Jeune & jolie (2013)

jeuneetjolie_bornunicornThere are many products on Isabelle’s bathroom shelf: all of them are French.

sanoflore-essence-merveilleuse_bornunicornThe blue bottle on the left is Sanoflore Essence Merveilleuse, a regenerating anti-age night concentrate.

larocheposay_unifiancefoundation_bornunicornThere’s La Roche-Posay Unifiance shine-free foundation.

nuxe_huileprodigieuseseche_bornunicornOne of the most popular French beauty products is Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse. Isabelle uses the sèche version, suitable on face, body and hair.
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There’s a bottle of Nominoë body oil.

chloeperfume_bornunicornThe perfume of choice is Chloé, a floral fragrance created by Amandine Marie and Michel Almairac and launched in 2008. Behind the perfume bottle there’s another Nuxe product in a small tube, but I haven’t been able to identify it. Judging from its content, it could be a travel-size tube or a sample of a product from the Rêve de Miel line.
nominoe_facecleanser_bornunicornLast but not least, another Nominoë product – a gentle foam face cleanser.

Thanks to Mari for the Sanoflore id.

Audrey Hepburn’s Dressing Room (1954)

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rochasfemme_vintage_bornunicornThere’s a box of Marcel Rochas Femme on Audrey Hepburn’s dressing table. This comes as a surprise: I can’t really see her wearing such a femme fatale perfume! It’s one of the masterpieces by Edmond Roudnitska, who created it in 1943: it’s a woody/warm spicy scent, with fruity accents of plum, peach and apricot. Its beautiful bottle was inspired by female curves, maybe those of Mae West, whom the French designer made a famous black lace corset for. It’s not a coincidence that black chantilly lace print decorates the oval box of the perfume. The box on Hepburn’s dressing table looks white, not lacy, though, so I guess what version of the perfume she had.

In this picture, taken by Mark Shaw, the actress was preparing for Ondine at the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre in New York. This picture was originally  published in Mademoiselle (June 1954 issue).

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La caduta degli dei (1969)

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There’s a Guerlain flacon montre on the top shelf on the left in Elisabeth Thallmann‘s (Charlotte Rampling) bathroom. I can see no central disc on the bottle, so it’s impossible to tell what cologne it contained. In the same film, Sophie Von Essenbeck used Shalimar and Mitsouko colognes.

Scream S01E09 (The Dance)

screams01e09_bornunicorn (1)I love Emma’s look in this episode, which focuses on a Halloween party. Emma’s costume is a homage to Pulp Fiction‘s Mia Wallace – white shirt and black cropped pants, black pageboy hair, red nails and matching lips. While she’s getting ready for the event, some interesting items can be seen on her dressing table.

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1930sMascara_grandeThere are a bottle of Schwarzkopf got2b Smooth Operator leave-in conditioner and a bottle of Sally Hansen nail polish in a beige shade, probably Without a Stitch. There’s also a gold tube of Bésame mascara, with the trademark bullet shape and chrysantemum motif.

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dior999lipstick_bornunicornI was a bit on the fence when it comes to her lipstick: the tube looked Dior to me but I was not sure. Thanks to the show’s make-up artist, Ashley Walsh, now I know I was right. Ashley explained she used several shades on Willa Fitzgerald, including the Dior that appears in this scene (N°999) and Bésame Red Hot Red.

screams01e09_bornunicorn (6)The result is flawless: ruby red lips which beautifully contrast with the black wig and the eye-make-up.

 

Welcome to Me (2014)

welcometome_bornunicornThe dressing table at the tv studio where Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig) has her Welcome to Me show is pretty busy.

freshsugarberry_bornunicornStarting from the left, we can see a tube of Fresh Sugar tinted lip treatment in Berry. This is the product that the make-up artist actually applies on Alice’s lips.

lorealcolorrichelipstick_bornunicornA gold tube of L’Oreal Color Riche lipstick. Judging from the shade sticker on the bottom of the tube, it should be a dark colour.

lorealglamshine_bornunicornThere’s also an open tube of L’Oreal Glam Shine lip gloss, in a nude/beige shade.

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In the back row, there’s a tube of L’Oreal Original Voluminous mascara.

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The blue bottle with the white cap is another product by L’Oreal, Clean Artiste, an eye make-up remover.

The white bottle next to it is Tatcha pure one-step camellia cleansing oil.

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Last but not least, there’s a pot with incorporated brush of L’Oreal True Match Naturale all-over mineral glow.

Thanks to Emily in the comments for the Tatcha id.

Sons of Anarchy S03E13 (To Be, Act 1)

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There’s a bottle of Halston cologne on Tara’s dresser. This is a hugely successful perfume, first launched in 1975: it’s a woody fragrance whose most prominent notes are oakmoss, incense and amber; it symbolized (and still does) the most glamourous and glitziest side of that decade.

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