Beauty Squared Round-Up - September 15, 2013

Hello lovelies!

We missed our Round-Up last week and a thousand apologies for that. There is an extra padded Round-Up this week to make up for it.

Let's go!

• The Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up today and it was a week and a half chock full of glamour and parties and celebrities and oh yes, movies. Take a look at the lovely Keira Knightley's gorgeous delicate smoky eye with a touch of lavender from the red carpet of her movie Can A Song Save Your Life?. 
• Gorgeous photos of the new Chanel Séduction 42 Quadra Palette - perfect shades for fall.
• Speaking of fall, InStyle has a slideshow of 15 products under $15 that fit the fall trends without breaking your budget.
• I wish my hair were longer so I could do this lovely, retro-style faux-bob. 
• A simple, colourful, very pretty cat eye inspired by the one-and-only Diana Ross. 
• There is no colour more flattering than rose gold. 
• Jane of Daly Beauty has some tips for soft hands, gorgeous nails and tame cuticles. 
• Everyone wants brows like Cara Delevigne right now. British superstar MUA Charlotte Tilbury has a tutorial for you, if you want to give yourself thicker, fuller, darker brows. 
• Nine beauty products to keep you on your person at all times, according to Refinery 29.

Make Up Forever Aqua Brows

Eyebrows. The frames of your face. The most important part of your beauty look (arguably). And exciting news! There's another brilliant Aqua product from Make Up For Ever. If you're unfamiliar with the Aqua products from MUFE, you must check them out. It's all waterproof which means long-lasting and the products come in fantastic colours (created for use by synchronized swimmers). I reviewed one of the Aqua Creams here. 

Make Up For Ever's Aqua Brows are a long-lasting, smudge-proof eyebrow corrector and the reviews I've read say these are the greatest thing since well, the last greatest thing. Seriously, these are routine-changing brow correctors. Unfortunately they only come in three shades so far. Note: Why do brow colours only come in a few shades? My brows are dark and I use an eyeshadow to make them better match my hair colour, usually MAC's Sketch. I wish I could find an actual brow product (since they usually last longer than a powder eyeshadow) that worked for my brows. 

Aqua Brows come in light brown, brown and ash shades and cost $20 US. They are available at Sephora stores and on Sephora.com.

If any of these colours work for you, I highly recommend you check them out. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for them to release more shades.

The Tip Off: Clear Mascara = Eyebrow Gel

I've never been a fan of clear mascara, though I know many women are. I like my lashes long, lush, thick and black, but I do have a use for clear mascara afterall. Brow gel!

I have full, heavy-ish brows that I need to constantly groom and I trim them every few weeks to thin them out and to make them more manageable. Just like how your hair gets increasingly unmanageable as it grows, so do the hairs of your eyebrows. Brow gel can help keep them in place, much like hairspray does the same for your hair.

However, I don't like paying a lot for a product so minor in my beauty toolkit, although there a lot of options if you want or need something more specific to your brows. All I do, however, is sweep clear mascara onto my brows to give them a bit of staying powder. I am currently using JoeFresh's clear mascara ($6 CDN). It's not shiny or sticky and gives my brows a bit extra oomph and polish.

C.