Ladies, brace yourselves. Starting Wednesday (Thursday our time), the 2010 Fall shows kick off in New York. Fab and I are beside ourselves with excitement—especially given the whole upset over seating arrangements at the couture shows. Last year we saw (from top L-R): super-slick hair at Matthew Williamson; grey lips at Doo.ri; sunken, sallow eyes at Proenza Schouler; the 80's make a return at Marc Jacobs; headbands galore from Zac Posen and Calvin Klein; crimped hair making a comeback at Erin Fetherston, bobby pins as an accessory at Carolina Herrera; and statement blusher at Anna Sui.
What walks down the runways influences celebs and you and me, so what are you hoping to see this year? I'd like an influx of mushroom-y and olive-y hues as they're wonderful and wearable shades. Maybe some glossy berry lips too.
Anywayz, see you back here on Thursday for the beauty who's, how's, trends to avoid and the ones to wholeheartedly through yourself into with reckless abandon . . .
Turmeric (aka turmeric root, Indian saffron or curcuma longa) is a shrub that is related to the ginger family. It's grown throughout India, Asia and Africa, and while it's most commonly known for its golden colour and use in curry powders and mustards, turmeric is also used to dye fabrics and has been used in Ayurvedic medicine to aid digestion and liver function, relieve arthritis pain and topically treat wounds.
In cosmetics, turmeric has been used as an anti-inflammatory agent to soothe skin and recent research has shown it boosts the enzyme that produces the skin's natural antioxidants, so expect to see it pop up in various skincare ranges, though purifying it without losing its power is both tricky and costly.
Fancy a super-sweet treat minus the calories? Then step this way, Sugar.
Every day through Sunday, 14 February, we're helping you to get your glow on. See we've got two Benefit Sugarbombs (valued at $51 each) up for grabs each day and we thought that two of you might like them? The face powder features four complementary shades (rose, pink with a hint of shimmer, plum and peach) that blend together to create the perfect "sugar rush flush" for your cheeks. I am obsessed; it's the bomb (quite literally) so you'd be mad as a hatter not to try and score yourself one.
All you have to do today is share with us in the comments section what your BIGGEST makeup blunder has been. Did you think you could pull off blue eyeshadow? Were you a black lipstick casualty? Tell us everything. . .
Former Bond girl Eva Green has old Hollywood glamour down to an art. I know her style can be somewhat eccentric at times (remember her crazy backcombed-to-max-then-dragged-through-a-hedge-backwards hair at the '07 BAFTAs?) but I think she got it just right at the 2010 Evening Standard British Film Awards in London last night. The pearlescent orange-rouge lip works amazingly well against her porcelain skin and I love how she kept the rest of her makeup minimal. The pretty 1920s-inspired hairstyle is also a winner for me; what about you?
Over the weekend, there definitely wasn't a shortage of celeb sightings, as the stars flocked to Miami for various Super Bowl festivities. Among the revellers was Jessica Alba, who was wearing a much shorter bob. Which length do you think suits the sexy starlet more?
Hilary Duff chose to keep things simple for the 2010 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, opting for silver and white-gold sparkly eyeshadow, a clear, glossy lip shade, perfect skin and drawing her blonde locks into a ponytail. What do you think of the overall look? Simple, yet stylish or a little too can't-be-bothered for the red carpet?
Apologies for the hugely long image but it's not often that we see Hawko sporting anything but her signature tousled waves so I thought this deserved a celebration. In the latest Myer Designers A/W 2010 catalogue, the Sydney-based stunner sported a quartet of different looks: a seriously quiffed up 'do for Camilla and Marc; a super-slick centre part for Cue; a high-rising backcomb for Nicola Finetti; and an intricate up style for Maticevski. What do you think? Any standout styles that you'd like to see more of? Or bring back the curls, you say?
OK, so it could be called 'method acting' as I doubt that Joan Jett was all that ace at removing her makeup before bedtime but the Allure girls have discovered that Kristen slept in her eye makeup while filming The Runaways “so that it was in all the right creases in the morning when she came to the set,” says head of makeup, Robin Mathews. Apparently it's all about eyes in the film as Joan Jett and Cherie Currie (played by Dakota Fanning) found lipstick “a pain in the ass to keep on.” Have you ever slept in your liner for the perfect rock chick look?
You know how much importance I place on a good 2-in-1 product, so you can only imagine how highly I regard 3-in-1 products. They're like the holy grail of cosmetics so I'm thrilled to share news about the L'Oreal Paris Brow Stylist Professional 3-in-1 ($23.95). It will have those frequent flyers (or brow obsessed) amongst you clapping your hands in joy at the sheer wonderfulness of a product that features a brow pencil, pull-out tweezers and a brush on the lid all at once. Your lipstick will be breathing a big sigh of relief at all that extra space that it has to wiggle about in your makeup bag thanks to this streamlined wonder. So worth checking out.
Turmeric (aka turmeric root, Indian saffron or curcuma longa) is a shrub that is related to the ginger family. It's grown throughout India, Asia and Africa, and while it's most commonly known for its golden colour and use in curry powders and mustards, turmeric is also used to dye fabrics and has been used in Ayurvedic medicine to aid digestion and liver function, relieve arthritis pain and topically treat wounds.
Fancy a super-sweet treat minus the calories? Then step this way, Sugar.
