Chances are, at some point in your childhood or adolescence you heard someone suggest that you spritz your fragrance into the air then walk into the misty air so as to have the scent swathe your whole being, thereby guaranteeing that it won’t register as overly potent or intrusive.
In life, love, education, and parenting, we often talk about the importance of strong foundations.
Ciaté Breakthrough Breast Cancer Duo, $28.
While there will be some nail color trends throughout the Fall/Winter 2012 season, expect to see a greater emphasis placed on texture – whether it’s velvet manicures that look so fuzzy you’ll be tempted to pet your nails, caviar manicures attained by adhering tiny beads and pearls to nails, real gold flecks infused into top coats and lacquers, mind-bending holographic finishes, or polishes saturated with enough chunky sequins to recreate a Vegas showgirl act.
Nomadic beauties inspired the new MAC Styleseeker Collection, a grouping of vivid colors that reveals a Bohemian charm, creating a veritable patchwork quilt with its rich earthy eye shadow pairings, jewel-toned nail lacquers, and long-lasting matte lip colors.
Typically, I would strongly advise beauty companies to refrain from using words like “heavenly,” “divine,” “celestial,” and “idyllic” when naming their latest products — after all, relying on such hyperbolic terms automatically raises customers’ expectations so that, anything short of perfection will feel like a let-down of burst balloon, spilled milk, and melted ice cream cone proportions.
I admit: understated is not an adjective often used to describe me (or my style).
Though I’ve tried every type of foundation imaginable — pressed powder, cream-to-powder, loose powder, cream, roll-on stick, airbrush, and so on — I still tend to gravitate towards liquid foundations since, in my opinion, they’re easier to apply than most cream foundations (and, in turn, less prone to streaking and to overall unevenness) plus they generally offer greater coverage than powder variations.
It may have coined the phrase “Swirl, tap, buff,” but bareMinerals is moving away from this motto with its latest complexion-perfecting offering: the Sephora.com ($29 at Sephora.com).
