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… »
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Gel Eyeliner is My Rainy Day Salvation
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Tags: eye makeup, eyeliner, gel eyeliner, Maybelline, The BlogBeauty Bloggers Unite for a Cause—and You Can Help!
If there’s one issue I’m passionate about, it’s giving back—especially around the holidays, which can be a particularly poignant time for those less fortunate. This year, the beauty blogging community has come together to create a wonderful charitable initiative, and you can help support their cause. BeautyBloggers.org is the collaboration… »
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: Beauty bloggers, charity, holiday, The BlogEssie’s Tips for Getting Out of a Nail Rut
Falling into a makeup rut is a fairly common problem, but I tend to suffer from a lesser-known obstacle: The nail polish rut. Each season when the cosmetics companies release their juicy assortment of new fashion-inspired polishes, I ooh and aah at them as if they’re precious gems, admiring the… »
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: Essie, nail polish, Nails, The Blog4 Makeup Tricks to Hide Puffiness
Today you may have woken up with a different type of hangover—the kind created by yesterday’s sodium-packed Thanksgiving feast, which can result in the same swollen eyes and bloated face the next morning as you’d get had you taken the traditional cocktail route. And since today happens to be the… »
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: blush, eye shadow, lip gloss, makeup tips, puffy eyes, shimmer, The Blog, tinted moisturzer, Touche EclatHappy Thanksgiving!
Wherever you are today, I hope you’re surrounded by the people who love you most—the ones who think you’re most beautiful without a stitch of makeup on.
Have a safe and peaceful holiday!
Black Friday Beauty Deals!
Over the years, Black Friday has earned a rather crude reputation thanks to news clips of crowds bum-rushing stores and knocking over salespeople while clawing for a half-priced TV. Luckily, scoring a good beauty bargain on the biggest shopping day of the year doesn’t require flexing any muscles. Here are… »
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: bargain shopping, Black Friday, Giorgio Armani, holiday, Kiehl's, Lancome, The Blog, The Body ShopWho Had the Best Makeup at the American Music Awards?
Music award shows may not have the esteem factor of, say, the Oscars, but they tend to be a lot more riveting—and that goes double for the beauty. Even normally buttoned-up celebs will take a risk with their makeup and hair on this type of red carpet, if for no… »
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: awards shows, celebrities, Fergie, Heidi Klum, Jada Pinkett Smith, Katy Perry, Keri Hilson, Kesha, Miley Cyrus, Pink, Rihanna, The Blog, Whitney Port5 Beauty Questions for Elettra Wiedemann
You would assume the first thing that struck me about Elettra Wiedemann is her astonishing natural beauty—not so. Which isn’t to diminish how gorgeous she is—I mean hello, she’s 1) a model and 2) Isabella Rossellini’s daughter. But what stands out most when you first meet her is her razor… »
Beauty Shoot of the Moment: And God Created Daria
Female celebrities tend to form adorable BFF bonds with their hairstylists (Jennifer Aniston and Chris McMillan, Jessica Simpson and Ken Paves). Supermodels, on the other hand, create sizzling love affairs with their makeup artists—at least on film. Whenever Lancôme spokesmodel Daria Werbowy and the brand’s artistic director Aaron de Mey… »
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: Aaron de Mey, Daria Werbowy, fashion magazines, Marie Claire, shimmer, The BlogA Word to the Wise About Purple Lipstick…
Makeup gaffs happen to even the most gorgeous girls. Case in point: Leighton Meester. As the ladies over Bella Sugar pointed out, she wore a less-than-flattering metallic magenta lipstick to an event last night in New York City. Not only does the startling color age the young starlet, but it… »
Posted in Makeup, Skin Care, Tutorials, Wedding Makeup, Weight loss Tags: celebrities, dark lipstick, lipstick, purple makeup, The Blog