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Yes, sticky tape. It might sound a bit strange, but it's officially my new secret weapon to creating clean, straight stripes on my nails. Using sticky tape is a great alternative if you can't get your hands on a nail pen, and we all have a roll sitting at home (I found mine in with the Christmas wrapping paper). I used colours I had at home: Australis Streak Free Nail Polish in Sweet Pea ($7.95), Utla3 Nail Polish in Sunset Pink (approx $2) and Sally Hansen Mega Shine top coat ($14.95). Other than that, grab your roll of tape, some clean, sharp scissors and a pinch of patience — and let's go!

Coloured hair is the biggest trend since ombré. And now, we're not talking your classic blonde, brunettes and reds. We mean pink, purple, orange, yellow, blue. You name it, we've seen it on a celebrity (Nicole Richie, Lauren Conrad, January Jones and just today, Demi Lovato) or a runway (Manning Cartell, Chanel, Marc Jacobs) in some way, shape or form. Not ones to miss out, but also not really wanting to sacrifice our worked-hard-for perfect colour, associate editor Alison and I did the next best thing and reached for the temporary hair dye. The new gen powder type that is that promises to be easy-to-apply, wash out and give you the ability to switch up your style from night to night. See how we got on.

Admittedly brow highlighting isn't something that's top of my list when it comes to getting ready. Which is bad. Because it's a simple, two-second trick that promises to create an eye-opening effect. Not to mention, amazing-looking brows. So when Benefit's new High Brow Glow ($39) landed on my desk, I thought I'd give it a whirl. Keen to see if it had an improvement on my arch, I wanted to check out its brow lifting qualities and its luminosity — the key point of difference between the already popular High Brow pencil, which is a soft pink shade. Read on to see what the product looks like on.

Benefit High Brow Glow will be available from June 18. Stockists: Adore Beauty.

When I first spoke about magnetic nail polish in the office, there was talk of how annoying it would be — having your nails attract everything metal. If you're thinking the same, there's no need to panic because your nails won't actually become magnetic. The polish itself features magnetic particles which means that, when it's drying, if you hold a magnet close to it, it creates a unique pattern. It's a subtle kind of nail art and a fun idea. If you want to learn more about it, including how you do it on yourself and what the patterns look like, just keep reading for our review of Ulta 3 Magnetic Nails ($5), which will hit stores in June.

Stockists: 1800 181 040

According to Tom Pecheux, Creative Director of Estée Lauder, there's a simple mascara trick for easily creating the wide-eyed beauty look: "I’ve been playing with black mascara on top lashes and brown mascara on bottom lashes" for years, he says. So, leading the charge on another mascara innovation, Estée Lauder will launch Sumptuous Two-Tone Eye-Opening Mascara ($58) next month. With two different shades and two different brushes in the one dual-ended product, it's full of promise and saves you investing in two mascaras, but is it for everyone? Find out now.

Estée Lauder Sumptuous Two-Tone Eye-Opening Mascara ($58) will be avilable on June 17. Stockists: 1800 061 326.

When Face of Australia's new trio of Sheer Gloss Lip Crayons ($14.95) landed on our desk, we couldn't help but notice a slight similarity to another favourite of ours: Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm ($35). The premise is the same as quite a few products on the market at the moment that promise to blur the lines between lipstick, gloss and balms, offering you the bonus of all three products in one. Read on as we put Face of Australia's newbie through its paces, sharing if they really live up to their nourishing and non-sticky hype and everything else that you can expect from them.

Revlon ColorStay 16 hour Eyeshadow Quads ($25.95 each) promise — you guessed it — 16 hours of wear for you to "inspire, delight and enchant" before needed to reapply. That's four hours longer than they used to last. And with 12 colour combinations, ranging from classic to runway-ready, designed by Gucci Westman too, we were expecting big things. So did they live up to our expectations? And were the other design changes that the brand made (more on those in a sec) worth it? Find out as we review Revlon ColorStay 16 hour Eyeshadow Quad Luscious Puleux.

Stockists: 1800 025 488