Urban Decay has always shown a penchant for fancy and fantasy — nearly three years ago, its Alice in Wonderland Book of Shadows sold within hours of its pre-release, with fans marveling about the intense eyeshadows housed inside a collectable palette with a flip top that revealed a pop-up universe replete with giant mushrooms and a message in a bottle.
Any photographer, filmmaker, model or actress will tell you that the lighting equipment used in a shoot can completely alter the feel and look of the final images — whether they’re still or moving shots.
Know the expression “caviar dreams”?
Time to hit the books, beauty lovers!
Last fall, when makeup brand bareMinerals released its first collection of pressed eyeshadow duos and quads, I was floored by the intensity of the colors in the range and their lustrous finishes, which were consistent with the high quality established by their loose pigment predecessors, but I was particularly relieved to find these stunning eye shadows in a pressed form that proved both portable and mess-free (as most of us know, the “buff, tap, and swirl” technique wasn’t exactly conducive to cleanly vanity tables or bathroom counters).
I debated whether or not to watch the Academy Awards this year since, for the most part, I wasn’t enthused about the majority of the films released in 2012 (with Argo and Zero Dark Thirty being the two notable exceptions).
Though I was a bit perplexed by the strapless coral Miu Miu dress Kerry Washington wore to the 2013 Oscars (can’t say I loathed it, but I definitely didn’t think it was up to par with her typical red carpet fare, which is usually spot-on), I did think her minimalist beauty look was simply superb.
On the eve of the 85th Academy Awards, Twitter was ablaze with talk of two things: Anne Hathaway’s, uhm, Pointer Sisters (one user even created the account @HathawayNipple while another coined the hashtag #LesNipperables) and Charlize Theron’s pixie cut.
I’m not always the timeliest of people — for instance, I just mailed my father his Christmas present last week, which speaks to the ludicrous “island style” time table by which we operate in my family (side note: he’s been known to send birthday presents a month after the date has elapsed, so one could argue that I got it from him!).
After wowing legions of women with its Naked eyeshadow palettes, which forced naysayers to rethink their misconceptions regarding neutral eye shadows being boring or ordinary, trendsetting makeup brand Urban Decay has ventured to do the same with cheek colors, expanding its Naked line to include a versatile palette for the complexion. The Urban Decay Naked Flushed palette ($30 atSephora.com and UrbanDecay.com) features a blush shade, silky bronzer, and shimmering highlighter in one sleek compact.
