One of the problems (as in, #beautyeditorproblems) with writing for magazines AND maintaining a beauty blog is that I write magazine articles so far in advance that by the time I’ll allowed to cover certain trends here, my attention has drifted elsewhere. SORRY GUYS. This is what’s happened with BB Creams—a brand new beauty category that has recently arrived in Canada, and which I wrote about all the way back in the summer for fall issues of ELLE Canada and FLARE.
But today I realized, gosh, I haven’t even talked about them with you guys! Not very kind of me, I know. And unless you’re an early adopter (yay you!), you’re probably wondering what the heck this stuff even IS. Is it for blemishes? Is it a balm? What’s the difference between this and a tinted moisturizer? Can I ditch my foundation and concealer now?
So.Many.Questions. And I’m here to answer them. Here’s your BB Cream primer (ha! get it?), and how to decide if you need to embrace this trend. Keep reading »
The end of August is kind of a sad time because it means that summer is almost over… but it’s also a little bit exciting because it’s the absolute BEST time of the year for new makeup. (I guess we deserve something to compensate.) Yep, the good stuff is starting to trickle in and I’m featuring a bunch of it in today’s video.
That lip colour I’m wearing? It’s called Evil Pink, which might be the best lipstick name of all time… and one in a new collection of matte lipsticks I want to tell you about today. I’ve also got a couple of fabu mascaras, an easy-to-use, non-1980s contouring kit and… VERY EXCITING… a powder compact that I think every single female needs to own for her purse. No, I’m not exaggerating.
Watch and learn: Keep reading »
September 20th, 2010, 6:53 pm |
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by Michelle
Ever since I started blogging, I’ve become an annoying paparazzi-type person. My camera (which also takes video) is almost always in tow.
Usually this is okay with PR people—since they want to promote their clients, natch—but some of my beauty editor friends aren’t so down with me using them as blog post fodder.
(Possibly because we might not always practice what we preach. What? It’s a lot of pressure to have non-chipped nail polish and perfect makeup all the time.)
However, at a very swanky beauty event the other week hosted by P&G Beauty, I finally got approval to share some beauty-licious beauty editor shots. These girls looked so good that I just had to share—and because most of us had our hair and makeup done that day, it just seemed wrong NOT to document it. Keep reading »
