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Monday, February 20, 2012

Yves Saint Laurent Metallic Colorama Collection for Holiday 2010

The Holiday 2010 makeup collection, Metallic Colorama Collection, from Yves Saint Laurent will be launched next week. This collection offers magnificent combination of pearl and metallic pastel colors, including gold and chocolate.


 The star-product of this collection is Metallic Colorama Palette, which creates amazingly light and sparkling shades on skin.

 Lipstick Rouge Pure Shine is available in two metallic shades:
• No. 34 Or Metallique
• No. 34 Rose Metallique
 Lipgloss Golden Gloss comes in three golden shades:
• Golden Champagne
• Golden Chocolate
• Golden Carat 
Mascara Volume Effect Faux, shade No.9 Crimson (dark-red).

Way to Become As Erotically Burlesque As Christina Aguilera

We are not to experience yet the full sexy impact of Christina Aguilera, Cher and Kristen Bell playing the Burlesque’s gorgeous ladies as the film comes on the next month, but the cosmetic products that went to create their screen beauty are already out.


Smashbox Cosmetics unveiled a limited edition of Burlesque-inspired makeup collection comprising eight exquisite items in an super-luxe train case.

Eyes can be perfectly done using a black liquid liner pen, purple and pink eye shadows, and a cream eyeliner palette plus powder-applied shimmer and mascara for longer eyelashes.

Lips are certain to attract attention done with double-ended lip gloss, whether pink or berry depending on your mood. Now all that remains is to put on the final touch with the O-Glow cheek color (it will give you a celebrity-honored look) and highlight with powder.

Holiday 2010 Makeup Collection by La Prairie

While covering the numerous Holiday 2010 collections, we absolutely have to comment on the new products from La Prairie. The quality of the products and sophistication of the packaging remain the same. This Holiday collection La Prairie features thee new perfumes, luxury anti-age products, and even decorative makeup.


The decorative line contains two elegant products for lips:
Cellular Luxe Lip Colour, in Cardinal shade, $ 55.00.

 Lipgloss Cellular Lip Color Effects, in Firefly Glace color, $40.00.
 The perfume collection is a trio of fragrances, which glorify three precious stones (last year the trio was devoted to three noble metals), $125.00.
• Ruby
• Emerald
• Sapphire
The skin-care collection is priced at $950.00. The formula is based on white caviar and has a thee-stage system, which makes skin lighter, restores natural illumination, has anti-aging action, and fights pigment spots. The collection contains:
• White Caviar Illuminating Cream + Travel sample
• White Caviar Illuminating Serum + Travel Sample
• White Caviar Illuminating Eye Serum + Travel SamplePrecious Platinum Rare Collection, $950.00. It is presented in a silver jewelry box:
Cellular Cream Platinum Rare
Cellular Eye Cream Platinum Rare
Necklace made with platinum and featuring symbols of the sun and the moon.

Clarins Barocco Makeup Collection for Fall-Winter 2010

The baroque style is very popular this fall and winter. You can notice it in everything: clothes, accessories, and even makeup. Luxury of gold, precious stones, handmade fabrics, and exquisite Byzantine patterns capture attention of stylists and fashion designers. Meet the new Clarins Barocco makeup collection.


Baked eyeshadows – this is a trio of golden shades : gold, black marble, and pure black.
Two-color compact powder – a luxurious combination of packaging and content.
Lipstick – a true jewel for your makeup bag.

Shimmer with gold particles and puff brush – to give a special glow to face and body.
Here is the gorgeous image from Clarins for this new season:

Eye Makeup for Those Who Wear Glasses

The days when people felt bad for young women who wear glasses are over. Now, those means of vision correction have been transformed into trendy and fashionable accessories. They are worn even by people who have good eyesight and don’t need vision correction. However, if you want eyeglasses that gracefully highlight features of your face, you will need something more than well-chosen glasses frame. You will also need to have properly done makeup.


Choosing makeup tones

Generally, the color theme of your makeup should match the color of the frame. You can even pick exactly the same color! Cold colors are more suitable for grey, silver, and deep blue glasses, while warm ones – for golden and beige.

Hiding skin imperfections

Eyeglasses make particular emphasis on the area around the eyes, so you will need to pay special attention to ”mask” it well. You can use a special corrector or concealer for this.

Eyebrow shape correction and glasses frame

Ideally, the shape of your eyebrows should match that of the frame or at least they should not contradict each other. Smooth, slightly curved line of eyebrows will match practically any frame. If the frame is very thin and light then you can make special accent on eyebrows by shading them with special powder or pencil. If, on the other hand, the frame is massive and has rich color – it is better not to highlight eyebrows.

