Beauty Squared Round-Up - April 27, 2013

Happy Sunday! Here's some beauty link love for you today.

A dermatologist talks about hyperpigmentation. 

Treat split ends, pre-spray tan, cracked heels and elbows -19 uses (that you may not have heard of) for Vaseline. 

With the impending release of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby (starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Casey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire), we're seeing a lot of 1920s-inspired fashion and beauty looks. To get a taste of the flapper look, check out these amazing art deco manicures.

OCC lip tars can be a little tricky to apply. Sephora TV has a short tutorial to show you how.

If you're looking to green up your beauty routine post-Earth Day, TheKit.ca has selected 7 green beauty products to keep an eye out for.

The Coachella Festival is over, but here are some of the celebrity looks for your summertime beauty inspiration. 

A round-up of 10 of the best drugstore eyeshadow finds. 

Jezebel wonders if South Korea's penchant for plastic surgery is behind the contestants of the 2013 Miss South Korea Pageant looking very similar. 

Mineral make-up: fact vs. fiction.

Sam and Nic of Pixiwoo recently celebrated hitting 1,000,000 subscribers of their YouTube account by giving celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver a 1980s Madonna makeover.

And here's Jamie's reaction to seeing himself as Madonna.

Beauty Squared Round-Up - October 28, 2012

Beauty Squared has been really quiet this month and for that we'd like to apologize! We'll be posting lots more soon. In the meantime, here are some more of the week's best beauty links. 

A Great Gatsby makeup tutorial (links as well for Katniss Everdeen and Catwoman makeup tutorials, click through!

Take inspiration from arguably the most iconic video of 2012, Gotye and Kimbra's 'Somebody That I Used To Know' and do a colour-blocked body makeup for Halloween!

Flawless Halloween make-up tips from MAC's Keri Blair.

From Pixiwoo - DIY creepy eyelashes.

Banana Republic has announced a new Mad Men-inspired collection, this time focusing on the newest Mrs. Draper, Megan.

Check out this amazing 60s cat eye look created by makeup artist Kabuki for MAC at The Blond's Fall/Winter 2012 runway show. He's tailored it for both darker and lighter complexions, so this is a look for everyone! Watching him work is fascinating.

Makeup tips for your eye shape!

Do you have a shattered eyeshadow or blush? Don't toss it, fix it. Here's how.

Feeling stuck in your makeup routine? Have products that you never use? Take this idea and spark creativity/challenge yourself. The Pixiwoo sisters create looks using just a handful of random products selected by a friend. 

How to look young, fresh and zingy when you feel old, haggard and cranky.

Beauty Squared Round-Up - April 29, 2012

Beyonce has been named People Magazine's most beautiful woman, making her the (SAY WHAT?) first black woman to be honoured with the title. Come on now, People, for real?

In coincidental news, an 18 year-old, blonde, blue-eyed Brit named Florence was named the most naturally beautiful woman in Great Britain recently. Apparently her face is almost perfectly symmetrical, which is why she won. Now, she is very pretty, but since when is "almost perfection" beautiful?

Warning: this link is going to bring you somewhere quite creepy. Many little girls grow up wanting to be pretty like Barbie but how many would go this far?

Jezebel.com reviews Anastasia's Beauty Express for Brows and Eyes claiming they give her brows that would make Joan Crawford jealous. I don't know about you, but I'd be cautious making Joan jealous.

Glowy skin and sculpted cheeks with this bronzer x 2 tutorial from Refinery 29.

Lush's London Regent Street store staged some pretty extreme performance art recently to protest animal testing in cosmetics manufacturing. 

Olay was named the #1 cosmetics brand in the world recently, beating Avon, Dove and Estee Lauder.

In anticipation of the release of Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' later this year, here's a soft and romantic Gatsby make-up look.