Blogdorf Goodman's Friday Poll:

Fragrance: I am wearing Frederic Malle's Carnal Flower

Lippie of the Day: Chanel's Rougue Allure in Tender with MAC Trifle Lipgloss

Eye Look: MAC Your Ladyship Pigment with MAC Little Minx and Iris Print shadows. My liner is MAC Feline

Mood: Trying to be upbeat

Beverage: Coffee with Blueberry Creamer

Music: Ben's Brothers Stuttering

Last Beauty Score: My Sephora Friends and Family order

Latest Beauty Find: Space NK Energising Shower Gel. This is a mixture of sweet orange, grapefruit, bay, rosewood, bergamot and geranium.

I also love my new Prescriptives Custom Blend foundation

Top Beauty Lemming: Chanel's Navy Satin polish

Have you started your holiday shopping? Nope

Favorite Holiday Windows: Bergdorf Goodman(see picture)

Let us know your answers in the comments.
Have a great weekend!

Space NK Seduction Review

Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality.
It's part of the sizzle.
Camille Paglia

This lotion is temptation in a bottle.
It is a moisturizing blend of Shea and cocoa butters, wheatgerm, sweet almond and sesame oils with antioxidant vitamin E and A. My skin drinks it up quickly.

This is the nitty gritty facts about it.
It is an ultra fine lotion that rivals many high end products. It makes the skin feel like silk and leaves no greasy residue.
However... this is not the reason why I am "head over heels smitten" with this product.
It is actually the fetching and intoxicating scent.

Seduction is a green based fragrance with a heart of fig leaves and dollop of freesia. The drydown is a fabulous base of amber and musk.
The drydown is what captivated me.
And to my delight I have discovered that once again Christopher Sheldrake is behind my smitten status. He collaborated with space NK founder, Nancy Kinnaird on all the Space NK scents and candles.
No wonder why I covet them all!

Hand Lotion retails for $28.00
Hand wash is $24.00
http://www.spacenk.com/
Disclosure: A press sample of this product was provided by Space NK

Important Beauty Blogger Alert:

Michelle at All Lacquered Up has a sneak peek of the covetable spring Chanel polish....Navy Satin.

Let the lemming, coveting and wait listing begin!

Have a lookie at:

http://www.alllacqueredup.com/

Credits: Chanel

Lancome's Color Fever Gloss in On Fire.

It is like OPI's Japanese Rose Garden in a gloss tube. This is a gorgeous violet based pink with just a dash of gold shimmer.

I should have caved on it!

Credits: Blogdorf Goodman

Blogdorf's Getting Nailed Poll for November 28th 2007:

My co-worker Thais is wearing China Glaze's Rated Holographic. It shimmers like no one's business.

What nail polish are you wearing this week?
Let us know in the comments.

Credits: Blogdorf Goodman
Model: Thais of the Scotts

Getting Nailed at Dashing Diva

One of the many highlights of my NYC trip is when the Total Beauty gang took us to the nail salon Dashing Diva. This salon is known for their fabulous nail lacquers,high end service and Girls Night Out promotion. Every Thursday and Friday evening customers are treated to free cosmos with any service.

The Total Beauty girls were treated to manicures and delicious cosmos. The manicure included many perks such as massages, scrubs, and hot towels. There is something about your hands being encased in a hot towel that makes your toes curl. The manicure was highly relaxing and made my tired, overworked hands feel like a million bucks.

Dashing Diva is very well known for their line of nail polishes. They have a healthy range of reds, pinks and corals along with some truly unique shades like celery green to a gray pink. I explored the stock with Michelle from All Lacquered Up, Kristen from Beauty Addict, Erika from Makeup Bag, Sara from Bitten by the Beauty Bug and Connie & Carolyn from the The Daily Obsession. We dished on color choices and fussed over their shimmery navy shade. I chose a blue toned pink that reminded me of OPI Japanese Rose Garden. It was wildly inappropriate for the season but I could not resist its charms.

Dashing Diva has locations in the US(NYC, California and North Carolina), Japan, Singapore, Australia, Philippines and Kuwait.
Visit http://www.dashingdiva.com/

to peek at the nail polishes and to learn more about their services.

