May
25
2008
We’ve been touting our favorite beauty and makeup finds…and we’d love to know what yours are. What are your favorite makeup products? What can’t you live without?
Our roundup of top picks for best makeup are:
- MAC Brow Finisher (eyebrow wax)
- Bare Escentuals Prime Time (primer)
- MAC Studiofix (foundation powder)
- MAC blot powder (translucent powder to absorb oil)
- Makeup for Ever liquid under eye concealer
- The Balm lipgloss in Watermelon (exfoliates and tingles)
- MAC fluidline eyeliner (cute little jar that lasts forever)
- MAC bronzer (sun-kissed natural powder compact that’s better than blush)
- MAC eyeshadow powder in Nylon (perfect gold highlight powder for under brow arches)
- MAC concealer in a pot (great for face imperfections but too heavy for undereye)
We admit that we love makeup. Maybe we don’t need all of these products every day but these are our arsenal of top picks that we would need for any major event, wedding, gala, etc.
What are YOUR favorite beauty products?
May
24
2008
Another favorite product I’ve recently discovered, that I cannot go without, is MAC Eyebrow Finisher.
It’s quite possibly the perfect eyebrow product. It’s a wax-style slim tool that’s convenient, doesn’t need sharpening, and lets you sweep on beautiful brows easily. Most ladies know how tricky it is to use an eyebrow pencil without looking really angry with super dark brows. And who wants to deal with multiple tools to groom your eyebrows? Besides tweezers and an occasional visit for eyebrow threading, the MAC Eyebrow Finisher in Wheat is all I need for a polished look.
According to MAC, it is “A slimline wax-style grooming tool specially formulated to shape and hold the brows in place while providing them with a sheer, slick, polished and conditioned-looking finish. Smooth, non-sticky, easy to use.”
It comes in 5 colors including Clear. Personally, I recommend getting a color close to your eyebrow color, so you don’t have to deal with pencils, powders, and brushes. Use it after putting all your makeup on, so you can get rid of any traces of face powder in your brows. Just sweep it on, and your unruly eyebrows will stay put, look groomed, filled it, polished, and conditioned in seconds…It’s really easy and a no-fuss way to define and hold those eyebrows (even with no makeup) for a beautiful, put-together look.
Pick up a MAC Brow finisher at the MAC website or one of their stores in the mall or counters in the department store.
May
21
2008
Get Stunning Eyebrows Like Angelina Jolie
A friend of ours, a gorgeous girl, has never paid much attention to her eyebrows. In high school, when she didn’t wear any makeup (God forbid!), it was understandable she didn’t want to bother. But now that she bloomed into a sexy hot mama, why in the world didn’t she give a second thought to her brows?
Because we’re old friends and care about her, I had to set her straight. Nicely. Gently, but firmly. I even went to her first eyebrow threading appointment with her for support and to get them done, too. So after 10 minutes in the chair, how did she look? The difference? Amazing! Incredible! She was always so beautiful, but now her eyebrows framed her features and face perfectly! The sculpted brows brought out her nice eyes and appeared more feminine. Having perfect brows is the kind of thing that makes any woman look 100% better even without makeup.
So when we ran across this how-to on creating stunning eyebrows , we knew we had to share…Enjoy!
May
19
2008
Have you seen Madonna in her “4 Minutes” video with Justin Timberlake and Timbaland? Madonna is music royalty, a living legend, and she looks unbelievably fabulous for her age. Madge looks great–we love that song! Sure, there are probably computerized touch-ups and plastic surgery but even so…she looks smokin’! We LOVE Madonna for as long as we can remember!
Thanks to BellaSugar for inspiring this post with their full makeup look for Madonna’s “4 Minutes” celebrity makeup look in her new video. We’d add the following to their great tips to get Madge’s vampy video look:
Eyebrows: Use a small angled makeup brush to lightly apply powder to eyebrows in a shade that matches your natural color. Tap the brush and fill in your brows with a light hand.
Eyes: Add false eyelashes if you’d like more length or fullness. Curl your eyelashes in 3 parts with an eyelash curler–by the root, middle and tips of your lashes. We recommend Shu Uemera eyelash curlers and MAC eyelashes.
Blush: For oily or combination skin, you might want to use a powder blush or bronzer instead of a cream or liquid based one. It’ll stay longer and adhere to your skin bettter. We adore MAC powder bronzers for a natural sun-kissed look.
After you get Madonna’s celebrity makeup look, get her music or go to her concert. (We’ve been singing “4 Minutes” in our head for days now–too catchy!) Tickets are now available for Madonna’s latest concert tour. Are you going to her concert?
May
18
2008
Angelina Jolie, humanitarian celeb of the year, has great presence and beauty. She always looks classy and elegant in her dress and makeup. How can you copy her celebrity makeup look?
How to Get Angelina Jolie’s Soft Cat Eyes:
Get an eyeliner pencil (or eye shadow powder and brush). Use a gray pencil to line both the lower and upper lashes from the outer corner to 3/4 of the way across, just past the iris. Smudge and blend the line the rest of the way to the inner corner of the eye. To complete the look, fill in your eyebrows with a brow wax pencil or powder in a matching shade. We love MAC’s eyebrow wax stick. Today we were inspired by Beauty Riot to feature Angie. Check out their full article to copy Angelina Jolie’s complete makeup look.
Angelina Jolie just announced that she and proud papa Brad Pitt are expecting twins in August! Congratulations to the mom and dad and their growing United Nations of kids! I’ve lost count of how many kids they have. Do you think they’ll have/adopt more?
May
14
2008
Sarah Jessica Parker usually wears her eye makeup with eyeliner on the top and bottom for a smoldering, smoky look. It’s pretty easy to do. Check out SJP at the Sex and the City Movie premiere in London. Of course, Sarah Jessica Parker won’t be wearing any old thing to the premiere but check out what she’s wearing… Carrie Bradshaw, we love you but what’s up with the hat??
How to Line Your Eyes like Sarah Jessica Parker:
- After applying eyeshadow makeup, apply black eyeliner to the top eyelids as close as possible to your eyelash root.
- Line to the middle of the eyes. At the outer corners, create a slight flick.
- Line the bottom of your eyes lightly, as close as possible to the lower lash line.
- Use an eyeliner brush and black eyeliner powder OR a black eyeliner pencil.
- Clean up any smudges with a tissue and undereye concealer.
Tip: Don’t use too much eyeliner underneath the eyes and avoid kohl eyeliner…it may run and smudge, which may cause your undereye area to look darker. Clean up any smudges afterwards. Enjoy!
The ladies on Sex and the City always look great, but you probably identify with one of them the most…Whose makeup do you love the most on Sex and the City?
