We all have our fetish beauty products. Well, Lancôme it’s ours! After having tried lots and lots of mascaras (just to pick an example), Lancôme was the final choice even blindfolded.

After the rumours of breaking up between makeup artist Gucci Westman and Lancôme, we’re looking forward for what it is to believed her last beauty launch signed Lancôme.

L.U.C.I means Luminous Colorless Color Intelligence and it’s gonna be in stores next month. The design of the Collection is futuristic and organic and it features:
• L.U.C.I Eyes – Light Color in Motion Eye Shadow Duo ($45.00)
• Photonic – Illuminating Powder Brush Face ($40.00)
• Ombre Glacee – Cooling Gel Illuminator Eyes ($22.00)
• Color Fever Gloss – Sensual Vibrant Lipshine ($23.00)
• Traceur Design – Illuminating Long-Lasting Eyeliner Soft Brush ($20.00)

From time to time we present you some Red Carpet Premiere Appearances. And not all of them in a good way. This is another one of those ‘don’t!’ appearances. Nicole Kidman showed at The Golden Compass Premiere in Australia dressed in a metallic silver suit with black shoes with frizzy hair (rainy day to blame).

Not so long ago, we presented you this metallic trend as a very powerful one but we also advised you to handle it carefully, with moderation. Clearly, Nicole didn’t read those pages. In return, she had an inside scoop on the 2008 trends so her see-trough dress from 28th October (ARIA Awards) Sydney Australia Red Carpet was truly ahead of her time (and her age, regardless of her stunning good looks).

Today’s resolution was all about shoes. If it was about handbags, this Balenciaga Moon Bag would have been on a top position!

We rarely get the chance to see something that ugly, that expensive and still big in the spotlight. And we mean big and hideous!

Of course, Gwyneth Paltrow is not recognized for her exquisite taste in clothes (rather for her weird taste in children’s names.. not to forget little Apple Blythe Alison Martin and Moses Bruce Anthony Martin) but this handbag tops it all. It’s from the Balenciaga Fall 2007 Collection and it’s around $2.600 and should wear a warning tag “not to be sold for clients under 50years” instead of that shameful mirror hanging on the side.

It seems that Gwyneth wasn’t the only one Moon-spelled.. Ali Larter and Christina Aguilera were spotted wearing this particularly ugly handbag. (at least the Heroes Ali Larter had the decency to have chosen the black Moon Bag, least eye-damaging that her sister, the burgundy one). What do you think about this Balenciaga Moon Bag? Don’t forget to vote!

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We are perfectly beautiful (or at least that’s what every one’s thinking). But that beauty has its price. Today we’re proposing you the Immortelle beauty for $50.

First known from the Greek legends about Ulysses, the Immortelle essential oil was believed regenerative, so, in the story, using that very oil meant regaining his demi god power for Ulysses.
The Immortelle flower is known as “everlasting” because the flowers retain their form and color when dried. L’Occitane patented the use of Immortelle essential oil, flowers they harvest in Corsica. This essential oil is known for its anti-wrinkle properties.

It’s a Very Precious Eye Serum that catches our attention. (l’Occitane has an entire line of Immortelle products) and that because:
“Crow’s-feet are less prominent, the skin is smoother and firmer. Dark circles and puffy eyes are reduced, and the skin around the eyes is more even-toned. Eyes are visibly younger-looking.”

Since we’re approaching the new year, resolutions are in order. Today we’re in shoes resolutions: therefore we made a 5 positions top with the boots we would never wear.

On the 5th place, Dior presents us this fur-trim ankle boot and invites us to buy it for $1.150. Now, if we were completely fashionblind, maybe, just maybe, he’d had a shot. But let’s take a closer look: black macramé with tonal solid underlay and! tonal dyed rabbit fur and suede trim? That’s just ugly! Two times ugly – first time because of the materials used to create this ankle boot and second time for the result itself.

The 4th place is taken by Dsquared2. We like a lot of their creations, but this fierce zip and tuck knee high boots is faaar from what we could ever appreciate. Not only the price measures their ugliness ($1.848) but the extreme bad taste of the coyote fur trim and the thigh-high harness make the sight of these Dsquared2 boots a hard one to bear.

Further on, at the 3nd spot, we find the Christian Lacroix Motorcycle-Style Boots. We love motorcycles but this boots make us hate them. The embellished gator is detachable but still that doesn’t convince us. These $1.543 multi-colored iridescent leather shoes definitely won their place in top 5 boots we’ll never wear.

