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Backstage at Jen Kao Spring 2013 Show — A Closer Look at the Makeup, Nails AND the Clothes!

Psychedelia and surrealism have always fascinated Taiwanese American fashion designer Jen Kao — even her website’s home page features flashing lights, cryptic images, and perpetual motion, creating a full-on sensory assault that’s both bewildering and strangely exciting.  But, for her Spring 2013 collection, Kao toned down some of these elements — all without compromising her distinctly edgy, boundary-pushing aesthetic.

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Sink Your Teeth Into The Forsaken Inspired By True Blood Collection At HSN

What happened on Season Five of HBO’s True Blood?

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Maybelline Color Show Nail Lacquer Collection Lets You Taste The Rainbow

When I was 10 and 11 years old, I would often beg my mom and my oh-so-fabulous grandma to let me put on one of their fancy nail polishes,  a process that involved child manipulation tactic— from placing praying hands moving up an down ever so slowly in supplication to fluttering eyelashes, pouty lips, and the occasional crocodile tear.

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NARS Summer 2012 Collection — Colors For The Leisure-Loving Jetsetter

Usually, come summertime, cosmetics companies embrace beautiful but predictable palettes that incorporate aquatic tones (teals, turquoises, azures, aquamarines, sky blues, cobalts, navy shades, and seafoam greens); shimmering earth tones (pearly shades of sandy cream, khaki, and warm brown); sizzling metallics like gold, copper, and bronze; and punchy brights like raspberry pink, coral orange, and deep magenta; and  fluorescent iterations of bold hues like blue, green, purple, and pink.

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MAC Ruffian Summer 2012 Collection — Portrait of a Lady

I’ve been waiting for MAC Cosmetics to release its MAC Ruffian Collection since February, when I went backstage at the Ruffian Fall 2012 show during New York Fashion Week and saw the models rocking velvety red and cobalt blue press-on nails and luscious red lips.

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Essie Summer 2012 Collection — A Nail Color Heat Wave!

When you dip your toes into a sparkling swimming pool, let the sea-moistened sand creep onto your feet while strolling down the shore, or show off your pedi in a pair of feather-adorned or beaded thong sandals, do you really want your nails to be coated in a matronly wine or russet color or, worse, to bear a timid baby pink or nude hue?

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Cynthia Rowley for Tweezerman Designer Collection

Talk about sprinkling some fun into grooming.

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FACE Stockholm Summer 2012 Makeup Collection — A Midsummer Tale

FACE Stockholm founder Gun Nowak looked to her native Sweden when musing about the colors she’d integrate into the Summer 2012 collection.

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Thakoon for NARS Nail Polish Collection — Inspired By Indian Spice Markets

Cherry red kumkum powder.

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MAC Fashion Sets Collection — Global Favorites Tripled

Taste, as we all know, is subjective — and yet there do tend to be commonalities in the aesthetic values and norms of specific regions, notions of beauty or style dictated by everything from climate to historical minutiae and cultural phenomena.

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