I've had an incredibly busy day trying to get out of the office to get to NY, but I couldn't let this day go by without addressing the article that ran today in the NY Times about beauty bloggers. I'm on the train as I type. Well, first the attack on some of the best beauty bloggers and my beauty buddies in the makeup jungle is so not fair. I wonder if the Times are feeling the crunch of a new form of news medium that they had to go on the defensive. I guarantee there is not a beauty editor in the print medium paying for those products. Celebrities get free stuff all the time and journalists don't seem to mind that. I'm glad to see Kristen chatting with Daria Werbowy and to know that bloggers were flown to Paris to speak with the perfumer Jacques Polge and see Chanel's apartment. I raise my lip gloss in admiration for these ladies because it's great to see smart, intelligent, beautiful women unite in our love for beauty. If Victoria Secret wants to fly Tia around the world, go ahead girlfriend and toss up the champagne glass for all of us. As Jill Scott would say - "Hate on me Hater."
We all know when beauty bloggers love a product and when we hate something - we hate it. Did they not read my write up about the Bobbi Brown Brightener which I hated, the Lancome Fatale mascara which was just wrong for me, did they not see my rant about the rudeness at the makeup counter last year, or do they understand the power of how beauty junkies united over our love the Lancome Behnaz lipstick, which I bought four from all four Lancome boutiques in the US. Maybe, they should have been in my home last night as I sifted through my receipts from 2007 from Bergdorf, Neimans, Bendel's, Barneys, Sephora (on 2 continents no doubt), CVS, Walgreens, Target, and the Dollar Store (beauty has no boundaries).
The best thing about the article was my fairy godmother, the uber-talented, funny, witty, smart, and fabulous writer Tia. [I have the same exact MacBook]. Her makeup is perfect, her hair is flawless, and by golly "I want my own beauty room."
What the blogosphere has done is given me new friends and acquaintances that I never would have met otherwise. I don't know all my readers, but I like them all the same. I never would have met TB from Chicago, Tara from New York or my fellow beauty buddies in the Beauty Blog Network. The reason I started blogging is to have an online beauty party with ladies just like me. That's what blogging does. It's the connection and no amount of free lip gloss will ever get in the way of that.
Love, life, and always may the lip gloss be with you.
Marvis Jasmine Mint Toothpaste - This is NOT your ordinary toothpaste... It's like a holiday for your mouth.... delicious and delectable! "A sweet and cool touch of mint with the surprising charm of the floral note of jasmin." Other flavors include ginger, aquatic mint, and classic mint. PRICE TAG: $8.95
Chanel Vitalumiere Satin Smoothing Fluid Makeup with SPF 15 - Similar to the Beauty Banter favorite, Laura Mercier's oil free tinted moisturizer, this foundation offers both coverage and moisture. Skin is left with that dewy, I'm-not-wearing-makeup look. "Delivers a young, radiant look. Lines, wrinkles and imperfections seem to be erased. Ultra-gliding fluid provides buildable coverage." PRICE TAG: $52.00
Becca Jewel Dust - Eye powders in bold and intense colors that last for hours and offer a glitter effect. Make Up For Ever makes a similar product - star powder... both are equally fun and flirty. "Created from pure pigments that provide the highest lustre and intensity..." PRICE TAG: $22.00
