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Julie Hewett Custom Palette

Here is a great holiday gift idea, or something just for yourself! At Julie Hewett cosmetics, you can create custom palettes.

Here is information that the company sent to me:

Have you ever wanted to mimic young Hollywood’s fresh face glow but were never able to find the perfect combination of hues to compliment your complexion? Julie Hewett/Los Angeles’ newest offering, the Couture Custom Palette, gives you the chance to explore the artistry of couture by creating your very own custom designed palette filled with your choice of radiant JH/LA shades.

Perfect for gift-giving or as your very own special treasure, each palette is custom designed and inspired by the individual to match the personality and color tones of the recipient.

Whether you prefer the standout style of Hollywood-glam, the edgy hues of rocker-chic or the subtle tints of romantic pinks, JH/LA has the perfect color choices to fill your palette.

After creating your dream palette choose your personalized message to be added to the label. If you plan on giving your gift of creativity, simply give the name of the recipient and JH/LA will wrap and ship your unique palette anywhere in the US .

The Couture Palette has a suggested retail price of $48, which includes shipping.

Ms. Hewett’s works include, The Women, Leatherheads, Nancy Drew, Oceans 13, The Good German, Running with Scissors, HBO’s feature, Iron Jawed Angels with Hilary Swank; Open Range with Annette Bening; Solaris starring George Clooney and Natasha McElhone; Ocean’s 11, Pearl Harbor, Batman Forever, Lethal Weapon, Heathers and the Academy Award-winning American Beauty, among others. Ms. Hewett is currently working on the set of the “Starter Wife” with Debra Messing.

I haven’t tried Julie Hewett cosmetics, so I can’t say anything about the quality, but the palettes sure do look nice, and I love how they can be personalized!

Popularity: 19% [?]

Nars Holiday Collection 2008

The Nars holiday collection looks as gorgeous as ever.

Below is information on the collection sent by Nars:

Gild yourself from head to toe with a posh array of luxuries from NARS’ Holiday 2008 Collection. Festive and fabulous, the products are available starting today at www.NARScosmetics.com, just in time for the holiday party season. Below are the highlights:

Super Orgasm Blush $25 – NARS takes the classic Orgasm Blush to the next level with this new favorite. Richly concentrated and enhanced with more intense golden flecks, this blush is sure to become a staple in your makeup bag.

Jolie Poupee Duo Eyeshadow $32 – Chic and compact, this new eyeshadow boasts shades of vibrant violet and pearlescent purple, the ultimate for creating a bold eye for the holidays.

Night Life Single Eyeshadow $22 – Add light and shimmer to your lids with this ultra-festive silver shadow infused with silver particles.

Silent Night Single Eyeshadow $22 – Gild your eyes with this new shadow enhanced with flecks of gold.

Canaille Lipstick $24 – The ultimate in chic, this satin lipstick is now available in a shade of shimmering mahogany.

All Night Long Lip Gloss $24 – Impart color and shine to your lips with this new semi sheer dusty raspberry shade.

Orgasm Nail Polish $16 – Complete your holiday look with this new shade of polish in the classic peachy pink an golden shimmer hue.

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Popularity: 25% [?]

Prescriptives 2008 Holiday Color Collection

Prescriptives’ Holiday collection will be in stores beginning in November. Here is a sneak peak!

Below is information about the collection that Prescriptives sent to me:

Winter Reflections All-Over Highlighter – LIMITED EDITION

These ultra-luxurious soft powder pearls enhance and illuminate the face and cheeks with a radiant glow. Pearly white, soft beige and a whisper of pink blend together to highlight, define and contour the face with a soft wintry sheen that is flattering to all skin types. The perfect finish to every holiday look, these pearls can be dusted on the face or décolletage for soft radiance or layered on for a more dramatic shimmering effect.

