Archive for June, 2009
IMATS Haul: Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics, Make Up For Ever, Cruelty-Free Brushes & More!
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 | Makeup, Photos, Tools and Brushes | 1 Comment
Meilily IMATS Haularama!
Just wanted to share my haul from IMATS 2009, the International Makeup Artists Trade Show held in Los Angeles. I was there on Day 2 and picked up a satisfying budget-friendly haul. It’s a small haul by any means, but, I didn’t want to go overboard, given the economy right now! You should be proud!
Meilily: IMATS Makeup Haul
Make Up For Ever (MUFE) offered 40% off at the show, and most exhibitors offered at least 20-30% off! So here’s what I picked up:
- MUFE Diamond Cream in shade 4 Flesh
- MUFE Empty 3 Pan Palette
- MUFE Diamond Eye Shadow in 308 Diamond Night Blue
- MUFE Eye Shadow in 167 True Blue
- MUFE Eye Shadow in 144 Periwinkle Blue
- Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Loose Colour in Glisten (“pale peach/coral shimmer”)
- Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Loose Colour in Burning(“bright coral with subtle violet shimmer”)
- Mehron Cheek Cream in Bronze (~50% off!)
- Royal & Langnickel Tri-color Nylon Kabuki Brush – Small Dome (50% off!)
- Royal & Langnickel Tri-color Nylon Kabuki Brush -Medium Angle (60% off!)
Keep Reading for More Meilily Haul Photos… › Continue reading
IMATS Photos Part 2: The Makeup Show LA
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 | Hot Happenings, Makeup, Photos | No Comments
More Photos from IMATS 2009 (Day 2)…
Continuing the coverage of Meilily’s visit to Los Angeles for IMATS, the International Makeup Artists Trade Show: Here are more photos from IMATS Day 2, with a focus on film makeup and some disturbing but fascinating oddities from the show!
*Don’t forget to check out Meilily’s Part 1: IMATS Highlights & Photos, with MAC Pro body art!
Note: I placed these photos in order of oddness, starting with a normal makeup photo…
Meilily: Make Up For Ever Display at IMATS
Found lovely little synthetic kabuki brushes for only $6 from Royal & Langnickel’s booth- They totally remind me of my beloved Stript Taklon Kabuki Brush! › Continue reading
IMATS Highlights & Photos: At the Makeup Show LA
Monday, June 22nd, 2009 | Hot Happenings, Makeup, Photos, Sales | 3 Comments
Meilily traveled to Los Angeles for IMATS, the International Makeup Artists Trade Show, and was there for Day 2 of the makeup trade show. There were tons of great brands and supply stores touting their wares, including MAC Pro, Make Up For Ever, Bobbi Brown, Obsessive Compulsive Makeup, and Mehron, as well as Royal Langnickel Brushes, Namies, Nigel Beauty Emporium, and tons of others.
Here are some highlights from IMATS Day 2:
Meilily at IMATS: MAC Pro Body Makeup
It was fantastic to see all the body painting and special effects makeovers going on!
Keep reading for more photos from IMATS… › Continue reading
Beauty Around the Web: Total Beauty Web Tour Week of June 15, 2009
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 | General | No Comments
Meilily Beauty Around the Web! Just wanted to keep you posted on what’s going on around the Total Beauty community: Here are some links to keep you busy this week!
[Stay tuned for IMATS makeup show coverage and photos from Meilily up next!]
The Informed Makeup Maven discovers Votre Vu and Terra Firma Cosmetics, talks summer faves and hosts MAC, Stila and Maybelline giveaways.
Beauty Anonymous shares a preview of Jill Stuart’s upcoming 5th Anniversary Collection for fall 2009!
Boutique Flair is offering 2 chances to win some swag. Enter here and here by 06/21/09!
The Beauty Couch shares some ideas for getting that sexy 60′s Star Trek-inspired look.
Meilily talks Fitness Shoe Skepticism: Are FitFlops & MBTs Just Glorified Platform Shoes?
Neon Bible experiments with Japanese nail art
A Little More Beautiful is giving away 1 LUSH Sweetie Stack Gift Set which includes 3 of their most popular soaps.
Featured ShopStyle Look: Summer Beach Neutrals by Meilily
Sunday, June 21st, 2009 | Fashion, Featured Looks | No Comments
Welcome to Summer, Northern Hemisphere readers!
Next week Meilily will be on vacation in Hawaii, so check out this neutral beachy look – It’s based around one extremely flattering and travel-friendly dress by Patagonia.