Also read Michelle's fabulous review at All Lacquered Up.

http://www.alllacqueredup.com/

Credits: Blogdorf Goodman

Disclosure: This experience was made possible by Dashing Diva and Total Beauty

Sugared Plums Are Yummy
By Melanie Parker

Fall is the perfect time of year to wear the saturated jewel tones, autumnal oranges, and plum colors of nail lacquer. This Fall I find myself wearing a lot of gray and teal in my wardrobe, and I think a deep plum nail looks great with these tones. I like a little length on my nails, and so the trendy black polish looks a little too much like olives on my fingers and a rich plum is more flattering with my skin tone. OPI has two great shimmering plum polishes: Have You Seen My Limo? and Lincoln Park At Midnight.

The new OPI Have You Seen My Limo? from the Holiday 2007 Hollywood collection is a great sparkling, sugared plum color. It has a slight duochrome effect in that it flashes silver and green. The shimmer almost gives the polish a frosty effect, but the finish does not leave brush strokes like a typical frost. I am very pleased with the complexity and finish of this shade. I really prefer it to any other dark purple polishes I have owned, including CHANEL Cobra. It's a terrific shade and I like OPI's Prowide™ brush, too. It is ranked in my top 10 polishes of all time.

OPI Lincoln Park at Midnight is another delightful deep shimmering plum polish. It does not have a duochrome effect and it is a little deeper hue, but I think it is an elegant alternative to the blacks and deep grays that have been so popular in nail color for the past year. Lincoln Park at Midnight was a follow-up on OPI's Chicago collection, in which a vampy plum creme called Lincoln Park After Dark was a best seller. Lincoln Park at Midnight is "After Dark's" lighter and easier to wear cousin. It looks sexy and sophisticated without being overtly Goth.

Credits: Melanie Parker

Disclosure: All products mentioned in this review were purchased by Melanie Parker

Room with a View

The view from the Estee Lauder offices in NYC.

Credit: Blogdorf Goodman

Disclosure: This experience was made possible by Estee Lauder and Total Beauty

Sensai Eye Contour Cream Review

It is a butter-like cream that immediately improves dullness, dark circles and puffiness. It applies like silk and leaves the skin area around the eye smooth and refreshed. I used it after an episode with hot eyebrow wax. The cream immediately took away the heat, redness and the skin flakes. I was grateful for it's stellar performance. Nothing is worse than flakes on the eye lid.

Sensai's Eye Contour Cream is chock full of natural ingredients such as Apricot and Shilan Extract, from the purple orchid plant. This ingredient helps encourage cellular metabolism. It has the ability to heal chapped hands and feet, reduce burns and moisturize and smooth the skin. Shilan Extract has also been used in internal medicine to help fight lung disease. It is a multi-purpose plant with healing properties.

Sensai products are available at Takashimaya in NYC, Barneys in NYC, Bergdorf Goodman and select SAKs.

Credits: Blogdorf Goodman
Disclosure: A press sample of this product was provided by Sensai

Blogdorf Goodman's Drugstore Deals and Steals for November 25th 2007:

Rite Aid

Physicians Formula: All cosmetics are 40% off

WetnWild: All cosmetics are 40% off

Prestige: Buy 1, get 1 50% off on cosmetics

Sally Hansen: Rite Aid is offering a rebate of $2.99 on No Chip, Diamond Strength and Maximum Growth nail polish. See store for details.


CVS

Revlon: Buy $20 of Revlon cosmetics or beauty tools and get $10 of extra CVS bucks.

Neutrogena: Buy 1, get 1 50% off on all foundation, powder, blush or concealer with CVS card

Maybelline: Define-A-Lash is priced at $5.99 with CVS card
Define-A-Lash eyeliner is $4.99 with CVS card
Instant Age Rewind Double Face Perfector is $5.99 with CVS card
Superstay Gloss is $6.99 with CVS card
Dream Matte Powder is $4.99 with CVS card

Skin Effects: Buy $30 of any Skin Effects products and get $5 in extra CVS bucks

Almay: Smart Shade Blush or Bronzer is $7.99 with CVS card
Pure Blends Mineral Makeup is $9.99 with CVS card


Walgreens

L'Oreal: Buy 1, get 1 FREE on our entire line of foundation, concealer, powder or blush

Almay: Buy 1, get 1 FREE on Almay cosmetics and skin care

Rimmel: Buy 1, get 1 50% off on entire face and eye cosmetics

Neutrogena: Buy 1, get 1 50% off on entire line of cosmetics

Jane: Mail in Rebate offered for Pure Mineral Makeup. See store for details.

