Trish McEvoy Says Hello to Spring with Love

Here's a collection sure to pull at your heartstrings, if for no other reason then because it sounds so completely divine.  Trish McEvoy's new limited edition Love Fragrance Collection is sure to leave a touch of sweetness in the air, on your skin, and yes, even on your lips!

Love will envelop you in the delicate fragrance of No. 9 Blackberry & Vanilla Musk Eau de Parfum and Super Enriched Body Cream while the Wild Blueberry Vanilla Candle burns gently to soothe your soul. My senses are already desperate to experience these pieces. Add to that the Seduction Flawless Lip Color as the finishing touch of beauty and elegance to complete a romantic aura leaving those who adorn completely irresistible. Sweet, sensual, and undeniably one of the most loving collections of beauty a woman can get her hands on this spring, the Love Fragrance Collection is a the perfect assortment of pleasure. Would make a perfect Mother's Day gift, n'est pas?

Trish McEvoy’s The Love Fragrance Collection, set to retail at $90, will be available beginning April 18th at TrishMcEvoy.com. Can't wait!

Bluemercury: New for Fall!

Head on over the bluemercury to take a gander at the lovelies in store for Fall 2010 in the category of .... Beauty!

NARS
Soft Touch Shadow Pencils provide easy, portable, long-wearing application. These jumbo sized pencils have versatile functionality to shade the lid, line, or highlight the eye. $24 each

Smooth, creamy texture delivers a smooth, velvety feel to the eye and make for easy blending and an ideal base for layering with a powder shadow for increased color intensity.

• Portable application
• Smooth, creamy, long-wearing formula
• Easy and seamless blending
• Ideal base for layering with powder eyeshadow to increase color intensity

BOBBI BROWN
Voted "Best Eye Shadow" by Self (2008). Bobbi's Metallic Eye Shadows are now available in a broad range of pastel to bold shades. Their high-shimmer, high-pigment formula applies smoothly and evenly and stays crease free for long-lasting wear. New shades: Black Berry, Black Charcoal, Black Cocoa $20

LAURA MERCIER
Laura Mercier Sequin Eye Colour has soft-sparkle effects that glisten and captivates. The deep-impact shades can be swept over eyes softly for a stunning day look, or applied with more intensity for evening glamour.  $22

TRISH MCEVOY
Lip-conditioning formula cushions while delivering the perfect amount of buildable color with a semi-matte, non-drying finish in Natural, the first of many timeless shades to come in Trish’s highly anticipated and here-to-stay Classic Lip Color Collection. New shades: Natural 22 and Vibrant 31  $23

TOCCA Kona Candle - Bluemercury Exclusive!
An exclusive candle created by Marla, Bluemercury's Founder. Marla found inspiration in her childhood family trips to Hawaii and the quaint Kona coast and its glorious waterfalls and exotic black sand beaches with rushing lava flowing straight into the ocean from the Hualalai volcano. Kona's essence creates your own tropical paradise with refreshing scents of coconut and hibiscus.  $36



See all the new collections, pieces and products for Fall 2010 at chic, trendy, gorgeous bluemercury!

Vanity Fair: Q&A with Makeup Artist Trish McEvoy

Vanity Fair beauty director SunHee Grinnell speaks with Trish McEvoy, the innovative makeup artist and founder of Trish McEvoy Cosmetics, about working with her husband, the recent launch of her Treatment Foundation, and why her makeup planner works.

SunHee Grinnell: How old were you when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a career in beauty?
Trish McEvoy: My youngest recollections are of loving makeup, but I would say my pre-teens are when I really knew. I just always loved painting faces, from coloring when I was a young child to making up my dolls, to making up my friends, and, of course, to making up my clients.

Do you have a particular memory from childhood that may have contributed to your career today?

My grandmother’s perfumery in Berlin.