Wearing mascara with glasses

You should be careful with mascara, since it easily gets smeared when eyes get tired or watery. Special eye-drops will help you deal with irritation and redness of the eyes, so you should carry those around all the time. You can even try to replace mascara with artificial eyelashes. Those look very natural and some types can be worn for up to four weeks and come in different lengths.

Eyeshadow color and glasses

Eyeshadows should not be applied beyond the frame line, otherwise eyeshadows will create a messy look and will break the harmony of your face features. Apply this product only with special brushes, because this way the makeup will look neater.

Eyes makeup for ladies with myopia

Those with myopia can use more color for their eyes. Brighter eyeshadows will highlight eyes, which are usually visually reduced in size by the lenses. Pearly eyeshadows look particularly good, different colors can be matched to create gradual transitions. A nice trick is to make lighter accent on middle part of the upper eyelid, this will add volume to your eyes.

Eyes makeup for ladies with farsightedness

It is better to use eyeshadows in soft, matte, conservative colors if you have farsightedness. Those eyeshadows will help you create natural look and reduce the enlarging effect of the ”farsighted” lenses. By lightening the upper corner of the upper eyelid and darkening the inner one you can minimize the impression that eyes are positioned too close to the nose bridge, which is often created by the ”plus” lens.

Choosing the right frame

It is important to remember that frame has to be chosen according to the shape of your face, your hairstyle, and your style in general. This is why makeup should not dominate over the glasses, but instead it should maintain the general image and should not stand out.

Get Beauty on without Germs

Of course tomorrow you will be over at some store trying on samples of makeup. There’s absolutely no reason on earth to deny yourself the pleasure except one: the makeup samples you will be putting on you are likely to be swarming with bacteria.


This warning was issued by a team of researchers at Rowan University in New Jersey. Lead researcher Elizabeth Brooks, a former biological sciences professor, said that there are chances to break out or get pink eye from shop testers.

So here are a few hints how you can enjoy the try-out fun and keep on the safe side.
Lipstick should be applied with a cotton swab only after you have taken off the top layer with another cotton swab or a piece of tissue.

Eye shadows should be tried on your brow bone and not on your eyelids. Once again, keep a cotton swab handy.

Lotions are much safer if they come from a tube or another type of closed container as compared to jars.
Blush is usually applied with a store-supplied makeup brush, so before trusting it better clean it with an alcohol-based spray and wait for a couple of minutes to let it dry.

Solid foundation will be safer on your skin when you wipe away the top layer and apply it carefully with a disposable makeup sponge.

Christmas Trend Products by The Body Shop

The Body Shop is launching its Christmas palette in November. In addition, the brand will improve the formula of its nail polishes. The Christmas collection is filled with shine, glitter, and sparkles. Pink is the key color.


 The new nail polishes will be free from formaldehydes, toluene, and camphor (3-Free). The Christmas Trend Products collection features two nail polishes: Starry Night and Twinkling Pink.

 The collection will also include eyeliners in Stardust and Black colors.

 Lipgloss will be available in two colors: shiny pink and nude.

 The newest product: body spray with glowing effect in warm pink color. The product is called Sparkler and is available in Boudior Pink color.

 The Body Shop collections always include very popular shades of eyeshadows, blush, and foundations. This Christmas collection will offer two variations: warm and cold.

 Lipgloss is particularly popular during every Christmas season. The Body Shop offers comfortable packaging with regulation function for control of the intensity of application.

7 Ways to Apply Eyeshadow

It is very hard to do the same routine procedure – to apply makeup every morning. Women always get tempted to do something different, something unusual. Here is what we think- there are several ways to apply eyeshadow. We found seven methods. Perhaps, some of you know some other ways to apply eyeshadow. In that case, read ours and send us yours!


Use eyeshadow as eyeliner

Apply your usual eyeliner. Take the thin eyeshadow brush or the eyebrows brush. Wet the brush and pick up the eyeshadow. Apply eyeshadow right over the eyeliner line and in the corner of your eyes. Now you have a new luxurious image! If you are brave enough then try this method with light eyeshadow colors. Bright fuchsia or lime colors create really cool looks, especially for exciting and fun parties!

Brighten your eyelid

Pick up any color in metallic shade and apply to the inner corner of eyes, close to the nose, and just below the eyebrow line. Eyelid itself can be coated with any color. You can even leave it natural, without the color!

Color the entire eyelid with eyeshadow

Try applying the eyeshadow in a different way. Apply color not strickly to the moving part of the eyelid. Pick any color and use it to cover the entire surface of the eyelid, up to the eyebrow line. Apply with constant saturation. You will get this year’s hot fall image!

Three eyeshadow colors

It is easy to diversify your make-up by using three eyeshadow colors at once. You can buy a three-color palette or use your own imagination to mix colors. Apply the lightest color to the entire eyelid (from the eyelashes line to the eyebrow line). Apply the darker color to the moving part of the eyelid, and the darkest color goes to the innermost fold.