Burt's Bee Gift Sets from $8.99 to $19.99


Target

Pantene: 8.5 or 12.6 oz shampoo or conditioner is priced at $3.79

If you spot any beauty deals this week let us know in the comments!

“I’ll Drink To That!”
Dashing Diva “Uncorks” New “Wine Pedicure” for Fall

As the leaves begin to turn, it finally hits us that summer is definitely over. It’s time to start getting all cozy and snuggle our toes into something warm, while sipping a glass of Chardonnay or Merlot. Dashing Diva’s new Fall Harvest “Wine Pedicure” is the perfect way to celebrate the change of seasons.

What’s So Special About This Pedicure?
This “intoxicating” pedicure begins with a red wine & clay cleansing milk foot massage, followed by a calming soak in a Merlot fizzing wine bath (a unique concoction of grape seed oil, baking soda, and Vitamins A and E, to which we add 2 scoops of real California Merlot). Nails are then meticulously trimmed before feet are scrubbed with a delicious Chardonnay sugar scrub, followed by a mineral-rich, seasonally-appropriate, pumpkin foot masque. After a soothing 10-minute foot and lower leg massage with a grape seed oil “elixir,” feet are slathered in a delightful Lavender Chardonnay body butter before toes are polished to perfection. Best yet, it comes with a complimentary glass of Chardonnay or Merlot!

For fall, Dashing Diva recommends one of the new “Fall Harvest” inspired polishes in the following colors:

Black Raspberry – A deep, raspberry-red burgundy shade
Champagne Nude – A soft, shimmery beige hue
Bronze Bombshell – A chic, metallic bronze color

Price: $75.00
Length: One hour
Launch Date: October 8 2007, at all Dashing Diva locations in New York (plus CA and NC)

Dashing Diva nail spas are located in New York at:

41 East 8th Street – Tel: 212 673 9000
1341 2nd Avenue - Tel: 212 570 0770 590 Columbus Avenue – Tel: 212 877 9052
129 Smith Street in Brooklyn – Tel: 718 875 1210

Credits: Dashing Diva Press Release and Wikipedia

Precious Carat Lip Gloss Jewel by Lancome

Lipgloss in a diamond.
Made from Swarovski crystals with the Lancome rose logo etched inside.
The gloss gives just a touch of shimmer to bare lips or over your favorite lipstick.
It retails for $40 and is available at your local Lancome counter or at Sephora.com



Credits: Blogdorf Goodman

Blogdorf Goodman's Holiday Deals and Steals for this Weekend:

CVS sale ends November 24

Maybelline: Buy 1, get 1 FREE with CVS card on all Maybelline cosmetics
Also save $10 with CVS card on select fragrances

Walgreens sale ends November 24

Cetaphil: Moisturizer or Cleanser, 20 oz is $6.99
Patene: 12.6 oz Shampoo or Conditioner is $3 for $12
Revlon: Nail Enamel is $1.99
Buy 1, get 1 FREE on entire line of Revlon foundation,powder, concealer, blush or lip color

Rite Aid sale ends November 24

Designer fragrances are 50% off
Olay: Buy 1, get 1 50% off on skin care,bath care, herbal essences body wash and Covergirl cosmetics
Sally Hansen: Nail Glam 13 party pack is $5.99
Nail glam 6 party pack is $2.99

Macys

Estee Lauder: With any Estee Lauder fragrance purchase you can purchase the makeup artist professional collection for $48.50. This is a $250 value and includes 3 high glosses,3 color long lasting lipsticks,artist's lip and eye pencil,Projectionist high definition volume mascara, pure color eyeshadow compact(with some taupe shades),all over face compact(a nice selection of blushes, 4 piece makeup brush collection and a gold train and cosmetic case.

Juicy Couture: A 3 piece set for $90. This includes EDP 3.4 oz spray, sugar scrub and royal body cream

Gwen Stefani: 2 piece set is $75. This set includes EDP 3.4 oz spray and all over me body lotion.

Calvin Klein: 3 piece set of Euphoria is $78. This set includes EDP 3.4 oz spray, skin lotion and body shower creme. There is also a 3 piece set for Euphoria Blossom. This is priced at $72.
Calvin Klein's Man is priced at $72. This set includes an EDT 3.4 oz spray with an After Shave Balm.
Euphoria for Men is a 4 piece set that includes an EDT spray, After Shave Balm,Body Wash and Deodorant.
With any $47 or more purchase of Eternity, CK One,Obsession or Obsession Night for her you will receive a free tote bag.
If you purchase $57 or more of Eternity, CK One,Obsession or Obsession Night for him you will receive a duffel bag.

