Now
that Christmas is over, it's time to reflect on the past year and start gearing
up for 2013. As I did last year, I want to take some time to look back at
my three favorite and least favorite collections/items from the year.
We'll
start with my top three.
1.
Paul & Joe Meow collection.
Sophie
Albou knows how to properly celebrate 10-year anniversaries! In honor of
their beauty line turning 10, Paul
& Joe released an extensive collection filled with wonderful little
details. Three words: Cat-shaped blushes.
Kimono designer Mamechiyo created some truly beautiful and representative designs for Shu Uemura's best-selling cleansing oils.
3. Andy Warhol and NARS.
Come
on, it’s no surprise how much I adored this collection! I devoted two lengthy blog posts to it, one
giveaway and one special exhibition.
I do hope NARS has more art collaborations up their sleeve for 2013.
And
now for my pans for this year.
1. Guerlain
Cruel Gardenia highlighter.
So
boring – this was basically a replica of Laura Mercier’s previously released
Rose Rendezvous palette, both in color and design. How about some originality?
2. Estée Lauder Mad Men collection.
This
wasn’t really very much of a collection – only 2 pieces, and both were quite
lackluster in terms of the great inspiration the company had to work with. While it wasn’t totally awful (see the last item in this list for that), it wasn’t all that creative. I was pretty disappointed.
3. YSL Facebook palette.
My
scorn for this abomination knows no bounds, and I think I’d still feel that way
even if I didn’t hate Facebook as much as I do. I won’t repeat my issues with this palette now, but you can
read the full rant here if you’re so inclined.
What
were your favorite 2012 collections/items? And your least favorite? Take a spin through the archives and let me know!