For Nicole Kidman’s 2009 Oscars Ceremony makeup, Chanel’s Angela Levin “decided to go for basic…make-up that shows who [Nicole Kidman] is.” Levin created pure glamour by layering smoky shades from Chanel’s Reflets d’Ombre eye shadow palette on Nicole’s eyes and using a deep wine coloured gloss on her lips.
Poppy Delevigne, the daughter of Head of Personal Shopping at Selfridge’s department store, should know a thing or two about beauty, no? Here is a peak at some of the products she loves, and the beauty practices she keeps…
Poppy’s Beauty Must-Haves
Sisley moisturising cream (every morning for moisture and as a great base for make-up)
Laura Mercier tinted moisturiser for an overall finish
Head & Shoulders Damage Rescue shampoo and conditioner (Poppy’s stylist Mellissa Brown calls it “hair rehab in a bottle”)
YSL Touch Eclat
Dior Volumising Mascara
Poppy’s Beauty Tips
A great Dermalogica facial every few weeks
Lots of sleep over the weekend
Drink lots of water to hydrate the skin and keep it looking fresh
Source & Photo Credit: Vogue UK
1. The key to this look is in the preparation. Take care to slough away all dead skin cells using a good exfoliant like Estee Lauder Idealist Micro-D. Make sure any dry patches are safely banished by following up with a thick, creamy moisturiser; we love Bobbi Brown Face Base, which doubles as a makeup primer too.
L’Oreal Paris is rolling out a serum designed for menopausal and post-menopausal skin, and its called Age Perfect Re-Cushioning Serum.
The serum is so lightweight it comes in a dropper. It contains soy seed proteins combined with jasmine extract to stimulate production of natural collagen fibers to reinforce the skin’s supporting foundation. It promises to help restore and refine skin’s spring and resilience within four weeks of use.
The patented Ceramide-5 found in the serum helps repair skin’s moisture barrier to prevent moisture loss and to provide hydration all day. It also features skin-brightening enhancers to add radiance to the complexion for more even-toned skin. The suggested retail price is $16.59.
Ingredients gathered from Iceland’s air, land and water make this eye cream visibly reduce shadows, puffiness and overall dryness while soothing, strengthening and stabilizing stressed skin.
Now, Skyn Iceland has turned its Icelandic Relief Eye Cream into a convenient, on-the-go treatment with the new Icelandic Relief Eye Pen. Via a soft-tip pen applicator, the Icelandic Relief Eye Pen delivers immediate relief to the delicate under-eye area and diminishes the symptoms of chronic stress around the eyes.
In The Makeup will be stashing this product in our purses for touch-ups.
The new skyn Iceland Icelandic Relief Eye Pen will be available in May exclusively at Sephora for $20.
“A woman who’s home is every where – nomad chic” is how James Kaliardos describes the makeup look at Diane Von Furstenberg spring 2009. Here is how to get the look, using MAC products.
EYES
Soba Eyeshadow – blended over lids, up past crease, out toward temples and along lower lashline.
Pearl Cream Colour Base – to highlight the inner corner of the eyes.
PRO Barelash – foundation toned product applied with a mascara wand combed through brows to diminish natural hair colour.
FACE
Studio Sculpt SPF 15 Foundation – applied as a minimal base to the face.
PRO Sculpting Powder – blended under cheek bones and up toward temples to contour.
Pearl Cream Colour Base – touched on the high plane of the cheek bone for highlight.
LIPS
Lip Erase – applied in a sheer layer to pale down the lips.
Sculpt and Shape in Bone Beige – applied with a lip brush to line the mouth.
Charlotte Tilbury describes the look as “very done but in a neutral way.” We think its very “done last night and just woke up.” Anyhoooo…..If you like the slept-in-makeup look (we hear Kate Hudson loves her eye makeup best the morning after), here is how to get it :
EYES
Knight Divine, Brun, and Print Eye Shadows – buffed over lids up toward the brows and along the lower lashline in an oval shape.
Plushblack Plushlash Mascara – applied to top lashes only.
