The Year In Beauty: These Are My Favorite Things, Part 5

Without further ado, here's the fifth and final installment of my and Beauty Blogging Junkie Amber's favorite beauty products of 2010. I figured 2011 is as good a time as ever to... post the last post in our series. Which I should've done in 2010, but whatever. I was busy watching "Hoarders" and not making resolutions.

Here are the beauty products we discuss. As you can tell, I veered off course and discussed my seashell shoes and a Marc Jacobs pen that looks like lipstick. Kinda counts, right?

Me: LA Looks Cashmere Curls Gel (the holy GRAIL of curly hair products), Lancome 020 Le Rouge L'Wren Scott Nail Polish (which is highly sold out, unfortunately -- I got the last one in all of Saks), Haus of Price Shoes,  Marc By Marc Jacobs Lipstick Pen, and MOR Cosmetics bath and body products

Amber: Sally Beauty Supply Femme Couture Mascara Set (with glitter mascara!), Beverly Hills Skin Care Advanced Youth Recovery Cream, Philosophy The Supernatural Superbeautiful Foundation SPF 20.

 

This Marc By Marc Jacobs Faux Fur Terry Jacket Is THE BUSINESS

($258, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Nordstrom.com)

You know how EVERYONE is doing faux fur outerwear this fall? Faux fur vests, cropped jackets and stuff? Well I'm kinda "meh" about it. Faux fur's kinda like a laser -- you need to handle it VERY carefully or you could really end up doing some serious damage.

HOWEVER, my coworker Lisa came into work the other day wearing this Marc By Marc Jacobs 'Ridge Loopback' French terry jacket with faux-fur trim. I almost tackled her to the ground in a where'd-you-get-that assault. This jacket is now officially my favorite use of faux fur, since it pairs faux fur with a really unexpected asymmetrical pea coat-style jacket in terry, which is even more unexpected and adorable. It even looked cuter on Lisa than it does on this here model. I suspect it'd look extremely cute on me too. #wants

It's Time For... CAT FASHIONS!

In honor of my cat Sim's untimely demise, here are a bunch of cheery cat clothes and accessories. Yes, I'm a cat person. DEAL WITH IT. I used to try to air on the side of discretion when shopping for or styling myself with cat-related fashion, so as not to look overly young. But at this point, I'm like fuck it.

($78, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Zappos.com)


($35, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Zappos.com)

Love Marc By Marc Jacobs' Fantastical Tale cat rings in brass and black resin. See? Marc Jacobs gets it!

($76, Your Eyes Lie, Topshop)

British upstart Your Eyes Lie makes excellent, photorealistic digital prints -- like this giant cat print dress -- on the softest jersey dresses. They look fantastic with leggings, run large (yay!), and are super layerable.

($13, Asos.com)

Two baby kitties in a heart ring! Ee!

MAC's Fabulous Felines collection is obviously my favorite collection of all time. When I found out they were doing a cat collection, I almost fell out of my chair. Why I wasn't asked to be a consultant on the collection I will never know, but I'll let it slide. This time.

My favorite of the Fabulous Felines are the Leopard Luxe eyeshadow quad. LOOK at that gold! And that muted orange! So autumnal chic.

($36, MACcosmetics.com)


($14.50, MACcosmetics.com)

Love MAC's Cunning very berry lipstick. It's sold out online, so check your local MAC store.

($25, Paul & Joe Beaute, Beautyhabit.com)

It's CAT LIPSTICK! LIPSTICK IN THE SHAPE OF A CAT! I wrote about it for Naag.

($40, Joseph Aaron Segel, Prettysnake.etsy.com)

Designer and RISD professor Joseph Aaron Segel sources vintage sweater and prints cats and sews hilarious, huge stuffed animals eyes onto them! And check out his Pretty Snake acid cat screenprinted t-shirts!

($38, Joyrich, Karmaloop.com)

LOVE Joyrich because they always have comfie, casual, cheeky streetwear. Love Karmaloop because they ALWAYS have promo codes.

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like CARDIGAN WEATHER!

Actually, it's daaaayyyys past the beginning of cardigan weather, as I type this from inside my snow bunker in Brooklyn. Anyway, beyond sweet Marc By Marc Jacobs holiday cardi I wish I were wearing right now, in the BK snow bunker:

($260, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Net-a-porter.com)

Fashion Week One-Post Report: Marc By Marc Jacobs Leopard Shirt Is Unfortunately Not A LOLCat Shirt!

Ohai. Here's ALL of my EXCLUSIVE, BREATHLESS coverage of Fashion Week. Ready?

MARC JACOBS SENT A CAT T-SHIRT DOWN THE RUNWAY!

Okay. So technically it's a leopard shirt, but when I first saw it I was SO excited because I thought it was an "I Can Has" LOLcat/ cheeseburger style shirt. Curses. Foiled again.