You are known to have created real makeup for real women. What does that mean to consumers, and how did it come about?
It means mistake-proof pigments that are easy for women to apply, by using tools that give them perfect placement every time. When I created my professional brushes, I shaped them to simplify and enhance makeup application. Since the beginning, I have been committed to the creation of the highest-quality products while putting professional makeup-application skills in every woman’s hand.

How did you meet your husband, the dermatologist Ronald Sherman?
On a blind date!

It must be great to work with your husband to come up with an innovative product such as your new Treatment Foundation S.P.F.15. Can you tell us the added benefits of this product and your philosophy behind it?
Some added benefits of my Treatment Foundation S.P.F.15 are the dual-action peptides, green tea, and powerful antioxidants of vitamin A and E that help skin look firmer with a renewed suppleness. It also includes advanced pigments that optically diffuse the appearance of fine lines, as well as S.P.F.15 protection to prevent future damage to the skin.
The philosophy behind the foundation was the ability to really combine skin-care ingredients with color ingredients and with sun protection. It really is such a dream of a product because it allows skin to look better for wearing it, even when the foundation is removed.

You created something for this season that I just love: the deluxe makeup planner in chic black quilted faux leather. Can you tell us what drove you to create this ultimate travel makeup bag, and how does it work?
I designed the original version of my makeup planner 15 years ago, and I am always looking to enhance the system. For me, everything is a work in progress with room for improvement. The deluxe makeup planner is the perfect, easy-to-use makeup system because your makeup is organized and customized onto your makeup pages and in your brush pockets, and then you have your zip-out side compartment for the added beauty essentials! This system is infinitely adaptable and refillable, allowing you to switch your looks from day to day or season to season! It’s a one-of-a-kind makeup wardrobe.

How does one fill the bag? Can you list some of your products that you would recommend for those travelers who feel like they need to bring everything along?
My first suggestion is to keep everything as simple as possible. Look at your makeup style and know how much time you are willing to spend on your makeup and how many products you use per feature. For most women, the necessities are bare bones, but you want to fill your planner with products that are important for your makeup lifestyle. On your makeup pages, you can place your eye shadows and face color. Tuck your brushes, mascara, and any pencils into the individual pockets in the back, and place your foundation, concealer, and lip color in the side pockets. Remember, you can organize the pages in the same order you put on your makeup and suit your planner to your needs. The planner is as much about customization as it is form and function.

What is your motto?
“Make the most of your life, and enjoy it!”

For the full interview, visit Vanity Fair. For more information about Trish and to learn more about her products, visit Trish McEvoy online.

source: Vanity Fair

Bergdorf Goodman: Beauty Rewards

It's that time again for another giveaway of deluxe samples and a great bag with purchase at Bergdorf Goodman. See here for more information and below for some of the details:

There are numerous beauty offers going on with this special. Some of them look fab, some of them seem a little ... um ... well, lame. See for yourself.

Yours with any $200 Amore Pacific Purchase

• Skin Energy Hydration Delivery System: A light, water-free, botanical booster that instantly provides a pick-me-up for skin. • Intensive Vitalizing Eye Complex: A lightweight gel that utilizes a time-release formula to keep the delicate eye area radiant, nourished, and firm. • Natural protector SPF 30/PA++: An advanced crème moisturizer that protects and soothes. Arrives in a romantic, black-and-white graphic design cosmetics case.

Yours with any $250 Awake Purchase

• Seven Applications of Skin Renovation Serum 14: Hydrates skin and repairs cellular damage, making skin look plumper. Helps skin maintain an optimal moisture level. Creates a shield so skin can better retain water. • Skin Renovation Firm Advantage Cream (not shown in picture): Formulated with exclusive Rice Energy extract to improve skin's suppleness and stimulate cell energy for cell regeneration. Arrives in a Catherine Malandrino eyelet tote.

Yours with any $200 Becca Purchase (golly! that seems high!)