Elizabeth Arden: 3 piece set of Mediterranean is $62. This includes EDP spray, body lotion and bath and shower gel. The Arden counter is giving away a red bag with any $35 Elizabeth Arden fragrance purchase.

Lancome: Free 5 piece gift with any $28.50 Lancome purchase. The gift includes Color Fever Shine Sensual Vibrant Lipshine, Color design Sensational Effects Eye Shadow Quartet, Definicils mascara, Renergie Anti Wrinkle and Firming Treatment and a Cosmetic bag.
Tresor 2 piece fragrance set is $50. This set includes 1.0 oz EDP spray with body lotion.

Dior: 4 piece set of Jadore is $66. This set includes EDP 3.4 oz spray, body lotion, EDP mini and a Dior pouch.
Miss Dior Cherie 4 piece set is $69.

Origins: Wellness Wonders Gift set is $49.50,Perfection collection is $59,Dr Andrew Weil Live and Be Well collection is $72 and Ginger All Around collection is $58.

Usher: 3 piece value set is $75. This includes EDP spray,body lotion and shower gel.
The 3 piece set for Men is $70. This set includes the EDT spray, After Shave Tonic and Deodorant.

Clinque: Free Clinque Tote exclusive at Macys with any Clinque fragrance purchase of $55 or more. There are sets of Happy and Happy Heart.

Bath and Body Works (Saturday and Sunday only!)

4 for $10 Anti-Bacterial collection sale. These actually make handy spare Secret Santa/hostess gifts.

Lancome Friends and Family Online

Receive 20% off plus free shipping on entire purchase until November 26th.

If you spot any great beauty deals this week let us know in the comments.

Lancome's Friends and Family ends November 26 2007.

Enter promo code OURGIFT at checkout to receive 20% off and FREE SHIPPING on entire online purchase.

This is a great opportunity to splurge on Color Fever Gloss in Hot Number, a bottle of Mille & Une Roses and Fatale mascara.

Let us know what you cave on......Happy Shopping!

Clinque Supermoisture Makeup

My co-worker Sandy is testing a new foundation from Clinque. Supermoisture foundation is described as "ultra-creamy yet refreshingly lightweight."
It looks creamy enough to spread on toast and feels whispery light on the skin.
Sandy liked the moisturizing benefits but felt that the coverage power was lacking. It took some layering to achieve the flawless coverage that MAC Studio Mist foundation gave.

Sandy used the Golden shade. For reference Sandy is NC 45.

Clinque's Supermoisture foundation is currently available at your local counter. It is priced at $22.50.

Credits: Blogdorf Goodman

MAC Antiquitease's Royal Assets Palettes

Santa baby, slip a MAC Antiquitease Palette under the tree,
for me
I've been an awful good girl
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight.....



Royal Assets: 6 Smokey Eyes
Rondelle, Courtly Grey, Knight, Maid Of Honor, Palatial and Majestic

Royal Assets: 6 Cool Eyes
Medallion, Silverwear(a pink toned silver), Trophy Pink(a matte Schiaparelli pink), Modern Heir, Shadowy Lady, Queen's Jewel(a smokey blue violet)

Royal Assets: 6 Warm Eyes
Sunday Best, Nobility, Retrospeck, Star Violet(metallic rose), Club(flashes green), and Showstopper

Royal Assets: 6 Metallic Eyes
Creme Royale(gorgeous gold flash),Silver Fog,Honey Lust,Stately Black(smoke with blue shimmer), Manor(a more brown version of club), Velvet Lady.

Disclosure: A press sample of this product was provided by MAC Cosmetics

Last Day of Sephora Friends and Family Sale:

Enter in FF2007 to receive discount!

Happy Shopping!

