Charge it Please

Hi Girleens! I'm still up in the Big Apple, doing some serious damage on my Visa! Stay tuned this week for all the loot we will be bringing into the store & trendy items for the season!

Peace. Love. Lipgloss. M

PS- Please say a prayer we get a celebrity siting, too!

Getting My Shop On

Woo Hoo! This weekend Partner in Crime & I will be headed up to NYC. While we will be running like mad women since we are going up for a buying trip at the Gift Show, we will squeeze some fun time! One of our plans? To hit Alto for some Italian deliciousness.

This trip, that I make at least twice a year lets me scour vendors from across the country for unique gift items for the boutique. These flasks that I discovered last year were a huge hit for a sure to be remembered gift!

It's also where I replenish our classic best selling items, like these Seda France candles (Japanese Quince is hard to keep in stock!). I seriously could have a store devoted entirely to home fragrance. And one entirely for lipgloss as you know! So be sure to follow me on Twitter as I twitpic my way through the show & NYC for that matter!

Peace. Love. Lipgloss. M
PS- I'd love to hear for lines to look out for that make some of your favorite gifts- it's great to get different perspectives!

Bon Voyage to Betty

Insert muffled sobs here...Movie Girl broke the news last night that Ugly Betty has been cancelled. I adore this colorful show & no one one was more surprised than moi!

On days where I know I'm being a particularly evil boss, I take comfort knowing that there are true Wilhemina Slater characters out there & I'm just having a bad day. I then buy my girls' forgiveness with free beauty loot. I guess I'll have to tune in to Kell on Earth(so excited for its debut on Bravo!) featuring the especially difficult Kelly from The Hills fame to make me feel better now.

Who hasn't daydreamed about having an assistant who would do literally anything for you?!(picking up dry cleaning, burying dead bodies...) Yes, Mark set the bar high in terms of standards...Tell me, when I start getting Botox, will training be available for my assistant Lucky Penny to administer it? I doubt it!

And how clueless, yet fabulous is Amanda? Ah to be that oblivious- there is a reason why they say ignorance is bliss. So I bid a fond farewell to a show that has been so good to me for 4 seasons. I will cherish the little time we have left together. Adios Amigo.

Peace. Love. Betty. M

A Look Inside

My desperate attempts to find a substitute for my beloved discontinued CoverGirl Multiplying Mascara continue. There it is at the bottom- I am scraping every last drop out of the tube... This is not even all of the mascaras I've tried recently in my quest. *Sigh* I am pulling a serious Goldilocks tantrum here girls! Nothing is making me 100% happy. I am not a fan of waterproof mascaras, but everything is still smudging on my oily skin(yes even with all my make-up artist tricks). Help a gal out & tell me what your favorite is, before I end up in the poor house!

Peace. Love. Mascara. M

Recycling

I heart interior design. Of course, if my bank account had no limit, I could rock it out. The real trick, one that my favorite cousin T has mastered from moving multiple times, is reinventing ways to use what you already have. In her new home, she spruced up her existing sofas with new red pillows, some classic black & white photos and vibrant red shades on top of the owl lamps I gave her for Christmas!

Repurposing some white washed pieces from her old dining room, they fit perfectly in the new living room. Her sideboard now is her entertainment center.

Her bedroom is so calming, with a very subtle shabby chic vibe. Layering a mish mosh of different linens gives the bed a bohemian sense of style. Nothing overly girly, but so welcoming you want to crawl under the covers! Tell me beauties, what is your favorite home decor trick?

Peace. Love. Lipgloss. M

Make-up Must Have Monday

Is it just me, or does MAC seem to be launching a new limited edition line almost weekly? I'm not complaining, but whew that company is working overtime!

Their latest collection, Lovely Lace, has some great shadows that would be perfect for a cooler toned grey smokey eye.

Every smokey eye needs a nude mouth to complete the look & MAC provided the perfect compliment with subtle lip shades in similar undertones. What do you think beauties? Will you be lovely in lace?

Peace. Love. Lipgloss. M

Fabulous Find Friday

Sephora is unveiling yet another exclusive collaboration, this time with accessories designer Tarina Tarantino. Any girl who can rock hot pink hair like this gal does & look good while doing so is all right by me!

The line's packaging is cloaked in her signature pink & bedecked with rhinestones galore! Tarina is a former make-up artist, so I'm dying to try out the product's quality & intensity of the pigments.

Seriously, how girly glam is this? I think I must have this gorgeous bottle on my vanity...
It is available for preorder now, so go charge away and treat yourself! Happy Friday!

Peace. Love. Lipgloss. M