SEATTLE (November 6, 2000) - When the season and fashions get festive, it’s time to enhance makeup to match the mood. This year, Debbi Hartley, national beauty director for Nordstrom, suggests warming up to cool, frost-touched looks that complement the crystal and paillette embellishments that adorn much of this season’s special occasion apparel offering. Working from a winter palette of glistening whites, metallics and "whitened" pastels, anyone can become the perfect ‘ice princess’ whether their style is all dramatic iridescence or softly luminous. A few of her picks:

• Dust a touch of silver frost across eyelids with Bobbi Brown eye shadow in Sterling Shimmer; $17.
• Call further attention to beautiful eyes by highlighting the area just under the brow with Trish McEvoy eye shadow in Ice or Snow; $18.
• For all-out drama (or to wake up tired eyes after a long day in the office), line lids with Hard Candy’s glitter shadow pencil in Sky; $17.
• To balance dramatic eyes with a softer lip, use Lancôme Lip Brio in Pierre de Lune – a perfect neutral with a hint of shine; $20.
• Calvin Klein’s lip gloss in Icicle will add a frosty glow to any favorite lipstick shade; $17.
• Those who prefer a softer look can still sparkle all over by blending Stila’s Shimmer #7 for eyes, cheeks and body over toned-down makeup. Hartley’s hint: it’s a great alternative to blush for accenting cheeks, so emphasis stays on sparkling eyes; $28.

The cosmetics department at Nordstrom also offers beautiful solutions to holiday gift shopping. Below, a few gift suggestions to satisfy tastes as individual as each lucky person on your gift list:

• Lancôme Color Creations: This set of eye, cheek, lip and nail colors in a palette created exclusively for Nordstrom comes with a step-by-step guide to achieving a beautiful, polished look in just minutes; $75.
• Clinique Glamour-to-Go Holiday Set: A carry-all train case packed with all-purpose products: Berry Infusion Glosswear for nails, Stay Matte Stay Neutral silver compact, Naturally Glossy Mascara in black, Soft Bloom Long-Lasting Lipstick, Moonglow ‘Stay the Day’ Eye Shadow, Eye Shadow Brush and Powder Brush. Exclusive to Nordstrom; $35.
• From MAC: A Nordstrom-exclusive color palette includes two mini Lipglasses in Lust and the limited-edition Fool’s Gold, two lipsticks in Chintz and Del Rio, a four-shade eye shadow compact in Orb, Patina, Shale and Trax, and their #213 Eyeshading brush – all packed in a slick black nylon case; $38.50.
• Clarins Eye Care Essentials: All one needs to pamper the delicate eye area tucked into a neat zippered bag: Eye Contour Balm, Eye Contour Gel, Gentle Eye Makeup Remover Lotion and Pure Volume Mascara in black. Exclusive to Nordstrom; $65.

• Bobbi Brown Color Options Shimmer Chalk Kit: Each shade in this limited-edition set of five shimmery, richly-pigmented ‘chalks’ for eyes and cheeks has a pearlized texture and sheer finish; $35.
• Urban Decay Mini-Nail Kits: Six mini-nail enamels packaged in a functional, super-cool silver makeup bag. Choose from three color schemes: Best Seller, Heavy Metals and Rave Sparkles; $28 each.
• Philosophy 7-Day Juice Fast: It’s really a feast for the senses. Start the day right with this refreshing set of bubble baths and shower gels in seven delightful citrus scents: grape, cranberry, lime, lemon, mango, grapefruit and orange; $45.
• Prescriptives Sweep Set: A great gift for girls on the move. A metal travel case contains makeup application brushes for every purpose – foundation, eye shaping, eye shadow, concealer and blush; $75.

• Snow City: This new, limited-edition fragrance available only at Nordstrom just for the season comes in whimsical packaging that’s almost too cute to wrap up. The eau de toilette ($37.50) and body lotion ($28) sparkle with jasmine and rose, topped with a hint of warm nutmeg.
• Esteé Lauder’s exclusive-to-Nordstrom solid perfume compacts: They’ve become a traditional seasonal favorite of collectors and fragrance fans alike. Two jeweled designs are as pretty as the scents they contain – the baby grand piano is filled with Beautiful and the princess phone holds Esteé Lauder Pleasures; each, $100.

For these items and myriad other gift suggestions, simply visit the nearest Nordstrom, or call the Nordstrom Beauty Hotline at 1-800-7-BEAUTY.