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Coutorture Community Must Reads 05/12/09

coutorture — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:00:15 -0700

Season Five Style fell in love with a fragrance from the i Profumi di Firenze range. ..

15 Minute Beauty Fanatic went in search of smoother legs for summer.

Cafe Fashionista got poetic in describing her love for Balmain's studded sandals.

Fashion Vice made a case for purchasing a cross-body handbag from A.P.C.

Coutorture Community Must Reads 03/17/09

coutorture — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:16:07 -0700

Diary Of A Mad Fashionista posted about body image in the media and who is fighting on which side...

15 Minute Beauty Fanatic reviewed Philosophy's deliciously scented body wash options.

A Few Goody Gumdrops interviewed the designers behind hot handbag line Be & D.

Style Mom rounded up this week's best online sales from sample sale website ideeli.

Coutorture Community Must Reads 02/06/09

coutorture — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:40:33 -0800

Chic & Untroubled reports on the Sex & The City sequel which has been confirmed and will hit theaters in summer 2010.

15 Minute Beauty Fanatic reviews an Aveda trio that promises to cure dry hair issues.

The Coveted reviews a new collection by colorful Danish brand Stories by Rykkemai.

Miss Couturable analyzes Lanvin's ribbon tied and gem adorned shoes.

Coutorture Community Must Reads 9/23

coutorture — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:06:20 -0700

And here we go around the blogosphere again for another look at what products, designers, and pressing questions are captivating the hearts and minds of our beloved community.

Wardrobe Oxygen made us giggle, cheer, and even tear up a little as she turned one of fashion's favorite catch phrases "make it work" on its head. You see sometimes you just should't make a garment work. And in the immortal words of a certain lawyer named Elle Woods, if the fabric won't work with you don't work with it!

Spork Fashion has a really cute butt! No really, she is testing out Levi's Totally Sliming Jeans which are amazingly only $20 at Wal-Mart. We think this might be an example of the fabric working for you!

Platinum Blonde Life is in love with Lim's Louboutins (rolling those "L"s off the tongue was fun!) showing off a beautiful collage of look at me goodness.

Fasshonaburu has discovered Japanese designer Tsumori Chisato and is loving that its manga print cuteness translates to regular women.

15 Minute Beauty has let it be known that the YSL Black Lipgloss is here. OMG! We are obviously fans here at Coutorture as we have lost track of the amount of times we have referenced this collection.

So Cherry Clichéd

coutorture — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:19:32 -0700

Beauty copy can be a tangle of clichés as writers struggle to find fresh descriptions for minute changes. We almost wish the copy editors would give in and admit it! So when the ne plus ultra of beauty clichés, the cherry, came out in force this Fall the overbearing metaphor seemed almost charming. Its as if everyone agreed to say, eh, why force it? Everyone loves a deep cherry red lip so let's not struggle to call it anything but. Its the beauty copy equivalent of calling a spade a spade. And that refreshing honesty about the limits of descriptors somehow makes us that much covetous. Why strive to over market when we all know that we love it we suppose.

And clearly our community feels the same way as MAC's Cult of Cherries and Laura Mercier's Cherries Noir are getting rave reviews. Beauty 411 loves Cherries Noir for what we might call a sister cliché 40s Hollywood glamor. 15 Minute Beauty Fanatic goes right for the kisser with MAC's Cult of Cherry with a cherry lips entry. Temptalia too goes for cherryliscious lips. Makeup and Beauty Blog continues the trend Mercier's Cherries Noir cherry lips. And because it can't just be about the biggies, So Loverly found a Silken Naturals Cherry Crush lipgloss.

Vie Couture, M.I.S.S Crew, and Nessasary Makeup round up the coverage with general reviews.