Lately, makeup companies seem to be harboring bipolar tendencies when it comes to their lipstick offerings, unveiling either ultra-bright shades of robust orange and electric pink or releasing sheer colors that yield a light, veil-like, glazed effect.
If you tuned into the 2011 Grammy Awards in February, you were likely among those scratching their heads over Gaga’s dramatic entrance, which involved the pop star crouching inside a semi-translucent Hussein Chalayan-designed egg vessel which was, in turn, propped atop a wooden, cross-shaped plank hoisted into the venue by a gaggle of statuesque Gagaists in Roman-inspired, flesh-toned, toga-like dresses and boxer briefs.
Eyebrow expert Anastasia Soare has built a career on grooming, shaping, and tending to those valances over the resplendent windows to your soul — doing so via her full-service salons in Beverly Hills and Brentwood, her brow studios at select Sephora.com and Nordstrom locations, and her namesake collection of beauty products.
Last year, coral was trumpeted as the “new pink,” with makeup brands reviving a beleaguered color once associated with oceanic formations and tacky Hawaiian print blouses, infusing it with new undertones and creating yummy textures that propelled it into modern times, transforming it into a must-have beauty buy.
When a woman bears children, she doesn’t automatically join some global network of disheveled, perpetually mismatched, scrapbook-obsessed, Slanket-adoring, “Jag”-watching, Reader’s Digest-subscribing frumpsters.
When I first saw the visuals for the new Illamasqua “Toxic Nature” campaign, I automatically thought of Camille Rose Garcia’s artwork, which features creepy, child-like cartoon characters in apocalyptic yet fairy tale-worthy scenarios that critique humankind’s destructive tendencies.
Today is Earth Day, ladies, but we plan on celebrating all weekend long, bringing you the scoop on some of the hottest eco-friendly products out there (hey, the party doesn’t stop til we say it does!).
Until recently, there were only two hair oils on which I bestowed the most effusive praise, essentially describing them as anointed oils sent from Samson-like gods with luscious, power-harnessing tresses: the Shu Uemura Essence Absolue and the Moroccanoil Moroccan Oil Treatment.
Ever woken up feeling a bit weathered, then looked in the mirror only to confirm your suspicions that you do, in fact, look like something that crawled out of a manhole?
