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Country-Cutie Taylor Swift
I’m not a huge fan of country music but I’ve always liked Taylor Swift’s music. I’m not here to talk about her music though. I came across a freebie for her new fragrance, “Wonderstruck”. What stars out there don’t just stick to one element? Singers sing and have their own fragrance line. Actresses act and have their own clothing line. A lot of athletes have their own line of something too!
So, “Wonderstruck” is Swift’s first fragrance and she partnered with Elizabeth Arden for this. It is available online but if you want a sample (hurry, before they run out) of it first then check out her Facebook page! It should be in stores in October (US).
Swift’s collection includes the spray, a rollerball, lotion, and bath gel! The scent is “a charming and sparkling surprise of vibrant fruits, kissed by a bouquet of soft petals and a touch of sweet indulgence.”
I look forward to getting my free sample! I already love the color purple…
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Elizabeth Arden
Florence Nightingale Graham (December 31, 1884 – October 18, 1966), who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was a Canadian businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire in the United States. At the peak of her career, she was one of the wealthiest women in the world.
100 years later in 1984, I was born. 26 years after that, I am going to be her parallel… Also hailing from Toronto to NYC to start my own makeup business. I need all the help I can get so I can tell my story in 2066. I will be 82 then…with a legacy of my own.
I’m determined to create something out of this world. So tell me.. What do you hate the most about your make up?
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Lipstick Effect
The ‘recession’ is real. More real than the receding hair line on that dude, more real than the receding tidal waves at dusk on a beach, and more real than the receding hem lines at every private girls school in the city. Yep. I read this article on Forbes today and it talked about the Lipstick Effect that occured during the Great Depression, production of beauty producted halved but sales rose between 1929-1933. This is an economical theory that women will buy more beauty products and lipsticks to make themselves feel better in times of economic uncertainity. After 9/11, US sales in lipsticks doubled. Well this makes a lot of sense to me – as many of you know, I do freelance work and there are often times of economic uncertainities in my person budget – hence the 100 lipglosses I have! These are ‘feel good’ items that does the job without the heavy $$. So! Hello to Sephora, Make Up For Ever and all that good stuff. Buy yourself a little lipstick or lipgloss because you have to wait on that bag, those shoes and that spring trench you have been eyeing. A lipstick is a reasonable indulgence.
Some of my personal favorites:
L’Oreal Color Juice Stick in Island Punch
Elizabeth Arden Hot Pink or Pink Vibrations
Thierry Mugler Lip Lacker in Pink
GOSH High Shine Lip Cream in Raisin
Urban Decay Lipstick in Peroxide
Sephora Lip Attitude in Trendy Pink
While clothing stores are shutting down left, right, centre – accessories and makeup stores are actually doing quite well. I have noticed that several stores on Queen St W have shut down. The stores between BlackBull to Lemor are all gone, the shoe store on Beverley and Queen also goners, the jewelry store by Adidas also for lease. And all 6 RK stores are shutting down. Yikes. But, M.A.C has these wicked ChromaLiquid Liners in blue, yellow, white, green! PS: I think you can get the same effect with clown paint and a great brush.Since 2009, I gave up Starbucks, shopping per event habit, eating out only 15 times a week now as opposed to 21 times :). I will not give up my Blackberry data plan, buying fresh meat for my dog, getting my eyebrows waxed, going to the movies at least twice a week and books.
Hard times ahead, but lips sure are glossy. What will you give up?
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