Category Archives: Beauty

Growing up, every girl dreams of someday turning into her favorite Disney princess. Disney hopes to rekindle that childhood dream with their Disney Reigning Beauties seasonal princess makeup collections. After Jasmine and Cinderella, get ready to dive head first into the exciting range of Disney Reigning Beauties Ariel Collection by Sephora. The electrifying assortment of color cosmetics, a signature fragrance and gorgeous accessories are all inspired by the underwater mermaid princess – Ariel. The line promises us a whole range of vibrant and ethereal colors, which will represent the bold determination of the brave Ariel. Of course, you can also expect a lot of aqua hues and glittery shades. The line consists of a stunning 20-shade Ariel Storylook Palette Volume 3, a smaller World Eyeshadow Palette, a set of 6 nail lacquers, a 4-shade bright and bold lip gloss set, and a compact mirror. While the products are not yet available for sale, you can check out a preview of the products here.

A recent poll found that 34% of men use their partners’ beauty products, with 6% using them as frequently as their other half. If you are as annoyed as most women about this habit, why not interest them in something related to gawkiness and beauty. Well, we are not talking about the whacky Facewaver Exercise Mask or Pupeko Anti-Ageing Mouthpiece. Kiehl’s has just launched a man-centric moisturizer that packs the punch of both de-puffing caffeine and a legendary superhero- The Heavy Lifting. It promises to firm, lift and reduce wrinkles using exfoliating linseed extract, cocoa seed butter and vitamin C. To celebrate its new Facial Fuel Heavy Lifting Anti-Aging Moisturizer, the New York-based cosmetics giant has partnered with Marvel on a limited-edition comic book featuring Captain America as he fights evil from the comfort of Kiehl’s East Village apothecary.

Anyone who has followed the manga/anime series Pretty Solider Sailor Moon knows what kind of lure the iconic Crystal Star transformation brooch holds. If you always wanted to own one for yourself, but didn’t know how to go about it, we have the perfect solution for you! Check out this new makeup line from Bandai inspired by Sailor Moon. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Naoko Takeuchi’s Pretty Solider Sailor Moon, Bandai brings to us an expansion of its cosmetics line with new Sailor Moon Products. As can be expected, the focus of the line is on everything shiny and sparkly. The first, most exciting product in the line is the original Miracle Romance Shining Moon Powder, which comes in a compact designed to replicate heroine Usagi’s famous Crystal Star brooch. While the product is cool enough, the really exciting part if the detailed replication of the brooch. It even comes in packaging crafted from high quality shiny, pearly card. It’s like all your childhood dreams come true, in a very adult form!

The best way to kill the summer heat is an Ice Cream! To make the summer days refreshing, Essence has launched its new summer collection called the Me & My Ice Cream Collection 2013. Well, we have seen some dessert inspired makeup in the past like the Etude House Sweet Recipe Makeup Collection, and MAC Baking Beauties Collection 2013; but Essence Summer 2013 Me & My Ice Cream Collection is the first ever to concentrate on Ice Cream colors and flavors. With the perfect summer recipe, this collection includes eyeshadows in soft shades with a marbled texture, three lip balms with a color twirl, and a creamy blush. The perfectly aligned shimmer pearls and pastel nail polishes complete the look.

Beauty Sign PLUS is a really cool and handy beauty device that helps us in more ways than we imagined. This petite thing can be trusted when outdoors with accurate information about skin condition and the intensity of solar ultraviolet (UV) rays. All we do is simply hold the device toward the sun to measure the condition of your skin. For skin analysis, apply the tip section of the device to your skin, it will tell you the moisture, oil and suppleness level of your skin in 5 seconds flat.

Its funny how you need makeup to look beautiful and you need makeup to look scary and unsightly too. If you are keen on trying a ‘different’ look, like someone belonging to the parallel worlds, then the NYX’s Parallel Worlds makeup collection called The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is the thing for you. This new collection inspired by The Mortal Instruments includes a 6 color smokey palette, the perfect pink blush, a neutral pink matte lip cream, black liquid liner, a vibrant jumbo eye pencil, and volumizing mascara. Look like the protagonist Clarissa (Clary) Fray or the beautiful and obnoxious Izzy with the dark black eyes.

MAC cosmetics is on a summer roll! Soon after releasing the MAC Tropical Taboo Collection and MAC Temperature Rising Collection , the make-up giant has now launched the MAC Fearless Femme Summer 2013 Collection for bold women. MAC Captures the fearless, fashion-loving femininity of It Girls with beauty, attitude and cool to spare in an online-selection of shades for lips and nails. The collection features bold pink to bright purple tones, that can appeal to hot chicks as well as gothic lovers.

