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By Layne Christensen

’ Fashion Editor

lehristensen@nsnews.com

GET ready to shine.

Glamour is back in a big way
this party season. That means per-
fectly styled hairdos, tuxurious
cashmere and faux-fur, and full-on

‘makeup. In the days leading up to
New Year's Eve, head to the cos-
metics counter to check gut v hat’s
new for the holiday season.

Colourings Makeup from the

* Body Shop has prepared a seasonal

cosmetics feast ripe with plums,
beiges, coppers and rich reds, com-
plemented with pale, sheer prod-
ucts. The collection features con-
temporary twists such as metallic
undertones, high-gloss textures
and natural ingredients to benefit
the skin and improve product per-
formance. The overall look seduces
with shimmering highlights applied
in a variety of soft textures, lips and
nails: glossed .with rich tones, and
‘eyes swathed with pearlized
metallics. - :
~ Clinique invites party girls to
chill with Cool It, a limited-edition
“line of ice-crystal colours: ‘arctic
inspired silver-blues, pink-golds
and wintery lavenders.

Clinique’s Cool It Gloss Stick

; ($22) glides on to provide a touch _

of shiny frost to shoulders, checks

-and lids. New High Gloss Lip

Shine ($15.50), a clear gloss with
‘floating coloured crystals, and
Long Last Soft .Shine Lipstick

Blue and Gold Chill —- are the per-
fect finishing touch.

Estée Lauder introduces Go
Wink for the eyes in liquid and
glimmery wet/dry powder formu-
lations.

The theme of Lancome’s holiday
colour collection is Glamourose,
with rich colours for the cheeks, lips ,
and nails. New this season is
Glisstick (S20), in Cool Kiss or Cool
Plum, a cool stick for fips witha
mint flavour and a sheer finish.

Crystal.tattoos are a. must for
partics.. Lancome’ offers “Jewel -
Effects ($19), a spiral design of.
crystals thac can be applied any:
where on the body or face. Micra-

- Paillettes. ($25), sparkling-touch .

glitter, are another way to shine.

Revlon goes for. the’ gold this
holiday season. Luminous metallic
finishes cast a virtual. gold-leaf
effect on skin. Eyes shimmer with’
Eye Glow Shadow (about $6) in

Gold Foil swept over lids, extend--

ing around the bottom of the eye.

Lips are polished with a swipe of -..

violet, and a dab of gold to the cen- -
tre of the bottom lip, using shades ~
from the Foiled Fusion Lip Blender
compact (about $10). Nails shine
with a “dipped in metal” look.
May ‘beltine has also caught gold

fever this season. Inspired by the.-

“gile”-ridden Eighties,
Maybelline’s Gold Rules «colour
collection has a retro. touch, with -
lipsticks, eye. shadows and. nail
enamel in bronze, copper and plat-
inum shades.

Chanel’s limited-edition:

ptoto Estée: Laudor

” NEW from Estée Lauder.is
_Go Wink, liquid or glimmery

welldry powder for easel

“LANCOME colours It Hoh .

($16.50) add sparkle. Glosswear Lumiére Platiné- platinum face
for. the holiday season.

E hoilday ca'lecticn from Colo: ngs Makeup, available ‘exctusive-
Nail Enamel ($10) in three icy-cool . powder ($49) highlights the face ©

iy. through ‘The’ Body Shop, features. metallic undertones and high-
gioss textures

well as natural al ingredients to benefit the skin.

ifty Years of Fashion, by Valerie
Steele, «Yale University Prest, 168 _
$34.95 °:

present. in her ! latest book.
yond the trends and :

“Stee! “goes
the designers, although they. are all
included, and presents the fashions ‘in
the social context of the day. Her histo-

Fian’s eye focuses. on the details of ~
“change, like . London ‘designer. Mary -

Quant, “who. became famous as_ the

inventer of the mini- a-skirt, an

Shades — Shimmery Moon, Icy with a subtle shimmer of silver.

Many of the dresses shown are pre-

sented on mannequins, adding a muse-
ality to the photographs. : She
inclu ies samples of a broad range of
designers’ work.
Steele chronicles the changes of style

with insightful writing that incorporates ::
‘the bigger picture in both the fashion ©

and the modern world where the head-

’ fines are made.

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Dior, Lacroix,” Armani’ and: others

: stamped their mark on fashion. Steele’ -
_ has recorded their impact and looked at

the contributions each have made. Bi

keeping the historical aspect of the fash-::

ion evolution, Steele has created a book
that provides a’ lasting impression. of :
how the fashion world got to its current
state. An entertaining and educational

‘read,