YSL Treasures of Africa Summer 2009 Collection

Ahh YSL, you forever have a place in my heart. With your luxurious gold packaging and amazing products, you know I will always come back to you.

This time its the summer 2009 color story and promo images that have me jumping up and down.

The NEW SUMMER LOOK 2009 is a tribute to a vividly imagined land that invites us to discover the treasures of Africa. The Yves Saint Laurent woman defies the fiery rays of the sun at its zenith. In the season’s visual, her lips are natural and just slightly colored to emphasize the tantalizing power of her monochromatic, deep blue eye shadow. Hovering between darkness and light with radiant, contrasting colors, she proclaims the power of supreme seduction. The sensuality of the sun illuminates her skin with golden hues, while her intense eyes affirm her presence, and her lips are sheathed in fleshy transparency.

Tresor d’Afrique Poudre de Soleil Collector (Collector Sun Powder) ($72.00)
A mysterious wooden case, like a souvenir brought back from an unforgettable trip, this monogrammed compact contains a real treasure, an XXL sun powder. The Cassandra-logo engraved in the middle looks as if it has been written in the smooth sand of an arid shore. The shade and formula of this Collector Sun Powder are identical to those of SUN POWDER N°2 - Golden Sun, with an SPF 10 and Ampli Light + pigments. This bestselling shade heightens and illuminates all skin tones with beautiful transparency.

Tresor d’Afrique Palette 5 Couleurs Pour les Yeux (5 Colour Harmony for Eyes) ($62.00)
Purple, indigo and turquoise encounter yellow and ocher to boldly dramatize eyes. Matte or iridescent, these luminous, long-lasting, highly pigmented shadows are easily modulated to dress up the eyelids. Through every metamorphosis you choose, they can be combined in twos or threes, or stand alone for a powerful monochrome effect. This color palette features two foam applicators: a thin one for defining the lash line, and a broader one for shading and blending.

Tresor d’Afrique Palette 5 Couleurs Pour les Lèvres (5 Colour Harmony for Lips) ($62.00)
As multicolored as African jewelry, this alliance of five intense, vibrant colors is designed for precious, radiant, summer-y smiles. The three lip shades – fuchsia, pink and orange – and the two glosses – pink ivory and garnet – are gorgeous on their own or layered for results that are always unique, always flamboyant.

Water-Resistant Eye Shadow ($28.50)

• N°1 – Pink Sand – a delicate, flesh pink ideal for natural-looking radiance.
• N°2 – Amethyst Grey – an elegant gray with subtle purple highlights.
• N°3 – Golden Fern – a soft, khaki green enhanced with gold sparkles.
• N°4 – Copper Radiance – a deep, warm brown highlighted with copper sparkles.

Poudre de Soleil Sun Powder in N°4 – Iridescent Sun ($48.00)

Rouge Pure Shine Sheer Lipstick in N°32 – Frozen Mango, N°33 – Wild Blackberry ($30.00)

Everlong Mascara Waterproof in N°5 – Ever Peacock Blue ($28.50)

Touche Éclat in N°3 – Light Peach ($ 40.00 )

Long-lasting Eye Pencil in N°3 – Ocean Blue, N°12 – Paradise Blue ($28.00)

Shiny Lip Plumper in N°2 – Glossy Plum ($26.00)

Nail Touch in N°2 – Beige Touch, N°4 – Pearly Touch ($26.00)

Top Secrets Flash Radiance Skincare Brush ($52.00)

Availability: On-counter on May 4, 2009

These images and info are credited to Christine over at Temptalia :)

So who else is squee'ing in excitement. That eyeshadow quint will be mine as sure as the sun fries me to a crisp :)

MAC Sugarsweet, Swatches, Review & More!

Green duochrome appears throughout the whole collection. I found that kind of cool

The Shadesticks: You need them all. These shadesticks are beautiful and slide onto the skin like butter. The color selection is gorgeous too! I am thrilled to see shadesticks make their triumphant return!
My favorite colors had to be Red Velvet, a midtone matte pink and Lemon Chiffon, a frosty pale gold that will make a beautiful everyday color. Penny is a lovely metallic cool gold. Butternutty is your go to neutral beige, and cakeshop has a gorgeous green duochrome to it which naturally makes me want to put aquavert and club over it.

