Cruisin' Sephora Alley: Clinique, Korres and also Bliss

I'm newly attached to the Clinique line of lipsticks that are very glossy.
They make you feel wrapped up like a shiny package (but not at all objectified as a woman). Colour Surge Butter Shine Lipstick in "First Love," is a perfect pink, or choose "Shhh" for a pale, neutral tone.



Korres Thyme and Honey Cream. I consume a lot of thyme, the herb,
though time as well sipping honey, in tea, so this is the logical next step.
(Don't mind me.)



What else, my fellow snowcones? Yes, Snow Wonder High Intensity Hand Cream by Bliss to avoid snowflake-ish skin!



Expect Big Holiday Gift Recommendations on my next post! Same bat time, same bat channel.

Buy it: Clinique Colour Surge Butter Shine Lipstick ($14),
Korres Thyme and Honey Cream ($32.50), Snow Wonder High Intensity Hand Cream ($8), all at Sephora.

It's Getting Hot In Here

Well, all I can think about lately is different ways to be toasty...drinking
warm fluids, cider and latte; cinnamon English muffins; and trying to
pretend I don't have an intermittent fever....I'm not sick. I'm just toasty.

If you aren't lucky enough to have a fever, these are things
that will keep you warm:

Crazy Stripe Booties from Gap. I think these goofy, Pippie Longstockings
will makes toes cozy by the hearth.



Flush fabulous cheeks with Pink Quartz Shimmer Pink Compact ($38), Bobbi Brown




Glug! We're down with Mulling Spices for brewing hot cider.



Let's catch up soon, kittens.

XO,
Charlotte

Buy it: Crazy Stripe Booties ($34), Gap; Pink Quartz Shimmer Pink Compact ($38), Bobbi Brown; Mulling Spices ($16), William-Sonoma.

You Want Me To Wear What?

Must talk now. I just read this article, "Fresh-Faced Eco-Consumers" in the NYT. The ladies here are from where I grew up, Marin County, so I was happy to see them totally represent:

For many customers in the Whole Foods Market on the Lower East Side last Friday night, just spotting the word “organic” on recycled packaging would have been reason enough to grab a bottle of moisturizer. But not Erin Schrode, 16, a founder of Teens for Safe Cosmetics, a nonprofit in Marin County, Calif. She was there to play host to a rally-cum-marketing-event she had organized with her mother, Judi Shils, the group’s executive director.

“Organic sells, natural sells, but what do those terms even mean?” Ms. Schrode asked. “You have to be much more discerning.”

The main cover story is "Natural, Organic Beauty," which discusses the FDA guidelines for labeling any beauty product "organic" and the potential dangers caused by both synthetic and natural ingredients.

For more information, you can also check out the website for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. Peace.