FACE
Matte Bronze Bronzing Powder – applied in a sheer wash to contour the cheekbones.
LIPS
Stripdown Lip Pencil –precisely lining the lips.
Half and Half Lipstick – brushed on to fill in the lips.
In The Makeup just stumbled upon a huge sale! Everything is 50% off at hardcandy.com. In The Makeup has already purchased one of each Eyeshadow Quartet and is trying to resist glittery eyeliner pencils and yummy flavored lip glosses.
In The Makeup loves a good lip stain – the kind that has you waking up in the morning with tinted lips from the night before. So we are….nothing less than smug about discovering an eyeliner stain.
Sormeh eye lining powder, made by makeup artist Mosha Katani, stays on the skin even after being washed. Melissa Magsaysay, writer for the latimesblog, says “I lined my eyes last Thursday and even after washing and scrubbing my face, there was still a black line around my eyes for almost 3 days. It was smudgy, but just required a touch-up in the morning, so I didn’t walk out of the house looking like Courtney Love after a really bad night.”
So…a little stain on the lip, a little stain around the eye….and you wake up looking like a total Goddess!
The powder, which is made from castor oil and zinc oxide, is $48 and is sold here. Colors are black, midnight, nude, purple smoke, and rustic brown. And the ruby bottle of powder comes with an eyeliner brush too.
Daily Makeover is now the first virtual makeover site to let visitors try on Fashion Week’s hottest trends. More than simple reporting, users will be able to try on the latest hairstyles straight off the catwalk and see themselves wearing the newest makeup trends with an exclusive one-click look feature.
The Daily Makeover team, headed by beauty industry veterans, Daily Makeover Beauty Editor, Rachel Hayes, will attend more than 20 shows, uncovering trends and identifying key hairstyle, makeup, manicure and accessory looks. The best looks will be uploaded onto the website, enabling users the chance to try on the trends for themselves, while “at the tents” video interviews with Fashion Week movers and shakers will supplement runway and backstage action. Daily Makeover editors and other experts will wrap up the action via a Backstage Beauty Blog, but the site’s coverage will go beyond the everyday, with such innovations as:
In The Makeup thinks this is so much fun! Plus, the site has tons of great beauty info.
VERTERE, the first and only skincare line specifically created to simultaneously address aging, hyperpigmentation and adult acne with one regimen, debuted at the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week show of designer, Nary Manivong.
Makeup Artists prepared models for the runway with applications of VERTERE Dramatic Transformation Cream.
VERTERE’s cornerstone product, Dramatic Transformation Cream, targets aging, hyperpigmentation and adult acne with more than 60 percent clinically active ingredients including organic lactic acid, arbutin, organic and inorganic peptides, vitamins and botanicals at clinically proven levels. Dramatic Transformation Cream also shields the skin from UVA/UVB damage and inhibits tyrosinase synthesis to help reduce the reoccurrence of hyperpigmentation.
Photo: Beauty & The Blog – model is wearing VERTERE skincare
The look at Lavin S/S 2009 was all about eyeliner – dramatic and exaggerated. Here is a step by step guide to how makeup artist Pat McGrath created the look.
COMPLEXION
Max Factor Erase Concealer
Max Factor ColorGenius Foundation with Minerals
Max Factor ColorGenius Mineral Pressed Powder
Kevin Aucoin The Scuplting Powder (use a fluffy brush to sweep sculpting powder at temples and under cheekbones)
EYES
NARS eyeliner pencil in iceberg (on the upper lash line)
CoverGirl Line Exact Liquid Liner Pen in Very Black (on top of the pencil to intensify)
Max Factor 2000 Calorie Extreme Lash Plumper in Extreme Blackout on lashes
Cover Girl Brow and Eye Makers Pencil in Soft Blonde and Soft Brown on brows
LIPS
Cover Girl Continuous Color Lipstick in Pure Gloss (a sheer iridescent pale pink)
Pat McGrath Says: “The key to the look is the depth of the black which, when used fearlessly creates a black latex look for lids. Hard lines and strong shapes give a bold, graphic and altogether more modern look.”
