To help soothe and distract myself from the horrific political unpleasantness today brings, I'm doing another round of staff picks.* While I strongly prefer summer to winter, some Museum employees are definitely the opposite.
Ugly Yeti, Ice Bat and both Ice Lodge Babos went through my personal stash and the Museum's collection to select their top picks, which include: the 2016 Maquillage Snow Beauty compact, Dior Voile de Neige powder, Lipstick Queen Ice Queen lipstick, Stila Adventurous in Aspen palette and Winter Blues trio, Bourjois Rendezvous a Paris Blanc Diaphane, and Chantecaille's Glacier trio. While Ugly Yeti was partial to that last one, he has decided that KB Shimmer's Yeti or Not polish is now his favorite item. All of these little guys also love the Guerlain Météorites Perles de Neiges, but I couldn't put that out since I was afraid they'd try to eat it (again).
Here are some additional recommendations…as usual, these are by no means a comprehensive list of all the snowy, frosty inspired beauty products out there, just some of what caught their fancy.
- Sephora Early Frost eyeshadow (see also their Let It Snow shadow and Ice Ice Baby eyeliner)
- OPI Alpine Snow nail polish
- Urban Decay eyeshadow in Frostbite (which also comes in a nail polish and was briefly brought back as a lipstick)
- NYX Prismatic eyeshadow in Frostbite
- Marc Jacobs Beauty nail polish in White Snow
- Armani Eyes to Kill eyeshadow in Ice
- Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream eyeshadow in Snow
- Makeup Geek eyeshadow in Ice Queen
- Stila Stay All Day eyeliner in Snow
- Deborah Lippmann Ice Princess nail polish set
- Essence eyeshadow in Snowflake
- Jouer Lip Topper in Frostbite (this is on its way to me – can't wait!)
The plushies were also intrigued by winter-inspired skincare, especially the cooling products – those help them stay at their desired chilly body temperatures. Brisk!
- La Prairie Cellular Swiss Ice Transforming Cream
- DiorSnow Brightening Illuminating sunscreen
- Origins No Puffery Cooling Roll-On for Eyes
- Milk Makeup Cooling Water
- Natura Bisse Diamond Ice Lift Mask
- Arcona Magic Dry Ice Hydrating Gel
- Snow Magic Sheet Mask
- Urban Decay Chill Makeup Setting Spray
I encouraged the little scamps to look for other frosty, snowy beauty products with cute packaging. More recent finds include BeYu's Mountain Glam collection from winter 2015…
Essence's Winter Wonderful (holiday 2015) and Ice Ice Baby (spring 2014) collections:
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And MAC's appropriately named Glitter and Ice collection from 2011.
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They were pretty fascinated so they wanted search further back into beauty history and ended up finding some really cool stuff!
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They had a good laugh at this commercial.
Then they were trying to figure out how to rescue the poor man trapped in the ice cube…until I explained to them it's just an ad and the man isn't really in there. Their little pea brains didn't quite get it though.
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Here's DuBarry totally ripping off Revlon.
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The '60s seriously couldn't get any frostier.
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Finally, the plushies also appreciated these snowy vintage compacts. The black Stratton one is my favorite.
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The plushies and I hope you enjoyed this little round up of wintry products. Which of these is calling to you?
*Just a reminder that you can also check out the holiday/winter exhibition and previous exhibitions too…apparently lots of museums are into the idea of distraction via art today, offering free admission and special programming. Glad to know I was in step with other museums!