Two eyeshadow colors

This method can be used for work make-up. Apply lighter color under the eyebrow line and inner corners of eyes, and darker color on the moving part of the eyelid.

Experiment with your application technique

You can apply your eyeshadow with a dry applicator today. Tomorrow – use the moist one, and the day after tomorrow try applying the same eyeshadow on top of your foundation.

Take a break from eyeshadows

Arrange an eyeshadow-free day. Many women are surprised by how nice the skin on their eyelids looks without color. Its a new image as well!

4 Reasons to Use Powder

Powder is an important finishing step of daily makeup application. Ideally, every woman should have powder for application at home as well as a compact powder. What can powder do? Here are four reasons why we should not overlook this makeup product.


Powder improves face color and tone

You can use powder on top of foundation but also can apply it directly to bear skin if your skin is in good condition. In both cases the powder will make your skin look smoother and will hide uneven skin color.

Powder helps makeup stay on longer

Some makeup specialists even recommend use of powder before application of lipstick. Powder will keep the lipstick in place longer. A light layer of powder will also keep your blush on longer, as well as keep the lipstick or lipgloss line smudge-free. Eyeshadows and eyeliner will also look fresher.

Powder absorbs oil

Powder (mineral) does not contain moisturizing components. On the contrary, it absorbs oils and moisture. Therefore, powder will prevent appearance of oily spots, which make your skin shine. Powder is surely an irreplaceable product for women and girls with oily skin.

Powder helps fix makeup at any moment and in any situation

Wearing too much blush? Foundation is too dark and unnatural? Powder will fix it! Often enough, it is hard to pick the right colors for different lighting settings when applying makeup at home. Even some redness or a minor pimple will not ruin your important meeting or your mood in general if you have powder in your purse.

Estee Lauder Pure Color Extravagant Makeup Collection

Estee Lauder’s seasonal collections are becoming more and more impressive since the makeup artist Tom Pecheux became the brand’s creative director. The new Christmas collection Pure Color Extravagant is not an exception.


 The collection even has some surprises. For example, the five-color palette for lips – Pure Color Five Color Lip Palette. The palette follows the extravagant color theme of the collection and includes various shades from autumn cherry and bright coral to golden glitter and mate bronze.

 Finally, the long-awaited eyeshadows palette was presented as well. It exclusively offers natural shades, which are perfect for the smokey eyes look. Moreover, the palette can be used for lips as well!

 In addition, the collection offers two more products for lips – long lasting lipstick and lipgloss:
Pure Color Long Lasting Lipstick and Pure Color lipgloss in new shades.

 When fashion lovers are reviewing new collections, they are usually particularly excited about the new nail polish colors. In this collection, Tom Pecheux exceeded any expectations by offering amazing variety of nail polishes. The two new colors are: Extravagant Pearl and Extravagant Night.


It Girl Jessica Biel for Revlon 2010

In 1952, Revlon launched its famous Fire & Ice makeup collection. The collection’s advertising campaign was called It Girl and featured Dorian Leigh as the its face. Today, in 2010, the brand is re-launching the luxurious products from the Fire & Ice collection with a new face – Jessica Biel.


 The stylists decided not to think too deep about the advertising campaign and picked up the same image from 1952, which was created for Dorian Leigh. Jessica Biel perfectly copies the image of the famous It Girl. The new products in Fire & Ice include lipstick and nail polishes with a special luxurious femininity.

 The new colors are luxurious and daring. They include trendy orange, rich pink, and classic red.

Make Up Factory Metallic Glamour Collection

This Christmas season, Make Up Factory offers us Metallic Glamour collection filled with glitter of silver, shimmer of pearls, and steel shades.


The shiny and purple colors in the Metallic Glamour collection from the Make Up Factory send us back into the 1980s. The collection added metal look to the colors of nail polish as well as to blush and lips, and even eyeliner.

Dermatologists advice to take good care when using make-up products with glitter. Those elements often cause irritations and infections. Make Up Factory took this into consideration by offering a special product in this collection – eyeshadow base for sensitive skin. This product makes it safe to use eyeshadows and even eyeliner with glitter. The base protects the skin and adds extra glow to the eyeshadows.
Here is the list of the new products and the new look from the Make Up Factory.

CoverGirl Launches Nature Luxe Makeup Collection

CoverGirl’s Nature Luxe collection was developed for those girls and ladies, who demand cosmetics with natural ingredients, but also prefer natural look and colors.


 The Nature Luxe line will be sold only in specialized boutiques. Journalists have already been introduced to the silky foundations and soft lipbalms. Everything is made strictly with natural ingredients.

For now, the brand has released only the pilot versions of those products. The line will be available for sale no sooner than 2011.

Taylor Swift was chosen to be the face of Nature Luxe from CoverGirl. The celebrity is also the face of the CoverGirl brand as a whole.

