Bergdorf Goodman Beauty Bag Event, January 2014… *Updated* with Photo

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A quick announcement: Bergdorf Goodman will be holding its semi-annual “Be Beautiful” Beauty Bag Event from January 20th through February 2nd, 2014. With your beauty purchase of $225 or more, you will receive a gift-with-purchase: a bag filled with samples of the latest products in fragrance, skincare, and color.

UPDATE, January 17: Here is a photo of the BG gift bag…

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It includes samples from Amore Pacific, Ivo Pitanguy, Cloud Nine, Kate Somerville, Kilian, Lancer, La Prairie, Laura Mercier, Napoleon Perdis, Natura Bisse, Orlane, Philip B, Restorsea, Sensai, Sisley, Sulwhasoo, Supersmile.

Images: photo of Bergdorf holiday window by Tinsel Creation; gift bag photo courtesy of Bergdorf Goodman.

Things That Make You Go Hmmm: Martin Margiela “Replica” Fragrance Collection

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I was flipping through the latest issue of Lucky magazine and I stopped to snicker over this trend piece about perfumes that take their inspiration from—wait for it—flowers!! Whatever will they think of next?

Then I lingered longer on the page, because this new Maison Martin Margiela fragrance, Beach Walk, made me think. It’s a citrusy tropical floral designed to evoke “Sun kissed salty skin” in “Calvi, 1972.” (Calvi  is located on the island of Corsica. I had to look that up.)

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A Few Favorite Beauty Products from 2013

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I’ve been reading “best of 2013” posts on a few friends’ beauty blogs, so I thought I’d join in by posting a short list of my own. These are a few “new-to-me” products that I used for the first time in 2013, often as samples or gifts-with-purchase. Of course, I’ve enjoyed (and reviewed) many other makeup, skincare, and haircare products over the past year, but these are seven highlights that that have left an especially positive year-end impression on me.

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