This look includes the following fashion and accessory items:
Morning Glory Dress by Patagonia
Sandals by Boden
Pop Art Large Tote by Betsey Johnson
Blue Tourmaline Mix Necklace by Vanessa Jenik
Fish & Hook Necklace by Betsey Johnson
Hat by Juicy Couture
Jemima Floppy Hat by Melissa Odabash
Enjoy! from Meilily
Links à la Mode: IFB Fashion Potluck & Hodge Podge
Friday, June 19th, 2009 | Fashion, General | No Comments
Dear readers, Meilily has joined forces with Independent Fashion Bloggers (IFB) to bring you the top 20 editor-selected IFB links this week! Meilily is on the list! Enjoy!
Fashion Potluck
Edited by Dramtis Personae
This week’s Links á la Mode is a fashion potluck, a hodge podge of politics in fashion, interviews with fabulous designers, bloggers, and photographers, flashbacks in to our fashion past, and great shops and designers to check out. I couldn’t make rhyme or theme of the collection, so just sit back & enjoy some of the best the Independent Fashion Bloggers had to offer this week!
Links à la Mode : June 19th
- A Typical Atypical – Thrifting – how to thrift with success – a step by step introduction for thrifting newbies
- Awakened Aesthetic – Ever have those utterly feminine, against-the-trend days? From lingerie to accessories, Jennifer Nicole goes ethereal
- Bonne Vie – Parasol Party Review
- Breakfast at Saks – Es Trella
- Denimaniac – Best Denim Shops | Denham
- dramatis personae – Plus-Sized Eco-Friendly Fashion: A Myth?
- Fashion Matchmaker – Awesome giveaway, enter to win a beautiful, summery Love Quotes scarf!
- Fashion Pulse Daily – Get the summer blues by entering for a chance to win a pair of Current/Elliott boyfriend jeans!
- Felicia Sullivan – Interview: Entrepreneur and CEO at 24, Lindsay Phillips on Interchangable Flip Flops, Manufacturing in China, and Discovering Your Ideal Business Partner: Your Mom!
- in-mode.com – 4 weeks. bikini. ready. (week 1).
- Independent Fashion Bloggers – Get Real: How to Beat Blogging Perfectionism
- Individual Chic – Best bras for big girls
- Meilily – Fitness Shoe Skepticism: FitFlops & MBTs Glorified Platform Sandals & Sneakers?
- Pursed Lips Magazine – Documentary Teaches Never Let Our Daughters Model |
- Retro Chick – 5 Ideas for Summer Days Out
- Style Symmetry – Seven Question Interview with The Clothes Horse!
- The Bare Skinny – Fifty Fierce Shoes for the Rocker Chick
- THE COVETED – Tye Died
- The Demoiselles – From the Birds: A Body Mantra
- the nerdlings – Men Have Style Too: Adventure Through The Photo Lens
- Unfunded – L.A. Fashion Market Wrap Up
[*Sorry, the original IFB image was huge; so I updated with a smaller image to help page loading!]
Lipstick Queen: New Chinatown Glossy Pencils
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | Makeup, Photos, Stores | 5 Comments
Why I haven’t written about Lipstick Queen products yet, I don’t know!
Available at high-end department store Barneys New York, the Lipstick Queen cosmetics line by Poppy King seems to have developed from a mixture of luxury noir glamour and tongue-in-cheek vision. (The line first become known for its fascinating Saint and Sinner lipsticks, light and intense versions of the same lipstick shade.)
Now, the latest example of why Lipstick Queen products so effectively capture our imagination is their new product, the Chinatown Glossy Pencil, inspired by both the Roman Polanski film, Chinatown, and also by New York’s Chinatown. The minute I found out that the pencil has “Lipstick Queen” written on it in Chinese, I knew I had to try it!
The Lipstick Queen Chinatown Glossy Pencils currently come in 5 bright-but-sheer colors, and these jumbo pencils even come with their own sharpener.
More Details, Review and Photos of Chinatown Chase Glossy Pencil › Continue reading
Fitness Shoe Skepticism: FitFlops & MBTs Glorified Platform Sandals & Sneakers?
Monday, June 15th, 2009 | General, Style and Technology | 24 Comments
Specialized toning fitness shoes are popping up all over the place these days. Originating with curved sole MBT sneakers and semi-wedge FitFlops, these trendy “fitness shoes” are supposed to help tone muscles, improve posture, and more! Am I going to jump on the leg-toning fitness shoe bandwagon and buy MBT sneakers or FitFlops (or both)? I think not!