Another Marc By Marc Jacobs look I love:
I NEED that heart-print bag.

Okay. Clearly you're not coming here for Serious Fashion Week Coverage. Please. Style.com, Racked, The Cut, Refinery29. (And some of the excellent bloggers/ Friends of Binge you seen on the blog roll here.) Fashion Week is cool, but it's often an excuse for reality show stars to make a million photo opps in seven different outfits a day. It's a lot of money for not a ton of results. People love to bitch about how hard it is, but a lot of time those people are just siphoning off the teet of Free Parties. Which are fun. I go to them once in a while. But be appreciative and don't bitch about them and act like Fashion Week took so much out of you, as if you were up all night sewing like Cinderella's little mice and tailoring things until the sun came up. The people manning and womaning the chaos behind the scenes, and the writers and bloggers covering tons of shows for pay or for passion are the real worker bees.

Anyway, as much as I like to see what influences the stuff I can afford, FashionBinge is about the stuff I (pretty much) can afford. Which is why you'll only see one Fashion Week post. (That and I've been working like a crazy person.)

Oh yeah, and blue is huge. Nite!

Marc By Marc Jacobs Grey And Green Boots

($490, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Yoox.com)

I know these Marc By Marc Jacobs grey leather boots are sorta wackadoo, but I love them so much I'd sleep in and/or WITH them. The only thing that would make them better is if they had an actual fish inside, like the pimp shoes in I'm Gonna Get You Sucka.

Marc By Marc Jacobs USA Beach Bag

Not that I even KNOW from a beach these days, and seriously, if I see ONE MORE FUCKING FACEBOOK UPDATE about how you can't WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIT for your effing trip to Cabo Wabo or Sea World or Seven Flags or the beaches of Beantown or P-town or the Emerald Isle or whatever I will probably not be able to restrain myself and I will probably punch you. It probably won't hurt, and I'll probably be really because it's really immature, but still. What I'm trying to say is that A VACATION WOULD BE REALLY NICE! ONE THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE A WEDDING, FAMILY, OBLIGATIONS, OR SPENDING MY OWN MONEY. Not that weddings and family aren't nice. They are. But if someone wanted to give me a trip to somewhere with a beach and a bucket of Freeze Pops, that'd be fanfuckingtastic. I wouldn't know Montauk if it knocked on my door and evicted me.

Now what was I saying before I let out some pent-up aggression in an inappropriate setting? OH YEAH! Just that this vintage-inspired Marc by Marc Jacobs USA Tote is really cute. NOT THAT I HAVE ANYWHERE TO BRING IT.

($18, Marc By Marc Jacobs)

Accidental Marc By Marc Jacobs Gem Ring Purchase

You know how like if you're trying to diet (zzzzzzzzzzz), and you totally deprive yourself and deprive yourself and then suddenly you go effing bonkers and eat like four pizzas in 14 seconds while standing over the sink? And then you scrape the cheese goo off the box top? And then you eat the box? Right, so well that's what's been happening lately since I've been trying not to buy stuff. My attempts to hold back have totally backfired, and I've been going on binges to the effing XXXXXTREEEEME. The plus side: some of the things I've ordered online haven't fit, so I've returned them but still fulfilled the urge to hit the "buy" button, as my friend put in.

Anyway, one thing I HOPE fits is this Marc By Marc Jacobs Abstract Gem ring I randomly bought, for a song!, last night on Zappos:

($55.80, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Zappos.com)

Also great in black:

FashionBinge Lust/ Must: Marc By Marc Jacobs 'Lock It Up' Necklace

Ew. Life is SO unfair. WHY am I not wearing this Marc By Marc Jacobs lock necklace RIGHT THIS VERY MINUTE?

($178, Marc By Marc Jacobs, Nordstrom)

Fuck My Life.

Charming! Marc By Marc Jacobs Zipper Earrings

($68, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Bergdorf Goodman)

Need them? Nope. Want these sweet little gold zipper studs? Indeedly! Via The Office's Mindy Kaling's Things I Bought That I Love blog, which is a must-read.

Zac Posen, Marc Jacobs & Diane von Furstenberg eBay Steals!

I've started to poke around eBay a bit both for a potential wedding dress and for a bridesmaids dress for my bestie's wedding in April. And HOLY HELL are there some designer steals and deals out there, assuming they're not fake of course.

($336, Zac Posen, eBay)

This listing's just for the skirt. Still a great deal. I'm not always a huge fan of brocade, but this whole look is so crisp and timeless. Too bad it's not an entire whole dress though. How great would it look with those Tuleste Market necklaces?

($149, Diane von Furstenberg, eBay)

Also just so elegant. A look you really can't mess up... unless you wear it with sneakers or something.

