Holy hotness, Batman. And I’m actually talking about gorgeous Carolyn Murphy in Tom Ford’s Spring eyewear campaign, which also features grown-up Nicholas Hoult ( About a Boy and A Single Man).
It’s not that I don’t think Murphy is beautiful in her Estée Lauder ads. But here… oh the hair and makeup. Voluminous, slightly textured ’do with bold face-framing highlight streaks, and stunning bronzed skin, dramatic arched brows, graphic eyes (love how clearly the above image shows that precise slash of liner) and lips dabbed with nude pink colour. Rather glamazon Bond Girl, with a vixen-ish Moneypenny twist in those oversized cat-eye frames.
Murphy’s lingerie would make an alluring Valentine’s Day outfit if you have the bod or confidence to rock it. If I were skinny I would wear that.
Images courtesy of Tom Ford; visit TomFord.com to see more.
Part of our new determination to take a more natural approach to beauty is a renewed interest and trust in good-for-hair-and-skin oils. We’re talking botanical oils such as argan, avocado, olive and grapeseed, and essential oils such as rose, lavender and rosemary.
Although all the above-mentioned oils are technically botanical, essential oils are a specific class sourced from aromatic plants and thought to have medicinal/therapeutic properties. [geek on]
I’ve mentioned John Frieda Collection’s Go Blonder and Colour Renew in stories for other media outlets, but haven’t really highlighted them in a BeautyGeeks post — my bad. They’re a brilliant way to duck your colourist a bit longer and save your beauty pennies for something else. And at the moment they and the rest of the John Frieda haircare line appears to be on sale everywhere for about half the usual $12.99 price tag because [geek on]
On this World Cancer Day, we interrupt our Valentine’s Day programming to remind you to spread the word that using tanning beds is B.A.D. Remember, it’s now official: tanning beds are in the highest-cancer-risk category according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer. [geek on]
I know, right? Kind of a Valentine’s Day no-brainer, especially for a gloss addict, The Body Shop’s Love Etc… line now includes Love Gloss ($14), complete with a heart-shaped applicator and bitty heart graphics on the tube. Sweet, if you like that sort of thing.
The nine-shade group includes Blush Pink, Fuchsia Flush, Sweet Peach and Tropical Pink. Enriched with conditioning ingredients, such as community-trade cocoa butter and marula oil, beeswax, and passion-fruit oil, the gloss formula is designed to keep lips in good shape for kissing. You know, if you like that sort of thing.
Available at The Body Shop boutiques and TheBodyShop.com. Image courtesy of The Body Shop.
I actually don’t have a lot to say about YSL’s Spring pretty. ‘Cept [geek on]
What if you discovered your adored hubs was stepping out? What if, before you can tackle him about it, he gets struck by lightening and loses his memory? [geek on]
Wouldn’t it be cool if every time you asked a trusted friend for a beauty recommendation, she just handed over the product so you could try it out without having to buy it? [geek on]
