Sandra‘s Closet

Dear readers, please excuse my tardiness in posting during the last days. I have so many amazing things to show you. I was in Cannes for the Film Festival and last Saturday in Vienna for the Life Ball as a guest of M•A•C Cosmetics.

Speaking of which, I would like to introduce you to their new Wash & Dry Summer 2015 Collection which offers a new special limited edition packaging with a joyful rainbow of colors and includes a beautiful range of summery shades and breezy bronzing hues to set your cycle to chic. Now, it is your turn to decide if you go for a full spin or just a quick tumble!

LIPSTICK (CHF 31.00)
Morange Vivid orange (Amplified)
Creme d’Nude Light beige-pink nude (Cremesheen)
Steam Heat Vivid yellow-red (Satin)
Tumble Dry Light peachy coral (Lustre)

LIPGLASS (CHF 29.00)
Girl on Board Light creme nude
Laundry List Vivid orange
Hot/Cold True Red
Domestic Diva Frosty watery pink

TECHNAKOHL LINER (CHF 27.00)
Practice Makes Perfect Deep blue-green
Sudsy Marine blue
Colour Matters Lime (Repromote)
Coin Operated Metal grey with silver pearl

FALSE LASHES WATERPROOF MASCARA (CHF 31.00)
Stay Black!

VELUXE PEARLFUSION SHADOW TRIO (CHF 36.00)
Green Clean Pale white green / lime / deep khaki with gold pearls
Hot Wash White with orange pearl gold / peachy orange / copper-gold-bronze
Permanent Press White beige / calm brown bronze / black with gold pearls

POWDER BLUSH (CHF 36.00)
Hipness Light peach
Crisp Whites Pale tangerine with pearl

HIGH-LIGHT POWDER (CHF 45.00)
Freshen Up Color wave ranging from coral to neutral

NAIL LACQUER (CHF 20.00)
Monday Blues Blue (cream)
Washeteria Blue green (cream)

In stores now exclusively in Switzerland at all M•A•C counters and online.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of MAC Cosmetics

Today, I have a great contest for my Swiss readers! Do you feel like having an unforgettable girls night out with your best friend? If so, COVERGIRL raffles two tickets for the Elite Model Look Final on the 28th of August, 2014 including a beauty set for the perfect summer styling!

Be a part, when this year the first time ever also men are allowed to participate in the Elite Model Look Finale 2014. Six handsome men will fight for the title besides the twelve female finalists. Ladies, there will be a feast for the eyes! Together with the Swiss style elite, models, fashion experts, make-up and hair artists, you will have the chance to see live the election of Switzerland’s next supermodel. Guest star will be no other than singer Marlon Roudette, who will perform his greatest hits “Big City Life” and “New Age“.

In order to make your girls night out perfect, COVERGIRL raffles also two beauty sets in the value of CHF 25.60 – with the ideal summer make-up products included, to bring out the best of each girl! The beauty set contains the innovative Clump Crusher Extensions Mascara. The latest technology includes a special curved brush and a fiber-stretch formula for buildable volume as well as added length – without clumps. The new LipPerfection™ lipcolor in pink features a collision of color and moisture. In a single stroke, lips are enhanced with rich, rewarding color and in just seven days transformed to their smoothest and most luscious. The COVERGIRL Nail Lacquer completes the beauty set, also chosen in pink, as a perfect match to rock star and COVERGIRL ambassador P!NK.

To participate in the contest, please send me an e-mail with your postal address and the header “Elite Model Look Final” to . All entries must be received until July 28, 2014. No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win this contest. By entering this contest, entrants accept and agree to be bound by these official rules. The winner has to have a Swiss address.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of Covergirl

When fashion meets beauty, I always get super excited. Proenza Schouler have joined forces with MAC Cosmetics to launch a limited edition line for release this spring, a collection very much in line with the Proenza Schouler catwalk aesthetic, relevant, refined, just beautiful.

