Sandra‘s Closet

The vivacity of late Mexican-American singer, Selena Quintanilla, lives on through the passion of her fans and her impact on Latin culture and beauty. The so-called «Mexican Madonna» got killed in 1995 by her former manager at the age of 23. Selena’s murder had a widespread impact. Major television networks interrupted their regular programming to break the news.

Inspired by the devotion of all those still touched by the iconic Latin legend. M·A·C Selena is a makeup collaboration tenderly curated with Selena’s sister. Selena not only taught us to move, she moved us—let’s keep that rhythm alive!

The line includes at least one deep red lipstick that reminds us of the iconic singer’s signature look. The name of the shade is «Como La Flor,» which is also the title of a single from Selena’s 1992 album «Entre a Mi Mundo».

LIPSTICK – CHF 31.00
Dreaming of You: deep wine (matte)
Como La Flor: muted cherry red (amplified)
Amor Prohibido: pinky mid-tone brown (glaze)

EYE SHADOW – CHF 28.00
Is It The Beat: deep black (matte)
No Me Queda Mas: warm dusty brown (matte)
Missing My Baby: light pinky nude beige (matte)
Fotos Y Recuerdos: bright warm pink (satin)
Selena: intense pearly violet (veluxe pearl)

LIQUID EYE LINER – CHF 28.00
Boot Black: intense black

OPULASH MASCARA – CHF 27.00
Optimum Black: intense black

TECHNO CUMBIA – CHF 39.00
Ven Conmigo: beige pink (matte)
Blunt: muted golden brown (matte)

BRUSH – CHF 54.00
129SH Powder/BlushLIPGLASS – CHF 29.00
Bidi Bidi Bom Bom: bubblegum pink with silver pearl

In stores from October 2016.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of MAC Cosmetics

She’s back! Play it nice and charming in Ariana Grande’s shimmering neutral mauve lipglass, or get fresh and cheeky in matte orchid pink lipstick. Wear each shade alone, or layer together. Be a doll, and go GLAM! If you are interested, click here to see her first collaboration with the iconic beauty brand that was available last January.

Every cent of the selling price of M·A·C VIVA GLAM Lipstick and Lipglass is donated to the M·A·C AIDS Fund which to date has raised $425 million. Well done, bravo!

Lipstick
VIVA GLAM ARIANA GRANDE 2 in Deep Cool Pink (Matte)
CHF 28.00

Lipglass
VIVA GLAM ARIANA GRANDE 2 in Neutral Nude Pink
CHF 26.00

Available in Switzerland now at all MAC counters and online.
Shopping for a good cause, let’s do it!

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of M·A·C Cosmetics

Say hello to the seven bag wonders of the world. I am so in love. Last spring, VERSACE launched the competition «7 Bags 7 Cities» and invited everyone to participate in the customization of seven limited edition of the Palazzo Empire bag featuring seven capitals.

Participants were asked to photograph a unique and inspiring place in the city of their choice. The Italian fashion house then selected their favorite images and used them to create the new Palazzo Empire bag with each city’s skyline being injected into the design. Great news for the winners: they will be invited to attend the Versace S/S 2017 show to be held in Milan in September.

Discover the seven limited edition Palazzo Empire handbags closer here…

BEIJING
Shop D4027, 4/F, SKP, 87 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District

HONG KONG
Shop G122, Ground Floor, Gateway Arcade

MILAN
Via Montenapoleone, 11

NEW YORK CITY
647 Fifth Avenue

PARIS
45, avenue Montaigne

SAO PAULO
Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2232

TOKYO
6-7-12, Ginza

Only ten copies of each design will be produced and sold in the Versace boutiques in the seven selected capitals. So hurry up to catch one of those pieces of art!

TO SHOP THE CLASSIC PALAZZO EMPIRE TOTE BAG IN DIFFERENT COLOURS, CLICK HERE PLEASE.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of Versace

Life in plastic — it’s fantastic! British accessories designer Charlotte Olympia, known for her fun patterns and cheeky designs, brings our childhood dreams to life with this pink-tastic collection of clutches and shoes in collaboration with Barbie®.

Personally speaking, the greatest Barbie® collaboration ever!

LoL, Sandra

Vanina textured-leather box clutch

Pomeline patent-leather and mesh sandals

Barbie Girl platform sandals

Barbie World Perspex box clutch

Kitty embroidered leopard-print velvet slippers

Collection doll

Photos: Courtesy of Mattel and Charlotte Olympia

evian® x Christian Lacroix Limited Edition bottles in 2016

10 years ago, some people might have asked what were they drinking? In 2007, the disruptive vision shared by the two brands brought together the purity of water with the creativity of fashion paving the way to a saga of collaborations with the greatest designers and launching the fashionista drink of choice.

evian® x Christian Lacroix Limited Edition bottles in 2007

To celebrate this success story and to mark the 10th anniversary of the project, the House of Christian Lacroix pays tribute to evian®’s live young spirit, by reinventing the Paseo pattern. Born to Haute Couture, the delicate embroidery design was used for the first time outside the Christian Lacroix fashion collections on the initial evian® Limited Edition bottle in 2007. It has since become an iconic design of the House. This new colorful Paseo Limited Edition version is the pure expression of today’s Christian Lacroix creative universe: flamboyant, Parisian, and with an ever young spirit. It comes in a set of two bottles: a pink and a blue one.

