Written by Sam Freelance makeup artist and blogger Sam comes at us with even MORE makeup math in today’s guest post. Ever wonder what people mean when they say you’ve got a round, oval, heart, or even triangular-shaped face? Well, we’re here to decode all that geometry-based mumbo jumbo with some simple “tests” (no calculator [...]
Archive for December 1st, 2010
More Makeup Math: Gettin’ Down with Geometry
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss 
Tags: guest post, Makeup Tips/How ToGel Eyeliner is My Rainy Day Salvation
To call today’s weather in NYC merely “rain” would be an understatement—it’s a sideways-blowing monsoon that assaults your eyes worse than a Heidi Montag music video. Realizing as I got ready this morning that I’d have to put on my dreaded rubber rain boots (I don’t care if they’re made… »
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: eye makeup, eyeliner, gel eyeliner, Maybelline, The BlogTwo Ways to Win MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick
You wanna talk about shocked? I was practically floored the first time I clicked to play this YouTube video of young Stefani Germanotta tickling the ivories at NYU. I’m serious — forget that goofy meat dress. This girl can SING! Flash forward to 2010. It was a cold and blustery February in much of the [...]
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: giveaway, Just For Fun, MACMaybelline New York Expert Wear Eye Shadow in Charcoal Smokes
Smoky eyes are a cinch with this Maybelline palette
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: Beauty Haul, eye shadow, Maybelline, smoky eyesThe View from the Water
Remember the Royal Hawaiian Hotel? Yeah, I’m a little obsessed with it (hello, it’s PINK!). Here’s another view of it, this time from the water (I was snorkeling in Waikiki). © Karen for Makeup and Beauty Blog: Makeup Reviews, Beauty Tips and Drugstore Beauty Finds, 2010. | Permalink | 4 comments |
Is This What Shoe Heaven Looks Like?
I saw these at the Miu Miu store when I was cruising Ala Moana Center today. What say you? I love them… le sigh. © Karen for Makeup and Beauty Blog: Makeup Reviews, Beauty Tips and Drugstore Beauty Finds, 2010. | Permalink | 19 comments |
Hana Lima Hawaiian Soaps Are a Breath of Fresh Hawaiian Air
Aloha, young lady. You know that last-minute scramble for snacks and nicknacks to bring home at the end of a trip? Well, that describes my day. Since I fly back to the Bay tomorrow, I wanted to tour the 290+ shops and take in the sights at Ala Moana Center, Hawaii’s biggest mall (also the [...]
3 Fusion Beauty Lip Plumpers Put to the Test
Written by OIga Today Olga of MakeUpAcademia puts her lips on the line in the name of beauty science, testing three Fusion Beauty lip plumpers for today’s guest post. Many beauty brands carry one lip plumper, if any, but not Fusion Beauty. Known for “fusing beauty with science” and their “tested on scientists, not animals” [...]