Lets have a closer look at those upcoming beauty musts:

LIPSTICK – CHF 36.00
Woodrose light pink with beige (lustre)
Pinkfringe vivid flamingo pink (satin)
Mangrove bright clean orange-red (matte)
Primrose sheer berry plum (lustre)

PRO LONGWEAR EYE LINER – CHF 32.00
Black Ice rich black
Rich Experience true brown

PRO LONGWEAR LIP PENCIL – CHF 32.00
Dynamo bright peony
High Energy bright orange-red cream

BLUSH OMBRE – CHF 42.00
Sunset Beach cool pink ombre into beige
Ocean City coral orange ombre into beige

NAIL LACQUER – CHF 22.00
Dayflower clean plum (cream)
Nocturnelle black as night (cream)
Thimbleweed pale nude (cream)
Bougainvillea bright orange coral (cream)

BRUSH PROENZA SCHOULER 129SE POWDER/BLUSH BRUSH – CHF 59.00

In Switzerland exclusively available at Globus from March 27, 2014.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of MAC Cosmetics

I always love those days when the new makeup collections for the festive season are hitting the shelves. Extremely beautiful is Girgio Armani Beauty’s limited edition HOLIDAY COLLECTION 2013 ECCENTRICO for Christmas. An unexpected mix of colorful and glamorous hues, this winter Giorgio Armani Beauty is shaking up the conventional.

To create this exceptional palette of explosive shades, Linda Cantello, International Make-up Artist Giorgio Armani, took her inspiration from Giorgio Armani’s travelling fashion exhibition Eccentrico, which reveals a collection of 51 equally bold and extravagant dresses designed by the Maestro. The result is an unprecedented palette of fresh and luminous tones that breaks away from the House of Armani’s traditional codes.

ECCENTRICO BLUSH PALETTE (CHF 117.00)
In its red lacquered case, it reveals a harmony of four blushes multi-compacted with micronised powders. Their light texture melts over the skin. With a sweep of the brush, the four Eccentrico shades blend together to create a fresh and sophisticated universal blush, illuminating the complexion.

LIP MAESTRO (CHF 51.00) and NAIL LACQUER (CHF 39.00)
302 Clash – 303 Dazzling – 505 Eccentrico

The lips and nails display matching dazzling shades, while offering contrasting matte and shiny textures.

EYES TO KILL QUADS PALETTE (CHF 83.00)
The eyes are ethereal, almost bare, adorning the eyelids in flamboyant shades, such as pink, coral, Parma violet and pearly white.

In stores now.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of Giorgio Armani

For fall 2012, Mr. Tom Ford brings some fun makeup colours into our lives. The genius has always focused on the essence of femininity and this limited edition collection includes the probably most stunning autumnal pigments for the season.

All beauty enthusiasts, check out the best items here:

EYE COLOR QUAD in Enchanted
CHF 90.-

EYE DEFINING PENCIL in Exotic Teal
CHF 42.-

EYE COLOR QUAD in Emerald Lust
CHF 90.-

CHEEK COLOR in Narcissist
CHF 76.-

LIP COLOR in Aphrodisiac
CHF 62.-

ULTRA SHINE LIP GLOSS in Naiveté
CHF 55.-

NAIL LACQUER in Minx
CHF 42.-

Available in Switzerland from September 2012. If you cannot wait, click HERE to shop this amazing collection now. I want it all!

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of Tom Ford

For Spring 2012, TOM FORD introduces a limited edition collection of smoldering, molten-toned colour inspired by the beauty of a radiant, bronzed face.

“I have always loved the look of tanned, glowing skin, whether it is achieved with bronzing powder or with a natural tan,” says Ford.

I was able to try some of the new products and I am absolutely sold on them.
These are my favourites:

Tom Ford Bronzing Powder in Gold Dust, Lip Lacquer in Gold Dust, Nail Lacquer in Burnished Rouge and Cream Color for Eyes in Platinum.

