It is rare when a new makeup collection makes me squeak with excitement on first sight but the brand new Lancôme Spring 2009 Collection made me do just that. The Collection is called Pink Irreverence and was created by make up artist and the company’s international creative director (what a job!) Aaron de Mey. I don’t know how with a collection name like this that anyone could resist purchasing something from this. The name of this collection makes me think of the first really beautiful day of spring when it begins to get warm and when I want to do anything but work or schoolwork. This collection is already a winner for me just based off of the title.
Here is the description from the Lancôme website, “The New Lancôme woman is all about being irreverent, free-spirited, audacious and spontaneous. The Pink Irreverence Spring Color Collection by Aaron de Mey, Lancôme’s International Creative Director for Makeup, infuses his childhood memories of the Piha Volcanic beaches of New Zealand with Lancôme’s icon of femininity: the rose, the state of mind is set to Pink Irreverence. The most feminine color statement twisted with punkish freedom, this collection sets a new vision of French irreverence. The makeup look is edgy, wearable colors that you can layer to play up the drama or bring down to an everyday look.” the combination of exotic beaches, rose, punk (I can wish!) means that this is my kind of collection.
The collection of my dreams…
Color Design Limited Edition Special Effects Eye Shadow Quad - Formulated with exclusive Micro-Air technology for ultimate smoothness and blendability, long-lasting color glides on effortlessly
- Irreverent Madame - shades of pink, black, and a pale taupe
- Mademoiselle Sass - neutrals
Color Design Pro Cooling Gel Illuminator Eyes and Face - Sheer, shimmering eye luster in a cool eye shadow gel that’s pure light. Use it alone as eye color or under powder shadow to prime eyes for superior wear. Once dry, it won’t slip, slide or fade away. Stays glowy fresh all day.
- Hard To Get - pale pink
- High Expectations - taupe
Laque Liner Pure Precise Lines Long Lasting Eyeliner- Liquid Eyeliner with a precise brush that can be used to create multiple eye effects
- Pure Black - deep intense black
- Pure Sparkle - contains sparkles to highlight and add shimmer to the eye
Le Crayon Khol Waterproof Eyeliner -Le Crayon Khôl makes a splash with a new waterproof formula. This creamy smooth eye pencil perfectly lines, defines, and contours. Glide on to dramatically define eyes or use the smudger to create a soft, smoldering effect.”
- Irreverent Brun - brown
- Rebellious Berry - berry pink
- Blanc Audacity - white
- Confidence Noir - black
Blush Subtil Delicate Oil-Free Powder Blush - This luxuriously silky powder blush glides on with its own brush to colour and contour. This moisture-balancing formula is oil-free and oil-absorbing. Blends easily and lasts for hours. Never looks dry.
- High Maintenance - pink
- Extravagance - neutral
Color Fever Lipstick Lasting Radiance Sensual Lip Color - COLOR FEVER delivers incredibly luminous, vibrant color. Color smoothly glides along your lips with sensuous comfort leaving lips feeling smooth and supple. LIGHT-MAXIMIZING PIGMENTS™ use light as a prism to bring you the most intense, lasting shine.
- Mademoiselle - mauve
- Forget Me Not - berry
- Pink Attitude - pale pink
La Laque Fever Ultimate Lasting Full Color Lip Shine - Revolution in shine. High Potency color. Lacquered lips last for six hours. For the first time at Lancôme, an elixir of vibrant concentrated color and unprecedented shine in one gliding stroke. From the moment of application, densely pixilated pearls combined with unique polymers give multi-dimensional shine that truly holds to your lips: no touch ups for 6 hours. New soft-sculpt applicator smoothly polishes and precisely designs fuller lips in a perfectly even layer for sensual impeccable contours.
- Electric Pink - bright pink
- Optical Rose - pale rose
- Lucent Nude - nude
- Iridescent - pink brown
Color Fever Plumper Plumping Vibrant Lip Shine - A Lancôme first: a powerful new lip plumper that physically and comfortably enhances lip size and volume – without the biting burn – for a sexy, luscious, voluptuous pout. In seconds, lips are stimulated and plumped with two effects: Sensorial Volume Effect: Dramatically yet, pleasantly plumps lips with a unique combination of cooling menthol, stimulating parfums, and polyoils that infuse lips with moisture; High Shine Effect: High-shining oils intensely reflect light to make lips look larger for a full-bodied, luminous pout.Lips are comfortably stimulated, visibly plumped, shiny and hydrated. Color Fever Plumper can be worn as a primer under lipstick or all by itself as a gloss.
- Fuchsia Flaunt - deep berry
- City Mauve - pale mauve
- Downtown Pink - mid-tone pink
- Rose Punk - pale pink
Color Fever Gloss Sensual Vibrant Lip Shine - Color Fever Gloss in Piha Black was inspired by Lancôme's International Artistic Makeup Director Aaron de Mey's childhood memories of Piha beach. This luscious, limited edition Color Fever Gloss shade has been specially made to be used as a top coat. It brings subtle, darker intensity and magnifies lips with dazzling radiant shine. It can also be used alone as a classic gloss for an edgier look.
Le Vernis - It is Lancôme’s most technically-advanced nail polish. Your fingertips and toes will love the boost of color and lasting shine that stays put for up to seven days. Its cutting edge, soft-sculpt brush embraces the shape of each nail for perfectly even coverage in one coat with no clumps. Shiny and Shock Free - Shield Plasticizers keep nails flexible, shiny and more resistant to shock and abrasion. Chip-free for days! Strong and Healthy - Methyl-Sulfonyl-Methane (MSM) is a naturally occurring substance known for its diverse health benefits, including support for healthy nails. It is known to boost the production of keratin, a tough protein from which finger and toe nails are made. MSM paired with Shield Plasticizers make nails much stronger and more flexible.
- Sassiness- pale pink
- Piha Black - black with silver glitter
This may be too early in the season to tell yet but I think that this collection will be my favorite collection of the this season. I want everything, every product and every color. Based on the amount of traffic while I was on the website, so do many other ladies. The Piha Black nail polish is already out of stock but everything else seems to be available for the moment. I love the names, the High Maintenance blush, Rose Punk Lip Plumper, and Irreverent Madame eye quad are products that I would buy just for names but they also happen to be my favorite colors in the whole line. I also love both of the eye liner colors. The Piha Black shade is not for me but I would be curious to try it out and see how it looks. This line could begin moving me over to punk, I can use all the cute pink shades and then add a bit of black lip gloss and nail polish. Favorite collection of this season and quite possibly favorite collection of the last few seasons. Pink Irreverence, can anyone unseat you in my heart?
photo courtesy of Lancome
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