The Holidays are here! and what better yet that a holiday ombre nails! Julep hooked us up with this fabulous silver ombre tutorial. You can substitute the colors if you wish, enjoy! What You’ll Need clear base coat (optional, but it protects the nails) Julep Winter (or any other white nail polish) Julep Clio (or any other silver glitter nail polish, make sure that the substitute glitter polish is...
Day & Night Looks with Julep Sweep Eyeshadow Palette: Neutrals
Hello, Maven! This is the the new Sweep Eyeshadow Palette: Neutrals in action. The December’s featured add-on tool for the December Maven Selection boxes is the Julep Eyeshadow Brush. It is a synthetic brush with a great dome shape. Day look For both eye looks in this tutorial you’ll need: Sweep Eye Palette: Neutrals brown eyeliner & black eyeliner (we used the double-sided Kajal Eye Glider) Julep Eyeshadow Brush placement...
Dupe of the Day: Bite Rhubarb vs Revlon Sultry
KiraOsteo (Reddit) pointed out this extremely close dupe. Bite Rhubarb is a plum rose matte lip pencil (Sephora, $24 ) and Revlon Sultry is a pretty close matte balm (Target, around $6 or any drugstore, can be as low as $2). Revlon Sultry goes on a little bit more solid and is matter, while Bite Rhubarb is creamier and takes slightly longer to dry. xoxo, Emmy...
Why Most Beauty Bloggers Fail
I have been staring at XoxoEmmy.com for a bit, and a dark gloomy feeling as been hitting me: I suck as a beauty blogger. There might be worse websites out there, but I don’t feel I have been putting my 110% percent on this project. And its tough to realize that. But its important to know when you’re failing if you want to improve. I wrote these points to myself...
Free Julep Holiday Glam Kit with $35 Purchase
Julep is offering the following Holiday Glam Kit for free with any $35 purchase. Kit Includes: Oscar – It Girl: Ultra chic, multidimensional gold glitter Anisa – Classic with a Twist: Deep burgundy crème Kajal Eye Glider & Sharpener: Two intensely pigmented colors—carbon black and brown shimmer—that glide on smoothly and blend like a dream Julep Lip Gloss – Daring: Sheer bright red gloss luster The Holiday Glam gift is...
RiRi Hearts MAC Holiday Collection
Maeve Keirans for MTV writes: Rih followed up the first campaign image with a shot of the products, which also, coincidentally, answered most of our questions. Yes, there will be a bright red nail polish. Yes, there will be a red lipstick, and it look a lot like RiRi Woo, so maybe there’s still hope for you to get your hands on a tube before the end of 2013! The...
Rihanna Named as the Face of MAC Viva Glam for 2014
Good news for RiRi fans: The singer’s holiday collection with MAC will not be her last rodeo with the cult favorite makeup brand. MAC announced via Twitter today that Rihanna will be the next spokesperson for the brand’s Viva Glam lipstick campaign. Viva Glam has been around since 1994, boasting spokespeople from Cyndi Lauper to Nicki Minaj to Ricky Martin. One-hundred percent of the proceeds from the lipstick benefit AIDS...
Barbie Without Makeup (Artist’s Reveal)
An artist has created an image of what Barbie would look like without her signature glamorous make-up. and boy, does she look different! In one of the two side-by-side images posted to Reddit, the iconic doll Barbie is seen wearing her usual bright blue eye shadow, pink lipstick, penciled-in eyebrows and heavy mascara. The second photo of Barbie, however, sees her completely undone, revealing the puffy cheeks and tired eyes...