Fall 2011: Too Faced Midnight in the Garden of Glamour

Exclusive only to Too Faced for the entire month of June, take a gander at Midnight in the Garden of Glamour new for Fall 2011!  That's right, Sephora and Ulta don't even have this yet. 

With a garden of gemstone and shimmery neutral colors to play with, this collection rocks my green-eyed world!  Green-eyed in that it's the color of my eyes, not that I perceive the world with envy. Ok, that clarified, just imagine how these shades will enhance green eyes.  Really, the shades of the new palette will enhance all eye shades beautifully.  Let me share more of the deets of the collection.

NEW SMOKEY EYE SHADOW COLLECTION
A smokey eye is the most requested makeup look by women seeking a smoldering, sexy style. Too Faced reintroduces this popular collection with a slimmer package and new, color-saturated formulas. Created for this deeply blended technique, the wearable shades add a modern drama to all eye shapes.

Shades include: Firefly (silvery taupe), White Lie (sugar white), In A Flash (silver shimmer), Cloves (bronzey brown), Nice Ash (charcoal), Smoking Jacket (black plum), Up In Smoke (black brown), Smokin Hot (matte black), Smolder (matte navy)

EXOTIC COLOR INTENSE EYE SHADOW SINGLES  $18
Personally, I fancied their shadow before, but Too Faced has amped up their shadows with this dangerously rich collection of exotic shadows. These intense sating shades were created as the must-have accessory to compliment their best-selling eye shadow collections.

SHADOW INSURANCE LEMON DROP  $18
Introducing Shadow Insurance Lemon Drop Color Correcting Eye Shadow Primer!
World-famous Shadow Insurance primer has been infused with a perfect lemon-yellow tone that neutralizes redness and ruddiness while ensuring eye shadow shades are clear and true every time.

PERFECT EYES WATERPROOF EYELINER  $18
Their creamy, long-wearing eye liners glide on with the ease of a liquid liner and are said to lock down for 8 hours of budge-proof, smudge-proof wear. These high-impact pencils come in six waterproof shades ranging from the necessary classic to cutting-edge couture. Each includes a flexi-firm, beveled smudger to allow for a smokey blend or precise line.

Shades include: Black, Peacock (teal), Black Orchid (blackened plum), Purple, Brown, and Storm (charcoal)

The Midnight in the Garden of Glamour collection also features a dual-helix, keratin-infused, curl-setting mascara (Size Queen tis its name) and a 3-piece brush set created by founder Jerrod Blandino that are "must-haves for all eye makeup application".  Visit TooFaced online today to learn more about the collection and for purchase.

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Too Faced Celebrates St. Paddy's Day Green

Shadow in Moonbeam, Foiled Liner in Metallic Mermaid, Starry Eyed Liner in Obsessed Fan

Dare to create bold, dramatic eye looks that defy the ordinary with Too Faced Cosmetics. Starry-Eyed Liquid Liner, a daring, glitter liquid liner, will transform lids into a starry-eyed sensation. Formulated with sparkling, micro-glitter for added impact and edge, these liners are long lasting, fast drying and fantasy worthy. A gentle beauty product, Starry-Eyed Liquid Liner contains soothing ingredients that include peach, carrot and cucumber extracts for results that get a reaction but won't cause one. - $17.50

Like metallic meteors from space, throwing sparks of iridescent light across the night sky, Galaxy Glam Eye Shadow in Moonbeam delivers a most glamorous eye in gorgeous greens. Futuristic Italian opalescent pigments are baked right into each black domed shadow that mix together to produce a multi-dimensional smoky eye. - $19.50

Mmmm ... these creamy smooth, totally waterproof metallic eye liners deliver highly reflective, "foiled" color for truly luscious lids. Foiled Liners in intense, silky-textured colors glide across the lids and lock in place for truuly smudge-free results that won't transfer or crease. - $16.50

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with these gorgeous green shaded lovelies from Too Faced. All products shown are available at Too Faced online and Sephora.

Too Faced Launches Smurfette Collection

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Blue is the new black this season as in-the-know trendsetters flock to get their hands on the hottest, limited-edition cosmetic collection to hit the market -- Too Faced's The Smurfette Collection.

