If you are a beauty junkie (and I confess.. that’s one of my obsessions too!), you will be very familiar with Giorgio Armani Beauty — the fab line of cosmetics that have become an obsession for many women out there who love the sophisticated colors, array of textures and the unique, cutting edge products. It always seems that Armani is either one step ahead or taken that last "must have " trend and tweaked it and taken it up a notch in quality and application. It’s just one of those "cult " fave lines that’s no longer cult but just plain obsession!
Who better to talk to about beauty and getting glam during the Golden Globes than Head of Make-Up Artistry, Tim Quinn. If you were around for may Emmy podcast with Tim Quinn, you will find this podcast very different in tone and feel. If you haven’t heard that podcast or seen the blog, check out the link above and have a listen– at your leisure. (check that. Listen before, so that you can really see the difference between the two podcasts).
Since the Emmys, Tim Quinn and I have been corresponding back and forth touching base trying to figure out a good time and topic to cover for another podcast. Tim and I emailed back and forth about the Golden Globes and what was going on. We played so much email and phone tag that someone should give us a special GPS to track each other down.
Tim was in LA to do his thing for Giorgio Armani Beauty- making celebs and VIPS look gorge for red carpet events and parties. While he trekked out to see a certain Giogio Armani celeb favorite out in Santa Clarita on the set of her latest job, he was surprised to find the traffic radically different from the excursion out to the return trip. Vive la difference! In LA traffic can be absurd.
But check out this podcast with this wonderful man who was so great to come meet me at the Sofitel (and if you heard my other podcasts with Nine West and the other couple with Carlos Falchi, LAVANILLA and also WineLibraryTV.com.. you will know I was a busy girl that day– and that was the last suite of the day. I had been to 4 or 5 places on that very chilly day. (cold snap in LA = 32 at night IN THE CITY!).
Tim was kind of enough to give us the hints on the Spring collection. YUMMY berry tones that I will have to collect! I love these colors because not only are the pigmented, they sheer easily and you can go from subtle to sophisticatedly glam in just a few minutes.
The Designer Foundation– EVERYONE wants this for Red Carpet moments!
For spring 2007, Giorgio Armani cosmetics creates a fresh modern face with new sheer berry tones. A complete wardrobe of blushing berry shades from liquids to creams, for face, lips and eyes
Giorgio Armani sheer berry spring 2007 collection offers a wardrobe of sheer berry shades and light textures for a colorful, natural and elegant look..
The Maestro Pack of Mascara and more!
Introducing Sheer pigments – the color liquid in beautiful blushing tints – that melt into the skin giving the cheek a sheer satiny finish. This easy-to-apply color fluid formula is made possible by means of the unique Microfil™ technology. Packaged in a small purse-size pump bottle, Sheer pigments come in two shades for blonder or darker skin tones — Pink Berry or Peachy Pink Berry. These two very wearable liquid transparent blushing tints can also be blended together to intensify the color and give the skin that extra radiance and glow.
Retail $35.00
A new cheek duo, the Berry palette, with its sheer cream blush and its complementary natural sheer powder or bronzer gives a luminous velvet glow to the skin offered in three harmonies to suit every skin shade. The sheer cream blush is presented together with a matching shade of sheer powder or bronzer in a two-level palette – the solution for a quick retouch for every woman in search of perfection. The Berry palette can be used alone or easily blended with Sheer pigments to perfect the Armani Berry cheek.
Fresh Berry n° 1: Fresh Berry Pink sheer cream blush and sheer powder n° 1
Warm Berry n° 2: Mild Berry sheer cream blush and sheer powder n° 3
Dark Berry n° 3: Raspberry sheer cream blush and sheer natural bronzer n° 5
Retail $65.00
ArmaniSilk lipstick, a unique Armani formula of pure silk-like powders blended with color-oil™ and pigments, to give the lips an exceptionally bright and intense color. Three new shades have been added to the ever-increasing color wardrobe and to complete the Berry collection:
ArmaniSilk n° 31 – Pink Beige
ArmaniSilk n° 32 – Silky Strawberry
ArmaniSilk n° 33 – Berry Red
Check out the rich depth of color of this lip pencil! FAB!
The signature ArmaniSilk lipstick is now in a limited edition Lip palette for Spring 2007 in shades of berry. Two new shades: fresh berry pink and pink beige together with the ArmaniSilk satin top coat and a lip brush for the well-designed Armani lips.
Retail $65.00
Four new eye shadows, in nude berry tones, lighten up the eyes with a soft subtle statement.
N° 57 – Soft Beige – a pink beige with a light shimmer
N° 58 – Berry Beige – a discreet tone for a perfectly blended Armani eye
N° 59 – Red Berry – a stronger berry tone for a bolder look
N° 60 – Soft Berry Brown – a shimmering soft brown with a hint of berry to be used alone or with other shades to sculpt the eye
Retail $24.00
Eye makeup is never complete without a well designed brow. Giorgio Armani cosmetics introduces a new transparent Eyebrow designing gel to perfect the shape of the brow with a light sheen. This transparent, non-greasy gel corrects the eye brow with a rounded brush, all in an elegant black matte bottle with the Giorgio Armani signature.
Retail $26.00
TIME For the PODCAST!!
I want to thank Tim Quinn for his time and patience and willingness to just sit and chat during this crazy week that we had traipsing across LA and beyond. He was busier than I was but still he was impressed that I was the ‘energizer bunny’ of the Golden Globes.
So hit your Armani counter and SHOP. Make sure you score that foundation, a few key pieces of the new collection and the Maestro mascara! LOVE THAT!!
See you at the next Red Carpet event Tim!! ( PS.. He’s cuter than his photo!)
Stevie Wilson
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