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How to get those smokey eyes like Mary-Kate Olsen

Love the look of smokey eyes but don't want to look like a squirrel? Makeup tips to get it right. We have all been in the mood for the sultry, sexy, smokey look at one time or another. Mary-Kate Olson's glam makeup makes us swoon. But, how exactly do we get the look without looking like a squirrel? Some people prefer a more dramatic look which is thicker. A more natural smokey look will be thinner and cleaner. Here are some makeup tips to get smokey eyes: Start off with an eye base to keep the look fresh and avoid creasing. Put some loose powder under the eyes to catch whatever will fall and to avoid smudging. Line your eyes

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NARS 15×15 Beauty Book

NARS 15x15 limited edition book to celebrate the beauty company's 15th anniversary Looking for an original book for your coffee table? Do you love makeup and fashion? You might just be wondering why Marc Jacobs is wearing lipstick and nailpolish. Francois Nars combines his two passions, beauty and photography, with a new book called 15x15 to celebrate his company's 15th anniversary. He did the makeup and photography himself proving he is still around all these years later. Marc Jacobs, Isabella Rossellini, Amber Valleta, Naomi Campbell, Olivier Theyskens, and Shalom Harlow are amongst the famous faces featured. The book is set to sell for only 30 days beginning mid- November at its dedicated site. Nars' photos are fabulous and well worth

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Fashion’s Night Out from Giorgio Armani to Brad Boles

The fabulousness never ends… Dear Diary: Fashion’s Night Out started out as a must-see stop for me at the Giorgio Armani boutique to hear a special reading by Rosie O’Donnell from “Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” a new play by Nora Ephron and Della Ephron, based on the book by Ilene Beckerman. The evening instead turned into my own version of loving, loss, and what I wore! I have to admit that unless it’s embedded in my brain from some cosmic cryptoid, there is a very good chance that I will end up at the wrong address on the wrong date. Starting my evening out with all good intentions downtown, I found myself weighing through the gang of girls

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Beauty Tip: Loose Powder Cleans up Eye Shadow

Fashion Week beauty prep to stay pretty all day long… Looking for a time saving tip to keep your makeup fresh and fabulous for Fashion Week? Use a generous amount of loose powder under your eyes before applying your eye shadow. Now you don’t have to worry about your eye shadow sprinkling under your eyes and becoming messy when you try to clean it up when you apply eye shadow. The trick is that the shadow will fall right on top of the loose powder and when you have finished applying your eye makeup, you will see that when you lightly dust away the loose powder, the excess shadow dusts right off with the powder without a mess. Ta-da! You

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I’ll Have What She’s Having: Rashida Jones and the strong red lip

Red lipstick at the ready… how to rock ruby lips for summer and all year round… In this economy, we’re big on finding something small that makes a major and lasting impact on your style. And a tube of ruby red lipstick may just do the glam trick! Case in point: The very glam and very understated chic of Rashida Jones pictured here. No frou-frou Hollywood fussiness for her. Just all the right things that make a simple look sizzle. Rashida’s strong ruby red lips are the focal point , not a distraction to her beauty. Simple, undone pulled back hair, a natural bronzey glow, black lashes, and that vibrant pow of a very strong red lip! That’s all she

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Pink Lips rule vivid lipstick shades for summer…

You might want to call it the Pink Lip, lay off on natural beauty Jessica Biel Lip Watch: Pink Lips rule vivid lipstick shades for summer...You might want to call it the Pink Lip, lay off on natural beauty Jessica Biel Lip Watch! Runway to real way can be impossible to pull off for many beauty trends. The crazy, vivid lipstick trend is so hot for summer and does look fab when on a runway, in a fashion editorial, or when executed just the right way— as in the gorgeous flush of pink on Jessica Biel, pictured here. I have to admit a strange bias as to not loving baby pink lips. Mostly in that they remind me of an

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The Makeup Junkie: Can’t Live Without Cosmetics

