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Make Up With Mad Men
If you’re doubting whether you suit the 1960s style fashion that has become so popular on Mad Men, you may want to try out a makeup line inspired by the popular series.
Estee Lauder is launching a two-piece collection that will help create looks worn by the former Mrs. Draper (January Jones) to impress her hot ex, Don Draper, and Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks).
Beauty Risk Takers
The Artist may have sweeped the Oscars last night, but there were still a number of winning beauty looks on this year’s hottest red carpet.
Iconic Red
If you could get past Angelina Jolie’s thigh high slit in an Atelia Versace gown, you may have noticed her coral‑red lips with an updated sheen (there is a lot of critique regarding the infamous slit; check out Joan Rivers’ comments here).
In contrast, Rooney Mara in a white Givenchy lace gown wore matte red lips (with her signature blunt bangs and a looped bun) as did Mila Jovovich who matched her lip color with rosy pink blush.
Spring Fever Courtesy of MAC
You can always count on MAC for the latest spring makeup trends. Here are four upcoming launches for March.
MAC Too Supreme
Fresh shades of Sheen Supreme lipstick and lipglasses are inspired by East Asia chic. The lipglasses come in a clickable pen-style applicator that easily covers your lips with a pearl-rich shine.
Lipstick shades include Fashion City (neutral coral pink) and Bare Again (pinky neutral beige). Lipglass shades include Fuji Pink (pale peach with pearl) and Asian Butterfly (lilac with pearl).
Available March 1, 2012 through April 5, 2012.
Extend the Life of Your Blowout
Admit it. You love dry shampoo as much as I do because some days the shampoo, rinse, repeat and blow dry routine just isn’t an option.
It used to be that you had to drop $20 bucks to get a decent dry shampoo and then hope that it did the job.
The latest dry shampoo on the block, Dove’s all‑new Refresh+Care Invigorating Dry Shampoo ($7.99), is trying to change that.
This dry shampoo is all about refreshing your hair in between shampoo. It does this by absorbing oil so your hair looks and feels refreshed.
Dessert with Breakfast Can Help Weight Loss
If you regret indulging in those sweet sensations on Valentine’s Day, you may not need to cut out the good stuff after all.
A recent study has found that people who eat a large breakfast including a sweet treat are able to lose weight and keep it off, more than those who eat a small breakfast.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University split a group of obese participants into two groups. One group ate a 600-calorie breakfast with a sweet item, such as a cookie or piece of cake. The other group ate a 300-calorie breakfast with no dessert. (Both groups ate the same amount of daily calories: 1400 for women and 1600 for men).
Valentine’s Day Beauty Finds
If you’re wondering how you can kick it up a notch with your significant other this Valentine’s Day, here are a couple of beauty hints that came my way this week.
Prep Your Lips with Hydrating Balm
Nourish and gloss your lips for the big event with a soothing balm like Rodial’s glam balm LIP. This rose-scented balm is a favorite of celebrities like Lea Michelle, who carried glam balm LIP at the SAG Awards to make sure she could top up her lips throughout the night. In Canada, you can find glam balm LIP at Murale and the Bay.
Clinique’s Almost Lipstick Swings Both Ways
One of the latest trends in lip color is the move away from sticky gloss and heavy lipstick to a lighter texture that stains the lips naturally.
Clinique has captured this trend with the new sheers in their Almost Lipstick line-up that glide on like lipstick, yet add shine like a gloss.
The collection is based on Clinique’s iconic lip color, Black Honey, a deep raisin shade that first made its debut in 1971. The shade was so successful (Clinique sells one tube of this cult shade every two minutes), that Black Honey was re-launched as an Almost Lipstick in the late 80′s.
Now the blend of pigments that originally inspired Clinique is available in seven new Almost Lipstick shades in a wide range of pinks, reds, and neutrals.
Blendable, Long Lasting Coverage
One of my beauty resolutions for this year is to look for makeup products that are treatment-based.
In other words, I’d rather apply makeup to my face that just doesn’t sit on my skin, it also offers some benefits.
Most of us experience under eye problems at some time whether it’s puffiness, dark circles, or fine lines. If it’s going to happen, why not conceal and treat your eye issues at the same time.
I recently picked up Maybelline’s Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Treatment Concealer and was pleasantly surprised.
THE LATEST IN BEAUTY
Here are some beauty trends that hit this week’s Inbox.
Ricky Martin and Nicki Minaj have teamed up to raise AIDS awareness among young people around the globe.
To support the MAC Aids Fund, MAC Cosmetics has introduced Nicki’s Lipstick in pink and Ricky’s colourless Lip Conditioner in a tube. You can find Ricky & Nicki for MAC Viva Glam at MAC counters from February 15, 2012 through February 2013.
The team at Rodial have done it again. This time they’ve developed an alternative to the injectible, Restalyn. Dragon’s Blood Sculpting Gel comes from the red sap of the sangre de drago tree. Anti-inflammatory properties in the gel reduce wrinkles and improve skin’s overall appearance. You can find the sculpting gel exclusively at Murale.
