Beauty Squared Round-Up - February 8, 2015

Hello everyone, and a very happy Sunday to you! Hoping that it's warm wherever you are in the world today. 

Here are the links we've gathered for your enjoyment this week.

• Hey blue eyes! This post is for you.
• Pregnancy-safe beauty products.
• Yet another how-to for creating fake freckles. Have you ever done this?
• Blurred lines? Nope, try blurred lips - a fresh new way to wear lipstick.
• Cool musician ladies Alexis Krauss of Sleigh Bells and Samantha Urbani of Blood Orange talk all-natural beauty products in Nylon.
• Tis the season for dry lips. Here are some lip moisturizers you may not have heard of before.
• And tis the season for dry skin, so here is how to rid yourself of flakiness and dullness.
• 38 new beauty releases you need to know about.
• 12 things only people with bangs will understand.
• We're big fans of the colourful smoky eye here at Beauty Squared and here's a gorgeous one on Oscar nominee Felicity Jones. Bonus: they tell you how to recreate it too!
• Sam of Pixiwoo does a gorgeous and fierce Michelle Visage-inspired (drag-inspired) makeup tutorial.
• Would you give up smiling and laughing to keep your face from wrinkling? One woman says that she's prevented wrinkles and fine lines by refraining from not allowing her face to move for most of her life. 

Beauty Squared Round-Up - June 29, 2014

Hello lovelies! It's almost July, can you believe it? Also, hold onto your butts, everyone, this week's round-up is packed.

• Let's begin with nude lips. Here are three easy steps to getting the perfect nude lip. 
• Here are some products and an eye look that you might want to pair with that nude lip. Tracy of Beauty Reflections reviews the Make Up For Ever Aqua Matic Pencil in Iridescent Pop Purple. 
• Benefit Cosmetics released their brand new They're Real Push-Up Liner a few days ago so the reviews are coming fast and furious right now. Beauty Squared will have a review shortly. Here is a review from the Office Chic Blog, but also a trick for creating an eyeliner flick on hooded eyes. 
• Here is the review of They're Real Push-Up Liner by Tracy of Beauty Reflections. Spoiler alert: she didn't like it.
• Do you like to sit near the window when you're in an airplane? You should read this, and next time, protect yourself from the sun. 
• Sleep. We all love sleep, don't we? We also rarely get enough of it, right? Need an excuse to get more? Well, sleep can remedy some skin problems like acne, wrinkles and dark circles.
• So you let yourself sleep a little later this morning and now you're pressed for time to get out the door. Here are some makeup tips and some don't skip steps that'll save you time and have you looking polished.
• Do you like having glowing bronzed skin but don't want to risk sun damage or worse? Here are four of the best liquid bronzers you should look into.
• Choose makeup colours based on chakra theory, suggests this Beautylish post, which provides makeup products in yellow, orange, red, green, blue, purple and indigo.
• Fashion Magazine's Beauty Panel share the best beauty advice they've ever been given. 
• Pixiwoo usually do product reviews on their blog, but they're not usually quite this in depth. Clearly, they think Kevyn Aucoin's Sensual Skin Enhancer deserves a detailed review. 
• Summer means humidity and humidity means frizzy hair. Here's a round-up of some of the best frizz-fighting products. 
• To bang or not to bang. For many women that is the question. 

Beauty Squared Round-Up - February 2, 2014

Happy Groundhog Day!!! Whether you trust those poor rodents who had to wake up early this morning and look for their shadows or not, or care if there's six more weeks of winter or not, THIS you know is true. There are some very clickable links coming for your Sunday perusal....

And here they are!

• First up, Beauty Squared has a brand new Facebook page. We'll be sharing our blog posts, links, answering questions and sharing tips. Head over and Like us to keep up to date! It'll be fun, we promise!
  
• Here is an absolutely gorgeous tutorial from Sam of Pixiwoo. It's a contoured face/metallic eyes tutorial and has some great tips even if you don't try the whole thing yourself.
  
• Store mannequins are slowly but surely getting much-needed makeovers in America. You have probably heard about the American Apparel mannequins who are sporting pubic hair, but apart from that, stores are attempting to represent their customers better by using mannequins with tattoos, and as described in the article "thicker waists, saggier breasts, and back fat"(wish they hadn't used quite so unflattering, negative phrasing there. Guess we have a ways to go yet. :S) Anyway, fingers crossed that this is the start of a real shift.
  
• Ladies with natural hair! This link is for you - 12 beauty blogs for natural-hair.
  
• A review of Rimmel's new Stay Blushed! Liquid Cheek Tints - inexpensive, a dupe for YSL Créme de Blush apparently, sheer and oh so very spring!
  
• Growing out bangs/fringe can be one of the most irritating things, am I right? Elle Canada has some tips for doing it.
  
• OCC's new Cosmetic Colour Pencils - squee!!!
  
• Barney's new ad campaign called Brothers, Sisters, Sons & Daughters uses transgender models with the intent of creating awareness for the transgender community.
  
• Photographer Sean Scheidt is photographing burlesque performers in the Baltimore area as their every day selves and then in character as their burlesque alteregos. The link is a Buzzfeed link but Sean's website is here although it's not working on my browser.
  
• Friends Katy Ansite and Katie Feo Kelly's YouTube channel "Just the Tips" feature videos of the pair attempting some of the internet tips (looking at you, Pinterest) that really don't work or translate into real life. It's highly amusing. Check out their channel, or just click the link here and watch the Hunger Games makeup video (third video down) for a taste.