Showing posts with label stains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stains. Show all posts

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Beauty Squared Round-Up for September 27, 2015

It's Beauty Squared Round-Up time! We've been delinquent. September has been a very, very busy month.

But there's lots to share with you. And good stuff too!


  • Decoding makeup brushes. Here's a great article about the different types of makeup brushes and how they can be used.
  • InStyle rounds up the best beauty looks on the 2015 Emmy red carpet.
  • Jane Fonda (she's a spectacular 77 years old!) was in Toronto for TIFF this year, to promote her film Brenda In Youth. Beauty Geeks spoke to MUA Eddie Malter about the look Jane wears in the film, and the vastly different one he created for her for the TIFF red carpet.
  • You've got to see the beauty looks for Marc Jacobs' Spring 2016 runway show. Think the iconic looks of Ziggy Stardust and 1940s starlights, but the morning after.
  • In contrast, on the Gucci runway models looked bare-faced. But they weren't. In fact, as is typically the case, a "no-makeup look" requires a surprising number of products.
  • Taking inspiration from the runways of Milan, here are some ways to wear bold colour.
  • In Korea, a DIY (and potentially dangerous) trick to curl their eyelashes, which involves a lighter and a cotton bud. Here's how you do it if you're brave. I'll stick to my eyelash curler, thanks.
  • The Body Shop's new Fresh Nude Foundation comes in 16 shades, and innovatively, you can also purchase lightening and darkening drops to mix into the foundation so you can match it perfectly to your skin, no matter what season it is.
  • Do you want some Marilyn Monroe beauty tricks? Here you go.
  • Basic beauty tips: how to contour your eyes.
  • Dolce & Gabbana's Sophia Loren-inspired lipstick.
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  • And finally, Megan Koester took a class called "Wow-Factor Makeup for Instagram" and wrote about it for Jezebel. Yes, there are classes being taught on how to do your makeup so that you can take selfies. Sigh, I guess how you look in real life doesn't matter as much as how you look on someone's smartphone. When is the next flight off the planet happening? 

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Beauty Squared Round-Up for July 12, 2014

Hello lovelies!

We took a week off from our weekly round-up and we're so sorry. But here we are with lots of beauty-related goodies to share with you.


  • The last round-up featured a review of Kevyn Aucoin's Sensual Skin Enhancer by Pixiwoo. Here is a guide for using it, showing how light or how heavily it can be applied.
  • Two lists of the best black eyeliners: one from Phyrra and one from Beauty411.
  • Afraid of bright lipstick but tempted by it? Here's how you can overcome that fear.
  • And more Kevyn Aucoin for you - here's a breakdown of his different lip looks (Cupid's Bow, The Smear, Bonnie Parker, etc) and how to achieve them.
  • Makeup stains on clothing. We all get them and we all hate them. Now we can get rid of them!
  • Skincare can be tricky with your serums and moisturizers and antioxidants and oils and sunscreens. Here's how to apply all of them, properly, in layers so your skin looks and feels the best it can.
  • Have you heard that Urban Decay is releasing a Pulp Fiction-themed makeup collection in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the movie? YES, it's happening. MUA Kandee Johnson has done a wicked Mia Wallace look using the collection. Check it out here!