Beauty Squared Round-Up - April 13, 2014

Hello lovelies! It's time for our weekly round-up of the most clickable, most interesting, most shareable beauty-related links... Let's dig in.

• Skin finishes - luminous, matte and dewy - what is the difference, and how to get them. Spring time is the time to think skin.
  
• Speaking of skin, one of the latest (and oddest-titled) makeup trends is the "toddler glow". It's a makeup application technique that gives you that extremely youthful glow that yes, toddlers have.
  
• Bright eyeshadow colours for spring. Here's how to wear it so it isn't scary.
  
• Photos and swatches of the Proenza Schouler-MAC collection over on the Makeup and Beauty Blog.
  
• The best long-wearing lip products according to Allure, including MAC, Stila, OCC, Revlon and Wet & Wild.
  
• New beauty brand alert: NUDESTIX - all crayon (chubby stick) makeup for eyes, cheeks, lips and nails (?!) - launching at Space NK stores in May.
  
• Leandra Medine, aka Manrepeller, on why she doesn't wear makeup.
  
• A print ad for Chanel's new foundation features a lovely model with a disturbing neck, courtesy of Photoshop.
  
• National Geographic has a wonderful photo essay for their 125th anniversary issue. In it they look at what Americans will look like in 2050 - a striking and stunning mixing pot of features, skintones and hair colours. (It's a Nerve link, but it's safe for work as long as you don't explore any of the links on the page...)

MAC S/S 2011 Faces

MAC's make up artists were busy bees during New York Fashion Week. Here their looks for Proenza Schouler, Nathan Jenden and Jeremy Scott.

"It's a muted look with tomboyish square brows, a bit of contouring and a little natural discolouration left under the eyes for a bit of a grungy feel."

A close up of the Proenza Schouler make up.

"The look is prep school girl gone to the beach...1940s Judy Garland to Lady Gaga."

Some of the looks from the Nathan Jenden runway show:

"A collage of chaos - Marilyn Monroe meets Debbie Harry at CBGBs"

Some of Jeremy Scott's looks from the Spring 2011 runway:

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