Inspired by Too Faced's Founder and Creative Director, Jerrod Blandino's, favorite childhood "idol" -- The Smurfette Collection turns 80s fantasy into today's beauty reality. Produced under license from Sony Pictures Consumer Products Inc. and Lafig Belgium s.a., this 5-piece Collection will bear the iconic Smurfette imagery and celebrated character artwork. Debuting at Sephora U.S. stores and on Sephora.com, this fun and flirty assortment will hit shelves in January 2009. As a limited-edition launch, savvy Smurf(TM) fans will need to act with Smurfy speed to get these stylishly chic items before they sell out!

The Smurfette Collection includes...

• Smurfette Mood Swing Lip Gloss, $18.50: A mood activated lipgloss that starts off Smurfy blue and then magically blossoms into countless shades of Smurf-berry pink depending on the wearer's emotional state!
• So Smurfy Illuminating Face Powder, $26.00: Created in the image of Smurfette, this multi-shade palette brightens and tones with a combination of soft, color-correcting shades that blend together for wear on any skintone.
• So Smurfy Eye Shadow Collection, $32.50: A chic palette that includes four complimentary eye shadow shades -- two of which are debossed with the classic Smurf daisy and Smurfette's silhouette.
• Smurfy Eyed Liquid Liner, $17.50: Two long-lasting, fast-drying liquid eyeliners, in Smurf-inspired blue and white shades formulated with sparkling, micro-glitter for added impact and edge!

Jerrod explains his inspiration for the Collection: "I am constantly drawing from my childhood experiences and many artistic genres. As a child of the 80s, Smurfette was the 'It Girl' of my generation. It all coalesced one morning when I was jolted awake out of a deep slumber by a nagging thought that had been swimming around my head for awhile -- 'What Happened To Smurfette?' I had visions of her luxuriating up in the Hollywood Hills, jaded by the intensity of the limelight, but poised and ready to make her return! She was the only girl in a village of adoring men who seemed their whole reason for living was to bask in her blue-tinted spotlight. She was the epitome of the Too Faced girl and would inspire a whole new crop of fashionistas to up their feminine ante and capture the world's adoration. I drifted back to sleep with visions of what shades, textures and formulas I would use to create a Collection worthy of such a beauty icon," explains Jerrod.

The Collection is positioned to attract both the Smurfette and Too Faced loyal fan bases as well as new shoppers looking for innovative, larger-than-life, high quality cosmetics. The authentic line is designed to appeal to the young at heart, hipsters looking for a dose of trendy nostalgia and any glamour girl that lives to play with makeup.

The Smurfs, known by many names in countless languages, are beloved all over the world. In celebration of The Smurfs' 50th anniversary, Sony Pictures Entertainment previously announced that a live-action/animated hybrid Smurfs motion picture is in development, to be produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation with producer Jordan Kerner (Charlotte's Web) and writers David Stem and David Weiss (Shrek 2 and Shrek 3).
Juli Boylan, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Consumer Products for Sony Pictures Consumer Products, added, "Smurfette is the quintessential glamour girl and a perfect fit with a brand as bold, bright and glamorous as Too Faced."

I really had to search to find this collection on the website, but it IS available at Sephora.com if you search for it. (click this Sephora link to catch my search results). I expect this collection is going to go over like gangbusters when more news of its birth hits the cyber-waves! Enjoy ...

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Sephora: The Lash Stash

What a great idea! Sephora has a new sampler kit that allows us to try all the fab, best-selling mascaras to see which we like best. It contains seven travel-size black mascaras from our favorite brands, for the longest, lushest, most-volumized lashes ever. Here's what is included:

• Benefit - A Little Bit BADgal Lash in Black
• Blinc - Kiss Me Mascara in Black
• LORAC - Publicity Stunt Lashes in Black
• Smashbox - Bionic Mascara in Black
• Stila - Multi-Effect Mascara in Black
• Sephora Brand Lash Plumper in Black
• Too Faced - Lash Injection in Black

The kit is selling for $28. For more information or to make a purchase, visit Sephora.

