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2 Surefire Ways To Pick Your Perfect Red Lipstick
Valentine’s Day is well-nigh, and that means you might have red lipstick on the mind. But does that mind of yours get blown by the sheer volume of crimson-hued shades, intensities, and tones available in stores? And then there’s the uncertainty in deciding whether or not a warm or cool color is most flattering. It can all be very unnerving. When it comes down to it, however, “I think it’s about preference,” explains Mark celebrity makeup artist Mai Quynh, who offers up her top tips for doing red right below.
WATCH: Applying Makeup Used To Involve Calipers
Makeup is definitely an art, but that hasn’t stopped people over the years from trying to turn it into a science. Back in 1939, for example, professional makeup artists were using face-measuring calipers to determine people’s “optimal angles” for applying blush and lipstick.
PHOTOS: Rihanna Debuts New Blonde ‘Do Via Topless TwitPic
Is there any hair color Rihanna can’t pull off? This time around, the Barbadian singer has gone platinum blonde — and she revealed her shaggy new ‘do the way any normal celebrity would: a topless Twitter photo!
Jennifer Connelly To Reprise ’80s Role As Shiseido Spokeswoman
Jennifer Connelly has just signed on to be the face of Shiseido’s Future Solution LX premium skin care line, a delightful bit of news, considering the Labyrinth star was once the face of their “Perky Jean Card Club” products back in the ’80s.
Are Actors Using Human Growth Hormone To Stay Youthful?
How do celebrities stay looking so young? Human Growth Hormone, apparently.
Why You Should Break That Hair-Washing Addiction
If your hair has been less than lustrous as of late, factors such as cold weather and excess toweling can be the culprits. Daily shampooing, however, can also be the cause of dull, dry-looking strands. That’s why John Ryan, hairstylist and owner of Festoon Salon in San Francisco, advises his clients to skip the washing every single day.
L’Oreal Ad Banned For Making Rachel Weisz Look ‘Misleadingly’ Attractive
The British Advertising Standards Authority released a ruling Wednesday banning a print ad for L’Oreal‘s Revitalift Repair 10 because it used a digitally altered image of actress Rachel Weisz that “misleadingly exaggerated” how well the product works. The Authority also asked L’Oreal to stop using post production techniques (i.e. Photoshop) that “misrepresented what was achievable using the advertised product.”
WATCH: This Is What Happens When Iggy Pop Invades A Perfume Ad
Perfume commercials are always trying to be provocative and sexy to attract consumers, but the new ads for Paco Rabane Black XS seem to be reaching out in a very different way: specifically, to glam rock fans in the early punk era. What else could possibly explain this frenetic new ad, which has everything a young David Bowie could want: Iggy Pop sensuously wrapping himself in an American flag, models licking a Damien Hirst-y jewel-encrusted skull, a couple writhing in money like a couple of proto-punk Scrooge McDucks, etc. It’s as if someone turned Velvet Goldmine into a perfume.
WATCH: What Having Fox Fur Applied To Your Crotch Looks Like
By now you’ve probably heard of the former Real Housewife who’s hocking a fox fur bikini treatment to women with discretionary income in Manhattan. But unless you’ve had the procedure done to yourself, you’ve probably never seen what it looks like up close. That changes now.
Beth Ditto To Collaborate With MAC Cosmetics
MAC Cosmetics has been killing it with their collaborations lately. Following their insanely successful (and completely sold out) collection by octogenarian style star Iris Apfel, the makeup brand has just announced they will be working with The Gossip frontlady and all around girlcrush Beth Ditto.
Long-Locked Men Are Now Putting Their Hair Up In ‘Man Buns’
As the riotous tonsorial shifts of a handful of guys in Brooklyn are worthy of serious news coverage, The New York Times today brings us a story about men with very long hair and what they’re doing to keep it out of their faces. Specifically, these guys are wrapping their follicles into balls that they secure on top of their heads with elastic bands. But don’t you dare call them buns. They’re man buns.
5 Easy To Make Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Skin
It’s an almost-universal experience: your complexion has been fine for a while, and then one day, almost out of nowhere, you’re in breakout city and your skin looks worn out and defeated overnight. You’re cleansing and using a daily regimen, so what could be wrong? Well, if it’s not stress or hormones, it could very easily be one of several smaller, less obvious culprits. See a list of the usual suspects below.
6 Bad Beauty Habits To Break Right Now
YouTube star and beauty guru Michelle Phan is all about beauty, and she’s here to help you start your year off fresh. This week, Michelle admonishes us against six bad beauty habits we should all break in the new year:
PHOTOS: 31 Unbelievably Cool Ways To Wear Nail Art
Sometime over the past year, nail art went from kitschy to cool to certifiably huge — and if you’re looking to see more of the “art” part of the trend, look no further than Christina Rinaldi of Prima Creative
PETA Justifiably Upset At Real Housewife Hocking Fox Fur Bikini Treatments
Most salons and spas offer pretty luxurious services, but The Foxy Bikini, a new service offered at the New York salon of Real Housewife Cindy Barshop in which fox fur is affixed to your nether regions, takes that concept to a completely ridiculous level. So ridiculous, in fact, that PETA has already come out against it.
And Here Is What All Of The Hunger Games Nail Polishes Look Like
Last month we saw a color chart for China Glaze‘s Hunger Games nail polish collection. Now we have pictures of the actual polishes from “Colors from the Capitol”.
WATCH: Ellen Gives Sofia Vergara A Hands-On Makeup Tutorial
We never thought we’d turn to Ellen DeGeneres for a makeup tutorial, but after watching her give Sofia Vergara a face full of CoverGirl, sign us up!
PHOTOS: Callista Gingrich Has The Most Disciplined Hair In America
If Mitt Romney has the best hair of any GOP presidential candidate, then Callista Gingrich is wiping the floor with the sloppy tresses of the GOP presidential candidate’s spouses. Then again, the woman’s hair is so neat and perfectly coiffed whenever she’s seen in public that even Anna Wintour‘s famous bob would look unkempt in comparison.
Kristen Stewart Named Face Of New Balenciaga Fragrance
Insert witty Twilight joke here! Kristin Stewart, the female lead of everyone’s favorite trilogy of sparkly vampire movies, has signed up to be the face of a yet-to-be-made scent from French fashion house Balenciaga.




















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