Of the eyeshadows, Dear Cupcake and Aquavert were my favs. It could just be me, but Aquavert seemed much greener this time as opposed to Lure's original release. Then again I am used to seeing aquavert in aqua lure packaging and it could just be the contrast with the black thats tricking me. Either way aquavert is frosty seafoam green gorgeousness while Dear Cupcake is creamy pinkness.
I did compare Dear Cupcake to Sushi Flower. While they are incredibley similar, I would classify Sushi flower as warmer while dear cupcake is cooler. I also got better payoff from Dear Cupcake, but that could be because it was new.
Don't bother with sugarshot. It is a craptastic lustre. The tester had a crust on top and ugh, fallout and crappy payoff were plentiful. Club is an awesome smokey color and stars and rockets is a fun duochrome shade of pink but we knew all that already

On the tricolor lipglasses. I'm not bothered by a tri-layered gloss, but I am also not a fan of these. These are way toooo sheer, and we all know how I feel about sheer lipglosses (read, I hate em). The only one that gave me a decent payoff was Tasty, but I already have more bright pink lipglasses than I could shake a stick at! Of note is that these smell really strongly of vanilla, though I can't tell if its a stronger vanilla than that of regular mac lip products.

The lipsticks:
Bubbles is a fun, pale and frosty shade, but I just don't need another lip highlight shade as I already have that covered my MUFE. Lollipop loving is a gorgeous coral with subtle green pearl. It is a glaze, which means subtle payoff and lots of shine. I am not a fan of the lustre formula but the color is too unique and lovely to pass up.Touch is a blah cool bronze and Sweet Thing is another lustre bright pink. Neither seemed unusual or particularly awe inspiring so I skipped over those. The star is St Germain imo, with its milky pink fabulosity! I cannot wait to play with this one It is a gorgeous milky Barbie pink color!

On to the mineralized skin finishes.
Refined seemed a bit too warm on me, but I find that to be the case with most brown based mineralized products. I am warm toned and I just feel like these turn orange and muddy on me, although the milky pink veins running throughout do help turn this shade to a more flattering peach.
Perfect topping is a pretty light pink with peach and lavendar veining. The end swatch is a light pink frosty highlight color. This is comparable to petticoat, but not as metallic and frosty and a touch cooler. It would make a good highlight on my nw20 self.
Of note, the texture on both msfs was lovely. Not gritty or glittery, just smooth and slightly frosty.

Nail polishes- Fun colors, but I just can't get excited about mac lacquers because they don't last more than a couple of days without chipping. And while the colors are fun and the green is unusual, I just can't hop on board or picture myself with green nails. Pass!


In short, I loved this collection and got most of it! I walked away with 2 lipsticks (St Germaine, Lollipop Loving), all the shadesticks, and 2 of the eyeshadows (Dear Cupcake and Aquavert).


Would love to know what you are all hauling ;)

Chanel Summer 2009- Cote D'Azur

My eyes spy Chanel's offering to the bronzed gods of summer.

This year's summer collection features eye colors in bronze, beige and peach and lip colors in corals and pinks. With these beach and sun inspired shades, all I need is a bikini and a cabana boy and I would be set for warm weather for sure ;)

Chanel Summer 2009 Makeup Collection

SOLEIL TAN DE CHANEL 4 Facettes Bronzing Powder delivers a subtle, natural glow with a quartet of skin-warming shades any time, anywhere. Limited Edition
SOLEIL TAN DE CHANEL Precious Bronzing Loose Powder in a new limited-edition shade, Effet Hâlé, a soft copper.
JOUES CONTRASTE Powder Blush: In Love, a pink coral.
LUMIÈRES FACETTES Iridescent Effects Eyes offers you unlimited eye looks. Each shade can be worn individually, in complementary pairs, or in striking contrast. In new limited-edition Plein Soleil.
OMBRE D'EAU Fluid Iridescent Eyeshadow glides on to highlight eyes with a seductive sheen. Summer's must-have shades:

Seashore, a copper rose; limited-edition
Source, a pink gold
ROUGE DOUBLE INTENSITÉ Ultra Wear Lip Colour slips easily into any cosmetic case, ensuring you have all you need for lush-looking lips. Summer's most coveted shade: Mandarin Coral, a peach coral.
AQUALUMIÈRE Sheer Colour Lipshine SPF 15 is a summer staple.

