Your Festive Face

 During this holiday season, why not sparkle with a twinkle in our eye and and a luminous look to our face? If you are dressing up, don't forget your face! That lit-from-within luminosity gives a youthful glow. Here's how to get it and achieve a festive face.

Liquid Super Loaded Tinted Highlight

Your skin, supercharged. This product not only gives you an instant ethereal glow, it offers long term benefits. I want to try this #cleanbeauty product.

Westman Atelier and Sephora

Dior Forever Couture Luminizer 

It's a limited edition which comes in two highlighting colors. The case itself is worth the price! Pearlescent pigments instantly light up the face!

Dior

Chanel Les Beiges

Sheer Healthy Glow Highlighter

Though I have not used this product yet, I did try it on my tanned hands at the Chanel counter. It was a wow look! The lighter color is new and adds a pinky pearl glow. Wear this over your makeup or mix it with your foundation. Just gorgeous!

Chanel

Dior Liquid Sequins Lipstick

A limited edition made just for this festive season. This product dresses your lips in pigmented color with an ultra glittery finish. It will light up your lips with transfer proof color that will stay on for 12 hours. I'm guessing no kissing allowed. :) It's sold out most places. Saks still has 11 shades, and it is on sale!

Saks Fifth Avenue

Celebrate Glow Face & Eye Palette

It's your Highlight, Blush & Eyeshadow all in one Palette! Save 30% automatically in your cart.

It Cosmetics

Gucci Crystal Holiday False Eyelashes

I think these are so very festive. One would think that they might be more than the $28. Fun!

 Sephora

Victoria Beckham Lid Lusture

"A crystal-infused, fine pressed shadow that delivers ethereal shine and luscious color."  Available in 9 chic colors.

Bergdorf Goodman

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Guerlain Meteorites Setting & Finishing Pearls of Powder
I have used this powder before and really loved it. It gives a very professional finish to your makeup. Choose from three colorways. Gorgeous!

Bergdorf Goodman

Use Code: BGHURRY for free shipping by the 24th.

Milk Makeup Grip & Glow

Illuminating Primer

So pretty! This product grips makeup for up to 12 hours. The light reflecting pearls add a warm, luminous glow. Don't wear makup? Use this just to add luminosity to your complexion.

Sephora 

Hourglass Cosmetics Ambient Light Palette

Available in three volumes and colors, these palettes are just the prettiest. They put your face in a light that blurs and finishes your skin with a soft focus. This is volume one, and I love mine.

Hourglass Cosmetics     Sephora

Bobbi Brown Highlighting Powder

This powder gives a true lit from within look. One can achieve a subtle luminosity or a full-on-glow. I have the pale peach in my cosmetic bag now.

Bobbi Brown

Mac Cosmetics Strobe Cream
I always have a tube of this on hand. It's a radiant moisturizer that illuminates the skin with iridescent particles. I use the original color ` pinklight. I like to mix it with my foundation. Now 25% off.

Mac Cosmetics

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Festive Finds For The Season & Beyond

New Makeup For Spring 2024

Having spent yesterday playing in the beauty aisles of the Internet, I have come to several conclusions. Spring makeup looks really glow, blush pops, and blue is THE hue! My favorite trend is lit from within. Scroll down for all of the right elements.

Dive Into The Blue at Chanel

Chanel's Spring 2024 beauty looks feature  subtle shades of azure blue illuminated by transparent highlights. I could see the blue nail color on pedicured feet for fun! The collection is so popular it is all sold out at Chanel. But I found it all at Saks.

Le Vernis Lagune Polish,  Lumiere Iere De L'Ocean Illuminating Powder  and Stylo Yeux Waterproof Eyeliner

Dior Forever Glow Star Filter

This new product serves as a highlighter, blush, and bronzer, depending on the shade you choose. It illuminates, blurs, and hydrates your skin. Your complexion will love the long wearing  and radiant photo filter. Wear it alone or blend it with your foundation.

Dior   or    Sephora

Charlotte Tilbury Glowgasm

If you love a good palette, this is it. Though not exactly new, it went on vacation for a while, and now it is back, but only for a limited time. Inside you will find everything you need for an all over glow - Powder Highlighter, 2 blushes, and bronzer.

Charlotte Tilbury  and  Sephora

YSL Love Shine Lip Oil Stick
This new product is part lip oil and part lipstick. It offers the color of a lipstick, and a slip of an oil. And it comes in so many chic shades.
Sephora   or  YSL

Guerlain Meteorites

Light Revealing Powder Pearls

One-of-a-kind, handmade finishing pearls of powder that set makeup, color correct, mattify shine, and illuminate the complexion, housed in a luxurious reusable case. It was launched in 1982, and I was addicted to it at once. New for Spring, the formula has been revamped and now comes in three colorways, as compared to the original one shade formula. So so pretty! Find it at....

Guerlain     Macy's

Westman Atelier

New Squeaky Clean Liquid Lip Balm & Lit Up Highlight Stick

This clean beauty brand is just fabulous.  I have only used their Face Trace for contouring. But this Lip Balm is next.

Westman Atelier

Unlocked Soft Matte Lipstick
This new product is infused with primer and lip conditioning ingredients. It will last all day and will not bleed. Sounds like a winner.