Jennifer Lopez is the New Face of L’Oreal Paris

41-year-old Jennifer Lopez has signed a multimillion-dollar deal with L’Oréal Paris, and now she has joined the team of most beautiful women in the world, which L’Oréal Paris calls their ambassadors of beauty in the world.


The first product that will be advertised by the star is likely to be a line for hair straightening and smoothing. Telerollers will appear in January 2011, and printed ads with Jennifer will debut in the February issue of gloss.
Lopez is no stranger to the beauty industry. She has great success in perfumery. Her fragrance Glow (2002) fetched the singer $150 million. All in all, Lopez has launched (together with Coty) 16 fragrances, which brought a total of about a billion dollars!

And yet another premiere for Lopez in 2011. The sale of her new album “Love” is being expected and this promises to be a very loud event in the musical environment.

Pupa Rebel Chic Holiday 2010 Makeup Collection

The Christmas collection Pupa Rebel Chic Holiday 2010 will fill your holidays with sparkles and brightness. The image is rather aggressive, yet there is some special chic to it.


The color-rich eyes look quite light in contrast with the dark, almost vamp-dark, lips. The Pupa Rebel Chic Holiday 2010 collection features the following new products:
Pearl powder eyeshadows. Pupa decided not to use its famous baked textures and offers something very new. Single-color palettes are offered in four colors:
• 01 Mystery Black
• 02 Vibrant Violet
• 03 Pink Fuchsia
• 04 Night Blue
Automatic eyeliner :
• 01 Shiny Silver
• 02 Shiny Black
• 03 Shiny Bluu
Gorgeous compact blush (01 Silky Pink) promises soft and comfortable silky to touch coating.
 The lipstick offered in one shade- 28 Runny Raspberry, which automatically sets the theme of the entire image.
 Lipgloss is also offered in one color (13 Runny Raspberry).
 The special sparkling body powder with a brush. The silver gleam adds special glow to it as well. Shade – 01 Shimmering Silver.
 Nail polish. This glossy coating is long lasting and is offered in tree luxurious shades:
• 306 Punk Fuchsia
• 613 Sunny Raspberry
• 902 Mist Grey

Golden Tattoo

Gold particles can be found in decorative cosmetics, there are also precious creams with pure gold, you have heard much about gold thread. And now – a new use of this metal for our beauty.


If you happen to be in Dubai in the luxurious hotel Burj Al Arab, you can try exclusive service – tattoo with real 24-carat gold.

Of course, the procedure is not cheap (the price varies depending on the coverage area from 50 to 5500 dollars). Besides, the tattoos are not permanent but temporary and this is rather a plus. The designs are very different, there are those with platinum. One of the ideas is akin to a temporary tattoo from Chanel – a tattoo in the form of jewelry. A great idea for the Christmas holidays!

Makeup Tips for Red Headed Women

Makeup artists believe that matching makeup to hair and skin color requires special skill. Often enough women with bright hair color are not sure which makeup color to choose. Here are some tips for women with red hair.


3 Shades of red hair

First of all, women with red hair need to determine their shade red. There are three shades of red hair:
  1. light ginger/strawberry blond
  2. medium red/ rust shade/ henna color
  3. dark red/ bright purple

The key makeup advice for redheads

Follow tips for your hair shade once you determine it. However, there is one universal tip for all shades: Red color is already quite bright color for your face and appearance overall. If you want your makeup to look fresh and clean, avoid bright colors, since they can overload your face with color and make it look clownish.

1. Makeup for light–red hair color

Use apricot and peach colors for lips and cheeks. Pink will work too, as well as all shades with gold highlights. Avoid brown and purple shades, since those will make your face too rough. You can use light touches of lavender and silver shades for your eyes.

2. Makeup for medium-red hair color

Avoid ash and dark-gray shades for eyes. Instead, use warm brown and honey colors. Lighter versions of those shades will also work for cheeks. As for lips, use copper clove with hints of gold.

3. Makeup for dark-red hair color

Lucky you, since you can be more daring with makeup! Use plum and emerald shades for eyes. Cheeks and lips can stay natural and light. But, you still have to avoid heavy shades, unless you are following emo or vamp style.

How to mask freckles

Now, lets talk about freckles. The biggest mistake redheads commonly make is trying to cover freckles with foundation. This can make your skin look plain dirty. All you need is light moisturizing foundation. If you have some large freckles, then you may need a good concealer and a concealer brush. Use them to cover those freckles individually.

Some additional general tips for women with red hair:

  • do not use overly brown foundation;
  • heavy textures are absolutely forbidden, so do not forget to coat your lipstick with lipgloss in order to make illusion of light makeup;
  • do not forget to pay attention to eyebrows, they should be darker than hair, otherwise you need to dye them.
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