Welcome to Speaking of Style!

With fashions and designs by our talented new team of Style Experts to our exquisite new m. vie™ Lingerie that uplifts in all the right places—our New Fall Collection is filled with beautiful surprises and endless possibilities (for you!)

Let Interior Designer Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz take you on a design journey into his intriguing dream rooms—each room is titled with a unique theme to help you shop your favorite designs (click here to get started!)

Get Glowing with new m. vie™ Mineral Makeup!

Model is wearing m. vie™ Mineral Makeup Collection Colors Canvas Foundation, Mauvelous Blush, Port Lipstick, Pewter, Brown Derby and Tiramisu Eye Shadow, Black Eye Pencil and Smoke Mascara

With beautiful shades from romantic to dramatic—our new line of highly pigmented Mineral Makeup is a great way to update your fall look.

There’s so much happening at MV right now—We invite you to explore, be inspired and start planning a fabulous fall.

Tell us what you think! Log-in to talk to Midnight Velvet and let us know what is happening in your life, how you plan to update your style/home/makeup and what your hopes are for a beautiful new season.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Serena

You know that it’s really summer when the scent of wild honeysuckle is on the breeze, lemonade stands start popping up throughout the neighborhood and all the flowers of summer flaunt their fabulous blooms—becoming even more aromatic in the heat.

L De Lolita Lempicka for Her by Lolita Lempicka

When choosing a summer fragrance, I usually go for something fresh and clean and a little floral—with maybe some citrus thrown in. It’s the kind of scent I can wear from work, to an outdoor market, to a concert by the lake shore.  Nighttime fragrances can get a little more romantic, like a flower that only blooms by moonlight.

Whatever you prefer, have a little fun with fragrance this summer! Scents can help us recall good memories-and wearing a familiar fragrance is like going back in time for just an instant. Carefree, breezy, bold and sassy-whatever you prefer, enjoy your own scents of summer…

Serena

Fourth of July weekend has arrived! I hope while you all are taking time to spend with your family and friends—that you get to express your personal independence with a splash of fashion!

Light up your outfit with some Sparklers (sparkly jewels, sequins and colorful beads!) and go celebrate the American Spirit—There’s so much happening in the world right now—let’s keep the spark alive. Take a moment to remember the men and women who serve us all in the armed forces. And keep striving for a better world and a beautiful life.

Happy 4th everyone!

Serena

Those of you who have been following, know we recently brought Beauty Expert Maureen Burke into the MV fold—and we wanted to give you a Behind the Scenes Peek at our upcoming mineral makeup line—m. vie™!

For a special treat, Maureen came into our company offices and gave an instructional demo. (It was standing room only!—So many of us wanted to find out the secrets behind her gorgeous beauty looks!) See Emily’s transformation with Maureen (below!)

Maureen brings out her professional eyebrow tweeze tool...

Maureen works her magic on Emily's eyes

Maureen applies new m. vie™ Mineral Foundation with super fluffy Kabuki and Cheekabuki brushes

The finishing touch!

Emily's m. vie™ Mineral Makeover is complete(ly) beautiful!

Developed exclusively for Midnight Velvet by Maureen and our Senior Makeup Merchandiser,

m. vie™ Mineral Makeup is:

•Natural (so friendly to your skin, kind, protective from free-radicals and UV-reflective)
•Highest quality pigments
• Developed with a complete line of professional makeup brushes and helpful application guides
•Weightless coverage-you can decide how much or how little works with your complexion.

Our goal was to create a high quality mineral makeup line with a complexion-matching Starter Kit, instructional tips/guides and videos that would help women “do it themselves.”

We got a lot of great tips about applying Mineral Makeup—We can’t wait to share them with you as soon as the makeup is available in a few weeks!

One of the most rewarding parts of our “afternoon of beauty” was a sneak peek at the transformational videos (up on the site soon-stay tuned!) featuring our Feeling Fabulous Makeover Winners.

A group of strong, beautiful women, each winner inspired us with her phenomenal spirit and amazing transformations—they revealed that they were true beauties, both inside and out.

Stay tuned for more news on the m. vie™ Mineral Revolution!
m. vie™ Mineral Makeup is coming soon!

Serena

Dads do a lot of amazing things. They make you feel safe, give you advice when you’re conflicted (real advice; the kind that’s helpful, without judging).

Dads tell great stories. They read great stories, too, after picking you up from ballet/soccer/jujutsu —always happy to see you, even after a long day at work.

Dads know best. And when they don’t, the great ones admit it.

Dads have great memories. As the years pass, you’ll find they are mostly memories of you. Dads remember when you were small enough to fit into those little black dress-up shoes. And if you’re lucky, he got to wear his years later, to walk you down the aisle.

At MV, we celebrate Fathers everywhere—by taking time to give them their moment.

Because if they could, they’d give you the world.

Happy Father’s Day

Serena