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NARS steven klein

NARS steven klein

1 dual intensity blush / VENGEFUL
2 cheek palette blush / DESPAIR
3 lip gloss / SPECIAL FORCE

wow thank you for letting me already see and test the new NARS steven klein holiday collection, wow, its awesome! I love blushes and went head over heels when I saw the cheek palette and the dual intensity blush. let me start with #1 the dual intensity blush in VENGEFUL, a shimmery golden champagne highlighter and a warm marsala tone. I m sure that both of them can also be used as eyeshadows, so in that case this tiny square makes a 3in1 (blush, highlighter, eye shadow) now lets move on to #2 the cheek palette in DESPAIR, here you get 4 blushes and a brush. two rather light and two more intense blushes. NICO / SAVAGE / ESOTERIC / FEROCIOUS these are the names of the blushes. #3 is a lip gloss but not just any kind of lip gloss. this bugger is pigmented and stays put with a nice shine. I am actually not a big lip gloss fan but I do like this one. the color is so so beautiful, its called SPECIAL FORCE and indeed with this color on my lips I feel like a special force agent, everything is possible! ; )

available in NOVEMBER 2015
by Francois Nars, Steven Klein and design legend Fabien Baron.

who is STEVEN KLEIN? he is a US photographer who worked with Madonna and Lady Gaga. here is what I found via wikipedia: Klein shot high-profile advertising campaigns for various clients including Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen and Nike and is a regular contributor to magazines including American and Paris Vogue, i-D, Numéro, W and Arena. His work has featured in numerous exhibitions, most recently at the Gagosian Gallery, California and the Brancolini Grimaldi Gallery in Florence. Klein is well known for his W Magazine editorials with Madonna, Tom Ford, Brad Pitt and numerous others. He often works with lighting director David Devlin. He shot the promotional pictures including the album cover of Britney Spears’ third studio album, Britney.

who is FABIEN BARON? he is a french director, art director and magazine editor.
here is what I found via wikipedia: Best known for his iconic ad campaigns and work as editorial director of Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine. Baron is the founder and CCO of Baron & Baron, Inc., a boutique advertising agency specializing in fashion, fragrance and cosmetics luxury brands. He has “shaped the visual identities” of global brands like Calvin Klein, Givenchy, Fendi, and Michael Kors by creating the right mix of television, digital and print campaigns, product and packaging design. Baron creative directed the re-launch of Burberry and had a long stint working with Balenciaga during Nicolas Ghesquière’s tenure. Baron has “created lucrative perfumes for half a dozen designers, including Giorgio Armani.

who is FRANCOIS NARS? he is a makeUp artist and photographer and is the founder of NARS COSMETICS. here is what I found via wikipedia: François Nars was born in the South of France. He was raised under the influence of his mother, Claudette Nars, and was exposed to fashion at an early age. It was thanks to her that he acquired his first job as an assistant to some of Paris’s top makeup artists. After graduating from Carita Makeup school in Paris, in 1984 Nars moved to New York. There, he was recognized for his love of colour and modern style. He also became part of a trio with photographer Steven Meisel and hair stylist Oribe Canales. In the eighties and nineties they produced many magazine editorials appearing in American Vogue, Vogue Italia and Elle. Very quickly, Nars’ popularity grew amongst fashion designers like Marc Jacobs for his ability to create looks that captured the story and feel of their designs. Celebrities like Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista also sought out for the artist. His philosophy towards makeup was to use makeup to explore the depths and nuances of individual character, and as a makeup artist, Nars was frustrated by how little product there was for makeup artists. In 1994, François Nars released his own brand of makeup- NARS. After shooting his first advertising campaign himself, Nars found a new creative medium. This lead him to shooting several editorials for major magazines as well as all the Nars’ ad campaigns today. Currently Nars has published four books of his photography. Today Nars remains as the artistic director, in-house photographer, and copywriter for his brand.