“The evian® x Lacroix collaboration is just like a wonderful dream come true and we had the chance to collaborate twice… which makes me a very lucky designer!” Sacha Walckhoff.

The famous red bride at Christian Lacroix’s F/W 2002 Couture show.

Sacha Walckhoff, Creative Director for the House of Christian Lacroix, who succeeded the founder following the shuttering of the couture house and its transformation into a licensed business, revisited the iconic Paseo pattern that Lacroix used for the red wedding dress that capped his F/W 2002 couture show, and famously worn by Madonna in a Steven Klein shoot for W Magazine in 2003. Its skirt was based on a bullfighting cape with a pattern mixing swirling garlands, flowers and curlicues.

2003 – Madonna photographed in Christian Lacroix by Steven Klein.

The evian® x Christian Lacroix bottles will be available in 75cl glass bottles and rolled-out in Prestige PET, and for the first time in facial spray. Available worldwide in selected hotels, cafes, restaurants and retailers from September 2016.

Drinking water has never been so stylish…

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of evian®, © Christian Lacroix, © Antoine Tempe and © Steven Klein

“What amuses me while drawing is the fact to draw,” added Karl Lagerfeld. “To me, drawing is like breathing and writing. These are things that almost relax me.”

Yesterday, KARL LAGERFELD and Faber-Castell have announced their amazing collaboration, the KARLBOX, a limited-edition collection of high-end drawing tools and artists’ supplies.

 Only 2,500 of the KARLBOX have been made and are exclusively available at Faber-Castell stores, KARL LAGERFELD boutiques worldwide and Harrods in London from now.
In select department stores and specialty stores from September 19, 2016.

Anchored in simple elegance, the KARLBOX comes in a sleek black box that has been designed by Karl Lagerfeld. Produced with exemplary craftsmanship, its wooden frame resembles a Chinese wedding cabinet. Inside, the individual drawers are removable in order to set them up for creative work. Every one-of-a-kind box has a serial number and certificate of authenticity, making each completely unique and unmistakeable.

The KARLBOX collection features a varied selection of premium artists’ tools including ALBRECHT DÜRER and POLYCHROMOS colour pencils, highly pigmented PITT Artist ink pens, Castell 9000 graphite pencils and PITT crayons and -pastels, watercolour brushes and accessories like a foldable water cup, an eraser and sharpeners. Crafted with the highest degree of quality, shades are sorted by primary and secondary colours, ranging from soft pastels to vibrant and intense pigmentations. Karl Lagerfeld’s own favourite product line is the ALBRECHT DÜRER artist range of watersoluble color pencils, and all 120 shades are included in the KARLBOX.

“Since I was a child in Germany, Faber-Castell has been the most famous brand, known for its especially good quality,” said Karl Lagerfeld. “That reputation remains just as true today, particularly for artist pencils.”

Over the course of his illustrious career, the designer has used Faber-Castell products to create countless works of art. From fashion and design to writing and penmanship, Karl Lagerfeld most often turns to pen and paper to bring his ideas to life, with each brush of a pencil or pastel expressing a new vision from within his creative mind.

I wished I had one at home…

LoL, Sandra

Photos: © Karl Lagerfeld / Faber-Castell

Alert to all trekkies! Spanning half a century, Star Trek and its loyal fans cross decades, influencing ideas and aesthetics of gender, race and intergalactic potential. As the sci-fi saga continues, delight in the beauty of exploration as M·A·C and Star Trek’s latest cinema generation joins forces in an exclusive makeup collaboration of astral hues.

The cosmic women of Star Trek not only made the series immortal, their powerful sense of style sent space-age fashion to a new frontier. Check out the new beauty must-haves:

LIPGLASS – CHF 29.00
Pleasure Planet – Set to Stun – Warp Speed Ahead – Khaaannnn!

