The Eleventh Hour Gift: Prescriptives All Year Bronze Set

Waiting till the last possible minute to do your holiday shopping? Well you're in luck, dolls, because here's a quick and easy limited edition gift that's sure to please from Prescriptives. This set is a fantastic deal for $40 (it's a $63 value) and includes a Sunsheen Bronzing Trio in Medium, Tint Balm in Caramel, Colorscope Creamy Eye Color in Rose Dust, and a travel-size Powder Brush. So if the financial apocalypse won't allow your intended recipient a winter trip to the Caribbean to premiere her resortwear, at least she can still look as if she spent a sunny week somewhere.

Available at prescriptives.com

Get the Look: Carice von Houten at the Valkyrie Premiere

Makeup artist Brett Freeman created this gorge look for Dutch breakout star Carice von Houton. Carice and her stylist Jessica Pastor chose a beautiful blush-hued dress by Donna Karan.

Says Brett, "We all fell in love with the gorgeous draping and subtle color against her pale skin, but I needed to bring out the drama to make the look 'stun' on the red carpet. Smoky eyes were too severe, so we stuck with a clean, shimmery lid and dramatic eyeliner. Carice’s skin is dazzling in person, so we kept the rest of her face quite simple, just adding a touch of blush and giving her shoulders a light misting of shimmer to warm up the rest of her skin."


Brett (pictured with Carice, left) used the following products. It's a recessionista mix of high and low:
Base: LORAC Natural Performance Foundation NP1, Oil Free
Face powder: magic by Prescriptives liquid powder
Concealer: Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer and Highlight in ‘Light’
Cheeks and eyes: MAC Powder Blush in Springsheen
Brow: Vanitymark Ultra-Brow Powder in Milk Choco
Eyeliner: Rimmel SpecialEyes Eye Liner Pencil in Black Magic
Mascara: Guerlain ‘Le 2 de Guerlain’ in No. 10 Noir
Lip pencil: MAC Lip Pencil in Stripdown
Lip gloss: Smashbox Lip Enhancing Gloss in Illume
Skin gloss: Vanitymark’s Shimmerskin Body Glisten Spray

I adore the eye concept and her brows are killing me softly with their SONG. What say you? Tell me in the comments!

Prescriptives' Holiday Collection: Aglow

The first frost. Sparkling, sunlit snow. All the best shimmers and shadows of winter are Aglow in Prescriptives new holiday color collection. Shades are infused with light-catching nuances inspired by winter’s frosty effects. Eyes shimmer in glacial mauve and icy platinum with glints of white and deep plum. Cheeks take center-stage with a warm sparkle that is soft and radiant. Lips are enhanced with a glossy high-shine finish. Stay Aglow this season with Prescriptives.

Winter Reflections All-Over Highlighter
LIMITED EDITION
These ultra-luxurious soft powder pearls enhance and illuminate the face and cheeks with a radiant glow. Pearly white, soft beige and a whisper of pink blend together to highlight, define and contour the face with a soft wintry sheen that is flattering to all skin types. The perfect finish to every holiday look, these pearls can be dusted on the face or décolletage for soft radiance or layered on for a more dramatic shimmering effect.

Key Benefits:

· Customizable – wear for a sheer glow or layer for depth and dimension

· Multi-functional – highlights, defines and contours cheeks, face and décolletage

· Satin, lightweight texture

· Non-acnegenic

Winter Reflections Eye Color Quad
LIMITED EDITION
Highlight eyes in shimmery new shades of Colorscope Eye Colors. These wearable eye colors come in a sleek platinum mirrored compact for added holiday fun! Palettes available in Warm and Cool.
Warm:

* NEW Chestnut – LIMITED EDITION
* NEW Brunette – LIMITED EDITION
* NEW Suede – LIMITED EDITION
* Banana
Cool:

* NEW Oyster – LIMITED EDITION
* NEW Twinkle – LIMITED EDITION
* NEW Eclipse – LIMITED EDITION
* Shell

Colorscope Lipcolor
LIMITED EDITION
Delivers shimmering color that glides on smoothly to create luscious lips that stay true all day in soft luminescent shades that light up your look.
Shades:

* NEW Golden Quartz (Y/O) – LIMITED EDITION
* True Bronze (R/O)
* NEW Winter Rose (R) – LIMITED EDITION
* Wisteria (B/R)

Colorscope Lip Gloss
LIMITED EDITION
Glaze lips in extraordinary shine with a sheer, comfortable gloss. Lips sparkle in sugar-coated shades of frosted ginger, crystallized rose and shimmery nude.
Shades:
* NEW Twinkling (Y/O) – LIMITED EDITION
* NEW Peachy (R/O) – LIMITED EDITION
* NEW Rosy (R) – LIMITED EDITION
* NEW Icy (B/R) – LIMITED EDITION

Blush More or Less
This mousse cream blush glides on and blends effortlessly providing an ultra-light, powdery finish. Vibrant and buildable colors highlight cheeks that glisten in soft peach and pink.
Shades:
* NEW Santa Fe Sun (Y/O)
* Sonoma Rose (B/R)

Eye Definer Brush
The NEW Eye Definer Brush gives you complete control over your eyeliner look. The firm, rounded head with tapered edges allows absolute customizability and can be used with your favorite Perfect Every Line Gel Eyeliner or Colorscope Eye Color.

Availability: Beginning November 2008 at Prescriptives counters nationwide, exclusively at Holt Renfrew in Canada and prescriptives.com