Whatcha’ Wearin’ Wednesday, Vanessa F.?

Posted on October 31, 2012 by BeautyFrosting

This week’s chic & sophisticated WWW (Whatcha’ Wearin’ Wednesday) girl is Vanessa F.:

Our WWW girl, Vanessa, at the Young Hollywood Awards

I met the lovely Vanessa, a director of brand development, at last June’s Young Hollywood Awards and was immediately taken with her sweet holiday/summer, cherry-stained lip. So I immediately had to ask:

Vanessa, Whatcha’ Wearin’?

Vanessa

(Vanessa) pulls out a tube of Dior lipstick from her purse.

Christian Dior Lipstick Dior #444 Red Muse ($32)

So what is this holiday-ready color?

Christian Dior Lipstick Dior #444 Red Muse ($32)

xoxo,

BF Asks: What’s your perfect holiday-ready lip color?

Whatcha’ Wearin’ Wednesday, Vanessa F.?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by BeautyFrosting

This week’s chic & sophisticated WWW (Whatcha’ Wearin’ Wednesday) girl is Vanessa F.:

Our WWW girl, Vanessa, at the Young Hollywood Awards

I met the lovely Vanessa, a director of brand development, at last week’s Young Hollywood Awards and was immediately taken with her sweet summer, cherry-stained lip. So I immediately had to ask:

Vanessa, Whatcha’ Wearin’?

Vanessa

(Vanessa) pulls out a tube of Dior lipstick from her purse.

Christian Dior Lipstick Dior #444 Red Muse ($32)

So what is this summer-lovin’ color?

Christian Dior Lipstick Dior #444 Red Muse ($32)

xoxo,

BF Asks: What’s your perfect summer lip color?

Tress Tuesday: Kerastase Confession

Posted on June 19, 2012 by BeautyFrosting

So, as I mentioned in Sunday’s High-Low 3 post, I had the most amazing Thursday last week thanks to Kerastase!

First, I was invited to be Kerastase’s guest at the gorgeous Young Hollywood Awards!

Just when I thought it couldn’t get better than that, I was invited to Rossano Ferretti for a primping Kerastase treatment-filled afternoon.

First, my stylist Salina applied the Kerastase Bain Cristalliste shampoo and conditioner. Cristalliste is known to make your hair shine like glass while being weightless as light. Would I like to try it? Yes, please!

Kerastase Cristalliste

I learned from Salina that Kerastase Cristalliste was designed specifically for long-haired young women, like me, who have complained to their hairstylists for years about weighed-down roots and dried out ends. The fairy-sounding Cristalliste “liquid light” complex is supposed to create the most sultry shine and weightless, lovely luminosity every time you wash your hair. If only Cinderella had been this lucky!

Next up, Salina applied the concentrated Bain Substantif Concentrate sprayed in my strands along with a dose of the Shine Pixilist for an extra dose of shine-infused repair.

Getting gorgified at Rossano Ferretti with Kerastase Paris

As for styling, Salina went with the Kerastase Mousse Substantive and Elixir Ultime for the ultimate in volume and shine.

Kerastase Styling Tools

Would the result live up to the hype?
YES!!!!!!!!!

My previously dull, dry, flat summer hair was artfully amped up (especially at the roots) and my hair surface had glass-like shine. I must confess that I am a Kerastase convert! No weighed down tresses here! Just a thick, voluminous, glossy-as-glass mane!

I love it when products do what they and say what they do! Don’t you?

And, as for the evening’s fun?

Well, here my hair is 5 hours later at the Young Hollywood Awards with “Best Scene-Stealer” Award recipients, Rico Rodriguez and Nolan Gould of ABC’s Modern Family:

Nolan Gould, BeautyFrosting's glossy hair and Rico Rodriguez at the Young Hollywood Awards

And the winners of Kerastase’s Young Hollywood Awards Sweepstakes who were flown out to LA, received Kerastase treatments at Rossano Ferretti and given a grand Young Hollywood experience:

The lovely Winners!

And I got to hang out with these lovely ladies! Notice that 7 hours later, my hair is still gleaming!

7 hours later with Megan & Kristen: Hair still shining!

Thank you, Kerastase, Young Hollywood Awards and Rossano Ferretti for a beautiful, shiny, starry Hollywood evening!

xoxo,
BF

BF Asks: What Kerastase products do you love?

