PINK lipsticks are ALSO a blondes BFF!

I must admit...I love a gorgeous, vivid pink lipstick almost as much as a red one. It's a slightly softer, more playful option for a blonde bombshell. Less Marylin, more Barbie BUT still just as glamorous. Think lush, unapologetic hues that look great while driving a pink Cadillac convertible, nothing tame or muted with brown. Jayne Mansfield preferred pink shades over red. Angelyne too. From baby-doll to neon, here are my top picks for the best options on the market. It's time to re-think PINK!

Schiap Semi-Matte Lipstick by NARS

This vivid, startling shade was inspired by the avant-garde 1920s/30s fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, and is based on her signature color, which she called "Shocking Pink".  She described it as "life-giving, like all the light and the birds and the fish in the world put together, a color of China and Peru but not of the West." Yves Saint Laurent later referred to the color as "having the nerve of red...an aggressive, brawling, warrior pink." It features a long lasting, velvet texture and is non-drying.

Buy it at Sephora

 #33 Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick by Make Up For Ever

 This beautiful flamingo pink shade is probably the softest and most wearable option on the list.  It's warm, shrimp like quality is extremely flattering and looks tropical and lush. It's formulated with 50% more pigment than the traditional lipstick and gives an immediate true-to-color result. A blend of three natural waxes, the creamy texture glides on effortlessly.

Buy it at Sephora  

Show Orchid Amplified Creme Lipstick by MAC

This high voltage, iridescent blue/violet fuchsia shade is my personal favorite and definitely not for the demure! This lipstick is so intense in fact, it's only available at MAC PRO industry stores. It features an ultra-moist formula with a high shine finish, plus special pigments that allow for added clarity of color, and goes on creamy and smooth. Wear it if you dare!

Order from the MAC PRO New York Showroom (212) 229-4830

#7 Lingerie Pink Rouge Volupté Lipstick by YSL

The baby-doll nightgown of pink lipsticks, this creamy, dreamy, pale shade calls to mind flipped hairdos, Gidget and early 1960's innocence. Perfect for when you're in a girlie mood. Featuring a satiny smooth texture and a high shine finish, the tube features a tiny mirror on the lid for easy touch ups!

 Buy it at Sephora

 Pink Nouveau Satin Lipstick by MAC

This is the ultimate Barbie, bubblegum pink shade. It's delectable, candy color has the faintest hint of lilac and is perfect for when you want to get all "dolled" up. It is also one of Lady GaGa's favorite colors, and was the inspiration for her shade of Viva Glam lipstick. The formula provides a high color payoff and a semi-matte, cream finish.

Buy it at MAC Cosmetics

Darling Delight: Champagne Kiss Cookies recipe inspired by the Blonde Bombshell!

For the Champagne Kiss cookie recipe scroll down or click here!

Bombshell

  -noun 

1. An explosive bomb.
   
2. One that is sensationally shocking, surprising, or amazing.
   
3. One who is very attractive.
   

 This slang term has become synonymous with beauty, glamour and sex! Originally popularized by it's use to describe Jean Harlow (who starred in the 1933 film Bombshell), it's now commonly used to describe any voluptuous, female sex symbol. It's especially linked to blondes. The image of a "Blonde Bombshell"; roller-set hair, luscious red lipstick and artfully applied liquid liner, is inexplicably linked to Marilyn Monroe, whose timeless beauty inspired decades of glaMOUR!

Jean Harlow

 Lana Turner

Marilyn Monroe

Mamie Van Doren

Jayne Mansfield

Diana Dors

 

Candy Darling

Madonna
 

 
Amanda Lepore

Eva Herzigova

Drew Barrymore

Nadja Auermann

Anna Nicole Smith

Gwen Stefani

Christina Aguilera 

Scarlet Johanssen 

Lady GaGa


 I created this recipe as a birthday gift for one of my favorite blonde bombshells, my friend; the lovely Amanda Lepore! Her trademark succulent red lips, predilection for champagne and unapologetic glamour are legendary! Here is my latest Delight, inspired by the bombshell in us all:

Champagne Kiss Cookies

Bombshell blonde sugar cookie with starlet red champagne icing

Lip Smackin' Good!

Ingredients 

* 3 cups all-purpose flour

* 1 teaspoon baking powder

* 1 teaspoon salt

* 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

* 1 cup sugar

* 1 egg, at room temperature

* 1 tablespoon Half & Half, at room tempurature

* 1 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Pure vanilla extract

 Icing

* 4 cups (1 box) confectioners sugar, sifted

* 3 tablespoons meringue powder

* 1/2 teaspoon Lorann Champagne Flavor

* 1/2 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Pure vanilla extract

* 1 tablespoon red food color

* 6 tablespoons warm water

Directions

Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Place butter and sugar in large bowl of electric stand mixer and beat until light in color. Add egg, half & half, and vanilla and beat to combine. Put mixer on low speed, gradually add flour, and beat until mixture pulls away from the side of the bowl. Divide the dough in half, wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

Sprinkle surface where you will roll out dough with flour. Remove 1 wrapped pack of dough from refrigerator at a time, sprinkle rolling pin with flour, and roll out dough to 1/4-inch thick. Move the dough around and check underneath frequently to make sure it is not sticking. Cut into desired shape, place at least 1-inch apart on a non-stick baking sheet and bake for 7 to 8 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to turn brown around the edges, rotating cookie sheet halfway through baking time. Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes after removal from oven and then move to complete cooling on wire rack.

For the icing, beat all ingredients until peaks form (7-10) minutes at low speed with an electric mixer fitted with a whip attachment. To thin icing for dipping/pouring, add 1 tablespoon water per cup of icing and stir slowly. Add 1/2 teaspoon water at a time until you reach the desired consistency. Decorate as desired.

Makes 24 cookies.

photos by Veronica iBarra

Brought to you in association with La Bella Memoria

Blonde Movie Star Jayne Mansfield's Pink Palace!

.....and I thought MY Pussy Palace was fierce! 50's bombshell Jayne Mansfield had a real life Barbie Dream House all her own, and she called it The PINK Palace! She bought a Mediterranean-style, 40 room mansion in Beverly Hills in 1957, and had the entire thing painted pink! She decorated it by requesting free samples from a number of furniture stores and building suppliers, saying that it would be great press for them, as the house was likely to be photographed. She received over $150,000 worth of free merchandise while paying only $76,000 for the mansion itself! Get it, girl!!

Yes, her front gate featured her initials!

My dream car!! The Pussymobile?

Perfect feature for entertaining? That's a CHAMPAGNE fountain in front of the window!!!

Another key feature? A balcony, perfect for dramatically greeting guests!

The cozy family room featuring a mirrored ceiling, pink lame' curtains and a bear skin rug! What else would you decorate it with?

Ultimate example of vanity: a wall with nothing but photos of yourself!

The boudoir! Don't you know black satin sheets show all the stains, girl?

Yes, that IS a heart shaped, gold gilt pink marble bathtub!

.....and yes, that IS wall to wall, floor to ceiling pink shag carpet!

Before cell phones you just had to have a phone in every room!

Rub a dub-dub!

Just your casual, business office. It's like living inside a giant tube of red lipstick!

The nursery! Sugar sweet!

Her newlywed husband, a former plumber/carpenter turned professional 
bodybuilder built the heart shaped swimming pool as a wedding present!

Of course he had "I Love You Jayne" inscribed on the bottom! Now THAT is love!