Countdown starting now...

Hey girls,
I looove October. It's not freezing yet, but it's breezy enough to wear your new booties and maybe your favorite H&M trench? Squeal! So ready for a change, my goodness. I went thru my closet yesterday and realized that I have more summer clothes than winter ones. Silly, I know, as summer is only 1/4 of the year. Must go shopping, must go shopping. I think I have more summer clothes because I think I'm prettier in the summer, which makes me more excited to look fly. Here's the thing, though...I think we ALL look better in the summer, don't you? It's because our skin looks so damn good...toasty, luminous, glowy. In the winter, my very-yellow-undertoned skin turns green. So depressing. Drumroll for the good news....today's Fall Product Favorite is a chic-as-hell compact that'll help bring the toasty--in a SUBTLE way, not in an obvious, fake-tan way--even when it's 2 degrees outside. But that's not the only reason it's fabulous. Read on, you'll see.
xoxo,
Tia

PS...I just had to clue you in on two totally addictive new magazine blogs--Lucky Beauty Blog, written by Lucky's illustrious beauty gals; and Essence Style Diary, penned by Essence's gorgeous Fashion & Beauty Features Editor, Ms. Pamela Edwards. In the interest of full disclosure, yeah, yeah, yeah, they're mis amigas. But even if I didn't know these beauty editor bombshells from a can of Ready Whip, I'd still be trumpeting their genius.


TIA'S FALL FAVORITES
COMPACT: Yves Saint Laurent Palette Esprit Couture #2 ($57)
The beauty world is going insane for this compact right now. Yes, it's a little pricey, but it's ART. It'll look so gorgeous on your vanity, you'll make all the money back in fabulous ambience, alone. Okay, so I love this compact for three reasons:

1.) It's inspired by an impossibly glamorous YSL gown from his legendary Fall 1983 collection (click here to see it!).
2.) The colors are to die. You can either use the deep plum, pearly white, golden-pink, and mocha-bronze shades separately, on eyes, cheeks, and skin--or, you can blend the whole thing together with a soft blush brush, and lightly dust it over your face as a complexion-boosting highlighter (try to hit your forehead, cheeksbones and chin). It's exactly the delicate touch-of-radiance your skin wil need as your tan starts to fade (countdown starting now).
3.) The woman in the compact is BROWN! Woo-hoo!


Now, if the price is just too ridiculous for you, try Physicians Formula Bordeaux Bronze ($10.99). It has the same shade combinations. What it doesn't have is a glamorous fashion backstory, but you can't have everything.