Photo: Style.com
Forget the berry tones of autumn & winter; spring & summer are all about futuristic purple tints on eyes and lips. Zac Posen showed violet lips, and Aquascutum showed glossy metallic iris eyes.
To create the look above Charlotte Tilbury, makeup artist for MAC used “pale violet pigment on the lips, followed by a white tint on the cupids bow and center of the lips to give a sexy, iridescent sheen” and then “maintained a feminine focus” by doing eyes with cool pink and lilac and no eyeliner or mascara.
In The Makeup Says: To take this look from runway to realway, keep futuristic purple eyes at the lashline only rather than all over the lid. Smudge Laura Mercier kohl eye pencil in purple sapphire around the upper and lower lashline, then use Lancôme’s Le Crayon Kohl in Blanc in the inner corners. Get “realway” violet lips by applying one coat of something like MAC lipstick in Up The Amp (a creamy Lavendar Violet), blot with a tissue to create a violet stain, and then soften it up with a clear lip balm or gloss.
Photo from Style.com
Have you ever struggled to keep your lashes from going left and right? Now you can give in a little and let them (or make them, if you have to) because “jagged lashes” are an official “look”. Just check out Freida Pinto’s eyelashes.
Makeup artist Jeffrey Paul says “Freida’s eyes look like shooting stars.” He also says that jagged lashes “shoot out and emphasize the dark richness of her eyes like little beams of light…”
Paul recommends doing jagged lashes with soft cheeks, simple hair and neutral lips.”
According to research presented by Got2B, 88% of women aged 18 to 24 use blow dryers, 71% use flat irons and 64% use curling irons.
If your stylist has warned you to protect your hair from all of the heat styling you do, check out Got2Be’s newest line of styling products, dubbed guardian angel, to protect hair from the high temperatures of hair appliances like flat irons.
The new guardian angel styling products are formulated with a patented heat-activated polymer technology that promises to protect your hair from heat styling, and to protect it up to a temperature of 425 degrees!
The new collection includes guardian angel blow dry lotion, a light, protective pre-styling lotion; guardian angel flat iron balm, which insulates hair from flat iron frying to provide frizz-free locks; and guardian angel curl iron spray, which amplifies curls and creates smooth frizz-free definition.
The products have a suggested retail price of $5.99.
Looking for a great five minute face? Here is a step-by-step guide to the makeup done for Tommy Hilfiger’s Spring 2009 show. MAC makeup artist Lisa Butler calls it “bare but groomed,” and In The Makeup thinks its great for an “I’m just running to the grocery store” look.
COMPLEXION:
MAC Oil Control Lotion
MAC Studio Sculpt Foundation
MAC Beauty Powder Blush in Fun & Games (on apples of cheeks and eyelids using a fan brush)
EYES:
MAC Creme Royal Eyeshadow to highlight inner corners of eyes and brows
One Light Coat of MAC Pro Lash Mascara
LIPS:
Dust MAC Creme Royal Eyeshadow on cupid bow
Want a more natural and organic perfume? Check out the release of eco-chic premium French cream perfumes from The Cream Perfume Company, which is now distributing four of its Nuts cream perfumes ($20 each) through Sephora.
The small, wooden jar is made in the U.S. of residual wood (trees are not cut down; instead, the remnants of Canadian Birch from small mills are used). The display unit is made from Okoume wood from a cigar box manufacturer in the Dominican Republic.
Designed by internationally renowned perfumers and made by the local artisans of Grasse, France, these perfumes are carried with natural sweet almond oil and beeswax as a healthier alternative to alcohol solvents.
More info: www.thecreamperfumecompany.com
Strike up and match the look on the cover with MATCH BOOKS. You don’t need to be a makeup artist to use these kits and they offer everything a girl would need!
Match Books by Tinte Cosmetics ($28 each) are available in Blushed Beauty, Natural Beauty, and Smoky Eyes. Each Match Books includes: Two eye shadow colors (a base and contour shade), a cream eyeliner, blush, two lip glosses and two brushes. We were concerned about the two brushes, since brushes that come with makeup are usually only good for your trash can. But these brushes are surprisingly nice for on-the-go.
