Favorite Morsels of 2008
It’s New Year’s Eve.. hard to believe that the end of 2008 is upon us.
This year was full of ups and downs for me in my personal and professional life. One of this year’s best that combined both of those things for me was this blog.
- Lots of you, including myself, were interested in the first FDA-approved at-home laser hair removal system from TRIA. Good thing is, for all that moola, this baby really works!
- Jeannie, our East Coast Contributor, went behind the scenes at Three Custom Color and talked shop with co-founder Chad Hayduk to get the scoop on Fall/Winter 2008 trends. She also got to see how 3CC makes custom lip glosses right on the spot!
- Summer kicked off Dior’s Confessions of a Beauty Director events where I got to meet Director Joelle Russo and found out her favorite products and tips for hot-weather beauty.
- Wearing false lashes doesn’t have to be the time-consuming task you think it is. All it takes is a little patience and an easy step-by-step. I think one of my New Year’s resolutions will be to wear falsies at least once a week – in public 
- 2008 brought the release of Danity Kane’s sophomore release, Welcome to the Dollhouse, as well as the band’s demise. But no one can deny these ladies are gorgeous – with a little help from celebrity makeup artist J.J. Jacobucci and her tips on how she made up the girls during their album cover shoot.
- I love it when my friends get into the beauty thing with me. Thanks to Nicky from the shu uemura boutique in San Francisco, his tips and tricks proved easy enough for us to transform my friend Susan into pop icon Madonna from her Hard Candy album cover look.
- There was lots of chatter about Miley Cyrus’ Vanity Fair photo shoot back in the Spring. Are your thoughts on the topic the same, or still as strong as it was 8 months ago?
- Holiday looks are so fun to create! I came up with a fun colorful face, a sassy red lip, and an ice princess for this season of cheer.
- My blog family and I had a great time with our 80’s Beauty Challenge to come up with fun interpretations on pop icons from the decade.
- But by far, my favorite event of 2008 was the birth of my sweet little god daughter, Katanah!
What were some of your favorite memories from the past year? Hopefully this year has been great and best wishes from me to you and yours for a wonderful 2009. Happy New Year!!!
On December 31st, 2008 Nikki said:
Lilan, you definitely had a wonderful year and 2009 will even be better!
Happy new year!!!!
On January 1st, 2009 Lilan said:
Hi Nikki,
Happy New Year to you too! Did you have a good time last night?
I know 2009 will be great for you as well