Maybelline Master Kajal Liner

Maybelline Master Kajal Line
$8.99

I decided to change up my eye make up routine. My new look is minimal shadow, less mascara and bolder liner. Somehow, it's looking fresher to me.  The only glitch has been trying to get the liner down.

What's the point of simplifying if the technique is forcing me to waste precious time in the clean up department???

Smashbox pot gel eyeliner was a slippery foe. The cap on Eyeko's Skinny Liquid Eyeliner, fell off in my makeup bag 3 nights in a row.  If there is anything left in there, it's no where to be found. Rimmel ScandalEyes Gel Eyeliner had a very dry texture that "skipped" in spots as I tried to apply it. I searched CVS for an old Almay standby, a waterproof gel pencil, but I think it's been retired to the beauty graveyard.

What's a Girl to do?

Flutter

Flutter by divadebbi featuring Pier 1 Imports

TIBI v neck top / Hot pants / Jimmy Choo leather sandals, $895 / Tory Burch tote bag, $340 / Chanel bracelet / Crystal necklace / Shiseido pink eyeshadow / Dolce Gabbana lips makeup / Smashbox travel kit / Pier 1 Imports floral decor / 8 in. W x 10 in. H Geometric Wallpaper Sample-282-64053SAM at The Home...

Smashbox Always Sharp Waterproof Kohl Liners are Smashing!

Smashbox Always Sharp Waterproof Kohl Liners
$20/ 8 Shades

Oh my, I'm on a roll...My latest Sephora run has bore fruit...I have finally found my Holy Grail liner.  I've only been looking for it for the last 30 years or so.

Deservedly, Smashbox Always Sharp Waterproof Kohl Liners won a coveted Allure 2013 Breakthrough Beauty Award.  For starters, who could imagine ever seeing 'waterproof' and 'kohl' in the same sentence, much less the same product?
A complete oxymoron. Yet somehow Smashbox achieved it.

Holiday Joy

Holiday Joy by divadebbi featuring INC International Concepts

Valentino dress / Christian Louboutin black pumps, $645 / Valentino leather purse, $2,750 / Smashbox eyeliner / Christian Dior beauty product / INC International Concepts home decor

The Natural

The Natural by divadebbi featuring artificial flowers plants

Oscar de la Renta draped top / Gucci zip top / Roksanda Ilincic wide leg cotton pants / Giuseppe Zanotti black lace up booties / Christian Dior leopard print handbag / Smashbox kit / Crate and Barrel artificial flowers plant / Pier 1 Imports phalaenopsis orchid plant

Shades of Blue

Today by divadebbi 

I have written often about my friend Stacey Bewkes, who writes the award winning lifestyle blog Quintessence.  Stacey's eye is unerring and her prose is pitch perfect. I adore this stylish Minx!

Every morning with coffee, I read about her latest globe trotting adventure. Stacey has been a past online contributor to Connecticut Cottages and Gardens.  Her first print article and photos appear in their June issue. It highlights the "blue trend" in interiors that she first noticed in Paris this January at the Maison et Objet and Paris Deco Off.  I look forward to reading it.

As soon as I spied this stack of gorgeous Limoge porcelain cups by Marie Daage,

I was inspired to create a Polyvore set featuring them. Interestingly, many of my sets that Polyvore, retailers, cosmetic brands and designers have chosen to highlight and promote have featured photographs from Quintessence.

Thank you for bringing out the best in me Q. and congratulations on CCG!

xox,

DD

Chaos: Punk to Couture

Punk to Couture by divadebbi

Yesterday was a perfect NYC day. Sunny, blue skies and crisp.  I met my sister Loren at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where we enjoyed a lovely Birthday lunch at the Petrie Court Cafe and Wine Bar which overlooks Central Park and the Sculpture Garden that they bequeathed.

We wanted to see the new Costume Institute Exhibit Chaos: Punk to Couture.  I'm not sure anything can ever eclipse the blockbuster Alexander McQueen exhibit from 2011.  McQueen's genius was singular, but it was expertly curated for the viewer to understand the influence of early 80's punk.

There were some exquisitely executed designs represented by Mcqueen, Vivien Westwood, Maison Martin Margiela, Dolce & Gabanna and Prada. The days influence resonated with me in the Polyvore set I created above.

Even more interesting was the exceptional Impressionism Fashion and Modernity, which chronicles the influence of fashion on art in Paris during the period of 1860- 1880.

It closes on May 27th.  If you are in the NY area, I highly recommend seeing it before it leaves.  Glorious.

We walked back along 5th Avenue which has a lovely residential feeling between the Met and 59th St., with exquisitely manicured Co-ops on one side and Central Park on the other.

We said our goodbyes and as I headed towards Grand Central, I saw the incomparable Bill Cunningham on his bicycle stopped at a light on 42nd St.  He looked up and we exchanged smiles.  I perched my hands in prayer and nodded to a familiar stranger, whose videos of NY fashion I devour every Sunday in the NY Times.

Like I said, a perfect NYC day.  To my darling Sis, I love you madly and I wish you a Happy Birthday this and always.  We have long shared a vision of us in the future,  arm in arm, two old ladies perched on the Fifth Avenue bus.  We are not there yet, but the vision remains...of course there is always Paris...

xox,
DD

Sienna Sizzles

Sienna Sizzles by divadebbi featuring a cherry red lipstick

NARS Cosmetics gold eyeshadow / Tom Ford cherry red lipstick / Smashbox eyeliner / Essie nail polish / Topshop