Pages with tag "beauty"

Backstage Beauty Exclusive: Caroline Donnelly shares her insider makeup tips exclusively with Focus On Style

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Blink Me: Agyness Deyn channels Peggy Moffitt

Here's a makeup trick that we don't recommend you try at home: Crazy long false lower lashes.

The eyelashes gone mad look, a la the Lashisse video parody, below, was spotted on the spring runways and looks fab in a wild theatrical way.

But in real life, maybe not so much.

Except, if you are model Agyness Deyn who was most definitely channeling 60's mod mannequin Peggy Moffitt- you know, of the Rudi Gernreich topless bathing suit fame -- when she collected the Brand of the Year Award at the ACE Awards on behalf of Burberry, last night.

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A tiny dab creates a very silky light finish that is said to protect against UV rays and environmental stressors.

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Love the look of smokey eyes but don't want to look like a squirrel? Makeup tips to get it right.

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NARS 15x15 limited edition book to celebrate the beauty company's 15th anniversary

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Get the Upper Hand on Looking Young…

Hands can show your age, that’s not news, but there are some new ways to get - and keep - your hands looking younger. Even some 30-something celebrities have been photographed and ridiculed in the press and online because of their “claw-like” hands. It’s easy to forget about hands because you’re usually looking at yourself from the chest up in the mirror, but just a few extra minutes and some quick shortcuts can take years off your hands.

Tips For Younger Looking Hands:

1) Lose the blues. I found this tip by accident one day while experimenting with SPF lotions. Tinted sunscreen does double duty when it comes to your hands. Not only does it protect your hands from sun damage, but the tint actually gives a subtle youthfulness to hands by camouflaging blue veins.

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Part Two: The beauty of self-confidence…

Did you ever notice how when you’re feeling confident, happy, positive and I-feel-oh-so-fabulous people tell you how great you look? Well, that’s no surprise. The authentic quality of confidence is the oldest beauty secret in the book.

No bronzer or shimmery blush can create it. Not even high lights, low lights or a blow out can produce that internal shine that comes from a truly confident woman.

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How to feel younger in a snap…

People ask me all the time, “What is Aging Backwards?” It’s not a magic pill or lotion or potion, we wish, but it is a series of small habits that, when incorporated into your daily life, can yield big results. Someone said to me recently, “Look at you, you just sit around and have beauty treatments all day long, don’t you?”

Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. It doesn’t take “having beauty treatments all day long” to keep Aging Backwards. That’s the “beauty” of what I do.

I find all kinds of secrets, tips and shortcuts to pass along that make it easy to look and feel young while still living your life. Not many people have time to “sit around and have beauty treatments all day,” including me!

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