Winter Reflections Eye Color Quad – LIMITED EDITION

Highlight eyes in shimmery new shades of Colorscope Eye Colors. These wearable eye colors come in a sleek platinum mirrored compact for added holiday fun! Palettes available in Warm and Cool.

Warm:

NEW Chestnut – LIMITED EDITION
NEW Brunette – LIMITED EDITION
NEW Suede – LIMITED EDITION
Banana

Cool:

NEW Oyster – LIMITED EDITION
NEW Twinkle – LIMITED EDITION
NEW Eclipse – LIMITED EDITION
Shell

Colorscope Lipcolor – LIMITED EDITION

Delivers shimmering color that glides on smoothly to create luscious lips that stay true all day in soft luminescent shades that light up your look.

Shades:

NEW Golden Quartz (Y/O) – LIMITED EDITION
True Bronze (R/O)
NEW Winter Rose (R) – LIMITED EDITION
Wisteria (B/R)

Colorscope Lip Gloss – LIMITED EDITION

Glaze lips in extraordinary shine with a sheer, comfortable gloss. Lips sparkle in sugar-coated shades of frosted ginger, crystallized rose and shimmery nude.

Shades:

NEW Twinkling (Y/O) – LIMITED EDITION
NEW Peachy (R/O) – LIMITED EDITION
NEW Rosy (R) – LIMITED EDITION
NEW Icy (B/R) – LIMITED EDITION

Blush More or Less –New Shades

This mousse cream blush glides on and blends effortlessly providing an ultra-light, powdery finish. Vibrant and buildable colors highlight cheeks that glisten in soft peach and pink.

Shades:

NEW Santa Fe Sun (Y/O)
Sonoma Rose (B/R)

NEW Eye Definer Brush

The NEW Eye Definer Brush gives you complete control over your eyeliner look. The firm, rounded head with tapered edges allows absolute customizability and can be used with your favorite Perfect Every Line Gel Eyeliner or Colorscope Eye Color.

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Popularity: 26% [?]

Philosophy Halloween Bath and Body Set

This is a really cute, and nicely scented Halloween set. The Philosophy Haunted House Set includes 6 oz. bottles of black licorice, caramel apple and pumpkin spice muffin high foaming shampoo, shower gel and bubble baths.

These are nice combo items and they really do smell great! I am in love with the black licorice used as a body wash! It is a nice scent for fall that isn’t too sweet.

Buy it for yourself as a seasonal treat (note that the scents will fit in seasonally well past Halloween) or give it as a fun seasonal gift!

The kit is $30 at $30.00 at philosophy.com, or individually in larger bottles for $16 each.

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Popularity: 18% [?]

Holiday Shopping Index

Here it is, not yet November and the holiday posts are starting! This page will serve as an index to all holiday posts on Beauty and Fashion Tech and Girl Gloss. Also included is a list of posts from last year. Enjoy, and Happy Holidays!

2008 Index

Shopping Lists:

Specific Items:

Holiday Collections: M.A.C. Cosmetics Holiday Collections

Nars Holiday Collection

2007 Index (see also the index post)

Shopping Lists: Holiday Lip Gifts Part I: The Small and the Cheap!
Cosmetic and Makeup Palettes Make Great Holiday Gifts: A Shopping Guide.
Makeup Brushes and Sets That Are Perfect For Holiday Gifts.
Makeup and Beauty Accessories for Holiday Gifts.
Holiday Lip Gifts Part II: Lip Palettes for a Variety of Women.
Holiday Lip Gifts Part III: Luxury Lips.
Beauty Book Gifts.
Holiday Beauty Item Stocking Stuffers
Last Minute Gift Ideas