($139, Marc By Marc Jacobs, eBay)

This Marc jacquard dress would look HORBS on me but possible adorbs on YOU?

($239, Marc Jacobs, eBay)

... As always, check feedback and return policies stuff before you get all click happy.

Or, go with the known entity:

($39.50, Alloy)

Another great necklace to go with those Tuleste Market necklaces.

($39.50, Alloy)

These Alloy dresses, combined with the fact that Alloy's got free shipping (well, they charge like $1.95) until December 7th -- NO MINIMUM -- make me so FREAKING excited I practically wanna jump out a window like Kristin Wiig's Sue:

Quickie Coin Purses & Wallets + I'm Mad At Ya, Marc Jacobs!

Um, Marc Jacobs wants you to pay $39 of your hard-earned American dollars for this beaded coin purse. Um, does it have money tree seeds inside? Maybe it will hold the 39 cents that 39 American dollars are currently worth in foreign currency. I know it's leather and handmade, but it's also derivative of those shoddy (yet fun!), kitschy little favors I used to get at like birthday parties and Purim carnivals that are worth probably a whopping 4 pennies.

($39, Marc By Marc Jacobs)

Ridiculous.

You could also save yourself $32.50 and get a DOZEN widdle coin purses:

($6.50, ToyDepot.com)

... Or... just go to the toy section of your local supermarket/ drugstore/ 99-cent store, MARC!

($34, Billabong, Lulus.com)

Super sweet birdy print wallet! I LOVE me a nice flat billfoldy wallet with a classic kiss lock.


ALSO, please check out these adorable and for-a-good-cause wallets created in tandem by Poketo artists and lil writers, who lent the words. Proceeds go to the 826LA Writing Center. They're only $20, made of vinyl, and (hi)LOLarious!

($20, Chris Bettig and 10-year-old writer Sophie, Poketo.com)

Click to enlarge, obvz.

($20, Mark Todd and 9-year-old Roberto, Poketo.com)

Roberto wrote himself into the story. Stick to what you know, kid! That's what I always say!

($20, Christine Castro and 9-year-old Brian, Poketo.com)

My favorite. It's about well-dressed spy animals! Brian, you're a genius. Call me, mean it!

Tell Me About It, Stud: My Love Affair With Studded Flats Continues

Greetings from the couch, where I'm still parked. Two iced coffees later... I think I'm starting to sprout roots, and I'm pretty sure I gave myself scoliosis just today. That Tom Petty documentary is STILL on ("Comprehensive, revealing and epic in scope..." um... yes, it all of those things). I REALLY need a shower, FYI. SOS... Anyway, I came across these studded ballet slippers today:

($48, Capezio, Bonadrag.com)

They're cool but a little too literal and look pretty uncomfy. They did remind me of how much I love pyramid studs though, especially when they're used in unexpected ways, like with a pair of pretty pink ballet slippers.

Some more studded flats:

($425, Loeffler Randall, Active Endeavors)

Gorgeous, but I'd love them far more without the ankle strappage.

($88, Theory Shoes, Shopbop)
Sorry, but these are repulsive.


($211, Maloles, Zappos Couture)

So elegant.

($59, Jessica Simpson, ShoeMall.com)

Eeek. Cognitive dissonance issues -- cute shoes but they're Jessica Simpson! What to do? What to do?

($50, Calypso)

Cheaper, though only available in sizes 6 and 11.

($174, Kenneth Cole, Endless.com)

Not cheap, but sizes for all!

($12.99, BCOutlet.com)

Only available in size 7, but cheap!

($12.99, GoJane)

Cheapy Mccheap!

($29, Adi Misbehave, Overstock)

Lotsa colors, but the black ones are safest, don't you think?

($12.99, Go Jane)

Eek. Is it bad that I like these?

($41, Matiko, 6pm.com)

Not bad. But I don't understand the idea of the name "6pm." Anyway...

($41, Michael Kors, Overstock)

Pretty, preppy, punk-y! Only left in size 8. Yay if you're an 8, boo if you're not.

($287, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Net-a-porter.com)

I do believe these are the Marc Jacobs studded ballet flats that started it all. Brightest Young Things show you how to make your own!

($126, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Saks Fifth Avenue)

These Marc by Marc Jacobs studded flats, however, are unforgivable.


Finally, you (and by "you," I mean "I") also need some pyramid stud earrings:

($88, Wendy Nichol, Ravinstyle.com)

NEED!

($72, Argento Vivo, Bluefly)

Sophisticado.

($39, Whats That Cat, Etsy)

Etsy seller Whats That Cat has really sweet handmade pyramid stud earrings with sparklies. They're made of polymer clay and look really cool.

($20, Michelle Chang Jewelry, Etsy)

Super cuties sterling silver pyramid stud earrings from Etsy seller Michelle Chang Jewelry. Very much want!