The TOM FORD BRONZING POWDER has been created to achieve an unmistakably sexy glow, Tom Ford Bronzing Powder features a rare mineral blend of brilliant and energizing sunstone, amber and black tourmaline crystals, in a choice of shimmer or matte finish. It captures and enhances the skin’s golden and bronze undertones, flawlessly highlighting your natural, sensuous radiance.

When used in combination with colour on the eyes, cheeks and lips, the Bronzing Powder can help to create one of Tom Ford’s favorite looks—the burnished, sun-goddess face.

Bronzing Powder Gold Dust, CHF 82.- (shimmer)
Bronzing Powder Terra, CHF 82.- (matte)

A new introduction, the TOM FORD CREAM COLOR FOR EYES delivers four pure and luminous, metallic shades—Platinum, golden Guilt, burnished red Illicit and shimmering Spice—with an ultra-smooth, non-creasing and long-wearing finish. Its highly reflective, ultra-pigmented formula combines advanced color technology with antioxidant-rich ingredients.

I love this creamy eye colour as it is very easy and fast to apply and stays on the whole day.

Cream Color for Eyes, each CHF 38

The collection also includes a new shade of TOM FORD LIP LACQUER called Gold Dust. It infuses the perfect amount of gold-particle pearls into a clear and lustrous lacquer that lavishes and nourishes the lips. Gold Dust can be worn on a nude lip as a seductive lip accent, or layered over a TOM FORD LIP COLOR to create a glistening, gold sheen.

This lip lacquer comes with such a yummy taste that you would like to lick your lips all the time.

Ultra Shine Lip Gloss Gold Dust, CHF 42.-

Four new shades of TOM FORD NAIL LACQUER complete the look. Silver Smoke, Gold Haze, Burnished Rouge and Burnt Topaz are extra-amplified colors formulated with unique mirror pearls to maximize their metal effect and create a molten mirror look. The groundbreaking, high-performance formula with bendable coating delivers high coverage and shine while staying color true throughout wear.

As for me, the Tom Ford nail lacquers last for a very long time, awesome texture!

Nail Lacquer, each CHF 42.-

This Tom Ford Beauty Spring 2012 limited edition collection will be available in Switzerland end of April.

LoL, Sandra

On my nails: Burnished Rouge

Photos: Courtesy of Tom Ford, © Sandra Bauknecht

After conquering the world of fashion, fragrance and film, Tom Ford has brought his impeccable vision to the world of beauty. His first cosmetics collection features a complete range of colour and skin treatments.

It all started last September in New York with a lipstick… my first beauty product by Tom Ford was the Lip Color 07 Pink Dusk, a lovely soft pink shade that goes with everything. The texture is truly amazing, leaving your lips moisturized while providing them with rich colour.

The next time I was back in the States, I couldn’t resist to get more. I truly recommend the eyeshadow palettes. The colours stay on the whole day and you can play with the effects as the textures can be built up, from soft to bold. The glittering shades can be tapped over the lid for an overall glamorous look, perfect for New Year’s Eve.

From left to right:
Eye Color Quad 01 Golden Mink, Lip Color 14 Sable Smoke, Lip Lacquer (a great way to let your lips shine, it works with all shades or can be worn alone) and Lip Gloss 02 Rose Crush.

Photos: © Sandra Bauknecht

From left to right:
Cheek Color 01 Love Lust (a perfect peachy tone), Eye Color Quad 09 Violet Dusk and 10 Titanium Smoke, Nail Lacquer 10 Viper and 09 Plum Noir.

Those nail polishes are amazing! They stay on forever without loosing their brilliance!

In Europe, Tom Ford Beauty is available aready in selected stores, such as Harvey Nichols in London or Printemps in Paris. In Switzerland, the complete range will be available in March. At the moment, you can buy only the lipstick collection.

Please enjoy the photos of Tom Ford’s beauty campaign photographed by famed duo Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott featuring supermodel Lara Stone and designer Tom Ford himself, plus some stills. I love those pics! Isn’t Lara looking absolutely stunning and flawless?!

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of Tom Ford