Beauty

My favorite floor was downstairs in the beauty basement. Two of the sales guys were super nice. As I mentioned, the perfume section was amazing. Right now I'm wearing Mimosa pour Moi by L'Artisan Parfumeur. It's a great crisp white floral that basically smells like a super non-perfume perfume. I keep sniffing my wrists. Other hits were L'Artisan's L'Eau d'Ambre and Serge Lutens' Ambre Sultan which smelled like a more refined version of Estee Lauder's Youth Dew , which all of my female family members wore when I was a kid.

After sniffing several strips of paper, I sought out something I had been wanted to experience for a while: Lipstick Queen by Poppy King. I was looking for a good, wearable red and it seemed like the answer would be found in this line. The interesting thing about buying make up in a traditional department store, versus a place like Sephora, is that the people there spend a lot more time around make up than you do and have seen what looks good on different people. In this case, though I was gravitating towards the red or rouge, Jonathon also had me try rust and it was the best. What is funny, is that I haven't gravitated towards the orange/brown end of the spectrum since I was in middle school, when my first favorite lipstick was some coppery coral lipstick by Estee Lauder that my mom got in one of those gift with purchace deals. But, I have to say, Jonathon was right, and rust looked good, so I bought it.


The other thing I was looking for, Josie Maran's new line of makeup isn't out yet, so I didn't get to look at that, but I'll be back. I think I have found my favorite beauty department. And it is nice because you aren't right in the front of the store on show like many other department stores. It's more like being in a cozy dressing room where you can try new things without feeling like anyone is watching.