holiday break

Happy belated Birthday America! I had a warm, relaxing and bbq filled weekend, how was yours?

First off, I would like to apologize with the lack of posts and my typical, usual posting of look collages and magazine/fashion photoshoots. I've been dealing with lots of personal issues during the month of June (i.e. my photoshop program is out of whack and it's been one year after my grandmother's passing, I miss her) and I will not be able to post for a while because I will be in Taiwan till mid-August... so please wait for me because I'm excited to check out the all the Asian makeup brands that I hear so much about and I will definitely show some of my touristy photos for you all.

Until then... I'm excited about these future makeup happenings,

MAC's Fabulous Felines collection: a three part collection coming out this August. Cats are cute and I wanna look like one... haha j/k, I like the look of the promo shots for this one. I'm waiting for Docile lipglass since it was featured on Carolina Herrera's models in her Fall 2011 New York Fashion week collection as seen here (My Dark Magic mineralize eyeshadow seen on her eyes is coming out with the Disney collection)

image from nymag.com

Here are some promo shots for the collection

images from specktra.net

MAC's Venomous Villians collection: out in September for US. Also far away but I'm anticipating the colors even though I'm not excited about the packaging and the fact they didn't choose the bad ass Ursula to be included. Some swatches of some of the colors can be seen on specktra.net. On the Carolina Herrera model picture above, My Dark Magic mineralize eyeshadow from this collection will debut in this collection.

image from specktra.net

MAC's In the Groove collection: available at counters and store on July 8th. My favorites so far are the repromote of Stereo Rose mineralize skinfinish (it's been a coveted item way before I got into the whole makeup scene so I can't tell you why exactly until I see it), Happy Together mineralize blush, Making It Easy mineralize eyeshadow, and Jazzed cremesheen lipstick because of this site (Snowkei is a talented makeup artist and it looks so gorgeous on her, I can't read Chinese so I don't know what it says), and Togetherness mineralize eyeshadow because I like the color combo.

Stereo Rose

Happy Together

Making It Easy

Togetherness

MAC images from temptalia.com, check out her site for more and other product shots from this collection

Deborah Lippmann Fall 2010 collection: Across the Universe and Bad Romance... which is available for pre-sale at Nordstrom.com and on the deborahlippman.com site in August

both images from alllacqueredup.com

Favorite Details in Derek Lam Fall 2010 NYFW

Fellow Californian, gotta represent! He gave a comfortable Cali look with a tailored edge, his inspiration came from Cowboys/Western fashion, haha. The deep blue and bronze colored eye makeup gave a cool but gorgeous vibe.

I keep seeing white/white-ish nails

How cute and comfortable-looking are these booties!

Another shot of the face

all images from nymag.com

Favorite Details in Marc Jacobs Fall 2010 NYFW

I truly admire Marc Jacobs for being able to design major collections during the fall. That creative genius not only has his own line, but he is the designer for the iconic Louis Vuitton and his Marc by Marc Jacobs line which all are different types of styles and they all have shows during fashion week of course. It's a dream of mine to meet him... ahahah. Anyways, onwards to the pictures. Marc Jacobs always collaborates with Nars Francois and so I always see the stuff that is coming to the upcoming Nars makeup collection feature in his shows. I've noticed that many collections this fall also had a more natural approach on the face makeup, and this was true for this collection too.

So simple, but pretty. I read somewhere that the eyeshadow was a lavender color, a new eyeshadow from Nars coming out this fall... ahh, the name escapes me right now,lol

Taupe nails, love that

Pompom handbags, so cute and perfect for fall...haha

Brogues with some sparkle

all images from nymag.com

Favorite Details in Doo.Ri Fall 2010 NYFW

Another of my favorite looks this fall was from Doo.ri. She is also one of my favorite designers in general and this fall, her collection had a red/orange color scheme. Lips were pretty much the trend this fall and Doo.ri definitely made her collection stand out by using deep raspberry lips topped with blue reflects glitter. I remember reading from somewhere that MAC did the makeup. I'm also loving the entire look from the braids to the taupe nails.

Love the hair and lips, though in real life, I'm not brave enough to wear those lips

Love the nails

Statement Necklace for sure

Doo.ri knows how to make red/orange work with blue

Can you tell how much I love a little sparkle pizazz

all images from nymag.com

Favorite Details in Diane Von Fustenberg Fall 2010 NYFW

Since it's fashion week in New York right now, I can't help but pick out a few of my favorite details in clothes, ,makeup and accessories from different shows that could be the different trends we will see in the fall. As an avid watcher of fashion and makeup trends, I will be posting some of my favorites this month.

Gorgeous Butterfly/Peacock eye makeup, the "How To" was featured on allure.com's beauty blog site, click here

these pom pom hats are so cute and warm looking, if it snowed where I lived, I would love wearing these everyday *don't they look great with the eye makeup too?*

I *heart* Diane Von Furstenberg because of her creative use of vibrancy in colors and textures

all images from nymag.com