• Jewel Dust in Erlina: An exquisite embellishing powder that adds a playful color to the eyes and creates a rich and exotic tone when layered over neutral eye shadow. • Eye Powder Control Brush #48: A soft sponge tip allows you to create the look you want exactly where you want it. Items arrive in a large white Italian leather cosmetics tote.

Yours with any $220 Chantecaille Purchase

• Lip Gloss: Delivers an effective dose of healing botanicals, including antioxidants, ginkgo biloba, green tea, aloe vera, vitamin E, and two natural oils (bran and safflower). • Biodynamic Lifting Mask: innovative mask treatment you can use whenever you need a quick lift. Contains an anti-wrinkle hexapeptide to smooth and red algae to soothe. Advanced ingredients calm and moisturize.• Nano Gold Energizing Cream: A powerful, healing breakthrough, this extraordinary cream consistently replenishes skin's energy using nanotechnology to safely deliver the power of pure gold. By promoting cell metabolism and stimulation collagen production, skin retains optimal health and youthful vitality. Set arrives in a green satin cosmetics pouch.

Yours with any $200 Jo Malone Purchase

• Orange Blossom Cologne: The scent of clementine leaves in the morning dew sparkles above a heart of orange blossom and water lily, transporting the wearer to a garden oasis.• Vitamin E Lip Conditioner: Vitamin E Lip Conditioner SPF 15 is a targeted treatment that softens, smoothes and cares for vulnerable skin. Known for its restorative powers, Vitamin E is enhanced with UVA/UVB protection to defend the lips from the damaging effects of the environment. Honey, a natural emollient, brings a hint of flavor to this curative treatment.• Grapefruit Shower Gel: The luxurious lathering Shower Gel gets the skin sparkling clean and leaves just a hint of fragrance. • Grapefruit Body Crème: The Body Crème has become cherished for its pure, skin softening ingredients, rich texture and unique scent. This everyday luxury deeply moisturizes and scents the skin for hours.• Presented in a cream logo bag.

Yours with any $250 La Prairie Purchase

• Silver Rain Eau de Parfum: A sophisticated, sensual fragrance with a climate all its own. 1.6-milliliter sample spray.• Anti-Aging Complex: Revolutionary, anti-aging treatment fights the chronic inflammation responsible for premature skin aging. 5-milliliter tube.• Cellular Retexturizing Booster: Banish dull skin with this Swiss-developed alpha-and-beta hydroxy treatment. 5-milliliter bottle.• Cellular Radiance Eye Cream: Recapture youth and wipe away the signs of time with this formula developed for skin's special needs. 3-milliliter jar.• Packaged in a La Prairie zip-top cosmetics case.

Yours with any $250 LaMer Purchase

• Crème de la Mer, 7ml• The Refining Facial, 5ml• The Moisturizing Lotion, 5ml• Cleansing Lotion, 1.0 ounces.

Yours with any $85 Lancome Purchase (sign me up please!)

• Color Design Sensational Effects Lipcolor: Smooth-glide technology delivers lasting, full-coverage color and definition in one coat.• Color Design Sensational Effects Eyeshadow and Blush Subtil Compact: Formulated with exclusive micro-air technology for ultimate smoothness and blendability. Long-lasting color glides on effortlessly. Color of eye shadows: pink veil, exhibition, makeover, and backstage pass. Color of Blush: Aplum.• Hypnôse Mascara in Black: With each stroke, the patented POWERFULL™ brush intensifies lashes from root to tip. Exclusive, fluid SoftSculpt™ formula, enriched with Vitamin B5, wraps lashes one luxurious layer at a time without smearing, smudging, or clumping. • High Resolution with Collaser-48™ Deep Collagen Anti-Wrinkle Serum: See wrinkles appear pushed up and out as though plumped from within. Immediately feel softer, smoother skin. 0.34 ounces.• High Resolution with Fibrelastine™ Intensive Recovery Anti-Wrinkle Cream: Fine lines and wrinkles appear diminished. In 4 weeks, significantly reduce the number, depth and size of deep surface wrinkles. 1 ounce. • Tonique Douceur Alcohol-Free Freshener: Soothing and cooling. Gently tones and refines skin without depleting the natural oils of normal/combination skin. 1.7 ounce. Items arrive in a black embossed travel bag with a white printed trim.

