Yesterday, I spent the entire day at The Lexington Hotel on 48th Street in New York City with a number of other fashion influencers who, along me, were cherry-picked to serve on the preliminary judging panel for the 2014 Handbag Designer Awards.
I’ve always felt like LORAC Cosmetics doesn’t get nearly enough praise, that its often stellar products remain unsung while other brands monopolize the media’s attention.
You don’t have to mimic Regina George and her gang of minions, to appreciate the fantastic in plastics.
Like most makeup aficionados, I have a soft spot for MAC Cosmetics but, that said, I’ve never been a huge fan of their Mineralize Lipsticks — if only because they were never, in my experience, particularly long-lasting.
Festival season is officially here, and the Butter LONDON Spring 2014 collection perfectly captures the free-spirited, gypsy-meets-jet-setter vibe of these yearly outdoor concerts and jams.
It’s rare when a makeup artist espouses the benefits of minimalism, and yet Bobbi Brown has become a household name by doing precisely that: suggesting that women should use makeup as a means through which to enhance their natural beauty, using a light hand throughout the application process and refraining from overly theatrical looks that might appear mask-like.
I’ve always loved the idea of a tactile approach to makeup application, of using fingers to dab, blot, tap, blend, and smooth cream eyeshadows, blush, lipstick, lip stains, highlighters, and so forth. Sure, I rely on tons of brushes and sponges when creating an elaborate makeup look, but I also often find myself using my fleshy finger pads to blot my lip color or apply tiny dots of highlighting cream along my cheekbones and temples.
For years now, I’ve touted the wonders of Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics’s richly pigmented, long-lasting, slick-looking, bold and unapologetic Lip Tars. Well, now, the wild child of makeup brands has added a new act to its lip service repertoire with the launch of its Cosmetic Colour Pencils ($16 each at OCCmakeup.com).
Inspired by the lush flowers that are just beginning to open their buds, the new Spring 2014 lipstick and nail enamel shades from Paul & Joe feature names like Poppy, Peony, Rosebud, Petunia, Hyacinth, Carnation, and Lily.
Whenever I have an extra glass of red wine, I claim that I’m indulging because I want to benefit from the resveratrol content — which is, of course, not even remotely the case.