High-Low 3

Posted on June 17, 2012 by BeautyFrosting

I love summer in Los Angeles!
And this past week was a lovely example of that.

Here is my 3rd weekly installment of High-Low!

HIGHS

1) Spotting peonies in my niehgborhood Ralph’s Market. My floral fave!

Peony power!

2) My big brother, David, arrived in LA last Monday and he’ll be here for the next 6-8 weeks. Yeehaw!

BF's brother, David, a Texan in L.A.

3) My favorite show of all-time, Dallas, had its revamped premiere on TNT last Wednesday. Did I celebrate? You betcha!

Ready for Dallas on TNT!

Making my RanchHouse Beer Queso:

Making RanchHouse Beer Queso

RanchHouse Beer Queso and friends time:

RanchHouse Beer Queso

Jose & David post-Dallas

4) I had the pretty pleasure of being Kerastase’s guest at the Young Hollywood Awards last Wednesday at the Hollywood Athletic Club.

Getting to hang with the lovely Megan of Meg’s Makeup and Kirbie Johnson of BellaSugar made for a super-fun evening!

BF, Kirbie and Megan

And meeting these handsome young gents, Nolan Gould and Rico Rodriguez from ABC’s Modern Family was the cherry on top:

Nolan Gould, BeautyFrosting and Rico Rodriguez at the Young Hollywood Awards

5) A lovely dinner with friends at Vinoteque on Melrose

Dinner & wine with Brother & friends at Vinoteque

Dinner & wine with friends at Vinoteque

LOWS

Coming home after fun times and Vinoteque and becoming violently ill for the whole weekend. The culprit? A grocery store salad at lunch. Ugh.

But wanna know the worst part? David, our friend Jolie and I had been planning on seeing one of my fave musicians, Rhett Miller, in Hermosa Beach on Saturday night. I was so ill I couldn’t go. Boooo. Boooo even more that they said it was the best show he’d ever had. Tear.

Food poisoning and missing Rhett Miller. Yep, that’s about right to get a little bad with such a good week. Luckily, Jolie texted me this picture which did not make me feel better at all:

Rhett Miller in Hermosa Beach

I am on the mend now so no worries! So much so that Brother says he bought us tickets for Rhett’s Monday Troubadour show. Yeehaw, indeed!

xoxo,
BF

BF Asks: What was your High-Low this week?

Mailbox Monday: What’s in a Birchbox?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by BeautyFrosting

Does that title make you feel like you’re in WhoVille?

Maybe.

But let me tell you what came in my March Birchbox.

I’m expecting my April Birchbox to arrive any day and I really want you to see the super-sweet fun treats that came in the March Teen Vogue-sponsored Birchbox.

So here’s a step-by-step rundown on receiving Birchbox:

When it arrives...Thanks UPS!

Birchbox's cute pink Box

March Birchbox Product Listing

Birchbox March

March Teen Vogue-sponsored Birchbox Gorgeous Goodies

The March Teen Vogue-sponsored Birchbox was delightful!!

Subscribers had the choice between their regularly scheduled Birchbox and this fun, Teen Vogue picks-filled Birchbox!
Obviously, I chose the latter.
And I’m soooo happy I did! I ended up receiving:
one of my favorite polishes, Essie Glove Service (a pink glitter polish that would describe my shoes if I had been Dorothy in Oz!) and my beloved Tarte Lipsurgence Lip Tint in Lucky (a charming baby pink shade that reminds me of my dearly departed Nars Sabrina Lip Balm).

The beauty booty:

1 Essie Luxeffects Polish in A Cut Above ($8)

2 Twirl Kate Spade New York (3.4 fl oz, $80)

3 Tarte LipSurgence Lip Tint in Lucky ($24)

4 Kérastase Elixir Ultime, (125 ml $54)

5 Twistband yellow hair tie, (6 for $16)

6 Vouchers to Modcloth.com and Teen Vogue Subscription

Birchbox Beautiful, indeed!!

If you’d like to receive Birchbox, click here and instantly subscribe for the monthly fun, click here: Subscribe to Birchbox for $10/month!

xoxo,

BF Asks: Do you receive Birchbox? If yes, what was your favorite product in the March Birchbox? If you don’t subscribe yet, what would have been your favorite product to try?