Jasmine

Polish up your magic lamp and shake out your flying carpet, because the latest installment in Sephora's Reigning Beauties is just around the corner. After the ever-popular Cinderella Collection hit shelves in October, it looks like the beauty brand has tapped spunky, adventurous princess Jasmine as its muse du jour.

In this teaser trailer for the collection, Jasmine is seen traipsing around the dessert clad in her signature gauzy fabrics. Her eyes are done in a mesmerizing cat eye, and if the princess's shadow hues are any indication, the collection will feature a bevy of deep blues and decadent golds. Sephora's Jasmine Collection is slated for a March release. Will you be checking it out?

Fresh jasmine has a heady, beautiful scent, which is why the flowers are so valued in the fragrance world. Chanel uses jasmine in Chanel N°5, and the raw floral oil sells for more than $120 an ounce. In other words, it's luxurious stuff — which is why the idea of having jasmine-scented hair feels incomparably fancy. Earlier this week, designer Rachel Roy did just that at the Met Gala, wearing Kesari Indian Oil hair serum ($26.50) in her hair. The newly launched serum is incredibly lightweight, stops frizz, and adds shine when applied before or after a blow-dry. Those are all worthy qualities, but the reason I keep applying it is the scent. Imagine a dozen freshly plucked jasmine flowers sitting in the sun, softly releasing their fragrance. That's exactly it, and that's why this jasmine aficionado will probably finish her bottle by the end of next week.

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member JolieElise from the Lovely Little Vignettes group:

I'm just as likely to create a vignette outdoors and indoors. I trained jasmine over the cast-off iron from the bottom of a spiral staircase. When she's in bloom, she's stunning!

I've added the large vase and love the lines here.

Have you created any indoor or outdoor vignettes? Be sure to post photos and tales in the Lovely Little Vignettes group!

If you love jasmine, you'll find Fruits & Passion's new Nourishing Dry Oil ($14) completely sweet. Its Monoi variety, made with argan and avocado oils, gives skin and hair a soft jasmine scent.

Although it's not exactly a complex perfume, it's pretty and light enough that you won't reek of flowers in the heat. It also soaks in really quickly—I've put on way more than I needed, and it still absorbed in just a couple of minutes. It also didn't make my clothing all oily and sticky, which is a big plus. On hot, humid days, it's the next best thing to sitting in the garden.

Now I've seen some pretty smart dogs, but Jasmine's skills are out of this world. Her tricks keep coming and coming (and coming), from playing cowboys to popping like the weasel, so this pup certainly passes the test! The video should bring a smile to your day and some encouragement to enroll a pooch in special homeschooling when it's done — all you need are time, patience, and some yummy treats to tempt those furry students along.