Yours with any $200 Laura Mercier Purchase (looks nice!)

• Crème Brulée Body Wash: Thoroughly cleans the skin, leaving it silky, smooth, and completely moisturized. 1 fluid ounce. • Foundation Primer: A nourishing, creamy gel meant to be used prior to foundation, creating an invisible layer that acts as a buffer to outside elements. 0.5 ounces. • Mini Black Extreme Eye Pencil: Creates precise definition and a natural-looking fullness around eyes without "dragging" or pulling the delicate skin. Set arrives in a bronze lizard-embossed cosmetics bag.

Yours with any $300 Natura Bisse Purchase (yikes!!)

• Ananas Finishing Mask: A revitalizing facial mask.• Facial Cleansing Gel + AHA: This foaming formula gently and effectively removes make-up and surface impurities without upsetting the natural pH balance of the skin. 1.7 ounces.• Sensitive Skin Toner: An astringent mattifying toner that meets the needs of sensitive skin. • Essential Shock Gel: An intensive firming and anti-aging emulsion, which restores firmness and elasticity to all skin types. Items arrive in a white leather cosmetics case.

Yours with any $300 ReVive' Purchase

• Moisturizing Renewal Cream: A moisturizer that provides dramatic results and tight, glowing skin. 0.5 fluid ounces.• Sensitif Cellular Repair Cream: Brings immediate improvement to sun-damaged and prematurely aged skin 0.5 fluid ounces.• Eye Renewal Cream: Quickly tightens the delicate area around the eye. Reverses sagging and wrinkles. Hydrates and gives a youthful lift. 0.2 fluid ounces. Items arrive in a metallic silver RéVive cosmetics bag.

Yours with any $200 Sekkisei Purchase

• Full-Size Sekkisei Lotion: A lotion with three oriental herbs that whiten, moisturize, and act as anti-inflammatories. • Lotion Mask: Five applications, each formulated with a unique combination of brightening and moisturizing herb extracts, plus two powerful antioxidant herbs for anti-aging properties.

Yours with any $300 Sisley Paris Purchase (fab deal!)

• All Day All Year Essential Day Care: Effectively protects skin cells with an age-defense "skin care shield." Provides protection against most sources of aggression, such as pollution, stress, and even variations in temperature. 0.5 ounces.• Buff and Wash Facial Cleanser: Cleanses and exfoliates with vegetable proteins and micro-polishing granules. 0.5 ounces.• Phyto Sculptural Anti-Cellulite: Highly effective gel-emulsion. Blends natural plant extracts including green tea, butcher broom, bitter orange, essential oils, and caffeine. 0.5 ounces.• Phyto-Touche Gel Sun Glow: Tinted gel to brighten the complexion. Delicately emphasizes tanned skin with its coppery, golden highlights. 0.17 ounces.• Sisleya Global Anti-Age Hand Care: Creates a protective film or "second skin" that protects against constant exposure to environmental damage, UV radiation, temperature extremes, free radicals, and irritating detergents. 0.17 ounces.• Presented in a green cosmetics bag with dark green/black camo print and zip top with logo pull tab.

Yours with any $125 Trish McEvoy Purchase

• Simply Glamorous Lip Gloss: Unbeatable color and shine in a new formula that lasts all day and feels smooth, not sticky, on lips. Full size.• Weekend Bronzer: Give skin a healthy bronze color without the damaging effects of the sun. Full size.• Bare Lip Liner: Keeps sheer lip colors and glosses in place—no touch-ups. Full size. Items arrive in a silver cosmetics bag. All FULL SIZES - cool!

For more information on these offers while they last and many other wonderful items, see Bergdorf Goodman.