Lipari, a fresh strawberry,

Ischia, a rose violet,

Porto Rotondo, a vibrant red

Monte-Carlo, a red coral

Salina, a pink beige; limited-edition

Panarea, a soft brown; limited-edition
AQUALUMIÈRE GLOSS High Shine Sheer Concentrate, now in fresh new shades:

Candy Glow, a pink apricot; permanent

Cherry Blossom, a cerise pink; limited-edition
Tangerine Dream, a peach coral; limited-edition
Ginger Shimmer, a copper gold.limited-edition
LE VERNIS Nail Colour makes a sizzling statement with hot new shades for fingertips and sandal-bared toes:

Orange Fizz, a bright coral

Golden Sand, a rich copper. Limited-edition




All photos and color story info taken from Chanel.com
Collection is available in all places Chanel is sold.
Review and swatches coming your way tomorrow, right here on Krasey Beauty :-D

MAC Style Warriors Colour Story & Photos

Special Thanks to Temptalia for the color story and images!

Check out Temptalias site here

MAC Cosmetics | Style Warriors
Launch Date: May 28th, 2009 (North America), June 2009 (International).

Emerging from every corner of the glamorous globe, a new Style Warrior. Made to celebrate the cross-cultural sophistication of the modern Amazon Princess, African Queen, Crouching Tigress… Never before have we seen the “Wild Things” of the world come together in quite so many bold new combinations. Introducing a dramatically different and deliberately diverse colour story, an eclectic and expressive way to exalt and admire the strength and solidarity of beauty with no barriers. A selection of all-over summer bronzing shades for Lips, Cheeks, Eyes, Nails, featuring the innovation of Impassioned, Bronzescape and Scatterrays Solar Bits – sunbursts to unleash the animal in every woman. All exotically packaged in stylized zebra and leopard prints to keep it wild and free – the way it always ought to be.

Lipstick ($14.00)
Sunsational Sheer frosted beige gold
Brave New Bronze Creamy mid-tone pink nude
Purple Rite Mid-tone frosty orchid
Tribalist Creamy blackened berry

Lipglass ($14.00)
Liberated Sheer yellow gold with pearl
Gold Rebel Sheer copper bronze with pearl
Fierce & Fabulous Bright magenta purple with pearl
Style Warrior Blackened bronze brown with pearl

Eyeshadow ($14.50)
Soft Force Frosty pale white gold
Bright Future Frosty bright yellow gold
Tempting Sinfully rich coco
Vibrant Grape Bright magenta purple
Night Maneuvers Deep charcoal brown with pearl

Eye Kohl ($14.50)
Smolder Intense black

Pro Lash Mascara ($12.00)
Coal Black Honest-to-goodness black

Beauty Powder Blush ($18.00)
Eversun Neutral peach bronze with gold pearl
On A Mission Pearly mid-tone plum

Solar Bits ($19.50)
Scatterrays Soft metallic peach with gold pearl
Bronzescape Clean yellow brown with gold pearl
Impassioned Frosty cool taupe

Nail Lacquer ($11.00)
Peaceable Pearly pale golden beige
Violet Fire Bright creamy magenta purple
Mercenary Frosted blackened bronze

Brush ($23.00)
242 Firm fibre Brush with rounded edge for smooth, even application of powder, emollient and concealer products
Available: May 28th, 2009 (North America), June 2009 (International).

Part 2 of the collection is your customary bronzer, self tanner release:

Bronzing Powder ($21.00)

• Solar Riche Mid-tone deep orange brown
• Refined Golden Finely spun golden with soft pearl finish

Lustre Drops ($18.50)

• Pink Rebel Blue pink with gold pearl
• Sun Rush Peachy bronze with gold pearl
• Bronze Hero Hot bronze with fine gold pearl

Skinsheen ($22.50)

• Medium Dark Sheer soft bronze with golden tan pearl
• Dark Golden bronze
• Deep Dark Deep warm bronze with rich golden pearl

Iridescent Powder/Loose ($21.00)

• Golden Bronze Golden brown with golden bronze shimmer

Brush ($45.00)

• 182 Buffer A full, dome-shaped brush of extra soft goat hair. Specially created to flawless ly blend powder onto the skin for an immaculate polished finish. Excellent for all M·A·C powders and pigments.

Available: May 28th, 2009 (North America), June 2009 (International).

So what has you all hot and bothered? I must say, I am happy to see that Solar Bits will be making a return. The orchid lipstick intrigues me as I am all about unusual colors.