Kardashian graces the cover of Turkish Cosmo this month, a source of great distress to her, and no doubt her family.
April 24 marks the day Armenians honor those who were lost to genocide at the hands of the Turks, making an April cover even more of an insult.

The pictures are part of an international Cosmo shoot, but Cosmo were supposed to clear with Kim which international editions would have her face on them before going to print.

Cosmo really dropped the ball by not understanding the greater global cultural sensitivities. I'm sure the Turkish people will not be thrilled either.

Way to go Cosmo...

The Beauty Blender

I've been doing loads of really cool editorial shoots lately, and have been using some really fun makeup and tools on them, and got to thinking you might find the things I obsess about interesting too. As such I'm going to do some posts about some of them.

First up, the ultimate blending tool, the Beauty Blender.

This one has actually been around for a while now, but is so fabulous it needs discussing!
Designed by celebrity makeup artist Ree Ann Silva as a means to create a completey seemless, flawless finish, this has become my favorite way to not only apply foundation but also cream blush.

Beauty Blenders are latex free, non allergenic and odor free. The elliptical shape fits easily in your hand, and enables you to bounce (or stipple) foundation onto the skin, creating a flawless finish with no streaking or wiping. The narrow end gets into hard to reach places, while the wider end bounces and rolls product across the broader planes of the face.

Phoenix Bride & Groom cover shoot, Beauty Blender in one hand, Ellis Faas Skin Veil Foundation pen in the other

If you are a cream blush fanatic (like me) you can bounce the product over the cheek bone, and get the most beautiful finish to the skin. Beauty Blender presses product into the skin, so you don't have that cakey layer of makeup sitting on the surface of the skin. Everything looks seemless and beautiful.

Beauty Blender & Ellis Faas Skin Veil Foundation in hand

If you run with the eco-friendly crowd you'll love these too, as you don't throw them away. They come with a cleanser, and you just wash them in between uses.


Here's a little video to show you how to use your Beauty Blender

Handbags For Spring

A girl's gotta have a great handbag for each season, so lets look at some for spring:

Stella McCartney's PETA friendly faux leather and raffia Iris Bag is sleek, refined and chic. Its also very clean and modern.

If you're in the market for an easy saddle bag,
Henry Cuir Calumet 
is a stylish, extremely well built beautiful leather bag,
featuring saddle stitching on the front, 2 pouches under the
flap, an extra wide gusset for maximum storage while maintaining a sleek profile.
The shoulder strap is adjustable, so it can cross your body,
hang low, or hang at regular shoulder length.

I adore a good tote, even if it does border on extremely simplistic.
Tod's Shopping Medium Tote is
totally elegant while also being super functional.
It also doesn't date, so it will be at the height of fashion and luxury for years.
(Its on my "most coveted" list...)

Topping my "most coveted" list is this Prada Natural City Calf bag.
Uber chic, uber modern, uber gorgeous. Prada totally knows how to do it.
This super stylish bag is perfect for day, can fit everything in it, goes with everything - you'd use it forever.
Rihanna likes it for night.
Beautiful.

Kate Moss Vogue Japan May 2011

I've always loved Kate Moss.
In fact I think she is perhaps the greatest model of our time.
But I am very biased.

Here she is working her magic for Vogue Japan May 2011 issue.

Perfection. (apart from that squished boob)

Shot by Mert & Marcus.
I would die to know what makeup artist Charlotte Tibury used on the Moss's lips

i-D Spring 2011

Sometimes all you need are flowers and lovely pictures to look at.
Sometimes both arrive together.


Shine, i-D 2011

Aren't they beautiful?

I've just done several shoots where flowers were heavily and immaculately featured, so this totally caught my eye.


The photographer is Karim Sadli, the model is Poland's Malgosia Bela

For more images from this story check out the fabulous Fashionising.com here