The Year In Beauty: These Are My Favorite Things, Part 4

Welcome back!

You, like me, are probably sitting around in your sweatpants, so what better time to check out the fourth installment of my and Beauty Blogging Junkie Amber's favorite beauty products of 2010. I've been writing about beauty every week for Naag.com, so there are plenty of lipsticks, perfumes, eyeshadows, mascaras and wine to cover.

Let's get right to it.

Here are the beauty products we covered in this video:

Me: Davines Number 1 Finest Oil Non Oil For Wizards (a miraculous anti-frizz serum), Revlon Retro Fire and Ice nail polish in Siren, Miss Pucci Perfume and Tom Ford Black Orchid Nail & Lip Set.

Amber: Keratin Complex Serum, Immunocologie Skin Care, and CND Effects Line polish.

 

Watch Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

Oh Hey, Wait! I'm Writing About Beauty For Naag.com!

You guise! I'm writing about beauty over at the newly launched Naag.com -- Agyness Deyn and Fiona Byrne's new fashion, lifestyle, culture/ stuff-we-like daily site. Check it out! Be pretty and well moisturized! Enjoy the awesome and hilarious art (there's a fun new collage on every Friday's homepage -- kind of like a Cracker Jack toy -- you know it's coming, but you don't know what you're gonna get). Go now!

A few pieces I wrote:
+ MAC's HYPERVENTILATION-inducing new Haught & Naughty 2-in-1 mascara!

+ NARS' super summery, sunny Versailles nail polish.

+ Three concealers to make you look less hungover!

+ Tom Ford's new please-do-me Private Blend lipstick.

+ Iced tea lipbalms from DuWop.

+ Rimmel's like woah mascara.

YESSS! Neiman Marcus Free Ship Code!

Ohai! Had to quickly share that there's a free shipping code for NeimanMarcus.com, which adds up if you shop at Neiman Marcus, which I rarely do, except I just did.

The free shipping code is OCTSHIP, and it expires 10/25/2010 at 11:59pm, so you have an entire work day to spend pondering what to buy.

I got Tom Ford Black Orchid rollerball. Pennies in the world of Neiman Marcus, but since I'm balling on a beauty budget, free shipping only sweetens the deal.

($45, Tom Ford, NeimanMarcus.com)

Tom Ford Required Non-Disclosure Agreement Before Fashion Show

Tom Ford Required Non-Disclosure Agreement Before Fashion Show

Tom made sure people are legally required to keep quiet about his fall collection!

(Photo By Pacific Coast News)

 

Now here's taking secrecy to a whole 'nother level. Apparently Tom Ford's uber secretive fashion show last season wasn't up to his level of stealth. This season, he required all attendees to sign a non-disclosure agreement requiring they keep mum on the show until summer. NDAs are the type of thing you encounter at places like Google or Wall Street—not fashion.

In this era of digital media, where fashion shows are streamed live as they happen and photos are up moments after, this level of mystery around a brand is refreshing and unique. But it also feels like an over-controlling stunt. Hoping your clothes don't get overexposed moments after a show is one thing, avoiding reviewers and forcing people to sign NDAs is another.

Tom may be trying to rekindle the aire of exclusivity surrounding fashion, but we can already feel the backlash brewing. What do you think, will these control measures help his brand or hurt it in the long run?

Source: Fashionista

 

Tom Ford and Carine Roitfeld arrive for the "2010 amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS" gala, held at the Hotel du Cap in Cap d'Antibes near Cannes. Founded in 1985, amfAR is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research.  (May 20, 2010 - Photo by PacificCoastNews.com)

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Designer Tom Ford arrives at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2010 benefit gala at the Hotel du Cap on May 20, 2010 in Antibes, France.  (May 19, 2010 - Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images Europe)

 

 

 

Designer Tom Ford attends the Costume Institute Gala Benefit to celebrate the opening of the "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity" exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 3, 2010 in New York City. (May 2, 2010 - Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images North America) 

 

 

Tom Ford and Brad Pitt attend the Kick-Ass European Film Premiere after-party at director Matthew Vaughn's house on March 22, 2010 in London, England. Kick-Ass is to be released in the UK on Friday 26th March. (March 21, 2010 - Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images Europe)

 

Editor Lorraine Candy (L) and Samantha Cameron (R) poses with the winner of the award for International Designer, Tom Ford (C) at the 2011 ELLE Style Awards at the Grand Connaught Rooms on February 14, 2011 in London, England. (February 13, 2011 - Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images Europe)  

 

 

Tom Ford and Julianne Moore dine out at Scott's restaurant in London's swanky Mayfair following the BAFTA awards. Julianne wears a velvet gown designed by Ford.

(February 13, 2011 - Photo by PacificCoastNews.com)

 

 

The press room at the 2011 BAFTA awards ceremony held at the Royal Opera House.

(February 13, 2011 - Photo by Bauer Griffin)

 

Keira Knightley for Elle UK March 2011

Tom Ford has a talent for capturing the most beautiful sides of women, in his designs, in his photographs and in his styling. In the March edition of UK Elle, he has styled the beautiful Keira Knightley, where the whole editorial is dedicated to pieces designed by him. The cover is shot by Terry Tsiolis, capturing Keira's 5th cover shot for Elle UK. She must definitely be very happy with this one, as she looks so glamorous, elegant and simply stunning.

What do you think of the cover?

Source: Fashion Gone Rouge