Allure‘s lastest magazine issue has Zoe Saldana on the cover, and this lovely page on how to create showstopper eyes. This smokey blue eye was created by makeup artist Linda Cantello for the Giogio Armani show. The key to getting a precise line is to make one swift, continuous stroke – don’t pause, or it will look jagged. Cantello achieved this soft slate hue by blending both gray and blue...
Rihanna Unveils New MAC RiRi Woo Lipstick
Pucker up, pretty ladies, there’s a new lipstick shade you need to know about! Our favorite good girl gone bad, Rihanna has joined forces with MAC Cosmetics to unveil a fierce new collection that really speaks to her style and persona. Take a peek at her first product launch, the RiRi Woo lipstick, a gorgeous deep red shade that was inspired by the brand’s famous Ruby Woo shade she’s famously...
Chanel launches makeup line inspired by classic cinematic beauty
French luxury house Chanel has released a new line of lipsticks and nail polishes inspired by classic cinematic beauty. Awards season might be over, but after the Oscars, Golden Globes, Baftas and Césars, Chanel is clearly still buzzing from some traditional red-carpet beauty looks. The new collection of matching nail polishes and lipsticks sticks to traditional pigment-rich tones in pink, bright scarlet, fuchsia, aubergine and coral. There are eight Rouge...
MAC Marilyn Monroe: Legendary Blush & Forever Marilyn Beauty Powder
A few weeks back, I had the pleasure of being invited to the MAC Soho exclusive Marilyn Monroe event. These were my invitations: My two invitations to the MAC Marilyn Monroe Event at the Soho, NYC Store I ended up getting these two packages. In retrospect, I should have picked up the lipsticks as well: MAC Marilyn Monroe in LEGENDARY blush & FOREVER MARILYN beauty powder I love the kisses...
MAC Reel Sexy Cremesheen Glass: Private Screening
MAC Reel Sexy Cremesheen Glass: Private Screening Private Screening is a mid-tone peach shade & it fuses the creamy, sheen-filled nature of Cremesheen lipstick with the shine of M·A·C Lipglass. Lovely! ‘PRIVATE SCREENING’ should be directly printed on the box Private Screening should be Vanilla-scented but be taste-less when applied. Unlike other MAC products which uses stickers, ‘Private Screening’ is written in capital letters and is printed directly on the...
Benefit Cosmetics Lip Plump Review
Product: Benefit Cosmetics Lip Plump Description This creamy, neutral-tone primer fills in lines & builds up the contour of your lips while helping lipstick stay put longer. (2.5 g Net wt. 0.09 oz) Directions Apply two dots on upper & lower lips. Pat & blend. Let dry then apply lipstick. Va va voom! Brush Handle: Directions: Lips before hand (I am bottom lip heavy): Applying: After initial application: After 1...
MAC Opulash Optimum Black Mascara Review
Product: MAC Opulash MascaraShade/Color: Optimum Black Website Description: Superlative style & state-of-the-art science merge. A new formula in a more saturated intense black with extra-volumization, expansion & curl delivered Review This is a nice mascara and I was hoping for dramatic lashes since opulash is a bit of a dramatic name. This mascara enhances what you have by lengthening and slightly darkening your natural lashes. It does not curl. It...
Tarte lights, camera, lashes! Mascara Review
Product: Tarte Cosmetics: lights, camera, lashes! Mascara Shade: Black Website Description: This is what we call a push-up bra for your lashes™ a 4-in-1 (lengthening, curling, volumizing and conditioning) dermatologist tested mascara that gives dramatic, thick, sexy lashes and is clinically proven to increase lash volume by 424%. Please click on the images to expand them. mascara: Mascara brush (No Flash): Mascara Brush (with flash): Before & After: Before &...
MAC Pink Nouveau Lipglass Review/Swatch
Product: MAC LipglassColor: Pink Nouveau The product: The brush:Swatch: Before & After (Natural Lighting): With Flash: Diffused Flash: Review: MILKY! Its hard to make it even when its all milky. It is very gooey, sticky and thick, which is what MAC lipglasses are known for.I saw a lot of pictures of this color on the internet but I have found that most pictures layer the lipglass with Pink Nouveau lipstick,...
Urban Decay Skyscraper Multi-Benefit Mascara Review
Got Urban Decay Skyscraper Multi-Benefit Mascara in the mail today! 🙂 Package and mascara: I love the pattern swirls on both the package and on the mascara. So why is this mascara called skyscraper? look how long the mascara’s handle is and is not even fully out yet! super long! (please ignore my chipped nailpolish [its Nirvana by Dior]) I notice that there is goop of mascara at the bottom...