After introducing us to the skin-nourishing properties of Amazonian Clay, eco-friendly makeup brand Tarte Cosmetics has moved on to another as-yet-untapped natural resource with astounding beauty benefits: the maracuja, a species of passion fruit native to Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina, commonly harvested in late August.
If you read my boisterous, effervescent, praise-loaded review of the Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense lipstick collection back in Fall 2010, you can imagine the pinch-me-now brand of excitement I experienced when I heard that the geniuses at Make Up For Ever had launched the Rouge Artist Natural lipstick collection ($19 per lipstick at Sephora.com), a range of creamy lip products meant to deliver sheer, unintimidating color and to keep your pout soft and moisturized.
BB Creams are putting the “b” in buzz-y this season, with everyone from Dior, Dr Brandt, Dr.
Every spring, designers bring us flowers, literally plastering roses, daffodils, peonies, orchids, poppies, lilies, daisies, bluebells, sunflowers, hydrangeas, marigolds, and tulips all over ladylike skirts, dresses, blouses, tanks, pants, handbags, pumps, sandals, jumpsuits, light coats, and rompers.
If your hair is dehydrated, brittle, color-treated, or damaged by sun exposure, straightening treatments, and heat styling tools, you may be so focused on smoothing frizz and preventing future breakage that the mere prospect of a silky, caressible mane has turned into a pipe dream.
As their name implies, beauty balms are designed to make skin appear dewier, to smooth the skin’s surface and boost overall radiance via a combination of nourishing ingredients, light-reflecting particles, and pigments that deliver enough coverage to conceal minor imperfections.
If you follow me on Twitter (@sickathanavg), you’ve already heard me profess my passionate, torrid, epic love of Lancôme’s new Rouge in Love lipstick collection.
Inside a Roman palazzo replete with vaulted ceilings, majestic Doric columns, gilded doorways, intricate wall sculptures, ad ancient marble statues positioned at the end of the vast space’s many chandelier-lit transepts, a group of male waiters in full uniform, replete with white gloves, carry a five-tiered cake covered in white frosting up a small flight of stairs.
Here’s one of my pet peeves: going into a pharmacy or beauty supply store in search of a lightweight makeup remover that can effectively swipe off everything from stubborn eye shadow and mascara to tinted moisturizer, liquid foundation, and mineral powder, only to discover shelves lined with eye makeup remover bottles, with only a handful of options available for cleansing the entire visage.
