August 2014 Guerlain Makeover
Last Friday I went to Bergdorf Goodman and had my makeup applied by one of Guerlain’s regional makeup artists. Her name was Jessica Mayo. She was friendly and sweet, and she expertly selected shades...
View ArticleProduct Review and Swatch: Guerlain KissKiss Lipstick in Fall in Rose (#366)
You might have noticed that I’ve been looking forward to Guerlain’s launch of its new-and-improved KissKiss lipsticks, officially known as KissKiss Shaping Lip Cream Colour. Maybe it’s just because I...
View ArticleProduct Review: Guerlain Ecrin 4 Couleurs Eyeshadow Quad in Les Sables (#15)...
I’ve mentioned before that Guerlain has been one of my beauty-product obsessions of 2014, and the Autumn 2014 collection has been on my mind for the past few weeks. I was curious about one of the...
View ArticleMy 5 Most-Used Beauty Products of Summer 2014
Another summer has come and gone. It was a surprisingly mild one in my part of the world, so I wasn’t struggling to deal with sweat and subway grime as much as usual, but I wanted to look seasonally...
View ArticleProduct Review: Guerlain KissKiss Lipstick in Pinky Groove (364)
Well, my infatuation with Guerlain cosmetics continues, so I thought I’d post another lipstick review. Pinky Groove is a shade from the revamped KissKiss line, launched in late summer 2014. Like many...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Vintage Perfume Bottles
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about my visit to the “Sensorium” organized by Sephora and Firminich in 2011. Here’s another photograph from that event, showing four vintage perfume bottles: one from...
View ArticleProduct Review: 5 Beauty Items That I Would *Not* Repurchase
Once I met a very nice Now Smell This reader who asked me, “Do you ever not like a fragrance?” I do write more positive than negative reviews for Now Smell This, mainly because I only write one review...
View ArticlePerfume Review: Guerlain French Kiss
My latest post on Now Smell This is a review of Guerlain’s new French Kiss perfume. You can read it here.Filed under: Perfume Reviews
View ArticlePerfume Review: Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire (Ma Robe Petales)
My latest post on Now Smell This is a perfume review of Guerlain’s new La Petite Robe Noire Eau Fraîche (Ma Robe Pétales). You can read it here.Filed under: Perfume Reviews
View Article5 Products for “Low-Makeup” Days
I wear makeup whenever I leave the house, i.e. every day; more for work or evenings, of course, and less on weekends or days off when I plan to stay local. I don’t really “do” no-makeup days, but do...
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