Author Archives: Voxy

How-To: Rock Out as Professor Plum

Ow! Stop throwing things! OK, it was a bad pun, but I couldn’t resist. Put down that candlestick at once. At once, I say! ::dusts self off:: The other day A Biologist asked about how one could wear the plum shades that are so trendy for this fall without looking like one had just come [...]

Review: Shiseido Perfect Rouge Tender Sheer Lipstick in Natural Red

For some reason I’ve been on a red lipstick kick lately. While out of town I picked up two red Guerlain Kiss Kiss lipsticks (reviews to come as soon as I can swatch them) and just yesterday I got a lipstick sampler with two red lippies in it. I now have more red lippies than [...]

Thursday Tossup: Sorry, Work Ate My Life; Sales

Sorry I have been in absentia. The start of the school year always swallows way more time than I think it will. I will be putting together a few looks using plum to help address A Biologist’s question and those should be up in a few days. Quickie Sales! HauteLook has Becca cosmetics today starting [...]

Monday Mix: I Have A Huge Girl-Crush On Christina Hendricks; Sales

Oh, come on, like that’s any news. Seriously, she is just gorgeous. This photo (via celebutopia.net) is of Christina at the Emmys last night. It makes me want to go back to being a redhead. (As a devout fan of Mad Men, I’m so disappointed that neither she nor Elizabeth Moss took home the Emmy [...]

Review: LUSH Skin Nanny (and an update on Lovely Jubblies)

All right, I know you all want to know about the Lovely Jubblies first. When I was picking up all my other LUSH goodies, a salesperson made me a large deluxe sample of Lovely Jubblies so I could try it out for a few weeks. It smells kind of herbal and is a sort of [...]

Review: MAC Superslick Eyeliners in Defiantly Feline, Signature Blue, Smoky Heir

Hot off the presses! (Literally — when my UPS guy delivered them, they were warm to the touch from sitting in the van all day in the sun.) Superslick eyeliners are releasing as part of the MAC’s Fabulous Felines collection, but unlike some of the other items in the collection, these are permanent additions. Yay! [...]

What Is There To Say, Really?

I dare you. I double-dog dare you. http://www.carlashes.com/index.html (from whence the photos are taken)

Thursday Tossup: Er, Don’t Look Now, But It’s the Holidays Already; Sales

I’m not sure what percentage of this is cloud and what percentage is silver lining. Promotional materials for Holiday 2010 collections are starting to show up. Yes, I mean Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/New Year’s. THOSE holidays. Cloud: Holy crap, we’re just starting the fall semester! Silver lining: Hey, by the time that season actually rolls around, the semester [...]

PSA: MAC Fabulous Felines Is Up Online

MEOW! If you’ve been waiting breathlessly for the MAC Fabulous Felines collection, it’s up online at www.maccosmetics.com. The collection as a whole is not listed (yet) under “What’s New” but if you search for any of the products individually, you will find them. I picked up some Superslick eyeliner pens and will review as soon [...]

Review: LORAC Private Affair Palette

This post is entirely the fault of Chaosbydesign, who seduced me into breaking my low-buy and running to Sephora to pick up this palette. Just so you know. Here’s a conversation that I doubt actually happened at LORAC product headquarters: “Hey, Ed?” “Yeah, Bill?” “I have a problem with the packaging for the new Private [...]