In late October last year I wrote about the gorgeous palettes from Kat Von D for Sephora. I posted pictures of three of her palettes, “Beethoven” and the two LE “Metal Orchestra” and “True Love”, which I was lemming very strongly at the time. I later caved, and ordered them all three through MyUS – and I adore them all of them, even though I must say that “Metal Orchestra” is my absolute favorite. When I suddenly noticed that she had launched another LE called “Memento Mori” – “Remember you are mortal” – and it showed up on Sephora as “sold out”, I instantly felt so sad and disappointed that I had missed it. These palettes sell for a small fortune on eBay, and I’m not really tempted to go bananas anymore. I guess the fright of getting fake products when paying for the real thing has overcome the joy of an insane eBay-spree.

“Memento Mori”

As I’m sure you’ve already noticed each of these palettes contains 8 eyeshadows. From left to right they are called True (cream shadow), Solitude, Meditation, Agatha Pink, Sugar Skull, Peggy, Hard Luck and Tijuana. The one cream shadow is perfect to use as a base for the other shadows, but please remember to use a primer underneath to prevent creasing. xSparkage has posted a very cute tutorial for a look based on this palette on YouTube, and you can watch it here.

There’s nothing very special about the colors in these palettes, and I’m sure most of them can be easily duped by other brands. I still love the whole look and feel of these palettes though, which is why I own three of the palettes. I’m also a big fan of Kat Von D and her art, and I think it’s cool that she’s implemented her tattoos on the packaging of her own makeup line. The one thing I would have changed if I could is those hideous sponge applicators, they should have been replaced with miniature editions of her brushes instead. Luckily I discovered that it was back in stock at Sephora, so soon it will be mine!

Now I’m sure several of my female readers will shake their heads at me for actually buying the following item, but what can I say? I’m don’t have the heart to walk away from insanely cute things, and therefore I just had to get it. Isn’t it just the cutest little coin purse you’ve ever seen? Apart from being insanely cute I found it to be very handy for the days that I don’t want to carry a handbag around with me. I’m not the handbag-carrying-kind-of-girl, even though I must admit that I enjoy buying them every once in a while. I don’t like handbags big enough to house me and a small town! Anyway, this cute little thing is from Miss Sixty, a brand for teenagers I know, but what do I care. It’s perfect for carrying some money and the necessary credit cards around, and seeing that it’s too easy for a random bystander to rob me (when I’m keeping my wallet in my lap), it’s assuring that it comes with a chain for wearing across the body.

Insanely cute!

After discussing a lot back and forth with my sweet Amira, I went on a hunt for Stila Diamond Lil’ (grayish taupe with golden shimmer), an eyeshadow very similar to M·A·C Smoke & Diamonds – which is one of M·A·C’s most popular eyeshadows. Naturally it’s a LE, and therefore close to impossible to get your hands on, unless you were one of the lucky ones when it was repromoted in the Love That Look collection earlier this year. Anyway, I was supposed to write about Stila. I also wanted to try out the infamous Kitten (nude pink with shimmer), and seeing that Stila had extended their promotional offer of a free Precious Pearl Palette with any order of $40 or more, I pretended that no one saw me as I quickly added Black Cat (soft black with shimmer) to my cart before I checked out.

I’m hoping Mr. Postman will find his way to me soon, and shower me with packages from all over the world. Oh.. and in a few days Mr. DHL will come bearing gifts as well, because I got a mail from MyUS telling me that a shipment is on its way to Trondheim, Norway!

Photos © Sephora and ASOS – edited by Shamini Thevarajah ’10

DHL came to deliver two packages from MyUS today, and I’ve got a big smile on my face! I finally got my hands on all the items that have been accumulating at my US-address since August! One of them contained candles from Yankee Candle®, and the other one contained some goodies from Sephora! Yes.. once again I caved, and ordered a few things from Sephora. Let me just stress that this happened sometime between August and now, and not recently. I haven’t gotten around to place a shipping order before now, as I figured it would be nice to have my stuff before Christmas. I seriously don’t understand why we don’t have Sephora in Norway, we’re missing out on all the fun! The package also held the two M·A·C brushes that I ordered almost 6 months ago, that was damaged the first time I got them – and this time they were in perfect shape. Finally!

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Da har jeg funnet nok et spennende makeup-merke, som plasserer seg rimelig høyt på min egen “must-haves”-liste. Beklageligvis, eller kanskje jeg heller burde si heldigvis, koster dette merket litt, og det selges utelukkende hos Sephora – som ikke sender ut av USA. Hvorfor er det sånn at USA har mengder med knalltøffe webshopper som selger alt ei jente kan ønske seg – gjerne for en slikk og ingenting, om man sammenligner med norske priser – mens vi her til lands ikke har noen verdens ting? Greit nok, Steen & Strøm i Oslo har endel gode og spennende merker, men disse varene er kun tilgjengelig for jenter i Oslo. Hvor spennende er det for alle oss andre? Da hadde det virkelig vært fint å ha en rikholdig webshop tilgjengelig, men dengang ei. Jeg kunne nemlig tenkt meg et litt større utvalg enn det man finner hos H&M, Cubus og Vita, som stort sett alle selger såkalte middelmådige “billigmerker”. Gi oss mer av de store, kule merkene som Bare Escentuals, Kat Von D, Bobbi Brown, MAC, Urban Decay osv.

Jeg oppdaget altså at Kat Von D, også kjent fra Miami Ink, og senere også L.A. Ink, har gått sammen med Sephora og fått sin egen makeup-kolleksjon. Kolleksjonen er prydet med hennes egne tatoveringer, og alle fargene har fått navn som betyr noe spesielt for Kat Von D selv. I et intervju med Sephora forteller hun litt om kolleksjonen sin, og litt om bakgrunnen til hvorfor hun har valgt designet og akkurat disse fargene. Selv skulle jeg ønske vi fikk se mer av Kat, og ulike looks med denne fantastiske makeup-kolleksjonen. I’m in love!

Signatur-paletten hennes er “Ludwig”, oppkalt etter katten hennes, og den inneholder grønne, beige og brune toner. Personlig likte jeg “Beethoven” bedre da denne inneholder fler forskjellige farger, men jeg hadde selvsagt ikke takket nei om jeg fikk tilbud om begge. I tillegg finnes en tredje palett ved navn “Metal Orchestra”, som inneholder blå, grå og svarte toner. Ellers får du selvsagt både eyelinere, leppestifter og andre skatter i samme kolleksjon, og den kan du selv sjekke ut her.

Hva gjenstår å si? Ingenting.
Kat Von Ds kolleksjon taler for seg selv!

Foto: Kat Von D