If you’ve been reading here for a while, you know that after years of playing beauty editor guinea pig, I don’t trust a lot of people with my hair. Well, the same goes for makeup. So many times, the over-eager makeup artist has felt the need to demonstrate the entire spring/fall collection on my face, AT ONCE, to the point where I’m left shimmering like a disco ball, with all of the colours in the rainbow and so much foundation that it actually creates new wrinkles.
This is why I generally refuse offers to have my makeup done. Unless Carmindy is in town, of course.
As you might recall, I first met her last fall when she was in town to promote her new line with Sally Hansen (remember all the talk of “Carmindizing” our faces?). This time, it was even more exciting because I got to pretend I was on What Not To Wear—except for the parts where Stacy and Clinton yell at me and I get a new, $5,000 wardrobe and haircut. (And actually, I’m grateful that my hair is still intact, because Ted, and Nick before him, seem to relish chopping it off.)
But back to makeup. While Carmindy did my face—which you can see in this vid, and which I’ll talk more specifically about tomorrow in relation to my personal makeup crutches—I gleaned a few tips on what we ALL should be doing. Keep reading »
You know what makes me crazy? Aside from wobbly restaurant tables and the grievous misuse of apostrophes, obviously.
It’s those makeup brushes that come WITH the makeup. Blush, bronzer, eyeshadow, whatever—this practice has to be stopped. I know it’s supposedly “convenient” to have a doll-sized brush on your person so as to re-apply whenever the mood strikes. But 1986 called and wants to tell you that streaky-looking makeup is no longer in style. And that you really should invest in some quality tools, bro.
I know, I know. Just like it’s totally boring to have to spend money on sensible footwear when you really want to splash out on the 4-inch snakeskin cage booties, it’s also a bit of a drag to spend your dough on makeup tools instead of the actual makeup.
But it will be worth it. Especially the brush I want to tell you about today. (To call it “life-changing,” at least in my small, shallow, makeup-focused existence, would not be an exaggeration.) Here’s the scoop—plus four more to add to your kit, if you don’t have ‘em already. Keep reading »
Confession: Sometimes I feel like a jerk when I pull out my Chanel lip balm. Not that it isn’t amazing—it IS—and I am exceptionally grateful to even own a $45 designer lip balm (adorned with the interlocking Cs, natch).
But honestly? It feels so freakin’ extravagant, especially when I then realize that I’m carting around an awful lot of fancy schmantzy stuff. (Givenchy lip gloss? Check. Armani eyeshadow? Check. Dior brow pencil? Check. YSL lipstick, eyeliner and blush? Check, check and check.)
Yowza! I love it all—what girl wouldn’t?—but I don’t want to become the beauty equivalent of those label-obsessed women who feel compelled to adorn every inch of bodily real estate with loud, screaming designer logos. Hells no. The hi-lo approach applies to beauty too, which is why I want to tell you today about a few exciting prodz that I swear are as good or better than their pricey cousins. Because as thrilling as it is when you first swipe/slather/slick that designer beauty product across your bod… it’s maybe even more so when you get the same results for a fraction of the price. Keep reading »