Asian Women believe that double eyelids are a sign of beauty. Some women who possess single-eyelids even go to the extent of having cosmetic surgery done to achieve the effect. A new device Eyelid Trainer is a cheap and simple way to give your eyes the “double eyelid.” The device looks like a pair of glasses, but when worn pushes up the skin in the eyelid to form another layer. The topmost portion of the curve will touch the eyelids creating a double eyelid effect. And wearing this device repeatedly could most likely create a linear divide over the lids.

Hey Ladies, its summer, its scorching hot and its time to look your very best with the help of the very best. Cosmetic giant MAC brings us the MAC Tropical Taboo collection to up the hotness quotient inside too, with a wide range of attention-grabbing products in every category. The fab MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow ($21) tones like cha-cha-cha, Caribbean, dare-to-bear and tropica come with eclectic frost finish fit for people who think hue is in and single tone eye-makeup is passé. Complete the gorgeous eye makeup with Kohl Power Eye Pencil ($16) in Feline – rich black or Orpheus – intense black with gold pearlized pigments. Lets talk about flaunting the perfect complexion with the help of MAC Cosmetics Mineralize Skinfinish ($30). Create a flawless complexion with shades like adored (coral with beige), Rio (bronze with bright pink), Lust (pale pink with cranberry), soft and gentle (glided peach bronze) and gold deposit (soft reflective gold bronze).

Get the perfect sexy vampire look with the new Illamasqua Paranormal Collection. The label, which always creates unique makeup collections, is now capturing the inner world of mystic. Well, I truly love the Twilight collection by Essence and Bobbi Brown, but the Paranormal Collection by Illamasqua takes ghostly on a beautiful level. The Paranormal collection was inspired by unbridled kinetic energy, spectral light and transcendental emotional forces.

The Facewaver mask can help you while making you look like a complete idiot, but all good things come for a price and this ones asking you to make a fool of yourself. In order to get rid of those unsightly wrinkles, fine lines and sag you need to hold your face captive with Facewaver Exercise Mask. What I didn’t mention earlier is not only do you have to sport this hideous mask you also have to make funny expressions as you exercise your face to make the magic happen. The Facewaver stretches and tightens the face and cheeks, kneading out wrinkles, lines and sag. Just five minutes a day and your face will appear more youthful and energetic.

Ciaté has impressed us again! After launching the innovative manicure sets like caviar pearls and champagne nails, Ciaté is going old school with Chalkboard Manicure Set. The UK based company has launched a complete manicure set with liquid chalk pens that you can doodle, draw and write with to your heart’s content. Chalkboard Manicure Kit includes one matte black “blackboard” base coat, four pens and a Ciaté Mattnificent top coat. Once the black coat has dried, doodle your heart on your nails with the chalk pens and then apply the matte top coat to set the look once you are ready.

The Duo Hair Chalk is a dream come true for girls and boys who love to experiment with their tresses and also to cover up those gross greys that keep popping up without notice. The color adds vivacity and helps you look youthful and vibrant. You can create your own custom color combinations, from dip dyed ends to bolder bangs to highlights, your imagination is the limit. While both color combinations are great the results are best seen with lighter hair. So if you wake up feeling like doing a ‘gaga‘ all you need is the help of Duo Hair Chalk and you save a trip to the salon.

Yves Saint Laurent has always found a way to take our breaths away, whether it is with their Facebook Eye Shadow Palette, their Gold-Plated Shoes or even their whimsical Pin Tote. Their latest offering lives up to our expectations, and then some! Yves Saint Laurent has announced an extension to it’s Mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils range with the introduction of a Baby Doll version. The latest addition promises long-lasting volume and intense color. It lifts, curls and spreads for that innocently sensual open-eyes look. The formula is inspired by a hi-tech molecule called graphene, a thin, flexible carbon crystal material. They have developed a product that mimics the properties of graphene. Hence, this mascara will multiply, magnify and define your lashes, that too, for up to 24 hours. The multi-faceted brush will reach every single one of your lashes, even the smallest ones in the corner, and coat them with the powerful pigment without clumping or flaking. It comes in a gold-colored barrel inscribed with a pink Baby Doll logo.

Get summer ready with the new MAC Temperature Rising Collection for Summer 2013. After launching the haute MAC Baking Beauties Collection 2013, the cosmetic giant wants to get some fresh colors of summer in your vanity box! Although, the MAC Guilty Passions Collection and MAC Archie’s Girls line are ideal for Summer, the new collection features seductive pigments and textures displayed in a limited edition soft touch, bronze packaging. MAC believes in a ssensual summer, and keeping that matra alive, the MAC Temperature Rising Collection includes sultry shades of Lipstick, Lipglass and Nail Lacque with seductive allure and Powder Blush glowing in peach satin and berry pink frost. It also feature Eye Shadow Quads and Powerchrome Eye Pencil to create sleek, smoky eyes. One of the most amazing products of the line is the Pro Longwear Bronzing Powder provides a stunning sheen all evening long.