Beauty Icon Wednesday: Dita Von Teese

You know her, you love her.  Dita Von Teese (born Heather Renee Sweet) is a burlesque performer, artist, singer(see video below!!!), and fashion model.  She is known for her porcelain skin, dazzling scarlet lips, and flawless cat eye liner.  She sources her vintage look from Old Hollywood glamour.  A time when creation of one's image was an art form.  There wasn't anything natural about Hollywood during this era.  Plastic surgery was on the rise, women were dying their hair and wearing more makeup than they had in the '20's and '30's.

 She was married to musician Marilyn Manson in 2005 until they called it quits in 2007.  It was during this time period where I feel like her look evolved.  There was a hint of Femme Fatale mixed with a hint of Vampire Queen.

After the experimental phase, a new side of her emerged.  She grew wings and took flight. In addition to the burlesque performances, Dita now has several partnerships in the beauty industry.  She has a fragrance line, Dita Von Teese Perfumes, and a partnership with ARTDECO Cosmetics in which she debuted two collections.  One in a standard black packaging, and the other, in true Old Hollywood style, in gold packaging.

Her fragrances are my choice of today!  I'm currently sniffing Dita Von Teese Rouge, which is a rich, smoky floral.  The notes are bergamot, pink pepper, orange, lapsang souchong tea, magnolia, woods, and amber.
She debuted her first fragrance, Dita Von Teese on HSN where it nearly sold out.  She said she didn't want to create "just another celebrity perfume" that was a "fruity floral" mess.  She also didn't want her name splashed all over the place (I should take a hint in this post...ha!) The bottles are devoid of her name.  She wanted them to be a modern interpretation of a classic bottle.  I'm IN LOVE with the atomizer puff on the two larger sizes of the original concoction.

Her next two fragrances are fairly new.  The third being Fleurtease, and the fourth, Erotique, which will debut this fall.  Fleurtease is a light, fresh floral.  If you're curious about trying any of these, I recommend The Perfumed Court.  They sell decants of popular fragrances so you can try before you buy.  The Perfumed Court, here. 

Want to try Dita's signature look on your own?

For Foundation, Dita prefers L'Oreal True Match in N1 here or a drugstore! or Dior Capture Totale Serum Foundation in 010 here (always go to a counter if you can! ;)), always set with MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light here.  She's also a fan of Guerlain's Meteorites Powder for the Face found at Sephora!
For Blush she uses MAC's Mocha and Dame frequently.  Found here!

For Lips, Dita uses a wide variety of Reds.  Her favorites include Russian Red, Ruby Woo, Viva Glam I, Dubonnet, all by MAC! (Viva Glam lipsticks are in the side bar, just click!)  She's also a fan of Yves Saint-Laurent's Rouge Pur #1 at Sephora and Dior's Diorific Lipstick in Rouge Bingo (Good luck finding this!  Diorific lipsticks are limited to Holiday release, with the exception of these online.)

For Eyes, Dita generally uses eyeshadows by MAC.  Her favorites are: Shroom, Brun, Carbon, Vapor... anything in neutral/shimmer territory, found here!
For Liner, Dita uses MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack found here!
For Mascara Dita prefers Diorshow Original in Catwalk Black here or Guerlain's Le 2 de Guerlain Mascara in black found at Sephora here!

Here's a look at her vanity :P

Check out her interview with Into The Gloss here!

That's it for today, beautiful subjects.  

Here are more drool worthy pictures! 

Your Prince loves you,

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