Armani Beauty Event

Tim Quinn, Giorgio Armani Beauty’s Celebrity Makeup Artist, will be appearing at Saks Fifth Avenue in NYC on May 1st and 2nd.

Customers are invited to get a customized red carpet look designed by Tim Quinn and then capture the moment with a professional headshot (or facebook photo!). Those who make a purchase of $95 will also receive a deluxe gift while supplies last.

To book an appointment, contact the Giorgio Armani Beauty counter at Saks Fifth Avenue by calling 212.940.2962.

I was playing this weekend at our local Armani counter. The new foundation is magnificent.

It has natural coverage that defies any settling or caking. The lip waxes will melt your heart.

Last Days of Summer:
Giorgio Armani Cosmetics Bronze Mania Face Duo

A set of two complimentary cream brushes, one to shape, one to illuminate. One half of the compact contains a deep bronze shade with a supple cream texture designed to be blended on the cheeks and jaw line to sculpt the face and accentuate a tan.

This is the part of the compact that scared me a little. I am not a professional makeup artist and feel apprehensive on shading and contouring.

The other half contains transforming creamy textures enriched with golden micro-particles to illuminate key features like cheekbones and forehead.

Shimmer never scares me. I use this all over for added glow and shimmer. It is gorgeous and deserves it's own compact!

It is priced at $65 and is available at your local Saks counter.

Credit: Blogdorf Goodman
Disclaimer: A press sample of this product was provided by Giorgio Armani Cosmetics

The Dog Days of Summer: Armani's Bronze Mania Gold
Sheer Bronzer


It has a super-fine texture with a variety of sun kissed shades. It retails for $42.
It is available at your local Saks Armani counter.

Credits: Blogdorf Goodman
Disclaimer: A press sample of this product was provided by Giorgio Armani Cosmetics

Brushed With Greatness Project

Miscellaneous Brushes by Cavewoman

This last photo includes a little mix of odds and ends from my brush collection, one from this or that company, that are worthy of mention here on Blogdorf's Brushed With Greatness.

At the top is a Victoria Vogue white-bristle brush that might have been designed to be a shadow brush, but it's too large for that. I bought it at a drugstore, with one specific purpose in mind, to apply Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder to the undereye area over concealer. Its soft and moderately floppy bristles fit perfectly into that area, giving a very even, light application of the powder, keeping it right in the undereye area. It grips the powder very well, too. It is the perfect brush for this one important makeup task that I do every day.

The Armani brush was sold to me at Saks, to go with the Luminous Silk Foundation. I've never used the brush with liquid foundation, Armani or not, because I just can't get a grip on the idea of natural bristles with liquid foundation. Granted, my MA at Saks used it to apply the foundation flawlessly to my face, but I can't seem to bring myself to do it. I use this brush for blush.

The Japonesque flat wide brush sits in my collection, neglected. I'm not sure what the purpose of this shape of brush is. Please let me know what I should do with it!

The lash comb/spoolie is a recent acquisiton from Tarte. It's a great lash comb, better than my expensive Rubis which lost some teeth one day when I was cleaning it. I love the long handle, it's easier to use than the folding Sonia Kashuk, and the spoolie is nice for brow grooming.

The red-handle synthetic brush is the Lola Cosmetics concealer brush. Way way too big for undereye concealer application, but okay for spot-concealing on the face. I have actually used this brush for foundations. It works well with cream foundations. It may seem a bit small for face work, but it was certainly too big for the undereye area.

The Maybelline shadow brush was cheap and nicely shaped for blending crease colors.

Two short-handle shadow brushes from Garden Botanika are good for travel bags. One of them has a very useful v-shape, great for working a smokey color into the outer crease area. I've never seen another company offer a brush with this shape.

The little stubby Cover Girl shadow brush was also a travel purchase. Who would think that such a nicely-made, well-balanced, usefully-shaped tiny brush could be found in a blister-pack on a peg at the Cover Girl wall!

I need to repeat Discovery #1 here.
I have too many brushes.

Disclaimer: The featured products were purchased by the reviewer, Cavewoman

Giorgio Armani's Bronze Mania Summer Foundation

This is a cream to powder foundation that feels velvety soft and glides on like a dream. It is a red-ish mother of pearl shade that gives a rich sun kissed glow. This is darker than I am used to but for the first time in my life....I look Sicilian. Like I have been sun bathing near the coast.

It retails for $55 and is available at Saks.

Disclaimer: A press sample of this product as provided by Giorgio Armani.

Giorgio Armani's Bronze Mania Collection for Summer 2007

Lip Shimmer #35: A limited edition sheer red lip gloss with hints of fire that can be worn alone or layered over your favorite lipsticks. It retails for $26.

It also comes in a neutral gloss with gold sparkle to recreate a liquid gold look.
This is called Lip Shimmer #34. (not shown)

Armani Cosmetics can be purchased at select Saks stores.
What are your favorite Armani glosses?

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