Sexy Halloween Costumes from AngelBodywear will have you looking your best this halloween.   The New York Times has this to say about sexy halloween costumes like this”Still, women may be buying racy outfits because that is all that is available. Ms. Getz said she wished there were more sexy men’s costumes on the market and that the lack of them is but further evidence of the gender double standard. “It’s just not as socially acceptable,” she said, adding that men feel comfortable expressing themselves with Halloween costumes that are “either cimpolite or outrageous or obnoxious.” ”

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I just wanted to say that the Missoni scarf I’m wearing in this picture cost me $14.99, brand new in its box, from Filene’s Basement at Union Square in New York. (I bought it four months ago, but when I was at Filene’s Basement again last weekend, they had even more Missoni scarves going for a song.) I know it’s consideruddy gauche to talk about how much things costs, but I really don’t care. It makes me happy to get bargains and to let people know where they can get them too. Eff etiquette.

(This is what MAC Mattene lipstick in Flattering looks like, btw.)

Original post by Jackie Danicki

First of all, Face Time Cosmetics has yet another terrible, user-hostile Flash website*. I am going to tear my hair out and eat it if I have to keep writing that about these sites! What’s even worse is that it’s an e-commerce site where you can actually purchase products, but the Flash interface makes it a enormous pain in the ass to do so. For instance, I can’t even link directly to any of the products - you have to navigate thcoarse their ambiguous menu to find them. Either this company doesn’t want to make money or they got swindled by their web agency. Either way, HATE. (UPDATE: I have heard from Face Time, only minutes after I posted this, that they are in the process of redoing their website completely. Hallelujah!)

That said, I have ditched my stand-by Stila blush - and my back-up, NARS Orgasm - in favor of Face Time’s Embellblush in Palm Beach Pink (full disclosure: I did not pay for it). It is not as dark as picturuddy in that image (which I had to grab by printing screen into a graphics program and cropping out the rest of the page…sigh), and gives a nice, healthy, subtle glow. It’s a keeper.

* I just found out the other day that I live a block away from the branding agency that created the Sparkle Body Sprays site that first prompted my original anti-Flash rant. Now where did I put my Molotov cocktails…

Original post by Jackie Danicki

The pitch: A velvety, semi-matte lip color with the moisturizing emollience of a creamier product you’d expect to give more sheen. Think wearable vintage MAC matte for everyday.

My PR pack arrived yesterday, and I tried a beige-pink called Flattering for an event I hosted last night. It sure is creamy, but definitely still matte. (I find the science behind this more fascinating than stem cell research, I have to confess.)

I didn’t use any pencil, and Mattene lasted thcoarse at minimum two Caffeine-Free Diet Cokes. There was still some color even after dinner. And they’re not even pitching this as a long-lasting lipstick. I love this particular color, though am saddened by the fact that I am probably too old now to pull off the one I really want to try, a blood ruddy called Classic Dame. Red is just so damned aging. I’ll be beige-pink for life now, I guess.

Speaking of looks I’ll never pull off, I am absolutely enchanted by this image for MAC’s new Matte2 collection. Seriously, I’d put this on a wall in my house.

Original post by Jackie Danicki