The 2nd place is occupied by Christian Louboutin (that we usually love) with this Donjon Studded Boots that seem to have an edge we can’t really taste. For $2.487 you get black over-the-knee flat boots with gold studs. At least for that price, they’ve could have had real gold studs. It would have been reason enough to buy (for some)

The 1st place was very easy to choose. If one’s business doesn’t work, one’s trying new ways to seduce the market. The problem is we cannot see how shoes can represent an interesting market for Victoria’s Secret, especially since they’ve done quite well on the underwear segment. So this surprisingly ugly pair of knee-high boots from Victoria’s Secret kinda raise eyebrows. At least they only cost $129.

Not long ago, we wrote about Katie Holmes, the Perfect Princess living a not-so-perfect-life. And probably because women do know (the other) women better, here’s our favorite Katie Princess on the cover of InStyle Magazine. And further on, uncovered in the pages of InStyle, we find her interview saying pretty much what we told you in our first post:

“[He] likes me in a suit and a mini every now and then. I like it when he likes it. It makes me blush. He’ll say, ‘You look good. I hope security’s going with you.’ Now that gives me attitude.”

It’s breathtakingly romantic, is it not?! Like she would apologize for all those times Tom can’t be with her. Like she would want us to know that even so (invisible), her magnificent husband is signing and approving her every move. Well, with a husband like that, heck, even I’ll go out by myself! On the cover of the January 2008 magazine, she’s wearing a Dior by John Galliano suit. Is that outfit signed and authorized by Tom himself, we wonder?

Of course, we’re so consumed by her absence from the big screen and we’re worried, but Katie Holmes herself calms us down:

“I’m living my ideal role. I love being a mom and a wife. In terms of my career, I’d love to do a period piece.”

Hm, just between us, girls, wouldn’t we love playing …let’s say..mmm… the next James Bond girl? Wouldn’t it be OUR ideal role (well, for 10 seconds, maybe)? It’s just perfect! Katie Holmes is becoming aristocratic – she’d love to do a period piece. Just like in those Prince Perfect dreams of hers (except she’s stuck up with the ogre).

Don’t leave the Prince Perfect scene! Just imagine that he became the ogre the very night after the ceremony. And that is why our sweet Katie Holmes gives us the Best Moment of her life:

“Walking down the aisle. I always wanted to be married, and it was suddenly happening. I don’t know if I breathed.”

That 18th November 2006, the last day of her life as an innocent young woman, the first day of her living-in-her-dream-life. Don’t breathe, Katie, you’ll be poisoned!

Every once in a while, Katie’s sincere: (this time it’s about her turning 30)

“New chapter. I am a bit wiser now. I feel I really lived my 20s, and I’m happy about that.”

We’re happy that you lived you 20s too, Katie, but what about that wonderful rest of your life? You’re not gonna stay in this mess forever, tell us at least that!

O, Hail the Almighty Sultan: (about Tom Cruise, Airplane Pilot)

“Trust. I don’t give it a thought. He knows what he’s doing. When he decides to do something, he does it. It’s great. [She giggles.] It’s hot.”

Damn, girl! If you would have told us that man of yours was associated with love and carrying and what ever could be more romantic in your sweet head and innocent heart, we would have believed you the very instant! But trust? We’re not born yesterday and we have our share of happiness! And trust doesn’t make it more than (let’s say) a best friend (if you stick with just that one word). Hmmm

Imagine this very feminine young woman convincing you of her hobbies:

“Football—the Redskins. And soccer. I like watching sports. I shoot basketball with the kids. I’m a good rebounder.”

Ain’t that just perfect? Perfectly fit for her new found best friend-posh-spicy-skinny-always-moody-Victoria Beckham? Perfect husband, perfect trusty relationship, perfect friends.

And still what’s wrong with Katie Holmes running the New York City Marathon in November? Like a penitence for her one-year marriage? (oh, sorry, maybe scientologists don’t have physical penitence.. when a scientologist does something wrong, he just gives more money to scientology-whatever-of-theirs and he’ll have instant forgiveness). Just look at her face! You’d even think that she’s happy! Running by herself, in the crowd, listening to:

“Kanye’s new album, Rihanna, Keyshia Cole.”

Revolutionary, ain’t it? We’ve never been huge fans of Kanye West, but there is something we hear a lot in his music: that you can’t break this man down! Rihanna, the “good girl gone bad”? is there a secret message she’s transmitting us there? Hmm.. let’s just stop here and let you have your say: Do you really think Katie’s happy?

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