Beauty Squared Round-Up for August 9, 2015

Happy Sunday lovelies!

Let's jump right in, shall we? 

• An excellent article on contouring, written by a makeup artist who breaks down what contouring is, how to do it, and why it's used (and not used).
  
• Nude lipstick is the opposite of red lipstick but it's no easier to track down your perfect nude lipstick than it is the perfect red. Here's how to do it.
  
• Everyone loves a hack (apart from maybe someone who breaks into computers or a certain type of painful cough or someone who ). Ahem, anyway, how about some lipstick hacks?
  
• More beauty hacks!
  
• Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics has (finally) come out with new packaging for their popular Lip Tars.
  
• Would you wear pink on your lips, eyes and cheeks? Here's how one woman translated the Spring 2015 runway trend on her own face - pretty!
  
• Beauty products for swimmers.
  
• Tweezerman has come out with an eyelash curler specifically made for deepset and almond-shaped eyes.
  
• Did you know that you can use undereye liner to alter the shape of your eyes? Here's how to make your eyes look rounder, elongated or more sultry.
  
• How can you tell if your natural beauty products are actually natural?
  
• An eyebrow-thickening serum that you can make at home.
  
• A Korean sticker that can shrink zits overnight.
  
• A round-up of next generation lip balms.
  
• Do you wear mineral sunscreen? You should read this.
  
• An argument for not washing your face in the morning.
  
• Drinking water doesn't just keep your body hydrated, and well, alive. It can improve the condition of your skin, teeth and hair. Here are some tips for drinking water.
  
• Dry skin brushing can increase circulation, exfoliate the skin, and improve skin texture. Here's how to do it and why you should.
  
• Hair treatments for dry hair you can do at home, with stuff from your kitchen!
  
• Ah, humidity. Evil, evil humidity making your hair all frizzy. Here's how to fight it.
  
• Does rinsing your hair with cold water actually make it shinier?
  
• Getting a drastic haircut holds the promise of a positive life change. Following a breakup or another big life change, new hair promises to give you a fresh outlook, to change your personality. But does it always give us what is promised? One woman reflects back on how a drastic haircut changed her life.
  
• Photographer Adama Jalloh celebrates black British girlhood through her photos of black girls having their hair done.
  
• Women who wear makeup earn more and are treated better than women who don't, but what toll is this makeup tax having on us?
  
• Model Elizaveta Bulokhova has posed for her first photos since losing her jaw to oral cancer. Beautiful.

Beauty Squared Round-Up for July 14, 2013

Happy Sunday, lovelies!

• If you're like me, your beauty routine more or less goes out the window when you spend any time in the heat and humidity. But, if, like me, you're not willing to forgo your beauty routine just because the weather is working against you, you may just need to change up how how you get ready and what products you use. Beautylish shares their favourite heat-proof beauty products that'll help keep you looking good all summer!
  
• If you've ever had a short hairstyle you've liked, you've probably had that moment when you've wondered if you should let it grow out or if you should keep it short. Hairstylist Bill Angst offers some tips to Beautyeditor reader Maria about growing out her short hair.
  
• Some "underrated" beauty habits, or really, just beauty tips, courtesy of Glamour readers.
  
• Minimal, matte makeup as seen on Mad Men's Jessica Paré.
  
• If you get the chance, you should check out the Lipstick Queen lipsticks. Here's a feature on the Chinatown Glossy Lip Pencil in Catalina.
  
• Summer in the city can be grand, but it can also take a real toll on your skin. Here are some common issues that arise with heat and city life and how you can protect your skin.
  
• Whatever you do, don't listen to Gwyneth Paltrow's advice on sun exposure, listen to medical professionals.
  
• Is there a discontinued lipstick that you can't forget about? For me it's MAC's Ionic from when I was a student. Check out Three Custom Color, who can recreate a number of long-gone shades from their colour library. Mine isn't there, but maybe yours is?
  
• In Canada or New York? Pick up a copy of Chloe Magazine for a spread featuring MuchMusic VJ Liz Trinnear styled as Debbie Harry by the awesome Lucky Bromhead. You can see one of the shots on Lucky's Instagram here: http://instagram.com/p/bmdNXAtwio/.