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· August 22, 2005 3:16 PM by
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Posted by Dain, Sunday, August 21, 2005 11:32 PM (Eastern)
Well, well... it's time for fall, and I'm yearning to be back at school. And I'd like a handful of things to set me nicely on my way. Clé de Peau palette III: A hefty investment at $95, and yet, somehow I wonder whether this is not worth it. The products within are generously sized, and of unbelievably superb quality—two qualities that are rarer than you might think. In a way, this $95 purchase would eliminate all other purchases, save for face products, as it contains three beautiful eyeshadows, a lipstick, and a lip gloss all together. A single, neat purchase of everything you'd need, an instant update. I love the simplicity of it. All three palettes are gorgeous, and truly, I desire them all, but it was III that caught my eye. The main shadow is a lustrous lime, the second a pretty but substantial lilac, and the last a sort of charcoal-brown with lavender undertones (reminds me of MAC Moth Brown), all shimmery—simply gorgeous on my dark brown eyes. The lipstick is a pinky-purple shimmer, the gloss a fuschia. I can't do them justice. I know I said I'd do liners-without-much-shadow thing with rich, intense lips for fall, but this is so exquisite that I may just have to eat my words.
Serge Lutens Chergui: I sniffed Daim Blond, and I thought, "How gorgeous is a soft leather? How wise, how strong, but warm?" But Daim Blond is a little too elusive, and I wanted, but did not know I wanted, something with more substance. Thus, Chergui. How splendid is this? I've been searching, rather vaguely, for a fragrance full of wisdom, a sophistication born of a union of taste and intelligence, though it remains debateable what exactly wisdom would smell like. In my mind, I thought inevitably of Yale—grand, intelligent, and a little pretension, even if it is richly deserved. But most importantly, the warmth of college dorm life, the vibrancy of life and passion, that rarefied aura of possibility. Chergui is perfect: Gothic architecture, foliage, dusty libraries, tobacco and whiskey, leather armchairs, coffee, and the sagacity of iris and rose, and the sweet scent of youthful possibility (honey), to add warmth to what is otherwise an imposing fortress of the learnings of millenia. It makes me think of the juxtaposition of opposites, and I am glad it does so without vulgarity. Chergui is simply splendour, bottled.
Actually, that is enough for me. I am content with my haircare, I am content with my skincare, and that covers makeup and fragrance, for me. I rather want clothes, this season.
Image courtesy of http://www.salons-shiseido.com/.
Labels: beauty notes, cle de peau, serge lutens
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August 22, 2005 3:16 PM,
Both sound fabulous. I think these are good choices and you will wear them well.
BTW, there is now an option to block at least some comment spam. I'm changing the settings on thebroadroom blogs...it's getting to be ridiculous. It does mean typing a character confirmation string in order to post comments. If you want the setting changed here I can do that also.
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