in Makeup, Tested on August 24th, 2009
Im not a big fan of lip and cheek stain but Stila Pomegranate Crush Lip & Cheek Stain really blew my mind. This multi tasking product that you can use both on your cheek and lip come in a natural deep reddish plum hue. Stila ...
Tags: Cheek Stain, Stila
in Makeup, Trends on August 23rd, 2009
The Concept: Makeup gets off the wall! The Eighties are an essential reference this season, with makeup to amplify your attitude by plugging into a power surge of electrocuted shades and sharp shapes. When it comes to pulling out that individual element, the rule of this ...
Tags: Antonio Berardi, Emanuel Ungaro, Erdem, F/W 2009, MAC, Vivienne Westwood
in Makeup, Trends on August 18th, 2009
The Concept: After seasons where more scrubbed, virgnal pure complexion stood at the fore, what looks new for naturalness now is a distinctly constructed, considered forming of the face. In terms of effect, Think "surgery" without the "plastic", but with regards to technique this is sculpting, ...
Tags: Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Anne Valerie Hash, Chloe, F/W 2009, MAC
in Makeup, Tested on August 18th, 2009
If you ask me to choose only one blush among many, my choice would fall to Shu Uemura Glow on Blush in P Red 14. Shu Uemura blushes comes in two finishes P for Pearl which have nice soft pearl shimmer effect and M for ...
Tags: Glow On Blush, Shu Uemura
in Made in Indonesia, Makeup on August 13th, 2009
There's no denying the fact that the sun has been shining in full force lately. Sometimes I would go out and feel my skin sting so badly from the heat. On a particularly hot day, I went home drenched in sweat, skin prickling and really ...
in Beauty School, Fragrance, Makeup on August 10th, 2009
If you're a fan of L'OCCITANE, you must probably notice that their Plaza Senayan boutique has been relocated to the 2nd Floor at #207 and 209B (near Sogo's 2nd floor entrance). The store was designed using L'OCCITANE's latest boutiqe concept: Green House Concept, which is ...
Tags: L'Occitane
in Makeup, Tested on August 7th, 2009
Most people love NARS blushes because of their pretty shimmer, they are pretty of course. Matte NARS blushes on the other hand never really take the center stage, but somehow I fell in love with it. NARS blushes that have matte finish are: Amour, Desire, ...
Tags: Nars, NARS Amour, NARS Desire, NARS Dolce Vita, NARS Exhibit A, NARS Gilda, NARS Gina, NARS Matahari
in Beauty School, Makeup, Trends on August 6th, 2009
The Concept: Artists are chaneling a dark desire for refined, lined and the most exquisitely intense kind of smoked-out stares. Inspirations range from Hitchcock to Helmut Newton to nasty girl gangs, but regardless of attitude, the application is always alert. Think "opening night" rather than "amateur ...
Tags: Behnaz Sarafpour, DSquared, F/W 2009, MAC, Vivienne Westwood
in Cheap Thrills, Makeup on August 5th, 2009
Potatoes. You love it as chips, fries, salads and hundreds different variety. Baked, fried, grilled, cover them with cheese, you just can't resist. When you think of potatoes, you think of food and carbos and sometimes it means to avoid it altogether. ...
in Makeup, Trends on August 3rd, 2009
The concept: Balanced, beautiful, elegant and perfect. Beauty that's the epitome of all that's chic and grown up, you can't help but want to emulate. Quotes: Gordon Espinet "Think airbrushed...there's definitely more of a focus on beauty this season then about thinking outside of the box: it's the ...
in Beauty School, Makeup, Trends on July 31st, 2009
in Beauty School, Makeup, Tested on July 25th, 2009
When I write the original article on NARS blushes within the brown family, I didnt have NARS Silvana at my disposal and I thought It wouldnt be something that is too important to mention since there's not too much fans for this particular blush out ...
Tags: Blusher, Nars, NARS Sertao, NARS Silvana