I find the latest trend selling glorified platform sneakers and flip flops as special fitness shoes disconcerting. The average toning fitness flip flop seems to cost twice as much as the regular platform flip flop sandals that I wear (by Flojos); the average toning fitness sneaker seems to cost four times the price of my beloved Aldo or Nine West platform wedge sandals. I hope this trend does not mean that my usual platform sandals are going to cost a lot more from now on because they’ve been toning my legs as I walk!
What Fitness Shoes Can Supposedly Do
FitFlop, for example, claims that their fitness sandals can help › Continue reading
Beauty Around the Web: Total Beauty Web Tour Week of June 8, 2009
Sunday, June 14th, 2009 | General | No Comments
Meilily Beauty Around the Web! Hope you all had a great week! Here are some links to recap what’s been going on around the web from the Total Beauty community. I think June is shaping up to be a really interesting month on many fronts! Enjoy!
The Informed Makeup Maven talks Kissable Couture, Genie and gives away Diorshow, MAC, Stila and Maybelline!
Beauty Junkies Unite shares an easy guide to sexy summer legs!
Can you lose weight by eating cookies? eye4style invesigates The Cookie Diet. Nom, nom!
Beauty Anonymous reviews Shiseido’s Maquillage Face Creator 3D!
My Makeup Blog answers one reader’s question and gives tips and tricks on monolid eye makeup. Come and take a look!
Makeup Files wants to know: What is your nighttime skincare routine?
Meilily discusses cosmetics ingredients: are they harmful, safe, or who knows?
addicted to lipstick gives us the rundown for the top 2009 Celebrity summer hairstyles.
Beautè Noire is giving away free Max Factor makeup!
Sale Alert: Bliss Blowout Sale On Now!
Friday, June 12th, 2009 | Hot Happenings, Makeup, Sales, Skincare, Stores | No Comments
Meilily Sale Alert!
I highly recommend checking out the Bliss Blowout Sale going on now at BlissWorld.com -You can get up to 50% off hard-to-find beauty products, including those from Rodial, YonKa, Bliss, Chantecaille, MBT, and even Wolford! I’ve personally picked up lots of amazing deals on cosmetics and skincare products during previous Bliss sales. I love a good Bliss sale!
Meilily suggests checking out these sale items…
Chantecaille Bengali Palette (Was: $117 – On Sale: $58.50)
Cosmetics Ingredients: Harmful, Safe, or Who Knows?
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 | Beauty and Awareness, General | 1 Comment
Is there lead in your lipstick? Are there harmful chemicals in your skin creams? The answer we all hope for is “No,” but the reality is actually not so simple.
Do we really know what is in our cosmetics? Lead has a sordid history of being used in cosmetics due to its pigment-enhancing properties, but, now despite being known to be a neurotoxin, lead is still making an appearance in cosmetics today. If you remember the scare over lead in lipstick from a couple years ago, you will understand that we cannot totally rely on cosmetics ingredient labels to tell us everything that is actually in our beauty products.
The lead in lipstick controversy stemmed from a 2007 report, “Poison Kiss,” from the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, that tested lead levels in 33 lipsticks, and revealed that lead was detected in two-thirds of those lipsticks, including some made by L’Oreal, Maybelline, and Cover Girl, though lead wasn’t listed as one of the ingredients. The resulting consumer response to the report and findings of lead in lipstick ranged from fearful outrage to, surprisingly, stiff dismissal.
Those who dismissed the findings as “un-concerning,” cited reasons such as the personal insignificance of the reported lead levels or even a concern that the study was not peer-reviewed by the scientific community. However, it is not hard to understand why many consumers were actually shocked and upset by the findings of lead in popular lipsticks. Regardless of any opinions about the report itself, I’m sure all of us would like to have zero levels of lead in cosmetics rather than some lead, if given a choice.
More on Consumer Choice and Cosmetics Ingredients…
Consumer advocates point out that the US Government › Continue reading
EDUN Spring-Summer Collection Sale + Win $300 from EDUN
Monday, June 8th, 2009 | General | No Comments
EDUN just reduced their Spring/Summer Collection by 30%! Great time to pick up the amazing EDUN Organic Grass Collar Ainsley V-neck Dress, which Meilily loves, and other great fair-trade eco-friendly clothing items from EDUN.