MAC's Of Beauty Collection: The Shimmer Powders

Beauty Powder/Loose

Dancing: Light Creamy gold with white gold reflect
Drizzle Gold: Fleshy beige with copper and gold reflect
Natural Flare: Peachy champagne with white and gold reflect
Sunspill: Coral Peach with white and gold reflect
Tenderdusk: Soft pink with red and gold reflect
Soft Flame: Rich plum with reddish copper reflect
Suggested Retail Price: $21.00 U.S./$25.00 CDN

Studio Lights

Skin Lure: Soft creamy beige
Ideal: Pink Palest pinkish beige
Smoothspice: Caramel
Frangipan: Pale golden yellow
Sand: Soft peachy beige
Suggested Retail Price: $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN


I am a sucker for any kind of shimmer so I literally melted into a pile of goo at this counter display in the NYC MAC store. The shimmer power and shades are superb. I know this because I am a shimmer expert.
These are limited edition and I swear they will disappear lightening fast.
They launched on November 15th.

Credits: MAC and Blogdorf Goodman

Estee Lauder's Precious Parfums Holiday Set

This set features 1/2 oz Baccarat bottles of pure parfum.
The parfums are Beyond Pleasures, Beautiful, Pleasures and the Lauder classic Youth Dew.
The limited edition set retails for $350 and is available at select Saks stores. If you are a perfume junkie that owns everything or just a Lauder fan, please contact my local Lauder boy, James Boyd at 216-292-5500 to splurge on this set.
Mention to James that you saw it on Blogdorf Goodman.
It took us several tries with the lighting and my camera.

Credits: Blogdorf Goodman

MAC Aids Fund Event with Dita Von Teese and Eve.

On Thursday, MAC celebrated the milestone of raising 100 million dollars to help fight HIV and Aids around the world. This money was raised by the sales from MAC Viva Glam lipstick and lipglass.
7.1 million Viva Glam lipsticks have been sold since 1994. The MAC Aids fund supports over 400 organizations each year. The organizations range from selected pediatric HIV/Aids organizations to controversial programs such as needle exchanges for street youth in Russia.

The event drew photographers and press along with some of the most stunning MAC employees in the company.



Eve, Nancy Mahon and Dita Von Teese were on hand to celebrate and promote the event. Nancy Mahon is the Vice President/Executive Director of the MAC Aids Fund. We were able to dish with her after the photographers left. She is proud of how the MAC Aids fund targets issues and areas where no other charity is willing to go. I was impressed with her passion and energy. She is a great asset to the MAC team and the charity world in general.






Dita was magnificent with her Louboutin heels and red lips. Her skin is otherworldly. There is just no words for how stunning it is.
I was just thrilled that I was able to see her in real life. I am a fan of her taste and charm. I was actually kicking myself that I did not wear my Behnaz lipstick and favorite Weiss pin.

Eve was also her usual gorgeous self. Her makeup was flawless and lemming worthy.
I was so transfixed with her lip gloss that I asked my favorite MAC gal to find out the identity of the lippie. She brought over JJ, Eve's personal makeup artist and friend. JJ used Wondershine 3D lipglass to create the most amazing coral-ish lippie ever. She also used Melon pigment as a blush. I was thrilled because I own both products. Now of course....I do not have the gorgeous golden skin tone of Eve but I will still attempt the look.
JJ uses both NC44 and NC 45 Studiotech foundation on Eve.
Michelle from All Lacquered Up asked JJ what spring makeup forecast she had for us.
JJ said that mascara will be heavy,brows will be arched and lips will be berry like.

The paparazzi were ushered in before the event started and set up camp in front of us. It was very hard to get a great shot of the girls. All three of us stood on our tiptoes with our little digital cameras. The standard pap camera are Nikons. Each camera looked like it had survived a war tour. One photographer brought a step ladder to get a better shot. They were fairly respectful and did not overstay their welcome.

The MAC staff were friendly, helpful and gorgeous. Of course all their makeup looks were lemming worthy. I could have spent at least $100 just buying all the lippies. There were beautiful berries and shimmering reds. One SA had the best smoky eye I had ever seen in real life. I just wanted to beg her to tutor me.

I want to thank the amazing MAC staff for letting us be a part of their celebration. It was a blast!

Please consider splurging on the MAC Viva Glam Lipsticks, Lipglasses and Lip Palettes this holiday season. Besides giving you a great lippie look, each cent raised will help someone who is suffering with HIV and Aids.
Also consider purchasing the MAC Kids Helping Kids greeting cards for the holidays. They are fabulous and all proceeds fund selected pediatric HIV/Aids organizations.

Credits: Blogdorf Goodman
Disclosure: This NYC trip was made possible by Total Beauty.