 

 

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MERCI <3

I hope you all had a nice time with friends and family. I had two nice dinners at home and had a very nice time. <3 today it is only about relaxing. I started this day with a nice long shower and am wearing my most comfy cashmere sweater. thank you @Nivea for sending this lovely box. there is something nice and new inside. more on the blog soon. merci! tomorrow I am showing you an nice black and grey outfit. I might post a sneak peek on instagram 🙂

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DO IT YOURSELF advent calendar

today is december first and I am actually very late with showing you this post as all the advent calendars start today 🙂 anyway I felt the urge to share my idea with you – maybe for next year. who knows!

what do you need?

scissors
silver pen
black pen
white paper / one thicker paper for template
black envelopes and cards
black pegs (mini)
24 ideas*

*some ideas

you could write 24 reasons why you love someone – you could give 24 vouchers to someone – you could remember 24 events with someone and re-capture them – you could draw 24 nice things – as you see I could go on and on and on with ideas. and let me tell you – the advent season is not about spending lots of money it is about caring for others and sharing love. so I saw many nice DIY advent calendars that involved buying 24 items and I think you can also make someone happy with words and only spending a little. I found all my things at Manor in basel and I have spent 13 CHF 🙂

step one
draw a christmas tree on a thicker piece of paper and use this as a template. copy the shape to the white paper and cut 24 trees.

step two
write 24 ideas on the black cards using a silver pen

step three
mark the numbers 1 to 24 on the white christmas trees with a black pen

step four
glue the christmas trees to the black envelopes

step five

hang a black cord to a wall and place the cards with the pegs

THAT’S IT! as easy as ABC or 123, right?
happy advent season. xx

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PACKING MY SUITCASE

isawsomethingnice.ch is soon going on SUMMER HOLIDAY – YAY! Venice Italia Verona, Italy VICENZA – a roadtrip with the beautiful ALFA ROMEO #GIULIETTA – I can not wait.

At this very moment I am packing my suitcase and I want to bring way more than I would actually need – like always! I really dont like packing suitcases as I find it is so hard to make decisions about what to wear in advance other than that very morning in the shower before I get dressed! But I have no choice and for a trip like this its worth to suffer a bit 🙂 #firstworldproblems


Will stay at Hotel Corte Ungaro in Verona  in Vicenza at Tiepolo Hotel and will stay at Hilton Molino Stucky in Venice.

any Tips for Verona, Vicenza and Venice?

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todays makeup

ESTEE LAUDER
double wear all day glow BB moisture makeup
double wear brush on glow BB highlighter

CLINIQUE
chubby stick shadow tint for eyes
14 grandest gold 02 lots o’ latte

ELF
jumbo eyeshadow stick
rock out

M.A.C
powder blush HARMONY
alluring aquatic extra dimension blush SEA ME HEAR ME

TOM FORD
lip color sheer 05 sweet spot

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todays outfit

skirt VERO Moda
sweater H&M
shoes BIRKENSTOCK
nailpolish STRIPLAC surfin USA
ring SWAROVSKI
sunglasses XRAY

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MAKE-UP LOVER

THE BODY SHOP and M.A.C are ready for SUMMER and so am I.
The new Aloe Soothing Gel will cool and moisturise to comfort after a day in the sun. It contains Community Fair Trade Aloe Vera and is animal cruelty free. Make sure to avoid eyes and lips. for sure I will not miss this product in my makeupbag for summerholidays. can’t wait!!

M.A.C launched another Special Edition called PLAYLAND with bright colors for lips and cheeks. As always I am amazed with the names of the products. I got the TOYING AROUND amplified lipstick the LIVE IT UP lipglass and the YOUNG AT HEART casual color for lip&cheek.

Find the products online here:

http://www.the-body-shop.ch
http://www.thebodyshop.de/unsere-serien/aloe/aloe-soothing-gel.aspx

http://www.maccosmetics.ch/product/shaded/12680/22053/New-Collections/Playland/Face/Casual-Colour/index.tmpl

http://www.maccosmetics.ch/product/shaded/12679/310/New-Collections/Playland/Lips/Lipstick/index.tmpl

http://www.maccosmetics.ch/product/shaded/12679/309/New-Collections/Playland/Lips/Tinted-Lipglass/index.tmpl

I am really happy with the color of the lipstick. A super bright coral pink without shimmer. I love the amplified lipsticks by maccosmetics and can only hope that this shade will make it into the m.a.c collection as it is often the case with products from limited edition. fingers crossed!

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LAUREN REIDENBERG

It was great to meet Lauren Reidenberg at lower haight street urban air market in San Francisco – I admire her collection! check her website for more info

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Alines’s Closet

Alines’s Closet at LOWER HAIGHT URBAN AIR MARKET 2012 in SAN FRANCISCO
Such a neath booth – please visit her site www.alinescloset.com

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