Dressing up your eyes can be fun to do any day of the year, but Winter is the time to go bold, rock out the smoky eye, and play around with different sparkly textures. This week the POPSUGAR editor's are sharing their most coveted seasonal eye makeup products — including metallic and cream shadows, eye pencils and a coloured mascara that will make any lash dazzle. It's all in here for you to take a peek and of course, shop! Ready?
The red carpet sees our favourite celebrity beauties dolled-up with flawless and oh-so-gorgoues beauty looks — Doutzen Kroes with her bold lip or Megan Gale with her sultry eyes — they make it hard to look away. If you've been inspired by all the glamour and want your makeup to dazzle for that next special night out, then we've got five products to get you red carpet ready. Come see!
Mascara is such an integral part of our beauty routines that we just accept it as a salient thing. But over its more than 6,000 year-long history, mascara has gone through some pretty big changes. For some fun (and surprising!) facts about something you probably use every day, just keep reading.
There's nothing quite like a new, shiny Chanel makeup collection. For Summer 2013 — on shelf right now — the L’été Papillon De Chanel offering is inspired by "butterfly wings with eyelids in endless combinations". Le sigh. The colour palette has been taken straight from nature — think blues, greens and pretty neutrals. Click through to see the collection, all limited edition.
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So we've gone and done a lot of crying in order to choose our top five waterproof mascaras. All jokes aside, though, your wedding day is probably the one day in your life you can guarantee you will cry, so it's important to turn up prepared. Waterproof mascara isn't everyone's cup of tea day-to-day, but it is the perfect bridal beauty product. We've gone for staying power, volume and a smooth consistency. Click through.
After being tantalised by the animated teaser back in January, we finally have the full Lancôme by Alber Elbaz collection for you to feast your eyes on. And that's just the feature Elbaz wanted to focus on, by dressing up four of the best-selling eyeshadow palettes and mascaras from the luxury beauty brand. "The real theme running through the collection is the eyes and roundness forms," Elbaz explains. "The bottles are so fabulously rounded that they were my inspiration. I wanted to create rounded shapes with a hint of humour." The collection hits Lancôme counters next month, but you can see everything up close, when you keep clicking!
You might recognise her name from previous posts on the miracle that is Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream and her work backstage at Romance Was Born during MBFWA, but we really have saved the best for last. Val Garland is one of the most sought-after makeup artists on the planet, having painted Kate Moss's face on more than one occasion, along with Lady Gaga. She's best-known for her eccentric runway work for designers including Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood, but we thought we'd take things back to basics during our chat with the Mac Cosmetics makeup pro. We're running our interview with Val in two parts, so stay tuned for the next installment. For now — click, click.
After sussing out Barbara Palvin's diet and fitness secrets, we're of course onto her beauty habits. The newest face of L'Oréal Paris, Barbara was recently in Australia for Melbourne Fashion Festival and at just 19 years old, has runways including Victoria's Secret under her modelling belt. The Hungarian beauty revealed her beauty must-haves to us and as is to be expected, it's a pretty natural affair... Click through.
Not content to be the gorgeous face of just one beauty brand, model Cara Delevingne has signed on to be the face of Yves Saint Laurent Beauté's new Baby Doll mascara, according to WWD. The new formula, which will premiere exclusively on yslbeautyus.com on March 20, is the latest addition to Yves Saint Laurent Beauté's Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils franchise. At launch, it will be available in black, blue, brown, and violet.
Cara, who recently walked in the Saint Laurent Autumn Winter 2013 show, appears in the '60s-inspired campaign donning an all-black Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane ensemble. The single- and double-page advertisement was shot by Terry Richardson, but the model was recently snapped by another famous face. Karl Lagerfeld stepped behind the lens to capture Cara for Melissa Magazine, WWD reports. Cara also recently signed on to be the face of Burberry Body Tender.
Photo courtesy Instagram user Cara Delevingne
It's officially the month of love and to celebrate (any excuse, really) we're bringing you the latest and greatest products set to hit shelves this month. Bobbi Brown's Pink & Red Collection couldn't come at a better time — hello Valentine's Day face — and Benefit Cosmetics' The One is like a lip tint, cheek stain, contouring cream and highlighter in, well, one. You know we're big Yves Saint Laurent mascara fans, and this month they're coming at you with waterproof blue and violet. Way too amazing to explain in words, click through and see for yourself.
