Oh Em Gee. THIS IS THE WEEK. The week that the first movie in The Hunger Games trilogy hits theatres. I haven’t even read the books yet (well, I’ve got four days still) and I’m beside myself with excitement! It’s going to be like The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter all over again. Except probably better.
Also? If you didn’t know who Jennifer Lawrence was before, you will now. She plays the heroine Katniss—and let’s just say that with the books selling 23 million copies and counting, Jen’s about to be launched into international super-stardom.
Here at BEAUTY EDITOR HQ, of course, we love nothing more than a little beauty retrospective. (I also have a soft spot for Jennifer because we have the exact same type of eyelid crease. Meaning non-existent. So sue me—these are the things I pay attention to.) Anyway, let’s get acquainted with this budding beauty star by taking a look at her red carpet looks of past and present… Keep reading »
I’ve always been anti-foundation and pro-concealer. For the most part, I didn’t like the way foundations smelled, the way they could smear off on your clothes and (most importantly) how they just looked so obviously THERE on your skin. Concealers, on the other hand, I couldn’t live without. (I do have a concealer wardrobe, after all.) Subtle, stealthy, they did their job but only where you needed them.
So this was my makeup philosophy: If you could get away with JUST applying concealer, and skipping the icky foundation, it was ideal. In fact I believe I’ve written that sentiment on this very website right here.
But now I have some breaking news. I might have changed my mind on all of this. And that’s thanks to a recent sesh (during TIFF) with Lynne Ryan, the lead makeup artist for So You Think You Can Dance Canada and national makeup artist for Murale. In a nutshell, here is the paradigm shift. (I’m going to bold it so you really pay attention.) Whereas I once believed that the right concealer would allow you to skip foundation… now, I’m of the mind that the right foundation will allow you to skip concealer. Come and let me explain my Aha! Moment. Keep reading »
Remember the halcyon days of the late ’90s and early ’00s? For those of us born with fine, straight hair, that was our heyday. It was definitely post-”Rachel” cut, but before the advent of what I call “Hollywood Hair,” a.k.a. loose, piecey, beachy waves (otherwise known as the hairstyle that refuses to die). Anyway, there was a period of maybe a couple of years in between where SOOPER fine, SOOPER straight, SOOPER stuck-to-your-head hair was actually in style. Everyone else ran out and got a flat iron, but we didn’t need to. Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy was our heroine and life was good.
Sadly, I don’t think those days are coming back… evah. Which means that we volume-challenged need to accept that we’re just going to have to put in some work. That means forgoing the wash ‘n wear at least occasionally in favour of properly styling avec one or more of the bodacious bodifying hair prodz out there.
Now, there are two things to realize: 1) Most of them are mediocre, with a few rare exceptions THAT I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IN JUST A MOMENT. And 2) You may not be applying them correctly for the results you want. So! Today I’m going to help you out by revealing my top-secret, all-time greatest picks (because if there’s one product category I’ve tested rigorously, it’s this one), as well as how to use ‘em. Excited? You should be. Keep reading »
