Archive for November, 2009

A Peek Inside Carrie Underwood’s Makeup Bag

Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood is a self professed beauty junkie and you get a peek inside her makeup bag to see what products she uses to look so gorgeous!

Stila Eye Shadow Trio in Gold Glow

Stila Eye Shadow Trio in Gold Glow, $28

MAC Lipstick in Myth

MAC Lipstick in Myth

Benefit Hello Flawless Cover-Up

Benefit Hello Flawless Cover-Up

Tarte Indelible Wink Liquid Liner

Tarte Indelible Wink Liquid Liner

Andrea Modlash #53

Andrea Modlash #53

Nars Orgasm Blush

Nars Orgasm Blush

Favorite Beauty Products of the Melrose Place Girls

Stephanie Jacobsen as Lauren Yung

Stephanie Jacobsen plays Lauren Yung, an aspiring doctor during the day and call girl at night. Stephanie says she can’t live without Dr. KISS Lip Balm, Chanel Blue Satin Nail Polish, and Kerastase Serum Oleo-Relax for her dry rebellious hair.

Chanel Blue Satin Nail Polish

Jessica Lucas as Riley Richmond

Jessica Lucas plays the innocent Riley Richmond. With her exotic look she loves to wear deep red nail polish, she uses Essie’s Wicked. She also is obsessed with Aromatherapy Associates Skin Tonic and Neutrogena Deep Clean Gentle Scrub.

essie_wicked

Katie Cassidy as Ella Simms

Katie Cassidy (daughter of David Cassidy) plays confident and bitchy (think Amanda Woodward) Ella Simms. With all the styling she goes through Katie needs a mask to repair her hair. “Lea Journo hair masque is amazing; you do it once a week, and it has literally saved my hair.” Katie also loves Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash Pink Grapefruit Cleanser and Benefit Erase Paste concealer.

benefit erase paste (medium)

Alicia Silverstone Talks About Weight Pressures

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Alicia Silverstone is on the cover of Natural Health magazine and inside she talks about the pressures she faced as a young hollywood starlet to be thin.

Alicia became obsessed with counting calories to stay thin. She finally quit calorie-counting along with meat and dairy 10 years ago.

That diet oriented, calorie-counting brain was so oppressive. People take an all or nothing attitude toward weight loss because they’re afraid of failing, but being bad to yourself doesn’t help you lose weight.

If you want to learn how to live like Alicia she’s published a book filled with vegan recipes called The Kind Diet.

Taylor Swift’s Two Must-Have Beauty Products

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Taylor Swift shared her two favorite beauty products with People magazine. Her favorite lip color is Dragon Girl by Nars, a velvet matte lip pencil. It’s a coral-orange-pink shade that’s great for her skin tone and coloring.

Dragon Girl Nars Lip Pencil

Although I doubt she wears foundation everyday, her favorite beauty tool is the BeautyBlender (Rihanna is also a fan). Taylor says, “It’s the best foundation applier I’ve ever found.”

beauty_blender

Stars Without Makeup: Lisa Rinna

Lisa Rinna No Makeup

Lisa Rinna posted an early morning shot of herself on her twitter of what she looks like when she wakes up. Lisa has always been open about what plastic surgery she’s had and what beauty mistakes she’s made.

On her twitter Lisa said:

This is what it looks like before beauty team arrives. Just keepin it real ppl!

Read: Lisa Rinna Shares Diet, Fitness, Beauty and Costmetic Surgery Secrets in New Book

Fergie’s Must Have Beauty Picks

Fergie

Fergie is a self professed beauty junkie and her must have beauty essential are Sonya Dakar’s Omega-3 Repair Complex and her spa’s diamond facials (Demi Moore is also a fan) which help moisturize her skin. To wash her makeup off Fergie uses MAC’s Green Gel cleanser.

Sonya Dakar's Omega-3 Repair Complex

mac green gel cleanser

To keep her eyes in check Fergie uses Le Metier de Beaute brown eye pencil because she says it doesn’t smudge. Fergie is so obsessed with grooming her brows that she has an expert make housecalls. Fergie says she’s trying to grow her brows back (I guess thick brows are back) and dye them to match her hair color.

 Le Metier de Beaute Eyeliner Pencil

Taylor Swift’s Red Carpet Secrets for Tall Women

Taylor Swift

Because she’s so slender you would never have guessed that Taylor Swift is a towering 5′ 11″ (the average height of a woman in the U.S. is about 5′ 4″). Taylor uses some style secrets to avoid looking overly tall:

1. Check the length of your dress. Wear a style that hits just above the knee of highway up your thigh, avoid cuts that sit at the top of your thigh which will make you look monstrous.

2. Don’t be afraid to wear heels! Taylor says she went through a phase where she was afraid to wear heels because they made her too tall, but in the end it’s about how you carry yourself. Stick to a 3″ heel.

3. Walk like you’re on a runway, throw your shoulders back and keep your back straight at all times. Tall girls sometimes have poor posture, you must own being tall.

Practice posing like Taylor above and you’ll begin to love how tall you are!

Is Gwen Stefani Changing Her Signature Red Lips?

Is Gwen Stefani Changing Her Signature Red Lips?

Gwen Stefani Pink Lips

Gwen Stefani is changing up her signature look -  bright red lipstick, which she has been wearing for years. “Right now I’m feeling fushia” Gwen told InStyle magazine. When asked if she’s given up her signature red lipstick for good she responded, “Not a chance. But I love to layer tons of different shades to create new colors.”

While Gwen didn’t reveal what shades she likes to mix and match she did share how she gets her lipstick last longer. “I start with a matte lipstick that’s really dry, then I put a more creamy moist lipstick on top.”

To maintain her signature look Gwen says her best advice is to stay out of the sun, and when it comes to her platinum blonde her she refuses to give up her secret!

Makeup Tips From Jemma Kidd

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Makeup artist Jemma Kidd is sharing some of her best kept beauty tips in her new book Make-up Masterclass. Jemma, a former model and fashion stylist, is a leading international make-up artist who has worked with many celebrated fashion designers, photographers, and celebrities. She founded a popular make-up school in London and developed her own range of make-up and tools sold in Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus. Recently she launched a budget friendly line for Target called the JK Jemma Kidd make-up line.

Tip #1
Run foundation around your mouth so lipstick doesn’t look so severe, and sweep shadow over eyeliner to blur the edges.

Tip #2
I apply lip stain before lipstick. It helps you avoid that super pale look your lips get when the color wears off.

Tip #3
Rim the inside of your lips with beige liner to make your eyes look bigger

Celebs Are Loving Center Parts

Stars like Kate Beckinsale, Kim Kardashian and countless others are wearing their hair with a center part. A center part elongates your face, giving you a thinner look. To find your perfect center hold a comb directly over your face vertically starting at the tip of your nose and following up to the center of you forehead. Drag the comb gently through your hair to separate into a part.

To avoid having your hair just “hang” use a 1″ – 2″ barrel curling iron and curl some of the pieces very loosely around your face.

Kate Beckinsale

Kate Beckinsale

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian

Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes

Amanda Bynes