An Introduction To Le Metier De Beaute's Fall/Winter Releases for 2011

I know when I think of fall I conjure up images of leaves changing colors, pumpkin patches, and  curling up by a fire sipping hot chocolate (brimmed full with marshmallows naturally). Autumn is hands down my favorite time of the year. I adore the cooler temperatures, the warmth of a sweater, and the deeper color palette fall lends itself too. I always look forward to fall cosmetics and this year is no exception. Le Metier was kind enough to give me press images of their spectacular fall/winter releases to share with you my readers! After drooling over these images am I the only one sad that it's not even Labor Day yet? I know I will be first in line to try out some of these what are sure to be sure fire successes at the cosmetic counter.

Starting with the Bordeaux Collection - a collaboration between the makeup geniuses of Le Metier and Neiman Marcus' Fashion Director, Ken Downing (I wonder how many of you are sporting his iconic Kontagious Koral's as I type this?) part 2.  Check out these wine inspired matching lip sticks and nail lacquers each set will cost $49.00.   

Ken Red My Lips (lip stick),  Gypsy Rose Me (nails)

Ken's Wine on the Vine (lip stick), Ken's Bodacious Bordeaux (nail polish) 

I'm Worn This Way (lip stick),  Vintage Ken (nails) 

Shh, if you listen really carefully you will hear all three of those nail lacquers calling my name! These will be available in September. 

Next up is their fall/winter collection slated to hit stores in late August! You can already see that some lucky ladies have had the pleasure of seeing these beauties first hand, such as Perilously Pale , The Black Panties and Messy Wands be sure to check out their blogs for more information.  

The Silk Road Kaleidoscope Eye Kit

The East Meets West Nail Lacquer Collection

The Empress Kaleidoscope Lip Kit 

The suggested retail price for each kaleidoscope is $95.00 and the suggested retail price for nail polishes are $10.00 each. Raise your hand if you are as excited for this collection to hit stores as I am? Now if you excuse me, I'm going to go will the summer away.  

*All images courtesy of Le Metier De Beaute*

Burberry's Gift With Purchase

5 piece gift with purchase

I never meant to be such a tease about this. I posted this and then got a bout of food poisoning and then things went downhill from there (I'll spare you the details), but I did want to go into further detail about Burberry's nice gift with purchase. I've heard nice things about their historically generous GWP's and was pleased to finally be on the receiving end of one!

In honor of Nordstrom's Trend Show, I was able to pick up a very nice gift with purchase (GWP) for $100.00. It was a five piece gift that included:

• A nice black mesh Burberry bag (that would be perfect to hold pens or pencils, or makeup of course)
• A full sized Trench No. 04 Sheer Eye Shadow that comes in a velvet pouched ala Chanel decked out in the Nova Check print  
• A full sized Lip Shaping Pencil in Sepia No. 03
• A pencil sharpener engraved with 'Burberry' on it (convenient no doubt)
• A sample of their Burberry Brit Fragrance
• A sample card highlighting four of their Soft Satin Lipsticks in: Nude Beige No. 1, Blush No. 09, Rosewood No. 04, and Brick Red in No. 19 along with a handy disposable lip applicator. It also included a sample of their Sheer Foundation in shades Trench No. 05 and Trench No. 07.

 I visited the Burberry counter in South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA on a mission to pick up Burberry's kabuki brush (retails for $52.00) after hearing resoundingly good things about it. I have quite the brush fetish at the moment so this fell right in line with that. I'm fortunate to live relatively close to one of the very few Burberry counters in the country and am able to buy products after seeing them in person first. After catching wind of the GWP I needed to come up with $48.00 more to complete my $100.00 minimum - which really was not a problem. I decided to pick up more eye shadows, shocking I know!, and grabbed Taupe Brown No. 07 and Khaki No. 08 (which will be reviewed separately along with the kabuki brush).

The foundations, lip sticks, lip pencil, and eye shadow swatched

Gold Trench No. 04

Overall, I am very pleased with my purchases and my free gift especially the Gold Trench Eye Shadow that I wanted to buy anyways which retails for $29.00. I appreciate a company that offers gift with purchases that actually give us the incentive to buy instead of trying to lure us in with a dud gift. After my first Burberry experience I already purchased more, I love their luxe packaging and their subtle yet understated colors. Just like the brand, Burberry, their cosmetics are classic and will never go out of style. Look for future reviews on eye shadows, the brush, and a blush.

Do you own any Burberry Beauty products? 

Le Metier De Beaute's Kaleidoscope 'Les Artiste'

Les Artistes Lip Kaleidoscope

Lipstick and lipgloss to me is more about feeling, it is an experience versus eyeshadow. With this kaleidoscope, my senses were provoked. Let's start with sight, this is a very eye-catching kaleidoscope that range from earth tones to jewel tones. The way the glosses settled onto my lips - the feeling was substantial but not heavy nor sticky, the delightful aroma of vanilla (my favorite) smells divine!

'Illusionists' - a lip gloss

'Acrobates' - a lip gloss

'Magicens' - a lip stick

'Danseurs' - a gloss

Lip swatches with two swipes of a finger in natural light

The effect of layering all the colors together, I love how shiny and glossy it is!

I hope this review was insightful as I have not personally seen many reviews on their lip kaleidoscopes. This may just be one of my favorite kaleidoscopes that I own. For some reason, Le Metier De Beaute's eye kaleidoscopes get all the glory. I'm not saying that is unjust but let's throw some love at the lip kaleidoscopes too! Le Metier De Beaute is not coming out with a lip kaleidoscope for their Spring/Summer collection but I've heard they are working on one for the upcoming Fall collection. I'll be eagerly waiting to see what that one looks like too.

Do you own any Le Metier De Beaute lip kaleidoscopes?

p.s. Happy Mother's Day to all the dedicated mom's out there!