Spring A New Thing?

We are not even out of our winter wardrobe and the buzz on the street is all about Fall Fashion Week 2010.  Can you believe it?  I am just beginning to pull out my yummies for spring 2010.  That said, what is yummy for spring?  Well, not a whole lot.  Hate to say it, but there is not a wink of fresh hitting our favorite cosmetic counters.  I have seen it all before - several times.  Bobbi Brown has new color palettes out that she calls Strips.  They come in 3 color schemes: Blue, Neutral and Violet and remind me of the color palette eyeshadows from Cover Girl that were popular back in the 80s.
MAC, Laura Mercier, Trish McEvoy, NARS, Stila, Shu Uemura, YSL, Georgio Armani, and all the rest, have spring color palettes that are all similar.
Blue and Gold seem to be the go to colors.  All the collections have the standard neutral colors as well as violets and wine.  Blush, bronzers and lips are the colors of 2009.  Is it the recession that is killing R&D? Or just the companies' creativity?
You can, in this tight economy, get by with the stash of make-up you have from the fall or even last spring.  Just check the expiration dates to ensure safe use.

Just when you thought I was going to be a total Negative Nelly there are two products that I am really excited about.

From Chanel - temporary skin art.  So FUN!  I can just see it now... walking along the beach in a cute bathing suit with a darling sheer cover-up with some of this bling peeking out around the ankle, mid-drift or wrist.

From NARS - Easy Lover lipgloss.  Love the vibrant pink!  Probably because I don't already have one.









Certainly stay tuned because I know there are some fabulous new skin care products launching that will make spring fling.