Gold standard
MANILA, Philippines - The season is awash with glitter and gold. Tinsel-toned blushes and powders counter the warmth of bronze and pewter eyeshadows. Instead of the season’s signature red and green, pink — and its sibling hues of magenta, blush and fuschia — reigns supreme this holiday season.
Chanel: Haute pink Le Vernis Pulsion nail lacquer
A peppy pure pink that’s headed straight to fuchsia territory. The intense hue is a pretty alternative to the dark, vampy shades of yore.
Les Tissages Tweed Fuchsia
Sheer pinks speckled with gold makes this blush the showstopper of the collection.
Rouge Coco Patchouli
Classic Chanel goes copper, a fitting pairing as the neutral tone offsets the dramatic pinks in the collection.
Les 4 Ombres Limited Edition Tentation Cuivrée
With its iridescent and satiny finish, the four shaded palette — with two dark and two light — embraces the season in all its bronze glory, with luminous beiges and burnt coppers.
Clarins: Go for baroque Barocco Limited Edition Face Palette
With a baroque pattern impressed on the palette, offering a pale blush against the soft nude powder, the combination of hues adds a necessary warmth to the visage.
Barocco Limited Edition Shimmering Gold Powder
Nuggets of gold dust in a bold case makes up the centerpiece of this collection. Dust a little to highlight your cheekbones and nose or apply with a heavier hand to create bronzed contours.
Barocco Limited Edition Eye Color Trio
A palette of pewter and bronze serves as the key hues for the series. A dusky smokey eye scintillates with these rich shades.
Laura Mercier: All that glitters Crème Smooth Foundation
With multi peptide complex which works to visibly lift and minimize the look of fine lines and wrinkles over time and optical diffusers to visibly smooth out lines for flawless finish, Crème Smooth offers buildable coverage with a radiant, smooth finish. It boasts color treated pigments which helps maintain colour fidelity while green tea and vitamin E provide antioxidants.
Sequin Eye Color
These dazzling new eye shades have soft-sparkle effects that glisten and captivate. They can be swept over eyes for a stunning day look, or applied with more intensity for evening glamour. With eight shades to choose from, the sequin eye color balances pigment and sparkle and has a clean, silky finish that lasts well into in the night, thanks to its crease-, smear- and smudge-resistant properties.
Lip Glacé
Lip Glacé captures the glassy, light-reflecting color that women desire in a lightweight, non-sticky formula.
Perfectly pigmented formula enhances virtually any skin tone. Honey extract softens skin, aloe softens and moisturizes, while evening primrose oil soothes, nourishes and helps reduce water loss for long-term hydration.
Nars: Downtown diva Little Darling Lipstick
A shimmery pout puts the focus on you this season, setting off a glamorous, fully made-up face.
Etrusque Single Eyeshadow
Get the party started with this amber shadow. Dazzle with a bold stroke or a diffused smokey golden eye.
Sex Appeal Blush
A natural dewy glow is just the thing for the holiday goddess. This appealingly light blush turns all eyes to you.
Melusine Duo Eyeshadow
Play the ingenue with Nars’ dusky duo of violet and gray eyeshadows.
Bad Influence Nail Polish
Nars gives this dark gold hue a little funk, infusing the polish with hints of brown to make this shade a little more downtown than uptown.
Pokerface Nail Polish
Even Lady Gaga can’t resist a polish as pretty as this. Somewhere between purple and lavender, the polish adds a little spunk to holiday apparel.