Hourglass Cosmetics and  Sephora

Kevyn Aucion Face Forward Color Corrector
Ultra creamy with skin loving ingredients. Each color has a purpose for neutralizing blemishes, brightening dark under eyes, and more.

Blue Mercury

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A Twinkle In Your Eye!

Twiggy is my inspiration for this post. This photo of her happy smile and sparkling eyes is just  wonderful of the 73 year old fashion icon. It's the holidays. Why not have a twinkle in your eye? No matter what your age, you can find a look that makes you sparkle through the new year!

Chanel's Demander La Lune

If you want color payoff, it is hard to beat Chanel's eyeshadow. The price reflects the quality. This is a multi-use eye gloss that will illuminate your eyelids, lashes (put it on the tips) and brows.

Chanel

Eyes To Memorize Shadow

My jaw dropped the first time I saw this eyeshadow. Gorgeous is an understatement. It's long lasting. Other shimmery shades available.      

Charlotte Tilbury

Couleurs Couture Holiday Edition

Dior unveils an elegant and sophisticated limited edition of the iconic 5 Couleurs Couture eye palette. Inspired by a winter starry sky, the eye palettes reveals an exclusive constellation pattern in two limited edition harmonies: a luminous warm gold and a dazzling silver. Always Free Shipping!

Dior

Trish McEvoy Instant Eye Lift & Eye Base Essentials

I use both of these products every day. The Instant Eye Lift really does give the illusion of lifting the eye when applied in a triangle as you see above. The Eye Base keeps your eyeshadow creaseless all day. And for some, it evens out the color of the eyelid, and it is all you need. 

Neiman Marcus  or  Saks Fifth Avenue

Chrome Lighting

New Years Eve is the perfect time to have your metallic moment. These products will add a sterling edge to your holiday look with a monochromatic mix that allow eyes to shine.

Dazzleshadow Liquid in Stars in My Eyes

Pigment in Silver Fog

Dazzleshadow Extreme in Discotheque

MAC Cosmetics

Victoria Beckham Satin Kajal Jewel Liner

Oh do I love this! Maybe too sparkly for some, for a special occasion, I would most certainly give it a go with a lighter hand. Shown here is Sequins Green. But it is also available in Gold Lame, Night Flash, and Smoky Quartz.

Bergdorf Goodman

Diorshow Mascara & Primer Gift Set

My number one mascara! I just don't know how anyone does not wear mascara. These two products do exactly what the photo shows. I wouldn't be without them.

Neiman Marcus

Lid Glow Cream Shadow

No glitter or toxins, just a light wash of glow. This liquid shadow is an Allure Beauty award winner, and it is easy to see why. Available in 10 terrific shades. 

Beautycounter

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All The Pretty Palettes

All The Pretty Palettes

'Tis the season when we may be dressing up and going out a little more. Both require putting your best face forward. A pretty palette can effortlessly help you create unique looks for different occasions.  I played in the makeup aisles to find the best products for you.

Day & Light Eye Shadow Palette

I happen to own this limited edition palette. I wear every one of these colors. It is a marvelous mix of metallics and matte neutral shades. It actually is one of the best palettes I have ever owned. Highly recommended. Only $39.

Bobbi Brown  

Laura Geller Party in a Palette Set of 4 Full Face Palettes

Laura's baked powders are really great and finely milled. This has to be the best value of the season. You actually get four palettes. Each one is different. All of the blushes are matte. Add the glow from the highlighters in each palette. The shadows really last. Bonus is that this set is one of Oprah's Favorite Things for 2022. Keep one for yourself and gift the other three sets.

QVC (best price)   or  Amazon

Beauté Des Yeux Gorgeous Flora Eyeshadow Palette

The ultimate makeup accessory! A limited edition of fine eye shadow powders in satin, matte, and metallic shades. 

Saks.  or Gucci

Trish McEvoy Power Of Makeup Planner

In my opinion, the ultimate in palettes. It's a bit expensive, but you get everything you see in the center of the photo. I use two of her products daily, the Instant Eye Lift and Eye Base. They are both included here. It's all so good and perfect for travel.

Trish McEvoy  or   Saks

The Pillow Talk Eye & Blush Duo

Pillow Talk is iconic in Charlotte's beauty line up. This set is really gorgeous. You get all you need for eyes, lips, and face.

Charlotte Tilbury

Tarte Clay Play Face Shaping Palette 

If you are into clean beauty (we all should be) this palette is for you! It will sculpt, define, and highlight your complexion. It is a real multi-tasker for low key or high key looks.

Sephora

Hourglass Cosmetics Ambient Lighting  - Universe

New for the holiday season, this palette features all you need to put your face in the best light. Included are the prettiest shades of blush, bronzer, and highlighter.

Hourglass Cosmetics

Urban Decay Naked 2 Palette

Have hazel or brown eyes? You will love these shadows. It's the best of basic and less than $30.

Sephora

Dior Limited Edition All-in-One Face, Lip & Eye Makeup Palette

Presented in a couture case designed by Pietro Ruffo. This palette gives you looks for day and night.

Neiman Marcus

 Benefit Cosmetics Brow Zings Pro Palette

Known for their brow products, this palette has everything you need for the best brows ~ waxes, shades of brown, pencils and a brush. Available in two color palettes.

Saks

 

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