butter LONDON for Goop

butter LONDON is collaborating with lifestyle website goop for the second time, and has created four brand new lacquer sets, available exclusively at goop.

Stackers Trio ($40): This trio of nude lacquers covers the spectrum from light to dark, depending on your mood. The subtle shades – Shandy, Crumpet, Tea & Toast – make for a cool, monochrome look that perfectly complements any outfit, day or night. The Starkers Collection was created with three hues to blend with every skin tone, with the nude nail appearing effortless, luxe and completely purposeful.

 The Stones Trio ($40): This jewel-toned trio of nail lacquers makes for the perfect set of colours on a wintry night out. The gemtone-inspired offering includes a mildly metallic navy, Big Smoke, a soft, blue-green with a tiny undercurrent of gold, Thames, and a proper royal-purple, HRH, that even the Queen would approve of.

Top and Tails Nail Set  ($28): The before and after to any at-home manicure should start and finish with butter LONDON’s Nail Foundation Flawless Base Coat pre and Hardware P.D. Quick Topcoat post lacquer. Nail Foundation is the BB Cream of nail treatments acting as a cover-up, or makeup, for your nails. Imperfections are hidden, ridges are smoothed, and nails are left perfectly primed for polish. P.D. Quick Topcoat is a necessity for long-lasting manicures as it not only applies high shine and a smooth finish, but also protects the layers of colour beneath it.

Candy Coated Trio ($40): Looking forward to warm weather, goop chose this set of creamy pastel colours: Fruit Machine (pink), Jasper (yellow) and Fiver (green). Inspired by the charming colours and silhouettes of the 50’s era, pastels are on the horizon for spring.

Be the first to snag one of these fresh new sets at butter LONDON for goop , available in the US while supplies last... so hurry! :)

 

 

Review: Matrix Total Results Amplify Volume Firm Hold Hairspray

 

Matrix's Total Results Amplify Volume Firm Hold Hair Spray  has proved to be a total life saver for my unruly locks.  This multi functional hair spray acts as a texturizing and finishing spray, that also lends a 24 hour boost technology to help lock each strand into place and keep it there. 

It is ideal for fine or limp hair, but I couldn't help but want to try it.  My unruly mane requires a spray that contains what some would consider, super human strength and I have to admit this one did the trick.

It has a lightweight forumla that kept my hair soft and pliable so I was able to style it easily without it getting hard or stiff. 

  I loved that it dried extreamly fast and passed the firm hold test with flying colors.  Many mornings I had slicked my hair back, sprayed it, and then realized I still had to change my shirt!  (Don't you hate that?)  That meant struggling to get my shirt over my head without messing up my hair, and surprisingly, it kept my hard work in tact.  It didn't leave any of that white residue after drying either.  Because my hair is very dry and coarse, I can't wash it everday and often have to settling for just rinising the product out.  Luckily, this spray rinsed out pretty easily and kept from drying out my hair.

It had awesome overall results, and its fresh clean scent was a nice bonus!

 

 

Retail: $15.00

Size: 11oz

 

 

Are you a hair spray fiend?  Have you tried Matrix yet?

 

GMA Deals and Steals: butter LONDON Easter Sets

Butter LONDON recently released some super sweet, Easter inspired sets for Good Morning America's "Deals and Steals", available now through the 25th.  Exclusively for GMA deals this holiday season, they're the perfect addition to this year's easter basket goodies and won't break the bank.  Check them out here and use promo code GMA to snag some, but hurry!  Only available until sold out.  

SPRING FLING LIPPY TRIO: add a pop of colour to your spring ensemble with this trio of butter LONDON LIPPY Liquid Lipsticks in Macbeth, Teddy Girl and Snog.

Regular Price: $54.00

GMA Price: $25.00

PIMMS CUP DELIGHT LIPS & TIPS DUO: this duo offers fresh, spring accents for your lips and tips with butter LONDON Nail Lacquer in Slapper and LIPPY Liquid Lipstick in Jaffa.

Regular Price: $25.00

GMA Price: $12.50

BRIGHT LIGHTS LACQUER TRIO: make a punchy statement with these spring-worthy lacquer colours. The trio includes butter LONDON Nail Lacquers in Jaffa, Cheeky Chops and Dosh.

Regular Price: $39.00

GMA Price: $19.50

SASSIE LASSIE LIPPY TRIO: make heads turn this season with butter LONDON LIPPY Liquid Lipsticks in Rosie Lee, Hen Party and Primrose Hill Picnic.

Regular Price: $54.00

GMA Price: $25.00

Note: The sets are available for purchase to consumers in the US only, while supplies last, and ship for $5.

New Collection: Perfume Portrait by Frédéric Malle

Frédéric Malle is launching a new collection of scents this month: Perfume Portrait by Frédéric Malle. Designed to serve as a collaborative effort with experts from artistic fields such as fashion, photography and film, this collection will translate the work of extraordinary individuals, with whom Frédéric admires, into original scents – the first being a fragrance collaboration with fashion designer Dries Van Noten.

Frédéric first embarked on this journey in 2010 and once the decision to work with Dries Van Noten was made, Frederic reached out to perfumer Bruno Jovanovic, of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., to collaborate on this new project. Frédéric, Dries and Bruno worked together to capture the essence of Dries through materials and themes he often uses in his designs such as Indian embroidery, XVIIIth century engravings and graphic/colorful prints - which are all used to create an unexpected harmony.  Dries’ Flemish heritage was also incorporated into the fragrance through the softness of their cuisine, more specifically of their desserts.

Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle is a modern, oriental fragrance reminiscent of classic perfumes fused with the world of Dries Van Noten. The scent incorporates notes of sandalwood, vanilla, patchouli, musk, bergamot, and jasmine, giving it a timeless trait of the great perfumes.

"In 2010, ten years after founding Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, I decided to start a new perfume collection, the purpose of which would be to translate the world of people and brands that I admire into scents: Perfume Portrait by Frédéric Malle.
Asking perfumers to work on the olfactory illustration of someone else’s world meant losing the closeness that Editions de Parfums had allowed us. The ease of communication between two perfume experts, and the fact that until now we did not have to be accountable to anyone, was to be replaced by a “ménage à trois”! From now on we would be nourished by the world and guided by the requirements of a creator foreign to our trade, but capable of enriching our creative process with their aesthetics, thoughts and ideas. It certainly made up for this breach in our intimacy.
I realized, during the 18 months that it took us to translate the world of Dries Van Noten into a single scent, how difficult it actually is to make a truly customized perfume. This is why I am convinced that the result of such a combination of talents and energies had to be shared with the public. That is the purpose of this new collection." -Frédéric Malle 

PRICE: 50ml Spray: $185; 100 ml Spray: $265

WHERE TO BUY: As Barneys New York was the first U.S. location to carry Frédéric Malle’s fragrances as well as the first to carry Dries Van Noten’s designs, it is fitting that that the fragrance is available exclusively at Barneys New York and Barneys.com 

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