If you register at the EDUN website, you could Win a $300 Gift Certificate to EDUN
in their monthly drawing! With $300 you could buy some lovely EDUN items like these Meilily favorites from other collections…
EDUN’s Organic Baby Blanket: for you or for baby – organic cotton inscribed with a truly touching poem, Splendid City, about Africa, brotherhood and hope. (On Meilily’s wishlist!)
Beauty Around the Web: Total Beauty Web Tour Week of June 1, 2009
Monday, June 8th, 2009 | General | No Comments
Meilily Beauty Around the Web Welcome to June, lovely readers! Here are some links from the Total Beauty community to help you transition into summer…
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The stars came out for the CoverGirl/MTV Movie Awards event at Byron & Tracey Salon, Beauty Junkies Unite was there!
It’s 3 Custom Color Specialist Week on The Informed Makeup Maven who writes, interviews and reviews 3CCS. Don’t forget to enter IMM’s MAC Pack and Diorshow giveaways, and follow IMM on Twitter.
eye4style has the scoop on Sienna Miller’s totally gorgeous MTV Movie Awards hair! Get the how-to here.
A Beautified Life reviews Summer Shimmer makeup that helps withstand the summer heat!
Boutique Flair features makeup with wonderful waterproof magic.
Meilily is giving away an eyeQuatic waterproof summer makeup set from tarte!
Beauty Anonymous reviews La Mer The SPF30 UV Protecting Fluid.
Celebrate Shawn Johnson’s win on Dancing with the Stars… click here to enter to win a makeup bag full of her favorite goodies over at Beauty in Real Life.
Fabulous Over Forty discusses mens skincare needs and products.
New Melissa + Vivienne Westwood Lady Dragon II Heels Now at Epaulet!
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009 | Hot Happenings, Product Launches, Shoes, Stores | 2 Comments
Meilily Hot Happenings & New Product Images!
The Fall ’09 Lady Dragon heels by Melissa & Vivienne Westwood Anglomania are now available, and Epaulet in New York just got an exclusive early delivery! They are apparently the only online retailer in the US to have these right now!!
If you’re familiar with Meilily’s love of the amazing Lady Dragon rubber heart heels by Melissa & Vivienne Westwood, you’ll know that Epaulet is Meilily’s go-to shop for getting these and other hard-to-find Melissa shoes here in the US. (Btw – Epaulet ships free and quickly within the US, and they also ship internationally!)
The New Fall ’09 Lady Dragon II Shoes
The new Fall ’09 Lady Dragon II slingback heels are still made with Melissa’s signature scented rubber material (and still run a bit large), but this time they feature a rubber bow in the front instead of a rubber heart. Also for Fall ’09, these new Lady Dragons come in darker colors, such as black and red. Oooh, who doesn’t like red shoes?!
And… if you prefer cute flats, Epaulet also just got a shipment of the new Melissa & Vivienne Westwood Fall ’09 Ultragirl flats with bow!
More Product Images of Melissa’s Ultragirl & Original Lady Dragon with Heart…
Meilily Giveaway: Win a Tarte EyeQuatic Waterproof Summer Essentials Set!
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | Contests, Free Stuff, Makeup | 58 Comments
[Update June 12, 2009: The winner of this giveaway is Trude! Congrats!]
Meilily Summer Makeup Giveaway! With the popularity of our last giveaway, Meilily.com has now teamed up with tarte cosmetics to give away one tarte eyeQuatic waterproof summer makeup set starting June 3, 2009! Check back to see who wins!
Win a tarte eyeQuatic Waterproof Summer Essentials Set ($35 value):
- Three lock & roll eyeshadows in new jewel-toned sea-inspired shades: tourquoise, citrine, tanzanite
- A deluxe travel-size lights, camera, splashes! 4-in-1 natural waterproof mascara
- A full-size aquatic-mod head scarf in matching shades
Check out Meilily’s swatches and photos of these summer giveaway items here!
To enter, simply do the following: [One entry per person please]
- Subscribe to the Meilily RSS feed here.
- Post a comment on this post below telling Meilily why you want to win!
All complete entries must be received by June 11, 2009 at 11:59 PM PST. Giveaway open to US Residents only. (Sorry international readers! Meilily hopes to include you soon.) Void where prohibited by law. A winner will be chosen randomly and notified by email. The winner must timely respond with their address, so that the prize can be shipped to them by tarte. Please check out our Privacy Policy before entering.
Good Luck! from Meilily * Live Beautifully
P.S. Even if you don’t win, you can still score 20% off tarte waterproof items with code WATER20!
P.P.S. Here’s our tarte giveaway link on Prizey!
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