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
23
2008
My best friend and I were chatting recently about the best makeup products. She was looking to buy some great makeup for an upcoming wedding. One of her problems was deciding what to put on her eyelids that would last as long as the party would. I had to recommend one of my favorite makeup finds…primer! Particularly “Prime Time” from Sephora.
Primer is a new makeup tool for me. But since I’ve tried it, and found the perfect primer, I can’t live without it. Why? A good primer fills in any bumps and smooths the surface of your skin for flawless makeup application. But the best thing is that it absorbs oil for hours, which means your eyeshadow and makeup will stay on longer. Your makeup will stay fresh and beautiful with less need for touchups.
Our favorite is Bare Escentuals “Prime Time” because of its smooth, untacky texture, and its long-lasting staying power. Put on a small amount on your eyelids and the rest of your face, and let it dry for a few minutes before putting on the rest of your makeup. You can grab yours at Sephora or wherever they sell Bare Escentuals products.
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?