Trend Alert: Color-Changing Glosses

I don't know guys, do we have "sucker" tattooed to our foreheads or what? I'm amazed at the gimmicky glosses hitting the shelves this year. I remember as a pre-teen loving the idea of mood rings, mood glosses and the like, but haven't we moved passed that phase? Or are we in an ever-circulatory cycle of coming around to the same trends over and over again? And these are coming from well established brands too, not just fly by night crews ... oy veh.

Case in point:

Ok, not only are we being asked to "buy" the all-too-ridiculous FUZE Slenderize Guilt-Free Lip Gloss (at $18.50 a pop worse yet) - see prior post, but, hey, just for extra amusement, go ahead and shell out an additional $18.50 on the Mood Swing Gloss as well ... uggggh!

Purporting to, "change color on your lips depending on your body heat, ph balance and mood". Wait! Does this sound strangely similar to another product that changes color with the wearer's own body chemistry ...? Hmmm .... now what was that product .... ?

Oh yes, I remember, from another well established beauty brand ... but in a blush. We all remember the well advertised O-Glow "intuitive" blush ... yes indeedy.

Let's add insult to injury with an expansion to the O-Glow family. How about, oh I don't know, a nice little "intuitive" lip gloss! Hey, and let's call it, ready for this; hold onto your seats now - O-Gloss!

Again with the micro-circulatory Goji-Berry C Complex blah blah blah. And a whopping $22 a tube. Are we really running to the stores to buy these, ladies?

photos: sephora.com

NEW in Stores for January

Hot New Beauty Products




Fekkai All-Day Hair Plump includes strand thickening humectants and damage repairing peptides, lightweight, leave-in $95 for 3.4 oz at neiman marcus

Too Faced FUZE Slenderize Guilt-Free Lip Gloss gives a shiny, pumped pout that helps curb the munchies with its appetite-thwarting, energy boosting active ingredients $18.50 at sephora ~ Anyone find this works yet? post comments below

Dior Capture Totale Foundation a serum formula makeup that performs double-duty evening out skin tone while boosting radiance and firming, smoothing the skin; SPF15 $75 at Dior counters

Estee Lauder Re-Nutriv Ultimate Youth Creme a new product to the company's super-luxe, age-defying arsenal combines an exclusive patent-pending Youth Molecule - a pumped up "more stable version" of the antioxidant, anti-irritant resveratrol - with a plethora of other exotic complexion perfectors, a whopping $250 at estee lauder (worth the price? let me know)

Maybelline New York Mineral Powder Makeup jumping on the mineral bandwagon is Maybelline NY with its complete collection of complexion enhancers, delivering sun protection and smooth finish in one, yet at a wallet-friendly price $8 - $10 at drugstores

photos: Nicola Kast

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FUZE: Worth All the Fuss?

I really like Too Faced cosmetics and have been a fan for some time now. Their Lip Injection is among my favorite lip plumpers ever (for the effect).

BUT ... I must admit, I'm not all that convinced about this new limited edition, Sephora exclusive product they've launched in collaboration with FUZE Energy Drinks. Are we really to believe that slathering the fruity concoction on our lips will help "slenderize" us? At $18.50 a pop, it better do more than just shine our lips and taste good. Ughhhh!

What do you think?

This is what Sephora says:

FUZE Slenderize Guilt Free Lip Gloss What it does: Quench your thirst for a beauty buzz with FUZE Slenderize Guilt Free Gloss. Infused with the same delicious fruit flavors and active ingredients found in FUZE Slenderize energizing beverages, one delicious dab on the lips will give you a taste of what all the Hollywood starlets are losing it over! Always on the lips, never on the hips! What else you need to know: Slenderize Gloss comes in three mouth-watering shades: Blueberry Raspberry, Strawberry Melon, and Dragonfruit Lime. One squeeze produces a dab of long-lasting, high-gloss, silky formula that creates juicy, sexy lips that smell as good as they taste. Too Faced's new gloss packs wondrous ingredients that promote appetite-normalization. Swipe it on your lips to help kiss those unwanted pounds goodbye.