LIPSTICK – CHF 31.00
The Enemy Within – Kling-It-On – LLAP – Where No Man Has Gone Before

TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC POWDER – CHF 45.00
Luna Luster – Strange New Words – Highly Illogical

SUPERSLICK LIQUID EYE LINER – CHF 32.00
On the Hunt – Pure Show – Nocturnal

PRESSED PIGMENT EYE SHADOW – CHF 36.00
Bird of Prey – Midnight
Th Naked Time – To Boldly Go

M·A·C STUDIO NAIL LACQUER – CHF 20.00
Enterprise – Skin of Evil – Holla-Deck

LASH – CHF 19.00
Wink of an Eye

Available now exclusively at all M·A·C Counters, M·A·C Stores and www.maccosmetics.ch.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of MAC Cosmetics

THE 500TH LAFERRARI TO BE BUILT TO BENEFIT THE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE

On the occasion of the bilateral summit between the Italian and German governments that took place at Ferrari on the 31st of August, Chairman and CEO Sergio Marchionne announced that FERRARI will produce an additional LaFerrari, one more than the original 499 planned.

The 500th LaFerrari of this limited edition series, the first hybrid supercar by the Prancing Horse, will be sold at auction to benefit the people of central Italy affected by the earthquake of the 24th of August.

LaFerrari literally means “The Ferrari” in most Romance languages, in the sense that LaFerrari is the ‘definitive’ Ferrari.

The project of the LaFerrari (project name, F150) was first unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show. Only 499 units have been built, and each cost more than 1 million US dollars.

THE FERRARI WATCH
HUBLOT MP-05 LAFERRARI SAPPHIRE

A new piece for 2016, the HUBLOT MP-05 LaFerrari Sapphire dresses Hublot’s Ferrari engine-inspired movement in an all-sapphire case so that you can match your watch to your car.
For more information, visit the Hublot website.

FERRARI RED LIPS
GIORGIO ARMANI ROUGE D’ARMANI LIPSTICK in 409 Ferrari Red

And ladies, relax, to enjoy something in Ferrari style, we don’t need our wallets to explode. Just a gorgeous lipstick for ultimate red lips and the attention will be all yours… which means a Ferrari driver might not focus on his car but on you:-).

Watches, lipstick and cars – Ferrari Red is the common thread!

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of the Brands

Hair we go! The wild-haired dolls that remind us of our childhood bring their rainbow tufts, bejewelled bellies and lucky charms to M·A·C Good Luck Trolls — a crazy-hued collection as silly as the creatures themselves. Being a troll has never been so glamorous!

THE GOOD LUCK TROLLS COLLECTION includes the following products:

LIPSTICK | CHF 31.00 | LIMITED EDITION

Can’t Be Tamed Sheer lime yellow (Cremesheen)
Sushi Kiss Mid-tone coral cream (Satin)
Dance Off Pants Off Frosted hot pink (Frost)
Midnight Troll Rich blue (Matte)

CHROMACRAZE | CHF 28.00 | LIMITED EDITION

Tease and Thank You Bright cobalt blue
Good Luck Locks Bubblegum pink

BRUSH |CHF 67.00 | LIMITED EDITION
187SH Duo Fibre Face Brush

LIPGLASS |CHF 29.00 | LIMITED EDITION

Bubble Butt Magenta with fine pink and blue glitter
Twerkquoise Transparent sky blue with fine pink reflect
Saint Germain Light cool pink
Glitter Grunge Sheer berry with extra fine silver sparkle

EYESHADOW | CHF 28.00 | LIMITED EDITION

Paradisco Bright pinky-coral with pearl (Frost) (Permanent)
Black Tied Black with silver sparkle (Velvet) (Permanent)
Silly Vanilly White with very fine silver glitter (Satin)
Suns Out, Buns Out Mustard yellow with pearl (Veluxe Pearl)
Atlantic Blue Cobalt blue (Matte) (Permanent)

PIGMENT | CHF 35.00 | LIMITED EDITION

Chartreuse Frosted chartreuse green (Permanent)

GLITTER/REFLECTS GLITTER | CHF 35.00 | LIMITED EDITION

Fuchsia Fine fuchsia glitter (Permanent)
Reflects Transparent Teal Very fine reflective teal glitter (Permanent)
Reflects Purple Duo Very fine reflective violet glitter (Permanent)

BEAUTY POWDER | CHF 42.00 | LIMITED EDITION

Glow Rida Soft beige sheen with extra fine gold reflects
Play It Proper Pastel soft pink with sparkles

In stores now and available online.

My favorites are Lipglass in Saint Germain, Eyeshadow in Atlantic Blue (my favorite blue eyeshadow on earth), Beauty Powder in Play It Proper and of course the cute little Brush.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of MAC Cosmetics

H&M has unveiled today the first three looks of its new designer collaboration with KENZO.
The big reveal is still months away as the collection will hit the stores on November 3, 2016. The pieces are colorful, vibrant and extremely individual. In fact, the tiger stripes that figure in all of these images are based on archival prints.

The looks are presented by friends of the brands, not models. Pictured here are Amy Sall, an activist and founder of SUNU: Journal of African Affairs, Critical Thought + Aesthetics, and artist and poet Juliana Huxtable; Oko Ebombo, a music and performance artist; and Isamaya Ffrench, a makeup artist and member of the London-based collective Theo Adams Company.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of Kenzo x H&M