According to Creator Stacy Provines “I am a woman constantly on the go and I needed a kit that offered everything all-in-one, the eye shadow, liner, blush and gloss. Since I am not a makeup artist by trade I wanted to offer 5 simple steps to make it easy for women to use. We also included an extra step so you can transform your look from day to night.
For those who lament that their lash curler comes with only one replacement pad, Tweezerman might have you gloating with its launch of ProCurl Lash Curler – a brand new lash curler that comes with three replacement pads. We haven’t tried the curler yet, but we’ve read a few positive reviews on it. And, call us old ladies, but we like its rose gold color.
The company describes it as “Ergonomically designed with pinch-proof precision, the narrower top bar is curved to fit most eye-shapes. The doubled-body design and contoured finger loops provide ultimate strength for comfortable, easy curling. The thick, rounded silicone pad won’t stick and ensures always-intense curl without ever creasing lashes.”
For anyone who is ready to commit sacrilege (i.e. owning anything other than a Shu), tweezerman’s new curler is available at Sephora (only) and will sell for $20.
Thinking about investing in some Bobbi brushes? In The Makeup says “Wait!” Our Beauty Spy has a new discovery – Bobbi Brown is redesigning her entire brush collection. The new brushes will be made exclusively of goat hair, and are rumored to be softer and better than Bobbi’s already amazing collection. Expect the new brushes to hit Bobbi Brown counters in March.
The Skinny Hips half of the product is attributed to the presence of the Hoodia Gordonii extract, a plant native to Southern Africa and found in a number of diet and weight loss supplements due to its appetite suppressing activity.
And it is the vitamin B3 in the formulation which reportedly helps stimulate blood flow to the lips making them appear fuller.
Purple Lab’s Huge Lips, Skinny Hips will debut in Spring 2009 for $20.00 at Scoop and Space.N.K. But before you buy, Cosmetic Scientist Colin says:
“If you are dieting or overweight do not think that this product will do anything for you apart from maybe leaving you less money to spend on food.”
In The Makeup Says: Remember almost two years ago (March 2007), a near riot broke out in Yorkshire, England over No 7 Protect & Perfect Serum after it was featured on a BBC Horizon program. The Boots web-site experienced a virtually instant sell-out, the news was that 13 bottles were being bought each minute, and On eBay, the cream began selling for twice the official price. The dermatology team responsible for the sudden popularity of Protect & Perfect said that they had spent ten months testing a variety of anti-aging products, many of them far more expensive.
Now, Boots has reformulated the range (day Cream, night Cream and a night eye cream product).
The formulation focuses on No7’s patented anti-oxidant complex, which includes gingko biloba, emblica, liprochraomn and vitamin C. Of particular note in the range is the reformulated eye cream, which, according to Boots Skincare scientific advisor “surpasses even our expectations” during the extensive testing that was carried out on the new range.
“In three separate scientific studies on over 230 real women, dark circles, fine lines, and puffiness around the eyes were noticeably reduced in 12 weeks,” Long said.
He believes that the big boost for the eye cream is the inclusion of a new ingredient, Haloxyl, which has never been used in the No7 range before.
Note: The cream sold as Boots N07 Restore & Renew in the U.S., but the British formula was sold on Zitomer – one of our favorite on-line beauty resources. They were also selling La Roche Posay Mexoryl sunscreen before it was available in the U.S.
Ken Paves Says: It’s undone glamour, modern and sexy hair in less than 20 minutes. Eva loved it, and believe it or not I didn’t use any hair pieces!
Step One: Curl 1″ sections downward. Randomness adds to the sexiness.
Step Two: Part hair to the side. Curl top and sides of hair toward the face.
Step Three: Allow it to cool and set.
Step Four: Spray volumizer into hair toward the root
Step Five: Flip your head over, apply medium hair dryer heat and tussle with your fingers.
Step Six: Add a little shine serum and voila, instant cover hair!
