Raging Rouge Beauty Blog: For Makeup Lovers Everywhere!
Starting TODAY, and ending on November 19th, Origins is offering a 25% discount to friends and family of the brand!
Sadly, sets are not included in this sale (but for 25% off, just make a set of your own!). Click HERE to shop the Origins Friends & Family Event.
Every holiday season, I wait with bated breath for the MAC holiday makeup collections. This year certainly didn’t disappoint! From generously-stocked value sets, to pro-quality travel-sized brush sets, MAC Magic, Mirth and Mischief is fabulous to the extreme!
When I was pregnant with my second child, I invested in two brush sets. One was full-sized… and is still in use today. The other was for travel, and was stashed in my suitcase for my upcoming hospital stay. Both were the same brand, so I had no reason to expect different results from the petite version.
Imagine my disappointment, when the travel-sized brushes fell apart almost immediately! I couldn’t even use them, and they ended up right in the garbage. My point is this: Not all travel-sized makeup brushes are the same caliber as their full-sized counterparts. MAC is the only brand I have sampled that is the exception. These mini brushes are pro-quality, and providing you give them some TLC they are constructed to last.
Retail price is $49.50 (that’s less than $10 per brush)! Sets available include Wave of a Wand Sweep and Define Brushes, Do-The-Trick Buff and Line Brushes and Morning, Noon & Knight Everything Eye Brushes (pictured).
Click HERE to shop at MAC online.
Click HERE to buy MAC at Nordstrom online.
Click HERE to shop MAC at Macy’s.
The author of Raging Rouge received press samples for purposes of this makeup review / product review. For more information on sample policies, please click HERE to read my full disclosure statement.
Whether you are stocking up on favorites, or starting your holiday shopping, you'll be happy to read that the L'Occitane Friends & Family Weekend starts today!
Until November 15, 2009, you can get a 25% discount off your your entire purchase online using promotional code FNF25.
Want to score an even better discount? Hunt around on the site for already-reduced gift sets and bath and body treats! Simply enter the word "Sale" in their search box, and behold the treasures listed! Hint: The "Best of L'OCCITANE" gift set (ordinarily a $99 retail) is already discounted to $49! Another 25% off and you will get the entire set for a mere $36.75!
Click HERE to head over to L'Occitane for some online shopping!
FLOWERBYKENZO ESSENTIELLE REVIEW!
The term is “Super Female”, but is better known in the medical community as Triple X Syndrome (or XXX Syndrome). The 1 in 1,000 women born with an extra X chromosome typically stand head and shoulders above the average woman, and have a willowy slender physique. I’ve read speculation that that many super-models can credit their thin bodies to the fact that they are indeed “Super-Female”.
The Super-Female immediately sprung to mind when I sampled the latest Kenzo fragrance, FlowerByKenzo Essentielle. The bottle was designed to be extra-tall and super-slender. The scent? A romantic floral with a delicate super-feminine hint of powder.
This latest introduction by KENZO also happens to be one of my favorites, proving to me that this brand is only getting better with age.
25 mL/0.8 oz –$58
45mL/1.5 oz –$75
75mL/2.5 oz. –$92
Click HERE to head over to KENZO USA to buy it!
The author of Raging Rouge received press samples for purposes of this makeup review / product review. For more information on sample policies, please click HERE to read my full disclosure statement.
Until I recently sampled “Fire And Cream”–the latest scent by Strange Invisible Perfumes–I had no idea modern fragrance had been “dumbed down” to appeal to the masses. Launched on September 15th, the latest by Alexandra Balahoutis contains a diverse combination of notes that resonated deep within me, as if the scent stirred up memories from a past life.
When I first received a sample, I sniffed the perfume from the bottle and thought “eh”. Once applied, Fire And Cream comes to life quite unexpectedly. After I applied the fragrance, I caught myself sniffing my wrists again and again like an OCD-crazed perfume addict!
So, what notes make it so magical? Top Notes: Hydro-distilled orange and orange blossom. Heart Notes: Tuberose, frankincense, white lavender. Base Notes: Vetiver, sandalwood, patchouli.
For the record, I positively believe this fragrance will never be a “volume seller”. Fire And Cream is a perfume that connoisseurs will embrace, but most will shun. Personally? This scent absolutely, positively now ranks as one of my favorites! It’s just… special.
All scents by Strange Invisible Perfumes are comprised of organic, wildcrafted or biodynamic essences set in a base of 100% organic, beverage-grade grape alcohol.
Retail price is $195 for a 0.15 fl. oz. bottle of perfume, and $145 for a 1.7 fl. oz. bottle of eau de parfum. Be sure to purchase a tester for $5 from the Strange Invisible Perfumes website before taking the plunge!
Check it out at www.strangeinvisibleperfumes.com or www.beautyhabit.com.
The author of Raging Rouge received press samples for purposes of this makeup review / product review. For more information on sample policies, please click HERE to read my full disclosure statement.