What's Up With Our Fave Blogettes? And Congratulations to Erin and Her New Bébé!

My blog sabbatical also included, unfortunately, a break from reading beauty blogs. I'm trying to get back into the swing of things and catch up, so I thought I'd do a little roundup. Just in case you're behind on your blog news too...



--Happy anniversary to our friend and new mom Mildred over at Beauty Logic. She's been blogging for three years, which is quite an achievement. The sheer number of blogs makes it seem like an easy activity, but it's not! And now Mildred has a blog AND a newborn to juggle.

--Former Allure editor Tory Kirby (and my former Harper's Bazaar colleague) is doing some great posts over at makeup.com. My parent company acquired makeup.com and hired Tory as the editorial director. Smart move, as Tory knows everybody in the beauty biz. If you haven't checked it out, please do. Don't forget to follow makeup.com on Twitter and Facebook too.

--The already fabulous Fab Over 40 had a bit of a facelift. In addition to the great new look, there's a Lancome giveaway. Make sure to enter.

--Michelle, the All Lacquered Up princess of polish, whom we adore, has a RAVE for our Flash Bronzer Face Lotion. It's part of her "As Amazing As Polish" series (see pic above), which is pretty darned clever. (Totally off subject, I think Michelle is going to see Lady Gaga soon. I hope she takes lots of pictures and does a fun post or two.)

--I got to see Miss Whoever You Are this weekend. Some of you might know MWYA was our intern a few semesters ago and we miss her very much. MWYA is celebrating an anniversary as well, as she's been blogging since July 8th, 2007! In blog dog years, that's a really long time.



Lastly, we want to congratulation our dear dear Erin who gave birth to her first child today. (Many of you know Erin as she worked closely with the bloggers for Lancome.) A little boy, almost eight pounds! Baby X doesn't have a name yet, so if you feel like leaving a name suggestion for Erin, she might appreciate it!

Behind the Scenes at the Arlenis-Latina Party. And Happy B'Day, Fab Over 40!

So Monday night we had a party to celebrate that Arlenis is this month's Latina cover girl. It's a gorgeous cover and I'm so happy it's a makeup-y cover rather than a fashion-y cover, if you know what I mean. The party was held at our boutique on the Upper West Side of New York (many people are surprised to learn we have a boutique there! It's at 69th and Columbus. Visit!) and dozens of people dropped by to say hi and congratulate Arlenis.



Among those in attendance were Latina editor in chief Mimi Valdes (rocking a great haircut and cool lace stockings), Latina beauty director Angelique Serrano, photographer Marc Baptiste, MTV's Julissa Bermudez, singer Kat DeLuna and Beauty Logic blogger Mildred Almodovar. (Several of Arlenis's fellow Domincanas, if you're keeping track!) The music, the Champagne and the little truffled grilled cheese sandwiches were great and the guests were gorgeous and fun.



We had some all-star makeup artists there too. Lancome's Beauty at Every Age Expert Sandy Linter, Ross Burton, Scott Barnes and Renee Garnes, who did Arlenis's makeup for the cover. Ewa Szwed, one of the best makeup artists at our boutique, did Arlenis's makeup and used the following products:



--Color Fever Shine lipstick in Bronze Heat

--Le Lipstique Sheer Plum lip liner

--Color Fever Plumper in Puckered

--Hypnose Drama mascara (everyone's favorite these days)

--Blush Subtil in Shimmer Violet Sunrise for contour

--Blush Subtil in Rouge Glow on the apples of the cheeks

--Color Design Cream Blush in Model Mocha as highlight

--Le Vernis in Untamed Plum on nails



Ewa also mentioned that two of Arlenis's favorite products are La Base Pro primer and Nutrix Royal body lotion. I'll ask Arlenis why next time I see her.



Arlenis's dress was by Alexander Wang!



For more pictures, check out the Lancome Paris Facebook page. If you're not a Facebook fan, please become one!



As for birthday wishes, today is the second-year anniversary of one of our favorite blogs, Fabulous Over Forty. Congratulations to Kari on all her hard work and for doing so many great posts. Well done, Kari!



It's snowing out--again--so time to bundle up and head home!