Specific Items: Bond No. 9 Double Decker: The Ultimate Luxury Fragrance Gift.
Cris Notti Green Kimono Toiletry Case.
Bratz Lip Tunes Lipstick MP3 Player.
Smashbox Holiday Lip Gloss.
Dior Holiday Lip Charm and Lip Palette.
M.A.C. Antiquitease Holiday Lipsticks and Lip Gloss.
KISS Portraits.
Oral Fixation Mints for the Holidays Build Your Own Box.
M.A.C. Viva Glamorous Holiday Lip Palettes.
Chanel Les Trois Scintillantes Glossimer Gift Set (Lip Gloss Trio)
Peter Thomas Roth Lips to Die for, Lip Facial Trio.
The Coach Beauty Collection
M.A.C. Cosmetics Kids Helping Kids Cards and Gift Wrap
Benefit Her Glossiness Gift Set
Best of Bonne Bell Collection

Holiday Collections: Smashbox Holiday Collection.
M.A.C. Antiquitease Holiday Collection: Eyes and Lips.
M.A.C. Antiquitease Holiday Collection: Nails.
M.A.C. Royal Assets Holiday Collection.
Chanel 2007 Holiday Makeup Collection
Benefit Cosmetics Holiday Items

Popularity: 2% [?]

M.A.C. Cosmetics is in the Red This Holiday Season!

M.A.C. Cosmetics has officially released information on its 2008 holiday collections, available beginning October 16. Here is the information sent by M.A.C. :

M.A.C. heats up the holidays with red hot colours, cases and compacts this season. Give jeweled compacts, stylish brush sets, beautiful lip and eye palettes, or gifts that give back.

“RED” SHE SAID

Passion, heat and danger come together to create this simply sparkling holiday collection. Lips are coloured in lusty shades with shimmering Dazzleglass to add resplendent moisture. Two shades of Mineralize Eye Shadows are zipped together by a strip of silver or gold, while shimmery blushes and silky nail lacquers accentuate a radiant holiday look. (pictured below)

PASSIONS OF RED

Decadent and fiery colours for eyes and lips are housed in brilliant jeweled casings. Beautifully embossed, jeweled compacts create the ultimate gift of glamour. Choose from four Eye Shadow palettes (pictured below), with shades ranging from warm, cool, classic and smokey. Polish off the look with three luxurious Lip Palettes, complete with two lipsticks, one lipglass and a mini lip brush. Each compact is a treasured gift.

PASSIONATELY RED

Vivid colour with a passion for giving equals the perfect gift. Warm or cool, each lip palette contains two shades of Viva Glam Lipstick and one Viva Glam Lipglass for a chic lip look. Every cent of the selling price is donated to the M?A?C AIDS Fund to support men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS. Give glam, give hope.

ADORING CARMINE

Holiday gifting is in the bag. Lip colours and brush sets in red satin stocking stuffers with patent trim. Adorn lips with Adoring Carmine Lip Bags, filled with 2 full size Lipsticks and 1 Lipglass in holiday shades. Adoring Carmine Brush Bags feature elegant red-handled M?A?C brushes in a perfectly-sized holiday makeup bag that can be used year-round.

LITTLE DARLINGS

Glamourous goodies, perfectly presented. Dazzle and delight with mini-sets of Lipglass & Lustreglass, Pigments & Glitter, Softsparkle & Eye Pencils in our most cherished shades. Each set is encased in an elegant cylinder, wrapped in shiny, red patent paper (pictured below).

KIDS HELPING KIDS

Holiday cards that help bring joy. Greeting cards, gift tags and pillow packs designed by children living with, or affected by HIV/AIDS. Attractive and heartwarming, an easy way to give back to kids during the holidays. Proceeds go to the M?A?C AIDS Fund to help support pediatric AIDS organizations around the world.

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Popularity: 34% [?]

Get an Estee Lauder Gift Time Text Message Reminder

Nothing freaks me out more than learning that I missed a particularly good gift time with one of my favorite brands.

Now, you can be sure that you don’t miss Estee Lauder gift time, because you can sign up for the Estee Lauder gift time text message service. The service will send you a Text two days before the gift special starts at your favorite store.

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Popularity: 10% [?]