How well do you remember the movie THE BREAKFAST CLUB? At the end of the movie Molly Ringwald takes Ally Sheedy into the ladies’ room, and with just a few handy cosmetics turns Ally from misanthrope into girl next door. . . Well, I think that scene defined my point of view on beauty. Sure, sometimes I want something more dramatic, but for a basic, classy, presentable look, really all I need is five things (and you’ll see in a moment, for a basic, basic look, all I need is two).   (Disclaimer: Now I am certainly not saying that a person needs makeup to look beautiful, in fact there are some lucky women who need none at all. I

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Beauty Tips: Blush for a cheeky flush

Do not fear the Blush… Ok, here’s the skinny on blush… People tend to fall into two categories when it comes to wearing just the right amount of blush: none and none! A bit of blush can take you from appearing sickly to snazzy in just a few seconds. Going paleface is especially important at this time of year when a little flush of warm cheeks is just the beauty picker-upper that you need. You cannot help but notice the women who wear an overload of cheek color that makes them look like they escaped from the circus– pretty SCARY! The fear of looking like a clown can make any woman skip wearing blush altogether. Yet, the right blush application

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Dame Edna for MAC Cosmetics: I enjoy being a girl /boy!

Gender bender beauty continues… I saw that Aussie minx Dame Edna on Broadway on one of her hilarious Royal Tours a number of years ago with the grandmas– we all loved her humor, her neon lilac wig, and her fabu spectacles. But is she a tongue-in-chic beauty icon? Well, MAC Cosmetics thinks so. Yes, we told you about the Amanda Lepore fragrance. We love our friend Miss J. Alexander, and with size 10 feet have both loaned out her heels to boys in need through the years and have had them stretched by a few good guy friends. Hey, FOS even has some archival content about men wearing pantyhose. We are also the first to admit that some drag queens

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How to Seduce – with your makeup?!

How to Seduce, with your makeup?! Prescriptives launches the Seducers makeup color collection. Bazillions of us wish there was some magic potion to bone up on the oh so delicate art of how to seduce that special someone. If there was only an oil, a fragrance, a studied list of seduction tips, anything to lure in Mr. Adorkable in the cubicle across the way. Well, my romantics souls… when it comes to tantalizing tricks and homebrewed hocus-pocus, the best bet to master the art of seduction is The Seducers-- a sultry in an old-movie star glamorous kind of way, makeup collection from Prescriptives. The Seducers, inspired by those gorgeous and alluring black and white celebrity photos of the 1940's spin

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How to Seduce – with your makeup?!

Prescriptives unveils The Seducers color collection How to Seduce, with your makeup?! Prescriptives launches the Seducers makeup color collection. Bazillions of us wish there was some magic potion to bone up on the oh so delicate art of how to seduce that special someone. If there was only an oil, a fragrance, a studied list of seduction tips, anything to lure in Mr. Adorkable in the cubicle across the way. Well, my romantics souls… when it comes to tantalizing tricks and homebrewed hocus-pocus, the best bet to master the art of seduction is The Seducers-- a sultry in an old-movie star glamorous kind of way, makeup collection from Prescriptives. The Seducers, inspired by those gorgeous and alluring black and white

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Kisses that stay-put…

Bourjois Rouge HyperFix, long-lasting lipstick Boujois HyperFix long-lasting lipstick. We've been waiting to tell you about this, really. Lipstick that boosts exceptional staying power is nothing new on the cosmetics front. But, long-wearing lip color that doesn't grate your lips into dryness or feel as slippery as a landslide is. Bourjois Paris Rouge HyperFix is a long-lasting lipstick that actually performs as well as its claims. When we tried Rouge Hyper Fix on a ski trip, our lips remained moist and tinted with the right amount of lip color for hours. We were impressed. There are nine gorgeous colors to choose from... flick the shade from the dual-sided tube, next swipe the gloss topcoat. Voila, stay-on lip color that's good

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Gloss over?

The lip shtick that sticks  A little lip gloss goes a long way- that's exactly why we're a trifle shy to get divine with some extra shine: • There's that goopy feeling that makes one wonder if their lips aren't being beamed up as some alien suction device. • The glop residue catches to our front teeth at the most inopportune times- like in the midst of a good flirt. • One sip of a beverage and the glass looks like a forensic dream come true. • A brisk breeze cleverly affixes our hair to our kisser and until we head downwind for some mercy to unhinge ourselves. • There's the fear that too much lip shine would give us

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